Talk:Alpine Fault

Map
It would be good to include a map like the one by Graeme Stevens, shown here. Avenue 09:24, 29 Dec 2004 (UTC)
 * Presumably now done ChaseKiwi (talk) 21:53, 9 May 2023 (UTC)

Length
It appears that the Alpine Fault and the Macquarie Fault Zone are extensions of each other, i.e. two different names for the same fault zone. Comment? --Bejnar (talk) 00:20, 28 May 2012 (UTC)


 * They're always described separately. The Macquarie Fault Zone originated as a spreading centre and is entirely within oceanic crust, whereas the Alpine Fault is within continental crust. It's not unusual for a plate boundaries to be given different names as the character changes along their lengths - mid-oceanic ridges do it all the time, e.g. the Reykjanes Ridge and the Kolbeinsey Ridge. Mikenorton (talk) 06:49, 28 May 2012 (UTC)
 * Length of faults is challenging, not only as it can change at the next earthquake. I suspect there is some controversy in academic circles as to length of the Alpine Fault after a delve into the literature to try to resolve an unlikely length for the fault quoted in introduction to article but inconsistent to its citation. ChaseKiwi (talk) 21:53, 9 May 2023 (UTC)

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Australian Plate
To be consistent with geology knowledge accumulated in last few decades I have ensured the term Indo-Australian Plate in the article refers to the plate that existed between about 43 to 3 million years ago and the term Australian Plate where the sense relates to current circumstances. Be aware that many textbooks and sources, particularly from last century, but also into early years of this century are incorrect. ChaseKiwi (talk) 18:22, 11 October 2023 (UTC)