THE VENING-MEINESZ FRACTURE-ZONE AND THE NORTHERN NEW-ZEALAND CONTINENTAL-MARGIN - NEW MORPHOSTRUCTURAL DATA

Authors
MASCLE J HERZER R BASILE C
Citation
J. Mascle et al., THE VENING-MEINESZ FRACTURE-ZONE AND THE NORTHERN NEW-ZEALAND CONTINENTAL-MARGIN - NEW MORPHOSTRUCTURAL DATA, Comptes rendus de l'Academie des sciences. Serie II. Mecanique, physique, chimie, astronomie, 319(12), 1994, pp. 1555-1562
Citations number
30
Categorie Soggetti
Multidisciplinary Sciences
Journal title
Comptes rendus de l'Academie des sciences. Serie II. Mecanique, physique, chimie, astronomie → ACNP
ISSN journal
12518069
Volume
319
Issue
12
Year of publication
1994
Part
2
Pages
1555 - 1562
Database
ISI
SICI code
1251-8069(1994)319:12<1555:TVFATN>2.0.ZU;2-F
Abstract
A working transit of the Atalante (TRANSNOR, October 1993) has furnish ed a detailed bathymetric swath showing the morphostructure of the con tinental slope NW of New Zealand between 168-degrees-40' and 170-degre es-20' East. The remarkable linearity, the steepness of the slope and the presence of a long detached block oriented parallel to the margin, lead us to interpret this sector (with the aid of seismic profiles) a s a segment of the Vening Meinesz Fracture Zone that was active locall y in the Early Miocene during the geodynamic evolution of this part of the SW Pacific.