Provenance study of the Torlesse Terranes and implications for the origin of the continental crust of eastern New Zealand.

• Main Author: Wandres, Marcel Charles Anekant
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: University of Canterbury. Geological Sciences 2002
• Subjects: Antarctic; The Antarctic; Transantarctic Mountains; New Zealand; Conglomerate Point; Antarc*
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.26021/6759; https://ir.canterbury.ac.nz/handle/10092/5730

The Torlesse terranes - part of the New Zealand Eastern Province - are accretionary complexes that comprise an enormous volume of quartzofeldspathic sandstones and mudstones with subsidiary conglomerates plus minor oceanic assemblages. Two terranes are recognised in the South Island, the Permian to...