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Member Since 1997
Laura M. Wallace
Professor, GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel
Professional Experience
GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel
Professor
2023 - Present
Institute for Geophysics
2013 - Present
GNS Science
Principal Scientist
2015 - 2023
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Education
Doctorate
2002
Honors & Awards
Outstanding Reviewer Award - JGR-Solid Earth
Received December 2019
Outstanding Reviewer Award - Geophysical Research Letters
Received December 2012
Outstanding Reviewer Award - JGR-Solid Earth
Received December 2011
Current Roles
President-Elect
Geodesy Executive Committee
Section President-Elect
Council
Publications
Low‐Frequency Earthquakes Downdip of Deep Slow Slip Beneath the North Island of New Zealand

We report the first catalog of low‐frequency earthquakes in the Hikurangi subduction zone, located beneath the Kaimanawa Range of the North I...

May 10, 2024
AGU Abstracts
Observations of along-isobath correlation in seafloor pressure records from multiple margins in the Pacific
OCEAN SCIENCES 2024
physical oceanography: mesoscale and larger | 20 february 2024
Erik K. Fredrickson, Laura M. Wallace, William S. ...
In the past decade, efforts to observe solid-earth geophysical processes beneath the ocean have resulted in a number of temporary and permanent/cabled...
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Insights into the occurrence and characteristics of near-trench megathrust slip behavior at the Hikurangi subduction zone from almost a decade of seafloor geodetic experiments
RECENT APPLICATIONS AND DEVELOPMENTS IN SEAFLOOR GEODESY I ORAL
geodesy | 14 december 2023
Laura M. Wallace, Spahr C. Webb, John B. DeSanto, ...
Resolving the distribution of interseismic coupling and transient slow slip event (SSE) processes at offshore subduction zones is hampered by the diff...
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The evolution of fluid flow throughout the slow slip cycle: testing the hydrologic response to SSEs at the Hikurangi subduction zone
SUBDUCTION TOP TO BOTTOM (ST2B): THE NATURE OF THE SUBDUCTION INTERFACE, EARTHQUAKES, AND THE ROLES OF FLUIDS I POSTER
tectonophysics | 14 december 2023
Irita E. Aylward, Evan A. Solomon, Theresa L. Whor...
The balance of fluid inputs, storage, and drainage is thought to play a vital role in the nature and timing of fault slip at subduction zones. Further...
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Volunteer Experience
2023 - 2026
Member
Paul G. Silver Award for Outstanding Scientific Service Committee
2023 - 2024
Chair
Geodesy Fellows Committee
2023 - 2024
Chair
Geodesy John Wahr Early Career Award Committee
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