Imaging the wairarapa fault at tauwharenikau using magnetotelluric sounding

New Zealand Journal of Geology and Geophysics

Volumn 47, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 281-286

  Von Borstel, Olaf Ingo ^a   Ingham, Malcolm ^a  

^a VICTORIA UNIVERSITY OF WELLINGTON   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Magnetotelluric sounding; New Zealand; Wairarapa Fault

Indexed keywords

FAULT; IMAGING METHOD; MAGNETOTELLURIC METHOD; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY;

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

EID: 3242879643     PISSN: 00288306     EISSN: 11758791     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00288306.2004.9515055     Document Type: Article

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