The Siberia Fault Zone, northwest Otago, and kinematics of mid-Cenozoic plate boundary deformation in southern New Zealand

New Zealand Journal of Geology and Geophysics

Volumn 45, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 271-287

  White, S R ^a  

^a KHALIFA UNIVERSITY   (United Arab Emirates)

Author keywords

Alpine Fault; Cenozoic; Moonlight Fault; New structural names; Northwest Otago; Plate boundary; Siberia Fault Zone; Strike slip; Tectonics

Indexed keywords

CENOZOIC; DEFORMATION; FAULT DISPLACEMENT; FAULT ZONE; KINEMATICS; PLATE BOUNDARY; STRIKE-SLIP FAULT;

NEW ZEALAND; OTAGO; SIBERIA FAULT ZONE; SOUTH ISLAND;

EID: 0036067699     PISSN: 00288306     EISSN: 11758791     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00288306.2002.9514973     Document Type: Article

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