Neotectonics, Seismic and Tsunami Hazards, Viti Levu, Fiji.

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Neotectonics, Seismic and Tsunami Hazards, Viti Levu, Fiji.

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Viti Levu, the main island of Fiji, is located in a seismically active area within the Fiji Platform - a remnant island arc that lies in a diffuse plate boundary zone between the Pacific and Australian tectonic plates in the southwest Pacific. The southeast coast of Viti Levu is a highly developed and populated part of Fiji and is vulnerable to the effects of large earthquakes that are expected to occur both onshore and offshore. The structural framework and the origin of seismicity within th...

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Thesis

Thesis level

Doctoral

Date created

2006

Creator

Rahiman, Tariq Iqbal Hamid

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http://hdl.handle.net/10092/1110

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tectonics / earthquakes / faults / fault mesh / lineaments / remote sensing / tsunami / submarine landslides / multibeam bathymetry / numerical modelling / block rotation / seismic hazard / Viti Levu / Fiji / Fiji Platform / SW Pacific

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