Ophiolites and Intra‐Oceanic Island Arc Assemblages of Eastern Australia, New Caledonia and New Zealand

• Published in: Acta Geologica Sinica - English Edition
• Main Author: AITCHISON, Jonathan C.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Wiley 2017
• Subjects: Bowers; Crawford; Greenfield; New Zealand; Queensland; Victoria Land; Weaver; Antarc*; Antarctica; Macquarie Island
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/1755-6724.13148; https://api.wiley.com/onlinelibrary/tdm/v1/articles/10.1111%2F1755-6724.13148; https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1111/1755-6724.13148

Throughout the Phanerozoic the eastern margin of Gondwana and related fragments such as New Caledonia and New Zealand that are now dispersed from it grew through the addition of ophiolites and associated intra‐oceanic island arc assemblages. Exactly how and why this occurred remains controversial wi...