Previously unknown fault shakes New Zealand's South Island

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Volumn 91, Issue 49, 2010, Pages 469-470

  Quigley, M ^a   Villamor, P ^b   Furlong, K ^c   Beavan, J ^b   Van Dissen, R ^b   Litchfield, N ^b   Stahl, T ^a   Duffy, B ^a   Bilderback, E ^a   Noble, D ^a   Barrell, D ^b   Jongens, R ^b   Cox, S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CANTERBURY   (New Zealand)

^b GNS SCIENCE   (New Zealand)

^c PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EARTHQUAKE DAMAGE; EARTHQUAKE EPICENTER; EARTHQUAKE MAGNITUDE; EARTHQUAKE RUPTURE; FAULTING; SEISMICITY; SITE EFFECT; STRIKE-SLIP FAULT;

CANTERBURY PLAINS; CANTERBURY [SOUTH ISLAND]; NEW ZEALAND; SOUTH ISLAND;

EID: 78650289708     PISSN: 00963941     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2010EO490001     Document Type: Article

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