Staff profiles
Donna Eberhart-PhillipsContractor/Geophysicist

Qualifications
- MSc, Geophysics
- BA, Geological Sciences
- PhD, Geophysics
Areas of expertise
- Geophysics: Seismology
Publications
Selection of major publications
- Development of an intracontinental plate boundary transfer zone, Marlborough, Aotearoa New Zealand : a review and synthesis, Geological Society of America Bulletin 137(7-8): p. 3368-3388. DOI: 10.1130/B37794.1. p. 3368-3388
- How subduction margin processes and properties influence the Hikurangi subduction zone, Annual Review of Earth and Planetary Sciences 53: p. 539-566. DOI: 10.1146/annurev-earth-040523-115520. p. 539-566
- Deep and clustered microseismicity at the edge of southern New Zealands transpressive plate boundary, Journal of Geophysical Research. Solid Earth 130(5): article e2024JB030371. DOI: 10.1029/2024JB030371. article e2024JB030371
- Constraining solid dynamics, interface rheology, and slab hydration in the Hikurangi subduction zone using 3D fully dynamic models, Geochemistry Geophysics Geosystems 26(6): article e2024GC011824. DOI: 10.1029/2024GC011824. article e2024GC011824
- The influence of basement terranes on tectonic deformation: joint earthquake travel-time and ambient noise tomography of the southern South Island, New Zealand, Tectonics 41(4): e2021TC007006. DOI: 10.1029/2021TC007006. e2021TC007006
- Heterogeneous material properties as inferred from seismic attenuation - influenced multiple fault rupture and ductile creep of the Kaikoura Mw 7.8 earthquake, New Zealand, Geophysical Journal International 227(2): p. 1204-1227. DOI: 10.1093/gji/ggab272. p. 1204-1227
- Attenuation in the mantle wedge beneath super-volcanoes of the Taupo Volcanic Zone, New Zealand, Geophysical Journal International 220(1): p. 703-723. DOI: 10.1093/gji/ggz455. p. 703-723
- Insights into the structure and tectonic history of the southern South Island, New Zealand, from the 3-D distribution of P- and S-wave attenuation, Geophysical Journal International 214(2): p. 1481-1505. DOI: 10.1093/gji/ggy194. p. 1481-1505
- Deciphering the 3-D distribution of fluid along the shallow Hikurangi subduction zone using P- and S-wave attenuation, Geophysical Journal International 211(2): p. 1032-1045. DOI: 10.1093/gji/ggx348. p. 1032-1045
- Northern California seismic attenuation: 3-D Qp and Qs models, Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America 106(6): p. 2558-2573. DOI: 10.1785/0120160060. p. 2558-2573
- 3-D imaging of the northern Hikurangi subduction zone, New Zealand : variations in subducted sediment, slab fluids and slow slip, Geophysical Journal International 201(2): p. 838-855. DOI: 10.1093/gji/ggv057. p. 838-855
- Three-dimensional distribution of seismic anisotropy in the Hikurangi subduction zone beneath the central North Island, New Zealand, Journal of Geophysical Research. Solid Earth 114: B06301. DOI: 10.1029/2008JB005947. B06301
- Imaging the transition from Aleutian subduction to Yakutat collision in central Alaska, with local earthquakes and active source data, Journal of Geophysical Research. Solid Earth 111(B11): B11303. DOI: 10.1029/2005JB004240. B11303
- The 2002 Denali Fault earthquake, Alaska : a large magnitude, slip-partitioned event, Science 300(5622): p. 1113-1118. p. 1113-1118
- A complex, young subduction zone imaged by three-dimensional seismic velocity, Fiordland, New Zealand, Geophysical Journal International 146(3): p. 731-746. Institute of Geological & Nuclear Sciences contribution 2108 p. 731-746
- Local earthquake tomography with flexible gridding, Computers & Geosciences 25(7): p. 809-818. DOI: 10.1016/S0098-3004(99)00007-2. [s.l.]: [s.n.]. Institute of Geological & Nuclear Sciences contribution 1849 p. 809-818
- Seismotectonics of the Loma Prieta, California, region determined from three-dimensional Vp, Vp/V sub s/, and seismicity, Journal of Geophysical Research. Solid Earth 103(B9): p. 21099-21120. p. 21099-21120
- Three-dimensional velocity structure, seismicity, and fault structure in the Parkfield region, central California, Journal of Geophysical Research. Solid Earth 98(B9): p. 15737-15758. p. 15737-15758
- Empirical relationships among seismic velocity, effective pressure, porosity, and clay content in sandstone, Geophysics 54(1): p. 82-89. p. 82-89