Timing of the most recent surface rupture event on the ohariu fault near paraparaumu, New Zealand

New Zealand Journal of Geology and Geophysics

Volumn 47, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 123-127

  Litchfield, Nicola ^a   Van Dissen, Russell ^a   Langridge, Robert ^a   Heron, David ^a   Prentice, Carol ^b  

^a GNS SCIENCE   (New Zealand)

^b U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

Kawakawa Tephra; Ohariu Fault; Paleoseismology; Paraparaumu; Strike slip fault; Wellington

Indexed keywords

EARTHQUAKE RUPTURE; FAULT SLIP; GEOCHRONOLOGY; HOLOCENE;

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

EID: 2442716073     PISSN: 00288306     EISSN: 11758791     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00288306.2004.9515041     Document Type: Article

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