1 Geological Society, London, Memoirs Archimer June 2020, Volume 51 Issue 1 Pages Chap.7, pp.147-188 https://doi.org/10.1144/M51-2018-74 https://archimer.ifremer.fr https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00643/75541/ Post-obduction evolution of New Caledonia Sevin B. 1, Maurizot P. 1, * , Cluzel D. 2, Tournadour Elsa 1, 3, Etienne S. 1, Folcher N. 2, Jeanpert J. 1, Collot Julien 1, Iseppi M. 1, 4, Meffre S. 5, Patriat Martin 1, 6 1 Service Géologique de Nouvelle-Calédonie (New Caledonia Geological Survey), BP M2, 98 849 Nouméa, New Caledonia 2 University of New Caledonia, ISEA-EA 7484, BP R4, 98 851 Nouméa, New Caledonia 3 ADECAL Technopole, ZoNéCo Research Program, 98845 Nouméa, New Caledonia 4 BRGM, Antenne Nouvelle-Calédonie 1 ter rue E. Unger, Vallée du Tir – BP 56, 98 845 Nouméa Cedex, New Caledonia 5 University of Tasmania, Private Bag 79, Hobart 7001, Australia 6 Ifremer, UR Géosciences Marines, 29280 Plouzané, France * Corresponding author : P. Maurizot, email address :
[email protected] Abstract : The post-obduction formations of Grande Terre, New Caledonia, comprise igneous intrusions, regolith cover, and marine and terrestrial sedimentary rocks. Two restricted Late Oligocene granitoid bodies are intruded into the Peridotite Nappe and its substrate in the south of the island. Thick regolith cover developed over the Peridotite Nappe from the Late Oligocene or earlier. The Népoui Group comprises Late Oligocene–Early Miocene mixed marine carbonate and siliciclastic deposits. It mainly reworks the Peridotite Nappe and its regolith cover. Its development pattern is mainly controlled by tectonic uplift and subsidence.