Defining the geometric segmentation and holocene slip rate of the wellington fault, New Zealand: The pahiatua section

New Zealand Journal of Geology and Geophysics

Volumn 48, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 591-607

  Langridge, R M ^a   Berryman, K R ^a   Van Dissen, R J ^a  

^a GNS SCIENCE   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Fault segmentation; Neotectonics; NZMS 260 sheets S25, T24, T25; Pahiatua section; Recurrence; Seismic hazard; Slip rate; Tararua section; Wellington Fault

Indexed keywords

HOLOCENE; NEOTECTONICS; SEISMIC HAZARD; SLIP RATE; STRIKE-SLIP FAULT;

AUSTRALASIA; NEW ZEALAND; NORTH ISLAND;

EID: 30444456401     PISSN: 00288306     EISSN: 11758791     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00288306.2005.9515136     Document Type: Article

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