Kaikoura quake triggered widespread slow-slip events
15 months ago by GNS Science
Last November’s magnitude 7.8 Kaikōura quake sparked a series of major slow-slip events on the shallow part of the subduction zone beneath the east coast of the North Island, new research published this week says.
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Hazards of the Hikurangi Subduction Zone
16 months ago by Kate Clark
How well will your organisation cope with a future Hikurangi subduction zone earthquake? This 1.5 day course will present state-of-the-art knowledge of Hikurangi subduction zone hazards in New Zealand, and will help you better understand how your organisation can better prepare for, and mitigate against, a future earthquake and tsunami crisis.
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The Kaikoura tsunami: another wave of research rolls in
17 months ago by GeoNet
New Zealand tsunami scientists have now published two journal papers that give a rundown on the impacts of Kaikoura tsunami.
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New evidence of Kaikoura underwater landslide found offshore Hawke’s Bay
18 months ago by Helen Shea
Scientists have found new geological evidence offshore Hawke’s Bay of sediment flows produced by underwater landslides near Kaikoura, nearly 700 km away from its source.
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Tangaroa Blog #13 Land ahoy
18 months ago by Kate Boersen
Everyone was up bright and early for breakfast at 6am this morning and it was nice having everyone there for our last day together.
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Tangaroa Blog #12 Multibeam and multicore
18 months ago by Kate Boersen
Overnight the multibeam was at work. A multibeam is an instrument that is used to map the seafloor.
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Tangaroa Blog #11 Helpful hands
18 months ago by Kate Boersen
The crew notify us of when the multicorer is about to come and then every heads below and gets their safety gear on ready to get stuck in the mud...
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Tangaroa Blog #10 Food, glorious food
18 months ago by Kate Boersen
We are now further down the coast and have taken a few cores off the coast of Wellington.
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Tangaroa Blog #9 Mud, mud, mud & more mud
18 months ago by Kate Boersen
I’m going to be honest here and say I think the geologists have more fun. I mean geologists get to play with mud!
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Tangaroa Blog #8 Getting to the core of it
18 months ago by Kate Boersen
Today marks the second stage of voyage with a focus on core samples off various sites off the coasts of Hawke’s Bay all the way down to Kaikoura.
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