Three-stage massive gravitational collapse of the emergent imbricate frontal wedge, hikurangi subduction zone, New Zealand

New Zealand Journal of Geology and Geophysics

Volumn 47, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 399-414

  Pettinga, Jarg R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CANTERBURY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Gravitational collapse; Hawke s Bay; Hikurangi margin; Imbricate frontal wedge; Landslides; New Zealand; Normal faulting; Structure; Subduction zone; Tectonic deformation

Indexed keywords

COLLAPSE STRUCTURE; CRUSTAL STRUCTURE; ESCARPMENT; LANDSLIDE; QUATERNARY; SUBDUCTION ZONE;

AUSTRALASIA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; HAWKE'S BAY; NEW ZEALAND; NORTH ISLAND; WORLD;

EID: 8144223128     PISSN: 00288306     EISSN: 11758791     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00288306.2004.9515066     Document Type: Article

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