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Pilar Villamor

Pilar Villamor

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Earth Science

D-Index
41
Citations
6642
World Ranking
5506
National Ranking
59

Overview

Pilar Villamor is affiliated with GNS Science in New Zealand and focuses primarily on Earth and Planetary Sciences. Within this broad field, their research spans multiple subfields including Geophysics, Artificial Intelligence, Atmospheric Science, Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law, and Geology.

The main topics of Villamor's work cover diverse aspects of earth science, notably:

  • Earthquake and tectonic studies
  • Geological and Geochemical Analysis
  • Seismic Waves and Analysis
  • High-pressure geophysics and materials
  • Geology and Paleoclimatology Research
  • Landslides and related hazards
  • Seismology and Earthquake Studies

Villamor's research output includes numerous publications in a selection of specialized venues. Venues where they have most frequently published include:

  • New Zealand Journal of Geology and Geophysics
  • Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America
  • Journal of Geophysical Research Solid Earth
  • Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research
  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)

Some recent papers include:

  • "The New Zealand Community Fault Model - version 1.0: an improved geological foundation for seismic hazard modelling" (2023), published in New Zealand Journal of Geology and Geophysics
  • "The 2022 Aotearoa New Zealand National Seismic Hazard Model: Process, Overview, and Results" (2023), published in Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America
  • "Three-Dimensional Surface Displacements During the 2016 MW 7.8 Kaikōura Earthquake (New Zealand) From Photogrammetry-Derived Point Clouds" (2020), published in Journal of Geophysical Research Solid Earth
  • "The Seismicity Rate Model for the 2022 Aotearoa New Zealand National Seismic Hazard Model" (2024), published in Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America
  • "Physics-Based Earthquake Simulations in Slow-Moving Faults: A Case Study From the Eastern Betic Shear Zone (SE Iberian Peninsula)" (2021), published in Journal of Geophysical Research Solid Earth

Throughout their career, Villamor has collaborated frequently with several researchers, including:

  • Kate Clark
  • Nicola Litchfield
  • Russ Van Dissen
  • Genevieve Coffey
  • Colin Wilson

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

  • 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

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

    Pilar Villamor;Kelvin Berryman

  • 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

  • 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

  • Normal fault interactions, paleoearthquakes and growth in an active rift

    A. Nicol;J.J. Walsh;P. Villamor;H. Seebeck

  • Volcano-tectonic interactions during rapid plate-boundary evolution in the Kyushu region, SW Japan

    S.H. Mahony;L.M. Wallace;M. Miyoshi;P. Villamor

  • Interdependence of fault displacement rates and paleoearthquakes in an active rift

    Andrew Nicol;John Walsh;Kelvin Berryman;Pilar Villamor

  • Evolution of the southern termination of the Taupo Rift, New Zealand

    P. Villamor;K. R. Berryman

  • 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

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

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  • A Worldwide and Unified Database of Surface Ruptures (SURE) for Fault Displacement Hazard Analyses

    Stephane Baize;Fiia Nurminen;Alexandra Sarmiento;Timothy Dawson

  • Structure and kinematics of the Taupo Rift, New Zealand

    Hannu Seebeck;Hannu Seebeck;Andrew Nicol;Pilar Villamor;John Ristau

  • Rapid Evolution of Subduction-Related Continental Intraarc Rifts: The Taupo Rift, New Zealand

    P. Villamor;K. R. Berryman;S. M. Ellis;G. Schreurs

  • Late Pleistocene surface rupture history of the Paeroa Fault, Taupo Rift, New Zealand

    Kelvin Berryman;Pilar Villamor;Ian Nairn;Russ van Dissen

  • Associations between volcanic eruptions from Okataina volcanic center and surface rupture of nearby active faults, Taupo rift, New Zealand: Insights into the nature of volcano-tectonic interactions

    P. Villamor;K.R. Berryman;I.A. Nairn;K. Wilson

  • Late Quaternary geometry and kinematics of faults at the southern termination of the Taupo Volcanic Zone, New Zealand

    P. Villamor;K. R. Berryman

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

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

Frequent Co-Authors

Kelvin Berryman
Kelvin Berryman GNS Science
R. Van Dissen
R. Van Dissen GNS Science
Andrew Nicol
Andrew Nicol University of Canterbury
Mark W. Stirling
Mark W. Stirling University of Otago
Timothy A. Little
Timothy A. Little Victoria University of Wellington
Joshu J. Mountjoy
Joshu J. Mountjoy National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research
Philip M. Barnes
Philip M. Barnes National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research
Mark Quigley
Mark Quigley University of Melbourne
Geoffroy Lamarche
Geoffroy Lamarche National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research

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