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Donna Eberhart-PhillipsContractor/Geophysicist

Eberhart Phillips Donna 1358 1755103430

Department

Earthquake Physics and Statistics

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Qualifications

  • MSc, Geophysics
  • BA, Geological Sciences
  • PhD, Geophysics

Areas of expertise

  • Geophysics: Seismology

Publications

Selection of major publications

  • Upton, P.; Tulloch, A.J.; Crampton, J.S.; Duvall, A.R.; Eberhart-Phillips, D.; Ellis, S.M.; Sagar, M.W.; Langridge, R.M.; Townsend, D.B.; Harbert, S.A. 2025. 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
  • Henrys, S.A.; Bassett, D.; Ellis, S.M.; Wallace, L.; Barnes, P.M.; Eberhart-Phillips, D.; Saffer, D.; Boulton, C. 2025. 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
  • Williams, J.N.; Eberhart-Phillips, D.; Bourguignon, S.; Stirling, M.W.; Oliver, W. 2025. Deep and clustered microseismicity at the edge of southern New Zealand’s transpressive plate boundary, Journal of Geophysical Research. Solid Earth 130(5): article e2024JB030371. DOI: 10.1029/2024JB030371. article e2024JB030371
  • Douglas, D.; Naliboff, J.B.; Fraters, M.R.T.; Dannberg, J.; Eberhart-Phillips, D.; Ellis, S.M. 2025. 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
  • Eberhart-Phillips, D.; Upton, P.; Reyners, M.E.; Barrell, D.J.A.; Fry, B.; Bourguignon, S.; Warren-Smith, E. 2022. 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
  • Eberhart-Phillips, D.; Ellis, S.M.; Lanza, F.; Bannister, S. 2021. 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
  • Eberhart-Phillips, D.; Bannister, S.; Reyners, M.E. 2020. 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
  • Eberhart-Phillips, D.; Reyners, M.E.; Upton, P. Gubbins, D. 2018. 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
  • Eberhart-Phillips, D.; Bannister, S.; Reyners, M.E. 2017. 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
  • Eberhart-Phillips, D. 2016. 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
  • Eberhart-Phillips, D.; Bannister, S. 2015. 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
  • Eberhart-Phillips, D.; Reyners, M.E. 2009. 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
  • Eberhart-Phillips, D.; Christensen, D.H.; Brocher, T.M.; Hansen, R.; Ruppert, N.A.; Haeussler, P.J.; Abers, G.A. 2006. 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
  • Eberhart-Phillips, D.; Haeussler, P.J.; Freymueller, J.T.; Frankel, A.D.; Rubin, C.M.; Craw, P.; Ratchkovski, N.A.; Anderson, G.; Carver, G.A.; Crone, A.J.; Dawson, T.E.; Fletcher, H.; Hansen, R.; Harp, E.L.; Harris, R.A.; Hill, D.P.; Hreinsdottir, S.; Ji 2003. The 2002 Denali Fault earthquake, Alaska : a large magnitude, slip-partitioned event, Science 300(5622): p. 1113-1118. p. 1113-1118
  • Eberhart-Phillips, D.; Reyners, M.E. 2001. 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
  • Thurber, C.; Eberhart-Phillips, D. 1999. 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
  • Eberhart-Phillips, D.; Michael, A.J. 1998. 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
  • Eberhart-Phillips, D.; Michael, A.J. 1993. 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
  • Eberhart-Phillips, D.; Han, D.H.; Zoback, M.D. 1989. Empirical relationships among seismic velocity, effective pressure, porosity, and clay content in sandstone, Geophysics 54(1): p. 82-89. p. 82-89

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