Three-Dimensional Geodynamic Framework for the Central Southern Alps, New Zealand: Integrating Geology, Geophysics and Mechanical Observations

A Continental Plate Boundary: Tectonics at South Island, New Zealand

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 253-270

  Upton, Phaedra ^b   Koons, Peter O ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MAINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Continental margins New Zealand South Island; Plate tectonics New Zealand South Island

Indexed keywords

FAULTING; LANDFORMS; PORE PRESSURE; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY;

CRUSTAL THICKNESS; EXTENSIONAL STRAIN; GEOPHYSICAL OBSERVATIONS; HORIZONTAL STRAIN; MECHANICAL MODEL; NEW ZEALAND; STRAIN AND STRESS; SURFACE STRAINS;

GEODYNAMICS;

EID: 84952668297     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1029/175GM13     Document Type: Chapter

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