The structural evolution of active fault and fold systems in central Otago, New Zealand: evidence revealed by drainage patterns

Jackson, James; Norris, Richard J.; Youngson, J. H.

doi:10.1016/s0191-8141(96)80046-0

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“…We applied methodologies used in similar tectonically active regions (e.g. California, New Zealand), where the recognition of lateral displacements of streams and alluvial terraces, resulting from active strike-slip faulting (Wallace, 1968;Huang, 1993;Jackson et al, 1996;Burbank and Anderson, 2001), were combined with age controls (e.g., Matsuda, 1967;Keller et al, 1982;Sieh and Jahns, 1984;Van Dissen and Berryman, 1996).…”

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Preliminary slip rate estimates for the Düzce segment of the North Anatolian Fault Zone from offset geomorphic markers

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Preliminary slip rate estimates for the Düzce segment of the North Anatolian Fault Zone from offset geomorphic markers

2008

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“…On the other hand, on the global scale the spatial organization of drainage networks and divides primarly reflects plate tectonic processes, as well as the associated regional structures [Gilchrist and Summerfield, 1990; Burbank, 1992; Leeder and Jackson, 1993;Hoorn et al, 1995;Jackson et al, 1996; Gupta, 1997; Harbor, 1997]. Rivers adjust continuously to changes in tectonically induced surface motions and can thus be used to determine the growth chronology of folds and faults [Wallace, 1977;Armijo et al, 1989; Avouac and Peltzer, In the past few decades, numerous studies have been carried out on the relationships between tectonics and relief created by drainage network development in active deformation zones and important results have recently emerged about the importance of erosion in controlling large-scale tectonics, through isostatic responses to erosion and climate change [Koons, 1990;Molnar and England, 1990;Masek et al, 1994;Avouac and Burov, 1996].…”

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Large‐scale relief development related to Quaternary tectonic uplift of a Proterozoic‐Paleozoic basement: The Armorican Massif, NW France

Bonnet¹,

Guillocheau²,

Brun³

et al. 2000

J. Geophys. Res.

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Abstract. The topography of basements located in intraplate domains has often been interpreted in terms of planation theory by examining the remnants of paleosurfaces. In this paper, we address the significance of the present-day drainage networks that erode such topographies by looking at the relief development on the Armorican Massif basement (northwestern France). Using digital elevation model (DEM) analysis, the topography of this massif is characterized by large-scale (-250 km) relief variations that define high elevation domains (I-tEDs). These domains control the pattern of drainage networks by setting the location of the main drainage divides and the polarity of the regional slopes. Large-scale relief is strongly associated with the existence of scarps along inherited fault zones, suggesting that relief development is mainly controlled by tectonics through fault reactivation. A surface evolution study shows that drainage networks developed during the Quaternary, which corresponds to the timing of the tectonic activity which also led to relief development. The study of Quaternary fluvial erosion through a new method for measuring incision shows that the drainage basins of the I-tEDs record greater amounts of base level fall during Quaternary times. This implies that differential uplift is responsible for the large-scale relief development of the Armorican Massif during the Quaternary. Our study suggests that as seen in active settings, the topography of basements corresponds to a dynamic signal between tectonics and erosional processes which can be used, for example, in the study of intraplate deformation.

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“…1B, 2) that have been active since the Quaternary (Jackson et al 1996;Craw et al 2007). The basement ranges, uplifted sediments and intervening unconformity are currently rising on folds and faults and shedding debris to form a thin veneer of fan deposits in the intervening basins ( Fig.…”

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“…The Otago Schist is currently deforming into a set of northeast-trending antiformal ridges separated by synformal basins ( Fig. 1B; Jackson et al 1996;Craw et al 2007). These folds terminate at their northeastern ends against the northwest-striking Blue Lake and Hawkdun Fault Zones (Fig.…”

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Structure of the Blue Lake Fault Zone, Otago Schist, New Zealand

Henne

Craw

MacKenzie

2011

New Zealand Journal of Geology and Geophysics

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The Blue Lake Fault Zone occurs at a major crustal boundary between Otago Schist and Torlesse greywacke. This zone has been active since the middle Cretaceous (c. 112 Ma), when extensional exhumation of the Otago Schist belt was initiated. The Blue Lake Fault Zone is dominated by a set of normal faults that have caused juxtaposition of rocks of different metamorphic grade, from prehnite-pumpellyite facies turbidites to pervasively recrystallised greenschist facies schists. This metamorphic transition has been thinned from c. 15 km to c. 2 km by normal fault motion on the scale of kilometres. This condensed section is the narrowest such section on the Otago Schist margin. The faults in this condensed section are defined by gouge zones that are hundreds of metres wide and constitute about 30% of the section. Gouge zones were locally reactivated as thin Late Cenozoic reverse faults on the centimetre to metre scale.

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The structural evolution of active fault and fold systems in central Otago, New Zealand: evidence revealed by drainage patterns

Cited by 297 publications

References 31 publications

Preliminary slip rate estimates for the Düzce segment of the North Anatolian Fault Zone from offset geomorphic markers

Preliminary slip rate estimates for the Düzce segment of the North Anatolian Fault Zone from offset geomorphic markers

Large‐scale relief development related to Quaternary tectonic uplift of a Proterozoic‐Paleozoic basement: The Armorican Massif, NW France

Structure of the Blue Lake Fault Zone, Otago Schist, New Zealand

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