Late quaternary geometry and kinematics of faults at the southern termination of the taupo volcanic zone, New Zealand

New Zealand Journal of Geology and Geophysics

Volumn 49, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 1-21

  Villamor, P ^a   Berryman, K R ^a  

^a GNS SCIENCE   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Block rotation; Earthquake geology; Extension; Karioi fault set; Mt Ruapehu Graben; New structural names; Normal fault; NZMS 260 map sheets S20, S21, T20, T21; Ohakune Raetihi fault set; Paleoseismology; Rate of dip slip displacement; Rift tectonics; Rift termination; Taupo Fault Belt; Taupo Rift; Taupo Volcanic Zone

Indexed keywords

ACTIVE FAULT; FAULT DISPLACEMENT; FAULT GEOMETRY; KINEMATICS; MAPPING; NORMAL FAULT; PALEOSEISMICITY; QUATERNARY; SEISMOLOGY;

AUSTRALASIA; NEW ZEALAND; NORTH ISLAND; TAUPO VOLCANIC ZONE;

EID: 33744481516     PISSN: 00288306     EISSN: 11758791     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00288306.2006.9515144     Document Type: Article

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