PUBLICATIONS: Geoffrey Abers, November 2009
Underlined authors are my students
Abers, G.A., L.S. MacKenzie, S.Rondenay, Z. Zhang, A.G. Wech, and K.C. Creager, Imaging the source region of Cascadia tremor and intermediate-depth earthquakes, Geology, 37, 1119-1122, 2009.
Ekström, G., G.A. Abers, and S.C. Webb, Determination of surface-wave phase velocities across USArray from noise and Aki’s spectral formulation, Geophys. Res. Lett., 36, L18301, doi:10.1029/2009GL039131, 2009.
Abers, G.A., Research Focus: Slip on shallow-dipping normal faults, Geology, 37, 767-768.
Abt, D.L., K.M. Fischer, G.A. Abers, W. Strauch, J.M. Protti and V. Gonzalez, Shear-wave anisotropy beneath Nicaragua and Costa Rica: Implications for flow in the mantle wedge, Geochem. Geophys. Geosyst., 10, Q05S15, doi:10.1029/2009GC002375, 2009.
E.M. Syracuse and G.A. Abers, Systematic biases in subduction zone hypocenters, Geophys. Res. Lett., 36, L10303, doi:10.1029/2009GL037487, 2009.
Rychert, C.A., K.M. Fischer, G.A. Abers, T. Plank, E.M. Syracuse, J.M. Protti, V. Gonzalez, and W. Strauch, Strong along-arc variations in attenuation in the mantle wedge beneath Costa Rica and Nicaragua, Geochem. Geophys. Geosyst., 9, Q10S10, http://dx.doi.org/10.1029/2008GC002040, 2008.
Harmon, N., P. Gertsoft, C.A. Rychert, G.A. Abers, M. Salas de la Cruz, and K.M. Fischer, Phase velocities from seismic noise using beamforming and cross correlation in Costa Rica and Nicaragua, Geophys. Res. Lett., 35, L19303, doi:10.1029/2008GL035387, 2008.
MacKenzie, L.S., G.A. Abers, K.M. Fischer, E.M. Syracuse, J.M. Protti, V.
Gonzalez, and W. Strauch, Crustal structure along the southern Central American
volcanic front, Geochem. Geophys. Geosyst., 9, doi:10.1029/2008GC001991,
2008.
Syracuse, E.M., Abers, G.A., K.M. Fischer, McKenzie, L., C. Rychert, J. M. Protti, V.
Gonzalez, and W. Strauch, Seismic tomography and earthquake locations in the
Nicaraguan and Costa Rican upper mantle, Geochem. Geophys. Geosyst., 9,
doi:10.1029/2008GC001963, 2008.
Abers, G.A., Orogenesis from subducting thick crust and evidence from Alaska, AGU Monogr. 179, Active Tectonics and Seismic Potential of Alaska, P. Haeussler, J. Freymueller, R. Wesson and G. Ekström (eds.), 337-349, 2008.
Rondenay, S., G.A. Abers, and P.E. van Keken, Seismic imaging of subduction zone metamorphism, Geology, 36, 275-278, 2008.
Hoernle, K., D. Abt, K. Fischer, H. Nichols, F. Hauff, G. Abers, P. van den Bogaard, G. Alvarado, M. Protti and W. Strauch, Geochemical and geophysical evidence for arc-parallel flow in the mantle wedge beneath Costa Rica and Nicaragua, Nature, 451, 1094-1097, 2008.
Veenstra, E., D. Christensen, G. A. Abers and A. Ferris, Crustal thickness variation in south central Alaska: Results from the Broadband Experiment Across the Alaska Range, Geology, 34, 781-784, 2006. (PDF)
Eberhart-Phillips, D., D.H. Christensen, T.M. Brocher, R.
Hansen, N.A. Ratchkovski, and G. Abers, Imaging the transition from Aleutian subduction to Yakutat collision in
central Alaska, with local earthquakes and active source data, J. Geophys.
Res., 111, B11303, 2006.
Rossi, G., G.A. Abers, S. Rondenay and D.H. Christensen, Unusual mantle
Poisson’s ratio, subduction and crustal structure in Central Alaska, J.
Geophys. Res., 111, B09311, doi:10.1029/2005JB003956, 2006. (PDF)
Syracuse, E. and G.A.
Abers, Global compilation of
variations in slab depth beneath arc volcanoes and implications, Geochem.
Geophys. Geosyst., 7, Q05017,
doi:10.1029/2005GC001045, 2006. (web page with text
and data)
Ferris, A.F., G.A.
Abers, B. Zelt, B. Taylor, S.
Roecker, Crustal structure across the transition from rifting to spreading: the
Woodlark rift system of Papua New Guinea, Geophys. J. Int., 166,
622-634,
2006. (PDF)
Abers,
G.A., P.E. van Keken, E.A. Kneller, A. Ferris, and J.C. Stachnik, The thermal
structure of subduction zones constrained by seismic imaging: Implications for
slab dehydration and wedge flow, Earth Planet. Sci. Lett., 241, 387-397, 2006. (PDF)
Hacker,
B.R., G. Abers, S. Peacock and S.
Johnston, Reply to Comment by Romain Bousquet et al. on "Subduction
factory 1. Theoretical mineralogy, densities, seismic wavespeeds and H2O
contents", J. Geophys. Res.,
doi:10.1029/2004JB003490, 2005.
Peacock,
S.M., van Keken, P.E., Holloway, S.D., Hacker, B.R., Abers, G.A., and Fergason, R.L., Thermal structure of the Costa
Rica – Nicaragua subduction zone, Phys. Earth Planet. Int., 149, 187-200, 2005.
Abers,
G.A., Seismic low-velocity layer at the top of subducting
slabs beneath volcanic arcs: observations, predictions, and systematics, Phys.
Earth Planet. Int., 149,7-29,
2005. (PDF)
Niemi,
T.M., A.N. Ferris and G.A. Abers, Investigation of microearthquakes, macroseismic
data, and liquefaction associated with the 1867 Wamego earthquake in eastern
Kansas, Bull. Seismol. Soc. Amer.,
94, 2317-2329, 2004.
Stachnik, J.C., Abers,
G.A., and D.Christensen, Seismic
attenuation and mantle wedge temperatures in the Alaska subduction zone, J.
Geophys. Res., 109, B10304,doi:10.1029/2004JB003018,
2004. (PDF)
Hacker,
B.R. and G.A. Abers, Subduction
Factory 3. An Excel worksheet and macro for calculating the densities, seismic
wave speeds, and H2O
contents of minerals and rocks at pressure and temperature, Geochem. Geophys.
Geodyn. (G3), 5, Q01005, doi:10.1029/2003GC000614,2004. (PDF) (link
to XLS spreadsheet code)
Ekström,
G., M. Nettles and G.A. Abers,
Glacial Earthquakes, Science, 302, 622-624, 2003.
Ferris, A., G.A.
Abers, D.H. Christensen and E. Veenstra, High resolution image of the subducted
Pacific (?) plate beneath central Alaska, 50-150 km depth, Earth Planet. Sci.
Lett., 214,575-588, 2003. (PDF)
Abers,
G.A., T. Plank and B.R. Hacker, The
wet Nicaragua slab, Geophys. Res. Lett., 30(2),1098, doi: 10.1029/2002GL015649, 2003. (PDF)
Hacker,
B.R., G. A. Abers, and S.M.
Peacock, Subduction Factory 1. Theoretical mineralogy, density, seismic wave
speeds, and H2O
content, J. Geophys. Res.,108(B1),
2029, doi:10.1029/2001JB001127,2003. (PDF)
Hacker,
B.R., S.M. Peacock, G. A. Abers,
and S.D. Holloway, Subduction Factory 2. Intermediate-depth earthquakes in
subducting slabs are linked to metamorphic dehydration reactions, J.
Geophys. Res., 108(B1), 2030, doi:10.1029/2001JB001129, 2003. (PDF)
Abers,
G.A.,A. Ferris, M. Craig, H. Davies, A.L. Lerner-Lam, J.C. Mutter
and B.Taylor, Mantle compensation of a region of active metamorphic core
complexes, Woodlark Rift, Papua New Guinea, Nature, 418,
862-865, 2002. (PDF)
Schlotterbeck, B.A. and G.A.Abers, Three dimensional attenuation variations in southern
California, J. Geophys. Res., 30,719-30,735,2001. (PDF)
Abers,
G.A. and J.W. Gephart, Direct
inversion of earthquake first motions for both the stress tensor and focal
mechanisms, and application to Southern California, J. Geophys. Res., 106 , 26,523-26,540, 2001. (PDF)
Abers,
G.A., Evidence for seismogenic normal
faults at shallow depths in continental rifts, in R.C.L. Wilson, R.B.
Whitmarsh, B. Taylor, and N. Froitzheim (eds.), Non-Volcanic Rifting of
Continental Margins: a comparison of evidence from land and sea, Geol. Soc. Lond. Spec. Pub., 187, 305-318, 2001. (preprint PDF)
Abers,G.A., Hydrated subducted crust at 100-250km depth, Earth
and Planet. Sci. Lett.,176, 323-330,
2000. (PDF)
Sarker, G. and G.A.
Abers, Lithosphere temperature
estimates from seismic attenuation across range fronts in southern and central
Eurasia, Geology, 27, 427-430,
1999. (PDF)
Sarker, G., and G.A. Abers, Comparison of seismic body wave and coda wave
measures of Q, Pure and App..
Geophys. special issue on attenuation
(B.J. Mitchell and B.Romanowicz, eds.), 153, 665 - 683, 1998.
Sarker, G., and G.A.
Abers, Deep structure along the
boundary of a collisional belt: attenuation tomography of P and S waves in the Greater Caucasus, Geophys. J. Int., 133,
326-340, 1998.
Abers,
G.A., Array measurements of phases used in
receiver function calculations: importance of scattering, Bull. Seism.
Soc. Amer., 88,313-318, 1998.
Helffrich,
G., and G. A. Abers, Slab
low-velocity layer in the eastern Aleutian subduction zone, Geophys. J. Int., 130,
640-648, 1997.
Abers,
G.A., C.Z. Mutter and J. Fang,
Shallow dips of normal faults during rapid extension: Earthquakes in the
Woodlark-D'Entrecasteaux rift system, Papua New Guinea, J. Geophys. Res., 102,
15,301-15,317, 1997. (PDF)
Mellors,
R.J., F.L. Vernon, G.L. Pavlis, G.A. Abers, M.W. Hamburger, S. Ghose, and B.
Iliasov, The Ms=7.3 1992 Suusamyr,
Kyrgyzstan, earthquake: 1: Constraints on fault geometry and source parameters
based on aftershocks and body-wave modeling, Bull. Seismol. Soc. Am., 87,
11-22, 1997.
Abers,
G.A., and G. Sarker,
Dispersion of regional body waves at 100-150 km depth beneath Alaska: In
situ constraints on metamorphism of subducted crust, Geophys. Res. Lett.,
23,1171-1174, 1996. (PDF)
Abers,
G.A., Plate structure and the origin
of double seismic zones, in Subduction Top to Bottom, Geophysical Monograph
96, edited by G.E. Bebout, D. Scholl,
and S. Kirby, AGU, Washington, D.C., p.223-228, 1996.
Abers,
G.A., J. Beavan, S. Horton, S. Jaumé,
and E. Triep, Large accelerations
and tectonic setting of the May, 1993 Shumagin Islands earthquake sequence, Bull.
Seismol. Soc.Am., 85, 1730-1738, 1995.
Yang,
X., K.M. Fischer, and G.A. Abers,
Seismic anisotropy beneath the Shumagin Islands segment of the Aleutian-Alaska
subduction zone, J. Geophys. Res., 100, 18,165-18,177, 1995.
Sheehan,
A.F., G.A. Abers, C.H. Jones, and
A.L. Lerner-Lam, Crustal thickness variations across the Rocky Mountain front
from teleseismic receiver functions, J. Geophys. Res., 100, 20,391-20,404,
1995.
Abers,
G.A., Hu, X.,
and L.R. Sykes, Source scaling of earthquakes in the Shumagin region, Alaska:
time-domain deconvolution of regional waveforms, Geophys. J. Int.,123,41-58,
1995.
Triep, E., G.A. Abers, A. Lerner-Lam, V.Mishatkin, N. Zhacherenko, and O.
Staravoit, Active thrust front at the south slope of the greater Caucasus: The
29 April, 1991 earthquake and its aftershock sequence, J. Geophys. Res , 100,4011-4034, 1995. (PDF)
Abers,
G.A., and R. McCaffrey, Active
arc-continent collision:
Earthquakes, gravity anomalies, and fault kinematics in the
Huon-Finisterre collision zone, Papua New Guinea, Tectonics,13,227-245,
1994.
Abers,
G.A., Three-dimensional inversion of
regional P and S arrival times in
the East Aleutians and sources of subduction zone gravity highs, J. Geophys.
Res., 99, 4395-4412, 1994. (PDF)
Kulig,
C., R. McCaffrey, G.A.Abers, and
H. Letz, Shallow seismicity of arc-continent collision near Lae, Papua New
Guinea, Tectonophysics, 227, 81-94, 1993.
Abers,
G.A., G.A. Ekström, M.S.
Marlow, and E.L. Geist, Bering Sea earthquake of February 21, 1991:
Active faulting along the Bering shelf edge, J. Geophys. Res., 98,
2155-2165, 1993.
Abers,
G.A., Relationship between shallow-
and intermediate-depth seismicity in the eastern Aleutian subduction zone,
Geophys. Res. Lett., 19,2019-2022, 1992.
Abers,
G.A., Possible seismogenic
shallow-dipping normal faults in the Woodlark-D'Entrecasteaux extensional
province, Papua New Guinea, Geology, 19, 1205-1208, 1991.
McCaffrey,
R., and G.A. Abers, Orogeny in
arc-continent collision: The Banda Arc and Western New Guinea, Geology, 19, 563-566, 1991.
Abers,
G.A., and S. Roecker, Deep structure
of an arc-continent collision: Earthquake relocation and inversion for
upper mantle P and S wave velocities beneath Papua New Guinea, J. Geophys.
Res., 96,6379-6401, 1991.
Abers,
G.A., and H. Lyon-Caen, Regional
gravity anomalies, depth of the foreland basin, and isostatic compensation of
the New Guinea Highlands, Tectonics,
9,1479-1493, 1990.
Abers,
G., and R. McCaffrey, Active
deformation in the New Guinea Fold-and-Thrust Belt: Seismological evidence
for strike-slip faulting and basement-involved thrusting, J. Geophys. Res., 93,
13,332-13,354, 1988.
Abers,
G.A., B. Parsons, and J.K. Weissel,
Seamount abundances and distributions in the southeast Pacific, Earth and
Planet. Sci. Lett., 87, 137-151, 1988.
Abers,
G.A., C. Bryan, S.W. Roecker, and R. McCaffrey,
Thrusting of the Hindu Kush over the Tadjik Basin, Afghanistan: Evidence
fromtwo large earthquakes, Tectonics,7,41-56, 1988.
MIT
Field Geophysics Camp (Jones, C. H., M. R.Nelson, G. Abers, C. Decker, J. Hegley, R. Herrmann, M. Kohn,
T.Madden, R. Manikkalingam, J. Matarese, D. Meinholz, P. Molnar, C. Ruppel),
and S. Biehler, A geophysical investigation of the northern Panamint Valley,
Inyo County, California: Evidence for possible low-angle normal faulting
at shallow depth in the crust, J. Geophys. Res., 92, 10,427-10,441, 1987.
Bowin,
C., G. Abers, and L. Shure,
Gravity field of Venus at constant altitude and comparison with Earth, Proc.
Lunar Planet. Sci. Conf. 15th, in J. Geophys. Res., 90, C757-C770, 1985.
Abers,
G., The subsurface structure of Long
Valley Caldera, Mono County, California: A preliminary synthesis of
gravity, seismic, and drilling information, J. Geophys. Res., 90, 3627-3636, 1985.
OtherReports (last updated Feb 2008)
Abers, G.A., From the MARGINS Chair, MARGINS Newslett. 19, Fall 2007, p. 5-6.
Abers, G.A., K.M.
Fischer, E. Syracuse, C. A. Rychert, L. S. Auger, D. L. Abt, M.
Salas-de la Cruz, J. M. Protti, W. Strauch, and Victor Gonzalez, Probing mantle
melting processes in the Nicaragua-Costa Rica subduction zone with the TUCAN
broadband seismometer experiment, IRIS Newslett., 1, p. 10-12,
Spring 2007.
Abers, G.A., From the MARGINS Chair, MARGINS Newslett. 18, Spring 2007, p. 6-7.
Gaherty, J.B., G. Hirth and G.A. Abers, Report on MARGINS Workshop: Interpreting Upper-Mantle Images, MARGINS Newsletter 17, Fall 2006, p. 1-5.
Bilek.
S., G. Abers, G. Reyes, K.
Fischer, W. Strauch and V. Gonzalez Salas, The October 2004 M=7.1 Nicaragua
earthquake: Rupture process, aftershock locations, and the confluence of SEIZE
and SubFac goals, MARGINS Newsletter 15, Fall 2005, p. 1-2.
Reagan,
M., G.A. Abers, and P. van Keken,
The Subduction Factory Initiative: Status and Future Directions - October 2005,
MARGINS Newsletter 15, Fall 2005,
p. 3-7.
Hacker,
B.R., G.A. Abers and S.M. Peacock,
Theoretical mineralogy, density, seismic wave speeds, and H2O content of the Cascadia
subduction zone, with implications for intermediate-depth seismicity and
earthquake hazard, in Kirby, S., Wang, K.,and Dunlop, S., eds., The Cascadia
Subduction Zone and Related Subduction Systems-Seismic Structure, Intraslab
Earthquakes and Processes, and Earthquake Hazards: U.S. Geol. Surv. Open-File
Rep. 02-328, and Geol. Surv.
Canada Open File4350, 133-137, 2002.
Anton,
L., McKee, C.O., and Abers, G.A.,
2001. The Gobe Earthquake of 4March 2000: evidence of thrust faulting in
basement beneath thePapuan Fold Belt. Papua New Guinea Geological Survey Report
2001/6.
Abers,
G.A., and B.
Schlotterbeck, Three-DimensionalAttenuation Variations in Southern
California, U.S. Geol. Surv., FinalTechnical Reports, Reston VA, 29 pp., 2000.
Niemi,
T. G.A. Abers, and A.
Ferris, Paleoseismic Investigationof the Nemaha Ridge and the Humboldt
Fault, Eastern Kansas, U.S. Geol.Surv., Final Technical Reports, Reston VA, 24 pp., 1999.
Abers,
G.A., and B. Schlotterbeck,
Three-DimensionalAttenuation Variations in Southern California, NEHRP Summaries
of TechnicalReports XXXXI, US Geol. Surv. Open-File
Rep.,http://erp-web.er.usgs.gov/reports/annsum/vol41/sc/sc_vol41.htm, 1998.
Abers,
G.A., Three-Dimensional Attenuation
Variations inSouthern California, NEHRP Summaries of Technical Reports XXXX, US
Geol. Surv. Open-FileRep., http://erp-web.er.usgs.gov/reports/annsum/
vol40/sc/sc_vol40.htm, 1998.
Abers,
G.A. and J.W. Gephart, Constraints on
regional stresstensors from direct inversion of earthquake first motions, U.S.
Geol. Surv., Final Technical Reports,
Reston VA, 42pp., 1998.
Niemi,
T. and G.A. Abers, Paleoseismic
Investigation of the Nemaha Ridge andthe Humboldt Fault, Eastern Kansas, NEHRP
Summaries of Technical Reports XXXIX,US Geol. Surv. Open-File Rep.,
http://erp-web.er.usgs.gov/reports/annsum/vol39/ni/ni_vol39.htm,1997.
Abers,
G.A. and J.W. Gephart, Constraining
the regional stresstensor directly from seismic first-motion observations,
NEHRP Summaries ofTechnical Reports XXXVIII, US Geol. Surv. Open-File Rep.,
1997.
Abers,
G.A. and G. Sarker, Seismic sources and structure inIran and the Caucasus
from Joint Seismic Program array data: Attenuationvariations at the northern
margins of Eurasian mountains, in Proceedings of the 18th Annual
SeismicResearch Symposium 4-6 September 1996, Annapolis, Maryland,
PL-TR-96-2153, pp. 1-9, 1996.
Abers,
G.A., Book Reviews, The Dynamic
Earth, Third Edition, byB.J. Skinner and S.C. Porter, Pure andApplied
Geophysics (PAGEOPH), 147, 585-587, 1996.
Gephart,
J.W. and G.A.Abers, G.A.,
Collaborative research(Cornell and Kansas); constraining the regional stress
tensor directly fromseismic first-motion observations, FinalReport, U.S.
Geol. Surv., Reston, VA, 18 pp.,
1996.
Abers,
G.A., W.-Y. Kim, and A. Lerner-Lam,
Seismic sources andstructure in Iran and the Caucasus from Joint Seismic
Program array data, in Proceedings of the 17th Annual SeismicResearch Symposium
12-15 September 1995, Scottsdale, Arizona, PL-TR-95-2108, p. 602-608,
1995.
W.-Y.
Kim, V. Aharonian, G.Abers, A.
Lerner-Lam, and P. Richards, Discriminationof earthquakes and explosions in
southern Russia using regional high-frequencydata from IRIS/JSP Caucasus
Network, in Proceedingsof the 17th Annual Seismic Research Symposium 12-15 September 1995,Scottsdale,
Arizona, PL-TR-95-2108, 68-77, 1995.
J.W.
Gephart and Abers,G.A.,
Constraining the regional stresstensor directly from seismic first-motion
observations, NEHRP Summaries ofTechnical Reports XXXVI, US Geol. Surv. Open-File
Rep. 95-0210, 360-363, 1995.
Abers,
G.A., Buy one and get one free:
plate structure and the origin ofdouble seismic zones, SUBCON extended
abstracts, US Geol. Surv. Open-File Rep.,in press, 1994.
Abers,
G.A., The Caucasus Seismic Network, IRIS
Newsletter, 13(2), 16-17, 1994.
[3]
Abers,
G.A., and W.-Y. Kim, Determination of
earthquake sourceparameters from regional waveforms: Analysis of sparse
network data in the Aleutians, in NEHRP Summaries of Technical Reports vol.
XXXIV, U.S. Geol. Surv.Open-file Rep. 93-195, 165-170, 1993.
Abers,
G.A., Seismic monitoring of the
Shumagin seismic gap,Alaska, Final Report, U.S. Geol. Surv., Reston, VA, 1992.
Abers,
G.A., Analysis of seismic data
from the Shumagin seismic gap,Alaska, in NEHRP Summaries of TechnicalReports
vol. XXXIII, U.S. Geol. Surv. Open-file Rep. 92-258, 1-5,1992.
Abers,
G.A., Seismicmonitoring of the
Shumagin seismic gap, Alaska, in NEHRP Summaries of Technical Reports vol.
XXXIII, U.S. Geol. Surv.Open-file Rep. 92-258, 121-125, 1992.
Abers,
G.A., Analysis of seismic data from
the Shumagin seismicgap, Alaska, Final Report, U.S. Geol. Surv., Reston, VA, 9
pp., 1991.
Abers,
G.A., Analysis of seismic data
from the Shumagin seismic gap,Alaska, in NEHRP Summaries of TechnicalReports
vol. XXXII, U.S. Geol. Surv. Open-file Rep. 91-352, 170-73,1991.
Abers,
G.A., Seismicmonitoring of the
Shumagin seismic gap, Alaska, in NEHRP Summaries of Technical Reports vol.
XXXII, U.S. Geol. Surv.Open-file Rep. 91-352, 1-4, 1991.
Lerner-Lam,
A., G. Abers, D. Lentrichia, N.
Zakharchenko, and V. Mishatkin,Joint US/USSR survey of Georgian/Ossetian
earthquake aftershock sequence, IRIS Newsletter, 10(2), 10-11,1991.
McCaffrey,
R., G. Abers, and P. Zwick,
Inversion of Teleseismic Body Waves,in Digital Seismogram Analysis andWaveform
Inversion, IASPEI Software Library, 3,
edited by W.H.K.Lee, IASPEI/SSA, El Cerrito, Calif., pp. 81-166, 1991.
McCaffrey,
R., and G.Abers, SYN3: A program
for inversion ofteleseismic body waveforms on microcomputers, AFGL Tech.
Rep., TR-88-0099, Air Force Geophys.
Lab.,Bedford, Mass, 1988.
Published Abstracts (as of Aug. 2009)
van Keken, P. E.; Syracuse, E. M.; Hacker, B. H.; Abers,
G. A.; Fischer, K. M.; Kneller, E. A.;
Spiegelman, M., Modeling the subduction factory: The ins and outs from a
thermal and dynamical perspective, Geochim. Cosmochim. Acta, 73, p.A1372-A1372,
2009.
Goodwillie, A.M., D.Reed, J. Ryan, C.A. Manduca, R.
Hickey-Vargas, A. Goodliffe and G. Abers, Bringing NSF-MARGINS science to the
undergraduate classroom, Geol. Soc. Am. Abst., 2009 Annual Mtg., paper 29-35,
2009.
Abers, G.A.; D. Christensen; J. Calkins. Imaging and earthquakes
along 600 km transect of subduction in central Alaska: BEAAR to MOOS, JKASP-6 Abst. Vol., Fairbanks, 2009.
Calkins, J., G. Abers, K. Creager and S. Rondenay, Shallow
lithospheric structure in western Washington from ambient noise analysis, EarthScope
Nat. Mtg. Abst., 2009
Rondenay, S., G.A. Abers, P.E. van Keken and J. Suckale (2009).
Seismic imaging of water distribution in subduction zones, Geophys. Res. Abstr.,11, EGU2009-6112.
van Keken, P.E, Syracuse, E.M., G.A. Abers and K.M. Fischer
(2009), The global range of subduction zone thermal models: consequences for
slab devolatilization, Geophys. Res. Abstr.,11, EGU2009-2187.
Abt, DL, K M Fischer, G A Abers, K Hoernle, J M Protti, W Strauch (2008), Shear-wave Splitting Tomography and Flow in the Mantle Wedge Beneath Costa Rica and Nicaragua, Eos Trans. AGU, 89(53), Fall Meet. Suppl., Abstract DI22A-03.
Rondenay, S., G A Abers, K C Creager, S D Malone, L MacKenzie, Z Zhang, P E van Keken, A G Wech, J R Sweet, T I Melbourne, B R Hacker (2008), CAFE: a seismic investigation of water percolation in the Cascadia subduction zone Eos Trans. AGU, 89(53), Fall Meet. Suppl., Abstract S31D-08.
Christensen, D, G Abers, and J Freymueller (2008), Multidisciplinary Observations of Subduction (MOOS) Experiment in South-Central Alaska, Eos Trans. AGU, 89(53), Fall Meet. Suppl., Abstract U51B-0041.
Abers, GA, L MacKenzie, S Rondenay, K M Fischer, E Syracuse, C Rychert (2008), The Nicaragua - Costa Rica slab and wedge: imaging deep fluid pathways, Eos Trans. AGU, 89(53), Fall Meet. Suppl., Abstract U52A-01.
Fischer, KM, C A Rychert, E M Syracuse, G A Abers, T Plank (2008), Along-arc Variations in Volatile Cycling in the Nicaragua-Costa Rica Subduction Zone, Eos Trans. AGU, 89(53), Fall Meet. Suppl., Abstract U52A-02.
Salas de la Cruz, M, K M Fischer, D W Forsyth, G A Abers, W
Strauch, J M Protti, V Gonzalez (2008), Rayleigh-Wave Tomography in the
Nicaragua-Costa Rica Subduction Zone, Eos Trans. AGU, 89(53), Fall Meet. Suppl., Abstract U53A-0057.
Syracuse, E.M., G.A. Abers and P.E. van Keken (2008), The global
range of subduction zone thermal models, EOS Trans. AGU, 89(52), Fall Meet. Suppl., Abstract U53A-0065.
Rondenay, S. and G.A. Abers (2007), Seismic imaging of dehydration reactions in the subducted crust, Eos Trans. AGU, 88(52), Fall Meet. Suppl., Abstr. T53D-08.
Abers, G.A., S. Rondenay, K.C. Creager, S.D. Malone, Z. Zhang, A.G. Wech, J.R. Sweet, T.I. Melbourne, and B.R. Hacker (2007), Imaging Subduction, Episodic Tremor and Slip in the Pacific Northwest: Cascadia Arrays For Earthscope (CAFE), Eos Trans. AGU, 88(52), Fall Meet. Suppl., Abstr. S43D-07.
Syracuse, E.M., G.A. Abers, K.M. Fischer, P.E. van Keken, E.A. Kneller, and C.A. Rychert (2007), Improving Seismic Constraints on Subduction Zone Geometry, Eos Trans. AGU, 88(52), Fall Meet. Suppl., Abstr. T43C-06.
Fischer, K.M., G.A. Abers, T. Plank, D.A. Wiens, E.M. Syracuse, C.A. Rychert, D.L. Abt and S.H. Pozgay (2007), Mantle Structure, Melting and Flow in the Nicaragua-Costa Rica and Izu Bonin-Marianas Subduction Zones, Eos Trans. AGU, 88(52), Fall Meet. Suppl., Abstr. T43C-05.
van Keken, P.E., E.A. Kneller, E. Syracuse, M. Long, D. Abt, G. Abers and K. Fischer (2007), Trench-parallel flow in the mantle wedge: insights from integrating seismology and 3D subduction zone modeling, Eos Trans. AGU, 88(52), Fall Meet. Suppl., Abstr. T53D-04.
Plank, T., C. Rychert, K. Fischer, G. Abers and E. Syracuse (2007), Temperature of mantle melts beneath Central America: Integrating petrologic and seismic observations, Eos Trans. AGU, 88(52), Fall Meet. Suppl., Abstr. T44C-07.
MacKenzie, L.S., G.A. Abers S. Rondenay, K.M. Fischer, E.M. Syracuse, J.M. Protti, V. Gonzalez, and W. Strauch (2007), Crustal Thickness Along the Central American Volcanic Front, Eos Trans. AGU, 88(52), Fall Meet. Suppl., Abstr. T43C-07.
Abers, G.A., K.M. Fischer, L. Auger, E. Syracuse, C. Rychert, J.M. Protti, V. Gonzales, and W. Strauch, Imaging the arc source region in Central America: The TUCAN broadband seismic experiment, Euro. Geophys. Un. EGU2007-A-10763, 2007
Abers, G.A., S. Rondenay, K.C. Creager, S. Malone, A. Wech, Z. Zhang, T. Melbourne and B. Hacker, Imaging subduction, episodic tremor and slip in the Pacific Northwest: Cascadia Arrays for Earthscope (CAFE), Earthscope National Meeting Abstracts, Monterey CA, March 2007.
Ferris, A., and G.A. Abers, Crustal structure from ambient seismic noise: the crust around the metamorphic core complexes in the Woodlark Rift of Papua New Guinea, EOS Trans. AGU, Fall Meet. Suppl., 2006.
Kneller, E.A., M. Long, P. van Keken, E. Syracuse, and G.A. Abers, Olivine fabric transitions and shear wave anisotropy in the Ryukyu subduction system, EOS Trans. AGU, Fall Meet. Suppl., 2006.
Rychert, C. A., K. M. Fischer, G. A. Abers, E. Syracuse, M. Protti, V. Gonzalez, W. Strauch, Along-arc variations in attenuation in the Nicaragua-Costa Rica Mantle Wedge, EOS Trans. AGU, Fall Meet. Suppl., 2006.
Salas-de la Cruz, M., K.M. Fischer, D.W. Forsyth, G.A. Abers, W. Strauch, J.M. Protti, V. Gonzalez, Rayleigh wave tomography in the Nicaragua-Costa Rica subduction zone, EOS Trans. AGU, Fall Meet. Suppl., 2006.
L. Auger, G.A. Abers, K.M. Fischer, W. Strauch, J.M. Protti and V. Gonzales, Crustal thickness variations beneath the Central American Arc, EOS Trans. AGU, Fall Meet. Suppl., 2006.
E. M. Syracuse, G.A. Abers, L. Auger, G. Reyes, J. Brewer, K.M. Fischer, J.M. Protti, V. Gonzales, W. Strauch , Seismic Velocities and Earthquake Locations in the Central America Upper Mantle: results from the TUCAN Experiment, EOS Trans. AGU, Fall Meet. Suppl., 2006.
Abt, D.L., K.M. Fischer, L. Martin, G.A. Abers, J.M. Protti and W. Strauch, Shear-wave splitting
tomography in the Central American subduction zone: Implications for flow and melt in the mantle wedge, EOS
Trans. AGU, Fall Meet. Suppl., 2006.
Ferris A., G. A. Abers, Seismic imaging of the transition from continental rifting to seafloor spreading, Woodlark rift system, Papua New Guinea, EOS Trans. AGU, Fall Meet. Suppl., 2005.
Abers, G.A., G. Rossi, S. Rondenay, D.H. Christensen and S. Peacock, Seismic evidence for massive silica addition to the mantle wedge of some subduction zones, EOS Trans. AGU, Fall Meet. Suppl., 2005.
Abt, D., K.M. Fischer, K. Rychert, G. Abers, L. Auger, E. Syracuse, M. Protti, V. Gonzalez, and W. Strauch, Shear-Wave Splitting Tomography in the Central American Mantle Wedge, EOS Trans. AGU, Fall Meet. Suppl., 2005.
Auger, L., G. Abers,T. Plank, G. Rossi, K. Fischer,
M. Protti, V. Gonzalez, and W. Strauch, Crustal thickness along the Central
American volcanic arc, EOS Trans. AGU,Fall Meet. Suppl., 2004.
Abers,
G.A., L. Auger,E. Syracuse, T. Plank, K.M. Fischer, C. Rychert, A. Walker,
J.M. Protti,V. Gonzalez, W. Strauch and P. Perez, Imaging the subduction
factory beneathCentral America: The TUCANBroadband Seismic Experiment, EOS
Trans. AGU, Fall Meet. Suppl., 2004.
Syracuse, E., and G.
Abers, Global and local variations in
slab depth beneath arc volcanoes, EOSTrans. AGU, Fall Meet. Suppl., 2004.
Fischer,
K.M., G. A. Abers,T. A. Plank, M.
Protti, V. Gonzalez, W. Strauch, P. Perez, C. A. Rychert, A.Walker, L. Auger, E. Syracuse, Anisotropy beneath
Costa Rica andNicaragua and the TUCAN Broadband Seismometer Array, EOS
Trans. AGU, FallMeet. Suppl., 2004.
van
Keken, P., G. Abers,E. Kneller,
Thermal modeling of the central Alaska subduction zone, EOSTrans. AGU, Fall
Meet. Suppl., 2004.
Rondenay,
S., G.A. Abers and A.
Ferris, A new, high-resolutionseismic profile of the central-Alaskan
subduction zone, EOSTrans. AGU, 85(17), Jt. Assem. Suppl., Abstract U54A-05.
Abers,
G.A. and G. Hirth, Seismic attenuation
constraints ontemperature and water content of the mantle wedge, EOS Trans.
AGU, 85(17), Jt. Assem. Suppl.,
Abstract U54A-04.
Ekström,
G., M. Nettles, and G.Abers,
Glacial earthquakes, EOS Trans. AGU, 84 (46),Fall Meet. Suppl.,
Abst. C21A-06, 2003.
Abers,
G.A., J.C. Stachnik,
and D.H. Christensen,Constraints on the Mechanism of Attenuation and Thermal
Structure in SubductionZones: Results from BEAAR, EOS Trans. AGU, 84
(46), Fall Meet. Suppl., Abstract S22B-0452, 2003.
Ferris A, G A Abers, B C Zelt, J S Floyd, Seismic velocities across
aregion of continental breakup, Woodlark Basin, Papua New Guinea, EOS Trans.
AGU, 84 (46),Fall Meet. Suppl., Abstr. T12A-0446, 2003.
Christensen,
D.H., G.A.Abers, and T. McNight,
Mantle AnisotropyBeneath the Alaska Range Inferred From S-wave Splitting
Observations: Results From BEAAR, EOS Trans. AGU, 84(46), Fall Meet.
Suppl., Abstract S31C-0782, 2003.
Campillo,
M., E.Larose, L. Margerin, A. Paul, B.van Tiggelen, A. Derode, and G.
Abers, Empirical Synthesis of Green functionsfrom
the correlation of diffuse waves, EOS Trans. AGU, 84
(46),Fall Meet. Suppl., Abstr.
S11E-0339, 2003.
Peacock,
S.M., P.E. van Keken, B.R. Hacker and G.A. Abers, Thermal modeling of
subduction-zone metamorphism: dehydration reactions, earthquakes, andarc
magmatism, Geol. Soc. Amer. Abstr. Vol., 2003 Meeting, 2003.
Niemi,
T.M., G.A. Abers, and A. Ferris, Investigation ofmacroseismic data, microearthquakes,
and paleoliquefaction associated with the1867 Wamego earthquake in eastern
Kansas, Geol. Soc. Abst. withProg. (Southeastern/North-Central Section
Mtg.), 35(2), 17-3, 2003.
Meyers-Smith,
E.V., D. H. Christensen and G. Abers,
Moho topography beneath the Alaska Range: Resultsfrom BEAAR, EOS Trans. AGU, 83(47),
fall mtg. suppl., Abstr. S52A-1073, 2002.
Stachnik, J., G.A.
Abers and D.H. Christensen, Mantle
wedge temperature estimates andimplications for wedge melting from seismic
attenuation beneath CentralAlaska: Results from BEAAR, EOSTrans. AGU, 83(47),
fall mtg.suppl., Abstr. S52A-1069, 2002.
Abers,
G.A., Hydration ofsubducted slabs
beneath arcs: seismological constraints, EOS Trans. AGU, 83(47),
fall mtg. suppl., Abstr. T22C-02, 2002.
Abers,
G.A., A. Ferris,D.
Christensen and E. Meyers-Smith, The Alaska slab imaged: Results from
BEAAR, EOS Trans. AGU,83(47), fall mtg. suppl., Abstr.S52A-1071, 2002.
Christensen,
D. and G.A. Abers, S-wave
splitting observations across the Alaska Range: Results from BEAAR, EOS
Trans. AGU,83(47), fall mtg. suppl., Abstr.S52A-1072, 2002.
Ferris, A., B. Zelt, G.A.
Abers, J. Floyd, B. Taylor, J. Mutter
and A.L.Lerner-Lam, Seismicity of the Woodlark-D’Entrecasteaux rift system in
easternPapua New Guinea,EOS Trans. AGU, 83, fall mtg. suppl.,
Abstr. S71C-1122, 2002.
Abers,
G. A, Stachnik,J.,
Ferris, A., Christensen, D. H., and Meyers, E. V., The
AlaskanSlab, Wedge, and Mountains Imaged by the BEAAR PASSCAL Experiment, IRISAnnual
Workshop, Kona, 2002.
Abers,
G.A., J.Stachnik,
S. Pozgay, D.H. Christensen, R. Hansen and
E.V.Meyers, The BEAAR Facts: Samplingthe Alaskan slab, wedge and
mountains with a broadband experiment across theAlaska Range (BEAAR), Seismol.
Res. Lett., 73, 219, 2002.
Stachnik, J.C., G.A.
Abers, and D.H. Christensen, Seismic
attenuation and source scaling fromintermediate-depth earthquakes: BEAAR
results from Central Alaska, Seismol. Res. Lett., 73,233, 2002.
Abers,
G.A., The sourceregion of
intermediate-depth earthquakes, EOS Trans. AGU, 82(47), Fall2001 Meeting Suppl., Abstr. S42D-04, 2001.
Hacker,
B.R., Peacock, S.M., and Abers, G.A.,
Intermediate-Depth Earthquakes in Subducting Slabsare Linked to Metamorphic
Dehydration Reactions, EOS Trans. AGU, 82(47), Fall2001 Meeting Suppl., Abstr. S42D-01, 2001.
Ferris, A., G. A.Abers,
A. Lerner-Lam J. Mutter, B. Taylor,and M. Craig, Crust and mantle imaging
beneath active metamorphic corecomplexes, Woodlark Rift, Papua New Guinea, EOS
Trans. AGU, 82(47), Fall2001 Meeting
Suppl., Abstr. T51E-06, 2001.
Meyers,
E.V., D.H. Christensen, A. Ferris, G. Abers, and A. Lucier, Crustal Thickness Across the
AlaskaRange, EOS Trans. AGU, 82(47), Fall
2001 Meeting Suppl., Abstr.T41C-0907, 2001.
Abers,
G.A., A. Ferris,A.
Lerner-Lam, J. Mutter and B. Taylor, Crustal thinning beneath activemetamorphic
core complexes, Woodlark Rift, Papua New Guinea, Geol. Soc.Amer. Abstr.
Vol., 2001 Meeting, 2001.
Hacker,
B.R., S.M. Peacock and G.A. Abers,
A new model forintermediate-depth earthquakes and phase changes in subducting
slabs, Eleventh Annual V.M. Goldschmidt Conf., Abstr. # 3620, LPI Contribution no. 1088, Lunar and
Planetary Institute,Houston, 2001.
Abers,
G.A., B.R. Hackerand S.M. Peacock,
Seismic Evidence Relating Intraslab Earthquakes toDehydration of Subducted
Crust: El Salvador, Olympia, and Elsewhere, EOSTrans. AGU, 82, Spring 2001 Meeting Suppl., 2001.
Stachnik, J.C., Abers,
G.A., Christensen, D.H., and Meyers,
E.M., Balance of Alaska Rangetopography through elevated mantle wedge
temperatures, as estimated by seismicattenuation, EOS Trans. AGU, 82, Spring 2001 Meeting Suppl.,2001.
Ferris, A.; G.A. Abers, A. Lerner-Lam, J. Mutter, B. Taylor, The
D'Entrecasteaux MetamorphicCore Complexes, Eastern Papua New Guinea: Moho
topography and IsostaticCompensation, EOS Trans. AGU, 82, Spring 2001 Meeting Suppl.,2001.
Craig,
M., S. Sioni, G. Abers, A. Ferris, A. Vahau, Array Processing of Data from theWoodlark
Seismic Experiment, EOS Trans. AGU, 82, Spring 2001Meeting Suppl., 2001.
Ferris, A., G.A. Abers, J. Floyd, A. Lerner-Lam, J. Mutter, M. Craig, H.
Davies, S. Sioni,and B. Taylor, Active Continental Extension and
Metamorphic Core Complexes: A PASSCAL SeismicDeployment in the
D'Entrecasteaux Islands, Eastern Papua New Guinea, EOS Trans.
AGU, 81, Fall2000 Meeting Suppl.,
2000.
Floyd,
J.S., Mutter, J.C., Lerner-Lam, A., Menke, W., Abers,G.A., Ferris, A., Taylor, B.,
Zelt,B.C., Craig, M., Davies, H., Sioni, S., Rapid changes in crustal
thicknessassociated with midocean ridge propagation into continental
lithosphere in thewestern Woodlark Basin, EOSTrans. AGU, 81, Fall 2000 Meeting Suppl., 2000.
Zelt, B.,
B. Taylor, A. Goodliffe, J. Mutter, A. Lerner-Lam, J.Floyd, G. Abers, A. Ferris, M.Craig, H. Davies, and R. Perembo, 3-D Velocity
Structure in the WesternWoodlark Basin From Traveltime Tomography, , EOS
Trans. AGU, 81, Fall 2000 Meeting
Suppl.,2000.
Meyers,
E.V., D.H. Christensen, G.A. Abers,
J.C. Stachnik, A.R. Holland and K.B. Beebe,Broadband
Experiment Across the Alaska Range (BEAAR) and Crustal StructureBeneath Central
Mainland Alaska, EOSTrans. AGU, 81, Fall 2000 Meeting Suppl., 2000
Hacker,
B.R., G.A. Abersand S.M. Peacock,
Phase Transformations and the Buoyancy, Seismicity, and H2OContents of Subduction
Zones, EOS Trans. AGU, 81, Fall
2000Meeting Suppl., 2000
Mutter,
J.C., J.S. Floyd, A. Lerner-Lam, B. Taylor, G. Abers,A. Ferris,
Active and natural seismicity investigation of continentalbreakup in the
western Woodlark Basin, EOS Trans. AGU, 81, Spring2000 Meeting Suppl., 2000.
Abers,
G.A., Central America –
earthquakeseismology, at MARGINS Theoretical Earth Institute: Inside the
Subduction Factory, Eugene, OR, Aug. 2000.
Abers,
G.A., S.M. Peacock and B.R. Hacker,
Cool subducted crustat depths greater than 100 km: lowseismic velocities,
mineralogy, and thermal structure, EOS Trans. AGU, 80, Fall 1999 Meeting Suppl., F554, 1999.
Stachnik, J., G.A.Abers and D. Christensen, The BroadbandExperiment Across
the Alaska Range (BEAAR) Project: A Preliminary Report ofLocal Earthquakes From
an IRIS Intern Perspective, EOS Trans. AGU, 80, Fall 1999 Meeting Suppl., F725, 1999.
Schlotterbeck, B.A., G.A.Abers and G.M. Sarker, Seismic AttenuationVariations Across
Southern California, EOSTrans. AGU, 80, Fall 1999 Meeting Suppl., F715, 1999.
Meyers,
E., D. Christensen, G.A. Abers and
M. Pollock, Preliminary results from BEAAR(Broadband Experiment Across the
Alaska Range), EOS Trans. AGU, 80,
Fall 1999 Meeting Suppl., F711, 1999.
McNamara,
D., J. Rubenstein, R. Hansen, D. Christensen, and G.A. Abers, Lg attenuation
characteristics in continental Alaska, EOS Trans. AGU, 80, Fall 1999Meeting
Suppl, 1999.
Abers,
G.A., Earthquakes on low-angle normal
faults and rapidextension in the Woodlark Rift System, Papua New Guinea
(invited), abstr. vol."Non-Volcanic Rifting of Continental Margins:
A comparison of Evidence from Land and Sea", Geol. Soc.London, Sept.
1999.
Abers,
G.A., Feeling the heat: Seismic
body-wave pulse distortion by subducting slabs andhigh-pressure metamorphism of
subducted crust, EOS Trans. AGU, Fall 1998 Meeting suppl.
Niemi,
T.M., G.A. Abers, and A.N. Ferris, Paleoliquefaction andseismic potential along the
Nemaha Ridge and Humbodt Fault, Eastern Kansas:Preliminary Results, EOS
Trans. AGU, 79,S340, 1998.
Abers,
G., Observing Dispersion of
Regional Body Waves in Subducted Slabs: A Signal From Subducted
Crust?(abstr.), Seismol. Res. Lett.,69(2),152, 1998.
Abers,
G.A. and J.W. Gephart, Stress
variations in SouthernCalifornia determined by direct inversion of seismic
first motions (MOTSI), Eos Trans. AGU, 78(46), FallMeet. Suppl., F451, 1997.
Sarker, G, and
G.A.Abers, Seismic attenuation across
rangefronts in central Eurasia, EOS Trans.AGU, Fall 1997 Meeting suppl.
Abers,
G.A., Shallow Dips of Normal Faults
During RapidExtension: Earthquakes in the Woodlark-D'EntrecasteauxRift
System, Papua New Guinea, 1997IRIS Workshop, June 7-12, BeaverRun Colo.
Sarker, G.,and G.A. Abers,
Comparison of body and coda wave measures of Q, 1997 IRIS Workshop,
June7-12, Beaver Run Colo.
Abers,
G.A., Array measurements and origins
for phases used inreceiver function calculations, EOSTrans. AGU, 77,
F459-F460, 1996.
Helffrich,
G. and G.Abers, Low velocity slab
layer in theeastern Aleutian subduction zone, EOSTrans. AGU, 77,
F478, 1996.
Gephart,
J.W., and G.A. Abers, Estimating
the regional stress tensor from seismic first motionobservations:
Uncertainty in focalmechanisms and the importance of error-free data,, Eos
Trans. AGU, 77(46), Fall Meet. Suppl., F518, 1996
Abers,
G.A., and L. Garinger, Estimating
structure beneath IRISarray sites from teleseismic multichannel receiver
functions, IRIS Workshop 1996 Abstracts, 73,Spring 1996.
Sarker,
G., G.A. Abers, and A. Lerner-Lam,
Seismic Q and RegionalTectonism in the Greater Caucasus Continental
Collision Zone, EOSTrans. AGU, 76, F353,
1995.
Abers,
G.A., Earthquakes in Kansas and
continental interiors, extended abstracts for40th Annual Structural Engineering
Conference, Lawrence KS, 1995.
Abers,
G.A., and J.W. Gephart, Constraining
the regional stresstensor directly from seismic first-motion observations, Int.
Un. Geol. Geophys. XXI Gen. Ass.,
B339, 1995.
Abers,
G.A. and G. Sarker, Frequency-dependent
propagation ofregional body waves and the nature of subducted crust at 100-150
km depthsbeneath Alaska, Int. Un. Geol. Geophys.XXI Gen. Ass., A470, 1995.
Abers,
G.A., Normal faulting in the
Woodlark-D'Entrecasteauxrift system, Papua New Guinea, EOS,Trans. AGU,
75(44), 6041994.
Vernon,
F.L., D.J. Harvey, G.L. Pavlis, W.-Y. Kim, G.A. Abers, and G.S. Wagner, Array
studies in the Joint Seismic Program, EOS, Trans. AGU,75(44), suppl., 68, 1994.
Abers,
G.A., Buy one, get one free: Structure
and origins of double seismic zones, extendedabstracts for SUBCON: An
Interdisciplinary Conference on theSubduction Process (D. Scholl, G. Bebout, S. Kirby, eds.),
268-270, Catalina Island, California,June 1994.
Plank,
T., J. Morris, and G.Abers,
Sediment water fluxes at subductionzones, extended abstracts for SUBCON:
An Interdisci;iniary Conference on
theSubduction Process (D. Scholl, G. Bebout, S. Kirby, eds.), 265-267,
Catalina Island, California,June 1994.
Abers, G.A.,W.-Y.
Kim, D. Harvey, D. Lentrichia, R.Such, A.L. Lerner-Lam, O. Starovoit, I.
Chernoby, The JSP Caucasus network, IRIS Workshop, Spring, 1994.
Stevens,
C., R. McCaffrey, P. English, J. van der Kevie, S.Castillo, R. Kizana, M.
Vaieke, P. Pako, J. Wahun, Z. Sombo, E. Silver, and G. Abers,Coseismic
deformation and dislocation models of the 1993 Markham Valley, PapuaNew Guinea,
earthquake sequence constrained by waveform modeling and GPSmeasurements, EOS
Trans. AGU, 75 (16),suppl., 112,
1994.
Abers,
G.A., J. Beavan, S. Horton, K.H.
Jacob, S. Jaumé, and E.Triep, Whole lot o' shakin': Highaccelerations
observed for a moderate-sized (mb 6.1) East Aleutian earthquake, EOS Trans. AGU, 74(43), 95,1993.
Pavlis,
G.L., H. Al-Shukri, D. Repin, F.L. Vernon, J. Hanson,G.W. Wagner, A.
Lerner-Lam, G. Abers, D.J. Harvey,
S.W. Roecker, and I. Dricker,Preliminary results from the broadband
frequency-wavenumber array experiment,Alibek, Turkmenistan, EOS Trans.
AGU,74(43), 450, 1993.
Ozalaybey,
S., A.F. Sheehan, and G.A. Abers,
Modeling receiverfunctions with grid search methods, EOSTrans. AGU, 74(43),
393, 1993.
Stevens,
C., T. Nacino, J. Sipuman , Z. Sombo, F. Kulemu, J.S.Yapi, T.S. Hasiata, J.
Selsel, G. Wari, E. Wasmatain, N. Yawi, M.B. Liu, S.G.Kuiva, T. Hasu, R. McCaffrey,
E.A. Silver, and G. Abers, GPS
survey of theMarkham Valley, Papua New Guinea: Study of active terrane
accretion, EOSTrans. AGU(43), Fall
1993.
Mutter,
J.C., C.Z. Mutter, G.Abers, and J.
Fang, Seismic images ofpossible low-angle normal faults in the western Woodlark
Basin wherecontinental extension yields to seafloor spreading, EOS Trans.
AGU, 74(43), 412, 1993.
Abers,
G.A., N. Barstow, J. Beavan, R.
Dmowska, G. Ekström, S.Horton, X.X. Hu, K.H. Jacob, S. Jaumé, Z. Lu, H.
Kanamori, S. McNutt, L. Rao,C.A. Rowe, S. Stihler, H.-K. Thio, E. Triep, and M.
Wyss, The Ms 6.9 ShumaginIslands earthquake of May 13, 1993:Preliminary
results, Eos Trans. AGU,74(43),
693, 1993.
Abers,
G.A., D. Sparks, and M. Spiegleman,
Seismogenesis indouble seismic zones, EOS Trans. AGU,74,309, 1993.
Sheehan,
A.F., G.A. Abers, A.L. Lerner-Lam
and C.H. Jones, Crustal thicknessvariations across the Rocky Mountain Front
from teleseismic receiver functions,GSA Today ??, , 1993.
Ekström,
G., and G.A.Abers, Normal faulting
near Unalaska,Aleutian islands, EOS Trans. AGU,74,311, 1993.
Hu,
X.X., G.A. Abers, and L.R. Sykes,
Rupture duration and stress dropsfor earthquakes in the Shumagin region,
Alaska: Time domain inversion ofregional waveform, EOS Trans. AGU,74,207-208,
1993.
Abers,
G.A. and M. Spiegelman, Double
seismic zones: Plate bending or evidence of compositionalvariations in
the mantle?, EOS Trans. AGU,73,569, 1992.
Sheehan,
A.F., G.A. Abers, A.L. Lerner-Lam
and J.A. Lawrence, Crustalthickness variations across the Rocky Mountain Front
from teleseismic receiverfunctions, EOS Trans. AGU, 73, 372,1992.
Mutter,
J.C., J.B. Diebold, C.Z. Mutter, G. Abers, S. Scott, V. Benes, G.Lister, and A.-K. Pahl, Continental breakup by
rift propagation in the WoodlarkBasin/D'Entrecasteaux Islands mimics oceanic
propagation, EOS Trans. AGU, 73, 536, 1992.
Abers,
G.A., Plate configuration and
seismogenic deformation ofthe Shumagin region,Wadati Conference onGreat
Subduction Earthquakes, U. Alaska
Fairbanks, 1992.
Abers,
G.A., and W.-Y. Kim, Potential of broad-band
regionalseismographs in the Aleutians, Wadati Conferenceon Great Subduction
Earthquakes, U. Alaska Fairbanks,
1992.
Boyd,
T.M., and G. Abers,
Seismotectonics, seismic history, and earthquakepotential, of the Eastern
Aleutian seismic gaps: Shumagin and Unalaska, WadatiConference on
Great Subduction Earthquakes, U.
Alaska Fairbanks,1992.
Abers,
G.A., and X. Hu, Time-domain
inversions for source pulserecovery using empirical Green's functions, Seismol.Res.
Lett., 63, 74, 1992.
Sheehan,
A.F., G.A. Abers, Q. Chen, and A.
Lerner-Lam, Analysis of teleseismicreceiver functions using PASSCAL Rocky
Mountain Front passive-source experimentdata, Seismol. Res. Lett., 63, 36
1992.
Triep,
E., G. A. Abers, A.L. Lerner-Lam,
and W.-Y. Kim, Mountain buildingby shallow dipping thrust faults in the Greater
Caucasus: the 29 April, 1991 earthquake, Seismol. Res. Lett., 63,
26,1992.
Triep,
E., G. A. Abers, A.L. Lerner-Lam,
and W.-Y. Kim, Active thrust front at the south slope of the Greater
Caucasus: Aftershocks of the April 29, 1991 earthquake, EOS Trans. AGU,
73, 210, 1992.
Abers,
G.A., and R. McCaffrey, Consequences
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Abers,
GA, and J. Beavan, Seismic
deformation and structure ofan interplate thrust zone: Seismicity in the
Shumagin region, eastern Aleutian arc, EOS Trans. AGU, 72,
460,1991.
Triep, E.,
GA Abers, A.L. Lerner-Lam, and W.-Y. Kim, Mountain buildingby
shallow dipping thrust faults in the Greater Caucasus: the 29April, 1991
earthquake, EOSTrans. AGU, 72, 312, 1991.
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A.L., GA Abers, E. Triep, W-Y Kim, N. Zakharzhenko, and V.Mishatkin,
Joint US-USSR aftershock study of the April 29, 1991 Georgian-Ossetian
earthquake, EOS Trans. AGU, 72,
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G.A. and G. Ekström, Seismically
active faulting along the Bering Shelf edge, EOS, Trans. AGU,72,268,
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G.A., The forearc high and laterally
varying velocity structure from local network Pand Sarrival
times, Shumagin segment, Aleutian Arc, EOS Trans. AGU, 71, 1444, 1990.
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G.A., Possible seismogenic low-angle
normal faults in the D'Entrecasteaux-Woodlark region, Papua New Guinea, EOS
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C., R. McCaffrey, G.Abers, and H.
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G.A., and S. Roecker, Deep structure
of an arc-continent collision: Relocation ofearthquakes and inversion for
upper mantle P and S wave velocities beneath Papua New Guinea, EOS Trans.
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Guinea Highlands, regional gravity anomalies, and the depth of the foreland
basin, EOS Trans. AGU, 69, 1444, 1988.
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G.A., C. Bryan, S.W. Roecker, and R.
McCaffrey, Depths and mechanisms of large shallow earthquakes in the southern
Tadjik Basin, Afghanistan, EOS Trans. AGU, 68, 418,1987.
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R., and G.A.Abers, Active
tectonics of the Banda arc, Indonesia, EOS Trans. AGU, 68,406, 1987.
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G.A., R.McCaffrey, and J. Nabelek,
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CO, G.A. Abers, and L Shure, Venus
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