Complex multifault rupture during the 2016 Mw 7.8 Kaikōura earthquake, New Zealand

Science

Volumn 356, Issue 6334, 2017, Pages

  Hamling, Ian J ^a   Hreinsdóttir, Sigrún ^a   Clark, Kate ^a   Elliott, John ^b   Liang, Cunren ^c   Fielding, Eric ^c   Litchfield, Nicola ^a   Villamor, Pilar ^a   Wallace, Laura ^a,d   Wright, Tim J ^b   D'Anastasio, Elisabetta ^a   Bannister, Stephen ^a   Burbidge, David ^a   Denys, Paul ^e   Gentle, Paula ^f   Howarth, Jamie ^a   Mueller, Christof ^a   Palmer, Neville ^a   Pearson, Chris ^e   Power, William ^a   Barnes, Philip ^g   Barrell, David J A ^a   Van Dissen, Russ ^a   Langridge, Robert ^a   Little, Tim ^h   Nicol, Andrew ⁱ   Pettinga, Jarg ⁱ   Rowland, Julie ^j   Stirling, Mark ^e   more..

^a GNS SCIENCE   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^c CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^f Land Information New Zealand   (New Zealand)

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

^h VICTORIA UNIVERSITY OF WELLINGTON   (New Zealand)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF CANTERBURY   (New Zealand)

^j UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

more..

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EARTHQUAKE EVENT; EARTHQUAKE MAGNITUDE; EARTHQUAKE RUPTURE; FAULT; SEGMENTATION; SEISMIC HAZARD; SEISMIC MOMENT; SEISMOLOGY; SUBDUCTION;

ARTICLE; COMPLEX FAULT RUPTURE; EARTHQUAKE; GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM; HAZARD ASSESSMENT; LANDSLIDE; NEW ZEALAND; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEASHORE; TSUNAMI;

HIKURANGI; KAIKOURA; MARLBOROUGH; NEW ZEALAND; NORTH ISLAND; NORTHLAND; SOUTH ISLAND;

EID: 85016930044     PISSN: 00368075     EISSN: 10959203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1126/science.aam7194     Document Type: Article

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