Quaternary slip rate and geomorphology of the Alpine fault: Implications for kinematics and seismic hazard in southwest New Zealand

Bulletin of the Geological Society of America

Volumn 118, Issue 3-4, 2006, Pages 464-474

  Sutherland, Rupert ^a   Berryman, Kelvin ^a   Norris, Richard ^b  

^a GNS SCIENCE   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Alpine fault; Earthquakes; Glacial deposits; Plate collision; Strikeslip faults; Tectonics

Indexed keywords

FAULT RUPTURE; GLACIAL DEPOSITS; NEW ZEALAND; PLATE COLLISION; SEISMIC HAZARD; STRIKESLIP FAULTS;

EARTHQUAKE RESISTANCE; EARTHQUAKES; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PROBABILITY; SEISMOLOGY; TECTONICS;

GEOMORPHOLOGY;

FAULT SLIP; KINEMATICS; QUATERNARY; SEISMIC HAZARD; SLIP RATE;

AUSTRALASIA; NEW ZEALAND;

EID: 33645290212     PISSN: 00167606     EISSN: 00167606     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/B25627.1     Document Type: Article

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