Cambrian intra-oceanic arc accretion to the austral Gondwana margin: constraints on the location of proto-New Zealand

• Published in: Australian Journal of Earth Sciences
• Main Authors: Bradshaw, J. D., Gutjahr, Marcus, Weaver, S. D., Bassett, K. N.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: unknown
• Published: Taylor & Francis 2009
• Subjects: Austral; Bowers; New Zealand; Ross Sea; Victoria Land; Antarc*; Antarctica
• Online Access: https://oceanrep.geomar.de/id/eprint/21252/; https://doi.org/10.1080/08120090902806339

Data from New Zealand and northern Victoria Land, Antarctica, indicate that the Cambrian Takaka Terrane intra-oceanic arc/backarc assemblage and the Bowers Terrane intra-oceanic arc/back-arc assemblage were accreted to the Gondwana margin by the Late Cambrian. Compelling similarities between the arc...