The 1943 lake hawea earthquake—a large subcrustal event beneath the southern alps of New Zealand

New Zealand Journal of Geology and Geophysics

Volumn 48, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 147-152

  Reyners, Martin ^a  

^a GNS SCIENCE   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Continental collision; Intracontinental subduction; Isoseismal distribution; Lake Hawea; Mantle rigidity; Southern Alps; Subcrustal earthquake

Indexed keywords

EARTHQUAKE; FOCAL MECHANISM; SOURCE PARAMETERS;

AUSTRALASIA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; NEW ZEALAND; SOUTH ISLAND; SOUTHERN ALPS; WORLD;

EID: 20044391844     PISSN: 00288306     EISSN: 11758791     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00288306.2005.9515105     Document Type: Article

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