New Zealand Community Fault Model
Database
The New Zealand Community Fault Model (NZ CFM) is a community-driven project led by GNS Science that pools the collective knowledge of the earth science community to develop a fault model for New Zealand which is open, updatable and publicly available.
Overview
The NZ CFM v1.0 is a two- and three-dimensional representation of active and potentially active fault zones along the New Zealand plate boundary. Each fault zone in the model is associated with available kinematic information such as sense of slip, slip rake angle and slip rate, along with geometric parameters such as dip angle and depth of the fault plane.
Geologists and geophysicists from several organisations collaborated to define the model, including uncertainties and limitations, to ensure it is fit-for-purpose for multiple applications. The New Zealand Community Fault Model and the associated data are of value to a range of kinematic, active fault and seismic hazard studies.
You can learn more on the New Zealand Community Fault Model webpage.
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Terms of Use
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This material is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution International 4.0 (CC BY 4.0) Licence. For more details visit https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/. Where the data are used in a figure GNS Science requests attribution in the following manner: (C) GNS Science. Where reference to the data is to be included in a Reference List, the citation that follows is suggested.
Cite as: Seebeck H, Van Dissen R, Litchfield N, Barnes P, Nicol A, Langridge R, Barrell DJA, Villamor P, Ellis S, Rattenbury M, Bannister S, Gerstenberger M, Ghisetti F, Sutherland R, Fraser J, Nodder S, Stirling M, Humphrey J, Bland K, Howell A, Mountjoy J, Moon V, Stahl T, Spinardi F, Townsend D, Clark K, Hamling I, Cox S, de Lange W, Wopereis P, Johnston M, Morgenstern R, Coffey G, Eccles JD, Little T, Fry B, Griffin J, Townend J, Mortimer N, Alcaraz S, Massiot C, Rowland J, Muirhead J, Upton P, Hirschberg H, Lee J, 2022, New Zealand Community Fault Model – version 1.0. Lower Hutt (NZ): GNS Science. 96 p. (GNS Science report; 2021/57).
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- Whakatū / Nelson
- Rangitāhua / Kermadec Islands
- Rēkohu / Chatham Islands
- Rakiura / Stewart Island
- Murihiku / Southland
- Ōtepoti / Dunedin
- Ōtākou / Otago
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- Waitaha / Canterbury
- Kaikōura
- Te Tai Poutini / West Coast
- Te Tauihu-o-te-waka/ Marlborough
- Aotearoa / New Zealand
- Te Tai-o-Aorere / Tasman
- Te Whanga-nui-a-Tara / Wellington
- Manawatū-Whanganui
- Central Plateau
- Taranaki
- Te Matau-a-Māui / Hawke's Bay
- Te Tai Rāwhiti / Gisborne
- Te Moana-a-Toi / Bay of Plenty
- Waikato
- Tāmaki Makaurau / Auckland
- Te Tai Tokerau / Northland