Stress control of an evolving strike-slip fault system during the 2010-2011 Canterbury, New Zealand, earthquake sequence

Seismological Research Letters

Volumn 82, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 824-832

  Sibson, Richard ^a   Ghisetti, Francesca ^b   Ristau, John ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^b Terrageologica   (New Zealand)

^c GNS SCIENCE   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EARTHQUAKE; FAULT ZONE; STRESS; STRIKE-SLIP FAULT;

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

EID: 80755142981     PISSN: 08950695     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1785/gssrl.82.6.824     Document Type: Article

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