Recent vertical offset and near-surface structure of the Alpine Fault in Westland, New Zealand, from ground penetrating radar profiling

New Zealand Journal of Geology and Geophysics

Volumn 41, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 485-492

  Yetton, Mark D ^a   Nobes, David C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CANTERBURY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Alpine Fault; Ground penetrating radar; Near surface structure; Vertical offset

Indexed keywords

FAULT DISPLACEMENT; STRIKE-SLIP FAULT;

ALPINE FAULT; NEW ZEALAND; SOUTH ISLAND;

EID: 0032432621     PISSN: 00288306     EISSN: 11758791     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00288306.1998.9514825     Document Type: Article

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