The enigma of the Arthur's Pass, New Zealand, earthquake 1. Reconciling a variety of data for an unusual earthquake sequence

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 105, Issue B7, 2000, Pages 16119-16137

  Abercrombie, Rachel E ^a,c   Webb, T H ^a   Robinson, R ^a   McGinty, P J ^a   Mori, J J ^b,d   Beavan, R J ^a  

^a GNS SCIENCE   (New Zealand)

^b U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^c HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EARTHQUAKE; SEISMICITY; SOURCE PARAMETERS;

NEW ZEALAND; SOUTH ISLAND;

EID: 0034631670     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2000jb900008     Document Type: Article

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