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Donna Eberhart-Phillips

Donna Eberhart-Phillips

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Earth Science
New Zealand
2022

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Earth Science

D-Index
54
Citations
13089
World Ranking
2654
National Ranking
18

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2022 - Research.com Earth Science in New Zealand Leader Award
  • 2018 - Fellow of American Geophysical Union (AGU)
  • 2011 - Fellow of the Royal Society of New Zealand

Overview

Donna Eberhart-Phillips is affiliated with GNS Science in New Zealand and has contributed extensively to the field of Earth and Planetary Sciences, with a particular focus on Geophysics. Their research encompasses a variety of specialized topics, including seismic waves and analysis, earthquake and tectonic studies, seismic imaging and inversion techniques, and high-pressure geophysics and materials. Additional areas of study include geological and geochemical analysis as well as oceanography and global and planetary change.

Their frequent coauthors include Martin Reyners, Stephen Bannister, Susan Ellis, Sandra Bourguignon, and C. H. Thurber. These collaborations have resulted in numerous publications across several respected venues, with notable recurring journals such as Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research), the Journal of Geophysical Research Solid Earth, the Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America, Geophysical Journal International, and the New Zealand Journal of Geology and Geophysics.

Recent publications include:

  • "A Geology and Geodesy Based Model of Dynamic Earthquake Rupture on the Rodgers Creek-Hayward-Calaveras Fault System, California," 2021, Journal of Geophysical Research Solid Earth
  • "3D Seismic Velocity Models for Alaska from Joint Tomographic Inversion of Body-Wave and Surface-Wave Data," 2020, Seismological Research Letters
  • "New Zealand Wide model 2.2 seismic velocity and Qs and Qp models for New Zealand," 2020, OPAL (Open@LaTrobe) (La Trobe University)
  • "New Zealand Fault-Rupture Depth Model v.1.0: A Provisional Estimate of the Maximum Depth of Seismic Rupture on New Zealand's Active Faults," 2023, Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America
  • "The Influence of Basement Terranes on Tectonic Deformation: Joint Earthquake Travel-Time and Ambient Noise Tomography of the Southern South Island, New Zealand," 2022, Tectonics

Their work primarily spans Earth and Planetary Sciences with a concentration on subfields such as Geophysics and Artificial Intelligence. The integration of advanced techniques in seismic imaging and tomography reflects an interdisciplinary approach that supports earthquake and tectonic studies within New Zealand and other regions.

Donna Eberhart-Phillips has also been recognized by professional societies. They are a Fellow of the American Geophysical Union since 2018 and a Fellow of the Royal Society of New Zealand since 2011.

Best Publications

  • Initial reference models in local earthquake tomography

    E. Kissling;W. L. Ellsworth;D. Eberhart-Phillips;U. Kradolfer

  • Empirical relationships among seismic velocity, effective pressure, porosity, and clay content in sandstone

    D. Eberhart-Phillips;D. H. Han;M. D. Zoback

  • Three-dimensional velocity structure in northern California Coast Ranges from inversion of local earthquake arrival times

    Donna Eberhart-Phillips

  • Near-Field Investigations of the Landers Earthquake Sequence, April to July 1992

    Kerry Sieh;Lucile M Jones;Egill Hauksson;Kenneth W Hudnut

  • The 2002 Denali fault earthquake, Alaska: a large magnitude, slip-partitioned event.

    Donna Eberhart-Phillips;Peter J Haeussler;Jeffrey T Freymueller;Arthur D Frankel

  • Local earthquake tomography with flexible gridding

    Clifford Thurber;Donna Eberhart-Phillips

  • Imaging the transition from Aleutian subduction to Yakutat collision in central Alaska, with local earthquakes and active source data

    Donna Eberhart-Phillips;Donna Eberhart-Phillips;Douglas H. Christensen;Thomas M. Brocher;Roger Hansen

  • User's manual for SIMULPS12 for imaging vp and vp/vs; a derivative of the "Thurber" tomographic inversion SIMUL3 for local earthquakes and explosions

    J.R. Evans;Donna Eberhart-Phillips;C.H. Thurber

  • Three-dimensional velocity structure, seismicity, and fault structure in the Parkfield Region, central California

    Donna Eberhart-Phillips;Andrew J. Michael

  • Three‐dimensional P and S velocity structure in the Coalinga Region, California

    Donna Eberhart-Phillips

  • The 1992 Landers Earthquake Sequence: Seismological observations

    Egill Hauksson;Lucile M. Jones;Kate Hutton;Donna Eberhart-Phillips

  • Three-Dimensional Compressional Wavespeed Model, Earthquake Relocations, and Focal Mechanisms for the Parkfield, California, Region

    Clifford Thurber;Haijiang Zhang;Felix Waldhauser;Jeanne Hardebeck

  • Imaging subduction from the trench to 300 km depth beneath the central North Island, New Zealand, with Vp and Vp/Vs

    Martin Reyners;Donna Eberhart-Phillips;Graham Stuart;Yuichi Nishimura

  • Characterizing the seismogenic zone of a major plate boundary subduction thrust: Hikurangi Margin, New Zealand

    Laura M. Wallace;Martin Reyners;Ursula Cochran;Stephen Bannister

  • Do great earthquakes occur on the Alpine fault in central South Island, New Zealand?

    R. Sutherland;D. Eberhart‐Phillips;R. A. Harris;T. Stern

  • Revised Interface Geometry for the Hikurangi Subduction Zone, New Zealand

    Charles A. Williams;Donna Eberhart‐Phillips;Stephen Bannister;Daniel H. N. Barker

  • Surface seismic and electrical methods to detect fluids related to faulting

    Donna Eberhart-Phillips;William D. Stanley;Brian D. Rodriguez;William J. Lutter

  • Continental subduction and three-dimensional crustal structure: The northern South Island, New Zealand

    Donna Eberhart-Phillips;Martin Reyners

  • Relations Among Fault Behavior, Subsurface Geology, and Three-Dimensional Velocity Models

    Andrew J. Michael;Donna Eberhart-Phillips

  • Three-dimensional attenuation model of the shallow Hikurangi subduction zone in the Raukumara Peninsula, New Zealand

    Donna Eberhart-Phillips;Mark Chadwick

  • Imaging the Transition From Aleutian Subduction to Yakutat Collision in Central Alaska, With Local Earthquakes and Active Source Data

    D. Eberhart-Phillips;D. H. Christensen;T. M. Brocher;U. Dutta

Frequent Co-Authors

Martin Reyners
Martin Reyners GNS Science
Susan Ellis
Susan Ellis GNS Science
Clifford H. Thurber
Clifford H. Thurber University of Wisconsin–Madison
Tim Stern
Tim Stern Victoria University of Wellington
Stuart Henrys
Stuart Henrys University of Auckland
Fred Davey
Fred Davey GNS Science
Andrew J. Michael
Andrew J. Michael United States Geological Survey
John Beavan
John Beavan GNS Science
Graham Stuart
Graham Stuart University of Leeds

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