New Zealand Journal of Geology and Geophysics abstracts

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Crustal reflections from the Alpine Fault Zone, South Island, New Zealand

F. J. DAVEY¹
T. HENYEY²
S. KLEFFMANN³
A. MELHUISH¹
D. OKAYA²
T. A. STERN³
D. J. WOODWARD¹

and the South Island Geophysical Transect (SIGHT) Working Group

1Institute of Geological and Nuclear Sciences
P.O. Box 1320
Wellington, New Zealand
2Institute of Geophysics
University of Southern California
Los Angeles, CA 90089-0740, U.S.A.
3Research School of Earth Sciences
Victoria University of Wellington
P.O Box 600
Wellington, New Zealand

Abstract  Initial results from a seismic experiment in the central South Island, New Zealand, have imaged a 40 +/- 5deg. southeast-dipping zone at a depth of c. 22 km beneath the Mt Cook village. It is speculated that this reflector represents the down-dip extension of the Alpine Fault Zone.

Keywords  seismic reflection; reverse moveout; dipping reflector; Alpine Fault Zone

New Zealand Journal of Geology and Geophysics, 1995, Vol. 38: 601-604

0028-8306/95/3804-0601 $2.50/0 (c) The Royal Society of New Zealand 1995

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