Marlborough fault system
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The Marlborough fault system (also known as Marlborough tectonic domain[2]) is a set of four large dextral strike-slip faults and other related structures in the northern part of South Island, New Zealand, which transfer displacement between the mainly transform plate boundary of the Alpine fault and the mainly destructive boundary of the Kermadec Trench, and together form the boundary between the Australian and Pacific Plates.[3]
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Marlborough fault system | |
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Marlborough tectonic domain | |
Etymology | Marlborough |
Country | New Zealand |
Region | Marlborough |
Characteristics | |
Displacement | Total strike-slip across system is up to 48 mm (1.9 in)/year.[1] |
Tectonics | |
Plate | Indo-Australian, Pacific |
Status | Active |
Earthquakes | 7.8 Mw 2016 Kaikōura earthquake[2] |
Type | Strike-slip faults |
Movement | Dextral/convergent, east side up |
Age | Albian-Meghalayan 105–0 Ma[2] |
Orogeny | Kaikōura |
New Zealand geology database (includes faults) |
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