Crossing Cook Strait: terranes of the Marlborough Schist, Kapiti Island and Wellington

C. J. Adams, H. J. Campbell*, N. Mortimer, W. L. Griffin

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Abstract

U-Pb detrital zircon age patterns in sandstones from the Wellington and eastern Cook Strait area have broad Permian-Triassic and Precambrian-early Paleozoic age groups that confirm a previously established Triassic Rakaia Terrane correlation. Along the western Cook Strait coast, meta-psammitic Marlborough Schist samples have zircon patterns with a single age group, either Late Triassic or Jurassic, indicating a Waipapa Terrane ancestry. Similar data from the central Cook Strait region suggest that Waipapa Terrane basement continues northeastwards from Marlborough through Fishermans Rock to Kapiti Island. The Rakaia-Waipapa terrane boundary thus lies east of Kapiti Island and Fishermans Rock. The position of a Caples-Waipapa terrane boundary within the Marlborough Schist is less certain but most of the eastern Marlborough Schist is Waipapa Terrane.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationPaleozoic–mesozoic geology of South Island, New Zealand
Subtitle of host publicationsubduction-related processes adjacent to SE Gondwana
EditorsA. H. F. Robertson
Place of PublicationLondon
PublisherGeological Society of London
Chapter14
Pages323-330
Number of pages8
ISBN (Print)9781786204301
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2019

Publication series

NameGeological Society Memoir
PublisherGeological Society of London
Volume49
ISSN (Print)0435-4052

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