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Hope fault, Jordan thrust, and uplift of the Seaward Kaikoura Range, New Zealand

1991; Geological Society of America; Volume: 19; Issue: 4 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1130/0091-7613(1991)019 2.3.co;2

1943-2682

Russ Van Dissen, Robert S. Yeats,

Geology and Paleoclimatology Research

Research Article| April 01, 1991 Hope fault, Jordan thrust, and uplift of the Seaward Kaikoura Range, New Zealand Russell Van Dissen; Russell Van Dissen 1Department of Geosciences, Oregon State University, Corvallis, Oregon 97331-5506 Search for other works by this author on: GSW Google Scholar Robert S. Yeats Robert S. Yeats 1Department of Geosciences, Oregon State University, Corvallis, Oregon 97331-5506 Search for other works by this author on: GSW Google Scholar Author and Article Information Russell Van Dissen 1Department of Geosciences, Oregon State University, Corvallis, Oregon 97331-5506 Robert S. Yeats 1Department of Geosciences, Oregon State University, Corvallis, Oregon 97331-5506 Publisher: Geological Society of America First Online: 02 Jun 2017 Online ISSN: 1943-2682 Print ISSN: 0091-7613 Geological Society of America Geology (1991) 19 (4): 393–396. https://doi.org/10.1130/0091-7613(1991)019 2.3.CO;2 Article history First Online: 02 Jun 2017 Cite View This Citation Add to Citation Manager Share Icon Share Facebook Twitter LinkedIn MailTo Tools Icon Tools Get Permissions Search Site Citation Russell Van Dissen, Robert S. Yeats; Hope fault, Jordan thrust, and uplift of the Seaward Kaikoura Range, New Zealand. Geology 1991;; 19 (4): 393–396. doi: https://doi.org/10.1130/0091-7613(1991)019 2.3.CO;2 Download citation file: Ris (Zotero) Refmanager EasyBib Bookends Mendeley Papers EndNote RefWorks BibTex toolbar search Search Dropdown Menu toolbar search search input Search input auto suggest filter your search All ContentBy SocietyGeology Search Advanced Search Abstract In the northern South Island of New Zealand, displacement at the Pacific-Indian plate boundary is accommodated by the east-north-east-striking, right-lateral strike-slip Marlborough fault system. The southernmost Marlborough fault is the Hope fault; the late Pleistocene-Holocene horizontal slip rate on this fault is 20-25 mm/yr, about half of the rate of Pacific-Australian plate motion. Near the eastern end of the Hope fault, most displacement is transferred to the north-northeast-striking Jordan thrust, but the average dip-slip rate at the surface trace of this thrust is less than 4 mm/yr. We propose that most slip takes place on a blind thrust, expressed at the surface by the fault-propagation folding of the Seaward Kaikoura Range, and that the rate of uplift of this range is as high as that of the Southern Alps, 6 to 10 mm/yr. The major restraining bend of the Alpine fault has the same average slip rate as the Wairau fault, 4-6 mm/yr. Even though the Alpine fault is an east-dipping, reverse-separation fault at the restraining bend, this low slip rate results in uplift of the Spenser Mountains east of the bend at a rate lower than that of the Southern Alps and Seaward Kaikoura Range. This content is PDF only. Please click on the PDF icon to access. First Page Preview Close Modal You do not have access to this content, please speak to your institutional administrator if you feel you should have access.