%0 Journal Article %A Page, Chris J. %A Denys, Paul H. %A Pearson, Chris F. %D 2018 %T A geodetic study of the Alpine Fault through South Westland: using campaign GPS data to model slip rates on the Alpine Fault %U https://tandf.figshare.com/articles/journal_contribution/A_geodetic_study_of_the_Alpine_Fault_through_South_Westland_using_campaign_GPS_data_to_model_slip_rates_on_the_Alpine_Fault/6953384 %R 10.6084/m9.figshare.6953384.v1 %2 https://ndownloader.figshare.com/files/12750908 %K Alpine Fault %K slip rates %K South Westland %K deformation %K GPS %X

Although the Alpine Fault has been studied extensively, there have been few geodetic studies in South Westland. We include a series of new geodetic measurements from sites across the Haast Pass and preliminary results from a recently established network, the Cascade array that extends from the Arawhata River to Lake McKerrow, a region that previously had few geodetic measurements. We compare the slip rates based on models that include both single and double faults, and consider Alpine Fault dips of 55° and near vertical. Our preferred solution models the Alpine Fault as an infinitely long fault, dipping at 55° with a second (proxy) fault to account for (inboard) distributed deformation. This gives results that are consistent with the Alpine Fault being a predominantly strike-slip fault with a slip rate of 30 ± 2 mm/yr and therefore demonstrates that the slip rate of the Alpine Fault is constant along strike. The locking depth for the fault in this region is c. 17 km. Assuming a near vertical dip angle results in unrealistic high slip rates.

%I Taylor & Francis