Late-interseismic state of a continental plate-bounding fault: Petrophysical results from DFDP-1 wireline logging and core analysis, Alpine Fault, New Zealand

Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems

Volumn 14, Issue 9, 2013, Pages 3801-3820

  Townend, J ^a   Sutherland, R ^b   Toy, V G ^c   Eccles, J D ^d   Boulton, C ^e   Cox, S C ^b   McNamara, D ^b  

^a VICTORIA UNIVERSITY OF WELLINGTON   (New Zealand)

^b GNS SCIENCE   (New Zealand)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^d UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CANTERBURY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Alpine Fault; DFDP 1; earthquake cycle; fault zone structure; principal component analysis; wireline logging

Indexed keywords

EARTHQUAKES; ELECTRIC PROPERTIES; GEOPHYSICS; GRINDING (COMMINUTION); PLATES (STRUCTURAL COMPONENTS); PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; ROCK DRILLING; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY; WELL LOGGING;

ALPINE FAULTS; DFDP-1; EARTHQUAKE CYCLES; FAULT ZONE STRUCTURES; WIRELINE LOGGING;

FAULTING;

CORE ANALYSIS; DEEP DRILLING; EARTHQUAKE RUPTURE; FAULT ZONE; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; SEISMICITY; WELL LOGGING;

ALPINE FAULT ZONE; NEW ZEALAND; SOUTH ISLAND;

EID: 84886669141     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15252027     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ggge.20236     Document Type: Article

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