Publications
 
CV (pdf, as of April 2009) Peer reviewed papers Hjörleifsdóttir V, Kanamori H, Tromp J “Modeling 3D wave propagation and finite slip for the 1998 Balleny Islands earthquake” Journal of Geophysical Research – Solid Earth (114) B03301 DOI: 10.1029/2008JB005975 (pdf) Song, YT, Fu, LL;, Zlotnicki, V, Ji C, Hjörleifsdóttir V, Shum CK, Yi YC "The role of horizontal impulses of the faulting continental slope in generating the 26 December 2004 tsunami”, Ocean Modelling (20),p 362-379, 2008 Konca AO, Hjörleifsdóttir V, Helmberger DV, Sieh K, Avouac J-P, Briggs R, Meltzner A, Galetzka J, Natawidjaja DH, Suwargadi B “Rupture kinematics and strong ground motion estimates of the 2005, Mw 8.6,Nias-Simeulue earthquake from the joint inversion of seismic and geodetic Data” BSSA, (97) 1A, p: S307-S322, doi: 10.1785/0120050632 (pdf) Chlieh M, Avouac J-P, Hjorleifsdottir V, Song TA, Ji C, Sieh K, Sladen A., Hebert H, Prawirodirdjo L, Bock Y, Galetzka J “Coseismic slip and afterslip of the great Mw 9.15 Sumatra-Andaman Earthquake of 2004” BSSA 97 (1A) p:S152- 173, doi 10.1785/0120050631 (pdf) Song YT, Ji C, Fu LL, Zlotnicki V, Shum CK, Yi YC, Hjorleifsdottir V , “The 26 December 2004 tsunami source estimated from satellite radar altimetry and seismic waves”, Geophysical Research Letters 32 (20) Art. No. L20601, 2005 Ammon CJ, Ji C, Thio HK, Robinson D, Ni SD, Hjorleifsdottir V, Kanamori H, Lay T, Das S, Helmberger D, Ichinose G, Polet J, Wald D, “Rupture process of the 2004 Sumatra-Andaman earthquake” Science 308 (5725): 1133-1139, 2005 (pdf) Thesis “Earthquake source characterization using 3D numerical modeling”, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA, defended March 13, 2007 (download) Selected Resent Presentations Hjörleifsdóttir, V and Ekstöm, G. “Effects of three-dimensional Earth structure on CMT source parameters” Earthscope National Meeting, Boise, ID, May 2009, (abstract, pdf) Hjörleifsdóttir, V., Q. Liu and J. Tromp “Adjoint”, IRIS national meeting, Stevenson, WA, June 2008 (abstract, pdf)Publications_files/CV_vala_April2009.pdfPublications_files/HjorleifsdottirKanamoriTromp_Balleny_JGR2009.pdfPublications_files/Konca_Nias_BSSA2007.pdfPublications_files/Chlieh_Sumatra_BSSA2007.pdfPublications_files/Ammon_Sumatra_Science2005.pdfhttp://etd.caltech.edu/etd/available/etd-03212007-170259/Publications_files/Hjorleifsdottir_abstract_ES2009.pdfPublications_files/poster_ES2009.pdfPublications_files/iris2008.pdfPublications_files/poster_IRIS2008.pdfshapeimage_2_link_0shapeimage_2_link_1shapeimage_2_link_2shapeimage_2_link_3shapeimage_2_link_4shapeimage_2_link_5shapeimage_2_link_6shapeimage_2_link_7shapeimage_2_link_8shapeimage_2_link_9