Kinking of the subducting slab by escalator normal faulting beneath the North Island of New Zealand

Geology

Volumn 34, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 777-780

  Henrys, Stuart ^a   Reyners, Martin ^a   Pecher, Ingo ^a   Bannister, Stephen ^a   Nishimura, Yuichi ^b   Maslen, Guy ^a  

^a GNS SCIENCE   (New Zealand)

^b HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

New Zealand; Seismic reflection; Seismicity; Subduction

Indexed keywords

NEW ZEALAND; PLATE BOUNDARY REFLECTION; SEISMIC REFLECTION IMAGING; SUBDUCTED PLATE;

EARTHQUAKES; ESCALATORS; REFLECTION; TECTONICS;

SEISMOLOGY;

FOCAL MECHANISM; GEOLOGICAL RECORD; NORMAL FAULT; PLATE BOUNDARY; SEISMIC REFLECTION; SEISMICITY; THRUST FAULT; UPLIFT;

AUSTRALASIA; NEW ZEALAND; NORTH ISLAND;

EID: 33748951174     PISSN: 00917613     EISSN: 00917613     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/G22594.1     Document Type: Article

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