High-resolution record of displacement accumulation on an active normal fault: implications for models of slip accumulation during repeated earthquakes

Journal of Structural Geology

Volumn 28, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 1146-1166

  Bull, J M ^a   Barnes, P M ^b   Lamarche, G ^b   Sanderson, D J ^c   Cowie, P A ^d   Taylor, S K ^a   Dix, J K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF WATER AND ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (New Zealand)

^c IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Earthquake recurrence intervals; Fault displacement rates; Fault linkage; Normal faulting

Indexed keywords

EARTHQUAKE RECURRENCE INTERVALS; FAULT DISPLACEMENT RATES; FAULT LINKAGE; NORMAL FAULTING; SLIP ACCUMULATION;

EARTHQUAKES; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SEISMOLOGY; TECTONICS;

STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY;

ACTIVE FAULT; EARTHQUAKE MAGNITUDE; EARTHQUAKE RECURRENCE; FAULT DISPLACEMENT; NORMAL FAULT; RECURRENCE INTERVAL;

AUSTRALASIA; BAY OF PLENTY; NEW ZEALAND; NORTH ISLAND; WHAKATANE;

EID: 33745089939     PISSN: 01918141     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jsg.2006.03.006     Document Type: Article

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