Late pleistocene surface rupture history of the paeroa fault, Taupo Rift, New Zealand

New Zealand Journal of Geology and Geophysics

Volumn 51, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 135-158

  Berryman, Kelvin ^a   Villamor, Pilar ^a   Nairn, Ian ^a,b   van Dissen, Russ ^a   Begg, John ^a   Lee, Julie ^a  

^a GNS SCIENCE   (New Zealand)

^b Wairakei Research Centre ^*  (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Active tectonics; Okataina Volcanic Centre; Paeroa Fault; Paleoseismology; Taupo Rift

Indexed keywords

ACTIVE FAULT; EARTHQUAKE RECURRENCE; EARTHQUAKE RUPTURE; NORMAL FAULT; PALEOSEISMICITY; PLEISTOCENE; RUPTURE; TECTONIC SETTING; VOLCANIC ERUPTION; VOLCANISM;

AUSTRALASIA; BAY OF PLENTY; NEW ZEALAND; NORTH ISLAND; OKATAINA VOLCANIC CENTRE; PAEROA FAULT ZONE; TAUPO RIFT; WAIKATO;

EID: 49249095791     PISSN: 00288306     EISSN: 11758791     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00288300809509855     Document Type: Article

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