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Kate ClarkPaleoecologist/Earthquake Geologist

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Department

Paleoseismology

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Qualifications

  • BSc, Earth Science/geography
  • MSc, Earth Science
  • PhD, Geology

Areas of expertise

  • Geology: Paleoceanography
  • Geology: Active fault studies
  • Geology: Paleoseismology
  • Geology: tectonic geomorphology
  • Geology: Holocene neotectonic activity
  • Geology: Paleotsunami Studies
  • Geology: Quaternary geology
  • Geology: Micropaleontology
  • Geology: Earthquake Geology

Major Publications

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  • Clark, K.J.; Turnbull, J.C.; Marshall, B.A.; Ferrick, T.W.A.; Howarth, J.D. 2024. Comprehensive update of marine reservoir values for New Zealand coastal waters to inform coastal hazard research, Radiocarbon 65(6): p. 1253-1279. DOI: 10.1017/RDC.2023.120. p. 1253-1279
  • Clark, K.J.; Morgenstern, R. 2022. The paleotsunami record of the Auckland region and implications for understanding tsunami hazards, New Zealand Journal of Geology and Geophysics 65(4): p. 507-528. DOI: 10.1080/00288306.2021.1969956. p. 507-528
  • Pizer, C.; Clark, K.J.; Howarth, J.D.; Garrett, E.; Wang, X.; Rhoades, D.A.; Woodroffe, S. 2021. Paleotsunamis on the southern Hikurangi subduction zone, New Zealand, show regular recurrence of large subduction earthquakes, The Seismic Record 1(2): p. 75-84. DOI: 10.1785/0320210012. p. 75-84
  • Howarth, J.D.; Barth, N.C.; Fitzsimons, S.J.; Richards-Dinger, K.; Clark, K.J.; Biasi, G.P.; Cochran, U.A.; Langridge, R.M.; Berryman, K.R.; Sutherland, R. 2021. Spatiotemporal clustering of great earthquakes on a transform fault controlled by geometry, Nature Geoscience 14: p. 314-320. DOI: 10.1038/s41561-021-00721-4. p. 314-320
  • Howell, A.; Nissen, E.; Stahl, T.; Clark, K.J.; Kearse, J.; Van Dissen, R.J.; Villamor, P.; Langridge, R.M.; Jones, K.E. 2020. Three-dimensional surface displacements during the 2016 MW 7.8 Kaikoura earthquake (New Zealand) from photogrammetry-derived point clouds, Journal of Geophysical Research. Solid Earth 125(1): e2019JB018739. DOI: 10.1029/2019JB018739. e2019JB018739
  • Litchfield, N.J.; Clark, K.J.; Cochran, U.A.; Palmer, A.S.; Mountjoy, J.; Mueller, C.; Morgenstern, R.; Berryman, K.R.; McFadgen, B.G.; Steele, R.; Reitman, N.; Howarth, J.D.; Villamor, P. 2020. Marine terraces reveal complex near-shore upper-plate faulting in the northern Hikurangi Margin, New Zealand, Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America 110(2): p. 825-849. DOI: 10.1785/0120190208. p. 825-849
  • Clark, K.J.; Howarth, J.D.; Litchfield, N.J.; Cochran, U.A.; Turnbull, J.C.; Dowling, L.; Howell, A.; Berryman, K.R.; Wolfe, F. 2019. Geological evidence for past large earthquakes and tsunamis along the Hikurangi subduction margin, New Zealand, Marine Geology 412: p. 139-172. DOI: 10.1016/j.margeo.2019.03.004. p. 139-172
  • Clark, K.J.; Nissen, E.K.; Howarth, J.D.; Hamling, I.J.; Mountjoy, J.J.; Ries, W.F.; Jones, K.E.; Goldstein, S.; Cochran, U.A.; Villamor, P.; Hreinsdottir, S.; Litchfield, N.J.; Mueller, C.; Berryman, K.R.; Strong, D.T. 2017. Highly variable coastal deformation in the 2016 MW7.8 Kaikoura earthquake reflects rupture complexity along a transpressional plate boundary, Earth and Planetary Science Letters 474: p. 334-344. DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2017.06.048. p. 334-344
  • Cochran, U.A.; Clark, K.J.; Howarth, J.D.; Biasi, G.P.; Langridge, R.M.; Villamor, P.; Berryman, K.R.; Vandergoes, M.J. 2017. A plate boundary earthquake record from a wetland adjacent to the Alpine fault in New Zealand refines hazard estimates, Earth and Planetary Science Letters 464: p. 175-188. DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2017.02.026. p. 175-188
  • Hamling, I.J.; Hreinsdottir, S.; Clark, K.J.; Elliot, J.; Liang, C.; Fielding, E.; Litchfield, N.J.; Villamor, P.; Wallace, L.M.; Wright, T.J.; D'Anastasio, E.; Bannister, S.; Burbidge, D.R.; Denys, P.; Gentle, P.; Howarth, J.D.; Mueller, C.; Palmer, N.G. 2017. Complex multifault rupture during the 2016 Mw 7.8 Kaikoura earthquake, New Zealand, Science 356(6334): eaam7194. DOI: 10.1126/science.aam7194. eaam7194
  • Hayward, B.W.; Grenfell, H.R.; Sabaa, A.T.; Cochran, U.A.; Clark, K.J.; Wallace, L.M.; Palmer, A.S. 2016. Salt-marsh foraminiferal record of 10 large Holocene (last 7500 yr) earthquakes on a subducting plate margin, Hawkes Bay, New Zealand, Geological Society of America Bulletin 128(5/6): p. 896-915. DOI: 10.1130/B31295.1. p. 896-915
  • 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
  • Rockwell, T.K.; Clark, K.J.; Gamble, L.; Oskin, M.E.; Haaker, E.C.; Kennedy, G.L. 2016. Large Transverse Range earthquakes cause coastal upheaval near Ventura, Southern California, Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America 106(6): p. 2706-2720. DOI: 10.1785/0120150378. p. 2706-2720
  • Biasi, G.P.; Langridge, R.M.; Berryman, K.R.; Clark, K.J.; Cochran, U.A. 2015. Maximum-likelihood recurrence parameters and conditional probability of a ground-rupturing earthquake on the southern Alpine Fault, South Island, New Zealand, Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America 105(1): p. 94-106. DOI: 10.1785/0120130259. p. 94-106
  • Litchfield, N.J.; Clark, K.J. 2015. Fluvial terrace formation in the lower Awhea and Pahaoa River valleys, New Zealand : implications for tectonic and sea-level controls, Geomorphology 231: p. 212-228. DOI: 10.1016/j.geomorph.2014.12.009. p. 212-228
  • Clark, K.J.; Hayward, B.W.; Cochran, U.A.; Wallace, L.M.; Power, W.L.; Sabaa, A.T. 2015. Evidence for past subduction earthquakes at a plate boundary with widespread upper plate faulting : southern Hikurangi margin, New Zealand, Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America 105(3): p. 1661-1690. DOI: 10.1785/0120140291. p. 1661-1690
  • Bartholomew, T.D.; Little, T.A.; Clark, K.J.; Van Dissen, R.J.; Barnes, P.M. 2014. Kinematics and paleoseismology of the Vernon Fault, Marlborough Fault System, New Zealand : implications for contractional fault bend deformation, earthquake triggering, and the record of Hikurangi subduction earthquakes, Tectonics 33(7): p. 1201-1218. DOI: 10.1002/2014TC003543. p. 1201-1218
  • Litchfield, N.J.; Van Dissen, R.J.; Sutherland, R.; Barnes, P.M.; Cox, S.C.; Norris, R.; Beavan, R.J.; Langridge, R.M.; Villamor, P.; Berryman, K.R.; Stirling, M.W.; Nicol, A.; Nodder, S.; Lamarche, G.; Barrell, D.J.A.; Pettinga, J.R.; Little, T.; Pondard 2014. A model of active faulting in New Zealand, New Zealand Journal of Geology and Geophysics 57(1): p. 32-56. DOI: 10.1080/00288306.2013.854256. p. 32-56
  • Wallace, L.M.; Cochran, U.A.; Power, W.L.; Clark, K.J. 2014. Earthquake and tsunami potential of the Hikurangi subduction thrust, New Zealand : insights from paleoseismology, GPS, and tsunami modeling, Oceanography 27(2): p. 104-117. DOI: 10.5670/oceanog.2014.46. p. 104-117
  • Clark, K.J.; Cochran, U.A.; Berryman, K.R.; Biasi, G.; Langridge, R.M.; Villamor, P.; Bartholomew, T.; Litchfield, N.J.; Pantosti, D.; Marco, S.; Van Dissen, R.J.; Turner, G.; Hemphill-Haley, M. 2013. Deriving a long paleoseismic record from a shallow-water Holocene basin next to the Alpine fault, New Zealand, Geological Society of America Bulletin 125(5/6): p. 811-832. DOI: 10.1130/​B30693.1. p. 811-832
  • Berryman, K.R.; Cochran, U.A.; Clark, K.J.; Biasi, G.P.; Langridge, R.M.; Villamor, P. 2012. Major earthquakes occur regularly on an isolated plate boundary fault, Science 336: p. 1690-1693. DOI: 10.1126/science.1218959. p. 1690-1693
  • Clark, K.J.; Johnson, P.N.; Turnbull, I.M.; Litchfield, N.J. 2011. The 2009 Mw 7.8 earthquake on the Puysegur subduction zone produced minimal geological effects around Dusky Sound, New Zealand, New Zealand Journal of Geology and Geophysics 54(2): p. 237-247. DOI: 10.1080/00288306.2010.543690. p. 237-247
  • Clark, K.J.; Cochran, U.A.; Mazengarb, C. 2011. Holocene coastal evolution and evidence for paleotsunami from a tectonically stable region, Tasmania, Australia, The Holocene 21(6): p. 883-895. DOI: 10.1177/0959683610391317. p. 883-895
  • Villamor, P.; Berryman, K.R.; Nairn, I.A.; Wilson, K.J.; Litchfield, N.J.; Ries, W. 2011. Associations between volcanic eruptions from Okataina Volcanic Center and surface rupture of nearby active faults, Taupo rift, New Zealand : insights into the nature of volcano-tectonic interactions, Geological Society of America Bulletin 123(7/8): p. 1383-1405. DOI: 10.1130/B30184.1. p. 1383-1405
  • Clark, K.J.; Power, W.L.; Nishimura, Y.; Kautoke, R.A.; Vaiomo'unga, R.; Pongi, A.; Fifita, M. 2011. Characteristics of the 29th September 2009 South Pacific tsunami as observed at Niuatoputapu Island, Tonga, Earth-Science Reviews 107(1/2): p. 52-65. DOI: 10.1016/j.earscirev.2010.12.001. p. 52-65
  • Beavan, R.J.; Wang, X.; Holden, C.; Wilson, K.J.; Power, W.L.; Prasetya, G.; Bevis, M.; Kautoke, R. 2010. Near-simultaneous great earthquakes at Tongan megathrust and outer rise in September 2009, Nature 466(7309): p. 959-964. DOI: 10.1038/nature09292. p. 959-964
  • Clark, K.J.; Berryman, K.R.; Litchfield, N.J.; Cochran, U.A.; Little, T. 2010. Evaluating the coastal deformation mechanisms of the Raukumara Peninsula, northern Hikurangi subduction margin, New Zealand and insights into forearc uplift processes, New Zealand Journal of Geology and Geophysics 53(4): p. 341-358. DOI: 10.1080/00288306.2010.520324. p. 341-358
  • Litchfield, N.J.; Wilson, K.J.; Berryman, K.R.; Wallace, L.M. 2010. Coastal uplift mechanisms at Pakarae River mouth : constraints from a combined Holocene fluvial and marine terrace dataset, Marine Geology 270(1-4): p. 72-83. DOI: 10.1016/j.margeo.2009.10.003. p. 72-83
  • Wilson, K.J.; Berryman, K.R.; Cochran, U.A.; Little, T.A. 2007. Holocene coastal evolution and uplift mechanisms of the northeastern Raukumara Peninsula, North Island, New Zealand, Quaternary Science Reviews 26(7/8): p. 1106-1128. DOI: 10.1016/j.quascirev.2007.01.005. p. 1106-1128
  • Wilson, K.J.; Berryman, K.R.; Cochran, U.A.; Little, T.A. 2007. A Holocene incised valley infill sequence developed on a tectonically active coast : Pakarae River, New Zealand, Sedimentary Geology 197(3/4): p. 333-354. DOI: 10.1016/j.sedgeo.2006.10.007. p. 333-354
  • Wilson, K.J.; Litchfield, N.J.; Berryman, K.R.; Little, T.A. 2007. Distribution, age, and uplift patterns of Pleistocene marine terraces of the northern Raukumara Peninsula, North Island, New Zealand, New Zealand Journal of Geology and Geophysics 50(3): p. 181-191. DOI: 10.1080/00288300709509830. p. 181-191
  • Wilson, K.J.; Berryman, K.R.; Cochran, U.A.; Little, T.A. 2007. Early Holocene paleoseismic history at the Pakarae locality, eastern North Island, New Zealand, inferred from transgressive marine sequence architecture, Tectonics 26(4): TC4013. DOI: 10.1029/2006TC002021. TC4013
  • Wilson, K.J.; Berryman, K.R.; Litchfield, N.J.; Little, T. 2006. A revision of mid-late Holocene marine terrace distribution and chronology at the Pakarae River mouth, North Island, New Zealand, New Zealand Journal of Geology and Geophysics 49(4): p. 477-489. DOI: 10.1080/00288306.2006.9515182. p. 477-489
  • Wilson, K.J.; Hayward, B.W.; Sabaa, A.T.; Scott, G.H.; Kennett, J.P. 2005. A one-million-year history of a north-south segment of the Subtropical Front, east of New Zealand, Paleoceanography 20: PA2004. DOI: 10.1029/2004PA001080. Institute of Geological & Nuclear Sciences contribution 3329 PA2004

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