A review of the Median Tectonic Zone: terrane boundaries and terrane amalgamation near the Median Tectonic Line

JD Bradshaw - New Zealand journal of geology and geophysics, 1993‏ - Taylor & Francis
Abstract The pre‐Late Cretaceous basement rocks of New Zealand are divided into a
Western Province and an Eastern Province along a tectonic boundary called the Median …

Cretaceous geotectonic patterns in the New Zealand region

JD Bradshaw - Tectonics, 1989‏ - Wiley Online Library
In the mid‐Cretaceous, around 105±5 Ma, the tectonic regime in New Zealand changed
significantly. From the Permian to the Early Cretaceous most rocks formed under the …

Plate tectonics and island arcs

WB Hamilton - 1990‏ - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
The complex characteristics and histories of island arcs are exemplified by the arcs of
Indonesia and surrounding regions. The active tectonism and magmatism there record the …

The Cretaceous Separation Point batholith, New Zealand: granitoid magmas formed by melting of mafic lithosphere

RJ Muir, SD Weaver, JD Bradshaw… - Journal of the …, 1995‏ - lyellcollection.org
The Early Cretaceous Separation Point batholith of the South Island, New Zealand,
represents the final magmatic stage of an extensive arc system located on the SW Pacific …

Paired plutonic belts in convergent margins and the development of high Sr/Y magmatism: Peninsular Ranges Batholith of Baja California and Median Batholith of …

AJ Tulloch, DL Kimbrough - 2003‏ - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
Cretaceous plutons of the eastern Peninsular Ranges batholith and the Separation Point
suite of New Zealand represent major fluxes of relatively high Na, Sr, and low Y heavy rare …

Sources and evolution of arc magmas inferred from coupled O and Hf isotope systematics of plutonic zircons from the Cretaceous Separation Point Suite (New …

R Bolhar, SD Weaver, MJ Whitehouse, JM Palin… - Earth and Planetary …, 2008‏ - Elsevier
Coupled O and Hf isotopic compositions of zircons from Early Cretaceous (113–124 Ma)
granitoids of the Separation Point Suite (SPS), New Zealand, obtained by …

Metagabbros of the Gangdese arc root, south Tibet: Implications for the growth of continental crust

Z Zhang, X Dong, H **ang, Z He, JG Liou - Geochimica et Cosmochimica …, 2014‏ - Elsevier
The Gangdese batholith of the southern Tibet is regarded as a principal component of the
pre-Himalayan collision, Andean-type continental margin. However, the Gangdese arc root …

Uranium‐lead zircon ages from the median tectonic zone, New Zealand

DL Kimbrough, AJ Tulloch, DS Coombs… - New Zealand journal …, 1994‏ - Taylor & Francis
Abstract The Median Tectonic Zone (MTZ) of New Zealand is a generally north trending belt
of Mesozoic subduction‐related I‐type plutonic, volcanic, and sedimentary rocks in South …

The Paparoa metamorphic core complex, New Zealand: cretaceous extension associated with fragmeotation of the pacific margin of Gondwana

AJ Tulloch, DL Kimbrough - Tectonics, 1989‏ - Wiley Online Library
In Westland‐Nelson provinces of New Zealand, high‐grade metamorphic and granitic
basement rocks showing mylonitic ductile deformation are juxtaposed beneath low‐grade …

SHRIMP monazite and zircon geochronology of high‐grade metamorphism in New Zealand

TR Irel, GM Gibson - Journal of metamorphic geology, 1998‏ - Wiley Online Library
Ion microprobe dating of zircon and monazite from high‐grade gneisses has been used to
(1) determine the timing of metamorphism in the Western Province of New Zealand, and (2) …