Seismology Publications 2009-2011
2013~◊~2012~◊~2011~◊~2010~◊~2009
Books / Book chapters
D.A. Rhoades, "Statistical Seismology", In: Encyclopedia of Solid Earth Geophysics (Harsh K. Gupta, ed.), Volume 1, p.1392-1394, Springer-Verlag, 2011.
Nuechter, J.A.; Ellis, S.M. 2011 Mid-crustal controls on episodic stress-field rotation around major reverse, normal and strike-slip faults. p. 187-201; doi: 10.1144/SP359.11 IN: Fagereng, A.; Toy, V.G.; Rowland, J.V. (eds) Geology of the earthquake source : a volume in honour of Rick Sibson. London: Geological Society. Geological Society special publication 359.
Peer-reviewed
Bannister, S.C.; Fry, B.; Reyners, M.E.; Ristau, J.; Zhang, H. 2011 Fine-scale relocation of aftershocks of the 22 February Mw 6.2 Christchurch Earthquake using double-difference tomography. Seismological research letters, 82(6): 839-845; doi: 10.1785/gssrl.82.6.839
Barrell, D.J.A., Litchfield, N.J., Townsend, D.B., Quigley, M., Van Dissen, R.J., Cosgrove, R., Cox, S.C., Furlong, K., Villamor, P., Begg, J.G., Hemmings-Sykes, S., Jongens, R., Mackenzie, H., Noble, D., Stahl, T., Bilderback, E., Duffy, B., Henham, H., Klahn, A., Lang, E.M.W., Moody, L., Nicol, R., Pedley, K., Smith, A., 2011, Strike-slip ground-surface rupture (Greendale Fault) associated with the 4 September 2010 Darfield earthquake, Canterbury, New Zealand. Quarterly Journal of Engineering Geology and Hydrogeology 44(3): 283-291; doi:10.1144/1470-9236/11-034
Benites, R.A.; Caldwell, T.G. 2011 A ground-motion transfer function matrix between two nearby rock and soil sites : a system identification problem. Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America, 101(1): 222-234; doi: 10.1785/0120090323
Berryman, K.R.; Ota, Y.; Miyauchi, T.; Hull, A.; Clark, K.J.; Ishibashi, K.; Iso, N.; Litchfield, N.J. 2011 Holocene paleoseismic history of upper-plate faults in the southern Hikurangi subduction margin, New Zealand, deduced from marine terrace records. Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America, 101(5): 2064-2087; doi: 10.1785/0120100282
Cochran, E.S.; Lawrence, J.F.; Kaiser, A.E.; Fry, B.; Chung, A.; Christensen, C. 2011 Comparison between low-cost and traditional MEMS accelerometers : a case study from the M7.1 Darfield, New Zealand aftershock deployment. Annals of geophysics, 54(6): 728-737
Dowrick, D.J.; Rhoades, D.A. 2011 Spatial distribution of ground shaking in characteristic earthquakes on the Wellington and Alpine faults, New Zealand, estimated from a distributed-source model. Bulletin of the New Zealand Society for Earthquake Engineering, 44(1): 1-18
Fry, B.; Benites, R.A.; Kaiser, A.E. 2011 The character of accelerations in the Mw 6.2 Christchurch Earthquake. Seismological research letters, 82(6): 846-852; doi: 10.1785/gssrl.82.6.846
Fry, B.; Benites, R.A.; Reyners, M.E.; Holden, C.; Kaiser, A.E.; Bannister, S.C.; Gerstenberger, M.C.; Williams, C.A.; Ristau, J.; Beavan, R.J. 2011 Strong shaking in recent New Zealand earthquakes. Eos, 92(41): 349-351
Fry, B.; Gerstenberger, M.C. 2011 Large apparent stresses from the Canterbury earthquakes of 2010 and 2011. Seismological research letters, 82(6): p, 833-838; doi: 10.1785/gssrl.82.6.833
Gledhill, K.R.; Ristau, J.; Reyners, M.E.; Fry, B.; Holden, C. 2011 The Darfield (Canterbury, New Zealand) Mw7.1 earthquake of September 2010 : a preliminary seismological report. Seismological research letters, 82(3): 378-386; doi: 10.1785/gssrl.82.3.378
Holden, C. 2011 Kinematic source model of the 22 February 2011 Mw 6.2 Christchurch Earthquake using strong motion data. Seismological research letters, 82(6): 783-788; doi: 10.1785/gssrl.82.6.783
Imoto, M.; Rhoades, D.A.; Fujiwara, H.; Yamamoto, N. 2011 Conventional N-, L-, and R-tests of earthquake forecasting models without simulated catalogs. Earth, planets and space, 63(3): 275-287; doi:10.5047/eps.2010.08.007
Langridge, R., Van Dissen, R., Rhoades, D., Villamor, P., Little, T., Litchfield, N., Clark, K., Clark, D., 2011, Five thousand years of surface ruptures on the Wellington fault: implications for recurrence and fault segmentation. Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America 101 (5): 2088-2107; doi: 10.1785/0120100340
Langridge, R.M. 2011 Precise mapping of near-field fault deformation in New Zealand using LiDAR technology : final report, Hazards Platform Contestable Fund. Lower Hutt: GNS Science. GNS Science report 2011/44. 59 p.
Litchfield, N.J.; Berryman, K.R.; Christophersen, A.; Stein, R.; Willis, M. 2011 Inventory of existing fault databases and data attributes. Lower Hutt: GNS Science. GNS Science miscellaneous series 43. 13 p.
Petersen, T.; Gledhill, K.R.; Chadwick, M.P.; Gale, N.H.; Ristau, J. 2011 The New Zealand national seismograph network. Seismological research letters, 82(1): 9-20; doi: 10.1785/gssrl.82.1.9
Quinquis, M.E.T.; Buiter, S.J.H.; Ellis, S.M. 2011 The role of boundary conditions in numerical models of subduction zone dynamics. Tectonophysics, 497(1-4): 57-70; doi: 10.1016/j.tecto.2010.11.001
Reyners, M.E. 2011 Lessons from the destructive Mw 6.3 Christchurch, New Zealand, earthquake. Seismological research letters, 82(3): 371-372; doi: 10.1785/gssrl.82.3.371
Rhoades, D.A. 2011 Application of a long-range forecasting model to earthquakes in the Japan mainland testing region. Earth, planets and space, 63(3): 197-206; doi:10.5047/eps.2010.08.002
Rhoades, D.A.; Robinson, R.; Gerstenberger, M.C. 2011 Long-range predictability in physics-based synthetic earthquake catalogues. Geophysical journal international, 185(2): 1037-1048; doi: 10.1111/j.1365-246X.2011.04993.x
Rhoades, D.A.; Schorlemmer, D.; Gerstenberger, M.C.; Christophersen, A.; Zechar, J.D.; Imoto, M. 2011 Efficient testing of earthquake forecasting models. Acta geophysica, 59(4): 728-747; doi:10.2478/s11600-011-0013-5
Rhoades, D.A., Van Dissen, R.J., Langridge, R.M., Little, T.A., Ninis, D., Smith, E.G.C., Robinson, R., 2011, Re-evaluation of conditional probability of rupture of the Wellington-Hutt Valley segment of the Wellington Fault. Bulletin of the New Zealand Society for Earthquake Engineering 44 (2): 77-86.
Robinson, R.; Van Dissen, R.J.; Litchfield, N.J. 2011 Using synthetic seismicity to evaluate seismic hazard in the Wellington region, New Zealand. Geophysical journal international, 187(1): 510-528; doi: 10.1111/j.1365-246X.2011.05161.x
Sibson, R.; Ghisetti, F.; Ristau, J. 2011 Stress control of an evolving strike-slip fault system during the 2010-2011 Canterbury, New Zealand, earthquake sequence. Seismological research letters, 82(6): 824-832; doi: 10.1785/gssrl.82.6.824
Zhao, J.X.; Lu, M. 2011 Magnitude-scaling rate in ground-motion prediction equations for response spectra from large, shallow crustal earthquakes. Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America, 101(6): 2643-2661; doi: 10.1785/0120100350
2010
Peer-reviewed
Beavan, R.J.; Samsonov, S.; Motagh, M.; Wallace, L.M.; Ellis, S.M.; Palmer, N.G. 2010 The Darfield (Canterbury) earthquake : geodetic observations and preliminary source model. Bulletin of the New Zealand Society for Earthquake Engineering, 43(4): 228-235
Bradley, B.A. (2010) Site-specific and spatially distributed ground-motion prediction of acceleration spectrum intensity, Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America 100(2) 792-801; doi: 710.1785/0120090157.
Campbell, F.M.; Ghisetti, F.; Kaiser, A.E.; Green, A.G.; Horstmeyer, H.; Gorman, A.R. 2010 Structure and evolution of the seismically active Ostler Fault Zone (New Zealand) based on interpretations of multiple high resolution seismic reflection profiles. Tectonophysics, 495(3/4): 195-212; doi: 10.1016/j.tecto.2010.09.016
Cousins, W.J.; McVerry, G.H. 2010 Overview of strong-motion data from the Darfield earthquake. Bulletin of the New Zealand Society for Earthquake Engineering, 43(4): 222-227
Di Carli, S.; Holden, C.; Peyrat, S.; Madariaga, R. 2010 Dynamic inversion of the 2000 Tottori earthquake based on elliptical subfault approximations. Journal of geophysical research. Solid earth, 115: B12328, doi:10.1029/2009JB006358
Dowrick, D.J., D.A. Rhoades, (2010) A distributed-source approach to modelling the spatial distribution of MM intensities resulting from large crustal New Zealand earthquakes, Bulletin of the New Zealand Society for Earthquake Engineering 43(2) 85-109.
Eberhart-Phillips, D.; McVerry, G.H.; Reyners, M.E. 2010 Influence of 3D distribution of Q and crustal structure on ground motions from the 2003 Mw 7.2 Fiordland, New Zealand, earthquake. Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America, 100(3): 1225-1240; doi: 10.1785/0120090148
Eberhart-Phillips, D.; Reyners, M.E.; Bannister, S.C.; Chadwick, M.P.; Ellis, S.M. 2010 Establishing a versatile 3-D seismic velocity model for New Zealand. Seismological research letters, 81(6): 992-1000; doi: 10.1785/gssrl.81.6.992
Fry, B.; Bannister, S.C.; Beavan, R.J.; Bland, L.; Bradley, B.A.; Cox, S.C.; Cousins, W.J.; Gale, N.H.; Hancox, G.T.; Holden, C.; Jongens, R.; Power, W.L.; Prasetya, G.; Reyners, M.E.; Ristau, J.; Robinson, R.; Samsonov, S.; Wilson, K.J.; GeoNet team . 2010 The Mw 7.6 Dusky Sound earthquake of 2009 : preliminary report. Bulletin of the New Zealand Society for Earthquake Engineering, 43(1): 24-40
Gerstenberger, M.C.; Rhoades, D.A. 2010 New Zealand Earthquake Forecast Testing Centre. Pure and applied geophysics, 167(8/9): 877-892; doi:10.1007/s00024-010-0082-4
Gledhill, K.R.; Ristau, J.; Reyners, M.E.; Fry, B.; Holden, C. 2010 The Darfield (Canterbury) earthquake of September 2010 : preliminary seismological report. Bulletin of the New Zealand Society for Earthquake Engineering, 43(4): 215-221
Imoto, M.; Rhoades, D.A. 2010 Seismicity models of moderate earthquakes in Kanto, Japan utilizing multiple predictive parameters. Pure and Applied Geophysics, 167(6/7): 831-843; doi: 10.1007/s00024-010-0066-4
Litchfield, N.J.; Van Dissen. R.J.; Hemphill-Haley, M.; Townsend, D.B.; Heron, D.W. 2010 Post c.300 year rupture of the Ohariu Fault in Ohariu Valley, New Zealand. New Zealand Journal of Geology and Geophysics, 53(1): 43-56
Little, T.A.; Van Dissen, R.J.; Rieser, U.; Smith, E.G.C.; Langridge, R.M. 2010 Coseismic strike slip at a point during the last four earthquakes on the Wellington Fault near Wellington, New Zealand. Journal of Geophysical Research. Solid Earth, 115: B05403, doi:10.1029/2009JB006589
McClymont, A.F.; Green, A.G.; Kaiser, A.E.; Horstmeyer, H.; Langridge, R.M. 2010 Shallow fault segmentation of the Alpine Fault zone, New Zealand revealed from 2- and 3-D GPR surveying. Journal of applied geophysics, 70(4): 343-354; doi: 10.1016/j.jappgeo.2009.08.003
Nuechter, J.-A.; Ellis, S.M. 2010 Complex states of stress during the normal faulting seismic cycle : role of midcrustal postseismic creep. Journal of geophysical research. Solid earth, 115(12): B12411, doi:10.1029/2010JB007557
Quigley, M.; Van Dissen, R.J.; Villamor, P.; Litchfield, N.J.; Barrell, D.J.A.; Furlong, K.; Stahl, T.; Duffy, B.; Bilderback, E.; Noble, D.; Townsend, D.B.; Begg, J.G.; Jongens, R.; Ries, W.; Claridge, J.; Klahn, A.; Mackenzie, H.; Smith, A.; Hornblow, S.; Nicol, R.; Cox, S.C.; Langridge, R.M.; Pedley, K. 2010 Surface rupture of the Greendale Fault during the Darfield (Canterbury) Earthquake, New Zealand : initial findings. Bulletin of the New Zealand Society for Earthquake Engineering, 43(4): 236-242
Quigley, M.; Villamor, P.; Furlong, K.; Beavan, R.J.; Van Dissen, R.J.; Litchfield, N.J.; Stahl, T.; Duffy, B.; Bilderback, E.; Noble, D.; Barrell, D.J.A.; Jongens, R.; Cox, S.C. 2010 Previously unknown fault shakes New Zealand's South Island. Eos, 91(49): 469-470
Rhoades, D.A. 2010 Lessons and questions from thirty years of testing the precursory swarm hypothesis. Pure and Applied Geophysics, 167(6/7): 629-644; doi:10.1007/s00024-010-0071-7
Rhoades, D.A.; Papadimitriou, E.E.; Karakostas, V.G.; Console, R.; Murru, M. 2010 Correlation of static stress changes and earthquake occurrence in the North Aegean region. Pure and Applied Geophysics, 167(8/9): 1049-1066; doi: 10.1007/s00024-010-0092-2
Savage, M.K.; Rhoades, D.A.; Smith, E.G.C.; Gerstenberger, M.C.; Vere-Jones, D. 2010 Introduction. Pure and applied geophysics, 167(8/9): 855-857; doi:10.1007/s00024-010-0139-4
Schorlemmer, D.; Christophersen, A.; Rovida, A.; Mele, F.M.; Stucchi, M.; Marzocchi, M. 2010 Setting up an earthquake forecast experiment in Italy. Annals of geophysics, 53(3): 1-9; doi: 10.4401/ag-4844
Slejko, D.; Caporali, A.; Stirling, M.W.; Barba, S. 2010 Occurrence probability of moderate to large earthquakes in Italy based on new geophysical methods. Journal of Seismology, 14(1): 27-51; doi:10.1007/s10950-009-9175-x
Stirling, M.W.; Gerstenberger, M.C. 2010 Ground motion-based testing of seismic hazard models in New Zealand. Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America, 100(4): 1407-1414; doi: 10.1785/0120090336
Stirling, M.W.; Ledgerwood, J.; Liu, T.; Apted, M. 2010 Age of unstable bedrock landforms southwest of Yucca Mountain, Nevada, and implications for past ground motions. Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America, 100(1): 74-86; doi: 10.1785/0120080359
Zechar, J.D.; Gerstenberger, M.C.; Rhoades, D.A. 2010 Likelihood-based tests for evaluating space-rate-magnitude earthquake forecasts. Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America, 100(3): 1184-1195; doi: 10.1785/0120090192
Books/Book chapters
Stirling, M.W.; Berryman, K.R.; Wallace, L.M.; Litchfield, N.J.; Beavan, R.J.; Smith, W.D. 2009 Multi-disciplinary probabilistic tectonic hazard analysis. p. 257-275 IN: Connor, C.B.; Chapman, N.A.; Connor, L.J. (eds) Volcanic and tectonic hazard assessment for nuclear facilities. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
Peer-reviewed
Fagereng, A., S.M. Ellis (2009) On factors controlling the depth of interseismic coupling on the Hikurangi subduction interface, New Zealand, Earth and planetary science letters 278(1/2): 120-130; doi:110.1016/j.epsl.2008.1011.1033.
Gerstenberger, M.C., D.A. Rhoades, A. Christophersen, (2009) The New Zealand Earthquake Forecast Testing Center : update and retrospective testing, Seismological research letters 80(2): 378.
Kissling, W., S.M. Ellis, F. Charpentier, H.M. Bibby (2009) Convective flows in a TVZ-like setting with a brittle/ductile transition, Transport in porous media 77(2): 335-355; doi:310.1007/s11242-11008-19328-11243.
Little, T.A.; Van Dissen, R.J.; Schermer, E.; Carne, R. 2009 Late Holocene surface ruptures on the southern Wairarapa fault, New Zealand : link between earthquakes and the uplifting of beach ridges on a rocky coast. Lithosphere, 1(1): 4-28; doi:10.1130/L7.1
McClymont, A.F.; Villamor, P.; Green, A.G. 2009 Fault displacement accumulation and slip rate variability within the Taupo Rift (New Zealand) based on trench and 3-D ground-penetrating radar data. Tectonics, 28: TC4005, doi:10.1029/2008TC002334
Petersen, T.; Ristau, J.; Beavan, R.J.; Denys, P.; Denham, M.; Field, B.J.; Holden, C.; McCaffrey, R.; Palmer, N.G.; Reyners, M.E.; Samsonov, S.; GeoNet team. 2009 The Mw 6.7 George Sound earthquake of October 15, 2007 : response and preliminary results. Bulletin of the New Zealand Society for Earthquake Engineering, 42(2): 129-141.
Reyners, M.E.; Eberhart-Phillips, D. 2009 Small earthquakes provide insight into plate coupling and fluid distribution in the Hikurangi subduction zone, New Zealand. Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 282: 299-305; doi:10.1016/j.epsl.2009.03.034
Rhoades, D.A. 2009 Long-range earthquake forecasting allowing for aftershocks. Geophysical Journal International, 178(1): 244-256; doi: 10.1111/j.1365-246X.2008.04083.x
Rhoades, D.A.; Gerstenberger, M.C. 2009 Mixture models for improved short-term earthquake forecasting. Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America, 99(2A): 636-646; doi: 10.1785/0120080063
Ristau, J., (2009) Comparison of magnitude estimates for New Zealand earthquakes : moment magnitude, local magnitude, and teleseismic body-wave magnitude, Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America 99(3): 1841-1852; doi: 1810.1785/0120080237.
Robinson, R., A. Nicol, J.J. Walsh, P. Villamor (2009) Features of earthquake occurrence in a complex normal fault network : results from a synthetic seismicity model of the Taupo Rift, New Zealand, Journal of geophysical research. Solid earth 114: B12306, doi:12310.11029/12008JB006231.
Stephenson, W.R., R.A. Benites, P.N. Davenport (2009) Localised coherent response of the La Molina basin (Lima, Peru) to earthquakes, and future approaches suggested by Parkway basin (New Zealand) experience, Solid dynamics and earthquake engineering 29(10): 1347-1357; doi:1310.1016/j.soildyn.2009.1305.1002.
Van Dissen, R.J., A. Nicol (2009) Mid-Late Holocene paleoseismicity of the eastern Clarence Fault, Marlborough, New Zealand, New Zealand journal of geology and geophysics 52(3): 195-208.
Yu, J.; Yong, P.; Read, S.A.L.; Brabhaharan, P.; Foon, M. 2010 The Ms 8.0 Wenchuan earthquake of 12 May 2008 reconnaissance report. Bulletin of the New Zealand Society for Earthquake Engineering, 43(1): 41-83.
Zhang, J., J.X. Zhao, (2009) Response spectral amplification ratios from 1- and 2-dimensional nonlinear soil site models, Soil dynamics and earthquake engineering 29(3): 563-573; doi:510.1016/j.soildyn.2008.1006.1006.
Zhao, J.X., D.A. Rhoades, G.H. McVerry, P.G. Somerville (2009) Inhibition of very strong ground motion in response spectral attenuation models and effects of site class and tectonic category, Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America 99(3): 1487-1501; doi: 1410.1785/0120080279.
Zhao, J.X., J. Zhang, K. Irikura, (2009) Side effect of using response spectral amplification ratios for soil sites : variability and earthquake-magnitude and source-distance dependent amplification ratios for soil sites, Soil dynamics and earthquake engineering 29(9): 1262-1273; doi:1210.1016/j.soildyn.2009.1202.1005.
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