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Geomorphic Constraints On Listric Thrust Faulting: Implications For Active Deformation In The Mackenzie Basin, South Island, New Zealand, Colin Amos, Douglas W. Burbank, David C. Nobes, Stuart A. L. Read
Geomorphic Constraints On Listric Thrust Faulting: Implications For Active Deformation In The Mackenzie Basin, South Island, New Zealand, Colin Amos, Douglas W. Burbank, David C. Nobes, Stuart A. L. Read
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Deformed fluvial terraces preserved over active thrust-related folds record the kinematics of folding as fault slip accumulates on the underlying thrust. In the Mackenzie Basin of southern New Zealand, the kinematics revealed by folded fluvial terraces along the active Ostler and Irishman Creek fault zones are inconsistent with traditional models for thrust-related folding in which spatially uniform rock uplift typically occurs over planar fault ramps. Instead, warped and tilted terraces in the Mackenzie are characterized by broad, continuous backlimbs and abrupt forelimbs and suggest folding through progressive limb rotation. By relating this pattern of surface deformation to the underlying thrust …