Holocene motion on the Akatore Fault, south Otago coast, New Zealand

New Zealand Journal of Geology and Geophysics

Volumn 43, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 405-418

  Litchfield, Nicola J ^a   Norris, Richard J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Antecedent drainage; Holocene; Marine terrace; New Zealand; Otago; Paleoseismology; Reverse fault

Indexed keywords

DRAINAGE NETWORK; FAULT SLIP; HOLOCENE; NEOTECTONICS; PALEOSEISMICITY; TECTONICS;

NEW ZEALAND; OTAGO;

EID: 0033786797     PISSN: 00288306     EISSN: 11758791     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00288306.2000.9514897     Document Type: Article

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