Wrench tectonics flip at oblique subduction. A model from New Zealand

Extension and Partitioning in an Oblique Subduction Zone, New Zealand: Constraints from Three-Dimensional Numerical Modeling

Velocity and anisotropy structure at the Hikurangi subduction margin, New Zealand from receiver functions

S U M M A R Y We examine seismic velocity and anisotropy at the interface between the Australian and the subducting Pacific Plate in southern North Island, New Zealand using receiver functions from teleseismic earthquakes recorded on two L-shaped seismic arrays. IRIS station SNZO makes up the corner of the southern array. Velocity models are tested with a ray theoretical method that allows both...

The coupling of Indian subduction and Asian continental tectonics

In order to understand the potential controls on Asian tectonics during the subduction of the Tethys and Indian lithospheres, we reconstruct the coupled subduction-continent deformation history using tomographic imaging, kinematics constraints and numerical modeling. The global P-waves tomographic images of the mantle below the India-Asia collision zone provide constraints on the deep structure...

authorship issues at a new zealand academic institution

background: authorship of peer-reviewed publications can create conflict among academics. objective: to document authorship conflicts of academics at a tertiary faculty. methods: an anonymous questionnaire eliciting authorship conflicts and knowledge of authorship criteria was administered online to 154 academic staff members at a new zealand university. results: 43 academics responded, a respo...

Update from New Zealand

The Auckland Stillbirth Study, a prospective populationbased case control study, was the first study to report maternal sleep related practices as risk factors for stillbirth [1]. In brief there were 155 women with a singleton late stillbirth (at or greater than 28 weeks’ gestation) without congenital abnormality, born between July 2006 and June 2009 and booked to deliver in Auckland. They were...