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Anna KaiserSeismologist

Kaiser Anna 2661

Pronouns

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Department

Seismology - Source to Surface

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Qualifications

  • BSc, Geophysics and Mathematics
  • BA, German
  • PhD, Geophysics
  • MSc, Geophysics

Areas of expertise

  • Geophysics: Seismology
  • Geophysics: Seismic Reflection
  • Geophysics: Near-surface wave propogation effects
  • Geophysics: Earthquake strong-motion
  • Geophysics: Seismic microzoning
  • Geophysics: Microtremor analysis
  • Geophysics: Science Communication
  • Geophysics: Site/basin effects
  • Geophysics: Science project leadership

Major Publications

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  • Kaiser, A.E.; Manea, E.F.; Wotherspoon, L.M.; Hill, M.P.; Lee, R.L.; de la Torre, C.A.; Stolte, A.C.; Bora, S.S.; Bradley, B.A.; Hulsey, A.; Gerstenberger, M.C. 2022. 2022 Revision of the National Seismic Hazard Model for New Zealand : overview of site/basin effects, including a case study of the Wellington Basin DOI: 10.21420/3XXY-T303. Lower Hutt, NZ: GNS Science. GNS Science report 2022/56 46 p.
  • Hill, M.P.; Kaiser, A.E.; Wotherspoon, L.M.; Manea, E.F.; Lee, R.L.; de la Torre, C.A.; Bradley, B.A. 2022. 3D geological modelling of Wellington Quaternary sediments and basin geometry DOI: 10.21420/TS0B-8A37. Lower Hutt, NZ: GNS Science. GNS Science report 2022/33 58 p.
  • Manea, E.F.; Kaiser, A.E.; Wotherspoon, L.M.; Stolte, A.; Hill, M.P. 2022. Evaluation of site parameters to inform seismic site characterization in New Zealand, Australian Earthquake Engineering Society 2022 National Conference, 24-25 November, Mount Macedon, Victoria, Australia : 10 p.. 10 p.
  • Wotherspoon, L.M.; Kaiser, A.E.; Manea, E.F.; Stolte, A.C. 2022. National Seismic Hazard Model : Site Characterisation Database summary report DOI: 10.21420/363X-CK83. Lower Hutt, NZ: GNS Science. GNS Science report 2022/28 54 p.
  • Gerstenberger, M.C.; Bora, S.S.; Bradley, B.A.; DiCaprio, C.; Van Dissen, R.J.; Atkinson, G.M.; Chamberlain, C.; Christophersen, A.; Clark, K.J.; Coffey, G.L.; de la Torre, C.A.; Ellis, S.M.; Fraser, J.; Graham, K.M.; Griffin, J.; Hamling, I.J.; Hill, M.P 2022. New Zealand National Seismic Hazard Model 2022 revision : model, hazard and process overview DOI: 10.21420/TB83-7X19. GNS Science report 2022/57 106 p.
  • Kaiser, A.E.; Hill, M.P.; Bourguignon, S.; Gerstenberger, M.C.; Bradley, B.; Lee, R.; Wotherspoon, L.; Pancha, A.; Roten, D. 2021. Wellington basin amplification : research goals and update from the NSHM programme, New Zealand Society for Earthquake Engineering 2021 Annual Technical Conference : turning challenges into positive legacies :
  • Kaiser, A.E.; Hill, M.P.; Wotherspoon, L.; Bourguignon, S.; Bruce, Z.R.; Morgenstern, R.; Giallini, S. 2019. Updated 3D basin model and NZS 1170.5 subsoil class and site period maps for the Wellington CBD : Project 2017-GNS-03-NHRP GNS Science consultancy report 2019/01 48 p. + appendix
  • Massey, C.I.; Townsend, D.B.; Rathje, E.; Allstadt, K.E.; Lukovic, B.; Kaneko, Y.; Bradley, B.; Wartman, J.; Jibson, R.W.; Petley, D.M.; Horspool, N.A.; Hamling, I.J.; Carey, J.M.; Cox, S.C.; Davidson, J.; Dellow, G.D.; Godt, J.W.; Holden, C.; Jones, K.E. 2018. Landslides triggered by the 14 November 2016 Mw 7.8 Kaikoura earthquake, New Zealand, Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America 108(3B): p. 1630-1648. DOI: 10.1785/0120170305. p. 1630-1648
  • Massey, C.I.; Della-Pasqua, F.N.; Holden, C.; Kaiser, A.E.; Richards, L.; Wartman, J.; McSaveney, M.J.; Archibald, G.C.; Yetton, M.; Janku, L. 2017. Rock slope response to strong earthquake shaking, Landslides 14(1): p. 249-268. DOI: 10.1007/s10346-016-0684-8. p. 249-268
  • Kaiser, A.E.; Van Houtte, C.; Perrin, N.D.; Wotherspoon, L.; McVerry, G.H. 2017. Site characterisation of GeoNet stations for the New Zealand Strong Motion Database, Bulletin of the New Zealand Society for Earthquake Engineering 50(1): p. 39-49. DOI: 10.5459/bnzsee.50.1.39-49. p. 39-49
  • Kaiser, A.E.; Balfour, N.J.; Fry, B.; Holden, C.; Litchfield, N.J.; Gerstenberger, M.C.; D'Anastasio, E.; Horspool, N.A.; McVerry, G.H.; Ristau, J.; Bannister, S.; Christophersen, A.; Clark, K.J.; Power, W.L.; Rhoades, D.A.; Massey, C.I.; Hamling, I.J.; W 2017. The 2016 Kaikoura, New Zealand, earthquake : preliminary seismological report, Seismological Research Letters 88(3): p. 727-739. DOI: 10.1785/0220170018. p. 727-739
  • Bradley, B.A.; Wotherspoon, L.M.; Kaiser, A.E. 2017. Ground motion and site effect observations in the Wellington region from the 2016 Mw7.8 Kaikoura, New Zealand earthquake, Bulletin of the New Zealand Society for Earthquake Engineering 50(2): p. 94-105. DOI: 10.5459/bnzsee.50.2.94-105. p. 94-105
  • Kaiser, A.E.; Bradley, B.; Holden, C.; McGann, C.; Oth, A.; Goded, T.; McVerry, G.H.; Jeong, S.; Das, S.; Lee, R.; Taylor, M.; Benites, R.; Cubrinovski, M.; Fry, B.; Mueller, C. 2016. Quantification and numerical modelling of source, path, and site-specific effects in the Canterbury earthquakes : NHRP contestable project 2012-GNS-07 final report GNS Science consultancy report 2016/07 18 p.
  • Kaiser, A.E.; Holden, C.; Hamling, I.J.; Hreinsdottir, S.; Horspool, N.A.; Massey, C.I.; Villamor, P.; Rhoades, D.A.; Fry, B.; D'Anastasio, E.; Benites, R.A.; Christophersen, A.; Ristau, J.; Ries, W.; Goded, T.; Archibald, G.C.; Little, C.; Bannister, S.; 2016. The 2016 Valentine's Day Mw 5.7 Christchurch earthquake : preliminary report, Reducing risk raising resilience : New Zealand Society for Earthquake Engineering Technical Conference, 1-3 April 2016, Christchurch : paper no. O-20. paper no. O-20
  • Holden, C.; Kaiser, A.E. 2016. Stochastic ground motion modelling of the largest Mw 5.9+ aftershocks of the Canterbury 2010–2011 earthquake sequence, New Zealand Journal of Geology and Geophysics 59(1): p. 187-201. DOI: 10.1080/00288306.2015.1133664. p. 187-201
  • Kaiser, A.E.; Van Houtte, C.; Perrin, N.D.; McVerry, G.H.; Cousins, W.J.; Dellow, G.D.; Wotherspoon, L.; Bradley, B.; Lee, R. 2016. Characterising GeoNet strong motion sites : 2016 Strong Motion Database, Reducing risk raising resilience : New Zealand Society for Earthquake Engineering Technical Conference, 1-3 April 2016, Christchurch : paper no. O-72. paper no. O-72
  • Kaiser, A.E.; Holden, C.; Massey, C.I. 2014. Site amplification, polarity and topographic effects in the Port Hills during the Canterbury earthquake sequence GNS Science consultancy report 2014/121 33 p.
  • Oth, A.; Kaiser, A.E. 2014. Stress release and source scaling of the 2010-2011 Canterbury, New Zealand earthquake sequence from spectral inversion of ground motion data, Pure and Applied Geophysics 171(10): p. 2767-2782. DOI: 10.1007/s00024-013-0751-1. p. 2767-2782
  • Kaiser, A.E.; Oth, A.; Benites, R.A 2013. Separating source, path and site influences on ground motion during the Canterbury earthquake sequence, using spectral inversions, Same risks, new realities : New Zealand Society for Earthquake Engineering Technical Conference and AGM, April 26-28, 2013, Wellington : paper no. 18 (8 p.). paper no. 18 (8 p.)
  • Holden, C.; Kaiser, A.E.; Van Dissen, R.J.; Jury, R. 2013. Sources, ground motion and structural response characteristics in Wellington of the 2013 Cook Strait earthquakes, Bulletin of the New Zealand Society for Earthquake Engineering 46(4): p. 188-195. DOI: 10.5459/bnzsee.46.4.188-195. p. 188-195
  • Kaiser, A.E.; Holden, C.; Massey, C.I. 2013. Determination of site amplification, polarization and topographic effects in the seismic response of the Port Hills following the 2011 Christchurch earthquake, Same risks, new realities : New Zealand Society for Earthquake Engineering Technical Conference and AGM, April 26-28, 2013, Wellington : 8 p.. 8 p.
  • Kaiser, A.E.; Holden, C.; Beavan, R.J.; Beetham, R.D.; Benites, R.A.; Celentano, A.; Collet, D.; Cousins, W.J.; Cubrinovski, M.; Dellow, G.D.; Denys, P.; Fielding, E.; Fry, B.; Gerstenberger, M.C.; Langridge, R.M.; Massey, C.I.; Motagh, M.; Pondard, N.; M 2012. The Mw 6.2 Christchurch Earthquake of February 2011 : preliminary report, New Zealand Journal of Geology and Geophysics 55(1): p. 67-90. DOI: 10.1080/00288306.2011.641182. p. 67-90
  • 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): p. 728-737. p. 728-737
  • Kaiser, A.E.; Benites, R.A.; Chung, A.I.; Haines, A.J.; Cochran, E.S.; Fry, B. 2011. Estimating seismic site response in Christchurch city (New Zealand) from dense low-cost aftershock arrays, Proceedings of the Fourth International Symposium on the Effects of Surface Geology on Seismic Motion, Santa Barbara, California, 23-26 August 2011 : 11 p.. 11 p.
  • 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): p. 846-852. DOI: 10.1785/gssrl.82.6.846. p. 846-852
  • Kaiser, A.E.; Horstmeyer, H.; Green, A.G.; Campbell, F.M.; Langridge, R.M.; McClymont, A.F. 2011. Detailed images of the shallow Alpine Fault Zone, New Zealand, determined from narrow-azimuth 3D seismic reflection data, Geophysics 76(1): p. B19-B32. DOI: 10.1190/1.3515920. p. B19-B32
  • 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): p. 343-354. DOI: 10.1016/j.jappgeo.2009.08.003. p. 343-354
  • Dorn, C.; Green, A.G.; Jongens, R.; Carpentier, S.; Kaiser, A.E.; Campbell, F.; Horstmeyer, H.; Campbell, J.; Finnemore, M.; Pettinga, J. 2010. High-resolution seismic images of potentially seismogenic structures beneath the northwest Canterbury Plains, New Zealand, Journal of Geophysical Research. Solid Earth 115: B11303. DOI: 10.1029/2010JB007459. B11303
  • 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): p. 195-212. DOI: 10.1016/j.tecto.2010.09.016. p. 195-212
  • Kaiser, A.E.; Green, A.G.; Campbell, F.M.; Horstmeyer, H.; Manukyan, E.; Langridge, R.M.; McClymont, A.F.; Mancktelow, N.; Finnemore, M.; Nobes, D.C. 2009. Ultrahigh-resolution seismic reflection imaging of the Alpine Fault, New Zealand, Journal of Geophysical Research. Solid Earth 114: B11306. DOI: 10.1029/2009JB006338. B11306

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