Plate coupling in the northern South Island and southernmost North Island, New Zealand, as illuminated by earthquake focal mechanisms

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 102, Issue B7, 1997, Pages 15197-15210

  Reyners, Martin ^a   Robinson, Russell ^a   McGinty, Peter ^b  

^a GNS SCIENCE   (New Zealand)

^b VICTORIA UNIVERSITY OF WELLINGTON   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FOCAL MECHANISM; FOCAL MECHANISMS; PLATE CAPACITY; PLATE MOTION; SEISMICITY; SUBDUCTION;

NEW ZEALAND;

EID: 0031471925     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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