Triple junction kinematics accounts for the 2016 M-w 7.8 Kaikoura earthquake rupture complexity

Shi, XH; Tapponnier, P; Wang, T; Wei, SJ; Wang, Y; Wang, X; Jiao, LQ

Shi, XH (reprint author), Zhejiang Univ, Sch Earth Sci, Hangzhou 310027, Zhejiang, Peoples R China.; Shi, XH (reprint author), Minist Educ, Res Ctr Struct Oil & Gas Bearing Basins, Hangzhou 310027, Zhejiang, Peoples R China.; Tapponnier, P (reprint author

PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, 2019; 116 (52): 26367

Abstract

The 2016, moment magnitude (M-w) 7.8, Kaikoura earthquake generated the most complex surface ruptures ever observed. Although likely linked with kinem......

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