Crustal stress and fault strength in the Canterbury Plains, New Zealand

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 383, Issue , 2013, Pages 173-181

  Holt, R A ^a,c   Savage, M K ^a   Townend, J ^a   Syracuse, E M ^b,d   Thurber, C H ^b  

^a VICTORIA UNIVERSITY OF WELLINGTON   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^c MightyRiverPowerLimited ^*  (New Zealand)

^d LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Christchurch earthquakes; Focal mechanisms; Seismic anisotropy; Seismology; Stress inversion

Indexed keywords

DARFIELD EARTHQUAKES; FOCAL MECHANISM; RECURRENCE INTERVALS; REGIONAL STRESS FIELD; SEISMIC ANISOTROPY; SHEAR WAVE SPLITTING; STRESS INVERSION; TECTONIC STRESS FIELDS;

EARTHQUAKES; ESTIMATION; SEISMOLOGY; SHEAR WAVES; SLOW WAVE STRUCTURES; STRESSES;

FAULT SLIPS;

AFTERSHOCK; CRUSTAL STRUCTURE; EARTHQUAKE EVENT; FAULT; FOCAL MECHANISM; P-WAVE; S-WAVE; SEISMIC ANISOTROPY; SEISMOLOGY; SEISMOTECTONICS; SLIP RATE; STRENGTH; STRESS FIELD; WAVE SPLITTING; WAVEFORM ANALYSIS;

CANTERBURY [SOUTH ISLAND]; CANTERBURY PLAINS; CHRISTCHURCH [CANTERBURY]; DARFIELD; NEW ZEALAND; SOUTH ISLAND;

ANDERSONIA;

EID: 84886257157     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2013.09.041     Document Type: Article

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