Petrology of the gabbro and sheeted basaltic intrusives at North Cape, New Zealand

• Main Authors: Hopper, D.J., Smith, I.E.M.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: unknown
• Published: Royal Society Of New Zealand 1996
• Subjects: Fields of Research::260000 Earth Sciences::260100 Geology; New Zealand; North Cape
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/2292/4852

The North Cape massif consists of a semiconformable sequence of serpentinite, gabbro, sheeted sill and dike units, and pillow lavas. Although structurally disrupted, they can be interpreted in terms of an idealised ophiolite sequence and represent the most complete sequence in the Northland Ophiolit...