Slip localization on the southern Alpine Fault New Zealand

Tectonics

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 620-640

  Barth, N C ^a   Boulton, C ^b   Carpenter, B M ^c   Batt, G E ^d   Toy, V G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CANTERBURY   (New Zealand)

^c ISTITUTO NAZIONALE DI GEOFISICA E VULCANOLOGIA   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Alpine Fault; fault core; fault friction; New Zealand; plate boundary; strike slip

Indexed keywords

COREMAKING; EARTHQUAKES; FRICTION; KAOLINITE; STRIKE-SLIP FAULTS; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY;

ALPINE FAULTS; FAULT CORE; FAULT FRICTION; NEW ZEALAND; PLATE BOUNDARIES; STRIKE-SLIP;

FAULT SLIPS;

ARGON-ARGON DATING; FAULT GOUGE; FAULT SLIP; FAULT ZONE; MYLONITE; PALEOSEISMICITY; PLATE BOUNDARY; STRIKE-SLIP FAULT;

ALPINE FAULT ZONE; NEW ZEALAND; SOUTH ISLAND;

EID: 84878894944     PISSN: 02787407     EISSN: 19449194     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/tect.20041     Document Type: Article

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