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Nicola Litchfield

Nicola Litchfield

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Earth Science

D-Index
37
Citations
6734
World Ranking
6740
National Ranking
73

Overview

Nicola Litchfield is affiliated with GNS Science in New Zealand and specializes in Earth and Planetary Sciences. Their research focuses primarily on geophysics, with notable work in earthquake and tectonic studies, geological and geochemical analysis, and earth-surface processes.

Their recent publications span several prominent journals and cover topics related to seismic hazard modeling, landslide volume estimation, and seismic activity rates. Key papers include:

  • "The New Zealand Community Fault Model - version 1.0: an improved geological foundation for seismic hazard modelling" (2023), New Zealand Journal of Geology and Geophysics
  • "Volume Characteristics of Landslides Triggered by the MW 7.8 2016 Kaikōura Earthquake, New Zealand, Derived From Digital Surface Difference Modeling" (2020), Journal of Geophysical Research Earth Surface
  • "The 2022 Aotearoa New Zealand National Seismic Hazard Model: Process, Overview, and Results" (2023), Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America
  • "Rockfall Activity Rates Before, During and After the 2010/2011 Canterbury Earthquake Sequence" (2022), Journal of Geophysical Research Earth Surface
  • "The Seismicity Rate Model for the 2022 Aotearoa New Zealand National Seismic Hazard Model" (2024), Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America

Nicola Litchfield frequently collaborates with several coauthors, including Russ Van Dissen, Kate Clark, Robert Langridge, Pilar Villamor, and Mark Stirling. These collaborations have contributed to advancing knowledge in seismic hazard and tectonic research in New Zealand.

The most frequent venues for their research publications include:

  • New Zealand Journal of Geology and Geophysics
  • Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America
  • Journal of Geophysical Research Earth Surface
  • Seismological Research Letters
  • Earth Surface Processes and Landforms

Their work covers a range of scientific topics relevant to geophysics and seismic studies, among them:

  • Earthquake and tectonic studies
  • Geological and geochemical analysis
  • Geology and paleoclimatology research
  • Seismic waves and analysis
  • Landslides and related hazards
  • High-pressure geophysics and materials
  • Seismic performance and analysis

Subfields within their research include atmospheric science, management, monitoring, policy and law aspects of geosciences, civil and structural engineering considerations, as well as earth-surface processes. Their broad scope integrates multiple dimensions of earth sciences to address seismic hazard models and natural hazard impacts.

Best Publications

  • Complex multifault rupture during the 2016 Mw 7.8 Kaikōura earthquake, New Zealand

    Ian J. Hamling;Sigrún Hreinsdóttir;Kate Clark;John Elliott

  • National Seismic Hazard Model for New Zealand: 2010 Update

    Mark Stirling;Graeme McVerry;Matthew Gerstenberger;Nicola Litchfield

  • Towards a climate event stratigraphy for New Zealand over the past 30 000 years (NZ‐INTIMATE project)

    Brent V. Alloway;David J. Lowe;David J.A. Barrell;Rewi M. Newnham

  • The New Zealand Active Faults Database

    RM Langridge;WF Ries;NJ Litchfield;P Villamor

  • The kinematics of a transition from subduction to strike‐slip: An example from the central New Zealand plate boundary

    Laura Wallace;P. Barnes;J. Beavan;R. Van Dissen

  • 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

  • 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

  • The 2016 Kaikōura, New Zealand, Earthquake: Preliminary Seismological Report

    A. Kaiser;N. Balfour;B. Fry;C. Holden

  • 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

  • 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

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

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

  • Correlation of fluvial terraces within the Hikurangi Margin, New Zealand: implications for climate and baselevel controls

    Nicola J. Litchfield;Kelvin R. Berryman

  • Seismic hazard of the Canterbury region, New Zealand:

    Mark Stirling;Matthew Gerstenberger;Nicola Litchfield;Graeme McVerry

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

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

  • The Mw7.8 2016 Kaikōura earthquake

    Mark W. Stirling;N. J. Litchfield;Pilar Villamor;Russ J. Van Dissen

  • Relations between postglacial fluvial incision rates and uplift rates in the North Island, New Zealand

    Nicola Litchfield;Kelvin Berryman

  • The New Zealand Community Fault Model – version 1.0: an improved geological foundation for seismic hazard modelling

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  • Geological evidence for past large earthquakes and tsunamis along the Hikurangi subduction margin, New Zealand

    Kate Clark;Jamie Howarth;Nicola Litchfield;Ursula Cochran

  • Insights into subduction‐related uplift along the Hikurangi Margin, New Zealand, using numerical modeling

    Nicola Litchfield;Susan Ellis;Kelvin Berryman;Andrew Nicol

  • 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
Kelvin Berryman
Kelvin Berryman GNS Science
Mark W. Stirling
Mark W. Stirling University of Otago
R. Van Dissen
R. Van Dissen GNS Science
Timothy A. Little
Timothy A. Little Victoria University of Wellington
Andrew Nicol
Andrew Nicol University of Canterbury
Laura M. Wallace
Laura M. Wallace The University of Texas at Austin
Philip M. Barnes
Philip M. Barnes National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research
David A. Rhoades
David A. Rhoades GNS Science
Mark Quigley
Mark Quigley University of Melbourne

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