Tilting of active folds and faults in the Manawatu region, New Zealand: Evidence from surface drainage patterns

New Zealand Journal of Geology and Geophysics

Volumn 41, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 377-385

  Jackson, James ^a   van Dissen, Russ ^b   Berryman, Kelvin ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b GNS SCIENCE   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Active tectonics; Drainage; Faulting; Geomorphology

Indexed keywords

ACTIVE FAULT; DRAINAGE NETWORK; FOLDING; NEOTECTONICS; TILT;

MANAWATU; NEW ZEALAND; NORTH ISLAND;

EID: 0032426040     PISSN: 00288306     EISSN: 11758791     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00288306.1998.9514817     Document Type: Article

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