Vermeer, J.L.; Quigley, M.C.; Duffy, B.G.; Langridge, R.M.; Pettinga, J.R. (2021). "Structure and kinematics of active faulting in the Hope-Kelly and Alpine Fault intersection zone, South Island, New Zealand". Tectonophysics. 813. 228928. Bibcode:2021Tectp.81328928V. doi:10.1016/j.tecto.2021.228928.
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Howarth, Jamie D.; Barth, Nicolas C.; Fitzsimons, Sean J.; Richards-Dinger, Keith; Clark, Kate J.; Biasi, Glenn P.; Cochran, Ursula A.; Langridge, Robert M.; Berryman, Kelvin R.; Sutherland, Rupert (2021). "Spatiotemporal clustering of great earthquakes on a transform fault controlled by geometry". Nature Geoscience. 14 (5): 314–320. Bibcode:2021NatGe..14..314H. doi:10.1038/s41561-021-00721-4. ISSN1752-0894. S2CID233304353.
Norris, Richard J.; Cooper, Alan F. (2003-12-01). "Very high strains recorded in mylonites along the Alpine Fault, New Zealand: implications for the deep structure of plate boundary faults". Journal of Structural Geology. 25 (12): 2141–2157. Bibcode:2003JSG....25.2141N. doi:10.1016/S0191-8141(03)00045-2. ISSN0191-8141.
A former length quoted in the article introduction at 480 km, was noted on article review in May 2023 to be discordant with the length presently quoted in the reference used which is of 600 km. This source, while not an original academic work is an respected source so length was corrected back after further validation as explained in this note. It is quite possible that the reference was updated after the access date of 2018-12-31 or that the 480 km figure is actually the length of off set of the fault, inserted in easy to make error, and indeed the offset constrains the minimum length of the fault. It was further noted that another non academic reference to length of the fault used later in the article claimed a fault length of 850 km. This source, when checked was a press statement on research findings, so not peer-reviewed and is possibly from Nathan 2011 as source. It has been corrected too with context. Berryman's group started using a 800 km figure in their 2012 academic work, which is an increased length from Berryman et al. (1992). This gave a 650km length including the Wairau Fault which many workers do not include in the fault length. There is no evidence yet of full rupture including the Wairau Fault (see article). There is evidence for off shore full length fault rupture however as in the 1717 event. The 800 km length includes the Wairau Fault and assumes the off shore portion ends just south of Fiordland. The length of the fault will depend upon how much if any of the southern off shore portion is included or if the Wairau Fault is added. The GNS New Zealand Active Fault database maps about 520 km of fault on land or if the fault was a straight line end to end about 500 km. The total length of the South Island is about 800km for reference. Academic work on the fault does not always state its total length.
Vermeer, J.L.; Quigley, M.C.; Duffy, B.G.; Langridge, R.M.; Pettinga, J.R. (2021). "Structure and kinematics of active faulting in the Hope-Kelly and Alpine Fault intersection zone, South Island, New Zealand". Tectonophysics. 813. 228928. Bibcode:2021Tectp.81328928V. doi:10.1016/j.tecto.2021.228928.
Koons, P. O. (1987). "Some thermal and mechanical consequences of rapid uplift: an example from the Southern Alps, New Zealand". Earth and Planetary Science Letters. 86 (2–4): 307–319. Bibcode:1987E&PSL..86..307K. doi:10.1016/0012-821X(87)90228-7.
Howarth, Jamie D.; Barth, Nicolas C.; Fitzsimons, Sean J.; Richards-Dinger, Keith; Clark, Kate J.; Biasi, Glenn P.; Cochran, Ursula A.; Langridge, Robert M.; Berryman, Kelvin R.; Sutherland, Rupert (2021). "Spatiotemporal clustering of great earthquakes on a transform fault controlled by geometry". Nature Geoscience. 14 (5): 314–320. Bibcode:2021NatGe..14..314H. doi:10.1038/s41561-021-00721-4. ISSN1752-0894. S2CID233304353.
Norris, Richard J.; Cooper, Alan F. (2003-12-01). "Very high strains recorded in mylonites along the Alpine Fault, New Zealand: implications for the deep structure of plate boundary faults". Journal of Structural Geology. 25 (12): 2141–2157. Bibcode:2003JSG....25.2141N. doi:10.1016/S0191-8141(03)00045-2. ISSN0191-8141.
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Norris, Richard J.; Cooper, Alan F. (2003-12-01). "Very high strains recorded in mylonites along the Alpine Fault, New Zealand: implications for the deep structure of plate boundary faults". Journal of Structural Geology. 25 (12): 2141–2157. Bibcode:2003JSG....25.2141N. doi:10.1016/S0191-8141(03)00045-2. ISSN0191-8141.
