Earthquake-Induced Ground Fissuring in Foot-Slope Positions of the Port Hills, Christchurch

Earthquake-Induced Ground Fissuring in Foot-Slope Positions of the Port Hills, Christchurch

Following the 22 February 2011, MW 6.2 earthquake located on a fault beneath the Port Hills of Christchurch, fissuring of up to several hundred metres in length was observed in the loess and loess-colluvium of foot-slope positions in north-facing valleys of the Port Hills. The fissuring was observed...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Stephen-Brownie, Charlotte Jane
Language:en
Published: University of Canterbury. Geological Sciences 2014
Subjects:
Loess
fissuring
fissures
22 February 2011
earthquake
Port Hills
Christchurch
soil properties of loess
resistivity survey
categorisation of fissures
toppling failure
tunnel gullying
landsliding
mechanisms
trampoline effect
bedrock fracturing
lateral spreading
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10092/9285

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