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Pilar VillamorEarthquake Geologist

Villamor Pilar 1162

Department

Paleoseismology

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Qualifications

  • PhD, Geology
  • MSc, Engineering Geology
  • BSc, Geology

Areas of expertise

  • Geology: Tectonics
  • Geology: Earthquake Hazard Assessment
  • Geology: Active fault studies
  • Geology: Structural and neotectonic analysis
  • Geology: Engineering Geology
  • Geology: Earthquake Geology
  • Geomorphology: Aerial photograph interpretation
  • Geology: Structural geological mapping
  • Geology: Volcano-tectonic studies

Major Publications

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  • Ellis, S.M.; Barker, S.J.; Wilson, C.J.N.; Hamling, I.J.; Hreinsdottir, S.; Illsley-Kemp, F.; Mestel, E.R.H.; Muirhead, J.; Smith, B.; Leonard, G.S.; Savage, M.K.; Villamor, P.; Otway, P. 2023. Taupoinflate : illustrating the detection of magmatic inflation below Lake Taupo, New Zealand Journal of Geology and Geophysics 66(4): p. 571-588. DOI: 10.1080/00288306.2022.2076700. p. 571-588
  • Berryman, K.R.; Villamor, P.; Nairn, I.; Begg, J.G.; Alloway, B.V.; Rowland, J.; Lee, J.M.; Capote, R. 2022. Volcano-tectonic interactions at the southern margin of the Okataina Volcanic Centre, Taupo Volcanic Zone, New Zealand, Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research 427: article 107552. DOI: 10.1016/j.jvolgeores.2022.107552. article 107552
  • Villamor, P.; Litchfield, N.J.; Gomez, D.; Martin-González, F.; Alloway, B.V.; Berryman, K.R.; Clark, K.J.; Ries, W.; Howell, A.; Ansell, I.A. 2022. Fault ruptures triggered by large rhyolitic eruptions at the boundary between tectonic and magmatic rift segments : the Manawahe Fault, Taupo Rift, New Zealand, Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research 427: article 107478. DOI: 10.1016/j.jvolgeores.2022.107478. article 107478
  • Muirhead, J.D.; Illsley-Kemp, F.; Barker, S.J.; Villamor, P.; Wilson, C.J.N.; Otway, P.; Metzel, E.R.H.; Savage, M.K.; Bannister, S.; Rowland, J.V.; Townsend, D.B.; Hamling, I.J.; Hreinsdottir, S.; Smith, B.; McGregor, R.; Snowden, M.; Shalla, Y. 2022. Stretching, shaking, inflating : volcanic-tectonic interactions at a rifting silicic caldera, Frontiers in Earth Science 10: article 835841. DOI: 10.3389/feart.2022.835841. article 835841
  • Martínez-Díaz, J.J.; Álvarez-Gómez, J.A.; Staller, A.; Alonso-Henar, J.; Canora, C.; Insúa-Arévalo, J.M.; Tsige, M.; Villamor, P.; Herrero-Barbero, P.; Hernández-Moreno, C.; Hernández, W.; Hernández, D.; Marroquín, G.; Mixco, L. 2021. Active faults of El Salvador, Journal of South American Earth Sciences 105: article 103038. DOI: 10.1016/j.jsames.2020.103038. article 103038
  • Herrero-Barbero, P.; Alvarez-Gomez, J.A.; Williams, C.A.; Villamor, P.; Insua-Arevalo, J.M.; Alonso-Henar, J.; Martinez-Diaz, J.J. 2021. Physics-based earthquake simulations in slow-moving faults : a case study from the Eastern Betic Shear Zone (SE Iberian Peninsula), Journal of Geophysical Research. Solid Earth 126(5): e2020JB021133. DOI: 10.1029/2020JB021133. e2020JB021133
  • Langridge, R.M.; Villamor, P.; Howarth, J.D.; Ries, W.F.; Clark, K.J.; Litchfield, N.J. 2021. Reconciling an early nineteenth-century rupture of the Alpine Fault at a section end, Toaroha River, Westland, New Zealand, Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America 111(1): p. 514-540. DOI: 10.1785/0120200116. p. 514-540
  • Gómez-Vasconcelos, M.G.; Villamor, P.; Cronin, S.J.; Palmer, A.; Procter, J.; Stewart, R.B. 2020. Spatio-temporal associations between dike intrusions and fault ruptures in the Tongariro Volcanic Center, New Zealand, Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research 404: article 107037. DOI: 10.1016/j.jvolgeores.2020.107037. article 107037
  • Wolfe, F.D.; Stahl, T.A.; Villamor, P.; Lukovic, B. 2020. Short communication : a semiautomated method for bulk fault slip analysis from topographic scarp profiles, Earth Surface Dynamics 8(1): p. 211-219. DOI: 10.5194/esurf-8-211-2020. p. 211-219
  • 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
  • Baize, S.; Nurminen, F.; Sarmiento, A.; Dawson, T.; Takao, M.; Scotti, O.; Azuma, T.; Boncio, P.; Champenois, J.; Cinti, F.R.; Civico, R.; Costa, C.; Guerrieri, L.; Marti, E.; McCalpin, J.; Okumura, K.; Villamor, P. 2020. A worldwide and unified database of surface ruptures (SURE) for fault displacement hazard analyses, Seismological Research Letters 91(1): p. 499-520. DOI: 10.1785/0220190144. p. 499-520
  • McNamara, D.D.; Milicich, S.D.; Massiot, C.; Villamor, P.; McLean, K.; Sepulveda, F.; Ries, W.F. 2019. Tectonic controls on Taupo Volcanic Zone geothermal expression : insights from Te Mihi, Wairakei Geothermal Field, Tectonics 38(8): p. 3011-3033. DOI: 10.1029/2018TC005296. p. 3011-3033
  • Loame, R.C.; Villamor, P.; Lowe, D.J.; Milicich, S.D.; Pittari, A.; Barker, S.L.L.; Rae, A.J.; Gomez-Vasconcelos, M.G.; Martinez-Martos, M.; Ries, W.F. 2019. Using paleoseismology and tephrochronology to reconstruct fault rupturing and hydrothermal activity since c. 40 ka in Taupo Rift, New Zealand, Quaternary International 500: p. 52-70. DOI: 10.1016/j.quaint.2019.02.031. p. 52-70
  • Ortuño, M.; Corominas, O.; Villamor, P.; Zúñiga, R.; Lacan, P.; Aguirre-Díaz, G.; Perea, H.; Štepancíková, P.; Ramírez-Herrera, T. 2019. Evidence of recent ruptures in the central faults of the Acambay graben (central Mexico), Geomorphology 326: p. 17-37. DOI: 10.1016/j.geomorph.2018.07.010. p. 17-37
  • Giona Bucci, M.; Smith, C.; Almond, P.; Villamor, P.; Tuttle, M. 2019. Micromorphological analysis of liquefaction features in alluvial and coastal environments of Christchurch, New Zealand, Sedimentology 66(3): p. 963-982. DOI: 10.1111/sed.12526. p. 963-982
  • Gomez-Vasconcelos, M.G.; Villamor, P.; Procter, J.; Palmer, A.; Cronin, S.; Wallace, C.; Townsend, D.B.; Leonard, G.S. 2019. Characterisation of faults as earthquake sources from geomorphic data in the Tongariro Volcanic Complex, New Zealand, New Zealand Journal of Geology and Geophysics 62(1): p. 131-142. DOI: 10.1080/00288306.2018.1548495. p. 131-142
  • Litchfield, N.J.; Villamor, P.; Van Dissen, R.J.; Nicol, A.; Barnes, P.M.; Barrell, D.J.A.; Pettinga, J.R.; Langridge, R.M.; Little, T.A.; Mountjoy, J.J.; Ries, W.F.; Rowland, J.; Fenton, C.; Stirling, M.W.; Kearse, J.; Berryman, K.R.; Cochran, U.A.; Clar 2018. Surface rupture of multiple crustal faults in the 2016 MW 7.8 Kaikoura, New Zealand, earthquake, Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America 108(3B): p. 1496-1520. DOI: 10.1785/0120170300. p. 1496-1520
  • Giona Bucci, M.; Villamor, P.; Almond, P.; Tuttle, M.; Stringer, M.; Ries, W.F.; Smith, C.; Hodge, M.; Watson, M. 2018. Associations between sediment architecture and liquefaction susceptibility in fluvial settings : the 2010–2011 Canterbury Earthquake Sequence, New Zealand, Engineering Geology 237: p. 181-197. DOI: 10.1016/j.enggeo.2018.01.013. p. 181-197
  • Kissling, W.M.; Villamor, P.; Ellis, S.M.; Rae, A.J. 2018. Modelling of hydrothermal fluid flow and structural architecture in an extensional basin, Ngakuru Graben, Taupo Rift, New Zealand, Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research 357: p. 134-151. DOI: 10.1016/j.jvolgeores.2018.04.010. p. 134-151
  • Villamor, P.; Barrell, D.J.A.; Gorman, A.; Davy, B.W.; Hreinsdottir, S.; Hamling, I.J.; Stirling, M.W.; Cox, S.C.; Litchfield, N.J.; Holt, A.; Todd, E.; Denys, P.; Pearson, C.; Sangster, C.; Garcia-Mayordomo, J.; Goded, T.; Abbott, E.R.; Ohneiser, C.; Lep 2018. Unknown faults under cities DOI: 10.21420/G2PW7X. Lower Hutt, N.Z.: GNS Science. GNS Science miscellaneous series 124 71 p.
  • Gomez-Vasconcelos, M.G.; Villamor, P.; Cronin, S.; Procter, J.; Palmer, A.; Townsend, D.B.; Leonard, G.S. 2017. Crustal extension in the Tongariro graben, New Zealand : insights into volcano-tectonic interactions and active deformation in a young continental rift, Geological Society of America Bulletin 129(9-10): p. 1085-1099. DOI: 10.1130/B31657.1. p. 1085-1099
  • 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
  • Giona Bucci, M.; Almond, P.; Villamor, P.; Ries, W.; Smith, C.; Tuttle, M. 2017. When the earth blisters : exploring recurrent liquefaction features in the coastal system of Christchurch, New Zealand, Terra Nova (NZ) 29(3): p. 162-172. DOI: 10.1111/ter.12259. p. 162-172
  • Villamor, P.; Berryman, K.R.; Ellis, S.M.; Schreurs, G.; Wallace, L.M.; Leonard, G.S.; Langridge, R.M.; Ries, W.F. 2017. Rapid evolution of subduction-related continental intraarc rifts : the Taupo Rift, New Zealand, Tectonics 36(10): p. 2250-2272. DOI: 10.1002/2017TC004715. p. 2250-2272
  • Tuttle, M.P.; Villamor, P.; Almond, P.; Bastin, S.; Giona Bucci, M.; Langridge, R.M.; Clark, K.J.; Hardwick, C.M. 2017. Liquefaction induced during the 2010–2011 Canterbury, New Zealand, earthquake sequence and lessons learned for the study of paleoliquefaction features, Seismological Research Letters 88(5): p. 1403-1414. DOI: 10.1785/0220170073. p. 1403-1414
  • Villamor, P.; Almond, P.; Tuttle, M.; Giona-Bucci, M.; Langridge, R.M.; Clark, K.J.; Ries, W.F.; Baston, S.; Eger, A.; Vandergoes, M.J.; Quigley, M.C.; Barker, P.R.; Martin, F.; Howarth, J.D. 2016. Liquefaction features produced by the 2010-2011 Canterbury earthquake sequence in southwest Christchurch, New Zealand and preliminary assessment of paleoliquefaction features, Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America 106(4): p. 1747-1771. DOI: 10.1785/0120150223. p. 1747-1771
  • Langridge, R.M.; Ries, W.F.; Litchfield, N.J.; Villamor, P.; Van Dissen, R.J.; Barrell, D.J.A.; Rattenbury, M.S.; Heron, D.W.; Haubrock, S.N.; Townsend, D.B.; Lee, J.M.; Berryman, K.R.; Nicol, A.; Cox, S.C.; Stirling, M.W. 2016. The New Zealand Active Faults Database, New Zealand Journal of Geology and Geophysics 59(1): p. 86-96. DOI: 10.1080/00288306.2015.1112818. p. 86-96
  • Persaud, M.; Villamor, P.; Berryman, K.R.; Ries, W.; Cousins, W.J.; Litchfield, N.J.; Alloway, B.V. 2016. The Kerepehi Fault, Hauraki Rift, North Island, New Zealand : active fault characterisation and hazard, New Zealand Journal of Geology and Geophysics 59(1): p. 117-135. DOI: 10.1080/00288306.2015.1127826. p. 117-135
  • Gomez-Vasconcelos, M.G.; Villamor, P.; Cronin, S.J.; Procter, J.; Kereszturi, G.; Palmer, A.; Townsend, D.B.; Leonard, G.S.; Berryman, K.R.; Ashraf, S. 2016. Earthquake history at the eastern boundary of the South Taupo Volcanic Zone, New Zealand, New Zealand Journal of Geology and Geophysics 59(4): p. 522-543. DOI: 10.1080/00288306.2016.1195757. p. 522-543
  • Canora, C.; Martinez-Diaz, J.J.; Insua-Arevalo, J.M.; Alvarez-Gomez, J.A.; Villamor, P.; Alonso-Henar, J.; Capote-Villar, R. 2014. The 1719 El Salvador earthquake : an M > 7.0 event in the Central American Volcanic Arc?, Seismological Research Letters 85(4): p. 784-793. DOI: 10.1785/0220130150. p. 784-793
  • Seebeck, H.; Nicol, A.; Villamor, P.; Ristau, J.; Pettinga, J. 2014. Structure and kinematics of the Taupo Rift, New Zealand, Tectonics 33(6): p. 1178-1199. DOI: 10.1002/2014TC003569. p. 1178-1199
  • Stirling, M.W.; McVerry, G.H.; Gerstenberger, M.C.; Litchfield, N.J.; Van Dissen, R.J.; Berryman, K.R.; Barnes, P.; Wallace, L.M.; Villamor, P.; Langridge, R.M.; Lamarche, G.; Nodder, S.; Reyners, M.E.; Bradley, B.; Rhoades, D.A.; Smith, W.D.; Nicol, A.; 2012. National seismic hazard model for New Zealand : 2010 update, Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America 102(4): p. 1514-1542. DOI: 10.1785/0120110170. p. 1514-1542
  • Villamor, P.; Capote, R.; Stirling, M.W.; Tsige, M.; Berryman, K.R.; Martinez-Diaz, J.J.; Martin-Gonzalez, F. 2012. Contribution of active faults in the intraplate area of Iberia to seismic hazard : the Alentejo-Plasencia Fault, Journal of Iberian Geology 38(1): p. 85-111. DOI: 10.5209/rev_JIGE.2012.v38.n1.39207. p. 85-111
  • Canora, C.; Villamor, P.; Martínez-Díaz, J.J.; Berryman, K.R.; Álvarez-Gómez, J.A.; Capote, R.; Hernández, W. 2012. Paleoseismic analysis of the San Vicente segment of the El Salvador Fault Zone, El Salvador, Central America, Geologica acta 10(2): p. 103-123. DOI: 10.1334/105.000001700. p. 103-123
  • Villamor, P.; Litchfield, N.J.; Barrell, D.J.A.; van Dissen, R.J.; Hornblow, S.; Quigley, M.; Levick, S.; Ries, W.; Duffy, B.; Begg, J.G.; Townsend, D.B.; Stahl, T.; Bilderback, E.; Noble, D.; Furlong, K.; Grant, H. 2012. Map of the 2010 Greendale Fault surface rupture, Canterbury, New Zealand : application to land use planning, New Zealand Journal of Geology and Geophysics 55(3): p. 223-230. DOI: 10.1080/00288306.2012.680473. p. 223-230
  • Quigley, M.; Van Dissen, R.J.; Litchfield, N.J.; Villamor, P.; Duffy, B.; Barrell, D.J.A.; Furlong, K.; Stahl, T.; Bilderback, E.; Noble, D. 2012. Surface rupture during the 2010 Mw 7.1 Darfield (Canterbury) earthquake : implications for fault rupture dynamics and seismic-hazard analysis, Geology 40(1): p. 55-58. DOI: 10.1130/G32528.1. p. 55-58
  • 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
  • Canora, C.; Martinez-Diaz, J.J.; Villamor, P.; Berryman, K.R.; Alvarez-Gomez, J.A.; Pullinger, C.; Capote, R. 2010. Geological and seismological analysis of the 13 February 2001 Mw 6.6 El Salvador earthquake : evidence for surface rupture and implications for seismic hazard, Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America 100(6): p. 2873-2890. DOI: 10.1785/0120090377. p. 2873-2890
  • Nicol, A.; Walsh, J.J.; Villamor, P.; Seebeck, H.; Berryman, K.R. 2010. Normal fault interactions, paleoearthquakes and growth in an active rift, Journal of Structural Geology 32(8): p. 1101-1113. DOI: 10.1016/j.jsg.2010.06.018. p. 1101-1113
  • Langridge, R.M.; Villamor, P.; Basili, R.; Almond, P.; Martinez-Diaz, J.J.; Canora, C. 2010. Revised slip rates for the Alpine Fault at Inchbonnie : implications for plate boundary kinematics of South Island, New Zealand, Lithosphere 2(3): p. 139-152. DOI: 10.1130/L88.1. p. 139-152
  • McClymont, A.F.; Villamor, P.; Green, A.G. 2009. Assessing the contribution of off-fault deformation to slip-rate estimates within the Taupo Rift, New Zealand, using 3-D ground-penetrating radar surveying and trenching, Terra Nova 21(6): p. 446-451. p. 446-451
  • 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. TC4005
  • Berryman, K.R.; Villamor, P.; Nairn, I.A.; Van Dissen, R.J.; Begg, J.G.; Lee, J.M. 2008. Late Pleistocene surface rupture history of the Paeroa Fault, Taupo Rift, New Zealand, New Zealand Journal of Geology and Geophysics 51(2): p. 135-158. DOI: 10.1080/00288300809509855. p. 135-158
  • Canora-Catalan, C.; Villamor, P.; Berryman, K.R.; Martinez-Diaz, J.J.; Raen, T. 2008. Rupture history of the Whirinaki Fault, an active normal fault in the Taupo Rift, New Zealand Journal of Geology and Geophysics 51(4): p. 277-293. DOI: 10.1080/00288300809509866. p. 277-293
  • Villamor, P.; Van Dissen, R.J.; Alloway, B.V.; Palmer, A.S.; Litchfield, N.J. 2007. The Rangipo Fault, Taupo rift, New Zealand : an example of temporal slip-rate and single-event displacement variability in a volcanic environment, Geological Society of America Bulletin 119(5/6): p. 529-547. DOI: 10.1130/B26000.1. p. 529-547
  • Villamor, P.; Berryman, K.R. 2006. Late Quaternary geometry and kinematics of faults at the southern termination of the Taupo Volcanic Zone, New Zealand, New Zealand Journal of Geology and Geophysics 49(1): p. 1-21. Institute of Geological & Nuclear Sciences contribution 3431 p. 1-21
  • Villamor, P.; Berryman, K.R. 2006. Evolution of the southern termination of the Taupo Rift, New Zealand, New Zealand Journal of Geology and Geophysics 49(1): p. 23-37. Institute of Geological & Nuclear Sciences contribution 3432 p. 23-37
  • Tronicke, J.; Villamor, P.; Green, A.G. 2006. Detailed shallow geometry and vertical displacement estimates of the Maleme Fault Zone, New Zealand, using 2D and 3D georadar, Near surface geophysics 4(3): p. 155-161. p. 155-161
  • Nairn, I.A.; Hedenquist, J.W.; Villamor, P.; Berryman, K.R.; Shane, P.A. 2005. The ~AD1315 Tarawera and Waiotapu eruptions, New Zealand : contemporaneous rhyolite and hydrothermal eruptions driven by an arrested basalt dike system?, Bulletin of Volcanology 67(2): p. 186-193. Institute of Geological & Nuclear Sciences contribution 3266 p. 186-193
  • Villamor, P.; Berryman, K.R. 2001. A Late Quaternary extension rate in the Taupo Volcanic Zone, New Zealand, derived from fault slip data, New Zealand Journal of Geology and Geophysics 44(2): p. 243-269. DOI: 10.1080/00288306.2001.9514937. Institute of Geological & Nuclear Sciences contribution 1964 p. 243-269

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