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Published by the American Geophysical Union as part of the Geophysical Monograph Series, Volume 175. A Continental Plate Boundary offers in one place the most comprehensive, up-to-date knowledge for researchers and students to learn about the tectonics and plate dynamics of the Pacific-Australian continental plate boundary in South Island and about the application of modern geological and geophysical methods. It examines what happens when convergence and translation occur at a plate boundary by Describing the geological and geophysical signature of a continental transform fault; Identifying the diverse vertical and lateral patterns of deformation at the plate boundary; Assessing an apparent seismicity gap on the plate boundary fault and fast-moving plate motions; Comparing this plate boundary to other global convergent continental strike-slip plate boundaries; Documenting the utility of the double-sided, onshore-offshore seismic method for exploration of a narrow continental island; and Providing additional papers presenting previously unpublished results. This volume will prove invaluable for seismologists, tectonophysicists, geodesists and potential-field geophysicists, geologists, geodynamicists, and students of the deformation of tectonic plates.

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Author:   D Okaya ,  Tim Stern ,  Fred Davey
Publisher:   American Geophysical Union
Imprint:   American Geophysical Union
Edition:   illustrated edition
Volume:   174
Dimensions:   Width: 21.80cm , Height: 2.40cm , Length: 27.80cm
Weight:   1.410kg
ISBN:  

9780875904405

ISBN 10:   0875904408
Pages:   370
Publication Date:   09 January 2007
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

Preface vii David Okaya, Tim Stern, and Fred Davey Continent-Continent Collision at the Pacific/Indo-Australian Plate Boundary: Background, Motivation, and Principal Results 1 David Okaya, Tim Stern, Fred Davey, Stuart Henrys, and Simon Cox SECTION I: Regional Framework of Pacific/Indo-Australian Plate Boundary Regional Geological Framework of South Island, New Zealand, and its Significance for Understanding the Active Plate Boundary 19 Simon C. Cox and Rupert Sutherland Geophysical Structure of the Southern Alps Orogen, South Island, New Zealand 47 F.J. Davey, D. Eberhart-Phillips, M.D. Kohler, S. Bannister, G. Caldwell, S. Henrys, M. Scherwath, T. Stern, and H. van Avendonk Kinematic Constraints From GPS on Oblique Convergence of the Pacific and Australian Plates, Central South Island, New Zealand 75 John Beavan, Susan Ellis, Laura Wallace, and Paul Denys Seismic Anisotropy in South Island, New Zealand 95 Martha Kane Savage, Mathieu Duclos, Katrina Marson-Pidgeon Crustal Thickness and Pn Anisotropy Beneath the Southern Alps Oblique Collision, New Zealand 117 S. Bourguignon, M. K. Savage and T. Stern Compressional and Shear Wave Velocities in South Island New Zealand Rocks and Their Application to the Interpretation of Seismological Models of the New Zealand Crust 125 Nikolas I. Christensen and David A. Okaya SECTION II: The Plate Boundary (Alpine Fault) & Associated Mountain Building (Southern Alps) The Alpine Fault, New Zealand: Surface Geology and Field Relationships 159 Richard J. Norris and Alan F. Cooper Deformation of the Pacific Plate Above the Alpine Fault Ramp and its Relationship to Expulsion of Metamorphic Fluids: An Array of Backshears 179 Ruth H. Wightman and Timothy A. Little Geophysical Exploration and Dynamics of the Alpine Fault Zone 209 Tim Stern, David Okaya, Stefan Kleffmann, Martin Scherwath, Stuart Henrys, and Fred Davey Do Great Earthquakes Occur on the Alpine Fault in Central South Island, New Zealand? 237 R. Sutherland, D. Eberhart-Phillips, R.A. Harris, T. Stern, J. Beavan, S. Ellis, S. Henrys, S. Cox, R.J. Norris, K.R. Berryman, J. Townend, S. Bannister, J. Pettinga, B. Leitner, L. Wallace, T.A. Little, A.F. Cooper, M. Yetton, and M. Stirling SECTION III: Plate Boundary Dynamics Three-Dimensional Geodynamic Framework for the Central Southern Alps, New Zealand: Integrating Geology, Geophysics and Mechanical Observations 255 Phaedra Upton and Peter O. Koons Transpression Models and Ductile Deformation of the Lower Crust of the Pacific Plate in the Central Southern Alps, a Perspective From Structural Geology 273 Timothy Little, Ruth Wightman, Rodney J. Holcombe, and Matthew Hill Modeling Strain and Anisotropy Along the Alpine Fault, South Island, New Zealand 291 M. K. Savage, A. Tommasi, S. Ellis, and J. Chery SECTION IV: Comparisons A Comparison Between the Transpressional Plate Boundaries of South Island, New Zealand, and Southern California, USA: The Alpine and San Andreas Fault Systems 309 Gary S. Fuis, Monica D. Kohler, Martin Scherwath, Uri ten Brink, Harm J.A. Van Avendonk, and Janice M. Murphy Taiwan and South Island, New Zealand—A Comparison of Continental Collisional Orogenies 331 F. Wu, F. Davey, and D. Okaya Seismogenic, Electrically Conductive, and Fluid Zones at Continental Plate Boundaries in New Zealand, Himalaya, and California, USA 349 George R. Jiracek, Victor M. Gonzalez, T. Grant Caldwell, Philip E. Wannamaker, and Debi Kilb

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