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T. Parsons, R. J. Blakely, T. M. Brocher, N. I. Christensen, M. A. Fisher, E. Flueh, F. Kilbride, J. H. Luetgert, K. Miller, U. S. ten Brink, A. M. Trehu, and R. E. Wells

Crustal Structure of the Cascadia Fore Arc of Washington. U. S. Geological Survey Professional Paper, 1661-D, 2006

[Online summary] [Printable article (7.7 Mb)]

F.F. Pollitz, P. Banerjee, R. Bürgmann, M. Hashimoto, and N. Choosakul,

Stress changes along the Sunda trench following the 26 December 2004 Sumatra-Andaman and 28 March 2005 Nias earthquakes, Geophysical Research Letters, vol. 33, L06309, Doi:10.1029/2005gl024558, 2006.

[Online summary] [Appendix animation (2.1 Mb)] [Printable article (680 kb)]

E. L. Geist and T. Parsons,

Probabilistic Analysis of Tsunami Hazards. Natural Hazards, Springer, Vol. 37, No. 3, pp. 277-314, DOI 10.1007/s11069-005-4646-z, 2006

[Online summary] [Printable article (132 kb)]

T. Parsons,

Tectonic stressing in California modeled from GPS observations, J. Geophys. Res., Vol. 111, B03407, doi:10.1029/2005JB003946, 2006.

[Online summary] [Printable article (5.0 Mb)]

T. Parsons, R. S. Yeats, Y. Yagi and A. Hussain,

Static stress change from the 8 October, 2005 M = 7.6 Kashmir earthquake. Geophysical Research Letters, Vol. 33, L06304, Doi:10.1029/2005gl025429, 2006.

[Online summary] [Printable article (2.5 Mb)]

E. L. Geist and T. Parsons,

Triggering of tsunamigenic aftershocks from large strike-slip earthquakes: analysis of the November 2000 New Ireland earthquake sequence, Geochemistry Geophysics Geosystems (G3), v. 6, doi:10.1029/2005GC000935.

[Online summary] [Printable article (6.1 Mb)]

W. C. Hammond and W. Thatcher,

Northwest Basin and Range tectonic deformation observed with the Global Positioning, Journal of Geophysical Research, in press, 2005.

[Printable article (7.7 Mb)]

R. S. Stein,

Earthquake Conversations, Scientific American, vol. 288, pp. 72-79, January issue,2003.
Also published in: Our Ever Changing Earth, Scientific American, Special Edition, v. 15 (2), pp. 82-89, 2005.

[Online summary] [Printable article (1.3 Mb)]
[Japanese version (4.6 Mb)] [Italian version (5.7 Mb)] [French version (4.8 Mb)] [Chinese version (4.5 Mb)]

S. Toda, R. S. Stein, K. Richards-Dinger and S. Bozkurt,

Forecasting the evolution of seismicity in southern California: Animations built on earthquake stress transfer, J. Geophys. Res., Vol. 110, B05S16, doi:10.1029/2004JB003415, 2005.

[Free access to online article and animations via AGU website]

K.F. Ma, C.H. Chan and R. S. Stein,

Response of seismicity to Coulomb stress triggers and shadows of the 1999 M_w = 7.6 Chi-Chi, Taiwan, earthquake, J. Geophys. Res., Vol. 110, B05S19, doi:10.1029/2004JB003389, 2005.

[Online summary] [Printable article (2.4 Mb)]

P. Banerjee, F.F. Pollitz, and R. Bürgman,

The Size and Duration of the Sumatra-Andaman Earthquake from Far-Field Static Offsets, Science, Vol 308, Issue 5729, 1769-1772, DOI: 10.1126/science.1113746, 2005.

[Online summary] [Printable article (1.7 Mb)]

T. Parsons,

Significance of stress transfer in time-dependent earthquake probability calculations. Journal of Geophysical Research., Vol. 110, B05S02, doi:10.1029/2004JB003190, 2005

[Online summary] [Printable article (2.0 Mb)]

T. Parsons,

A hypothesis for delayed dynamic earthquake triggering, Geophysical Research Letters, Vol. 32, L04302, doi:10.1029/2004GL021811, 2005

[Online summary] [Printable article (270 Kb)]

T. Parsons, T. R. Bruns, and R. Sliter

Structure and mechanics of the San Andreas–San Gregorio fault junction, San Francisco, California, G3 (Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems), Volume 6, Number 1, ISSN: 1525-2027, Q01009, doi:10.1029/2004GC000838, 2005.

[Online summary] [Printable article (1.4 Mb)]

R. S. Stein,

Tidal triggering caught in the act (Perspective), Science, Vol 305, Issue 5688, 1248-1249, DOI: 10.1126/science.1100726, 2004.

[Online summary] [Printable article (415 kb)]

F. F. Pollitz, W. H. Bakun and M. Nyst

A physical model for strain accumulation in the San Francisco Bay region: Stress evolution since 1838, J. Geophys. Res., VOL. 109, B11408, doi:10.1029/2004JB003003, 2004.

[Online summary] [Printable article (2.8 Mb)]

F. F. Pollitz, and M. Nyst

A physical model for strain accumulation in the San Francisco Bay region, Geophys. J. Int., 160, 302-317, doi: 10.1111/j.1365-246X.2005.02433.x (2005).

[Printable article (2.9 Mb)]

M. Nyst, W. Thatcher,

New constraints on the active tectonic deformation of the Aegean, J. Geophys. Res., Vol. 109, No. B11, B11406, doi:10.1029/2003JB002830, 2003.

[Online summary] [Printable article (4.3Mb)]

E. Norabuena, T.H. Dixon, S. Schwartz, H. DeShon, M. Protti, L. Dorman, E.R. Flueh, V. Gonzales, P. Lundgren, A. Newman, F. Pollitz, and D. Sampson,

Geodetic and seismic constraints on some seismogenic zone processes in Costa Rica, J. Geophys. Res., 109, B11403, doi:10.1029/2003JB002931 2004.

[Online summary] [Printable article (2.1 Mb)]

A. To, R. Burgmann, and F. F. Pollitz

Postseismic deformation and stress changes following the 1819 Rann of Kachchh, India earthquake: Was the 2001 Bhuj earthquake a triggered event? J. Geophys. Res., 31, doi:10.1029/2004GL020220 (2004).

[Online summary] [Printable article (424 kb)]

T. Parsons,

Recalculated probability of M≥7 earthquakes beneath the Sea of Marmara, Turkey. Journal of Geophysical Research, Vol. 109, B05304, doi:10.1029/2003JB002667, 2004

[Online summary] [Online abstract] [Printable article (2.3 Mb)]

J. L. Hardebeck, J. Boatwright, D. Dreger, R. Goel, V. Graizer, K. Hudnut, C. Ji, L. Jones, J. Langbein, J. Lin, E. Roeloffs, R. Simpson, K. Stark, R. S. Stein, J. C. Tinsley.,

Preliminary Report on the 22 December 2003 M6.5 San Simeon, California, Earthquake, Seismological Research Letters, 75, 155-172, 2004.

[Printable article (7.9 Mb)]

J. Lin and R. S. Stein,

Stress triggering in thrust and subduction earthquakes, and stress interaction between the southern San Andreas and nearby thrust and strike-slip faults, Journal of Geophysical Research, 109, B02303, doi:10.1029/2003JB002607, 2004

[Online abstract] [Printable article (2.6 Mb)]

W. C. Hammond and W. Thatcher,

Contemporary tectonic deformation of the Basin and Range province, western United States: 10 years of observation with the Global Positioning System, Journal of Geophysical Research, 109, B08403, doi:10.1029/2003JB002746, 2004

[Online summary] [Printable article (1.0 Mb)]

F. F. Pollitz,

Post-seismic relaxation theory on a laterally heterogeneous viscoelastic model. Geophys. J. Int. (2003) 154, pp1–22, 2003.

[Printable article (1.4 Mb)]

S. Toda and R. S. Stein,

Toggling of seismicity by the 1997 Kagoshima earthquake couplet: A demonstration of time-dependent stress transfer, J. Geophys. Res., 108, B12, 2567, doi: 10.1029/2003JB002527, 2003

[Online abstract] [Printable article (7.8 Mb)]

W. Thatcher,

GPS constraints on the kinematics of continental deformation, Int. Geol. Rev., v. 45, p. 191-212, 2003.

[Printible Article (5.3 Mb)]

F. F. Pollitz,

Transient rheology of the uppermost mantle beneath the Mojave Desert, California, Earth Planet. Sci. Lett., 215, 89-104, 2003.

[Printable article (3.5 Mb)]

J. N. Brune and W. Thatcher,

Strength and energetics of active fault zones, International Handbook of Earthquake and Engineering Seismology, Academic Press, v. 81A, pp. 569-588, 2003.

[Printible Article (4.6 Mb)]

T. Parsons, R. Sliter, E. L. Geist, R. C. Jachens, B. E. Jaffe, A. Foxgrover, P. E. Hart, and J. McCarthy,

Structure and mechanics of the Hayward-Rodgers Creek fault stepover, San Francisco Bay, California, Bull. Seismol. Soc. Am., Vol. 93, No. 5, pp. 2187–2200, October 2003

[Online summary] [Printable article (3.6 Mb)]

Z. Lu, C. Wicks, D. Dzurisin, Daniel, J. Power, W. Thatcher, and T. Masterlark,

Interferometric synthetic aperture radar studies of Alaska volcanoes, Earth Observation Magazine, v. 12 (3), pp. 8-18, 2003.

[Printible Article (896 kb)]

F. F. Pollitz,

The relationship between the instantaneous velocity field and the rate of moment release in the lithosphere. Geophysical Journal International, 153, pp 595–608, 2003.

[Printable article (2.4 Mb)]

W. C. Hammond and D. R. Toomey,

Seismic velocity anisotropy and heterogeneity beneath the Mantle Electromagnetic and Tomography Experiment (MELT) region of the East Pacific Rise from analysis of P and S body waves, J. Geophys Res., v. 108, no. B4, 2176, doi:10.1029/2002JB001789, 2003.

[Printable article (1.6 Mb)]

T. M. Brocher, T. Parsons, A. M. Tréhu, R. S. Crosson, C. M. Snelson, and M. A. Fisher,

Seismic evidence for widespread serpentinized fore arc upper mantle along the Cascadia Margin: Geology, v. 31, p. 267–270, 2003.

[Printable article (960 kb)]

Z. Lu, T.J. Wright and C. Wicks

Deformation of the 2002 Denali Fault Earthquakes, Mapped by Radarsat-1 Interferometry, Eos, 84(41), 425,430-431, 2003.

[Printable article (3.8 Mb)]

T.J. Wright, Z. Lu and C. Wicks,

Source model for the Mw 6.7, 23 October 2002, Nenana Mountain Earthquake (Alaska) from InSAR, Geophys. Res. Lett., 30(18), 1974, doi:10.1029/2003GL018014, 2003.

[Printable article (1.2 Mb)]

T. Nishimura and W. Thatcher

Rheology of the Lithosphere inferred from postseismic uplift following the 1959 Hebgen Lake earthquake, J. Geophys. Res., vol. 108, no. B8, 2389, doi:10.1029/2002JB002191, 2003.

[Printable article (840 kb)]

M. Battaglia, P. Segall, J. R. Murray, P. Cervelli and J. Langbein,

The mechanics of unrest at Long Valley caldera, California. 1. Modeling the geometry of the source using GPS, leveling and 2-color EDM data, J. Volcanol. Geotherm. Res., 127, 195-217, 2003.

[Printable article (1.30 Mb)]

T. Parsons, R. J. Blakely, and T. M. Brocher,

A simple algorithm for sequentially incorporating gravity observations in seismic traveltime tomography, International Geology Review 43, pp. 1073-1086, 2001, and Geological Society of America Special Publication, in press, 2002.

[Printable article (2.9 Mb)]

T. Parsons (editor),

Crustal structure of the coastal and marine San Francisco Bay region, U. S. Geological Survey Professional Paper, 1658, (7 chapters), 2002.

[Online article]

D. P. Hill, F. F. Pollitz and and C. Newhall,

Earthquake - Volcano Interactions. Physics Today, 55, pp. 41-47, S-0031-9228-0211-020-9, 2002.

[Printable article (1.6 Mb)]

R. S. Stein,

Parkfield's unfulfilled promise (News & Views), Nature, 419, pp. 257-258, 19 September issue, doi:10.1038/419257, 2002.

[Printable article (300 kb)]

R. S. Stein,

Aykut A. Barka, 1952-2002, EOS, vol. 83 (44), pp. 499-500, 2002.

[Online tribute] [Aykut Barka's page at USGS]

T. Parsons,

Nearly frictionless faulting from unclamping in long-term interaction models, Geology, v. 30, p. 1063-1066, 2002.

[Printable article (480 kb)]

S. Toda, R. S. Stein, and T. Sagiya,

Evidence from the AD 2000 Izu Islands swarm that stressing rate governs seismicity, Nature, 419, pp. 58-61, 5 September issue, 2002.

[Website of the paper] [Printable article with cover and News & Views by Chris Marone (2.7Mb)]

C. W. Wicks, D. Dzurisin, S. Ingebritsen, W. Thatcher, Z. Lu and J. Iverson,

Magmatic activity beneath the quiescent Three Sisters volcanic center, central Oregon Cascade Range, USA, J. Geophys. Res.,Vol. 29, NO. 7, 1122, doi:10.1029/2001GL014205, 2002 2002.

[Online article][Printable article (1.6Mb)][Printable article in high quality (22.1Mb)]

S. Toda and R. S. Stein,

Response of the San Andreas Fault to the 1983 Coalinga-Nuñez Earthquakes: An Application of Interaction-based Probabilities for Parkfield, J. Geophys. Res. 107, 10.1029/2001JB000172, 2002.

[Printable article (3.3Mb)] ['Editor's Choice' at Science Magazine]

T. Nishimura and W. Thatcher

Rheology of the Lithosphere inferred from postseismic uplift following the 1959 Hebgen Lake earthquake, J. Geophys. Res., vol. 108, no. B8, 2389, doi:10.1029/2002JB002191, 2003.

[Printable article (840 kb)]

T. Parsons,

Global observation of Omori-law decay in the rate of triggered earthquakes: Large aftershocks outside the classical aftershock zone, J. Geophys. Res., 107, 2199, doi:10.1029/2001JB000646, 2002.

[Printable article (2.8 Mb)] ['Editor's Choice' at Science Magazine (270 kb)]

T. Parsons,

Post-1906 stress recovery of the San Andreas fault system from 3-D finite element analysis, J. Geophys. Res., 107, 10.1029/2001JB001051, 2002.

[Printable article (1.2 Mb)] ['Journal Highlights' at EOS (175 kb)]

J. R. Murray and P. Segall,

Testing time-predictable earthquake recurrence by direct measure of strain accumulation and release, Nature,419, 287-291, 2002.

[Printable article (300 kb)]

T. Parsons, R. J. Blakely, and T. M. Brocher

A simple algorithm for sequentially incorporating gravity observations in seismic traveltime tomography, International Geology Review 43, pp. 1073-1086, 2001, and Geological Society of America Special Publication, 2002.

[Printable article (2.9 Mb)]

U. S. Ten Brink, P. C. Molzer, M. A. Fisher, R. J. Blakely, R. C. Bucknam, T. Parsons, R. S. Crosson, and K. C. Creager,

Subsurface geometry and evolution of the Seattle Fault Zone and the Seattle Basin, Washington, Bull. Seismol. Soc. Amer., 92, pp. 1737-1753, 2002.

[Printable article (5.3 Mb)]

W. Spakman and M. Nyst,

Inversion of relative motion data for estimates of the velocity gradient field and fault slip" in Earth and Planetary Science Letters (EPSL) 203 (2002) p. 577-591.

[Abstract][Printable article (1.1 Mb)]

F.F. Pollitz, L. Kellogg and R. Burgmann,

Sinking mafic body in a reactivated lower crust: A mechanism for stress concentration at the New Madrid Seismic Zone, Bull. Seismol. Soc. Am., 91, 1882-1897 (2002).

[Online abstract]

F. F. Pollitz and I.S. Sacks,

Stress triggering of the 1999 Hector Mine earthquake by transient deformation following the 1992 Landers earthquake, Bull. Seismol. Soc. Am., 92, 1487-1496 (2002).

[Online article][Printable article (1.47Mb)]

F.F. Pollitz, C. Wicks, W. Thatcher

Mantle Flow Beneath a Continental Strike-Slip Fault: Postseismic Deformation After the 1999 Hector Mine Earthquake, Science, 293, pp. 1814-1818, 2001.

[Online article][Printable article (1.19 Mb)]

F. F. Pollitz, C. Wicks, W. Thatcher

Mantle Flow Beneath a Continental Strike-Slip Fault: Postseismic Deformation After the 1999 Hector Mine Earthquake, Science, 293, pp. 1814-1818, 2001.

[Online Article][Printable article (1.19 Mb)]

F. F. Pollitz,

Viscoelastic shear zone model of a strike-slip earthquake cycle, J. Geophys. Res., 106, 26541-26560, 2001.

[Printable article (100 kb)]

G. W. Bawden, W. Thatcher, R. S. Stein, K. W. Hudnut and G. Peltzer,

Tectonic contraction across Los Angeles after removal of groundwater pumping effects, Nature, 412, pp. 812-815, 2001.

[Summary][Online article][Printable article (1Mb)]

W. Thatcher,

Silent slip on the Cascadia Subduction Interface, Science, 292, pp. 1495-1496, 2001.

[Online article]

W. Thatcher,

Pop-up disaster, News and Views, Nature, 410, 757-758, 2001

[Online Article]

M. Nyst,

A new approach to model the kinematics of crustal deformation with applications to the Aegean and Southeast Asia, Ph.D. dissertation, 2001.
[Abstract][Printable Thesis (13.5Mb)]

F. F. Pollitz,

Stress triggering of the 1999 Hector Mine earthquake by transient deformation following the 1992 Landers earthquake, Bull. Seismol. Soc. Am., 92, 1487-1496, 2002.

[Online article][Printable article (1.47Mb)]

U.S. Geological Survey (including R. S. Stein),

Implications for Earthquake Risk Reduction in the United States from the Kocaeli, Turkey, Earthquake of August 17, 1999, U.S. Geol. Surv. Circular 1193 (64 p.), 2000. http://pubs.usgs.gov/circ/2000/c1193/

C. Wicks, W. Thatcher, F. Monastero and M. Hasting,

Steady-State Deformation of the Coso Range, East-Central California, Inferred from Satellite Radar Interferometry, Journal of Geophysical Research, 106, pp. 13769 - 13780, 2001.

[Online article][Printable article (2.5Mb)]

G. W. Bawden,

Source parameters for the 1952 Kern County earthquake, California: a joint inversion of leveling and triangulation observations, J. Geophys. Res., 106, pp. 771-785, 2001.

[Printable article (4.5Mb)]

T. Parsons, J. McCarthy and G. A. Thompson,

Very different crustal response to extreme extension in the southern Basin and Range and Colorado Plateau transition, in, Erskine, M. C., Faulds, J. E., Bartley, J. M., and Rowley, P. D., editors, American Association of Petroleum Geologists Pacific Section Guidebook, GB 78, pp., 291-304, 2001.

[Printable article (3.1 Mb)]

T. M. Brocher, T. Parsons, R. E. Blakely, N. I. Christensen, M. A. Fisher and R. E. Wells,

Three-dimensional geometry of crustal faults, basins, and uplifts in Puget Lowland, Washington: Results from SHIPS, the 1998 Seismic Hazards Investigation in Puget Sound, J. Geophys. Res., 106, pp. 13541-13564, 2001.

[Printable article (8.3 Mb)]

J. R. Murray, P. Segall, P. Cervelli, W. Prescott, and J. Svarc,

Inversion of GPS data for spatially variable slip-rate on the San Andreas Fault near Parkfield, CA, Geophys. Res. Lett., 28, 359-362, 2001.

[Printable article (220 kb)]

C.E. Duermeijer, M. Nyst, P.Th. Meijer, C.G. Langereis and W. Spakman,

Neogene evolution of the Aegean arc: paleomagnetic and geodetic evidence for a rapid and young rotation phase, Earth Planet. Sci. Lett., 176, 509-525, 2000.
[Online article][Printable article (1Mb)]

U.S. Geological Survey (including Tom Parsons R. S. Stein),

Implications for Earthquake Risk Reduction in the United States from the Kocaeli, Turkey, Earthquake of August 17, 1999, U.S. Geol. Surv. Circular 1193 (64 p.), 2000. http://pubs.usgs.gov/circ/2000/c1193/

J. A. Hole, T. M. Brocher, S. L. Klemperer, T. Parsons, H. M. Benz and K. P. Furlong,

Three-dimensional seismic velocity structure of the San Francisco Bay area, J. Geophys. Res., 105, pp. 13,859-13,874, 2000.

[Printable article (6.9 Mb)]

T. Parsons, A. Barka, S. Toda, R. S. Stein and J. H. Dieterich,

Influence of the 17 August 1999 Izmit earthquake on seismic hazards in Istanbul, in A. Barka, O. Kozaci, S. Akyuz and E. Altunel (Eds.), The 1999 Izmit and Duzce Earthquakes: Preliminary results, pp. 295-310, 2000.

[Online article][Printable article (632kb)]

S. Toda and R. S. Stein,

Did stress triggering cause the large off-fault aftershocks of the 25 March 1998 M_w=8.1 Antarctic plate earthquake?, Geophys. Res. Letts., 27, pp. 2,301-2,304, 2000.

[Online article][Printable article (340 kb)]

F. F. Pollitz, G. Peltzer and R. Burgmann,

Mobility of continental mantle: Evidence from postseismic geodetic observations following the 1992 Landers earthquake, J. Geophys. Res., 105, pp. 8035-8054, 2000.

[Printable article (4.6Mb)]

T. Parsons and D. Dreger,

Static-stress impact of the 1992 Landers earthquake sequence on nucleation and slip at the site of the 1999 M=7.1 Hector Mine earthquake, southern California., Geophys. Res. Let., 27, pp. 1949-1952, 2000.

[Online article]

T. Parsons, S. Toda, R. S. Stein, A. Barka and J. H. Dieterich,

Heightened odds of large earthquakes near Istanbul: An interaction-based probability calculation, Science, 288, pp. 661-665, 2000.

[Online article] [Printable article in Turkish (216kb)][Printable article in Japanese (1.5Mb)]

[Reviews of this paper in Science, New Scientist, SwissRe, Tempo (in turkish), Science News Online and Scientific American]

W. C. Hammond and E. D. Humphreys,

Upper mantle seismic wave attenuation: the effect of realistic partial melt distribution, J. Geophys. Res., 105, pp. 10,987-10,999, 2000.

[Printable article (360kb)]

W. C. Hammond and E. D. Humphreys,

Upper mantle seismic wave attenuation: the effect of realistic partial melt geometries, J. Geophys. Res., 105, pp. 10,975-10,986, 2000.

[Printable article (688kb)]

Z. Lu, C. Wicks, D. Dzurisin, W. Thatcher, J. Freymueller, S. McNutt and D. Mann,

Aseismic Inflation of Westdahl Volcano, Alaska, Revealed by Satellite Radar Interferometry, J. Geophys. Res., 27, pp. 1567-1570, 2000.

[Online abstract]

W. Thatcher, G. R. Foulger, B. R. Julian, J. Svarc, E. Quilty and G. W. Bawden,

Present Day Deformation Across the Basin and Range Province, Western United States, Science, 282, pp. 1,714-1,718, 1999.

[Online article]

R. S. Stein,

The role of stress transfer in earthquake occurrence, Nature, 402, pp. 605-609, 1999.

[Online article][Printable article (885 kb)][Review of this paper in Complexity Digest]

H. Perfettini, R. S. Stein, R. W. Simpson and M. Cocco,

Stress Transfer by the 1988-89 M=5.3, 5.4 Lake Elsman Foreshocks to the Loma Prieta Fault: Unclamping at the Site of Peak Mainshock Slip, J. Geophys. Res., 104, pp. 20,169-20,182, 1999.

[Online article][Printable article (6.74 Mb)][Review of this paper in the San Jose Mercury News]

T. Parsons, R. S. Stein, R. W. Simpson and P. A. Reasenberg,

Stress sensitivity of fault seismicity: A comparison between limited-offset oblique and major strike-slip faults, J. Geophys. Res., 104, pp. 20,183-20,202, 1999.

[Online article][Printable article (2.04 Mb)]

G. Bawden, A. J. Michael and L. H. Kellogg,

Birth of a fault: Connecting the Kern County and Walker Pass, California, earthquakes, Geology, 27, pp. 601-604, 1999.

[Online article][Printable article (666 kb)][Review of this paper in The Geology Newsletter of about.com]

T. Parsons and P. E. Hart,

Dipping San Andreas and Hayward faults revealed beneath San Francisco Bay, California, Geology, 27, pp. 839-842, 1999.

[Printable article (380 kb)]

T. Parsons, R. E. Wells, E. Flueh, U. S. t. Brink and M. A. Fisher,

Three-dimensional velocity structure of Siletzia and other accreted terranes in the Cascadia fore arc of Washington, J. Geophys. Res., 104, pp. 18,015-18,039, 1999.

[Printable article (21.0 Mb)]

T. Parsons, R. S. Stein, R. W. Simpson and P. A. Reasenberg,

Stress sensitivity of fault seismicity: A comparison between limited-offset oblique and major strike-slip faults, J. Geophys. Res., 104, pp. 20,183-20,202, 1999.

[Online Article]

D. Dzurisin, C. Wicks and W. Thatcher,

Renewed Uplift at the Yellowstone Caldera Measured by Leveling Surveys and Satellite Radar Interferometry, Bulletin of Volcanology, 61, pp. 349-355, 1999.

[Online abstract]

T. Parsons, A. M. Trehu, J. H. Luetgert, K. Miller, F. Killbride, R. E. Wells, M. A. Fisher, E. Flueh, U. S. t. Brink and N. I. Christensen,

A new view into the Cascadia subduction zone and volcanic arc: Implications for earthquake hazards along the Washington margin, Geology, 26, pp. 199-201, 1998.

[Printable article (356 kb)]

C. Wicks, W. Thatcher and D. Dzurisin,

Migration of Fluids Beneath Yellowstone Caldera Inferred from Satellite Radar Interferometry, Science, 282, pp. 458-462, 1998.

[Online article][Review of this paper in Science's Daily InScight]

M. Weber, C. Wicks, F. Kruger, G. Jahnke and J. Schlittenhardt,

Asymmetric Radiation of Seismic Waves from an Atoll - Nuclear Tests in French Polynesia, geophys. Res. Let., 25, pp. 1967-1970, 1998.

[Online article]

S. Toda, R. S. Stein, P. A. Reasenberg and J. H. Dieterich and A. Yoshida,

Stress transferred by the Mw=6.9 Kobe, Japan, shock: Effect on aftershocks and future earthquake probabilities, J. Geophys. Res., 103, pp. 24,543-24,565, 1998.

[Online article]

R. S. Stein and T. C. Hanks,

M > 6 Earthquakes in Southern California during the Twentieth Century: No Evidence for a Seismicity or Moment Deficit, Bull. Seismol. Soc. Amer., 88, pp. 635-652, 1998.

[Online article] [Clickable map and Catalog of earthquakes in Southern California] [Reviews of this paper Nature, Science and Science News Online]

T. Parsons, G. A. Thompson and R. P. Smith,

More than one way to stretch: a tectonic model for extension along the plume track of Yellowstone hotspot and adjacent Basin and Range Province, Tectonics, 17, pp. 221-234, 1998.

[Printable article (18.2 Mb)]

F. F. Pollitz, R. Burgmann and B. Romanowicz,

Viscosity of oceanic asthenosphere inferred from remote triggering of earthquakes, Science, 280, pp. 1245-1249, 1998.

[Printable article (2.2Mb)]

C. Nostro, R. S. Stein, M. Cocco, M. E. Belardinelli and W. Marzocchi,

Two-way coupling between Vesuvius eruptions and southern Apennine earthquakes (Italy) by elastic stress transfer, J. Geophys. Res., 103, pp. 24,487-24,504, 1998.

[Online article]

W. Thatcher, G. Marshall and M. Lisowski,

Resolution of fault slip along the 470-km-long rupture of the great 1906 San Francisco earthquake and its implications, J. Geophys. Res., 102, pp. 5,353-5,367, 1997.

[Online article]

R. S. Stein, A. A. Barka and J. H. Dieterich,

Progressive failure on the North Anatolian fault since 1939 by earthquake stress triggering, Geophys. J. Int., 128, pp. 594-604, 1997.

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G. Marshall, J. Langbein, R. S. Stein, M. Lisowski and J. Svarc,

Inflation of Long Valley Caldera, California, basin and range strain, and possible Mono craters dike inflation from 1990-94 GPS surveys, Geophys. Res. Let., 24, pp. 1003-1006, 1997.

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G. W. Bawden, A. Donnellan, L. H. Kellogg, D. Dong and J. B. Rundle,

Geodetic measurements of horizontal strain near the White Wolf fault, Kern County, California, J. Geophys. Res., 102, pp. 4,933-4,955, 1997.

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K. M. Hodgkinson, R. S. Stein, K. W. Hudnut, J. Satalich, A. Lilje and J. Richards,

Repair and restoration of geodetic infrastructure affected by the 1994 Northridge, California earhtquake (including 70-page report, 40" x 60" color map, CD-ROM. slide-set and website), USGS Open File Report, 96-517, pp. 1996.

[Online article]

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K. M. Hodgkinson, R. S. Stein and G. C. P. King,

The 1954 Rainbow Mountain-Fairview Peak-Dixie Valley earthquakes: A triggered normal faulting sequence, J. Geophys. Res., 101, pp. 25,459-25,471, 1996.

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K. M. Hodgkinson, R. S. Stein and G. Marshall,

Geometry of the 1954 Fairview Peak-DixieValley earthquake sequence from joint inversion of leveling and triangulation data, J. Geophys. Res., 101, pp. 25,437-25,457, 1996.

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T. Parsons, J. McCarthy, W. M. Kohler, C. J. Ammon, H. M. Benz, J. A. Hole and E. E. Criley,

The crustal structure of the Colorado Plateau, Arizona: Application of new long-offset seismic data analysis techniques, J. Geophys. Res., 101, pp. 11,173-11,194, 1996.

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F. F. Pollitz, X. LePichon and Siegfried J. lallemant,

Shear partitioning near the central Japan triple junction: the 1923 great Kanto earthquake revisited II, Geophys. J. Int., Vol. 126, p.882-892, 1996.

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T. Parsons and J. McCarthy,

Crustal and upper mantle velocity structure of the Salton Trough, southeast California, Tectonics, 15, pp. 456-471, 1996.

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T. Parsons, N. I. Christensen and H. G. Wilshire,

Velocities of southern Basin and Range xenoliths: Insights on the nature of lower crustal reflectivity and composition, Geology, 23, pp. 129-132, 1995.

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R. S. Stein, G. C. P. King and J. Lin,

Stress triggering of the 1994 M=6.7 Northridge, California, earthquake by its predecessors, Science, 265, pp. 1432-1435, 1994.

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G. C. P. King, R. S. Stein and J. Lin,

Static stress changes and the triggering of earthquakes, Bull. Seismol. Soc. Amer., 84, pp. 935-953, 1994.

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G. Marshall and R. S. Stein,

A 3-slide set: maps of the Northridge, California, earthquake setting, effects and deformations, USGS Open File Report, 94-442, pp. 1994 (revised 1996).

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T. Parsons and J. McCarthy,

The active southwest margin of the Colorado Plateau: Uplift of mantle origin, Geological Society of America Bulletin, 107, pp. 139-147, 1995.

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R. G. Bohannon and T. Parsons,

Tectonic implications of post-30 Ma Pacific and North American relative plate motions, Geological Society of America Bulletin, 107, pp. 937-959, 1995.

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J. McCarthy and T. Parsons,

Insights into the kinematic Cenozoic evolution of the Basin and Range-Colorado Plateau transition from coincident seismic refraction and reflection data, Geological Society of America Bulletin, 106, pp. 747-759, 1994.

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T. Parsons, G. A. Thompson and N. H. Sleep,

Mantle plume influence on the Neogene uplift and extension of the U.S. western Cordillera?, Geology, 23, pp. 83-86, 1994.

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R. S. Stein, G. A. Marshall and M. H. Murray,

Permanent ground movement associated with the 1992 M=7 Cape Mendocino, California, earthquake: Implications for damage to infrastructure and hazards to navigation, U.S. Geol. Surv. Open-File Rep., 93-383, pp. 36 p., 1993.

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T. Parsons and G. A. Thompson,

Does magmatism influence low-angle normal faulting?, Geology, 21, pp. 247-250, 1993.

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R. S. Stein and G. E. Ekström,

Seismicity and geometry of a 110-km long blind thrust fault, 2, Synthesis of the 1982-85 California earthquake sequence, J. Geophys. Res., 97, pp. 4865-4883, 1992.

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G. Ekström, R. S. Stein, J. P. Eaton and D. Eberhart-Phillips,

Seismicity and geometry of a 110-km long blind thrust fault, 1, The 1985 Kettleman Hills, California, earthquake, J. Geophys. Res., 97, pp. 4843-4864, 1992.

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R. S. Stein, G. C. P. King and J. Lin,

Change in failure stress on the southern San Andreas fault system caused by the 1992 Magnitude=7.4 Landers earthquake, Science, 258, pp. 1328-1332, 1992.

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T. Parsons and G. A. Thompson,

The role of magma overpressure in suppressing earthquakes and topography: Worldwide examples, Science, 253, pp. 1399-1402, 1991.

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J. Lin and R. S. Stein,

Coseismic folding, earthquake recurrence, and the 1987 source mechanism at Whittier Narrows, Los Angeles Basin, California, Journal of Geophysical Research, 94, pp. 9614-9632, 1989.

[Online article] [Appendix] [Table 3A]

R. S. Stein and R. S. Yeats,

Hidden Earthquakes, Sci. Am., 260, pp. 48-57, June, 1989.

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R. S. Stein,

250 Manuscripts before the mast: Reflections of an outbound editor, EOS, American Geophysical Union Transaction, 70, pp. 729-731, 1989.

[Online article]

R. S. Stein and R. S. Yeats,

Hidden Earthquakes, Sci. Am., 260, pp. 48-57, June, 1989.

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Read a review of this paper in Time Magazine

J. Lin and R. S. Stein,

Coseismic folding, earthquake recurrence, and the 1987 source mechanism at Whittier Narrows, Los Angeles Basin, California, Journal of Geophysical Research, 94, pp. 9614-9632, 1989.

[Online article] [Appendix] [Table 3A]

S. E. Barrientos, R. S. Stein and S. N. Ward,

Comparison of the 1959 Hebgen Lake, Montana, and the 1983 Borah Peak, Idaho, earthquakes from geodetic observations, Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America, 77, pp. 784-808, 1987. (Includes Erratum)

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S. E. Barrientos, R. S. Stein and S. N. Ward,

Comparison of the 1959 Hebgen Lake, Montana, and the 1983 Borah Peak, Idaho, earthquakes from geodetic observations, Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America, 77, pp. 784-808, 1987. (Includes erratum)

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R. S. Stein and R. C. Bucknam,

Quake replay in the Great Basin, Natural History, 95, pp. 28-35, 1986.

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R. S. Stein and G. C. P. King,

Seismic potential revealed by surface folding: The 1983 Coalinga, California, earthquake, Science, 224, pp. 869-872, 1984.

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W. Thatcher,

Deformation of the Mitaka rhombus: strain buildup following the 1923 Kanto earthquake, central Honshu, Japan, J. Geohys. Res., 89, pp. 3102-3106, 1984.

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W. Thatcher and J. B. Rundle,

A model for the earthquake cycle in underthrust zones, J. Geophys. Res., 84, pp. 5540-5556, 1979.

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