Late Quaternary paleoseismic history of the Te Puninga Fault, Hauraki Plains, northern New Zealand

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Late Quaternary paleoseismic history of the Te Puninga Fault, Hauraki Plains, northern New Zealand

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The Te Puninga Fault is a newly discovered active fault on the western side of the Hauraki Plains, northern North Island, New Zealand. Preliminary evidence in a 2016 study suggests that it may generate earthquakes Mw>6.8. Therefore, the fault presents a hazard and risk to the population and infrastructure of the Hauraki Plains region, including the population centres of Morrinsville and Te Aroha, and beyond. Several consequences from rupture of the Te Puninga Fault are likely: strong ground m...

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Masters

Date created

2023

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Hughes, Joshua William

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https://hdl.handle.net/10289/16007

Related subjects

Te Puninga Fault / Hauraki Plains / Paleoseismic / Earthquake / Tephrochronology / GPR / Ground Penetrating Radar / LiDAR / Slip rates / 14C dating / Radiocarbon dating / Geology, Stratigraphic -- Quaternary / Geomorphology -- New Zealand -- Hauraki Basin -- Mathematical models / Earthquake hazard analysis -- New Zealand -- Hauraki Plains / Faults (Geology) -- New Zealand -- Hauraki Plains / Geology, Structural -- New Zealand -- Hauraki Plains / Paleoseismology -- New Zealand -- Hauraki Basin -- Quaternary -- Mathematical models / Basins (Geology) -- New Zealand -- Hauraki Basin - Mathematical models / Te Puninga Fault (N.Z.) / Earthquake prediction -- New Zealand -- Hauraki Basin

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