The impact of episodic fault-related folding on late Holocene degradation terraces along Waipara River, New Zealand

New Zealand Journal of Geology and Geophysics

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 145-156

  Nicol, Andrew ^a   Campbell, Jocelyn K ^b  

^a GNS SCIENCE   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CANTERBURY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Active folds; Aseismic; Canterbury; Downcutting; Fluvial processes; New Zealand; Paleoseismology; Radiocarbon; Uplift; Waipara River; Weathering rind

Indexed keywords

EARTHQUAKE RUPTURE; FAULTING; FOLDING; HOLOCENE; RIVER TERRACE; TECTONIC EVOLUTION;

NEW ZEALAND;

EID: 0035269411     PISSN: 00288306     EISSN: 11758791     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00288306.2001.9514931     Document Type: Article

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