Tectonic overview of the West Gondwana margin

APM Vaughan, RJ Pankhurst - Gondwana Research, 2008 - Elsevier
The oceanic southern margin of Gondwana, from southern South America through South
Africa, West Antarctica, New Zealand (in its pre break-up position), and Victoria Land to …

Cenozoic bending of New Zealand basement terranes and Alpine Fault displacement: a brief review

R Sutherland - New Zealand Journal of Geology and Geophysics, 1999 - Taylor & Francis
It is now possible to accurately reconstruct late Eocene‐Recent positions of the Australian
plate with respect to the Pacific plate. Rates of plate displacement through New Zealand …

Determination of Tectonic Setting of Sandstone-Mudstone Suites Using SiO2 Content and K2O/Na2O Ratio

BP Roser, RJ Korsch - The Journal of Geology, 1986 - journals.uchicago.edu
Several previous studies have shown that sandstones from different tectonic settings
possess characteristic chemistry, particularly content and ratio. Systematic variation of these …

Provenance signatures of sandstone-mudstone suites determined using discriminant function analysis of major-element data

BP Roser, RJ Korsch - Chemical geology, 1988 - Elsevier
Sandstones and argillites from selected New Zealand greywacke terranes represent four
differing provenance groups: P1 (mafic)—first-cycle basaltic and lesser andesitic detritus …

Accretionary orogens through Earth history

PA Cawood, A Kröner, WJ Collins… - Geological Society …, 2009 - lyellcollection.org
Accretionary orogens form at intraoceanic and continental margin convergent plate
boundaries. They include the supra-subduction zone forearc, magmatic arc and back-arc …

[图书][B] Structures of ophiolites and dynamics of oceanic lithosphere

A Nicolas - 2012 - books.google.com
Page 1 PETROLOGY AND STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY A. NICOLAS Structures of Ophiolites and
Dynamics of Oceanic Lithosphere KLUWER ACADEMIC PUBLISHERS Page 2 STRUCTURES …

New Zealand's geological foundations

N Mortimer - Gondwana research, 2004 - Elsevier
New Zealand is a fragment of Gondwana that, before Late Cretaceous sea floor spreading,
was contiguous with Australia and Antarctica. Only about 10% of the area of continental …

Sources of metals and fluids in orogenic gold deposits: insights from the Otago and Alpine Schists, New Zealand

IK Pitcairn, DAH Teagle, D Craw… - Economic …, 2006 - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
Abstract The Otago and Alpine schists of the South Island of New Zealand form a young (<
200 Ma), lithologically monotonous, metasedimentary belt with exposures ranging from …

High-level stratigraphic scheme for New Zealand rocks

N Mortimer, MS Rattenbury, PR King… - New Zealand Journal …, 2014 - Taylor & Francis
We formally introduce 14 new high-level stratigraphic names to augment existing names
and to hierarchically organise all of New Zealand's onland and offshore Cambrian …

A Damara orogen perspective on the assembly of southwestern Gondwana

DR Gray, DA Foster, JG Meert… - Geological Society …, 2008 - lyellcollection.org
Abstract The Pan-African Damara orogenic system records Gondwana amalgamation
involving serial suturing of the Congo–São Francisco and Río de la Plata cratons (North …