A model of active faulting in New Zealand

New Zealand Journal of Geology and Geophysics

Volumn 57, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 32-56

  Litchfield, N J ^a   Van Dissen, R ^a   Sutherland, R ^a   Barnes, P M ^b   Cox, S C ^a   Norris, R ^c   Beavan, R J ^a   Langridge, R ^a   Villamor, P ^a   Berryman, K ^a   Stirling, M ^a   Nicol, A ^a   Nodder, S ^b   Lamarche, G ^b   Barrell, D J A ^a   Pettinga, J R ^d   Little, T ^e   Pondard, N ^a   Mountjoy, J J ^b   Clark, K ^a  

^a GNS SCIENCE   (New Zealand)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF WATER AND ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (New Zealand)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CANTERBURY   (New Zealand)

^e VICTORIA UNIVERSITY OF WELLINGTON   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

active fault; kinematics; New Zealand; plate boundary; slip rate; tectonic domain

Indexed keywords

ACTIVE FAULT; DEFORMATION MECHANISM; FAULT ZONE; KINEMATICS; MOUNTAIN REGION; PARAMETERIZATION; PLATE BOUNDARY; PLATE MOTION; SEISMIC HAZARD; SLIP RATE; TECTONIC PLATE; TECTONIC SETTING;

NEW ZEALAND;

EID: 84897608447     PISSN: 00288306     EISSN: 11758791     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00288306.2013.854256     Document Type: Article

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