Along-strike extent of earthquakes on multi-segment reverse faults; insights from the Nevis-Cardrona Fault, Aotearoa New Zealand

Authors

  • Jack Williams University of Otago https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6669-308X
  • Mark Stirling University of Otago
  • Robert Langridge GNS Science
  • Govinda Niroula University of Otago
  • Ashleigh Vause University of Otago
  • James Stewart GeosSolve Ltd
  • Andy Nicol University of Canterbury
  • Ninghseng Wang Victoria University of Wellington

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.26443/seismica.v3i2.1310

Keywords:

paleoseismology, earthquake hazard, OxCal, new zealand, Morphotectonic Features

Abstract

Evaluating fault segmentation is important for our understanding of seismic hazard assessment and fault growth. However, it is still unclear what controls if reverse fault earthquakes will rupture across segment boundaries. Here, we combine fault mapping and trench data from the low slip rate (0.04-0.15 mm/yr) multi-segment Nevis-Cardrona Fault (NCF) in the South Island of Aotearoa New Zealand to assess if it has ruptured in single or multi-segment earthquakes during the late Quaternary. Two new trenches on its Nevis segment provide stratigraphic evidence for two surface rupturing earthquakes, which through Optically Stimulated Luminscence dating and OxCal modelling, are constrained to have occurred at 28.9 +12.9 -9.1 ka and 12.8 ± 4.9 ka. The most recent timing is only weakly correlated to surface rupture timings from two trenches along the NCF's NW Cardrona segment. Furthermore, the 2 ± 1 m Nevis segment single event displacements we estimate would be unusually low for a ~85 km long NCF multi-segment rupture. We therefore surmise that late Quaternary NCF surface rupturing earthquakes did not rupture through ~30-50° bends that link these segments. Our trench data and fault mapping also indicate lower slip rates on the Nevis segment than previous studies (0.04-0.1 mm/yr vs 0.4 mm/yr).

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