Seismic reflection character of the Hikurangi subduction interface, New Zealand, in the region of repeated Gisborne slow slip events

Geophysical Journal International

Volumn 180, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 34-48

  Bell, Rebecca ^a   Sutherland, Rupert ^a   Barker, Daniel H N ^a   Henrys, Stuart ^a   Bannister, Stephen ^a   Wallace, Laura ^a   Beavan, John ^a  

^a GNS SCIENCE   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Controlled source seismology; Seismicity and tectonics; Subduction zone processes; Transient deformation

Indexed keywords

CONTINENTAL MARGIN; DEFORMATION; FLUID FLOW; INTERFACE; SEAMOUNT; SEISMIC REFLECTION; SEISMICITY; SEISMOLOGY; SEISMOTECTONICS; STRESS; SUBDUCTION ZONE;

GISBORNE; HIKURANGI MARGIN; NEW ZEALAND; NORTH ISLAND; PACIFIC OCEAN;

EID: 73049112751     PISSN: 0956540X     EISSN: 1365246X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-246X.2009.04401.x     Document Type: Article

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