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R. Van Dissen

R. Van Dissen

D-Index & Metrics

Earth Science

D-Index
43
Citations
6891
World Ranking
4979
National Ranking
48

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

  • 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

  • A model of active faulting in New Zealand

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

  • Hope fault, Jordan thrust, and uplift of the Seaward Kaikoura Range, New Zealand

    Russell Van Dissen;Robert S. Yeats

  • 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

  • Earthquake Source Identification and Characterisation for the Canterbury Region, South Island, New Zealand

    Jarg R. Pettinga;Mark D. Yetton;Russ J. Van Dissen;Gaye Downes

  • Long-term behaviour of Australian stable continental region (SCR) faults

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

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

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

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

  • Growth of contractional structures during the last 10 m.y. at the southern end of the emergent Hikurangi forearc basin, New Zealand

    Andrew Nicol;Russell VanDissen;Paul Vella;Brent Alloway

  • Tilting of active folds and faults in the Manawatu region, New Zealand: Evidence from surface drainage patterns

    James Jackson;Russ van Dissen;Kelvin Berryman

  • The Mw7.8 2016 Kaikōura earthquake

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

  • Estimates of the time‐varying hazard of rupture of the Alpine Fault, New Zealand, allowing for uncertainties

    D. A. Rhoades;R. J. Van Dissen

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

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

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

  • Late Holocene surface ruptures on the southern Wairarapa fault, New Zealand: Link between earthquakes and the uplifting of beach ridges on a rocky coast

    T.A. Little;R. Van Dissen;E. Schermer;R. Carne

Frequent Co-Authors

Pilar Villamor
Pilar Villamor GNS Science
Kelvin Berryman
Kelvin Berryman GNS Science
Timothy A. Little
Timothy A. Little Victoria University of Wellington
Andrew Nicol
Andrew Nicol University of Canterbury
Edward J. Rhodes
Edward J. Rhodes University of Sheffield
James F. Dolan
James F. Dolan University of Southern California
Mark Quigley
Mark Quigley University of Melbourne
Mark W. Stirling
Mark W. Stirling University of Otago
Geoffroy Lamarche
Geoffroy Lamarche National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research

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