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Relationships between kinematic indicators and strain during syn-deformational exhumation of an oblique slip, transpressive, plate boundary shear zone: The Alpine Fault, New Zealand by Toy, Virginia G., Prior, David J., Norris, Richard J., Cooper, Alan F., Walrond, Mark

“…In order to assess how different elements of plate boundary-scale shear zone tectonite fabrics reflect the boundary kinematics and strain history, we have…”
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Very high strains recorded in mylonites along the Alpine Fault, New Zealand: implications for the deep structure of plate boundary faults by Norris, Richard J, Cooper, Alan F

“…Oblique displacement on the Alpine Fault, which forms the principal structure along the Australian–Pacific plate boundary in South Island, New Zealand, has…”
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Continental transforms: A view from the Alpine Fault by Norris, Richard J., Toy, Virginia G.

“…Continental transform faults are dominantly highly localized strike-slip shear zones hundreds of kilometers long that accumulate tens to hundreds of kilometers…”
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Lake sediments record high intensity shaking that provides insight into the location and rupture length of large earthquakes on the Alpine Fault, New Zealand by Howarth, Jamie D., Fitzsimons, Sean J., Norris, Richard J., Jacobsen, Geraldine E.

“…Understanding the seismic hazard posed by large earthquakes requires paleoseismic investigation because most faults have not ruptured repeatedly during the…”
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Quartz fabrics in the Alpine Fault mylonites: Influence of pre-existing preferred orientations on fabric development during progressive uplift by Toy, Virginia G., Prior, David J., Norris, Richard J.

“…Strong quartz crystallographic preferred orientations (CPOs) were developed during dislocation creep in the mylonite zone exposed in the hanging wall of the…”
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Growth of South Rough Ridge, Central Otago, New Zealand: Using in situ cosmogenic isotopes and geomorphology to study an active, blind reverse fault by Bennett, Eleanor R., Youngson, John H., Jackson, James A., Norris, Richard J., Raisbeck, Grant M., Yiou, Françoise, Fielding, Eric

“…In situ cosmogenic 10Be and 26Al measurements on sedimentary quartzites, together with analysis of abandoned river terraces, can be used to show how drainage…”
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Strain localisation within ductile shear zones beneath active faults: The Alpine Fault contrasted with the adjacent Otago fault system, New Zealand by NORRIS, Richard J

“…The Alpine Fault accommodates around 60–70% of the 37 mm/yr oblique motion between the Australian and Pacific plates in the South Island of New Zealand. Uplift…”
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Quaternary structural and paleo-environmental evolution of the Alpine Fault near Haast, New Zealand, from 2D seismic reflection and gravity data by Lukács, Adrienn, Gorman, Andrew R., Norris, Richard J.

“…The geometry of the upper-crustal portion of the Alpine Fault plate boundary on New Zealand's South Island, is poorly constrained where it cuts through the…”
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Late Quaternary slip rates and slip partitioning on the Alpine Fault, New Zealand by Norris, Richard J., Cooper, Alan F.

“…Published geological data on Late Quaternary offsets on the Alpine Fault, New Zealand, have been assembled into a common format and analysed with respect to…”
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Structural evolution of the semischist-schist transition in an accretionary complex: the Otago Schist section at Lake Hāwea, New Zealand by Cooper, Alan F., Norris, Richard J.

“…Permo-Triassic, Rakaia Terrane, pelitic and psammitic schists at Lake Hāwea, Otago, show progressive metamorphism from TZII, pumpellyite-actinolite facies to…”
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Thermal regime in the central Alpine Fault zone, New Zealand: Constraints from microstructures, biotite chemistry and fluid inclusion data by Toy, Virginia G., Craw, Dave, Cooper, Alan F., Norris, Richard J.

“…The thermal state within plate boundary fault zones is likely to influence the dimensions of large co-seismic fault ruptures, and strain localisation in…”
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Geological Dates and Molecular Rates: Rapid Divergence of Rivers and Their Biotas by Waters, Jonathan M., Rowe, Diane L., Apte, Smita, King, Tania M., Wallis, Graham P., Anderson, Leigh, Norris, Richard J., Craw, Dave, Burridge, Christopher P., Sullivan, Jack

“…We highlight a novel molecular clock calibration system based on geologically dated river reversal and river capture events. Changes in drainage pattern may…”
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Identifying a reliable target fraction for radiocarbon dating sedimentary records from lakes by Howarth, Jamie D., Fitzsimons, Sean J., Jacobsen, Geraldine E., Vandergoes, Marcus J., Norris, Richard J.

“…Lake basins that experience rapid rates of deposition act as high-resolution environmental archives because they produce sedimentary records that have…”
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Erosional control on the structural evolution of a transpressional thrust complex on the Alpine fault, New Zealand by Norris, Richard J., Cooper, Alan F.

“…The Waikukupa thrust is a 4-km long oblique thrust segment of the New Zealand Alpine Fault that has developed over the last 65,000 years, emplacing mylonite…”
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Holocene motion on the Akatore Fault, south Otago coast, New Zealand by Litchfield, Nicola J., Norris, Richard J.

“…The Akatore Fault comprises the onshore leading edge of the Otago reverse fault-fold belt, part of the outboard zone of Australia-Pacific plate continental…”
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Structure and neotectonics of the Blackstone Hill Antiform, Central Otago, New Zealand by Markley, Michelle, Norris, Richard J.

“…Blackstone Hill is a northeast-trending ridge of schist basement rising between the Ida Burn and Manuherikia River valleys. Deformation of young sediments and…”
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Structural controls on gold-bearing quartz mineralization in a duplex thrust system, Hyde-Macraes shear zone, Otago Schist, New Zealand by Teagle, Damon A. H, Norris, Richard J, Craw, Dave

“…The Hyde-Macraes shear zone in east Otago, New Zealand, is a low-angle north- to northeast-dipping thrust system in which gold-bearing quartz veins have been…”
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Growth of South Rough Ridge, Central Otago, New Zealand : Using in situ cosmogenic isotopes and geomorphology to study an active, blind reverse fault by BENNETT, Eleanor R, YOUNGSON, John H, JACKSON, James A, NORRIS, Richard J, RAISBECK, Grant M, YIOU, Francoise, FIELDING, Eric

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Late Quaternary evolution of the Alpine Fault Zone at Paringa, South Westland, New Zealand by Simpson, Guy D. H., Cooper, Alan F., Norris, Richard J.

“…Recent mapping of the Alpine Fault trace in the Paringa region has revealed the existence of an extensive Haast Schist-derived thrust nappe resting on Western…”
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Displacement on the Alpine Fault at Haast River, South Westland, New Zealand by Cooper, Alan F., Norris, Richard J.

“…On the north bank of Haast River, the Alpine Fault trace has an 047-057° trend. The trace comprises left and right stepping en echelon, linear segments, each…”
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