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  • Presentation | T23E: Structural Evolution, Mechanics, and Hazards of Geometrically Complex and Multisegment Fault Systems III Poster
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  • T23E-0187: The Role of Strike-Slip Faulting in an Evolving Subduction Termination, North Canterbury, Aotearoa New Zealand
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Author(s):
Sage Moore, Western Washington University (First Author, Presenting Author)
Colin Amos, Western Washington University
Nathan Niemi, University of Michigan
Timothy Stahl, University of Canterbury
Claire Brownlie, University of Canterbury
Tammy Rittenour, Utah State University


Subduction zones, where one tectonic plate sinks beneath another, change geologically rapidly at their tips. One of these tips exists at the southwest end of the Hikurangi subduction zone, in the South Island of New Zealand. Here, subduction transitions to strike-slip faulting, similar to the San Andreas fault in California. However, we don't fully know how this tip will change in the future, and how the associated earthquakes and earthquake hazards will change with it. This project will map and characterize all strike-slip faults outboard of the southwest tip of the Hikurangi subduction zone, with the hope of informing what it might look like in the future, based on the distribution and patterns of faulting we see today.



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