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Bill FrySeismologist Tectonophysicist

Fry Bill 2310

Department

Seismology - Source to Surface

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Qualifications

  • PhD, Geophysics
  • BSc, Geology
  • MSc, Geophysics

Areas of expertise

  • Geophysics: Seismology
  • Geophysics: Mathematical inversion techniques
  • Geophysics: Seismic wave propagation
  • Geophysics: Seismic tomography
  • Technical: Automobile repair
  • Geophysics: Seismic anisotropy
  • Geophysics: Volcano Seismology
  • Technical: X-ray diffraction
  • Geophysics: Seismic Scattering
  • Geophysics: Time series techniques for data analysis
  • Geophysics: Seismograph array analysis
  • Geophysics: Stress triggering
  • Geophysics: Tsunami hazard analysis
  • Geophysics: Tsunami Forecasting

Major Publications

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  • Mochizuki, K.; Henrys, S.A.; Haijima, D.; Warren-Smith, E.; Fry, B. 2021. Seismicity and velocity structure in the vicinity of repeating slow slip earthquakes, northern Hikurangi subduction zone, New Zealand, Earth and Planetary Science Letters 563: article 116887. DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2021.116887. article 116887
  • Yin, Y.; Wiemer, S.; Kissling, E.; Lanza, F.; Fry, B. 2021. Seismicity rate change as a tool to investigate delayed and remote triggering of the 2010–2011 Canterbury earthquake sequence, New Zealand, Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America 111(4): p. 2248–2269. DOI: 10.1785/0120210006. p. 2248–2269
  • Yao, D.; Peng, Z.; Kaneko, Y.; Fry, B.; Meng, X. 2021. Dynamic triggering of earthquakes in the North Island of New Zealand following the 2016 Mw 7.8 Kaikoura earthquake, Earth and Planetary Science Letters 557: article 116723. DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2020.116723. article 116723
  • Todd, E.K.; Stirling, M.W.; Fry, B.; Salichon, J.; Villamor, P. 2020. Characterising microseismicity in a low seismicity region : applications of short-term broadband seismic arrays in Dunedin, New Zealand, New Zealand Journal of Geology and Geophysics 63(3): p. 331-341. DOI: 10.1080/00288306.2019.1707238. p. 331-341
  • Arai, R.; Kodaira, S.; Henrys, S.A.; Bangs, N.L.; Obana, K.; Fujie, G.; Miura, S.; Barker, D.H.N.; Bassett, D.; Bell, R.; Mochizuki, K.; Kellett, R.L.; Stucker, V.K.; Fry, B. 2020. Three-dimensional P-wave velocity structure of the northern Hikurangi margin from the NZ3D experiment: evidence for fault-bound anisotropy, Journal of Geophysical Research. Solid Earth 125(12): e2020JB020433. DOI: 10.1029/2020JB020433. e2020JB020433
  • Fry, B.; McCurrach, S.-J.; Gledhill, K.R.; Power, W.L.; Williams, M.; Angove, M.; Arcas, D.; Moore, C. 2020. Sensor network warns of stealth tsunamis, Eos 101: DOI: 10.1029/2020EO144274.
  • Warren-Smith, E.; Fry, B.; Wallace, L.M.; Chon, E.; Henrys, S.A.; Sheehan, A.; Mochizuki, K.; Schwartz, S.; Webb, S.; Lebedev, S. 2019. Episodic stress and fluid pressure cycling in subducting oceanic crust during slow slip, Nature Geoscience 12(6): p. 475-481. DOI: 10.1038/s41561-019-0367-x. p. 475-481
  • Angove, M.; Arcas, D.; Bailey, R.; Carrasco, P.; Coetzee, D.; Fry, B.; Gledhill, K.R.; Harada, S.; von Hillebrandt-Andrade, C.; Kong, L.; McCreery, C.; McCurrach, S.-J.; Sakya, A.E.; Miao, Y.; Schindele, F. 2019. Ocean observations required to minimize uncertainty in global tsunami forecasts, warnings, and emergency response, Frontiers in Marine Science 6: article 350. DOI: 10.3389/fmars.2019.00350. article 350
  • Yarce, J.; Sheehan, A.F.; Nakai, J.S.; Schwartz, S.Y.; Mochizuki, K.; Savage, M.K.; Wallace, L.M.; Henrys, S.A.; Webb, S.C.; Ito, Y.; Abercrombie, R.E.; Fry, B.; Shaddox, H.; Todd, E.K. 2019. Seismicity at the northern Hikurangi Margin, New Zealand, and investigation of the potential spatial and temporal relationships with a shallow slow slip event, Journal of Geophysical Research. Solid Earth 124(5): p. 4751-4766. DOI: 10.1029/2018JB017211. p. 4751-4766
  • Warren-Smith, E.; Fry, B.; Kaneko, Y.; Chamberlain, C.J. 2018. Foreshocks and delayed triggering of the 2016 MW7.1 Te Araroa earthquake and dynamic reinvigoration of its aftershock sequence by the MW7.8 Kaikoura earthquake, New Zealand, Earth and Planetary Science Letters 482: p. 265-276. DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2017.11.020. p. 265-276
  • Peng, Z.; Fry, B.; Chao, K.; Yao, D.; Meng, X.; Jolly, A.D. 2018. Remote triggering of microearthquakes and tremor in New Zealand following the 2016 Mw 7.8 Kaikoura earthquake, Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America 108(3B): p. 1784-1793. DOI: 10.1785/0120170327. p. 1784-1793
  • Eberhart-Phillips, D.; Fry, B. 2018. Joint local earthquake and teleseismic inversion for 3-D velocity and Q in New Zealand, Physics of the Earth and Planetary Interiors 283: p. 48-66. DOI: 10.1016/j.pepi.2018.08.005. p. 48-66
  • Todd, E.K.; Schwartz, S.Y.; Mochizuki, K.; Wallace, L.M.; Sheehan, A.F.; Webb, S.C.; Williams, C.A.; Nakai, J.; Yarce, J.; Fry, B.; Henrys, S.A.; Ito, Y. 2018. Earthquakes and tremor linked to seamount subduction during shallow slow slip at the Hikurangi Margin, New Zealand, Journal of Geophysical Research. Solid Earth 123(8): p. 6769-6783. DOI: 10.1029/2018JB016136. p. 6769-6783
  • Wen, Y.-Y.; Ma, K.-F.; Fry, B. 2018. Multiple-fault, slow rupture of the 2016 Mw 7.8 Kaikoura, New Zealand, earthquake : complementary insights from teleseismic and geodetic data, Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America 108(3B): p. 1774-1783. DOI: 10.1785/0120170285. p. 1774-1783
  • Godfrey, H.J.; Fry, B.; Savage, M.K. 2017. Shear-wave velocity structure of the Tongariro Volcanic Centre, New Zealand: Fast Rayleigh and slow Love waves indicate strong shallow anisotropy, Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research 336: p. 33-50. DOI: 10.1016/j.jvolgeores.2017.01.019. p. 33-50
  • Jolly, A.D.; Lokmer, I.; Thun, J.; Salichon, J.; Fry, B.; Chardot, L. 2017. Insights into fluid transport mechanisms at White Island from analysis of coupled very long-period (VLP), long-period (LP) and high-frequency (HF) earthquakes, Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research 343: p. 75-94. DOI: 10.1016/j.jvolgeores.2017.06.006. p. 75-94
  • Eberhart-Phillips, D.; Fry, B. 2017. A new scheme for joint surface wave and earthquake travel-time inversion and resulting 3-D velocity model for the western North Island, New Zealand, Physics of the Earth and Planetary Interiors 269: p. 98-111. DOI: 10.1016/j.pepi.2017.05.014. p. 98-111
  • 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
  • Holden, C.; Kaneko, Y.; D'Anastasio, E.; Benites, R.; Fry, B.; Hamling, I.J. 2017. The 2016 Kaikoura earthquake revealed by kinematic source inversion and seismic wavefield simulations : slow rupture propagation on a geometrically complex crustal fault network, Geophysical Research Letters 44(22): p. 11320-11328. DOI: 10.1002/2017GL075301. p. 11320-11328
  • Wallace, L.M.; Kaneko, Y.; Hreinsdottir, S.; Hamling, I.J.; Peng, Z.; Bartlow, N.; D'Anastasio, E.; Fry, B. 2017. Large-scale dynamic triggering of shallow slow slip enhanced by overlying sedimentary wedge, Nature Geoscience 10(10): p. 765-770. DOI: 10.1038/ngeo3021. p. 765-770
  • Gerstenberger, M.C.; Fry, B. 2016. Preface to the focus section on the joint Japan–Taiwan–New Zealand national seismic hazard model collaboration, Seismological Research Letters 87(6): p. 1236-1239. DOI: 10.1785/0220160166. p. 1236-1239
  • Fry, B.; Ma, K.-F. 2016. Implications of the great Mw 9.0 Tohoku-Oki earthquake on the understanding of natural hazard in Taiwan and New Zealand, Seismological Research Letters 87(6): p. 1254-1258. DOI: 10.1785/0220160154. p. 1254-1258
  • Power, W.L.; Wallace, L.M.; Mueller, C.; Henrys, S.A.; Clark, K.J.; Fry, B.; Wang, X.; Williams, C.A. 2016. Understanding the potential for tsunami generated by earthquakes on the southern Hikurangi subduction interface, New Zealand Journal of Geology and Geophysics 59(1): p. 70-85. DOI: 10.1080/00288306.2015.1127825. p. 70-85
  • Fry, B.; Eberhart-Phillips, D.; Davey, F.J. 2014. Mantle accommodation of lithospheric shortening as seen by combined surface wave and teleseismic imaging in the South Island, New Zealand, Geophysical Journal International 199(1): p. 499-513. DOI: 10.1093/gji/ggu271. p. 499-513
  • Fry, B.; Davey, F.J.; Eberhart-Phillips, D.; Lebedev, S. 2014. Depth variable crustal anisotropy, patterns of crustal weakness, and destructive earthquakes in Canterbury, New Zealand, Earth and Planetary Science Letters 392: p. 50-57. DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2014.02.013. p. 50-57
  • Jolly, A.D.; Joussett, P.; Lyons, J.J.; Carniel, R.; Fournier, N.; Fry, B.; Miller, C.A. 2014. Seismo-acoustic evidence for an avalanche driven phreatic eruption through a beheaded hydrothermal system : an example from the 2012 Tongariro eruption, Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research 286: p. 331-347. DOI: 10.1016/j.jvolgeores.2014.04.007. p. 331-347
  • Lawrence, J.F.; Cochran, E.S.; Chung, A.; Kaiser, A.E.; Christensen, C.M.; Allen, R.; Baker, J.W.; Fry, B.; Heaton, T.; Kilb, D.; Kohler, M.D.; Taufer, M. 2014. Rapid earthquake characterization using MEMS accelerometers and volunteer hosts following the M 7.2 Darfield, New Zealand, earthquake, Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America 104(1): p. 184-192. DOI: 10.1785/0120120196. p. 184-192
  • Wallace, L.M.; Bartlow, N.; Hamling, I.J.; Fry, B. 2014. Quake clamps down on slow slip, Geophysical Research Letters 41(24): p. 8840-8846. DOI: 10.1002/2014GL062367. p. 8840-8846
  • Ristau, J.; Holden, C.; Kaiser, A.E.; Williams, C.A.; Bannister, S.; Fry, B. 2013. The Pegasus Bay aftershock sequence of the Mw 7.1 Darfield (Canterbury), New Zealand earthquake, Geophysical Journal International 195(1): p. 444-459. DOI: 10.1093/gji/ggt222. p. 444-459
  • Harris, C.R.; Pettke, T.; Heinrich, C.A.; Rosu, E.; Woodland, S.; Fry, B. 2013. Tethyan mantle metasomatism creates subduction geochemical signatures in non-arc Cu–Au–Te mineralizing magmas, Apuseni Mountains (Romania), Earth and Planetary Science Letters 366: p. 122-136. DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2013.01.035. p. 122-136
  • 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
  • Fry, B.; Benites, R.A.; Reyners, M.E.; Holden, C.; Kaiser, A.E.; Bannister, S.; Gerstenberger, M.C.; Williams, C.A.; Ristau, J.; Beavan, R.J. 2011. Strong shaking in recent New Zealand earthquakes, Eos 92(41): p. 349-351. p. 349-351
  • Fry, B.; Chao, K.; Bannister, S.; Peng, Z.; Wallace, L.M. 2011. Deep tremor in New Zealand triggered by the 2010 Mw 8.8 Chile earthquake, Geophysical Research Letters 38: L15306. DOI: 10.1029/2011GL048319. L15306
  • 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): p. 378-386. DOI: 10.1785/gssrl.82.3.378. p. 378-386
  • 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
  • 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. p, 833-838
  • 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
  • Bannister, S.; 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): p. 839-845. DOI: 10.1785/gssrl.82.6.839. p. 839-845
  • Fry, B.; Bannister, S.; 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): p. 24-40. p. 24-40
  • 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): p. 215-221. DOI: 10.5459/bnzsee.43.4.215-221. p. 215-221
  • Fry, B.; Deschamps, F.; Kissling, E.; Stehly, L.; Giardini, D. 2010. Layered azimuthal anisotropy of Rayleigh wave phase velocities in the European Alpine lithosphere inferred from ambient noise, Earth and Planetary Science Letters 297(1/2): p. 95-102. DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2010.06.008. p. 95-102
  • Stehly, L.; Fry, B.; Campillo, M.; Shapiro, N.M.; Guilbert, J.; Boschi, L.; Giardini, D. 2009. Tomography of the Alpine region from observations of seismic ambient noise, Geophysical Journal International 178(1): DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-246X.2009.04132.x.
  • Boschi, L.; Fry, B.; Ekstroem, G.; Giardini, D. 2009. The European upper mantle as seen by surface waves, Surveys in Geophysics 30(4/5): p. 463-501. DOI: 10.1007/s10712-009-9066-2. p. 463-501
  • Peter, D.; Boschi, L.; Deschamps, F.; Fry, B.; Ekstrom, G.; Giardini, D. 2008. A new finite-frequency shear-velocity model of the European-Mediterranean region, Geophysical Research Letters 35: L16315. DOI: 10.1029/2008GL034769. L16315
  • Fry, B.; Boschi, L.;Ekstrom, G.; Giardini, D. 2008. Europe-Mediterranean tomography : high correlation between new seismic data and independent geophysical observables, Geophysical Research Letters 35: L04301. DOI: 10.1029/2007GL031519. L04301
  • Duebendorfer, E.M.; Chamberlain, K.R.; Fry, B. 2006. Mojave-Yavapai boundary zone, southwestern United States : a rifting model for the formation of an isotopically mixed crustal boundary zone, Geology 34(8): p. 681-684. p. 681-684

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