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John RistauSeismology Scientist
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Qualifications
- MSc, Remote Sensing
- PhD, Seismology
- BSc, Geophysics
Areas of expertise
- Geophysics: Seismology
- Geophysics: Seismic wave propagation
- Geophysics: Earthquake analysis
- Geophysics: Modelling earthquake source processes
- Geophysics: Seismic hazard assessment
Major Publications
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- 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): p. 129-141. p. 129-141
- 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): p. 1841-1852. DOI: 10.1785/0120080237. p. 1841-1852
- The Mw 6.6 Gisborne earthquake of 2007 : preliminary records and general source characterisation, Bulletin of the New Zealand Society for Earthquake Engineering 41(4): p. 266-277. p. 266-277
- Implementation of routine regional moment tensor analysis in New Zealand, Seismological Research Letters 79(3): p. 400-415. DOI: 10.1785/gssrl.79.3.400. p. 400-415
- Stress in western Canada from regional moment tensor analysis, Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences 44(2): p. 127-148. p. 127-148