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    The Otago fault system (also known as Otago reverse fault province) contains multiple faults with the potential to have rupture events greater than Mw7...
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    Pacific Plate and other faults in Fiordland, the Otago fault system and in Canterbury such as the Ostler Fault Zone and those associated with the 7.1 MW Darfield...
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    compression element is taken up mainly by reverse faults such as those in the Otago fault system and the Ostler Fault Zone. In this region of South Canterbury...
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    Otago (/əˈtɑːɡoʊ/ , /oʊ-, ɒ-/; Māori: Ōtākou [ɔːˈtaːkou]) is a region of New Zealand located in the southern half of the South Island administered by...
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    Waitaki Dam (category Buildings and structures in Otago)
    the Waitaki River occupies a fault-angle depression between the greywacke of South Canterbury and the schist of North Otago. The valley fill comprises a...
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    Cromwell Gorge (category Canyons and gorges of Otago)
    intervening basins. Associated reverse faulting (the Otago fault system) along the south-eastern flanks of many Central Otago mountain ranges (i.e. Taieri Ridge...
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    Pisa Range (category Mountain ranges of Otago)
    highest of the fault-block mountains characteristic of the Central Otago region, and one of the most distinctive land forms and ecological systems in New Zealand...
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    strike-slip on the Alpine Fault to dip-slip motion at these subduction zones to the north creates the Marlborough Fault System, which has resulted in significant...
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    Dunstan Mountains (category Central Otago District)
    intervening basins. Associated reverse faulting (the Otago fault system) along the south-eastern flanks of many Central Otago mountain ranges (i.e. Taieri Ridge...
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    HMNZS Otago (P148) is a Protector-class offshore patrol vessel in service with the Royal New Zealand Navy. The development of the OPV design based on...
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