Crustal reflections from the Alpine Fault Zone, South Island, New Zealand

F. J. Davey Institute of Geological and Nuclear Sciences, P.O. Box 1320, Wellington, New Zealand

T. Henyey Institute of Geophysics, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, 90089–0740, U.S.A.

S. Kleffmann Research School of Earth Sciences, Victoria University of Wellington, P.O Box 600, Wellington, New Zealand

A. Melhuish Institute of Geological and Nuclear Sciences, P.O. Box 1320, Wellington, New Zealand

D. Okaya Institute of Geophysics, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, 90089–0740, U.S.A.

T. A. Stern Research School of Earth Sciences, Victoria University of Wellington, P.O Box 600, Wellington, New Zealand

D. J. Woodward Institute of Geological and Nuclear Sciences, P.O. Box 1320, Wellington, New Zealand

South Island Geophysical Transect (SIGHT) Working Group

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Abstract

Initial results from a seismic experiment in the central South Island, New Zealand, have imaged a 40 ± 5° southeast‐dipping zone at a depth of c. 22 km beneath the Mt Cook village. It is speculated that this reflector represents the down‐dip extension of the Alpine Fault Zone.

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