Desert Road Fault, Whangaehu River Fault, Whangaehu Fault[1]
Known active Rangipo Fault surface traces and closely associated active faults of eastern wall of Ruapehu Graben.[2] For map of other nearby active faults see Taupō Rift.
Etymology
Rangipo Desert
Country
New Zealand
Region
Waikato Region
Characteristics
Length
32 km (20 mi)[3]
Strike
N-S
Displacement
1.5 mm (0.059 in)/year (long term average)[3]
Tectonics
Plate
Indo-Australian
Status
Active
Type
Normal fault
Movement
Mw7.1 potential with whole fault rupture with Wahianoa and Upper Waikato Stream faults[3]
Age
Quaternary
Volcanic arc/belt
Taupō Volcanic Zone
New Zealand geology database (includes faults)
The Rangipo Fault (also known in the past as Desert Road Fault, Whangaehu River Fault, 'Whangaehu Fault[1]) is the eastern Taupō rift-bounding north–south striking normal fault complex of the Ruapehu Graben, a seismically active area of the central North Island of New Zealand to the west of Mount Ruapehu.[1][4] It could be part of a Mw7.1 potential rupture.[3]
^ abcVillamor, P.; Berryman, K. R. (2006). "Late Quaternary geometry and kinematics of faults at the southern termination of the Taupo Volcanic Zone, New Zealand". New Zealand Journal of Geology and Geophysics. 49 (1): 1–21. Bibcode:2006NZJGG..49....1V. doi:10.1080/00288306.2006.9515144.
^New Zealand Active Fault database
^ abcdGómez-Vasconcelos, MG; Villamor, P; Cronin, SJ; Procter, J; Kereszturi, G; Palmer, A; Townsend, D; Leonard, G; Berryman, K; Ashraf, S (2016). "Earthquake history at the eastern boundary of the South Taupo Volcanic Zone, New Zealand". New Zealand Journal of Geology and Geophysics. 59 (4): 522–543. Bibcode:2016NZJGG..59..522G. doi:10.1080/00288306.2016.1195757. ISSN 0028-8306. S2CID 133036606.
^Rowlands, D. P.; White, R. S.; Haines, A. J. (2005). "Seismic tomography of the Tongariro Volcanic Centre, New Zealand" (PDF). Geophysical Journal International. 163 (3): 1180–1194. Bibcode:2005GeoJI.163.1180R. doi:10.1111/j.1365-246X.2005.02716.x. S2CID 55584177.
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