120 to 0 Ma tectonic evolution of the southwest Pacific and analogous geological evolution of the 600 to 220 Ma Tasman Fold Belt System

• Main Authors: Crawford, AJ, Meffre, S, Symonds, PA
• Format: Book Part
• Language: English
• Published: Geological Society of Australia Special Publication 2003
• Subjects: 260100 Geology; Australia; Lachlan Fold Belt; southwest Pacific; subduction; Tasman Fold Belt; tectonics; Pacific; New Zealand; Havre; Antarc*; Antarctica
• Online Access: https://eprints.utas.edu.au/680/; https://eprints.utas.edu.au/680/1/Crawford_2003,_SW_Pacific.pdf

We review the tectonic evolution of the SW Pacific east of Australia from ca 120 Ma until the present. A key factor that developed early in this interval and played a major role in the subsequent geodynamic history of this region was the calving off from eastern Australia of several elongate microco...