What role did the Hikurangi subduction zone play in the M7.8 Kaikoura earthquake?
Laura M Wallace1,2, Ian J Hamling3, Yoshihiro Kaneko4, Bill Fry2, Kathryn Clark2, Stephen C Bannister2, Susan M Ellis2, Caroline Francois-Holden2, Sigrun Hreinsdottir2 and Christof Mueller2, (1)GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel, Kiel, Germany, (2)GNS Science, Lower Hutt, New Zealand, (3)Earth Sciences New Zealand, Lower Hutt, New Zealand, (4)Kyoto University, Department of Geophysics, Kyoto, Japan
