Staff profiles
Kate ClarkPaleoecologist/Earthquake Geologist
Qualifications
- BSc, Earth Science/geography
- MSc, Earth Science
- PhD, Geology
Areas of expertise
- Geology: Paleoceanography
- Geology: Active fault studies
- Geology: Paleoseismology
- Geology: tectonic geomorphology
- Geology: Holocene neotectonic activity
- Geology: Paleotsunami Studies
- Geology: Quaternary geology
- Geology: Micropaleontology
- Geology: Earthquake Geology
Major Publications
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- Comprehensive update of marine reservoir values for New Zealand coastal waters to inform coastal hazard research, Radiocarbon 65(6): p. 1253-1279. DOI: 10.1017/RDC.2023.120.
- The paleotsunami record of the Auckland region and implications for understanding tsunami hazards, New Zealand Journal of Geology and Geophysics 65(4): p. 507-528. DOI: 10.1080/00288306.2021.1969956.
- Paleotsunamis on the southern Hikurangi subduction zone, New Zealand, show regular recurrence of large subduction earthquakes, The Seismic Record 1(2): p. 75-84. DOI: 10.1785/0320210012.
- Spatiotemporal clustering of great earthquakes on a transform fault controlled by geometry, Nature geoscience 14: p. 314-320. DOI: 10.1038/s41561-021-00721-4.
- Three-dimensional surface displacements during the 2016 MW 7.8 Kaikoura earthquake (New Zealand) from photogrammetry-derived point clouds, Journal of Geophysical Research. Solid Earth 125(1): e2019JB018739. DOI: 10.1029/2019JB018739.
- Marine terraces reveal complex near-shore upper-plate faulting in the northern Hikurangi Margin, New Zealand, Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America 110(2): p. 825-849. DOI: 10.1785/0120190208.
- Geological evidence for past large earthquakes and tsunamis along the Hikurangi subduction margin, New Zealand, Marine Geology 412: p. 139-172. DOI: 10.1016/j.margeo.2019.03.004.
- Highly variable coastal deformation in the 2016 MW7.8 Kaikoura earthquake reflects rupture complexity along a transpressional plate boundary, Earth and Planetary Science Letters 474: p. 334-344. DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2017.06.048.
- A plate boundary earthquake record from a wetland adjacent to the Alpine fault in New Zealand refines hazard estimates, Earth and Planetary Science Letters 464: p. 175-188. DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2017.02.026.
- Complex multifault rupture during the 2016 Mw 7.8 Kaikoura earthquake, New Zealand, Science 356(6334): eaam7194. DOI: 10.1126/science.aam7194.
- Salt-marsh foraminiferal record of 10 large Holocene (last 7500 yr) earthquakes on a subducting plate margin, Hawkes Bay, New Zealand, Geological Society of America Bulletin 128(5/6): p. 896-915. DOI: 10.1130/B31295.1.
- Understanding the potential for tsunami generated by earthquakes on the southern Hikurangi subduction interface, New Zealand Journal of Geology and Geophysics 59(1): p. 70-85. DOI: 10.1080/00288306.2015.1127825.
- Large Transverse Range earthquakes cause coastal upheaval near Ventura, Southern California, Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America 106(6): p. 2706-2720. DOI: 10.1785/0120150378.
- Maximum-likelihood recurrence parameters and conditional probability of a ground-rupturing earthquake on the southern Alpine Fault, South Island, New Zealand, Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America 105(1): p. 94-106. DOI: 10.1785/0120130259.
- Fluvial terrace formation in the lower Awhea and Pahaoa River valleys, New Zealand : implications for tectonic and sea-level controls, Geomorphology 231: p. 212-228. DOI: 10.1016/j.geomorph.2014.12.009.
- Evidence for past subduction earthquakes at a plate boundary with widespread upper plate faulting : southern Hikurangi margin, New Zealand, Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America 105(3): p. 1661-1690. DOI: 10.1785/0120140291.
- Kinematics and paleoseismology of the Vernon Fault, Marlborough Fault System, New Zealand : implications for contractional fault bend deformation, earthquake triggering, and the record of Hikurangi subduction earthquakes, Tectonics 33(7): p. 1201-1218. DOI: 10.1002/2014TC003543.
- A model of active faulting in New Zealand, New Zealand Journal of Geology and Geophysics 57(1): p. 32-56. DOI: 10.1080/00288306.2013.854256.
- Earthquake and tsunami potential of the Hikurangi subduction thrust, New Zealand : insights from paleoseismology, GPS, and tsunami modeling, Oceanography 27(2): p. 104-117. DOI: 10.5670/oceanog.2014.46.
- Deriving a long paleoseismic record from a shallow-water Holocene basin next to the Alpine fault, New Zealand, Geological Society of America Bulletin 125(5/6): p. 811-832. DOI: 10.1130/​B30693.1.
- Major earthquakes occur regularly on an isolated plate boundary fault, Science 336: p. 1690-1693. DOI: 10.1126/science.1218959.
- The 2009 Mw 7.8 earthquake on the Puysegur subduction zone produced minimal geological effects around Dusky Sound, New Zealand, New Zealand Journal of Geology and Geophysics 54(2): p. 237-247. DOI: 10.1080/00288306.2010.543690.
- Holocene coastal evolution and evidence for paleotsunami from a tectonically stable region, Tasmania, Australia, The Holocene 21(6): p. 883-895. DOI: 10.1177/0959683610391317.
- Associations between volcanic eruptions from Okataina Volcanic Center and surface rupture of nearby active faults, Taupo rift, New Zealand : insights into the nature of volcano-tectonic interactions, Geological Society of America Bulletin 123(7/8): p. 1383-1405. DOI: 10.1130/B30184.1.
- Characteristics of the 29th September 2009 South Pacific tsunami as observed at Niuatoputapu Island, Tonga, Earth-Science Reviews 107(1/2): p. 52-65. DOI: 10.1016/j.earscirev.2010.12.001.
- Near-simultaneous great earthquakes at Tongan megathrust and outer rise in September 2009, Nature 466(7309): p. 959-964. DOI: 10.1038/nature09292.
- Evaluating the coastal deformation mechanisms of the Raukumara Peninsula, northern Hikurangi subduction margin, New Zealand and insights into forearc uplift processes, New Zealand Journal of Geology and Geophysics 53(4): p. 341-358. DOI: 10.1080/00288306.2010.520324.
- Coastal uplift mechanisms at Pakarae River mouth : constraints from a combined Holocene fluvial and marine terrace dataset, Marine Geology 270(1-4): p. 72-83. DOI: 10.1016/j.margeo.2009.10.003.
- Holocene coastal evolution and uplift mechanisms of the northeastern Raukumara Peninsula, North Island, New Zealand, Quaternary Science Reviews 26(7/8): p. 1106-1128. DOI: 10.1016/j.quascirev.2007.01.005.
- A Holocene incised valley infill sequence developed on a tectonically active coast : Pakarae River, New Zealand, Sedimentary Geology 197(3/4): p. 333-354. DOI: 10.1016/j.sedgeo.2006.10.007.
- 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): p. 181-191. DOI: 10.1080/00288300709509830.
- Early Holocene paleoseismic history at the Pakarae locality, eastern North Island, New Zealand, inferred from transgressive marine sequence architecture, Tectonics 26(4): TC4013. DOI: 10.1029/2006TC002021.
- 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): p. 477-489. DOI: 10.1080/00288306.2006.9515182.
- A one-million-year history of a north-south segment of the Subtropical Front, east of New Zealand, Paleoceanography 20: PA2004. DOI: 10.1029/2004PA001080.