Earthquake triggering in the Hawke's Bay, New Zealand, region from 1931 to 1934 as inferred from elastic dislocation and static stress modeling

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 106, Issue B11, 2001, Pages 26593-26604

  McGinty, Peter ^a   Darby, Desmond ^a   Haines, John ^b  

^a GNS SCIENCE   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COULOMB CRITERION; DISLOCATION; EARTHQUAKE TRIGGER; FAULT SLIP; STRESS;

HAWKE'S BAY; NEW ZEALAND; NORTH ISLAND;

EID: 0035202901     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2000jb000031     Document Type: Review

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