The kinematics of active deformation in the North Island, New Zealand, determined from geological strain rates

New Zealand Journal of Geology and Geophysics

Volumn 41, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 311-323

  Beanland, Sarah ^a   Haines, John ^a,b  

^a GNS SCIENCE   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Extension rates; Fault slip rates; Kinematics; North Island; Partitioning; Rotation

Indexed keywords

CRUSTAL DEFORMATION; FAULT SLIP; KINEMATICS; PLATE BOUNDARY; STRAIN RATE;

HIKURANGI MARGIN; NEW ZEALAND; NORTH ISLAND;

EID: 0032426929     PISSN: 00288306     EISSN: 11758791     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00288306.1998.9514813     Document Type: Article

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21. This paper is on work Sarah was completing at the time of her death.