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Overview

Mark Quigley is a researcher affiliated with the University of Melbourne in Australia, specializing in Earth and Planetary Sciences, with a strong focus on geophysics. Their work spans several subfields including Civil and Structural Engineering, Sociology and Political Science, Atmospheric Science, and aspects of Management, Monitoring, Policy, and Law.

Their research concentrates on earthquake and tectonic studies, geological and geochemical analysis, and seismic waves and analysis. Additional areas of interest include geology and paleoclimatology research, landslides and related hazards, high-pressure geophysics and materials, and disaster management and resilience.

Frequent co-authors in their research include Brendan Duffy, Haibin Yang, Dan Clark, Tamarah King, and Robert Langridge.

Mark Quigley has published multiple papers across several venues. Notable publication venues with recurring contributions are Environment Systems & Decisions, Geosciences, Earth Surface Processes and Landforms, Tectonophysics, and the Journal of Geophysical Research Solid Earth.

Representative recent papers by Mark Quigley include:

  • A multi-hazards earth science perspective on the COVID-19 pandemic: the potential for concurrent and cascading crises, 2020, Environment Systems & Decisions
  • Effects of Earthquakes on Flood Hazards: A Case Study From Christchurch, New Zealand, 2020, Geosciences

Other relevant papers from Quigley's network of research collaborators (not authored by Quigley but indicating research context) include:

  • Surface slip distributions and geometric complexity of intraplate reverse-faulting earthquakes, 2021, Geological Society of America Bulletin
  • New developments in onshore paleoseismic methods, and their impact on Quaternary tectonic studies, 2023, Quaternary International
  • Rupture Characteristics and Bedrock Structural Control of the 2016 Mw 6.0 Intraplate Earthquake in the Petermann Ranges, Australia, 2020, Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America

Best Publications

  • Surface rupture during the 2010 Mw 7.1 Darfield (Canterbury) earthquake: Implications for fault rupture dynamics and seismic-hazard analysis

    M. Quigley;R. Van Dissen;N. Litchfield;P. Villamor

  • Recurrent liquefaction in Christchurch, New Zealand, during the Canterbury earthquake sequence

    Mark C. Quigley;Sarah Bastin;Brendon A. Bradley

  • Present-day stresses, seismicity and Neogene-to-Recent tectonics of Australia’s ‘passive’ margins: intraplate deformation controlled by plate boundary forces

    Richard R. Hillis;Mike Sandiford;Scott D. Reynolds;Scott D. Reynolds;Mark C. Quigley

  • Geotechnical reconnaissance of the 2010 Darfield (New Zealand) earthquake

    M. Cubrinovski;R. Green;J. Allen;S. Ashford

  • The 2010–2011 Canterbury Earthquake Sequence: Environmental effects, seismic triggering thresholds and geologic legacy

    Mark C. Quigley;Mark C. Quigley;Matthew W. Hughes;Brendon A. Bradley;Sjoerd van Ballegooy

  • Tectonic geomorphology of Australia

    Mark C. Quigley;Dan Clark;Mike Sandiford

  • Geotechnical reconnaissance of the 2010 Darfield (Canterbury) earthquake

    Misko Cubrinovski;Russell A. Green;John Allen;Scott Ashford

  • Quaternary faults of south-central Australia: Palaeoseismicity, slip rates and origin

    M. C. Quigley;M. L. Cupper;M. Sandiford

  • Modes of active intraplate deformation, Flinders Ranges, Australia

    Julien Célérier;Julien Célérier;Mike Sandiford;David Lundbek Hansen;David Lundbek Hansen;Mark Quigley

  • Ground Motion and Seismic Source Aspects of the Canterbury Earthquake Sequence

    Brendon A. Bradley;Mark C. Quigley;Russ J. Van Dissen;Nicola J. Litchfield

  • U-Pb SHRIMP zircon geochronology and T- t- d history of the Kampa Dome, southern Tibet

    M. Quigley;Y. Liangjun;Courtney Gregory;A. Corvino

  • A multi-hazards earth science perspective on the COVID-19 pandemic: the potential for concurrent and cascading crises.

    Mark C Quigley;Mark C Quigley;Januka Attanayake;Andrew King;Fabian Prideaux

  • SURFACE RUPTURE OF THE GREENDALE FAULT DURING THE DARFIELD (CANTERBURY) EARTHQUAKE, NEW ZEALAND: INITIAL FINDINGS

    M. Quigley;R. Van Dissen;P. Villamor;N. Litchfield

  • Distinguishing tectonic from climatic controls on range-front sedimentation

    M. C. Quigley;M. Sandiford;M. L. Cupper

  • The sinking city: Earthquakes increase flood hazard in Christchurch, New Zealand

    MW Hughes;MC Quigley;S Van Ballegooy;BL Deam

  • Neogene structural evolution of the Sierra San Felipe, Baja California: Evidence for proto-gulf transtension in the Gulf Extensional Province?

    Christian Seiler;John M. Fletcher;Mark C. Quigley;Andrew J.W. Gleadow

  • Bedrock erosion and relief production in the northern Flinders Ranges, Australia

    Mark Quigley;Michael. A Sandiford;L Keith Fifield;Abaz Alimanovic

  • Paleoseismology of the 2010 Mw 7.1 Darfield (Canterbury) earthquake source, Greendale Fault, New Zealand

    S. Hornblow;M. Quigley;A. Nicol;R. Van Dissen

  • Fault kinematics and surface deformation across a releasing bend during the 2010 MW 7.1 Darfield, New Zealand, earthquake revealed by differential LiDAR and cadastral surveying

    Brendan Duffy;Mark Quigley;David J.A. Barrell;Russ Van Dissen

  • 40Ar/39Ar thermochronology of the Kampa Dome, southern Tibet: Implications for tectonic evolution of the North Himalayan gneiss domes

    Mark Quigley;Yu Liangjun;Liu Xiaohan;Christopher J.L. Wilson

Frequent Co-Authors

Mike Sandiford
Mike Sandiford University of Melbourne
Brendon A. Bradley
Brendon A. Bradley University of Canterbury
Pilar Villamor
Pilar Villamor GNS Science
R. Van Dissen
R. Van Dissen GNS Science
Christopher J. White
Christopher J. White University of Queensland
Kevin P. Furlong
Kevin P. Furlong Pennsylvania State University
Russell A. Green
Russell A. Green Virginia Tech
L. Keith Fifield
L. Keith Fifield Australian National University
Jarg R. Pettinga
Jarg R. Pettinga University of Canterbury

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