Slow slip events in New Zealand

LM Wallace - Annual Review of Earth and Planetary Sciences, 2020 - annualreviews.org
Continuously operating global positioning system sites in the North Island of New Zealand
have revealed a diverse range of slow motion earthquakes on the Hikurangi subduction …

Characterizing the seismogenic zone of a major plate boundary subduction thrust: Hikurangi Margin, New Zealand

LM Wallace, M Reyners, U Cochran… - Geochemistry …, 2009 - Wiley Online Library
The Hikurangi subduction margin, New Zealand, has not experienced any significant (> Mw
7.2) subduction interface earthquakes since historical records began∼ 170 years ago …

Tectonic and geological framework for gas hydrates and cold seeps on the Hikurangi subduction margin, New Zealand

PM Barnes, G Lamarche, J Bialas, S Henrys, I Pecher… - Marine Geology, 2010 - Elsevier
The imbricated frontal wedge of the central Hikurangi subduction margin is characteristic of
wide (ca. 150 km), poorly drained and over pressured, low taper (∼ 4°) thrust systems …

The volcanic, magmatic and tectonic setting of the Taupo Volcanic Zone, New Zealand, reviewed from a geothermal perspective

CJN Wilson, JV Rowland - Geothermics, 2016 - Elsevier
Abstract The Taupo Volcanic Zone (TVZ) in the North Island of New Zealand is one of the
world's most spectacular and productive areas of Quaternary silicic volcanism and …

The kinematics of a transition from subduction to strike‐slip: An example from the central New Zealand plate boundary

LM Wallace, P Barnes, J Beavan… - Journal of …, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
We develop a kinematic model for the transition from subduction beneath the North Island,
New Zealand, to strike‐slip in the South Island, constrained by GPS velocities and active …

New Zealand Fault‐Rupture Depth Model v. 1.0: A Provisional Estimate of the Maximum Depth of Seismic Rupture on New Zealand's Active Faults

S Ellis, S Bannister, R Van Dissen… - Bulletin of the …, 2024 - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
We summarize estimates of the maximum rupture depth on New Zealand's active faults
(“New Zealand Fault‐Rupture Depth Model v. 1.0”), as used in the New Zealand Community …

Two-phase Cretaceous–Paleocene rifting in the Taranaki Basin region, New Zealand; implications for Gondwana break-up

DP Strogen, H Seebeck, A Nicol… - Journal of the Geological …, 2017 - lyellcollection.org
The break-up of Gondwana resulted in extension of New Zealand continental crust during
the Cretaceous–Paleocene. Offshore the geometry and rift history are well imaged by new …

[LIVRE][B] Geology of the Rotorua area

GS Leonard, JG Begg, CJN Wilson, GS Leonard - 2010 - researchgate.net
1The QMAP Quaternary timescale pre-dates the presently recognised chronology for the
Pleistocene/Quaternary. QMAP adopted the Quaternary Period in 1994, based definitions on …

Regional structure and kinematic history of a large subduction back thrust: Taranaki Fault, New Zealand

V Stagpoole, A Nicol - Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid …, 2008 - Wiley Online Library
The Taranaki Fault is a back thrust antithetic to the Hikurangi margin subduction thrust.
Subduction back thrusts, like the Taranaki Fault, accrue displacement transferred from the …

New perspectives on 'geological strain rates' calculated from both naturally deformed and actively deforming rocks

Å Fagereng, J Biggs - Journal of Structural Geology, 2019 - Elsevier
A value of∼ 10− 14 s− 1 is commonly cited as an average geological strain rate. This value
was first suggested for finite strain across an orogen, but based on more limited information …