Tectonic Modeling of New Zealand

9902735在年轻、构造活跃的地区进行广泛的建模，受强大的地质和地球物理参数数据库的约束，已被用于识别造山过程和发展详细的地质史。本项目旨在将这一策略应用于渐新世至新西兰的近代史。新西兰提供了一个复杂而活跃的构造体系，并且存在大量的数据集。结果将试图与新西兰目前的结构、地壳厚度和海拔相匹配，并检验南岛可能是山脉的一条“稳态装配线”的假设。预计结果将阐明新西兰正在进行的各种构造相互作用所涉及的主要参数。

9902735Bird In young, tectonically active areas extensive modeling, constrained by a strong database of geological and geophysical parameters, has been used to identify orogenic processes and develop detailed geologic histories. This Project is to apply this tactic to the Oligocene to recent history of New Zealand. New Zealand offers a complex and active tectonic regime, and extensive data sets exist. Results will attempt to match the resent structures, crustal thickness and elevation in New Zealand, and test the hypothesis that South Island may be a "steady state assembly line" for mountain. Results are expected to illuminate the major parameters involved in the various tectonic interactions underway in New Zealand.