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Kelvin Berryman

Kelvin Berryman

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Earth Science

D-Index
55
Citations
9660
World Ranking
2587
National Ranking
16

Overview

Kelvin Berryman is affiliated with GNS Science in New Zealand and works primarily in Earth and Planetary Sciences with a focus on Geophysics. Their work encompasses earthquake and tectonic studies, geological and geochemical analysis, geology and paleoclimatology research, as well as infrastructure resilience and disaster management.

Their recent publications include:

  • Spatiotemporal clustering of great earthquakes on a transform fault controlled by geometry, 2021, Nature Geoscience
  • Marine Terraces Reveal Complex Near-Shore Upper-Plate Faulting in the Northern Hikurangi Margin, New Zealand, 2020, Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America
  • Volcano-tectonic interactions at the southern margin of the Okataina Volcanic Centre, Taupō Volcanic Zone, New Zealand, 2022, Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research
  • Fault ruptures triggered by large rhyolitic eruptions at the boundary between tectonic and magmatic rift segments: The Manawahe Fault, Taupō Rift, New Zealand, 2022, Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research
  • Improving Wellington region's resilience through integrated infrastructure resilience investments, 2021, Bulletin of the New Zealand Society for Earthquake Engineering

Berryman frequently collaborates with other researchers including Kate Clark, Pilar Villamor, Brent V. Alloway, Jamie Howarth, and Ursula Cochran. These collaborations underline a collective approach in studying geological and tectonic phenomena.

The venues where Berryman's research is often published include:

  • Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research
  • Nature Geoscience
  • Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America
  • Bulletin of the New Zealand Society for Earthquake Engineering
  • Earth Surface Processes and Landforms

The scientist's research addresses several core topics:

  • Earthquake and tectonic studies
  • Geological and geochemical analysis
  • Geology and paleoclimatology research
  • Geological formations and processes
  • High-pressure geophysics and materials
  • Infrastructure resilience and vulnerability analysis
  • Disaster management and resilience

Berryman's work intersects multiple subfields such as geophysics, atmospheric science, earth-surface processes, civil and structural engineering, and sociology and political science. This multidisciplinary approach supports a comprehensive understanding of natural hazards and their societal impacts.

Best Publications

  • National Seismic Hazard Model for New Zealand: 2010 Update

    Mark Stirling;Graeme McVerry;Matthew Gerstenberger;Nicola Litchfield

  • A New Seismic Hazard Model for New Zealand

    Mark W. Stirling;Graeme H. Mc Verry;Kelvin R. Berryman

  • The New Zealand Active Faults Database

    RM Langridge;WF Ries;NJ Litchfield;P Villamor

  • Major Earthquakes Occur Regularly on an Isolated Plate Boundary Fault

    Kelvin R. Berryman;Ursula A. Cochran;Kate J. Clark;Glenn P. Biasi

  • Comparison of Earthquake Scaling Relations Derived from Data of the Instrumental and Preinstrumental Era

    Mark Stirling;David Rhoades;Kelvin Berryman

  • Balancing the plate motion budget in the South Island, New Zealand using GPS, geological and seismological data

    Laura M. Wallace;John Beavan;Robert McCaffrey;Kelvin Berryman

  • A late Quaternary extension rate in the Taupo Volcanic Zone, New Zealand, derived from fault slip data

    Pilar Villamor;Kelvin Berryman

  • Selection of Earthquake Scaling Relationships for Seismic‐Hazard Analysis

    Mark Stirling;Tatiana Goded;Kelvin Berryman;Nicola Litchfield

  • 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

  • A model of active faulting in New Zealand

    NJ Litchfield;R Van Dissen;R Sutherland;PM Barnes

  • Highly variable coastal deformation in the 2016 MW7.8 Kaikōura earthquake reflects rupture complexity along a transpressional plate boundary

    K.J. Clark;E.K. Nissen;J.D. Howarth;I.J. Hamling

  • Growth of a normal fault by the accumulation of slip over millions of years

    Andrew Nicol;Andrew Nicol;John Walsh;Kelvin Berryman;Scott Nodder

  • Surface Rupture of Multiple Crustal Faults in the 2016 Mw 7.8 Kaikōura, New Zealand, Earthquake

    Nicola J. Litchfield;Pilar Villamor;Russ J. Van Dissen;Andrew Nicol

  • Surface rupture earthquakes over the last ∼1000 years in the Wellington region, New Zealand, and implications for ground shaking hazard

    Russ J. Van Dissen;Kelvin R. Berryman

  • Quaternary slip rate and geomorphology of the Alpine fault: Implications for kinematics and seismic hazard in southwest New Zealand

    Rupert Sutherland;Kelvin Berryman;Richard Norris

  • Geological investigations of the 1987 Edgecumbe earthquake, New Zealand

    Sarah Beanland;Kelvin R. Berryman;Graeme H. Blick

  • Holocene paleoseismicity in the fold and thrust belt of the Hikurangi subduction zone, eastern North Island, New Zealand

    K.R. Berryman;Y. Ota;A.G. Hull

  • Tectonic and paleoclimatic significance of Quaternary river terraces of the Waipaoa river, east coast, North Island, New Zealand

    Kelvin Berryman;Michael Marden;Dennis Eden;Colin Mazengarb

  • Strain Partitioning between structural domains in the forearc of the Hikurangi Subduction Zone, New Zealand

    Susan M. Cashman;Harvey M. Kelsey;Craig F. Erdman;Huntly N. C. Cutten

  • A model of active faulting in New Zealand: fault parameter descriptions

    Geoffroy Lamarche;NJ Litchfield;R van Dissen;R Sutherland

Frequent Co-Authors

Pilar Villamor
Pilar Villamor GNS Science
Mark W. Stirling
Mark W. Stirling University of Otago
Andrew Nicol
Andrew Nicol University of Canterbury
R. Van Dissen
R. Van Dissen GNS Science
Laura M. Wallace
Laura M. Wallace The University of Texas at Austin
Timothy A. Little
Timothy A. Little Victoria University of Wellington
Rupert Sutherland
Rupert Sutherland Victoria University of Wellington
Jarg R. Pettinga
Jarg R. Pettinga University of Canterbury
Michael Marden
Michael Marden Landcare Research

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