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Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Oxford Terrace in the Avon Loop area showing the lateral spread on the river banks".

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Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Riverview Lodge at 361 Cambridge Terrace, showing damage to the river bank".

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Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Barbadoes Street cemetery showing fissures in the bank".

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A photograph of a large crack in the river bank. The photograph is captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "New Brighton Road".

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Long grass on the cordon side of the river beside the Worcester Boulevade bridge contrasts with the mown lawn on the publicly accessible opposite bank.

Relationship between observed liquefaction at Kaiapoi following the 2010 D…

Research papers, The University of Auckland Library

The Darfield earthquake caused widespread damage in the Canterbury region of New Zealand, with the majority of damage resulting from liquefaction and lateral spreading. One of the worst hit locations was the small town of Kaiapoi north of Christchurch, an area that has experienced liquefaction during past events and has been identified as highly susceptible to liquefaction. The low lying town sits on the banks of the Kaiapoi River, once a branch of the Waimakariri, a large braided river transporting gravelly sediment. The Waimakariri has been extensively modified both by natural and human processes, consequently many areas in and around the town were once former river channels.