Refined slip distribution and moment magnitude of the 1848 marlborough earthquake, Awatere Fault, New Zealand

New Zealand Journal of Geology and Geophysics

Volumn 49, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 375-382

  Mason, Dougal P M ^a,b   Little, Timothy A ^a  

^a VICTORIA UNIVERSITY OF WELLINGTON   (New Zealand)

^b OPUS INTERNATIONAL CONSULTANTS LTD   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

1848 earthquake; Awatere Fault; Earthquake magnitude; Marlborough; New Zealand; Paleoseismology; South Island; Strike slip faults

Indexed keywords

COSEISMIC PROCESS; DISPLACEMENT; EARTHQUAKE EVENT; EARTHQUAKE MAGNITUDE; EARTHQUAKE RUPTURE; PLATE BOUNDARY; SLIP; STRIKE-SLIP FAULT;

AUSTRALASIA; AWATERE VALLEY; MARLBOROUGH; NEW ZEALAND; SOUTH ISLAND;

EID: 33750386061     PISSN: 00288306     EISSN: 11758791     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00288306.2006.9515174     Document Type: Article

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