Terminations of large strike-slip faults: An alternative model from New Zealand

Geological Society Special Publication

Volumn 290, Issue , 2007, Pages 387-415

  Mouslopoulou, V ^a,c   Nicol, A ^b   Little, T A ^a   Walsh, J J ^c  

^a VICTORIA UNIVERSITY OF WELLINGTON   (New Zealand)

^b GNS SCIENCE   (New Zealand)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONFERENCE PROCEEDING; CRUSTAL THICKNESS; DISPLACEMENT; FAULT GEOMETRY; MODELING; NORMAL FAULT; PLATE TECTONICS; RHEOLOGY; RIFT ZONE; SLIP; STRIKE-SLIP FAULT; TECTONIC EVOLUTION;

AUSTRALASIA; NEW ZEALAND; NORTH ISLAND; TAUPO RIFT;

EID: 38749102796     PISSN: 03058719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1144/SP290.15     Document Type: Conference Paper

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