Structural styles and sedimentation at the southern termination of the Hikurangi subduction zone, offshore North Canterbury, New Zealand

In the northern region of South Island, New Zealand, a major tectonic transition occurs in the obliquely convergent Australia-Pacific plate boundary. The southern end of the Hikurangi subduction zone terminates against the Chatham Rise, a submerged continental plateau on the Pacific Plate, which is...

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Main Author: Barnes, Philip M.
Language:en
Published: University of Canterbury. Geology 2010
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10092/4702