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Dan BassettMarine Geophysicist
Biography
Dan is a Marine Geophysicist with broad interests in the structure, dynamics and slip-behaviour of subduction zones. Dans primary interest lies in using marine geophysical methods to produce detailed images of the Earth’s crust. I integrate these models with geologic, earthquake and geodetic data to investigate the physical mechanisms that control fault slip behaviour.
Qualifications
- PhD, Geophysics
- BSc, Geology
- BCA, Economics, Commercial Law
- MSc, Geology/Geophysics
Areas of expertise
- Geology: Tectonics
- Geology: Structural Geology
- Geophysics: Seismic tomography
- Geophysics: Crustal structure determination
- Geophysics: Marine Geophysics
- Geophysics: Basin analysis
- Geophysics: Subduction zones
- Geophysics: Seismic Reflection
- Geophysics: Swath mapping
- Geology: Earthquake Geology
- Geophysics: Gravity
Major Publications
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- Upper-plate controls on subduction zone geometry, hydration and earthquake behaviour, Nature geoscience 15(2): p. 143-148. DOI: 10.1038/s41561-021-00879-x. p. 143-148
- Crustal structure of the Hikurangi margin from SHIRE seismic data and the relationship between forearc structure and shallow megathrust slip behavior, Geophysical Research Letters 49(2): e2021GL096960. DOI: 10.1029/2021GL096960. e2021GL096960
- Hikurangi megathrust slip behavior influenced by lateral variability in sediment subduction, Geology 50(10): p. 1145-1149. DOI: 10.1130/G50261.1. p. 1145-1149
- Fluid-rich subducting topography generates anomalous forearc porosity, Nature 595: p. 255-260. DOI: 10.1038/s41586-021-03619-8. p. 255-260
- Crustal structure of the northern Hikurangi Margin, New Zealand : variable accretion and overthrusting plate strength influenced by rough subduction, Journal of Geophysical Research. Solid Earth 126(5): e2020JB021176. DOI: 10.1029/2020JB021176. e2020JB021176
- Physical conditions and frictional properties in the source region of a slow-slip event, Nature geoscience 14(5): p. 334-340. DOI: 10.1038/s41561-021-00741-0. p. 334-340
- Three-dimensional P-wave velocity structure of the northern Hikurangi margin from the NZ3D experiment: evidence for fault-bound anisotropy, Journal of Geophysical Research. Solid Earth 125(12): e2020JB020433. DOI: 10.1029/2020JB020433. e2020JB020433
- Recycling of depleted continental mantle by subduction and plumes at the Hikurangi Plateau large igneous province, southwestern Pacific Ocean, Geology 47(8): p. 795-798. DOI: 10.1130/G46250.1. p. 795-798
- Early evolution of a young back-arc basin in the Havre Trough, Nature geoscience 12: p. 856-862. DOI: 10.1038/s41561-019-0439-y. p. 856-862
- Rupture evolution of the 2006 Java tsunami earthquake and the possible role of splay faults, Tectonophysics 721: p. 143-150. DOI: 10.1016/j.tecto.2017.10.003. p. 143-150
- Upper-plate controls on co-seismic slip in the 2011 magnitude 9.0 Tohoku-oki earthquake, Nature 531(7592): p. 92-96. DOI: 10.1038/nature16945. p. 92-96
- Multiple branching rupture of the 2009 Tonga-Samoa earthquake, Journal of Geophysical Research. Solid Earth 121(8): p. 5809-5827. DOI: 10.1002/2016JB012945. p. 5809-5827
- Crustal structure of the Kermadec Arc from MANGO seismic refraction profiles, Journal of Geophysical Research. Solid Earth 121(10): p. 7514-7546. DOI: 10.1002/2016JB013194. p. 7514-7546
- Gravity anomalies, crustal structure, and seismicity at subduction zones: 1. Seafloor roughness and subducting relief, Geochemistry Geophysics Geosystems 16(5): p. 1508-1540. DOI: 10.1002/2014GC005684. p. 1508-1540
- Gravity anomalies, crustal structure, and seismicity at subduction zones: 2. Interrelationships between fore-arc structure and seismogenic behavior, Geochemistry Geophysics Geosystems 16(5): p. 1541-1576. DOI: 10.1002/2014GC005685. p. 1541-1576
- Slow wavespeeds and fluid overpressure in a region of shallow geodetic locking and slow slip, Hikurangi subduction margin, New Zealand, Earth and Planetary Science Letters 389: p. 1-13. DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2013.12.021. p. 1-13