The 1968 Inangahua, New Zealand, and 1994 Northridge, California, earthquakes: Implications for northwest Nelson

New Zealand Journal of Geology and Geophysics

Volumn 43, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 587-599

  Yeats, Robert S ^a  

^a OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Blind reverse faults; Convergence rates; Earthquake hazard; Footwall uplift; Inangahua earthquake; Lateral ramp; New structural name; Northridge earthquake; Northwest Nelson; Rotokohu Fault

Indexed keywords

EARTHQUAKE; EARTHQUAKE RUPTURE; FAULT; NORTHRIDGE EARTHQUAKE 1994; QUATERNARY;

NELSON; NEW ZEALAND; SOUTH ISLAND;

EID: 0034458033     PISSN: 00288306     EISSN: 11758791     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00288306.2000.9514911     Document Type: Article

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