Crustal Architecture and Images

Updated: Dec 09, 2024

IGCP Project 559 - Seismic Images

New Zealand

SESI
The SESI seismic reflection profile images the geometry of the pre-110 Ma basement units down the south-east coastline of South Island . It sheds light on the geometry of terrane boundaries preserved in approximately their pre-Cenozoic configurations.

SIGHT
SIGHT96 experiment crosses the central South Island of New Zealand. Transect aimed at understanding the crustal-upper mantle deformation that is occurring at a continental obliquely compressive plate boundary.

SIGHT98 is a follow-up to SIGHT96. It also is an experiment that crosses the central South Island of New Zealand. Transect aimed at understanding the crustal-upper mantle deformation that is occurring at a continental obliquely compressive plate boundary.