Pliocene-Quaternary deformation and mechanisms of near-surface strain close to the eastern tip of the Clarence Fault, northeast Marlborough, New Zealand

New Zealand Journal of Geology and Geophysics

Volumn 41, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 401-417

  Townsend, D B ^a   Little, T A ^a  

^a VICTORIA UNIVERSITY OF WELLINGTON   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Awatere Block; Block rotation; Clarence Fault; London Hill Fault; Marlborough; Mesoscopic faults; Miocene; Pliocene; Quaternary; Tectonics; Uplift

Indexed keywords

BLOCK ROTATION; CRUSTAL DEFORMATION; NEOTECTONICS; SUBDUCTION ZONE; UPLIFT;

MARLBOROUGH; NEW ZEALAND; SOUTH ISLAND;

EID: 0032431233     PISSN: 00288306     EISSN: 11758791     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00288306.1998.9514819     Document Type: Article

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