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Fault Zone Avoidance

Fault Zone Avoidance is a geological risk mitigation strategy in tunnel route selection that consists of systematically identifying and circumventing tectonically active or structurally compromised subsurface zones to ensure engineering stability and long-term safety of underground infrastructure.

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Authors

6

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2017–2026

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Publications

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Map of the 2010 Greendale Fault surface rupture, Canterbury, New Zealand: application to land use planning

Pilar Villamor, Nicola Litchfield, Dja Barrell et al. · New Zealand Journal of Geology and Geophysics · 2012 · 40 citations

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Advances on the avoidance zone and buffer zone of active faults

Xiangli He, Chong Xu, Xiwei Xu et al. · Natural Hazards Research · 2022 · 33 citations · Full text

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Defining fault avoidance zones and associated geotechnical properties using MASW: a case study on the Springfield Fault, New Zealand

Brendan Duffy, Jocelyn K. Campbell, M. Finnemore et al. · Engineering Geology · 2014 · 23 citations · Full text

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New Zealand Active Faults Database: the high‐resolution dataset v2.0

Regine Morgenstern, Nicola Litchfield, Robert Langridge et al. · New Zealand Journal of Geology and Geophysics · 2024 · 13 citations

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Authors

23

  1. BD
    Brendan Duffy

    University of Canterbury, New Zealand

    2 publications · 63 citations

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  2. TS
    Timothy Stahl

    University of Canterbury, New Zealand

    1 publications · 40 citations

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  3. HG
    H. Grant

    GNS Science, New Zealand

    1 publications · 40 citations

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  4. CG
    Christopher Gomez

    University of Canterbury, New Zealand

    1 publications · 23 citations

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  5. JK
    Jocelyn K. Campbell

    University of Canterbury, New Zealand

    1 publications · 23 citations

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Institutions

6

  1. University of Canterbury

    Christchurch, New Zealand

    2 h-index

    10 publications

    332 citations

  2. National Institute of Hospital Administration

    Beijing, China

    1 h-index

    3 publications

    99 citations

  3. GNS Science

    Lower Hutt, New Zealand

    1 h-index

    8 publications

    320 citations

  4. Pennsylvania State University

    State College, United States

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    40 citations

  5. Environment Canterbury

    Timaru, New Zealand

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    40 citations

  6. Northeast Petroleum University

    Daqing, China

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    33 citations

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Venues

  1. Natural Hazards Research

    1 publications · 33 citations

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  2. Engineering Geology

    1 publications · 23 citations

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  3. New Zealand Journal of Geology and Geophysics

    NZJG · 1 publications · 40 citations

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