Intermediate depth earthquakes beneath Nelson, New Zealand, and the southwestern termination of the subducted Pacific plate

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 2004, Pages

  Reyners, Martin ^a   Robertson, Elizabeth de J ^a  

^a GNS SCIENCE   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COLLISION AVOIDANCE; DEFORMATION; LITHOGRAPHY; SEISMIC PROSPECTING; STRAIN; STRESS ANALYSIS;

CONTINENTAL; LITHOSPHERE; SUBDUCTION;

EARTHQUAKES;

CONTINENTAL COLLISION; EARTHQUAKE; PACIFIC PLATE; SEISMICITY; STRESS-STRAIN RELATIONSHIP; SUBDUCTION ZONE;

AUSTRALASIA; NELSON; NEW ZEALAND; SOUTH ISLAND;

EID: 2542493961     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2003GL019201     Document Type: Article

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