Paleoseismicity of the northern Horohoro Fault, Taupo Volcanic Zone, New Zealand

New Zealand Journal of Geology and Geophysics

Volumn 44, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 391-401

  Zachariasen, Judith ^a,b   Dissen, Russ Van ^a  

^a GNS SCIENCE   (New Zealand)

^b WHITMAN COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Earthquake; Horohoro Fault; Neotectonics; Paleoseismology; Rotorua; Taupo Volcanic Zone; Trenching

Indexed keywords

ACTIVE FAULT; EARTHQUAKE; FAULT DISPLACEMENT; NEOTECTONICS; PALEOSEISMICITY;

NEW ZEALAND; NORTH ISLAND; TAUPO VOLCANIC ZONE;

EID: 0034756629     PISSN: 00288306     EISSN: 11758791     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00288306.2001.9514946     Document Type: Article

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