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Surface rupture hazard zonation: best practice for New Zealand?
(2017)Engineered structures crossing active faults are vulnerable to damage during surface faulting earthquakes (e.g. Darfield 2010; Kaikoura 2016). The design and location of mitigation measures to counteract fault rupture ... -
Preliminary insights into the fault geometries and kinematics of surface rupture along the South Leader Fault during the Mw 7.8 Kaikoura earthquake
(2017)The south Leader Fault (SLF) is a newly documented active structure that ruptured the surface during the Mw 7.8 Kaikoura earthquake. The Leader Fault is a NNE trending oblique left lateral thrust that links the predominantly ... -
A methodology for examining soil-water characteristics of loess and loess-derived soils on Banks Peninsula, New Zealand
(2017)Loess and loess-derived soils cover much of Canterbury, from the foothills of the Southern Alps to the Pacific Coast. These soils are of variable thickness, ranging from several metres up to 40m at the base of slopes on ... -
Two families of comets falling onto Beta PIctoris
(2017)The young A6 V star β Pictoris shows variable, velocity-shifted absorptions in the Ca II H & K lines, which are attributed to infalling, evaporating, comet-like bodies (exocomets). We have analyzed Ca II H & K absorptions ... -
Dark Energy from Cosmic Structure
(2012)Below scales of about 100=hMpc our universe displays a complex inhomogeneous structure dominated by voids, with clusters of galaxies in sheets and filaments. The coincidence that cosmic expansion appears to start accelerating ... -
Timescape : observations, challenges
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Inhomogeneous cosmology
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Curriculum restructuring overnight: Teaching large first-year classes after a major earthquake
(Ako Aotearoa: GPPG15-002, 2015)On 22 February 2011, the second day of the first semester, a devastating magnitude 6.2 earthquake struck the city of Christchurch forcing the campus of the University of Canterbury to close for several weeks. Here, we ... -
Authentic collaboration with local communities in post-disaster reconnaissance and beyond: how to create a win-win scenario.
(2017)Geological research in the immediate aftermath of the 2016 Kaikōura Earthquake, New Zealand, was necessary due to the importance and perishability of field data. It also reflects a real desire on the part of researchers ... -
Preliminary geometry and kinematics of multiple surface ruptures during the 2016 MW 7.8 Kaikōura earthquake, North Canterbury region, New Zealand
(2017)The Mw 7.8 Kaikōura earthquake ruptured ~200 km at the ground surface across the New Zealand plate boundary zone in the northern South Island. This study was conducted in an area of ~600 km2 in the epicentral region where ... -
Fault rupture patterns during the Mw7.8 2016 Kaikoura Earthquake in the region between the Leader and Charwell rivers, north Canterbury, New Zealand
(2017)Surface rupture and slip from the Mw 7.8 2016 Kaikōura Earthquake have been mapped in the region between the Leader and Charwell rivers using field mapping and LiDAR data. The eastern Humps, north Leader and Conway-Charwell ...
