• Provide a Focused Example of Oceanic-Plate Influence on Structure and Earthquakes
• Topographic and bathymetric images derived from Eartha Global Explorer, Copyright 1998 by DeLorme Inc., Yarmouth, Maine. www.delorme.com
• New Zealand example from work by Louie, Henrys, and Bannister of UNR and the Crown Institute for Geological and Nuclear Sciences, New Zealand. www.seismo.unr.edu/ftp/pub/louie/weber/
Topics
• Chatham Rise and Hikurangi Plateaus
• East Cape – Raukumara Peninsula
• Hikurangi Trough Shallow Subduction
• Duplex Thrusting Structure
• Subduction Interface Properties
New Zealand and the Hikurangi Trough• Tonga-Kermadec Subduction
New Zealand and the Hikurangi Trough• Australia–Pacific Plate Boundary
New Zealand and the Hikurangi Trough• Pacific–Antarctic Plate Boundary
New Zealand and the Hikurangi Trough• Puysegur Subduction - Eastward
New Zealand and the Hikurangi Trough• Chatham Rise Oceanic Plateau
New Zealand and the Hikurangi Trough• Hikurangi Oceanic Plateau
New Zealand and the Hikurangi Trough• Raukumara Peninsula
New Zealand and the Hikurangi Trough• Raukumara Peninsula
New Zealand and the Hikurangi Trough• Raukumara Peninsula
New Zealand and the Hikurangi Trough• Raukumara Peninsula
New Zealand and the Hikurangi
Trough
• Weber Subduction Interface
New Zealand and the Hikurangi Trough• Hikurangi Trough
New Zealand and the Hikurangi Trough• Hikurangi Trough
New Zealand and the Hikurangi Trough• Hikurangi Trough
New Zealand and the Hikurangi Trough• Hikurangi Trough
New Zealand and the Hikurangi Trough• Hikurangi Subduction Wedge
New Zealand and the Hikurangi Trough• Hikurangi Subduction Wedge
New Zealand and the Hikurangi
Trough
• Weber Subduction Interface
New Zealand and the Hikurangi Trough• Weber Subduction Interface
New Zealand and the Hikurangi Trough• Weber Subduction Interface
New Zealand and the Hikurangi Trough• Weber Subduction Interface
New Zealand and the Hikurangi Trough• Weber Subduction Interface
New Zealand and the Hikurangi
Trough
• Weber Subduction Interface
New Zealand and the Hikurangi Trough• Weber Subduction Interface
New Zealand and the Hikurangi Trough• Weber Subduction Interface
New Zealand and the Hikurangi Trough• Fluid-Reservoir Reflectivity
New Zealand and the Hikurangi Trough• Fluid-Reservoir Reflectivity