Barker, Shaun2015-12-130040-1951http://hdl.handle.net/1885/82597In Central Otago, New Zealand, a series of subparallel, NNE-SSW trending, gently dipping (10-30° E) brittle faults are hosted in quartzofeldspathic schist. These faults contain numerous (n>100) pseudotachylyte veins. Pseudotachylyte fault veins are traceKeywords: earthquake mechanism; fault; fault slip; pseudotachylite; schist; tectonophysics; Australasia; Eastern Hemisphere; New Zealand; Otago; South Island; World Earthquakes; Faulting; Frictional shear resistance; Pseudotachylyte; Stress drop200510.1016/j.tecto.2004.12.0052015-12-11