Marlborough Fault System

GPTKB entity

Statements (23)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf fault system
gptkbp:composedOf gptkb:Hope_Fault
Awatere Fault
Clarence Fault
Wairau Fault
gptkbp:connects gptkb:Hikurangi_Trench
Alpine Fault
gptkbp:directionA northeast-southwest
gptkbp:displacement several millimeters per year
gptkbp:geologicalAge Cenozoic
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Marlborough Fault System
gptkbp:length over 300 km
gptkbp:locatedIn gptkb:New_Zealand
South Island
gptkbp:movement strike-slip
gptkbp:namedAfter gptkb:Marlborough_Region
gptkbp:partOf Alpine Fault Zone
gptkbp:significantEarthquakes gptkb:2016_Kaikoura_earthquake
1848 Marlborough earthquake
1888 North Canterbury earthquake
gptkbp:tectonicSetting transform fault
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Hundalee_Fault
gptkbp:bfsLayer 8