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IUGG XXIV General Assembly July 2-13, 2007 Perugia, Italy<br />

(S) - <strong>IASPEI</strong> - International Association of Seismology and Physics of the Earth's<br />

Interior<br />

JSS005 Oral Presentation 1916<br />

Derivation of New Zealand fault rupture scaling relations that reconcile<br />

seismological and geological data<br />

Dr. Kelvin Berryman<br />

Hazards Group GNS Science <strong>IASPEI</strong><br />

Terry Webb, Kelvin Berryman, Pilar Villamor, Mark Stirling, David Rhoades<br />

Two factors have encouraged us to investigate a physically-based understanding of fault rupture scaling<br />

of large events. By large events we mean those that rupture the ground surface and are preserved in<br />

earthquake geology records. Firstly, recent literature indicates that large strike-slip earthquakes show a<br />

change in fault rupture scaling when the full seismogenic width is ruptured, and secondly, field<br />

observations of active faulting in do not fit with the often-used Wells & Coppersmith (1994) empirical<br />

regressions. In this study we have reviewed international literature regarding scaling relations for large<br />

earthquakes where the full seismogenic width is ruptured, and find that slope 2 is the most appropriate<br />

regression slope relating seismic moment (logMo) and fault rupture length (logL) for two regions of New<br />

Zealand the normal faults of the Taupo Rift, and the low slip rate (< 5 mm/yr) or low total<br />

displacement, strike-slip, reverse and oblique faults, within the plate boundary deformation zone. We<br />

developed fault rupture scaling relations by using rupture duration in historic events (with welldetermined<br />

moment magnitude) as a proxy for fault rupture length, and fault area by incorporating<br />

fault dip and information on seismogenic thickness. Average subsurface slip may then be derived from<br />

seismic moment, and we demonstrate how this relation, when modified to account for differences<br />

between subsurface and surface displacement, is in good agreement with earthquake geology<br />

observations. Recognising changes in fault rupture scaling when width-limited rupture is achieved is an<br />

important factor in fault rupture scaling in two quite different tectonic regions of , and we suggest this<br />

may also be true for all tectonic regions, worldwide.<br />

Keywords: fault rupture scaling, width limited rupture, new zealand

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