Holocene paleoearthquakes on the strike-slip porters pass fault, Canterbury, New Zealand

New Zealand Journal of Geology and Geophysics

Volumn 48, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 59-74

  Howard, Matthew ^a   Nicol, Andrew ^b   Campbell, Jocelyn ^a   Pettinga, Jarg R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CANTERBURY   (New Zealand)

^b GNS SCIENCE   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Displacement; Holocene; Paleoearthquakes; Porters Pass Fault; Radiocarbon dates; Recurrence interval; Trench

Indexed keywords

FAULT SLIP; NEOTECTONICS; PALEOSEISMICITY; TECTONICS;

AUSTRALASIA; CANTERBURY [SOUTH ISLAND]; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; NEW ZEALAND; SOUTH ISLAND; WORLD;

RAKAIA;

EID: 20044394055     PISSN: 00288306     EISSN: 11758791     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00288306.2005.9515098     Document Type: Article

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