Holocene rupture of the Repongaere Fault, Gisborne: Implications for Raukumara Peninsula deformation and impact on the Waipaoa Sedimentary System

New Zealand Journal of Geology and Geophysics

Volumn 52, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 335-347

  Berryman, Kelvin ^a   Marden, Michael ^b   Palmer, Alan ^c   Litchfield, Nicola ^a  

^a GNS SCIENCE   (New Zealand)

^b Landcare Research Gisborne   (New Zealand)

^c MASSEY UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Gisborne; New zealand; Normal fault; Paleoseismology; Repongaere fault; Seismic hazard; Trench; Waipaoa river catchment

Indexed keywords

ACTIVE FAULT; DEFORMATION; DIP-SLIP FAULT; EXTENSIONAL TECTONICS; HOLOCENE; MAPPING METHOD; NORMAL FAULT; PALEOSEISMICITY; SEISMIC HAZARD; SLIP RATE; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY; TRENCH; UPLIFT;

GISBORNE; NEW ZEALAND; NORTH ISLAND; RAUKUMARA PENINSULA; WAIPAOA RIVER;

EID: 76249091377     PISSN: 00288306     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00288306.2009.9518462     Document Type: Article

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