Structure and neotectonics on the Main Divide, upper Wilberforce valley, mid Canterbury, New Zealand

New Zealand Journal of Geology and Geophysics

Volumn 43, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 217-228

  Becker, J A ^a   Craw, D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Browning Pass; Faults; Main Divide; Neotectonics; Plate tectonics; Southern Alps

Indexed keywords

FAULT ZONE; NEOTECTONICS; OROGENIC BELT; PLATE TECTONICS; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY;

NEW ZEALAND; SOUTH ISLAND; SOUTHERN ALPS; WILBERFORCE VALLEY;

EID: 0033887410     PISSN: 00288306     EISSN: 11758791     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00288306.2000.9514882     Document Type: Article

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