Quantitative analysis of New Zealand-Antarctica plate motions during the Paleogene and Late Cretaceous

• Main Author: Chambord, Amandine
• Format: Thesis
• Language: unknown
• Published: 2017
• Subjects: Magnetism and palaeomagnetism; Tectonics; Magnetic anomaly; Fracture zone; Southwest Pacific; Magnetic anomalies; Plate reconstructions; School: School of Geography; Environment and Earth Sciences; 040406 Magnetism and Palaeomagnetism; 970104 Expanding Knowledge in the Earth Sciences; Degree Discipline: Geophysics; Degree Level: Doctoral; Degree Name: Doctor of Philosophy; Antarctic; Pacific; New Zealand; Byrd; Marie Byrd Land; Antarc*; Antarctica; Sea ice
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.26686/wgtn.17060495; https://figshare.com/articles/thesis/Quantitative_analysis_of_New_Zealand-Antarctica_plate_motions_during_the_Paleogene_and_Late_Cretaceous/17060495

Quantifying past motions of tectonic plates in the southwest Pacific is important because the Pacific-Antarctic ridge is the only non-destructive boundary between the Pacific plate and other major plates. However, formation of sea-ice near Antarctica impairs the collection of magnetic anomaly data t...