Staff profiles
Susan EllisPrincipal Scientist, Geodynamic Modeller
Qualifications
- BSc
- PhD, Geological Oceanography
Areas of expertise
- Geophysics: Geodetic data analysis
- Geophysics: Crustal deformation and neotectonics
- Geophysics: Modelling
- Geophysics: Geodynamics
- Geophysics: Finite element analysis
- Geophysics: Code development
Major Publications
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- New Zealand Fault-Rupture Depth Model v1.0 : a provisional estimate of the maximum depth of seismic rupture on New Zealands active faults, Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America 114(1): p. 78-94. DOI: 10.1785/0120230166. p. 78-94
- Structure and topology of a brittle-ductile fault swarm at Crawford Knob, Franz Josef, New Zealand, New Zealand Journal of Geology and Geophysics 67(2): p. 230-251. DOI: 10.1080/00288306.2023.2203505. p. 230-251
- A source-to-surface model of heat and fluid transport in the Taupo Rift, New Zealand, Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research 446: 13 p.. DOI: 10.1016/j.jvolgeores.2023.107995. 13 p.
- Slip and stress in block-in-matrix shear zones. 2, Numerical modelling of a serpentine-filled dilational jog, Journal of Structural Geology 187: article 105238. DOI: 10.1016/j.jsg.2024.105238. article 105238
- 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
- Sounding out the nest : unobtrusive localisation of North Island brown kiwi (Apteryx mantelli) incubation burrows, New Zealand Journal of Ecology 46(1): article 3463. DOI: 10.20417/nzjecol.46.19. article 3463
- Fluid flowrates and compositions and water-rock interaction in the Hikurangi margin forearc, New Zealand, Chemical Geology 614: article 121169. DOI: 10.1016/j.chemgeo.2022.121169. article 121169
- Lithospheric strength and stress revisited : pruning the Christmas tree, Earth and Planetary Science Letters 595: article 117771. DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2022.117771. article 117771
- Volcanic unrest at Taupo volcano in 2019 : causes, mechanisms and implications, Geochemistry Geophysics Geosystems 22: e2021GC009803. DOI: 10.1029/2021GC009803. e2021GC009803
- Heterogeneous material properties as inferred from seismic attenuation - influenced multiple fault rupture and ductile creep of the Kaikoura Mw 7.8 earthquake, New Zealand, Geophysical Journal International 227(2): p. 1204-1227. DOI: 10.1093/gji/ggab272. p. 1204-1227
- Coupled evolution of deformation, pore fluid pressure, and fluid flow in shallow subduction forearcs, Journal of Geophysical Research. Solid Earth 125(3): e2019JB019101. DOI: 10.1029/2019JB019101. e2019JB019101
- Mechanical implications of creep and partial coupling on the world's fastest slipping low-angle normal fault in southeastern Papua New Guinea, Journal of Geophysical Research. Solid Earth 125(10): e2020JB020117. DOI: 10.1029/2020JB020117. e2020JB020117
- Mechanical and hydrological effects of seamount subduction on megathrust stress and slip, Nature Geoscience 13: p. 249-255. DOI: 10.1038/s41561-020-0542-0. p. 249-255
- Tectonic inheritance following failed continental subduction : a model for core complex formation in cold, strong lithosphere, Tectonics 38(5): p. 1742-1763. DOI: 10.1029/2018TC005383. p. 1742-1763
- The contemporary force balance in a wide accretionary wedge : numerical models of the southcentral Hikurangi margin of New Zealand, Geophysical Journal International 219: p. 776-795. DOI: 10.1093/gji/ggz317. p. 776-795
- Evolution of a rapidly slipping, active low-angle normal fault, Suckling-Dayman metamorphic core complex, SE Papua New Guinea, Geological Society of America Bulletin 131(7/8): p. 1333-1363. DOI: 10.1130/B35051.1. p. 1333-1363
- Strength of strained two-phase mixtures : application to rapid creep and stress amplification in subduction zone melange, Geophysical Research Letters 46(1): p. 169-178. DOI: 10.1029/2018GL081252. p. 169-178
- Fracture and weakening of jammed subduction shear zones, leading to the generation of slow slip events, Geochemistry Geophysics Geosystems 20(11): p. 4869-4884. DOI: 10.1029/2019GC008481. p. 4869-4884
- "Virtual shear box" experiments of stress and slip cycling within a subduction interface melange, Earth and Planetary Science Letters 488: p. 27-35. DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2018.01.035. p. 27-35
- Triggered slow slip and afterslip on the southern Hikurangi subduction zone following the Kaikoura earthquake, Geophysical Research Letters 45(10): p. 4710-4718. DOI: 10.1002/2018GL077385. p. 4710-4718
- The role of protothrusts in frontal accretion and accommodation of plate convergence, Hikurangi subduction margin, New Zealand, Geosphere 14(2): p. 440-468. DOI: 10.1130/GES01552.1. p. 440-468
- 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
- Detecting hazardous New Zealand faults at depth using seismic velocity gradients, Earth and Planetary Science Letters 463: p. 333-343. DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2017.01.038. p. 333-343
- 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
- New Zealand GPS velocity field : 1995-2013, New Zealand Journal of Geology and Geophysics 59(1): p. 5-14. DOI: 10.1080/00288306.2015.1112817. p. 5-14