Characterizing the seismogenic zone of a major plate boundary subduction thrust: Hikurangi Margin, New Zealand

Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems

Volumn 10, Issue 10, 2009, Pages

  Wallace, Laura M ^a   Reyners, Martin ^a   Cochran, Ursula ^a   Bannister, Stephen ^a   Barnes, Philip M ^b   Berryman, Kelvin ^a   Downes, Gaye ^a   Eberhart Phillips, Donna ^a   Fagereng, Ake ^c   Ellis, Susan ^a   Nicol, Andrew ^a   McCaffrey, Robert ^a,d   Beavan, R John ^a   Henrys, Stuart ^a   Sutherland, Rupert ^a   Barker, Daniel H N ^a   Litchfield, Nicola ^a   Townend, John ^e   Robinson, Russell ^a   Bell, Rebecca ^a   Wilson, Kate ^a   Power, William ^a   more..

^a GNS SCIENCE   (New Zealand)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF WATER AND ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (New Zealand)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^d RENSSELAER POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE   (United States)

^e VICTORIA UNIVERSITY OF WELLINGTON   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Earthquakes; Hikurangi; New Zealand; Seismogenic zone; Slow slip; Subduction

Indexed keywords

EID: 72049111002     PISSN: 15252027     EISSN: 15252027     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2009GC002610     Document Type: Article

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