
TY  - JOUR
A1  - Meffre, Sebastien 
A1  - J. Crawford, Anthony 
A1  - G. Quilty, Patrick 
T1  - Arc-continent collision forming a large island between New Caledonia and New Zealand in the Oligocene
JF  - ASEG Extended Abstracts
JO  - ASEG Extended Abstracts
Y1  - 2006
VL  - 2006
IS  - 1
SP  - 1
EP  - 3
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UR  - https://doi.org/10.1071/ASEG2006AB111 
N2  - Dredge samples from the Three Kings Ridge between New Caledonia and New Zealand revealed the presence of an old collisional orogen. The samples included 38 Ma high-P metamorphic rocks, mantle peridotite, probably from the forearc of an island arc, and continental-derived rocks with old Gondwana-derived zircons and fossil leaves. The samples suggest that a large island existed to the east of the Three Kings Ridge between 38 Ma and 21 Ma, when extension associated with the opening of the South Fiji basin caused the island to subside below sea level. 
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