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

• Published in: New Zealand Journal of Geology and Geophysics
• Main Authors: Hopper, Derek J., Smith, Ian E. M.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Informa UK Limited 1996
• Subjects: Gabbro; North Cape; Northland Ophiolite; Petrology; Sheeted dikes; Sheeted intrusives; Tangihua Volcanics; 1901 Earth and Planetary Sciences (miscellaneous); 1907 Geology; 1908 Geophysics; New Zealand
• Online Access: https://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:703719

The North Cape massif consists of a semi-conformable 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 Ophioli...