Julien Collot, Geological Survey of New Caledonia - SGNC/DIMENC, Nouméa, New Caledonia, Walter R Roest, Ifremer Centre Brest, Plouzane, France, Rupert Sutherland, Victoria University of Wellington, Wellington, New Zealand, Martin Patriat, IFREMER, Plouzané, France, Samuel Etienne, ADECAL Technopole / Geological Survey of New Caledonia, Nouméa, New Caledonia, Aurelien Bordenave, Geological Survey of New Caledonia, Noumea, New Caledonia, Boris Marcaillou, Géoazur - Université Nice Sophia Antipolis, Valbonne, France, Schnurle Philippe, Ifremer, Plouzané, France, Caroline Juan, DIMENC, Geological Survey of New Caledonia, Nouméa, New Caledonia, Daniel H N Barker, GNS Science, Lower Hutt, New Zealand, Wanda Rose Stratford, GNS Science-Institute of Geological and Nuclear Sciences Ltd, Lower Hutt, New Zealand, Simon Williams, University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW, Australia, Sylvie Wolf, Univ Paris 06 CNRS UMR7193, Sorbonne Univ. ISTEP, Paris, France, Camille Noël Clerc, Université de la Nouvelle-Calédonie, Institut des Sciences Exactes et Appliquées, Nouméa, New Caledonia and Martin Crundwell, GNS Science, Paleontology, Lower Hutt, New Zealand