Crustal evolution of the submarine plateaux of New Zealand and their tectonic reconstruction based on crustal balancing

• Main Author: Grobys, Jan
• Other Authors: Miller, Heinrich, Gohl, Karsten, Huhn, Katrin
• Format: Doctoral or Postdoctoral Thesis
• Language: English
• Published: Universität Bremen 2007
• Subjects: Tectonics; marine geophysics; plate-tectonic reconstruction; new zealand; antarctica; seismic refraction/wide-angle reflection; Gondwana break-up; 550; 550 Earth sciences and geology; ddc:550; Bounty Trough; Campbell Plateau; New Zealand; Antarc*; Antarctica
• Online Access: https://media.suub.uni-bremen.de/handle/elib/2433; https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:gbv:46-diss000108692

The last supercontinent fell into pieces with the break-up of Gondwana. In this context, the separation of the microcontinent of New Zealand from Antarctica is a jigsaw puzzle of many pieces. Its parts lay at the convergent margin of East Gondwana, which changed into a divergent margin within a geol...