Aisling O'Kane- Doctor of Philosophy
- Postdoctoral Scientist at GNS Science & University of Canterbury NZ
Aisling O'Kane
- Doctor of Philosophy
- Postdoctoral Scientist at GNS Science & University of Canterbury NZ
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Introduction
Hi, I'm Aisling,
In November 2022, I completed my PhD on the "active tectonics and earthquake hazards in continental mountain ranges and foreland basins" at the University of Cambridge, UK.
In January 2023, I took up a position as a 'Resilience to Nature's Challenges' Postdoctoral Scientist at GNS Science and the University of Canterbury, NZ to research ways to improve New Zealand's tsunami hazard from regional and distant sources.
Feel free to reach out.
Current institution
GNS Science & University of Canterbury NZ
Current position
- Postdoctoral Scientist
Education
October 2018 - November 2022
Publications
Publications (10)
Large thrust faults accommodate the convergence between India and Tibet along the southern margin of the Himalaya and have a history of producing great earthquakes that cause widespread damage. Along most parts of the Himalaya, there is geomorphological evidence that these thrusts can rupture to the surface in M w >8 earthquakes. However, in the Hi...
Rapid urban growth has led to large population densities in foreland basin regions, and therefore a rapid increase in the number of people exposed to hazard from earthquakes in the adjacent mountain ranges. It is well known that earthquake-induced ground shaking is amplified in sedimentary basins. However, questions remain regarding the main contro...
The southwestern part of Türkiye was hit on 6 February 2023 by an Mw 7.8 (epicentre: Pazarcık) and then an Mw 7.5 earthquake (epicentre: Elbistan). The event was followed by tens of thousands of aftershocks including the Mw 6.3 event on 20 February (epicentre: Uzunbağ). This paper reports on the preliminary findings of the mission organised by the...
On 30 October 2020, an earthquake of Mw 6.9 hit the Aegean coasts of Turkey and Greece. The epicentre was some 14 km northeast of Avlakia on Samos Island, and 25 km southwest of Seferihisar, Turkey, triggering also a tsunami. The event has been followed by >4,000 aftershocks up to Mw 5.2 The Earthquake Engineering Field Investigation Team (EEFIT) h...
The eastern parts of the Aegean Sea were struck by a destructive M W 6.9 earthquake on 30 October 2020 at 11:51:27 UTC. The earthquake ruptured an East-West trending normal fault in the Aegean Sea between the northern coast of Samos Island and the southern coast of İzmir and also triggered a medium level tsunami and thousands of aftershocks across...
This EEFIT Field Mission report details the effects of the Mw 6.9 earthquake which struck the Aegean coasts of Greece and Turkey on 30 October 2020.
This report covers:
- Seismotectonics
- Geotechnical observations and site response
- Damage assessments and observations
- Tsunami
- Relief, response and recovery observations
- Social media analyses...
Orogenic plateaus can exist in a delicate balance in which the buoyancy forces due to gravity acting on the high topography and thick crust of the plateau interior are balanced by the compressional forces acting across their forelands. Any shortening or extension within a plateau can indicate a perturbation to this force balance. In this study we p...
