The Wellington fault from Cook Strait to Manawatu Gorge

Abstract

Air photo interprdation of Recent amd Late Pleistocene faults shows the Wellington Fault to be a transcurrent clockwise (dextral right-lateral) fault extending from Cook Strait to the point west of Lake Waikal-emoana, where it branches into several branch faults extending into the Bay of Plenty. Details are given of Recent displacements along the Wellington Fault between Cook Strait and the Manawatu Gorge.