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that currently defines the main eastern intra-rift fault in the Bay of Plenty part of the TaupÅ Rift and the south-east dipping intra-rift northern segment of the
Ngapouri-Rotomahana Fault, the Rotomahana Fault. This transitions into the Ngapouri Fault (its southern segment) and this then intersects
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and has decreased by half to a displacement rate of 7.2 ± 0.4 mm/yr at this part of the rift system other interpretations might be more logical. Certainly there is a discontinuity, associated with the
Okataina Volcanic Centre between the south-east dipping intra-rift normal
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317:(Rainbow Mountain) and around Lakes NgÄpouri (Opouri) and Tutaeinanga and covered that locality with hydrothermal mud. Some of the Ngapouri Fault area in turn was covered by about 1 metre (3 ft 3 in) of Rotomahana mud from the western aspects of the
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and was associated in time with multiple large hydrothermal eruptions to the south of the
Ngapouri Fault that created craters on the southern slopes of
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Berryman, Kelvin; Villamor, Pilar; Nairn, Ian.A.; Begg, John; Alloway, Brent V.; Rowland, Julie; Lee, Julie; Capote, Ramon (2022-07-01).
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Complete rupture of this intra-rift fault occurred just before one major recent volcanic event, being the 1314±12 CE Kaharoa eruption of
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380:"Volcano-tectonic interactions at the southern margin of the Okataina Volcanic Centre, TaupÅ Volcanic Zone, New Zealand"
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to its north. On the 14 December 1983 there was a shallow magnitude 5.1 shock, on or close to the
Ngapouri fault, near
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the Paeroa Fault, with the last part of the intersection having a completely different orientation.
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Ngapouri-Rotomahana Fault (right in red) is a splay fault off the
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is a seismically and volcanically active area of the central
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319:1886 eruption of Mount Tarawera
162:1.0 mm (0.039 in)/yr
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152:15 km (9.3 mi)
893:Canterbury fault system
1028:Indo-Australian Plate
1013:Faults in New Zealand
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746:Thorpe - Poplar Fault
462:Hardy, Lyndo (2005).
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691:Karioi Fault
686:Kaiapo Fault
666:Matata Fault
583:Patoka Fault
578:Mohaka Fault
573:Kaweka Fault
556:North Island
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158:Displacement
136:up to 6.4 Mw
42:North Island
34:Paeroa Fault
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954:Titri Fault
628:Wheao Fault
257:New Zealand
107:New Zealand
90: /
78:176°24â²00â³E
65:Coordinates
46:New Zealand
1043:Categories
959:Hyde Fault
873:Hope Fault
647:Taupo Rift
505:2022-08-10
480:2022-08-10
415:2292/59681
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359:2022-08-10
329:References
285:TaupÅ Rift
75:38°19â²05â³S
38:Taupo Rift
222:Volcanic
167:Tectonics
53:Etymology
499:Archived
471:Archived
350:Archived
348:. 2010.
323:Waiotapu
216:Holocene
141:Segments
392:Bibcode
287:of the
263:Geology
212:Miocene
123:Regions
117:Waikato
103:Country
188:Active
184:Status
149:Length
113:Region
972:Other
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305:Risks
173:Plate
133:Range
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