PUBLICATIONS: Geoffrey Abers, June 2008
Underlined authors are my students
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.), in press, 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
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 Feb. 2008)
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 of arc-continent collision in New Guinea:
Polarityreversal? EOS Trans. AGU, 72, 433, 1991.
R. McCaffrey and GA Abers, Arc-continent collision Indonesian style, EOS Trans.
AGU, 72, 433,1991.
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.
Lerner-Lam, 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, 312,1991.
Abers, G.A.
and G. Ekström, Seismically active faulting along the Bering Shelf edge, EOS,
Trans. AGU,72,268, 1991.
Abers, 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.
Abers, G.A.,
Possible seismogenic low-angle normal faults in the D'Entrecasteaux-Woodlark
region, Papua New Guinea, EOS Trans. AGU, 71, 631, 1990.
Kulig, C., R. McCaffrey, G.Abers, and H. Letz, Shallow seismicity of arc-continent
collision in Papua New Guinea, EOS Trans. AGU, 71,
560-561, 1990.
Abers, 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. AGU, 70,402,
1989.
Abers, G.,
Isostatic compensation of the New Guinea Highlands, regional gravity anomalies,
and the depth of the foreland basin, EOS Trans. AGU, 69, 1444, 1988.
Abers, 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.
McCaffrey, R., and G.A.Abers, Active tectonics of the Banda arc, Indonesia, EOS
Trans. AGU, 68,406, 1987.
Abers, G.A.,
and R. McCaffrey, Depth and mechanisms of faulting in the New Guinea fold and
thrust belt: constraints from earthquake and gravity data, IOC WESTPAC
symposium on the Indo-Pacific Convergence Zone, Workshop Report - UNESCO,
Intergov. Ocean. Comm., 47,16, 1986.
Abers, G.A.,
R.McCaffrey, and J. Nabelek, Depth and mechanisms of faulting in the New Guinea
fold and thrust belt, EOS Trans. AGU, 67, 359, 1986.
Bowin, CO, G.A. Abers, and L Shure, Venus gravity anomaly maps at constant
altitude, EOS Trans. AGU, 64,744,
1983.