The Mw7.8 2016 Kaikōura earthquake: Surface fault rupture and seismic hazard context

Bulletin of the New Zealand Society for Earthquake Engineering

Volumn 50, Issue 2, 2017, Pages 73-84

  Stirling, Mark W ^a   Litchfield, N J ^b   Villamor, P ^b   Van Dissen, R J ^b   Nicol, A ^c   Pettinga, J ^c   Barnes, P ^d   Langridge, R M ^b   Little, T ^e   Barrell, D J A ^b   Mountjoy, J ^d   Ries, W F ^b   Rowland, J ^f   Fenton, C ^c   Hamling, I ^b   Asher, C ^b   Barrier, A ^c   Benson, A ^e   Bischoff, A ^c   Borella, J ^c   Carne, R ^g   Cochran, U A ^b   Cockroft, M ^c   Cox, S C ^b   Duke, G ^a   Fenton, F ^c   Gasston, C ^f   Grimshaw, C ^c   Hale, D ^c   Hall, B ^f   Hao, K X ^h   Hatem, A ⁱ   Hemphill Haley, M ^j,m   Heron, D W ^b   Howarth, J ^b   Juniper, Z ^b   Kane, T ^d   Kearse, J ^e   Khajavi, N ^c   Lamarche, G ^d   Lawson, S ^b   Lukovic, B ^b   Madugo, C ^k,m   Manousakis, I ^l,m   McColl, S ^g   Noble, D ^c   Pedley, K ^c   Sauer, K ^a   Stah, T ^m   Strong, D T ^b   Townsend, D B ^b   Toy, V ^a   Villeneuve, M ^c   Wandres, A ^c   Williams, J ^a   Woelz, S ^d   Zinke, R ⁱ   more..

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^b GNS SCIENCE   (New Zealand)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CANTERBURY   (New Zealand)

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

^e VICTORIA UNIVERSITY OF WELLINGTON   (New Zealand)

^f UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^g MASSEY UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

^h NIED   (Japan)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^j HUMBOLDT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^k PACIFIC GAS AND ELECTRIC COMPANY   (United States)

^l Elxys Innovations   (Greece)

^m Geotechnical Extreme Events Reconnaissance (GEER)   (United States)

more..

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EARTHQUAKE ENGINEERING; FAULTING; HAZARDS; SEISMIC RESPONSE;

EARTHQUAKE SOURCE MODELS; ENGINEERED STRUCTURES; FAULT SURFACES; GROUND MOTIONS; PARTIAL RUPTURE; SEISMIC HAZARDS; STRONG GROUND MOTION; TRANSPORTATION NETWORK;

EARTHQUAKES;

EID: 85021805778     PISSN: 11749857     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5459/bnzsee.50.2.73-84     Document Type: Article

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