The following list represents a subset of recent publications based on EarthScope data (last updated on 6 June 2011). We urge the research community to submit additional references to earthscope@asu.edu. Please include links to reprints, web sites and other supplementary materials, when they are available.
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Scientific Publications on EarthScope Data
Becken, M. O. Ritter, S. K. Park, P. A. Bedrosian, U. Weckmann, and M. Weber - A deep crustal fluid channel into the San Andreas fault system near Parkfield, California, Geophys. J. Int., 173, 718-732, doi:10.1111/j.1365-246X.2008.03754.x, 2008.
Bennett, R. A. - Instantaneous deformation from continuous GPS: contributions from quasi-periodic loads, Geophys. J. Int., 174, 1052–1064, doi: 10.1111/j.1365-246X.2008.03846.x, 2008.
Bennington, N., C. Thurber, and S. Roecker - Three-dimensional seismic attenuation structure around the SAFOD site, Parfield, California, Bull. Seis. Soc. Am., 98, 2934-2947, doi: 10.1785/0120080175, 2008.
Brantut, N., A. Schubnel, J.-N. Rouzaud, F. Brunet, and T. Shimamoto - High-velocity frictional properties of a clay-bearing fault gouge and implications for earthquake mechanics, J. Geophys. Res., 113, B10401, doi: 10.1029/2007JB005551, 2008.
Brenguier, F., M. Campillo, C. Hadziioannou, N. M. Shapiro, R. M. Nadeau, and E. Larose - Postseismic relaxation along the San Andreas fault at Parkfield from continuous seismological observations, Science, 321, 1478-1481, 2008.
Burdick, S., C. Li, V. Martynov, T. Cox, J. Eakins, T. Mulder, L. Astiz, F. L. Vernon, G. L. Pavlis, and R. van der Hilst - Upper mantle heterogeneity beneath North America from travel time tomography with global and USArray transportable array data, Seis. Res. Lett., 79, 384-392, doi:10.1785/gssrl.79.3.384, 2008.
Cardozo, N., and R. W. Allmendinger - SSPX: A program to compute strain from displacement/velocity data, Computers and Geosciences, doi: 10.1016/j.cageo.2008.05.008, 2008.
De Groot, C. D., M. A. H. Hedlin, K. Walker, D. Drob, and M. Zumberge - Study of propagation from the shuttle Atlantis using a large seismic network, J. Acoust. Soc. Am., 124 (3), 1442-1451, 2008.
Dreger, D. S., S. R. Ford, and W. R. Walter - Source analysis of the Crandall Canyon, Utah, mine collapse, Science 11 July 2008, Vol. 321. no. 5886, 217, doi: 10.1126/science.1157392, 2008.
Fay, N. P., R. A. Bennett, and S. Hreinsdóttir - Contemporary vertical velocity of the central Basin and Range and uplift of the southern Sierra Nevada, Geophys. Res. Lett., 35, L20309, doi: 10.1029/2008GL034949, 2008.
Gashawbeza, E. M., S. L. Klemperer, C. K. Wilson, and E. L. Miller - Nature of the crust beneath northwest Basin and Range province from teleseismic receiver function data, J. Geophys. Res., 113, B10308, doi: 10.1029/2007JB005306, 2008.
Larson, K. M., E. E. Small, E. Gutmann, A. Bilich, J. Braun, V. Zavorotny - Use of GPS receivers as a soil moisture network for water cycle studies, Geophys. Res. Lett., 35, L24405, doi:10.1029/2008GL036013, 2008.
Lerch, D. W., E. Miller, M. McWilliams, and J. Colgan - Tectonic and magmatic evolution of the northwestern Basin and Range and its transition to unextended volcanic plateaus: Black Rock Range, Nevada, GSA Bull., 120, 300-311, doi:10.1130/B26151.1, 2008.
Li, Y.-G. - Seismic study of the San Andreas Fault in California and the Longmen-Shan Fault ruptured in the 2008 M8 Wenchuan earthquake in China on May 12, 2008, Academic Perspective – Chinese Scholars Assoc. S. California, ISSN 1936-1246, 4, 4-25, 2008.
Li, Y.-G. and P. E. Malin - San Andreas Fault damage at SAFOD viewed with fault-guided waves, Geophys. Res. Lett., 35(8), L08304, 2008.
Li, Z.-X. A., C.-T. A. Lee, A. Peslier, A. Lenardic, S. J. Mackwell - Water contents in mantle xenoliths from the Colorado Plateau and vicinity: implications for the rheology and hydration-induced thinning of continental lithosphere, J. Geophys. Res, 113: doi: 10.1029/2007JB005540, 2008.
Lin, F.-C., M. P. Moschetti, and M. H. Ritzwoller - Surface wave tomography of the western United States from ambient seismic noise: Rayleigh and Love wave phase velocity maps, Geophys. J. Int., 173, 281-298, doi:10.1111/j.1365-246X.2008.03720.x, 2008.
Mattia, M., M. Palano, M. Aloisi, V. Bruno, and Y. Bock - High rate GPS data on active volcanoes: an application to the 2005-2006 Mt. Augustine (Alaska, USA) eruption, Terra Nova, 20, 134-140, doi:10.1111/j.1365-3121.2008.00798.x, 2008.
Moore, D. E., and D. A. Lockner - Talc friction in the temperature range 25°-400°C: Relevance for fault-zone weakening, Tectonophysics, 449, 1-4, 120-132, doi: 10.1016/j.tecto.2007.11.039, 2008.
Niu, F., P. G. Silver, T. M. Daley, X. Cheng, and E. L. Majer - Preseismic velocity changes observed from active source monitoring at the Parkfield SAFOD drill site, Nature, 454, 204-208, doi:10.1038/nature07111, 2008.
Pares, J. M., A. M. Schleicher, B. A. van der Pluijm, and S. Hickman - Paleomagnetic reorientation of San Andreas Fault Observatory at Depth (SAFOD) core, Geophys. Res. Lett., 35, L02306, doi:10.1029/2007GL030921, 2008.
Patro, P. K., and G. D. Egbert - Regional conductivity structure of Cascadia: Preliminary results from 3D inversion of USArray transportable array magnetotelluric data, Geophys. Res. Lett., 35, L20311, doi: 10.1029/2008GL035326, 2008.
Paul, P. and M. D. Zoback - Wellbore stability study for the SAFOD borehole through the San Andreas Fault, SPE 102781, SPE Drilling and Completion, 23(4), 394-408, 2008.
Payne, S. J., R. McCaffrey, and R. W. King - Strain rates and contemporary deformation in the Snake River Plain and surrounding Basin and Range from GPS and seismicity, Geology, 647-650, 36, doi: 10.1130/G25039A.1, 2008.
Phillips, W. S., and R. J. Stead - Attenuation of Lg in the western US using the USArray, Geophys. Res. Lett., 35, L07307, doi:10.1029/2007GL032926, 2008.
Platt, J. P., B. Kaus, and T. W. Becker - The mechanics of continental transforms: An alternative approach with applications to the San Andreas system and the tectonics of California, Earth and Planet. Sci. Lett., 274, 380-391, doi: 10.1016/j.epsl.2008.07.052, 2008.
Pollitz, F. F., - Observations and interpretation of fundamental mode Rayleigh wavefields recorded by the Transportable Array (USArray), J. Geophys. Res., 113, B10311, doi: 10.1029/2007JB005556, 2008.
Pollitz, F. F., P. McCrory, J. Svarc, and J. Murray - Dislocation models of interseismic deformation in the western United States, J. Geophys. Res., 113, B04413, doi:10.1029/2007JB005174, 2008.
Rolandone, F., R. Bürgmann, D. C. Agnew, I. A. Johanson, D. C. Templeton, M. A. d'Alessio, S. J. Titus, C. DeMets, and B. Tikoff - Aseismic slip and fault-normal strain along the central creeping section of the San Andreas fault, Geophys. Res. Lett., 35, L14305, doi: 10.1029/2008GL034437, 2008.
Roth, J. B., M. J. Fouch, D. E. James, and R. W. Carlson - Three-dimensional seismic velocity structure of the northwestern United States, Geophys. Res. Lett., 35, L15304, doi: 10.1029/2008GL03466, 2008.
Rubinstein, J. L., M. LaRoccam J. E. Vidale, K. C. Creager, and A. Wech - Tidal modulation of nonvolcanic tremor, Science, 319, 186-189, doi:10.1126/science.1150558, 2008.
Ryder, I., and R. Bürgmann - Spatial variations in slip deficit on the central San Andreas fault from InSAR, Geophys. J. Int., 175, doi: 10.1111/j.1365-1246X.2008.03938.x, 2008.
Sato, T., S. Miura, Y. Ohta, H. Fujimoto, W. Sun, C. F. Larsen, M. Heavner, A. M. Kaufman, and J. T. Freymueller - Earth tides observed by gravity and GPS in southeastern Alaska, J. Geodyn., doi:10.1016/j.jog.2008.03.004, 2008.
Sigloch, K., N. McQuarrie, G. Nolet - Two-stage subduction history under North America inferred from multiple-frequency tomography, Nature Geoscience, 1, 458-462 (29 Jun 2008), doi: 10.1038/ngeo231, 2008.
Stankova, J., S. L. Bilek, C. Rowe, and R. C. Aster - Characteristics of the October 2005 microearthquake swarm and reactivation of similar event seismic swarms over decadal time periods near Socorro, New Mexico, Bull. Seis. Soc. Am., 98, 93-105, doi: 10.1785/0120070108, 2008.
Szeliga, W., T. Melbourne, M. Santillan, and M. Miller - GPS constraints on 34 slow slip events within the Cascadia subduction zone, 1997-2005, J. Geophys. Res., 113, B04404, doi:10.1029/2007JB004948, 2008.
Van der Lee, S., K. Regenauer-Lieb, and D. A. Yuen - The role of water in connecting past and future episodes of subduction, Earth and Planet. Sci. Lett., 273, 15-27, doi: 10.1016/j.epsl.2008.04.041, 2008.
Vasconcelos, I., and R. Snieder - Interferometry by deconvolcution: Part 2 - Theory for elastic waves and application to drill-bit seismic imaging, Geophysics, 73, S129-S141, doi: 10.1190/1.2904985, 2008.
Vasconcelos, I., R. Snieder, and P. Sava - Drill bit noise illuminates the San Andreas Fault, EOS, Trans. Am. Geophys. Un., v. 89, 16 Sept. 2008.
Velasco, A. A., S. Hernandez, T. Parsons, and K. Pankow - Global ubiquity of dynamic earthquake triggering, Nature Geosc., doi:10.1038/ngeo204, 2008.
Wang, K., H. Dragert, H Kao, and E. Roeloffs - Characterizing an “uncharacteristic” ETS event in northern Cascadia, Geophys. Res. Lett., 35, L15303, doi: 10.1029/2008GL034415, 2008.
Warren, L. M., J. A. Snoke, and D. E. James - S-wave velocity structure beneath the High Lave Plains, Oregon from Rayleigh-wave dispersion inversion, Earth and Planet. Sci. Lett., 274, 121-131, doi: 10.1016/j.epsl.2008.07.014, 2008.
Wech, A. G., and K. C. Creager - Automated detection and location of Cascadia tremor, Geophys. Res. Lett., 35, L20302, doi: 10.1029/2008GL035458 (2008).
Wiersberg, T., and J. Erzinger - Origin and spatial distribution of gas at seismogenic depths of the San Andreas fault from drill-mud gas analysis, Appl. Geochem., 23, 1675-1690, doi:10.1016/j.apgeochem.2008.01.012, 2008.
Yang, Y., M. H. Ritzwoller, F.-C. Lin, M. P. Moschetti, and N. M. Shapiro - Structure of the crust and uppermost mantle beneath the western United States revealed by ambient noise and earthquake tomography, J. Geophys. Res., 113, B12310, doi: 10.1029/2008JB005833, 2008.
Yang, Y., and M. H. Ritzwoller - Teleseismic surface wave tomography in the western U.S. using the Transportable Array component of USArray, Geophys. Res. Lett., 35, L04308, doi:10.1029/2007GL032278, 2008.
Zandt, G, and G. Humphreys - Toroidal mantle flow through the western U.S. slab window, Geology, 36, 295-298, doi:10.1130/G24611A.1, 2008.