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Nicola Litchfield
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Full Name: Nicola Litchfield
Position: Earthquake Geologist
Contact details
Email: n.litchfield
Phone: +64-4-570 4891
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Qualifications
1993: BSc, geology; 1996: MSc(Hons) (1st class honours), geology; 2000: PhD, geology Areas of expertise
Geology: Earthquake Geology
Geology: GIS mapping
Geology: Geomorphic Hazards
Geology: Paleoseismology
Geology: Quaternary geology
Geology: tectonic geomorphology
Geomorphology: Landscape evolution
Geomorphology: fluvial terrace mapping
Professional activities
American Geophysical Union: Member
NZ Geographical Society: Member
Geoscience Society of New Zealand: Member
Major publications
Berryman, K.R.; Marden, M.; Palmer, A.; Wilson, K.J.; Mazengarb, C.; Litchfield, N.J. 2010 The post-glacial downcutting history in the Waihuka tributary of Waipaoa River, Gisborne district : implications for tectonics and landscape evolution in the Hikurangi subduction margin, New Zealand. Marine geology, 270(1-4): 55-71; doi: 10.1016/j.margeo.2009.10.001 [link to electronic copy]
Litchfield, N.J.; Van Dissen. R.J.; Hemphill-Haley, M.; Townsend, D.; Heron, D.W. 2010 Post c.300 year rupture of the Ohariu Fault in Ohariu Valley, New Zealand. New Zealand journal of geology and geophysics, 53(1): 43-56 [link to electronic copy]
Litchfield, N.J.; Wilson, K.J.; Berryman, K.R.; Wallace, L.M. 2010 Coastal uplift mechanisms at Pakarae River mouth : constraints from a combined Holocene fluvial and marine terrace dataset. Marine geology, 270(1-4): 72-83; doi: 10.1016/j.margeo.2009.10.003 [link to electronic copy]
Berryman, K.R.; Marden, M.; Palmer, A.; Litchfield, N.J. 2009 Holocene rupture of the Repongaere Fault, Gisborne : implications for Raukumara Peninsula deformation and impact on the Waipaoa Sedimentary System. New Zealand journal of geology and geophysics, 52(4): 335-347 [link to electronic copy]
Litchfield, N.J.; Ota, Y.; Merritts, D. 2009 Tectonic uplift and subsidence. p. 116-141 IN: Connor, C.B.; Chapman, N.A.; Connor, L.J. (eds) Volcanic and tectonic hazard assessment for nuclear facilities. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press
Litchfield, N.J.; Smith, W.D.; Berryman, K.R. 2009 Return times for high levels of ground-shaking (>/- MM7) in the Waipaoa and Waitaki River catchments. Lower Hutt: GNS Science. GNS Science report 2009/03. 87 p. [link to electronic copy]
Stirling, M.W.; Berryman, K.R.; Wallace, L.M.; Litchfield, N.J.; Beavan, R.J.; Smith, W.D. 2009 Multi-disciplinary probabilistic tectonic hazard analysis. p. 257-275 IN: Connor, C.B.; Chapman, N.A.; Connor, L.J. (eds) Volcanic and tectonic hazard assessment for nuclear facilities. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press
Wallace, L.M.; Reyners, M.E.; Cochran, U.A.; Bannister, S.C.; Barnes, P.M.; Berryman, K.R.; Downes, G.L.; Eberhart-Phillips, D.; Fagereng, A.; Ellis, S.M.; Nicol, A.; McCaffrey, R.; Beavan, R.J.; Henrys, S.A.; Sutherland, R.; Barker, D.H.N.; Litchfield, N.J.; Townend, J.; Robinson, R.; Bell, R.E.; Wilson, K.J.; Power, W.L. 2009 Characterizing the seismogenic zone of a major plate boundary subduction thrust : Hikurangi Margin, New Zealand. Geochemistry geophysics geosystems, 10(10): Q10006, doi:10.1029/2009GC002610 [link to electronic copy]
Litchfield, N.J. 2008 Using fluvial terraces to determine Holocene coastal erosion and Late Pleistocene uplift rates : an example from northwestern Hawke Bay, New Zealand. Geomorphology, 99(1-4): 369-386; doi: 10.1016/j.geomorph.2007.12.001 [link to electronic copy]
Litchfield, N.J.; Berryman, K.R.; Brackley, H.L.; Carter, L.; Marden, M.; Page, M.J.; Trustrum, N.A. 2008 The Waipaoa sedimentary system : research review and future directions. p. 408-416 IN: Schmidt, J.; Cochrane, T.; Phillips, C.; Elliott, S.; Davies, T.; Basher, L. (eds) Sediment dynamics in changing environments. Wallingford, UK: IAHS. IAHS publication 325.
Alloway, B.V.; Lowe, D.J.; Barrell, D.J.A.; Newnham, R.M.; Almond, P.C.; Augustinus, P.C.; Bertler, N.A.N.; Carter, L.; Litchfield, N.J.; McGlone, M.S.; Shulmeister, J.; Vandergoes, M.J.; Williams, P.W. 2007 Towards a climate event stratigraphy for New Zealand over the past 30,000 years (NZ-INTIMATE project). Journal of Quaternary science, 22(1): 9-35
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]
Litchfield, N.J.; Van Dissen, R.J.; Nicol, A. 2007 Reassessment of slip rate and implications for surface rupture hazard of the Martinborough Fault, south Wairarapa, New Zealand. New Zealand journal of geology and geophysics, 50(3): 239-243 [link to electronic copy]
Wilson, K.J.; Litchfield, N.J.; Berryman, K.R.; Little, T.A. 2007 Distribution, age, and uplift patterns of Pleistocene marine terraces of the northern Raukumara Peninsula, North Island, New Zealand. New Zealand journal of geology and geophysics, 50(3): 181-191 [link to electronic copy]
Litchfield, N.J.; Berryman, K.R. 2006 Relations between postglacial fluvial incision rates and uplift rates in the North Island, New Zealand. Journal of geophysical research. Earth surface, 111(2): F02007, doi:10.1029/2005JF000374 [link to electronic copy]
Litchfield, N.J.; Van Dissen, R.J.; Heron, D.W.; Rhoades, D.A. 2006 Constraints on the timing of the three most recent surface rupture events and recurrence interval for the Ohariu Fault : trenching results from MacKays Crossing, Wellington, New Zealand. New Zealand journal of geology and geophysics, 49(1): 57-61 [link to electronic copy]
Wilson, K.J.; Berryman, K.R.; Litchfield, N.J.; Little, T. 2006 A revision of mid-late Holocene marine terrace distribution and chronology at the Pakarae River mouth, North Island, New Zealand. New Zealand journal of geology and geophysics, 49(4): 477-489 [link to electronic copy]
Litchfield, N.J.; Berryman, K.R. 2005 Correlation of fluvial terraces within the Hikurangi Margin, New Zealand : implications for climate and baselevel controls. Geomorphology, 68(3/4): 291-313 [link to electronic copy]
Litchfield, N.J.; Rieser, U. 2005 Optically stimulated luminescence age constraints for fluvial aggradation terraces and loess in the eastern North Island, New Zealand. New Zealand journal of geology and geophysics, 48(4): 581-589 [link to electronic copy]
Litchfield, N.J.; Lian, O.B. 2004 Luminescence age estimates of Pleistocene marine terrace and alluvial fan sediments associated with tectonic activity along coastal Otago, New Zealand. New Zealand journal of geology and geophysics, 47(1): 29-37
Litchfield, N.J.; Van Dissen, R.J.; Langridge, R.M.; Heron, D.W.; Prentice, C. 2004 Timing of the most recent surface rupture event on the Ohariu Fault near Paraparaumu, New Zealand : short communication. New Zealand journal of geology and geophysics, 47(1): 123-127
Litchfield, N.J.; Campbell, J.K.; Nicol, A. 2003 Recognition of active reverse faults and folds in North Canterbury, New Zealand, using structural mapping and geomorphic analysis. New Zealand journal of geology and geophysics, 46(4): 563-579
Litchfield, N.J.; Craw, D.; Koons, P.O.; Edge, B.; Perraudin, E.; Peake, B. 2002 Geology and geochemistry of groundwater flow within the Taieri Basin, east Otago, New Zealand. New Zealand journal of geology and geophysics, 45(4): 481-497
Litchfield, N.J. 2001 The Titri Fault System : Quaternary-active faults near the leading edge of the Otago reverse fault province. New Zealand journal of geology and geophysics, 44(4): 517-534
Litchfield, N.J.; Norris, R.J. 2000 Holocene motion on the Akatore Fault, south Otago coast, New Zealand. New Zealand journal of geology and geophysics, 43(3): 405-418
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