Physics
Scientific paper
Dec 1991
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1991e%26psl.107..523h&link_type=abstract
Earth and Planetary Science Letters, Volume 107, Issue 3-4, p. 523-538.
Physics
17
Scientific paper
Mechanical properties of the New Zealand lithosphere are determined by forward modelling the gravity and isostatic response of a Plio-Pleistocene sediment loaded shelf margin. The Giant Foreset Formation on the Western Platform of New Zealand is a 2 km thick, 250 km long, and 100 km wide sediment package. Both the downward flexed Pliocene-Miocene boundary beneath the package and a 35-50 mGal peak-to-trough gravity anomaly over the sediment package are best matched with a flexural rigidity in the region of 5.6 × 1022-1.5 × 1023 N m (effective elastic thickness Te = 20-28 km). The Giant Foresets are a particularly important load to model because, unlike most sediment-loaded passive margins, there is a time gap of about 70-80 Ma between rifting and subsequent deposition of the sedimentary load. Furthermore, the width of the Giant Foreset load is sufficiently small to afford a reasonable resolution of Te.
Holt William E.
Stern T. A.
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