New Zealand Journal of Geology and Geophysics abstracts

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"Straightening out" the Ohura Fault, North Wanganui Basin, New Zealand

P. J. CROSDALE^*
K. REGENAUER-LIEB⁺

Geology Department
The University of Auckland
Private Bag 92 019
Auckland, New Zealand

*Present address: Department of Earth Sciences, James Cook University, Townsville, Q 4811, Australia.

+Present address: Graduiertenkolleg, Geomar, 24148 Kiel, Federal Republic of Germany.

Abstract  The Ohura Fault, a major structural feature controlling the North Wanganui Basin, North Island, New Zealand, does not have the sinusoidal shape shown on 1:250 000 geological maps, but is a linear, NNE-trending Y-shear.

Keywords  Ohura Fault; Whenuakura Fault; Stoke's Magnetic Anomaly; North Wanganui Basin; tectonic development

New Zealand Journal of Geology and Geophysics, 1995, Vol. 38: 483-486

0028-8306/95/3804-0483 $2.50/0 (c) The Royal Society of New Zealand 1995

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