Possible reduction of earthquake hazard on the Wellington Fault, New Zealand, after the nearby 1855, M 8.2 Wairarapa earthquake and implication for interpreting paleoearthquake intervals

Annals of Geophysics

Volumn 46, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 1141-1154

  Han, Zhujun ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Changes on Coulomb failure stress; Earthquake hazard; Wellington region

Indexed keywords

EARTHQUAKE; FAULT DISPLACEMENT; PALEOSEISMICITY; SEISMIC HAZARD; STRESS ANALYSIS;

AUSTRALASIA; NEW ZEALAND; NORTH ISLAND; WELLINGTON [NORTH ISLAND];

EID: 2042429607     PISSN: 15935213     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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