Asthenospheric control of melting processes in a monogenetic basaltic system: a case study of the Auckland Volcanic Field, New Zealand

LE McGee, IEM Smith, MA Millet, HK Handley… - Journal of …, 2013 - academic.oup.com
High-resolution sampling in monogenetic fields has the potential to reveal fine-scale
heterogeneity of the mantle, a feature that may be overwhelmed by larger fluxes of magma …

Megaclasts: Term use and relevant biases

DA Ruban, AA Ponedelnik, NN Yashalova - Geosciences, 2018 - mdpi.com
The term “megaclast” started circulation near the beginning of the 21st century. The present
review is aimed at examination of the use of this term in the modern geoscience literature …

The central role of the Hikurangi Plateau in the Cenozoic tectonics of New Zealand and the Southwest Pacific

M Reyners - Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 2013 - Elsevier
Recent work involving relocation of New Zealand seismicity using a nationwide 3-D seismic
velocity model has located the subducted western edge of the Hikurangi Plateau. Both the …

Detailed 40Ar/39Ar Geochronology of the Loyalty and Three Kings Ridges Clarifies the Extent and Sequential Development of Eocene to Miocene Southwest Pacific …

PB Gans, N Mortimer, M Patriat… - Geochemistry …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract The 2015 VESPA voyage (Volcanic Evolution of South Pacific Arcs) was a seismic
and rock dredging expedition to the Loyalty and Three Kings Ridges and South Fiji Basin. In …

Geochemistry of the Early Miocene volcanic succession of Northland, New Zealand, and implications for the evolution of subduction in the Southwest Pacific

MA Booden, IEM Smith, PM Black, JL Mauk - Journal of Volcanology and …, 2011 - Elsevier
Latest Oligocene and Early Miocene volcanic rocks occur on the Northland Peninsula, New
Zealand, and record the inception of Cenozoic subduction-related volcanism in the North …

The origin of garnets in andesitic rocks from the Northland Arc, New Zealand, and their implication for sub-arc processes

P Bach, IEM Smith, JG Malpas - Journal of Petrology, 2012 - academic.oup.com
An unusual andesitic suite from the Miocene volcanic arc in Northland, New Zealand,
comprises pyroxene andesite and garnet-bearing hornblende–pyroxene, hornblende and …

From back-arc to rifted margin: Geochemical and Nd isotopic records in Neoproterozoic?-Cambrian metabasites of the Bystrzyckie and Orlickie Mountains (Sudetes …

S Ilnicki, J Szczepański, C Pin - Gondwana Research, 2013 - Elsevier
Metamorphosed during the Variscan orogeny, sediments of the ca. 560Ma Młynowiec
Formation and ca. 530Ma Stronie Formation in the Bystrzyckie and Orlickie Mountains …

Towards a tectonic framework for normal faults in Waitematā Group rocks, North Island, Aotearoa-New Zealand

KJ Jennings, JD Muirhead, KB Spörli… - New Zealand Journal of …, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
Analyses of active and past normal fault behaviour in extensional settings provide key
insights into regional-scale tectonic processes driven by plate boundary forces. To better …

New Zealand's offshore sedimentary basins

KJ Bland, DP Strogen, MJ Arnot… - New Zealand Journal …, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
We present new interpretations and mapping that define the distribution, extent, and
sediment thickness of 25 primarily offshore sedimentary basins within New Zealand's …

Characterization of a highly heterogeneous flysch deposit and excavation implications: case study from Auckland, New Zealand

B Fleetwood, MS Brook, G Brink, NR Richards… - Bulletin of Engineering …, 2020 - Springer
Engineering geological characteristics of the rapidly growing Auckland urban area are of
increasing interest due to ongoing and planned tunnels and excavations. Auckland is mainly …