Variable Polarity of Coastal Deformation Confirms Upper Plate Faulting as a Partial Driver of Large Magnitude Earthquakes on the Central Hikurangi Subduction Margin

Pizer, Charlotte

Variable Polarity of Coastal Deformation Confirms Upper Plate Faulting as a Partial Driver of Large Magnitude Earthquakes on the Central Hikurangi Subduction Margin

Charlotte Pizer¹, Jamie Howarth¹, Kathryn Clark², Andy Howell³, Jaime Delano³, Bruce W Hayward⁴ and Nicola J Litchfield², (1)Victoria University of Wellington, Wellington, New Zealand, (2)GNS Science, Lower Hutt, New Zealand, (3)University of Canterbury, Christchurch, New Zealand, (4)Geomarine Research, St. John's, Auckland, New Zealand