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Mark Stirling

Geology Department
University of Otago (New Zealand)
Professor of Earthquake Science

Expertise: Seismic hazard modeling, seismotectonics, earthquake geology
 
 
About Me Publications
Caklais, A. H., Rood, D. H., Stirling, M. W., Madugo, C. M., Abrahamson, N. A., Wilcken, K., Gonzalez, T., Kottke, A. R., & Whittaker, A. C. (2018, 08). Earthquake hazard assessment evaluated by fragile geologic features in coastal Central California. Poster Presentation at 2018 SCEC Annual Meeting. SCEC Contribution 8482
Stirling, M. W. (2018, 08). Strong ground motions simulations for Dunedin city, New Zealand: First steps using the SCEC Broadband Simulation Platform. Poster Presentation at 2018 SCEC Annual Meeting. SCEC Contribution 8346
Bowie, E. K., Stirling, M. W., & Van Houtte, C. (2016, 07). Validation of ground-motion simulations using precarious rocks. Poster Presentation at 2016 SCEC Annual Meeting. SCEC Contribution 6388
Stirling, M. W., & Della Pasqua, F. (2014). Erosion rates for Hoodoos formed in soft sediments, and implications for constraining seismic hazard. Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America, (submitted). SCEC Contribution 1960
Stirling, M. W., Zondervan, A., Norris, R. J., & Ninis, D. (2009). Age constraints for precarious rocks in a humid-temperate environment. Journal of Geophysical Research: Earth Surface, (submitted). SCEC Contribution 1265
Stirling, M., Oskin, M. E., Arrowsmith, R., Rood, A. H., Goulet, C. A., Grant Ludwig, L., King, T., Kottke, A. R., Lozos, J. C., Madugo, C. M., McPhillips, D., Rood, D. H., Sleep, N. H., & Wittich, C. (2020). Evaluation of seismic hazard models with fragile geologic features. Seismological Research Letters, 92(1), 314-324. doi: 10.1785/0220200197. SCEC Contribution 10777
Langridge, R. M., Ries, W. F., Litchfield, N. J., Villanor, P., Van Dissen, R. J., Barrell, D. A., Rattenbury, M. S., Heron, D. W., Haubrock, S., Townsend, D., Lee, J. M., Berryman, K. R., Nicol, A., Cox, S. C., & Stirling, M. W. (2016). The New Zealand Active Faults Database. New Zealand Journal of Geology and Geophysics, 59(1), 86-96. doi: 10.1080/00288306.2015.1112818 . SCEC Contribution 7053
Gerstenberger, M. C., McVerry, G. A., Rhoades, D. A., & Stirling, M. W. (2014). Seismic Hazard Modeling for the Recovery of Christchurch. Earthquake Spectra, 30(1), 17-29. doi: 10.1193/021913EQS037M. SCEC Contribution 6058
Rhoades, D. A., & Stirling, M. W. (2012). An earthquake likelihood model based on proximity to mapped faults and catalogued earthquakes. Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America, 102, 1593-1599. SCEC Contribution 1521
Stirling, M. W., & Gerstenberger, M. C. (2010). Ground motion-based testing of seismic hazard models in New Zealand. Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America, 100, 1407-1414. SCEC Contribution 1400
Stirling, M. W., Ledgerwood, J., Liu, T., & Apted, M. (2010). Age of unstable bedrock landforms southwest of Yucca Mountain, Nevada, and implications for past ground motions. Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America, 100(1), 74-86. doi: 10.1785/0120080359. SCEC Contribution 1399
Stirling, M. W., & Petersen, M. D. (2006). Comparison of the Historical Record of Earthquake Hazard with Seismic- Hazard Models for New Zealand and the Continental United States. Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America, 96(6), 1978-1994. doi: 10.1785/0120050176. SCEC Contribution 964
Stirling, M. W., Anooshehpoor, A., Brune, J. N., Biasi, G. P., & Wesnousky, S. G. (2002). Assessment of the Site Conditions of Precariously Balanced Rocks in the Mojave Desert, Southern California. Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America, 92(6), 2139-2144. doi: 10.1785/0120010221. SCEC Contribution 694
Stirling, M. W., & Wesnousky, S. G. (1998). Comparison of Recent Probabilistic Seismic Hazard Maps for Southern California. Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America, 88(3), 855-861. SCEC Contribution 385
Stirling, M. W., & Wesnousky, S. G. (1997). Do historical rates of seismicity in southern California require the occurrence of earthquake magnitudes greater than would be predicted from fault length?. Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America, 87(6), 1662-1666. SCEC Contribution 340
Anderson, J. G., Wesnousky, S. G., & Stirling, M. W. (1996). Earthquake Size as a Function of Fault Slip Rate. Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America, 86(3), 683-690. SCEC Contribution 244
Stirling, M. W., Wesnousky, S. G., & Shimazaki, K. (1996). Fault Trace Complexity, Cumulative Slip, and the Shape of the Magnitude-Frequence Distribution for Strike-Slip Faults: A Global Study. Geophysical Journal International, 124(3), 833-868. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-246X.1996.tb05641.x. SCEC Contribution 206

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