Structural heterogeneity of the midcrust adjacent to the central Alpine Fault, New Zealand: Inferences from seismic tomography and seismicity between Harihari and Ross

Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 1017-1043

  Bourguignon, Sandra ^a   Bannister, Stephen ^a   Henderson, C Mark ^a   Townend, John ^b   Zhang, Haijiang ^c  

^a GNS SCIENCE   (New Zealand)

^b VICTORIA UNIVERSITY OF WELLINGTON   (New Zealand)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY OF CHINA   (China)

Author keywords

Alpine Fault; double difference tomography; oblique collision; seismic anisotropy; seismic aseismic transition; Southern Alps

Indexed keywords

FAULTING; SEISMIC PROSPECTING; SEISMOGRAPHS; SEISMOLOGY; STRAIN RATE;

ALPINE FAULTS; DOUBLE-DIFFERENCE TOMOGRAPHY; OBLIQUE COLLISION; SEISMIC ANISOTROPY; SEISMIC-ASEISMIC TRANSITION; SOUTHERN ALPS;

EARTHQUAKES;

ACTIVE FAULT; CRUSTAL STRUCTURE; EARTHQUAKE HYPOCENTER; PLATE BOUNDARY; SEISMIC ANISOTROPY; SEISMIC TOMOGRAPHY; SEISMIC VELOCITY; SEISMICITY; STRAIN RATE;

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

EID: 85027955654     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15252027     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/2014GC005702     Document Type: Article

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