Diverse habitats of pseudotachylytes in the Alpine Fault Zone and relationships to current seismicity

Geological Society Special Publication

Volumn 359, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 115-133

  Toy, Virginia G ^a   Ritchie, Samuel ^a   Sibson, Richard H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AFTERSHOCK; CATACLASITE; FAULT ZONE; FORESHOCK; METABASITE; MYLONITE; PSEUDOTACHYLITE; SEISMICITY;

NEW ZEALAND;

EID: 84055194043     PISSN: 03058719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1144/SP359.7     Document Type: Article

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