Low-frequency earthquakes reveal punctuated slow slip on the deep extent of the Alpine Fault, New Zealand

Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems

Volumn 15, Issue 7, 2014, Pages 2984-2999

  Chamberlain, Calum J ^a   Shelly, David R ^b   Townend, John ^a   Stern, Tim A ^a  

^a VICTORIA UNIVERSITY OF WELLINGTON   (New Zealand)

^b U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

Alpine Fault; frequency magnitude; low frequency earthquakes; New Zealand; tectonic; tremor

Indexed keywords

EARTHQUAKES; SEISMIC WAVES; TECTONICS;

ALPINE FAULTS; FREQUENCY-MAGNITUDE; LOW-FREQUENCY EARTHQUAKES; NEW ZEALAND; TREMOR;

FAULTING;

EARTHQUAKE; EARTHQUAKE CATALOGUE; EARTHQUAKE HYPOCENTER; EXTENSIONAL TECTONICS; FREQUENCY-MAGNITUDE DISTRIBUTION; TECTONIC SETTING; TRANSPRESSION;

ALPINE FAULT ZONE; NEW ZEALAND; SOUTH ISLAND; SOUTHERN ALPS;

EID: 84906237191     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15252027     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/2014GC005436     Document Type: Article

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