Elastic and non-elastic surface deformation in New Zealand

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  • G. J. Lensen New Zealand Geological Survey, Lower Hutt, New Zealand

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5459/bnzsee.3.4.131-142

Abstract

Over the last decade it has become evident that not all surface deformation takes place during earthquakes. Deformation associated with earthquakes and their aftershocks appears to be non-elastic in nature, while in between earthquakes deformation appears to be elastic.

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31-12-1970

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Lensen, G. J. (1970). Elastic and non-elastic surface deformation in New Zealand. Bulletin of the New Zealand Society for Earthquake Engineering, 3(4), 131–142. https://doi.org/10.5459/bnzsee.3.4.131-142

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