Continental transforms: A view from the Alpine Fault

RJ Norris, VG Toy - Journal of Structural Geology, 2014 - Elsevier
Continental transform faults are dominantly highly localized strike-slip shear zones
hundreds of kilometers long that accumulate tens to hundreds of kilometers of displacement …

Spatiotemporal clustering of great earthquakes on a transform fault controlled by geometry

JD Howarth, NC Barth, SJ Fitzsimons… - Nature …, 2021 - nature.com
Minor changes in geometry along the length of mature strike-slip faults may act as
conditional barriers to earthquake rupture, terminating some and allowing others to pass …

EQcorrscan: Repeating and near‐repeating earthquake detection and analysis in Python

CJ Chamberlain, CJ Hopp… - Seismological …, 2018 - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
EQcorrscan is an open‐source Python package for the detection and analysis of repeating
and near‐repeating seismicity. The package provides reliable, well‐tested, system‐agnostic …

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 …

Drilling reveals fluid control on architecture and rupture of the Alpine fault, New Zealand

R Sutherland, VG Toy, J Townend, SC Cox… - …, 2012 - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
Rock damage during earthquake slip affects fluid migration within the fault core and the
surrounding damage zone, and consequently coseismic and postseismic strength evolution …

Three-dimensional variations in present-day tectonic stress along the Australia–Pacific plate boundary in New Zealand

J Townend, S Sherburn, R Arnold, C Boese… - Earth and Planetary …, 2012 - Elsevier
Using a newly compiled data set of 3424 focal mechanisms, we have estimated tectonic
stress parameters at 100 locations throughout central New Zealand in the largest study to …

Fault rock lithologies and architecture of the central Alpine fault, New Zealand, revealed by DFDP-1 drilling

VG Toy, CJ Boulton, R Sutherland… - …, 2015 - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
The first phase of the Deep Fault Drilling Project (DFDP-1) yielded a continuous lithological
transect through fault rock surrounding the Alpine fault (South Island, New Zealand). This …

Tectonic tremor and deep slow slip on the Alpine Fault

AG Wech, CM Boese, TA Stern… - Geophysical Research …, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
Tectonic tremor is characterized by persistent, low‐frequency seismic energy seen at major
plate boundaries. Although predominantly associated with subduction zones, tremor also …

Low‐frequency earthquakes reveal punctuated slow slip on the deep extent of the Alpine Fault, New Zealand

CJ Chamberlain, DR Shelly… - Geochemistry …, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
We present the first evidence of low‐frequency earthquakes (LFEs) associated with the deep
extension of the transpressional Alpine Fault beneath the central Southern Alps of New …

Changes in hot spring temperature and hydrogeology of the Alpine Fault hanging wall, New Zealand, induced by distal South Island earthquakes

SC Cox, CD Menzies, R Sutherland… - Crustal …, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
Thermal springs in the Southern Alps, New Zealand, originate through penetration of fluids
into a thermal anomaly generated by rapid uplift and exhumation on the Alpine Fault. This …