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Geological Society, London, Memoirs
New Caledonia: Geology, Geodynamic Evolution and Mineral Resources
Geological Society of London
Volume
51
Copyright:
© 2020 The Author(s). Published by The Geological Society of London. All rights reserved
ISBN electronic:
9781786204820
ISBN print:
9781786204660
Publication date:
June 16, 2020
This memoir summarizes current knowledge on the geology of New Caledonia, its geodynamic evolution and mineral resources, based on published and unpublished information. It comprises ten research papers, each addressing a particular geological assemblage or topic. After an introductory chapter and a review of the published geodynamic models of evolution of the SW Pacific, Chapters 3-5 focus on the main geological assemblages of Grande Terre: the pre-Late Cretaceous basement terranes, the Late Cretaceous to Eocene cover, and the Eocene Subduction-Obduction Complex, one of the largest and best-preserved in the world. Chapter 6 is devoted to the Loyalty Islands and Ridge. Chapter 7 deals with the mostly terrestrial post-obduction units, including regolith. Chapter 8 deals with palaeobiogeography and discusses plausible scenarios of biotic evolution. Chapters 9 and 10 provide a comprehensive review of New Caledonia's mineral resources. The volume will be of interest to stratigraphers, sedimentologists, marine geologists, palaeontologists, palaeogeographers, igneous and metamorphic petrologists, geochemists, geochronologists, and specialists in tectonics, geodynamic evolution, regoliths, ophiolites and economic geology.
Table of Contents
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Chapter 1: Introduction to New Caledonia: geology, geodynamic evolution and mineral resourcesP. Maurizot;P. MaurizotService Géologique de Nouvelle-Calédonie (New Caledonia Geological Survey),BP M2, 98 849 Nouméa,New CaledoniaSearch for other works by this author on:M. Vendé-Leclerc;M. Vendé-LeclercService Géologique de Nouvelle-Calédonie (New Caledonia Geological Survey),BP M2, 98 849 Nouméa,New CaledoniaSearch for other works by this author on:D. CluzelD. CluzelUniversity of New Caledonia,ISEA-EA 7484, BP R4, 98 851 Nouméa,New CaledoniaSearch for other works by this author on:
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Chapter 2: Geodynamics of the SW Pacific: a brief review and relations with New Caledonian geologyJ. Collot;J. CollotService Géologique de Nouvelle-Calédonie (New Caledonia Geological Survey),BP M2, 98 849 Nouméa,New CaledoniaSearch for other works by this author on:M. Patriat;M. PatriatIfremer, UR Géosciences Marines,29280 Plouzané,FranceSearch for other works by this author on:R. Sutherland;R. SutherlandVictoria University of Wellington,PO Box 600, Wellington 6140,New ZealandSearch for other works by this author on:S. Williams;S. WilliamsEarthByte Group, School of Geosciences, The University of Sydney,NSW 2006,AustraliaState Key Laboratory of Continental Dynamics, Department of Geology,Northwest University, Xían,ChinaSearch for other works by this author on:D. Cluzel;D. CluzelUniversity of New Caledonia,ISEA-EA 7484, BP R4, 98 851 Nouméa,New CaledoniaSearch for other works by this author on:M. Seton;M. SetonEarthByte Group, School of Geosciences, The University of Sydney,NSW 2006,AustraliaSearch for other works by this author on:B. Pelletier;B. PelletierGeosciences Azur (UMR 6526),IRD, 101 Promenade R. Laroque, BP A5, 98800 Nouméa,New CaledoniaSearch for other works by this author on:W. R. Roest;W. R. RoestIfremer, UR Géosciences Marines,29280 Plouzané,FranceSearch for other works by this author on:S. Etienne;S. EtienneService Géologique de Nouvelle-Calédonie (New Caledonia Geological Survey),BP M2, 98 849 Nouméa,New CaledoniaSearch for other works by this author on:P. MaurizotP. MaurizotService Géologique de Nouvelle-Calédonie (New Caledonia Geological Survey),BP M2, 98 849 Nouméa,New CaledoniaSearch for other works by this author on:
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Chapter 3: Pre-Late Cretaceous basement terranes of the Gondwana active margin of New CaledoniaP. Maurizot;P. MaurizotService Géologique de Nouvelle-Calédonie (New Caledonia Geological Survey),BP M2, 98 849 Nouméa,New CaledoniaSearch for other works by this author on:S. Meffre;S. MeffreUniversity of Tasmania,Private Bag 79, Hobart 7001,AustraliaSearch for other works by this author on:H. J. Campbell;H. J. CampbellGNS Science,PO Box 30368, Lower Hutt 5040,New ZealandSearch for other works by this author on:J. Collot;J. CollotService Géologique de Nouvelle-Calédonie (New Caledonia Geological Survey),BP M2, 98 849 Nouméa,New CaledoniaSearch for other works by this author on:B. SevinB. SevinService Géologique de Nouvelle-Calédonie (New Caledonia Geological Survey),BP M2, 98 849 Nouméa,New CaledoniaSearch for other works by this author on:
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Chapter 4: Late Cretaceous to Eocene cover of New Caledonia: from rifting to convergenceP. Maurizot;P. MaurizotService Géologique de Nouvelle-Calédonie (New Caledonia Geological Survey),BP M2, 98 849 Nouméa,New CaledoniaSearch for other works by this author on:D. Cluzel;D. CluzelUniversity of New Caledonia,ISEA-EA 7484, BP R4, 98 851 Nouméa,New CaledoniaSearch for other works by this author on:J. Collot;J. CollotService Géologique de Nouvelle-Calédonie (New Caledonia Geological Survey),BP M2, 98 849 Nouméa,New CaledoniaSearch for other works by this author on:S. EtienneS. EtienneService Géologique de Nouvelle-Calédonie (New Caledonia Geological Survey),BP M2, 98 849 Nouméa,New CaledoniaSearch for other works by this author on:
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Chapter 5: The Eocene Subduction–Obduction Complex of New CaledoniaP. Maurizot;P. MaurizotService Géologique de Nouvelle-Calédonie (New Caledonia Geological Survey),BP M2, 98 849 Nouméa,New CaledoniaSearch for other works by this author on:D. Cluzel;D. CluzelUniversity of New Caledonia,ISEA-EA 7484, BP R4, 98 851 Nouméa,New CaledoniaSearch for other works by this author on:M. Patriat;M. PatriatIfremer, UR Géosciences Marines, 29280 Plouzané, FranceSearch for other works by this author on:J. Collot;J. CollotService Géologique de Nouvelle-Calédonie (New Caledonia Geological Survey),BP M2, 98 849 Nouméa,New CaledoniaSearch for other works by this author on:S. Lesimple;S. LesimpleService Géologique de Nouvelle-Calédonie (New Caledonia Geological Survey),BP M2, 98 849 Nouméa,New CaledoniaSearch for other works by this author on:A. Secchiari;A. SecchiariDepartment of Chemistry, Life Sciences and Environmental Sustainability,Parco Area delle Scienze 157/a, 43124 Parma,ItalySearch for other works by this author on:D. Bosch;D. BoschGéosciences Montpellier, Université de Montpellier,Place Eugène Bataillon, 34095 Montpellier,FranceSearch for other works by this author on:A. Montanini;A. MontaniniDepartment of Chemistry, Life Sciences and Environmental Sustainability,Parco Area delle Scienze 157/a, 43124 Parma,ItalySearch for other works by this author on:H. L. DaviesH. L. DaviesUniversity of Papua New Guinea,PO Box 414,Papua New GuineaSearch for other works by this author on:
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Chapter 6: The Loyalty Islands and Ridge, New CaledoniaP. Maurizot;P. MaurizotService Géologique de Nouvelle-Calédonie (New Caledonia Geological Survey),BP M2, 98 849 Nouméa,New CaledoniaSearch for other works by this author on:J. Collot;J. CollotService Géologique de Nouvelle-Calédonie (New Caledonia Geological Survey),BP M2, 98 849 Nouméa,New CaledoniaSearch for other works by this author on:D. Cluzel;D. CluzelUniversity of New Caledonia,ISEA-EA 7484, BP R4, 98 851 Nouméa,New CaledoniaSearch for other works by this author on:M. PatriatM. PatriatIfremer, UR Géosciences Marines,29280 Plouzané,FranceSearch for other works by this author on:
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Chapter 7: Post-obduction evolution of New CaledoniaB. Sevin;B. SevinService Géologique de Nouvelle-Calédonie (New Caledonia Geological Survey),BP M2, 98 849 Nouméa,New CaledoniaSearch for other works by this author on:P. Maurizot;P. MaurizotService Géologique de Nouvelle-Calédonie (New Caledonia Geological Survey),BP M2, 98 849 Nouméa,New CaledoniaSearch for other works by this author on:D. Cluzel;D. CluzelUniversity of New Caledonia,ISEA-EA 7484, BP R4, 98 851 Nouméa,New CaledoniaSearch for other works by this author on:S. Etienne;S. EtienneService Géologique de Nouvelle-Calédonie (New Caledonia Geological Survey),BP M2, 98 849 Nouméa,New CaledoniaSearch for other works by this author on:J. Jeanpert;J. JeanpertService Géologique de Nouvelle-Calédonie (New Caledonia Geological Survey),BP M2, 98 849 Nouméa,New CaledoniaSearch for other works by this author on:J. Collot;J. CollotService Géologique de Nouvelle-Calédonie (New Caledonia Geological Survey),BP M2, 98 849 Nouméa,New CaledoniaSearch for other works by this author on:M. Iseppi;M. IseppiService Géologique de Nouvelle-Calédonie (New Caledonia Geological Survey),BP M2, 98 849 Nouméa,New CaledoniaBRGM, Antenne Nouvelle-Calédonie 1 ter rue E. Unger,Vallée du Tir – BP 56, 98 845Nouméa Cedex,New CaledoniaSearch for other works by this author on:S. Meffre;S. MeffreUniversity of Tasmania,Private Bag 79, Hobart 7001,AustraliaSearch for other works by this author on:M. PatriatM. PatriatService Géologique de Nouvelle-Calédonie (New Caledonia Geological Survey),BP M2, 98 849 Nouméa,New CaledoniaIfremer, UR Géosciences Marines, 29280 Plouzané, FranceSearch for other works by this author on:
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Chapter 8: Palaeobiogeography of New CaledoniaP. Maurizot;P. MaurizotService Géologique de Nouvelle-Calédonie (New Caledonian Geological Survey),BP M2, 98 849 Nouméa,New CaledoniaSearch for other works by this author on:H. J. CampbellH. J. CampbellGNS Science,PO Box 30368, Lower Hutt 5040,New ZealandSearch for other works by this author on:
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Chapter 9: Mineral resources and prospectivity of non-ultramafic rocks of New CaledoniaP. Maurizot;P. MaurizotService Géologique de Nouvelle-Calédonie (New Caledonia Geological Survey),BP M2, 98 849, Nouméa,New CaledoniaSearch for other works by this author on:J. Collot;J. CollotService Géologique de Nouvelle-Calédonie (New Caledonia Geological Survey),BP M2, 98 849, Nouméa,New CaledoniaSearch for other works by this author on:M. Patriat;M. PatriatIfremer,UR Géosciences Marines, 29280 Plouzané,FranceSearch for other works by this author on:S. Etienne;S. EtienneService Géologique de Nouvelle-Calédonie (New Caledonia Geological Survey),BP M2, 98 849, Nouméa,New CaledoniaSearch for other works by this author on:C. MonninC. MonninCentre National de la Recherche Scientifique – Institut de Recherche pour le Développement,Géoscience Environement Toulouse, Observatoire Midi-Pyrénées, Université de Toulouse, 14 Avenue Edouard Belin, 31400 Toulouse,FranceSearch for other works by this author on:
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Chapter 10: Mineral resources and prospectivity of the ultramafic rocks of New CaledoniaP. Maurizot;P. MaurizotService Géologique de Nouvelle-Calédonie (New Caledonia Geological Survey),BP M2, 98 849 Nouméa,New CaledoniaSearch for other works by this author on:B. Sevin;B. SevinService Géologique de Nouvelle-Calédonie (New Caledonia Geological Survey),BP M2, 98 849 Nouméa,New CaledoniaSearch for other works by this author on:S. Lesimple;S. LesimpleService Géologique de Nouvelle-Calédonie (New Caledonia Geological Survey),BP M2, 98 849 Nouméa,New CaledoniaSearch for other works by this author on:
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