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A late Cretaceous and Cenozoic reconstruction of the Southwest Pacific region: Tectonics controlled by subduction and slab rollback processes

Date

Authors

Schellart, Wouter

Lister, Gordon

Toy, Virginia

Publisher

Elsevier

Abstract

A Cenozoic tectonic reconstruction is presented for the Southwest Pacific region located east of Australia. The reconstruction is constrained by large geological and geophysical datasets and recalculated rotation parameters for Pacific-Australia and Lord

Keywords

Keywords: Cenozoic; Cretaceous; seafloor spreading; subduction zone; tectonic reconstruction; Pacific Ocean; Pacific Ocean (Southwest); Anthozoa backarc; Cenozoic; Cretaceous; extension; geodynamics; hinge-retreat; reconstruction; rollback; slab; Southwest Pacific; spreading; subduction; tectonics

URI

http://hdl.handle.net/1885/26782

Collections

ANU Research Publications

Source

Earth-Science Reviews

Type

Journal article

DOI

10.1016/j.earscirev.2006.01.002

Restricted until

2037-12-31

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