Strain localisation within ductile shear zones beneath active faults: The Alpine Fault contrasted with the adjacent Otago fault system, New Zealand

Earth, Planets and Space

Volumn 56, Issue 12, 2004, Pages 1095-1101

  Norris, Richard J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Alpine Fault; Faults; Mylonites; Neotectonics; New Zealand; Strain localisation

Indexed keywords

FAULT; STRAIN;

AUSTRALASIA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; NEW ZEALAND; OTAGO; SOUTH ISLAND; WORLD;

EID: 20544431906     PISSN: 13438832     EISSN: 18805981     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/BF03353328     Document Type: Article

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