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Richard J. Norris

Richard J. Norris

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Earth Science

D-Index
45
Citations
7318
World Ranking
4472
National Ranking
41

Overview

Richard J. Norris was affiliated with the University of Otago in New Zealand. Their academic career included contributions to research, although specific details on publications, co-authors, or fields of study are not available in the provided data.

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Richard J. Norris is noted as deceased. This contextual factor frames their career in a completed stage, without ongoing contributions.

Best Publications

  • Late Quaternary slip rates and slip partitioning on the Alpine Fault, New Zealand

    Richard J. Norris;Alan F. Cooper

  • The obliquely-convergent plate boundary in the South Island of New Zealand: implications for ancient collision zones

    R.J. Norris;P.O. Koons;A.F. Cooper

  • The structural evolution of active fault and fold systems in central Otago, New Zealand: evidence revealed by drainage patterns

    James Jackson;Richard Norris;John Youngson

  • The Dun Mountain ophiolite belt, New Zealand, its tectonic setting, constitution, and origin, with special reference to the southern portion

    D. S. Coombs;C. A. Landis;R. J. Norris;J. M. Sinton

  • Quartz fabrics in the Alpine Fault mylonites: Influence of pre-existing preferred orientations on fabric development during progressive uplift

    Virginia G. Toy;David J. Prior;Richard J. Norris

  • Cainozoic history of southern New Zealand: An accord between geological observations and plate-tectonic predictions

    R.M. Carter;R.J. Norris

  • Do great earthquakes occur on the Alpine fault in central South Island, New Zealand?

    R. Sutherland;D. Eberhart‐Phillips;R. A. Harris;T. Stern

  • A model of active faulting in New Zealand

    NJ Litchfield;R Van Dissen;R Sutherland;PM Barnes

  • Dewatering of a metamorphic pile

    R. J. Norris;R. W. Henley

  • Lake sediments record cycles of sediment flux driven by large earthquakes on the Alpine fault, New Zealand

    Jamie D. Howarth;Sean J. Fitzsimons;Richard J. Norris;Geraldine E. Jacobsen

  • Drilling reveals fluid control on architecture and rupture of the Alpine fault, New Zealand

    Rupert Sutherland;Virginia G. Toy;John Townend;Simon C. Cox

  • Origin of small-scale segmentation and transpressional thrusting along the Alpine fault, New Zealand

    Richard J. Norris;Alan F. Cooper

  • Quaternary slip rate and geomorphology of the Alpine fault: Implications for kinematics and seismic hazard in southwest New Zealand

    Rupert Sutherland;Kelvin Berryman;Richard Norris

  • Lake sediments record high intensity shaking that provides insight into the location and rupture length of large earthquakes on the Alpine Fault, New Zealand

    Jamie D. Howarth;Sean J. Fitzsimons;Richard J. Norris;Geraldine E. Jacobsen

  • Influence of exhumation on the structural evolution of transpressional plate boundaries: An example from the Southern Alps, New Zealand

    Peter O. Koons;Richard J. Norris;Dave Craw;Alan F. Cooper

  • Very high strains recorded in mylonites along the Alpine Fault, New Zealand: implications for the deep structure of plate boundary faults

    Richard J Norris;Alan F Cooper

  • The Alpine Fault, New Zealand: Surface Geology and Field Relationships

    Richard J. Norris;Alan F. Cooper

  • Erosional control on the structural evolution of a transpressional thrust complex on the Alpine fault, New Zealand

    Richard J. Norris;Alan F. Cooper

  • Anatomy, structural evolution, and slip rate of a plate-boundary thrust: The Alpine fault at Gaunt Creek, Westland, New Zealand

    Alan F. Cooper;Richard J. Norris

  • Continental transforms: A view from the Alpine Fault

    Richard J. Norris;Virginia G. Toy

  • A model of active faulting in New Zealand: fault parameter descriptions

    Geoffroy Lamarche;NJ Litchfield;R van Dissen;R Sutherland

  • Drilling reveals fluid control on architecture and rupture of the Alpine Fault, New Zealand

    R. Sutherland;V. G. Toy;J. Townend;S. Cox

Frequent Co-Authors

Alan Cooper
Alan Cooper Charles Sturt University
Virginia Toy
Virginia Toy Johannes Gutenberg University of Mainz
Rupert Sutherland
Rupert Sutherland Victoria University of Wellington
John Townend
John Townend Victoria University of Wellington
Dave Craw
Dave Craw University of Otago
Timothy A. Little
Timothy A. Little Victoria University of Wellington
David J. Prior
David J. Prior University of Otago
Kelvin Berryman
Kelvin Berryman GNS Science
Daniel R. Faulkner
Daniel R. Faulkner University of Liverpool
Brett M. Carpenter
Brett M. Carpenter University of Oklahoma

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