Synthetic seismicity models for the Wellington Region, New Zealand: Implications for the temporal distribution of large events

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 101, Issue 12, 1996, Pages 27833-27844

  Robinson, Russell ^a   Benites, Raphael ^a  

^a GNS SCIENCE   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FAULT INTERACTION; SEISMICITY; TEMPORAL DISTRIBUTION;

NEW ZEALAND, NORTH ISLAND, WELLINGTON;

EID: 0030429054     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/96jb02533     Document Type: Article

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