What role did the Hikurangi subduction zone play in the M7.8 Kaikoura earthquake?
Laura M Wallace1,2, Ian J Hamling2, Yoshihiro Kaneko3, Bill Fry2, Kathryn Clark2, Stephen C Bannister2, Susan M Ellis2, Caroline Francois-Holden2, Sigrun Hreinsdottir2 and Christof Mueller2, (1)GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel, Kiel, Germany, (2)GNS Science, Lower Hutt, New Zealand, (3)Kyoto University, Department of Geophysics, Kyoto, Japan