The Pegasus Bay aftershock sequence of the Mw 7.1 Darfield (Canterbury), New Zealand earthquake

Geophysical Journal International

Volumn 195, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 444-459

  Ristau, John ^a   Holden, Caroline ^a   Kaiser, Anna ^a   Williams, Charles ^a   Bannister, Stephen ^a   Fry, Bill ^a  

^a GNS SCIENCE   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Earthquake dynamics; Earthquake ground motions; Earthquake source observations; New Zealand; Seismicity and tectonics

Indexed keywords

EARTHQUAKE DYNAMICS; EARTHQUAKE GROUND MOTIONS; EARTHQUAKE SOURCE OBSERVATIONS; NEW ZEALAND; SEISMICITY AND TECTONICS;

EARTHQUAKE EFFECTS; STRESS ANALYSIS;

FAULTING;

AFTERSHOCK; EARTHQUAKE EVENT; GROUND MOTION; PEAK ACCELERATION; REVERSE FAULT; SEISMIC SOURCE; SEISMICITY; SEISMOTECTONICS; STRESS ANALYSIS;

CANTERBURY [SOUTH ISLAND]; CHRISTCHURCH [CANTERBURY]; NEW ZEALAND; PEGASUS BAY; SOUTH ISLAND;

EID: 84885751722     PISSN: 0956540X     EISSN: 1365246X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/gji/ggt222     Document Type: Article

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