Onshore-offshore Cretaceous rift basin on the West Coast of New Zealand
The Taranaki Basin is an onshore-offshore Cretaceous rift basin on the West Coast of New Zealand.[1][2] Development of rifting was the result of extensional stresses during the breakup of Gondwanaland. The basin later underwent fore-arc and intra-arc basin development, due to the subduction of the Pacific Plate under the Australian Plate at the Hikurangi Subduction System.[3][4] The basin covers approximately 100,000 km2 of which the majority is offshore.[2][5] The basin contains mostly marine sediment, with significant terrestrial sediment from the Late Cretaceous to the Eocene.[6] The majority of New Zealand's oil and gas production occurs within the basin, with over 600 wells and approximately 20 oil and gas fields being drilled.[7]
Broad Map and General Cross Section of the Taranaki Basin. Prepared by the Dept. of Lands and Survey. Source: Land Information New Zealand (LINZ). Mount Taranaki is in the middle.
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