In the last decade, a range of new remote-sensing techniques has led to a dramatic increase
in terrain information, providing new opportunities for a better understanding of Earth surface …

Tephrochronology (from tephra, Gk 'ashes') is a unique stratigraphic method for linking,
dating, and synchronizing geological, palaeoenvironmental, or archaeological sequences or …

Ideal for both undergraduate and graduate students in the fields of geography, forestry,
ecology, geographic information science, remote sensing, and photogrammetric …

A team of earthquake geologists, seismologists, and engineering seismologists has
collectively produced an update of the national probabilistic seismic hazard (PSH) model for …

ABSTRACT The New Zealand Active Faults Database (NZAFD) is a national geospatial
database of active faults–including their locations, names and degrees of activity–that have …

Abstract The Taupo Volcanic Zone (TVZ) in the North Island of New Zealand is one of the
world's most spectacular and productive areas of Quaternary silicic volcanism and …

1The QMAP Quaternary timescale pre-dates the presently recognised chronology for the
Pleistocene/Quaternary. QMAP adopted the Quaternary Period in 1994, based definitions on …

Fault interactions are an essential feature of all fault systems on timescales of individual
earthquakes to millions of years. We examine the role of these interactions in the …

The evolution of the continental intraarc Taupo Rift in the North Island, New Zealand, is
rapid, significantly faster than comparative intracontinental rifts such as the African Rifts …

Plate boundaries are the most active, unstable and hazardous areas on Earth. The aim of
this study is twofold. 1) Provide an overview of the main structural features along divergent …