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Susan Ellis
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Full Name: Susan Ellis
Position: Crustal Dynamics Geophysicist
Contact details
Email: s.ellis
Phone: +64-4-570 4730
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Qualifications
1989: BSc (Hons); 1995: PhD, Geological Oceanography Areas of expertise
Geophysics: Geodetic data analysis
Geophysics: Modelling
Geophysics: finite element analysis
Geophysics: geodynamics
Professional activities
American Geophysical Union: Member
Major publications
Fagereng, A.; Ellis, S.M. 2009 On factors controlling the depth of interseismic coupling on the Hikurangi subduction interface, New Zealand. Earth and planetary science letters, 278(1/2): 120-130; doi:10.1016/j.epsl.2008.11.033 [link to electronic copy]
Kissling, W.; Ellis, S.M.; Charpentier, F.; Bibby, H.M. 2009 Convective flows in a TVZ-like setting with a brittle/ductile transition. Transport in porous media, 77(2): 335-355; doi:10.1007/s11242-008-9328-3
Wallace, L.M.; Ellis, S.M.; Mann, P. 2009 Collisional model for rapid fore-arc block rotations, arc curvature, and episodic back-arc rifting in subduction settings. Geochemistry geophysics geosystems, 10(5): Q05001, doi:10.1029/2008GC002220 [link to electronic copy]
Wallace, L.M.; Ellis, S.M.; Miyao, K.; Miura, S.; Beavan, R.J.; Goto, J. 2009 Enigmatic, highly active left-lateral shear zone in southwest Japan explained by aseismic ridge collision. Geology, 37(2): 143-146; doi: 10.1130/G25221A.1 [link to electronic copy]
Beavan, R.J.; Ellis, S.M.; Wallace, L.M.; Denys, P. 2007 Kinematic constraints from GPS on oblique convergence of the Pacific and Australian Plates, central South Island, New Zealand. p. 75-94 IN: Okaya, D.A.; Stern, T.A.; Davey, F.J. (eds) A continental plate boundary : tectonics at South Island, New Zealand. Washington, DC: American Geophysical Union. Geophysical monograph 175.
Ellis, S.M.; Wilson, C.J.N.; Bannister, S.C.; Bibby, H.M.; Heise, W.; Wallace, L.M.; Patterson, N.G. 2007 A future magma inflation event under the rhyolitic Taupo volcano, New Zealand : numerical models based on constraints from geochemical, geological, and geophysical data. Journal of volcanology and geothermal research, 168(1-4): 1-27; doi:10.1016/j.jvolgeores.2007.06.004 [link to electronic copy]
Litchfield, N.J.; Ellis, S.M.; Berryman, K.R.; Nicol, A. 2007 Insights into subduction-related uplift along the Hikurangi Margin, New Zealand, using numerical modeling. Journal of geophysical research. Earth surface, 112(F2): F02021, doi:10.1029/2006JF000535 [link to electronic copy]
Savage, M.K.; Tommasi, A.; Ellis, S.M.; Chery, J. 2007 Modeling strain and anisotropy along the Alpine Fault, South Island, New Zealand. p. 289-305 IN: Okaya, D.A.; Stern, T.A.; Davey, F.J. (eds) A continental plate boundary : tectonics at South Island, New Zealand. Washington, DC: American Geophysical Union. Geophysical monograph 175.
Sutherland, R.; Eberhart-Phillips, D.; Harris, R.A.; Stern, T.A.; Beavan, R.J.; Ellis, S.M.; Henrys, S.A.; Cox, S.C.; Norris, R.J.; Berryman, K.R.; Townend, J.; Bannister, S.C.; Pettinga, J.; Leitner, B.; Wallace, L.M.; Little, T.A.; Cooper, A.F.; Yetton, M.; Stirling, M.W. 2007 Do great earthquakes occur on the Alpine Fault in central South Island, New Zealand? p. 235-251 IN: Okaya, D.A.; Stern, T.A.; Davey, F.J. (eds) A continental plate boundary : tectonics at South Island, New Zealand. Washington, DC: American Geophysical Union. Geophysical monograph 175.
Beaumont, C.; Nguyen, M.H.; Jamieson, R.A.; Ellis, S.M. 2006 Crustal flow modes in large hot orogens. Geological Society special publication, 268: 91-145
Buiter, S.J.H.; Babeyko, A.Y.; Ellis, S.M.; Gerya, T.V.; Kaus, B.J.P.; Kellner, A.; Schreurs, G.; Yamada, Y. 2006 The numerical sandbox : comparison of model results for a shortening and an extension experiment. p. 29-64 IN: Buiter, S.J.H.; Schreurs, G. (eds) Analogue and numerical modelling of crustal-scale processes. London: Geological Society of London. Geological Society special publication 253.
Ellis, S.M.; Beavan, R.J.; Eberhart-Phillips, D. 2006 Bounds on the width of mantle lithosphere flow derived from surface geodetic measurements : application to the central Southern Alps, New Zealand. Geophysical journal international, 166(1): 403-417 [link to electronic copy]
Ellis, S.M.; Beavan, R.J.; Eberhart-Phillips, D.; Stoeckhert, B. 2006 Simplified models of the Alpine Fault seismic cycle : stress transfer in the mid-crust. Geophysical journal international, 166(1): 386-402 [link to electronic copy]
Pecher, I.A.; Henrys, S.A.; Ellis, S.M.; Chiswell, S.M.; Kukowski, N. 2005 Erosion of the seafloor at the top of the gas hydrate stability zone on the Hikurangi Margin, New Zealand. Geophysical research letters, 32(24): doi:10.1029/2005GL024687 [link to electronic copy]
Wallace, L.M.; McCaffrey, R.; Beavan, R.J.; Ellis, S.M. 2005 Rapid microplate rotations and backarc rifting at the transition between collision and subduction. Geology, 33(11): 857-860 [link to electronic copy]
Ellis, S.M.; Schreurs, G.; Panien, M. 2004 Comparisons between analogue and numerical models of thrust wedge development. Journal of structural geology, 26(9): 1659-1675 [link to electronic copy]
Ellis, S.M.; Stoeckhert, B. 2004 Elevated stresses and creep rates beneath the brittle-ductile transition caused by seismic faulting in the upper crust. Journal of geophysical research. Solid earth, 109(B5): B05407, doi:10.1029/2003JB002744 [link to electronic copy]
Ellis, S.M.; Stoeckhert, B. 2004 Imposed strain localization in the lower crust on seismic timescales. Earth, planets and space, 56(12): 1103-1109 [link to electronic copy]
Henrys, S.A.; Ellis, S.M.; Uruski, C.I. 2003 Conductive heat flow variations from bottom-simulating reflectors on the Hikurangi margin, New Zealand. Geophysical research letters, 30(2): 1065, doi:1029/2002GL015772
Wissing, S.B.; Ellis, S.M.; Pfiffner, O.A. 2003 Numerical models of Alpine-type cover nappes. Tectonophysics, 367(3/4): 145-172
Ellis, S.; Wissing, S.; Pfiffner, A. 2001 Strain localization as a key to reconciling experimentally derived flow-law data with dynamic models of continental collision. International journal of earth sciences, 90(1): 168-180
Pfiffner, O.A.; Ellis, S.; Beaumont, C. 2000 Collision tectonics in the Swiss Alps : insight from geodynamic modeling. Tectonics, 19(6): 1065-1094
Beaumont, C.; Ellis, S.; Pfiffner, A. 1999 Dynamics of sediment subduction-accretion at convergent margins : short-term modes, long-term deformation, and tectonic implications. Journal of geophysical research. Solid earth, 104(B8): 17573-17601
Ellis, S.; Beaumont, C. 1999 Models of convergent boundary tectonics : implications for the interpretation of lithoprobe data. Canadian journal of earth sciences, 36(10): 1711-1741
Ellis, S.; Beaumont, C.; Pfiffner, O.A. 1999 Geodynamic models of crustal-scale episodic tectonic accretion and underplating in subduction zones. Journal of geophysical research. Solid earth, 104(B7): 15169-15190
Ellis, S.; Beaumont, C.; Jamieson, R.A.; Quinland, G. 1998 Continental collision including a weak zone : the vise model and its application to the Newfoundland Applachians. Canadian journal of earth sciences, 35(11): 1323-1346
Beaumont, C.; Ellis, S.; Hamilton, J.; Fullsack, P. 1996 Mechanical model for subduction-collision tectonics of alpine-type compressional orogens. Geology, 24(8): 675-678
Ellis, S. 1996 Forces driving continental collision : reconciling indentation and mantle subduction tectonics. Geology, 24(8): 699-702
Ellis, S.; Fullsack, P.; Beumont, C. 1995 Oblique convergence of the crust driven by basal forcing: implications for length-scales of deformation and strain partitioning in orogens. Geophysical journal international, 120(1): 24-44
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