Folding and the formation of bedding-parallel faults on the western limb of Grey Valley Syncline near Blackball, New Zealand

New Zealand Journal of Geology and Geophysics

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 127-135

  Nicol, Andrew ^a   Nathan, Simon ^a  

^a GNS SCIENCE   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Bedding parallel faults; Flexural slip folding; Grey Valley Syncline; Old Man Group

Indexed keywords

FAULTING; FOLDING; KINEMATICS; PLIOCENE; STRATIGRAPHY;

BLACKBALL; NEW ZEALAND; SOUTH ISLAND;

EID: 0035269307     PISSN: 00288306     EISSN: 11758791     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00288306.2001.9514929     Document Type: Article

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