Alpine Fault
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The Alpine Fault is a major geological fault in New Zealand that marks the boundary between the Pacific and Australian tectonic plates and is responsible for much of the uplift of the Southern Alps.
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
geological fault
ⓘ
plate boundary ⓘ transform fault ⓘ |
| age | Cenozoic ⓘ |
| associatedProcess | oblique convergence of Pacific and Australian plates ⓘ |
| associatedRange | Southern Alps NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| connectsTo |
Marlborough Fault System
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Puysegur Trench region NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| continent | Zealandia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| country | New Zealand ⓘ |
| displacementSinceFormation | hundreds of kilometres of lateral offset ⓘ |
| earthquakeRecurrenceInterval | about 200–400 years ⓘ |
| exposes |
high-grade metamorphic rocks
ⓘ
mylonites ⓘ |
| formedDuring | Miocene ⓘ |
| hazardLevel | major seismic hazard for South Island ⓘ |
| lastMajorRupture | around 1717 CE ⓘ |
| length | about 600 km ⓘ |
| locatedIn | South Island ⓘ |
| maximumHistoricalMagnitude | about magnitude 8 ⓘ |
| monitoredBy |
GPS networks
ⓘ
seismographs ⓘ |
| movementType |
dextral strike-slip
ⓘ
reverse faulting component ⓘ |
| nearbyCity |
Greymouth
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Queenstown NERFINISHED ⓘ Wanaka NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| orientation | southwest–northeast ⓘ |
| orogeny | Southern Alps orogeny ⓘ |
| overlainBy | Quaternary sediments in many places ⓘ |
| partOf | plate boundary between Pacific and Australian plates around New Zealand ⓘ |
| passesNear |
Fox Glacier
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Franz Josef Glacier NERFINISHED ⓘ Hokitika NERFINISHED ⓘ Milford Sound NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| region | West Coast of the South Island NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| responsibleFor | uplift of the Southern Alps ⓘ |
| runsAlong | western edge of the Southern Alps ⓘ |
| separates |
Australian Plate
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Pacific Plate NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| slipRate | about 20–30 mm per year ⓘ |
| studiedBy |
GNS Science
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
University of Otago NERFINISHED ⓘ Victoria University of Wellington NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| tectonicSetting | convergent plate boundary ⓘ |
| terminusNear |
Fiordland
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Marlborough Fault System NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| verticalUpliftRate | about 5–10 mm per year ⓘ |
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