Alpine Fault
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alpine-fault-172-8802859
title:
Alpine Fault
text:
The Alpine Fault is a geological fault that runs almost the entire length of New Zealand's South Island, being about 600 km (370 mi). long, and forms the boundary between the Pacific Plate and the Australian Plate. The Southern Alps have been uplifted on the fault over the last 12 million years in a series of earthquakes. However, most of the motion on the fault is strike-slip, with the Tasman district and West Coast moving north and Canterbury and Otago moving south. The average slip rates in t
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encyclopedia
description:
Large geological fault in New Zealand
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alpine_Fault
date created:
2004-12-29T09:19:32Z
date modified:
2024-09-01T20:13:41Z
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13
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