New c. 270kyr strike-slip and uplift rates for the southern Alpine Fault and implications for the New Zealand plate boundary

Journal of Structural Geology

Volumn 64, Issue , 2014, Pages 39-52

  Barth, N C ^a   Kulhanek, D K ^b   Beu, A G ^c   Murray Wallace, C V ^d   Hayward, B W ^e   Mildenhall, D C ^c   Lee, D E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^b TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c GNS SCIENCE   (New Zealand)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG   (Australia)

^e Geomarine Research   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Alpine fault; New Zealand; Offset; Plate boundary; Slip rate; Strike slip

Indexed keywords

DEPOSITS; GLACIAL GEOLOGY; STRATIGRAPHY; STRIKE-SLIP FAULTS; SUBMARINE GEOLOGY;

ALPINE FAULTS; NEW ZEALAND; OFFSET; PLATE BOUNDARIES; SLIP RATES; STRIKE-SLIP;

FAULT SLIPS;

AUSTRALIAN PLATE; DATING METHOD; GEOCHRONOLOGY; PLATE BOUNDARY; SLIP RATE; STRIKE-SLIP FAULT; UPLIFT;

ALPINE FAULT ZONE; NEW ZEALAND; SOUTH ISLAND;

EID: 84901267724     PISSN: 01918141     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jsg.2013.08.009     Document Type: Article

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