Paleoseismicity of the Rotoitipakau Fault Zone, a complex normal fault in the Taupo Volcanic Zone, New Zealand

New Zealand Journal of Geology and Geophysics

Volumn 41, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 449-465

  Berryman, Kelvin ^a   Beanland, Sarah ^a   Wesnousky, Steven ^b  

^a GNS SCIENCE   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

Author keywords

Earthquake geology; Normal fault; Paleoseismicity; Taupo Volcanic Zone; Whakatane Graben

Indexed keywords

EARTHQUAKE RUPTURE; FAULT ZONE; NORMAL FAULT; PALEOSEISMICITY; VOLCANISM;

NEW ZEALAND; NORTH ISLAND; TAUPO VOLCANIC ZONE;

EID: 0032411970     PISSN: 00288306     EISSN: 11758791     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00288306.1998.9514822     Document Type: Article

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