The Bogota Peninsula, New Caledonia: A Possible Oceanic Transform Fault. Prinzhofer, A. & Nicolas, A. The Journal of Geology, 88(4):387–398, July, 1980.
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The northern part of the Bogota peninsula belonging to the ultramafic nappe of New Caledonia shows peculiar features drastically contrasting with those in the surrounding peridotites. Within 10-15 km the foliations rotate in azimuth and become vertical. In the center of the peninsula highly sheared peridotites extend over 3 km. From structural and petrological studies, the peninsula is interpreted as a dextral shear zone, exhibiting syntectonic injection of magmatic dikes and hydrothermal alteration. The shear motion occurred in the oceanic upper mantle at temperatures between 500°C and 900°C. The overall geometry strongly supports the interpretation of a transform fault environment.
@article{prinzhofer_bogota_1980,
	title = {The {Bogota} {Peninsula}, {New} {Caledonia}: {A} {Possible} {Oceanic} {Transform} {Fault}},
	volume = {88},
	copyright = {Copyright © 1980 The University of Chicago Press},
	issn = {00221376},
	url = {http://www.jstor.org/stable/30062376},
	doi = {10.2307/30062376},
	abstract = {The northern part of the Bogota peninsula belonging to the ultramafic nappe of New Caledonia shows peculiar features drastically contrasting with those in the surrounding peridotites. Within 10-15 km the foliations rotate in azimuth and become vertical. In the center of the peninsula highly sheared peridotites extend over 3 km. From structural and petrological studies, the peninsula is interpreted as a dextral shear zone, exhibiting syntectonic injection of magmatic dikes and hydrothermal alteration. The shear motion occurred in the oceanic upper mantle at temperatures between 500°C and 900°C. The overall geometry strongly supports the interpretation of a transform fault environment.},
	number = {4},
	journal = {The Journal of Geology},
	author = {Prinzhofer, A. and Nicolas, A.},
	month = jul,
	year = {1980},
	pages = {387--398},
}

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