Geology of Northland

accretion, allochthons and arcs at the edge of the New Zealand micro-continent

Editors: Bernhard Sporli, David Kear

RSNZ Bulletin 26. ISBN 0-908654-24-3, ISSN 0370-6559

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Frontispiece

Regional

Tectonic framework of Northland, New Zealand Sporli, K. B. 3

Autochthonous basement

Regional metamorphism in basement Waipapa Group, Northland, New Zealand Black, P. M. 15

Metamorphism in the Waipapa Terrane, Omahuta and Puketi Forests, Northland, New Zealand Jennings, W. L. 23

The geology of Purerua Peninsula, Bay of Islands, Northland, New Zealand Meshesha, M. Y., Black, P. M. 29

Gravity studies of basement-cover relations in Northland, New Zealand Cassidy, J., Locke, C. A. 39

Northland Allochthon in general

Cretaceous to middle Tertiary stratigraphy, paleogeography and tectonic history of Northland, New Zealand Hayward, B. W., Brook, F. J, Isaac, M. J. 47

Te Kuiti Group and Northland Allochthon on the north flank of the Omahuta Basement Block, Northland, New Zealand Gilbert, D. B., Ballance, P. P., Sporli, K. B. 65

Structure of Oligocene limestones in the Mangamuka Bridge area, Northland Allochthon, New Zealand Clarke, K. J., Sporli, K. B., Gibson, G. W. 75

An outcrop of Waitemata Group strata at Waihou Valley, Hokianga, New Zealand, and implications for Northland stratigraphy Evans, R. B. 85

The Kawakawa Overthrust: autochthon and nappes at Kawakawa, northern New Zealand Isaac, M. J., Grieve, P. L. 95

Structural observations in the autochthon and allochthon at Ngawha geothermal field. New Zealand Bayrante, L. F., Sporli, K. B. 105 

Structurally superposed sheets of Cretaceous-Tertiary sediments at Pahi, North Kaipara Harbour, New Zealand Sporli, K. B., Kadar, A. P. 115

Northland Allochthon: Tangihua Ophiolites

Small "Tangihua" volcanic masses at low levels in the Northland Allochthon, New Zealand: tectonic significance Parker, R. J., Ballance, P. P., Sporli, K. B. 127

Structure of the Tangihua Ophiolites at Ahipara, Northland, New Zealand Larsen, J. M., Sporli, KB. 137

Petrology and tectonic significance of igneous rocks from the Ahipara Tangihua Massif, Northland, New Zealand Larsen, J. M., Parker, R. J. 145

Hydrothermal metamorphism in Tangihua Volcanics, Northland, New Zealand: a review and synthesis Black, P. M. 155

Fe-Cu-(Zn) sulphide deposits associated with ophiolites in Northland, New Zealand: a summary Mason, D. O., Kobe, H. W. 165

Gravity investigations of the Maungataniwha and Ahipara Ophiolite Massifs, Northland, New Zealand Sharp, B. M., Locke, C. A., Cassidy, J. 175

Miocene and younger

Exceptional structural complexity in turbidite deposits of the piggy-back Waitemata Basin, Miocene, Auckland/Northland, New Zealand Sporli, K. B. 183

Relation between intrusion and tectonics in the Miocene Karikari Pluton, Northland, New Zealand Ruddock, R. S., Sporli, K. B. 195

Miocene arc-type volcanic/plutonic complexes of the Northland Peninsula, New Zealand Smith, I. E. M., Ruddock, R. S., Day, R. A. 205

High temperature calc-silicate hornfelses in Northland, New Zealand Black, P. M. 215

Lower Pleistocene pollen profile, Rototuna Formation, North Kaipara Barrier, New Zealand Murray, D. F., Grant-Mackie, J. A. 225