The nature of the plate interface and driving force of interseismic deformation in the New Zealand plate-boundary zone, revealed by the continuous GPS velocity field

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 118, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 3160-3189

  Lamb, Simon ^a   Smith, Euan ^a  

^a VICTORIA UNIVERSITY OF WELLINGTON   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

continuous GPS; elastic dislocation models; New Zealand plate boundary zone; slow slip events; subduction megathrust locking; tectonic rotation

Indexed keywords

AUSTRALIAN PLATE; CONTINENTAL LITHOSPHERE; DEFORMATION MECHANISM; DIP-SLIP FAULT; GPS; PACIFIC PLATE; PLATE BOUNDARY; PLATE MOTION; SATELLITE DATA; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SEISMIC VELOCITY; SLIP RATE; SUBDUCTION ZONE; TECTONIC ROTATION; VELOCITY PROFILE;

NEW ZEALAND; NORTH ISLAND;

EID: 84880741736     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jgrb.50221     Document Type: Article

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