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d'Entrecasteaux Zone, trench and western chain of the central New Hebrides island arc: Their significance and tectonic relationship

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The absence of a trench and the existence of a separate, western chain of islands in the central New Hebrides island arc are a consequence of earlier tectonic evolution, and not the result of subduction of the d'Entrecasteux Zone as was previously suggested. Because of tectonic consolidation in the western islands prior to present subduction, a resistant block was created opposing subduction, and a trench never did form, here. The d'Entrecasteux Zone is responsible only locally for additional deformation of the subducting plate, in a way that can be regarded as an initial stage of obduction.

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Daniel, J., Katz, H.R. d'Entrecasteaux Zone, trench and western chain of the central New Hebrides island arc: Their significance and tectonic relationship. Geo-Marine Letters 1, 213–219 (1981). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02462436

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