Seismic stratigraphy and structure of the Northland Plateau and the development of the Vening Meinesz transform margin, SW Pacific Ocean

Herzer, R. H.; Davy, Bryan; Mortimer, Nick; Quilty, Patrick G.; Chaproniere, George C H; Jones, C. S.; Crawford, Anthony J.; Hollis, Christopher J.

doi:10.1007/s11001-009-9065-1

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“…Yan & Kroenke 1993;Hall 2002;Crawford et al 2003;Sdrolias et al 2003;Whattam et al 2006;Schellart et al 2006;Schellart 2007;Mortimer et al 2007;Herzer et al 2009Herzer et al , 2011. This uncertainty originates in part because most of the region is below sea-level and thus the amount of data from the region is relatively sparse.…”

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Mantle constraints on the plate tectonic evolution of the Tonga–Kermadec–Hikurangi subduction zone and the South Fiji Basin region

Schellart¹,

Spakman²

2012

Australian Journal of Earth Sciences

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Mantle constraints on the plate tectonic evolution of the Tonga–Kermadec–Hikurangi subduction zone and the South Fiji Basin region

Schellart¹,

Spakman²

2012

Australian Journal of Earth Sciences

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“…Eocene convergence rates varied from <1 cm/y in New Zealand to 10 cm/y near New Caledonia ( Figure F8). Late Eocene to Holocene subduction zone roll-back has produced back-arc basins (Loyalty, Norfolk, South Fiji, North Fiji, Havre, and Lau) and ridges interpreted as fossil and active arcs east of the Norfolk Ridge system (Loyalty, Three Kings, Lau-Colville, Tonga-Kermadec, and Vanuatu) (Crawford et al, 2003;Herzer et al, 2009;Herzer and Mascle, 1996;Mortimer et al, 2007;Schellart et al, 2006). The complexity of basin opening makes local determination of past plate boundary configurations and rates difficult.…”

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“…A variety of tectonic models have been proposed to explain how various Eocene-Miocene arcs and back arcs subsequently formed between the Tonga-Kermadec Trench and Norfolk Ridge (Cluzel et al, 2006;Crawford et al, 2003;Herzer et al, 2009;Mortimer et al, 2007;Schellart et al, 2006). General agreement exists that the modern Tonga-Kermadec system evolved from a boundary lying near the Norfolk Ridge and New Caledonia in the middle Eocene.…”

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Sutherland¹,

Dickens²,

Blum³

et al. 2018

International Ocean Discovery Program Preliminary Report

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International Ocean Discovery Program (IODP) Expedition 371 drilled six sites in the Tasman Sea of the southwest Pacific between 27 July and 26 September 2017. The primary goal was to understand Tonga-Kermadec subduction initiation through recovery of Paleogene sediment records. Secondary goals involved understanding regional oceanography and climate since the Paleogene. Six sites were drilled, recovering 2506 m of cored sediment and volcanic rock in 36.4 days of on-site drilling during a total expedition length of 58 days. Wireline logs were collected at two sites. Shipboard observations made using cores and logs represent a substantial gain in fundamental knowledge about northern Zealandia, because only Deep Sea Drilling Project Sites 206, 207, and 208 had penetrated beneath upper Eocene strata within the region.The cored intervals at five sites (U1506-U1510) sampled nannofossil and foraminiferal ooze or chalk that contained volcanic or volcaniclastic intervals with variable clay content. Paleocene and Cretaceous sections range from more clay rich to predominantly claystone. At the final site (U1511), a sequence of abyssal clay and diatomite was recovered with only minor amounts of carbonate. The ages of strata at the base of each site were middle Eocene to Late Cretaceous, and our new results provide the first firm basis for defining formal lithostratigraphic units that can be mapped across a substantial part of northern Zealandia and related to onshore regions of New Caledonia and New Zealand.The material and data recovered during Expedition 371 enable primary scientific goals to be accomplished. All six sites provided new stratigraphic and paleogeographic information that can be put into context through regional seismic-stratigraphic interpretation and hence provide strong constraints on geodynamic models of subduction zone initiation. Our new observations can be directly related to the timing of plate deformation, the magnitude and timing of vertical motions, and the timing and type of volcanism. Secondary paleoclimate objectives were not all completed as planned, but significant new records of southwest Pacific climate were obtained.

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“…These include the regional Eocene compressional readjustment (Exon et al, 2004), probably related to a major change in the relative motions of the Australian and Pacific plates (e.g. Veevers, 2000), the Oligocene South Loyalty Basin obduction in New Caledonia (Collot et al, 2008), and the Late OligoceneeEarly Miocene obduction of the Northland plateau and the development of the Vening Meinesz Fracture Zone (Herzer and Mascle, 1996;Bernardel et al, 2002;Mortimer et al, 2007;Herzer et al, 2009). It is noteworthy that the inferred timing of the first two magmatic phases in the Capel and Faust basins corresponds to the timing of these major regional events.…”

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Seafloor features and fluid migration in the Capel and Faust basins, offshore eastern Australia

Rollet¹,

McGiveron²,

Hashimoto³

et al. 2012

Marine and Petroleum Geology

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Seismic stratigraphy and structure of the Northland Plateau and the development of the Vening Meinesz transform margin, SW Pacific Ocean

Cited by 41 publications

References 60 publications

Mantle constraints on the plate tectonic evolution of the Tonga–Kermadec–Hikurangi subduction zone and the South Fiji Basin region

Mantle constraints on the plate tectonic evolution of the Tonga–Kermadec–Hikurangi subduction zone and the South Fiji Basin region

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Seafloor features and fluid migration in the Capel and Faust basins, offshore eastern Australia

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