A comparison of historical and paleoseismicity in a newly formed fault zone and a mature fault zone, North Canterbury, New Zealand

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 101, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 6021-6036

  Cowan, Hugh ^a,c   Nicol, Andrew ^a,d   Tonkin, Phillip ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CANTERBURY   (New Zealand)

^b LINCOLN UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

^c Norwegian Seismic Array   (Norway)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HOLOCENE; LANDSLIDE; PALAEOSEISMICITY; RECURRENCE INTERVAL; SEISMICITY; STRIKE SLIP FAULT; SURFACE RUPTURE;

NEW ZEALAND, SOUTH ISLAND, CANTERBURY;

EID: 0029778550     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/95jb01588     Document Type: Review

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