Progress in understanding the paleoseismicity of the central and northern Alpine Fault, Westland, New Zealand

New Zealand Journal of Geology and Geophysics

Volumn 41, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 475-483

  Yetton, Mark D ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CANTERBURY   (New Zealand)

^b Geotech Consulting Ltd   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Alpine Fault; Central and northern Westland; Forest disturbance; Neotectonics; Paleoseismology; Radiocarbon; Trenching

Indexed keywords

EARTHQUAKE RUPTURE; NEOTECTONICS; PALEOSEISMICITY; RADIOCARBON DATING;

ALPINE FAULT; NEW ZEALAND; SOUTH ISLAND;

EID: 0032424465     PISSN: 00288306     EISSN: 11758791     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00288306.1998.9514824     Document Type: Article

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