Scientific Publications on EarthScope Data

Publications using EarthScope data per year; 2011: until early-June.

Barmin, M. P., A. L. Levshin, Y. Yang, and M. H. Ritzwoller - Epicentral location based on Rayleigh wave Empirical Green’s Functions from ambient noise, Geophys. J. Int., 184, 869-884, doi: 10.1111/j.1365-246X.2010.04879.x, 2011.

Baxter, S. C., S. Kedar, J. W. Parker, F. H. Webb, S. E. Owen, A. Sibthorpe, and D. Dong - Limitations of strain estimation techniques from discrete deformation observations, Geophys. Res. Lett., 38, L01305, doi: 10.1029/2010GL046028, 2011.

Becken, M., O. Ritter, P. Bedrosian and U. Weckmann - Correlation between deep fluids, tremor and creep along the central San Andreas fault, Nature, 480, 87-90, 2011.

Blackburn, T., S. A. Bowring, B. Schoene, K. Mahan, and F. Dudas - U-Pb thermochronology: creating a temporal record of lithosphere thermal evolution, Contrib. Mineral. Petrol., doi:10.1007/s00410-011-0607-6, 2011.

Bradbury, K., J. Evans, J. Chester, F. Chester, D. Kirschner - Lithology and internal structure of the San Andreas fault at depth based on characterization of Phase 3 whole-rock core in the San Andreas Fault Observatory at Depth (SAFOD) borehole, Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 310, 131-144, 2011.

Bürgmann, R., and P. Audet - Earth science: Continental jelly, Nature, 471, 312-313, doi: 10.1038/471312a, 2011.

Carpenter, B. M., C. Marone, and D. M. Saffer - Weakness of the San Andreas Fault revealed by samples from the active fault zone, Nature Geoscience, doi: 10.1038/ngeo1089, 2011.

Crow, R., K. Karlstrom, Y. Asmerom, B. Schmandt, V. Polyak, and S. A. DuFrane - Shrinking of the Colorado Plateau via lithospheric mantle erosion: Evidence from Nd and Sr isotopes and geochronology of Neogene basalts, Geology, 39, 27-30, doi: 10.1130/G31611.1, 2011.

De Groot-Hedlin, C., M. Hedlin, and K. Walker - Finite-difference synthetics of infrasound propagation through a windy, viscous atmosphere: Application to a bolide explosion detected by seismic networks, Geophys. J. Int., 185, 305-302, doi: 10.1111/j.1365-246X.2010.04925.x, 2011.

Eagar, K. C., M. J. Fouch, D. E. James, R. W. Carlson, and the High Lava Plains Seismic Working Group - Crustal structure beneath the High Lava Plains of Eastern Oregon and surrounding regions from receiver function analysis, J. Geophys. Res., 116, B02313, doi: 10.1029/2010JB007795, 2011.

Ellsworth, W., and P. Malin - Deep rock damage in the San Andreas Fault revealed by P- and S-type fault-zone-guided waves, Geological Society Special Publication, 359, 39-53, 2011.

Ford, S. R., R. A. Uhrhammer, and M. Hellweg - Local magnitude tomography in California, Bull. Seis. Soc. Am., 101, 427-432, doi: 10.1785/0120100136, 2011.

Frankel, K. L., J. F. Dolan, L. A. Owen, P. Ganev, and R. C. Finkel - Spatial and temporal constancy of seismic strain release along an evolving segment of the Pacific-North America plate boundary, Earth Planet. Sci. Lett., 304, 565-576, doi: 10.1016/j.epsl.2011.02.034, 2011.

Frohlich, C., C. Hayward, B. Stump, and E. Potter - The Dallas-Fort Worth earthquake sequence: October 2008 through May 2009, Bull. Seis. Soc. Am., 101, 327-340, doi: 10.1785/0120100131, 2011.

Gao, H., E. D. Humphreys, H. Yao, and R. D. van der Hilst - Crust and lithosphere structure of the northwestern U.S. with ambient noise tomography: Terrane accretion and Cascade arc development, Earth Planet. Sci. Lett., 304, 202-211, doi: 10.1016/j.epsl.2011.01.033, 2011.

Gourmelen, N., T. H. Dixon, F. Amelung, and G. Schmalzle - Acceleration and evolution of faults: an example from the Hunter Mountain-Panamint Valley fault zone, Eastern California, Earth and Planet. Sci. Lett, 301, 337-344, doi: 10.1016/j.epsl.2010.11.016, 2011.

Gratier, J.-P., J. Richard, F. Renard, S. Mittempergher, M.-L. Doan, G. Di Toro, J. Hadizadeh, A.-M. Boullier - Aseismic sliding of active faults by pressure solution creep: Evidence from the San Andreas Fault Observatory at Depth, Geology, 39, 1131-1134 , doi: 10.1130/G32073.1 , 2011.

Haimson, B. - Consistent trends in the true triaxial strength and deformability of cores extracted from ICDP deep scientific holes on three continents, Tectonophysics, 503, 45-51, doi: 10.1016/j.tecto.2010.10.011, 2011.

Hergert, T., and O. Heidbach - Geomechanical model of the Marmara Sea region – II. 3-D contemporary background stress field, Geophys. J. Int., 185, 1090-1102, doi: 10.1111/j.1365-246X.2011.04992.x, 2011.

Holdsworth, R. E., E. W. W. van Diggelen, C. J. Spiers, J. H. P. de Bresser, R. J. Walker, and L. Bowen - Fault rocks from the SAFOD core samples: Implications for weakening at shallow depths along the San Andreas Fault, California, J. Struct. Geol., 33, 132-144, doi: 10.1016/j.jsg.2010.11.010, 2011.

Holtkamp, S. G., and M. R. Brudzinski - Earthquake swarms in circum-Pacific subduction zones, Earth Planet. Sci. Lett., 305, 215-225, doi: 10.1016/j.epsl.2011.03.004, 2011.

Horsburgh, J. S. D. G. Tarboton, D. R. Maidment, and I. Zaslavsky - Components of an environmental observatory information system, Computers & Goesciences, 37(2), 207-218, doi: 10.1016/j.cageo.2010.07.003, 2011.

Ito, T., and M. Simons - Probing asthenospheric density, temperature, and elastic moduli below the western United States, Science, 332, 947-951, doi: 10.1126/science.1202584, 2011.

Janssen, C., R. Wirth, A. Reinicke, E. Rybacki, R. Naumann, H.-R. Wenk, and G. Dresen - Nanoscale porosity in SAFOD core samples (San Andreas Fault), Earth and Planet. Sci. Lett., 301, 179-189, doi: 10.1016/j.epsl.2010.10.040, 2011.

Johri, M., M.D. Zoback, P. Hennings - Observations of fault damage zones at reservoir depths, 45th U.S. Rock Mechanics/Geomechanics Symposium, San Francisco, CA, June 26 - 29, 2011.

Koehler, R. D., and S. G. Wesnousky - Late Pleistocene regional extension rate derived from earthquake geology of late Quaternary faults across the Great Basin, Nevada, between 38.5°N and 40°N latitude, Geol. Soc. Am. Bull., 123, 631-650, doi: 10.1130/B30111.1, 2011.

Levander, A., B. Schmandt, M. S. Miller, K. Liu, K. E. Karlstrom, R. S. Crow, C.-T. A. Lee, and E. D. Humphreys - Continuing Colorado plateau uplift by delamination-style convective lithospheric downwelling, Nature, 472, 461-466, doi: 10.1038/nature10001, 2011.

Lee, H., B. Haimson - True triaxial strength, deformability, and brittle failure of granodiorite from the San Andreas Fault Observatory at Depth, International Journal of Rock Mechanics and Mining Sciences, 48, 1199-1207, 2011.

Lin, F.-C., M. H. Ritzwoller, Y. Yang, M. P. Moschetti, and M. J. Fouch - Complex and variable crustal and uppermost mantle seismic anisotropy in the western United States, Nature Geoscience, 4, 55-61, doi: 10.1038/NGEO1036, 2011.

Lockner, D. A., C. Morrow, D. Moore, and S. Hickman - Low strength of deep San Andreas fault gouge from SAFOD core, Nature, doi: 10.1038/nature09927, 2011.

Lowry, A. R., and M. Perez-Gussinye - The role of quartz in controlling Cordilleran deformation, Nature, 471, 353-357, doi: 10.1038/nature09912, 2011.

Mittempergher, S., G. Di Toro, J. P. Gratier, J. Hadizadeh, S. A. F. Smith, and R. Spiess - Evidence of transient increases of fluid pressure in SAFOD phase III cores, Geophys. Res. Lett., 38, L03301, doi: 10.1029/2010GL046129, 2011.

Moore, D. E., and D. A. Lockner - Frictional strengths of talc-serpentine and talc-quartz mixtures, J. Geophys. Res., 116, B01403, doi: 10.1029/2010JB007881, 2011.

Obrebski, M., R. M. Allen, F. Pollitz, and S.-H. Hung - Lithosphere-asthenosphere interaction beneath the western United States from the joint inversion of body-wave traveltimes and surface-wave phase velocities, Geophys. J. Int., 185, 1003-1021, doi: 10.1111/j.1365-246X.2011.04990.x, 2011.

Owen, L. A., K. L. Frankel, J. R. Knott, S. Reynhout, R. C. Finkel, J. F. Dolan, and J. Lee - Beryllium-10 terrestrial cosmogenic nuclide surface exposure dating of Quaternary landforms in Death Valley, Geomorphology, 125(4), 541-557, doi: 10.1016/j.geomorph.2010.10.024, 2011.

Pavlis, G. - Three-dimensional wavefield imaging of data from the USArray: New constraints on the geometry of the Farallon slab, Geosphere, 7, 785-801, doi: 10.1130/GES00590.1, 2011.

Pili, E., B. M. Kennedy, M. E. Conrad, and J.-P. Gratier - Isotopic evidence for the infiltration of mantle and metamorphic CO2-H2O fluids from below in faulted rocks from the San Andreas Fault system, Chem. Geology, 281, 242-252, doi: 10.1016/j.chemgeo.2010.12.011, 2011.

Pollitz, F - High-frequency Born synthetic seismograms based on coupled normal modes, Geophysical Journal International, 187, 1420-1442, 2011.

Porter, R., G. Zandt, and N. McQuarrie - Pervasive lower-crustal seismic anisotropy in southern California: Evidence for underplated schists and active tectonics, Lithosphere, 3, 201-220, doi: 10.1130/L126.1, 2011.

Rybacki, E., C. Janssen, R. Wirth, K. Chen, H.R. Wenk, D. Stromeyer, G. Dresen - Low temperature deformation in calcite veins of SAFOD core samples (San Andreas Fault); microstructural analysis and implications for fault rheology, Tectonophysics, 509, 107-119, 2011.

Schmandt, B., and E. D. Humphreys - Seismically imaged relict slab from the 55 Ma Siletzia accretion to Northwest USA, Geology, 39(2), 175-178, doi: 10.1130/G31558, 2011.

Sigloch, K. - Mantle provinces under North America from multifrequency P wave tomography, Geochem. Geophy. Geosys., 12, Q02W08, doi: 10.1029/2010GC003421, 2011.

Smith-Konter, B. R., D. T. Sandwell, and P. Shearer - Locking depths estimated from geodesy and seismology along the San Andreas Fault System: Implications for seismic moment release, J. Geophys. Res., 116, B06401, doi: 10.1029/2010JB008117, 2011.

Sun, D., and D. Helmberger - Upper-mantle structures beneath USArray derived from waveform complexity, Geophys. J. Int., 184, 416-438, doi: 10.1111/j.1365-246X.2010.04847.x, 2011.

Tian, Y., Y. Zhou, K. Sigloch, G. Nolet, and G. Laske - Structure of North American mantle constrained by simultaneous inversion of multiple-frequency SH, SS, and Love waves, J. Geophys. Res., 116, B02307, doi: 10.1029/2010JB007704, 2011.

Titus, S. J., M. Dyson, C. DeMets, B. Tikoff, F. Rolandone, and R. Bürgmann - Geologic versus geodetic deformation adjacent to the San Andreas fault, central California, Geol. Soc. Am Bull., 123, 794-820, doi: 10.1130/B30150.1, 2011.

Toké, N. A., J. R. Arrowsmith, M. J. Rymer, A. Landgraf, D. E. Haddad, M. Busch, J. Coyan, and A. Hannah - Late Holocene slip rate of the San Andreas fault and its accommodation bu creep and moderate-magnitude earthquakes at Parkfield, California, Geology, 39, 243-246, doi: 10.1130/G31498.1, 2011.

van der Pluijm, B. - Structural geology: Natural fault lubricants, Nature Geoscience, 4, 217-218, doi: 10.1038/ngeo1126, 2011.

Wang, C-Y - High pore pressure, or its absence, in the San Andreas Fault, Geology, 39, 1047-1050, doi: 10.1130/G32294.1, 2011.

Wapenaar, K., E. Ruigrok, J. van der Neut, and D. Draganov - Improved surface-wave retrieval from ambient seismic noise by multi-dimensional deconvolution, Geophys. Res. Lett., 38, L01313, doi: 10.1029/2010GL045523, 2011.

Wapenaar, K., J. van der Neut, E. Ruigrok, D. Draganov, J. Hunziker, E. Slob, J. Thorbecke, and R. Snieder - Seismic interferometry by crosscorrelation and by multidimensional deconvolution: A systematic comparison, Geophys. J. Int., 185, 1335-1364, doi: 10.1111/j.1365-246X.2011.05007.x, 2011.

Wei, M., D. Sandwell, Y. Fialko, and R. Bilham - Slip on faults in the Imperial Valley triggered by the 4 April 2010 Mw 7.2 El Mayor-Cucapah earthquake revealed by InSAR, Geophys. Res. Lett., 38, L01308, doi: 10.1029/2010GL045235, 2011.

Wenk, H.R., C. Janssen, T. Kenkmann, G. Dresen - Mechanical twinning in quartz: Shock experiments, impact, pseudotachylites and fault breccias, Tectonophysics, 510, 69-79, 2011.

Weymer, B., J. Firth, P. Rumford, F. Chester, J. Chester, D. Lockner - SAFOD Phase III core sampling and data management at the Gulf Coast Repository, Scientific Drilling, 11, 48-50, March 2011.

Wiersberg, T., and J. Erzinger - Chemical and isotope compositions of drilling mud gas from the San Andreas Fault Observatory at Depth (SAFOD) boreholes: Implications on gas migration and the permeability structure of the San Andreas Fault, Chem. Geology, 284, 148-159, doi: 10.1016/j.chemgeo.2011.02.016, 2011.

Williams, M. C., A. M. Trehu, and J. Braunmiller - Seismicity at the Cascadia plate boundary beneath the Oregon continental shelf, Bull. Seis. Soc. Am., 101, 940-950, doi: 10.1785/0120100198, 2011.

Yuan, H., B. Romanowicz, K. M. Fischer, and D. Abt - 3-D shear wave radially and azimuthally anisotropic velocity model of the North American upper mantle, Geophys. J. Int., 184, 1237-1260, doi: 10.1111/j.1365-246X.2010.04901.x, 2011.

Zandt, G., and P. Reiners - Lithosphere today …, Nature, 472, 420-421, 2011.

Zhadanov, M. S., R. B. Smith, A. Gribenko, M. Cuna, and M. Green - Three-dimensional inversion of large-scale EarthScope magnetotelluric data based on the integral equation method: Geoelectrical imaging of the Yellowstone conductive mantle plume, Geophys. Res. Lett., 38, L08307, doi: 10.1029/2011GL046953, 2011.

Zoback, M., S. Hickman and W. Ellsworth - Scientific drilling into the San Andreas Fault Zone; an overview of SAFOD's first five years, Scientific Drilling, 11, 14-28, March 2011.