My Research

My research is mostly focussed on studying the source parameters of large earthquakes using freely available seismograms from around the world. By developing the understanding of the rupture mechanics of earthquakes, the long term aim is to help with our understanding of what controls the size and damage caused in earthquakes. Once a source process has been determined, a physical explanation for any behaviour observed is sought. For a list of recent publications, see below.

From 2001 to 2003 I worked in BT 's research and development arm, BTexact. During that time I was employed within the long-term research portion of the Business Solutions Lab. My work during that time was concerned chiefly with investigating the problems associated with ad-hoc sensor networks, collaborating with the Electronics and Computer Science Department and the School of Geography at Southampton University on the Glacsweb glacial monitoring project.

Publications

'Breaking up the hanging wall of a rift-border fault: the 2009 Karonga earthquakes, Malawi' - J. Biggs, E. Nissen, T. Craig, J. Jackson, D. P. Robinson . Geophys. J. Int., (in press).

'Earthquake fault superhighways' - D. P. Robinson , S. Das, M. P. Searle. Tectonophysics, (in press).

'Seamount subduction and earthquakes' - A. B. Watts, A. A. P. Koppers, D. P. Robinson . Oceanography Sp. Iss. 23 (1), 166-175, 2010. [PDF]

'Source process of the Mw 8.3 2003 Tokachi-Oki, Japan, earthquake and its aftershocks' - D. P. Robinson , L-T. Cheung. Geophys. J. Int., 181 (1), 334-342, 2010. [PDF]

'The 2007 Pisco, Peru, earthquake (M8.0): seismology and geodesy'. - J. Biggs, D. P. Robinson , T. H. Dixon. Geophys. J. Int., 176 (3), 657-669. 2009. [PDF]

'Combining InSAR and seismology to study the 2003 Siberian Altai earthquakes - dextral strike-slip and anticlockwise rotations in the northern India-Eurasia collision zone' - E. Nissen, B. Emmerson, G. J. Funning, A. Mistrukov, B. Parsons, D. P. Robinson , E. Rogozhin, T. J. Wright. Geophys. J. Int., 169 (1), 216-32. 2007. [PDF]

'The Mw 7.8 Kunlunshan earthquake: Extreme rupture speed variability and effect of fault geometry' - D. P. Robinson , C. Brough, S. Das. J. Geophys. Res. 111, B08303 doi:10.1029/2005JB004137. 2006. [PDF]

'Earthquake stalled by subducting fracture zone' - D. P. Robinson , S. Das, A. B. Watts. Science, 312, 1203-1205, 26th May 2006 Full text

'Rupture process of the 2004 Sumatra-Andaman earthquake' - C. J. Ammon, C. Ji, H-K. Thio, D. P. Robinson , S. Ni, V. Hjorleifsdottir, H. Kanamori, T. Lay, S. Das, D. Helmberger, G. Ichinose, J. Polet, D Wald. Science, 308, 1133-1139, 20th May 2005 [PDF]

'The November 14, 2001, Mw 7.8 Kunlun earthquake and the November 8, 1997, Mw 7.5 Manyi earthquake' - D. P. Robinson , S. Das. Geol. Surv. Ind. Spl. Pub. 85, pgs 31-7, 2005.

'Simultaneous Rupture Along Two Conjugate Planes of the Wharton Basin Earthquake' - D. P. Robinson, C. Henry, S. Das, J. H. Woodhouse. Science, 292, pgs 1145-8, 11th May 2001. [PDF]

'An Iterative Approach to Location of Simple Devices in an Ad-Hoc Network' - D. P. Robinson, I. W. Marshall. Proc. LCS2002, 9th September 2002, pgs 65-9. [PDF]

'Location of Simple Nodes in an Ad-Hoc Network' - D. P. Robinson, I. W. Marshall. Proc. LBS2002, 16th September 2002, pgs 19/1-19/4.

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