Kekerengu Fault has a Word to its Geologists
Victoria University’s third year structural field geology course includes a one week field trip to Kekerengu coordinated by Prof Tim Little that provides practical experience in field mapping and analysis of geological structures. This includes analysis of many of the faults in the Marlborough area.The recent M7.8 earthquake dramatically shows our students that the faults that they map are not just obscure geological curiosities but dynamic features that have the power to drastically affect peoples lives. This shows up by the spectacular disruption of the landscape which is on a scale that is rarely observed so clearly.