Infrared-stimulated luminescence dating of late Quaternary aggradation surfaces and their deformation along an active fault, southern North Island of New Zealand

Geomorphology

Volumn 96, Issue 1-2, 2008, Pages 86-104

  Wang, Ningsheng ^a   Grapes, Rodney ^b  

^a VICTORIA UNIVERSITY OF WELLINGTON   (New Zealand)

^b SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Aggradation surfaces; Displacement rates; Infrared stimulated luminescence dating; Loess; New Zealand; Silt; Southern North Island; Wairarapa Fault

Indexed keywords

ACTIVE FAULT; DEFORMATION; DISPLACEMENT; EARTHQUAKE; FELDSPAR; LOESS; LUMINESCENCE DATING; QUATERNARY; SILT; SLIP RATE; STRIKE-SLIP FAULT;

AUSTRALASIA; NEW ZEALAND; NORTH ISLAND; WAIRARAPA VALLEY; WELLINGTON [NORTH ISLAND];

EID: 47049108848     PISSN: 0169555X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geomorph.2007.07.016     Document Type: Article

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