Evaluating 9 m of near-surface transpressional displacement during the Mw 7.8 2016 Kaikōura earthquake: re-excavation of a pre-earthquake paleoseismic trench, Kekerengu Fault, New Zealand

During the Kaikōura earthquake, a paleoseismic trench was dextrally displaced ∼9 m and shortened by 1.3 ± 0.4 m – the largest globally recorded displacement of a trench. Analysis showed that two pr...