Shortening of an overriding plate and its implications for slip on a subduction thrust, central Hikurangi Margin, New Zealand

Tectonics

Volumn 22, Issue 6, 2003, Pages

  Nicol, Andrew ^a   Beavan, John ^a  

^a GNS SCIENCE   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Hikurangi margin; Overriding plate; Shortening

Indexed keywords

FAULT SLIP; PLATE BOUNDARY; STRESS-STRAIN RELATIONSHIP; THRUST FAULT;

AUSTRALASIA; NEW ZEALAND;

EID: 1842428467     PISSN: 02787407     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2003TC001521     Document Type: Article

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