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A major step in the continental Moho and its geodynamic consequences: The Taranaki-Ruapehu line, New Zealand

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Authors

Salmon, Michelle

Stern, T A

Savage, Martha K

Publisher

Blackwell Publishing Ltd

Abstract

Receiver function analysis reveals a 7 km step-like change in crustal thickness across the Taranaki-Ruapehu Line (TR-line) of North Island, New Zealand. The TR-line runs east-west between the active andesite volcanoes of Mt Taranaki and Ruapehu and marks

Keywords

Keywords: Body waves; Crustal thickness; Electrical data; Electrical resistivity; Fresnel zones; Hypocentral depth; Intra-plate processes; Lithospheric; Lower crust; Mantle lithosphere; Neotectonics; New zealand; Rapid changes; Receiver function analysis; Receiver Body waves; Intra-plate processes; Neotectonics; Rheology: crust and lithosphere

URI

http://hdl.handle.net/1885/69728

Collections

ANU Research Publications

Source

Geophysical Journal International

Type

Journal article

Access Statement

Open Access

DOI

10.1111/j.1365-246X.2011.05035.x

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