Geomorphic constraints on listric thrust faulting: Implications for active deformation in the Mackenzie Basin, South Island, New Zealand

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 112, Issue 3, 2007, Pages

  Amos, Colin B ^a   Burbank, Douglas W ^a   Nobes, David C ^b   Read, Stuart A L ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CANTERBURY   (New Zealand)

^c GNS SCIENCE   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIVE FAULT; DEFORMATION MECHANISM; DIP; FAULT SLIP; FAULT ZONE; FAULTING; FLUVIAL LANDFORM; FOLDING; GEOMETRY; GROUND PENETRATING RADAR; KINEMATICS; TERRACE; THRUST FAULT;

AUSTRALASIA; MACKENZIE BASIN; NEW ZEALAND; SOUTH ISLAND;

EID: 34548570616     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2006JB004291     Document Type: Article

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