Late. Oligocene Pacific‐wide tectonic event

• Published in: Terra Nova
• Main Author: Kamp, Peter J.J.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Wiley 1991
• Subjects: Andreas; Antarctic; New Zealand; Pacific; The Antarctic; Antarc*
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-3121.1991.tb00845.x; https://api.wiley.com/onlinelibrary/tdm/v1/articles/10.1111%2Fj.1365-3121.1991.tb00845.x; https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1111/j.1365-3121.1991.tb00845.x

Abstract Stratigraphic and structural changes, radiometrically and biostratigraphically dated, from basins and basement across New Zealand, indicate that the modern Australia‐Pacific plate boundary, including the Alpine fault sector, formed between 28 and 24 Ma. This age range coincides with changes...