Hikurangi ‘Megathrust’ potential to be studied – In the News
Sarah-Jane O'Connor posted in endeavour fund • GNS Science • Hikurangi • megathrust • NIWA • subduction • Tangaroa on September 26th, 2016.
GNS Science will lead a multi-million dollar study investigating the Hikurangi subduction zone and what danger it might pose to New Zealand. NZ Herald science reporter Jamie Morton highlighted the study, which has received $6.5 million in funding from the Government’s Endeavour Fund. The scientists will examine the Hikurangi subduction zone, where the Pacific tectonic plate […]
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