Characterising Shallow Stress Fields from Seismic Observations of Gas Migration through the Hydrate Stability Zone, Hikurangi Margin, New Zealand

Gareth James Crutchley1, Jess Irene Tsahai Hillman2, Karsten Friedrich Kroeger3, Sally Watson4, Francesco Turco5, Joshu J Mountjoy6, Bryan William Davy3 and Susi Woelz7, (1)GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel, Kiel, Germany, (2)GNS Science, Lower Hutt, New Zealand, (3)GNS Science-Institute of Geological and Nuclear Sciences Ltd, Lower Hutt, New Zealand, (4)National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research, Wellington, New Zealand, (5)University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand, (6)NIWA National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research, Wellington, New Zealand, (7)NIWA, Wellington, New Zealand