Strike-slip ground-surface rupture (Greendale Fault) associated with the 4 September 2010 Darfield earthquake, Canterbury, New Zealand

D. J.A. Barrell; N. J. Litchfield; D. B. Townsend; M. Quigley; R. J. Van Dissen; R. Cosgrove; S. C. Cox; K. Furlong; P. Villamor; J. G. Begg; S. Hemmings-Sykes; R. Jongens; H. Mackenzie; D. Noble; T. Stahl; E. Bilderback; B. Duffy; H. Henham; A. Klahn; E. M.W. Lang; L. Moody; R. Nicol; K. Pedley; A. Smith

doi:10.1144/1470-9236/11-034

Strike-slip ground-surface rupture (Greendale Fault) associated with the 4 September 2010 Darfield earthquake, Canterbury, New Zealand

D. J.A. Barrell, N. J. Litchfield, D. B. Townsend, M. Quigley, R. J. Van Dissen, R. Cosgrove, S. C. Cox, K. Furlong, P. Villamor, J. G. Begg, S. Hemmings-Sykes, R. Jongens, H. Mackenzie, D. Noble, T. Stahl, E. Bilderback, B. Duffy, H. Henham, A. Klahn, E. M.W. LangL. Moody, R. Nicol, K. Pedley, A. Smith

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This paper provides a photographic tour of the ground-surface rupture features of the Greendale Fault, formed during the 4 September 2010 Darfield earthquake. The fault, previously unknown, produced at least 29.5 km of strike-slip surface deformation of right-lateral (dextral) sense. Deformation, spread over a zone between 30 and 300 m wide, consisted mostly of horizontal flexure with subsidiary discrete shears, the latter only prominent where overall displacement across the zone exceeded about 1.5 m. A remarkable feature of this event was its location in an intensively farmed landscape, where a multitude of straight markers, such as fences, roads and ditches, allowed precise measurements of offsets, and permitted well-defined limits to be placed on the length and widths of the surface rupture deformation.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	283-291
Number of pages	9
Journal	Quarterly Journal of Engineering Geology and Hydrogeology
Volume	44
Issue number	3
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1144/1470-9236/11-034
State	Published - Aug 2011

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Geotechnical Engineering and Engineering Geology
Geology
Earth and Planetary Sciences (miscellaneous)

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Barrell, D. J. A., Litchfield, N. J., Townsend, D. B., Quigley, M., Van Dissen, R. J., Cosgrove, R., Cox, S. C., Furlong, K., Villamor, P., Begg, J. G., Hemmings-Sykes, S., Jongens, R., Mackenzie, H., Noble, D., Stahl, T., Bilderback, E., Duffy, B., Henham, H., Klahn, A., ... Smith, A. (2011). Strike-slip ground-surface rupture (Greendale Fault) associated with the 4 September 2010 Darfield earthquake, Canterbury, New Zealand. Quarterly Journal of Engineering Geology and Hydrogeology, 44(3), 283-291. https://doi.org/10.1144/1470-9236/11-034

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