<p>High-resolution airborne LiDAR and field mapping were used to investigate a 29 km-long section of the Hurunui segment of the Hope Fault concealed beneath beech forest. Approximately 20 km of the dextral strike-slip principal slip zone (PSZ) was identified ...

At 12:51pm local time on 22 February 2011, a Mw 6.2 aftershock of the September 4, 2010, Darfield Earthquake shook the city of Christchurch, New Zealand. The aftershock occurred on an unmapped fault less than 8 km from the city center resulting in the collapse ...

Slopes in open pit mines must be considered as geotechnical structures. Therefore their design and implementation must be conducted with all consideration including technical, economical, environmental and safety issues. But these structures are above all ...

Three-dimensional numerical models are needed to investigate the role of nonvertical strike-slip fault segments on the deformation within restraining bends. Numerical models simulate geologic deformation of two alternative three-dimensional present-day configurations ...

Evidence indicates that the vertical component of ground motion is more significant than previously thought, especially for near fault events. However, many design codes do not reflect the importance of the vertical component of ground motion. Therefore, ...

<p>Previous studies [O&rsquo;Kane, A., Onasch, C.M., Farver, J., 2007. The role of fluids in low-temperature, faultrelated deformation of quartz arenite. Journal of Structural Geology 29, 819&ndash;836; Cook, J., Dunne, W.M., Onasch, C.M., 2006. Development ...

<p>The interseismic strain across the Altyn Tagh Fault at 85
E has been measured using 59 interferograms from 26 ERS-1/2 SAR acquisitions on a single track for the period 1993 &ndash; 2000. Using an atmospheric delay correction that scales linearly with height, ...

<p>According to the recent earthquakes Near-Fault ground motions in the vicinity of quake field caused many damages. There is evidence indicating that ground shaking near a fault rupture may be characterized by an impulsive motion that exposes structures to ...

New Zealand is located in the area of active seismicity on the boundary between the Australian and Pacific plates. Most dams in New Zealand are in the close proximity to active faults and some dams have been built across active faults. The paper describes ...

Rotational and vertical components of ground motion are almost always ignored in design or in the assessment of structures despite the fact that vertical motion can be twice as much as the horizontal motion and may exceed 2g level, and rotational excitation ...