Wairau Fault
id:
wairau-fault-169-18588121
title:
Wairau Fault
text:
The Wairau Fault is an active dextral strike-slip fault in the northeastern part of South Island, New Zealand. It forms part of the Marlborough Fault System, which accommodates the transfer of displacement along the oblique convergent boundary between the Indo-Australian Plate and Pacific Plate, from the transform Alpine Fault to the Hikurangi Trough subduction zone.
brand slug:
wiki
category slug:
encyclopedia
description:
Active fault in New Zealand
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wairau_Fault
date created:
2010-07-03T12:12:23Z
date modified:
2024-09-01T03:16:43Z
main entity:
{"identifier":"Q7960323","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q7960323"}
image:
{"content_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/19/MarlboroughFaultSystem.png","width":1574,"height":1138}
fields total:
13
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16