Stratigraphic architecture of Solander Basin records Southern Ocean currents and subduction initiation beneath southwest New Zealand

• Published in: Basin Research
• Main Authors: Patel, Jiten, Sutherland, Rupert, Gurnis, Michael, Van Avendonk, Harm, Gulick, Sean P. S., Shuck, Brandon, Stock, Joann, Hightower, Erin
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: unknown
• Published: Wiley 2021
• Subjects: Antarctic; New Zealand; Pacific; Solander Trough; Southern Ocean; The Antarctic; Antarc*
• Online Access: https://authors.library.caltech.edu/103318/; https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechAUTHORS:20200519-132017615

Solander Basin is currently characterised by subduction initiation at the Pacific‐Australia plate boundary, where high biological productivity is found at the northern edge of the Antarctic Circumpolar Current. Sedimentary architecture results from tectonic influences on accommodation space, sedimen...