Y. Lafoy et al., CENOZOIC COMPRESSIVE TECTONICS ON THE FAI RWAY RIDGE AND THE LORD HOWE RISE, BETWEEN NEW-CALEDONIA AND AUSTRALIA, Comptes rendus de l'Academie des sciences. Serie II. Mecanique, physique, chimie, astronomie, 319(9), 1994, pp. 1063-1069
The new bathymetric, magnetic and mainly seismic data acquired during
the Zoesis cruise, reveal the presence of compressional features in th
e ''Fairway Ridge-Fairway Basin-Lord Howe Rise (northern part)'' area,
west of New Caledonia. The compressive strain is especially responsib
le for the formation of the Fairway Ridge. The compression is emphasiz
ed by a regional unconformity that could be dated late Eocene, accordi
ng to DSDP data in the area, and therefore synchronous with the late E
ocene obduction of the New Caledonia ophiolites. The westward extensio
n of the late Eocene compressive strain in the New Caledonia area is m
ore developed than previously thought.