PUBLICATIONS: Geoffrey Abers, February 2013

 

Underlined authors are my students or postdoc’s

 Peer-reviewed Publications

 

Harmon, N., M. Salas de la Cruz, C.A. Rychert, G.A. Abers and K.M. Fischer.  Crustal and mantle shear velocity structure of Costa Rica and Nicaragua from ambient noise and teleseismic Rayleigh wave tomography, Geophys. J. Int., in revision, 2013.

Keranen, K.M., H.M. Savage, G.A. Abers and E.S. Cochran, Initiation of triggered earthquakes after 20 years of fluid injection:  The November 2011 sequence in Oklahoma, Geology, in press, 2013.

Abers G.A., J. Nakajima, P.E. van Keken, S. Kita and B.R. Hacker, Thermal-petrological controls on the location of earthquakes within subducting plates, Earth Planet. Sci. Lett., in revision, 2013.

de la Torre, T.L., A.F. Sheehan, G.A. Abers, and B.R. Hacker, Seismic body wave attenuation variations in the Himalaya and Southern Tibetan Plateau, J. Geophys. Res., in revision, 2012.

Hacker, B.R. and G.A. Abers, Subduction Factory 5:  Unusually low Poisson's ratios in subduction zones from elastic anisotropy of peridotite, J. Geophys. Res., 117, art. no. B06308, 2012.

Brownlee, S.J., B.R. Hacker, M. Salisbury, G. Seward, T.A. Little, S.L. Baldwin, and G.A. Abers, (2011). Predicted velocity and density structure of the exhuming Papua New Guniea ultrahigh-pressure terrane. J. Geophys. Res. 116, art. no. B08206.

Calkins, J., G.A. Abers, G. Ekström, K. C. Creager, and S. Rondenay, Shallow structure of the Cascadia subduction zone beneath western Washington from spectral ambient noise correlation, J. Geophys. Res., 116, B07302, doi:10.1029/2010JB007657, 2011.

van Keken, P.E., B.R. Hacker, E.M. Syracuse  and G.A. Abers (2011). Subduction factory 4:  Depth-dependent flux of H₂O from subducting slabs worldwide, J. Geophys. Res., 116, B01401, doi:10.1029/2010JB007922.

Abers, G.A., Subduction Zones, in H. Gupta (ed.), Encyclopedia of Solid Earth Geophysics, Springer, p. 1395-1405, 2011.

Rondenay, S., L. Montesi and G.A. Abers, New geophysical insight into the origin of the Denali volcanic gap, Geophys. J. Int., 182, 613-630, 2010.

MacKenzie, L.M., G.A. Abers, S. Rondenay and K.M. Fischer, Imaging a steeply dipping subducting slab in southern Central America, Earth Planet. Sci. Lett., 296, 459-468, 2010.

Syracuse, E.M., P. E. van Keken and G.A. Abers, The global range of subduction zone thermal models, Phys. Earth Planet. Int., 183, 73-90, doi:10.1016/j.pepi.2010.02.004, 2010.

Christensen, D. and G.A. Abers, Seismic anisotropy under central Alaska from SKS splitting observations, J. Geophys. Res., 115, B04315, doi:10.1029/2009JB006712, 2010.

Abt, D.L., K.M. Fischer, G.A. Abers, J.M. Protti, V. González and W. Strauch, Constraints on upper mantle anisotropy surrounding the Cocos slab from SK(K)S splitting, J. Geophys. Res., 115, art. no. B06316, doi:10.1029/2009JB006710, 2010.

French, S.W., L.M. Warren, K.M. Fischer, G.A. Abers, W. Strauch, J. M. Protti, and V.Gonzalez. Constraints on upper-plate deformation in the Nicaragua subduction zone from earthquake relocation and directivity analysis, Geochem. Geophys. Geosyst., 115, art. no. Q03S20, doi:10.1029/2009GC002841, 2010.

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.

 

Other Reports

 

Abers, G., Fracking shakes up the Earth, Commentary in Albany Times-Union, Jan. 16, 2013.

Abers, G.A., From the MARGINS Chair, MARGINS Newslett. 25, Fall 2010, p. 8-9.

Abers, G.A. and J. Morgan, NSF MARGINS Program:  The MARGINS decade, and its successor, Struct. Geol. & Tecton. Newslett., Geol. Soc. Amer., 30(1), p. 8, Feb. 2010.

Abers, G.A., From the MARGINS Chair, MARGINS Newslett. 23, Fall 2009, p. 8-9.

Abers, G.A., From the MARGINS Chair; Response to Decadal Review Report, MARGINS Newslett. 22, Spring 2009, p. 1-3.

Abers, G.A., From the MARGINS Chair, MARGINS Newslett. 21, Fall 2008, p. 8-9.

Abers, G.A., From the MARGINS Chair, MARGINS Newslett. 20, Spring 2008, p. 7-8.

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.

 

Select Published Abstracts (since 2009)

Kiser, E., A. Levander, S. Harder, G. Abers, K. Creager, and J. Vidale (2013).  iMUSH: The design of the Mount St. Helens high-resolution active source seismic experiment, EGU Abst. EGU2013-12325.

van Keken, P.E., S. Kita, J. Nakajima, G.A. Abers and B.R. Hacker (2012), Metamorphic dehydration reactions control the location of intermediate-depth seismicity, Abstract T24B-04, presented at 2012 Fall Meeting, AGU, San Francisco, Calif., 3-7 Dec.

Keranen, K.M., H.M. Savage, G.A. Abers and E.S. Cochran (2012), Fluid injection triggering of 2011 earthquake sequence in Oklahoma, Abstract S34A-03, presented at 2012 Fall Meeting, AGU, San Francisco, Calif., 3-7 Dec.

Mattei, G.A., K.M. Keranen, G.A. Abers, D.J. Shillington and A. Becel (2012), Seismic variability study of eastern Alaska/Aleutian megathrust, Abstract T11A-2533, presented at 2012 Fall Meeting, AGU, San Francisco, Calif., 3-7 Dec.

Jin, G., J. Gaherty, G.A. Abers, YH. Kim, Z. Eilon, R. Buck, and R. Verave (2012), Imaging crust and mantle structure beneath the D’Entrecasteaux Islands, Papua New Guinea, from Rayleigh wave tomography, Abstract T43E-2719, presented at 2012 Fall Meeting, AGU, San Francisco, Calif., 3-7 Dec.

Abers, G.A., YH. Kim, J.B. Gaherty, Z. Eilon, J. Ge, and R. Verave (2012), Imaging to understand exhumation of UHP rocks during rifting:  the 2010-2011 CDPapua seismic experiment, Abstract T42C-06, presented at 2012 Fall Meeting, AGU, San Francisco, Calif., 3-7 Dec.

Eilon, Z., G.A. Abers, YH. Kim, J.B. Gaherty, J. Ge, and R. Verave (2012), Seismic anisotropy and mantle structure beneath the D’Entrecasteaux Islands, Papua New Guinea, Abstract T42C-07, presented at 2012 Fall Meeting, AGU, San Francisco, Calif., 3-7 Dec.

Y.H. Kim, G.A. Abers, J. Li, J.A. Calkins, and D.H. Christensen (2012), Imaging megathrust zone and Yakutat/Pacific plate interface in the Alaska subduction zone, Abstract T14A-03, presented at 2012 Fall Meeting, AGU, San Francisco, Calif., 3-7 Dec.

Cochran, E.S., D.F. Sumy, K.M. Keranen, G.A. Abers and H.M. Savage, Coulomb stress modeling of the 2011 M5.7 Oklahoma earthquake sequence, Abstract S53I-05, presented at 2012 Fall Meeting, AGU, San Francisco, Calif., 3-7 Dec.

Wei, M., D.F. Sumy, E.S. Cochran, K.M. Keranen, G.A. Abers and H.M. Savage (2012), Preliminary focal mechanism analysis of the 6 November 2011 M 5.6 Oklahoma sequence, Abstract S51E-2455, presented at 2012 Fall Meeting, AGU, San Francisco, Calif., 3-7 Dec.

Brownlee, S.J., B.R. Hacker, S.L. Baldwin, T. Little, G.A. Abers, M. Salisbury and G. Seward (2012), Predicted velocity and density structure of the exhuming Papua New Guinea (PNG) ultra-high-pressure (UHP) terrane, Abstract V51C-01, presented at 2012 Fall Meeting, AGU, San Francisco, Calif., 3-7 Dec.

McGary, R.S., R. Evans, S. Rondenay, P.E. Wannamaker, and G.A. Abers (2012), The CAFE seismic and magnetotelluric experiments:  an investigation of fluid processes in the Cascadia subduction system using a sequential inversion of passive seismic and magnetotelluric data, Abstr. T23E-2726, presented at 2012 Fall Meeting, AGU, San Francisco, Calif., 3-7 Dec.

Harmon, N., M. Salas, C.A. Rychert, K.M. Fischer and G.A. Abers (2012), Shear velocity structure of Costa Rica from teleseismic and ambient noise Rayleigh wave tomography, Abstract V21C-05, presented at 2012 Fall Meeting, AGU, San Francisco, Calif., 3-7 Dec.

Harmon, N., M. Salas de la Cruz, C. Rychert, K. Fischer and G. Abers, 3-D Shear Velocity Structure of Costa Rica and Nicaragua from Teleseismic and Ambient Noise Rayleigh Wave Tomography, AOGS – AGU (WPGM) Joint Assembly Singapore, Abst. No. SE55-A018, 13-17 Aug. 2012.

Abers, G.A., J. Gaherty, Z. Eilon, YH. Kim, J. Ge, and R. Verave, Imaging to understand exhumation of UHP rocks during rifting:  the 2010-2011 CDPapupa Seismic Experiment, International Geological Congress, Brisbane, Aug. 2012.

Gaherty J.B., D.J. Shillington, L. Seeber, F. Waldhauser and G.A. Abers, The role of US academic institutions in building sustainable technical capacity in developing countries to characterize and mitigate hazards, 2012 AGU Science Policy Conference, May 2012.

Faul, U., I. Jackson, G. Garapic and G. Abers, Isolating the effects of melt on seismic velocity and attenuation in subduction zones, ISEI conference “Dynamics and Evolution of the Earth's Interior: special emphasis on the role of fluids”, Masasa Japan, 2012.

Li, J. G.A. Abers, D.H. Christensen, Y.H. Kim, and J.A. Calkins, (2011).  Preliminary earthquake locations in the Kenai Peninsula recorded by the MOOS Array and their relationship to structure in the 1964 great earthquake zone, Abst., presented at 2011 Fall Meeting AGU, San Francisco Calif.

Abers, G.A., K.M. Fischer, J.G. Hirth, B.K. Holtzman, D. Wiens and T.Plank (2011). Relating seismic observables to fluid migration in subduction zones, Abst., presented at 2011 Fall Meeting AGU, San Francisco Calif. (invited)

Abers, G.A., J. Gaherty, J. Ge, R. Verave, P. Irarue, J. Calkins, and R. Buck (2011). Imaging to understand exhumation of UHP rocks during rifting:  the 2010-2011 CDPapua seismic experiment, Abst., presented at 2011 Fall Meeting AGU, San Francisco Calif. (invited)

Rondenay, S., L. Montési and G. Abers, A model for the formation of volcanic gaps by slab advance, Geophys. Res. Abst., 13, EGU-2011, 2011.

McGary, R.S., S. Rondenay, R. Evans, and G. Abers, P. Wannamaker C-W Chen, A joint geophysical investigation of the Cascadia subduction system in central Washington using dense arrays of passive seismic and magnetotelluric station data, Geophys. Res. Abst., 13, EGU-2011, 2011.

Bellesiles, A.K., D.H. Christensen, G.A. Abers, R.A. Hansen, G.L. Pavlis and X. Song (2010), A decade of shear-wave splitting observations in Alaska, Abst. G21B-0799, presented at 2010 Fall Meeting AGU, San Francisco Calif., 13-17 Dec.

van Keken, P.E., B.R. Hacker, E.M. Syracuse and G.A. Abers (2010), H2O and CO2 devolatilization in subduction zones: implications for the global water and carbon cycles, Abst. U23B-06, presented at 2010 Fall Meeting AGU, San Francisco Calif., 13-17 Dec.

Hacker, B.R. and G.A. Abers (2010), Low Poisson rations in subduction zones, Abst. DI13A-1854, presented at 2010 Fall Meeting AGU, San Francisco Calif., 13-17 Dec.

van Keken, P.E., S. Kita, J. Nakajima, A.K. Bengston, B.R. Hacker and G.A. Abers (2010), Three-dimensional thermal structure and seismogenesis in the Tohoku and Hokkaido subduction system, Abst. DI41B-01, presented at 2010 Fall Meeting AGU, San Francisco Calif., 13-17 Dec. (Invited)

Abers, G.A., J. Nakajima, and P.E. van Keken (2010), Variability in P-T paths in subducting mantle and crust, and its control on the locations of intraslab earthquakes, Abst. V31D-08, presented at 2010 Fall Meeting AGU, San Francisco Calif., 13-17 Dec. (Invited)

Janiszewski, H.A., G.A. Abers, J.A. Calkins and D.J. Shillington (2010), Using passive source seismic data to determine the crustal structure of the Aleutian island arc, Abst. G21B-0807, presented at 2010 Fall Meeting AGU, San Francisco Calif., 13-17 Dec.

Calkins, J.A., G.A. Abers, J.T. Freymueller, S. Rondenay and D.H. Christensen (2010), Seismic imaging along a 600 km transect of the Alaska Subduction zone, Abst. G14A-06, presented at 2010 Fall Meeting AGU, San Francisco Calif., 13-17 Dec.

Calkins, J.A., G.A. Abers, J.T. Freymueller and D.H. Christensen, Linked structural and geodetic effects revealed by seismic imaging of the source zone of the 1964 great Alaska EQ, IRIS 2010 Workshop Abst., 2010.

Abers, G.A., S. Rondenay, L. MacKenzie, P.E. van Keken, B.R. Hacker and K.M. Fischer (2009). What is the slab surface? Evidence from seismology (Invited), Eos Trans. AGU, 90, Fall Meet. Suppl., Abstract DI14A-02.

Hacker, B.R., P.E. van Keken, G.A. Abers and G. Seward (2009).  Velocities of subducted sediments and continents, Eos Trans. AGU, 90, Fall Meet. Suppl., Abstract DI14A-08.

Rondenay, S., L.G. Montesi and G.A. Abers (2009). New geophysical insight into the origin of the Denali volcanic gap, Eos Trans. AGU, 90, Fall Meet. Suppl., Abstract DI33B-07.

Bellesiles, A.K., D.H. Christensen, E. Entwistle, M. Litherland, G.A. Abers and X. Song (2009). Shear-wave splitting observations of mantle anisotropy beneath Alaska, Eos Trans. AGU, 90, Fall Meet. Suppl., Abstract DI41B-1812.

Abt, D.L., K.M. Fischer and G.A. Abers (2009). Mantle Flow Above and Below the Subducting Lithosphere in Central America, Eos Trans. AGU, 90, Fall Meet. Suppl., Abstract S14A-03.

Rychert, C.A., K.M. Fischer, G.A. Abers, T. Plank, E.M. Syracuse, M. Protti, V.M. Gonzalez, and W. Strauch (2009). Strong Along-Arc Variations in Attenuation in the Mantle Wedge beneath Costa Rica and Nicaragua, Eos Trans. AGU, 90, Fall Meet. Suppl., Abstract S44A-05.

McGary, R.S., R. L. Evans, S. Rondenay, G. A. Abers, K. C. Creager, and P. E. Wannamaker (2009). Joint magnetotelluric and seismic investigation of the Cascadia subduction zone structure: Preliminary results and outlook, Eos Trans. AGU, 90, Fall Meet. Suppl., Abstract U53A-0058.

Calkins, J.A., G.A. Abers, G. Ekstrom, K.C. Creager and S. Rondenay (2009). Imaging the slab-continent interface beneath Washington with spectral ambient noise tomography, Eos Trans. AGU, 90, Fall Meet. Suppl., Abstract U53A-0059.

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.

 

 

Ten Most Cited Papers (ISI, as of 11/12; h=29; n=2441)

Hacker, Abers & Peacock, 2003a, J. Geophys. Res. 108 [210]

Hacker, Peacock, Abers and Holloway, 2003b, J. Geophys. Res. 108 [184]

Syracuse & Abers, 2006, Geochem. Geophys. Geosys. 7  [125]

Sheehan, Abers, Jones and Lerner-Lam, 1995, J. Geophys. Res. 100 [81]

Abers and Roecker, 1991 J. Geophys. Res. 96 [79]

Ferris, Abers, Christensen & Veenstra, 2003, Earth Planet. Sci. Lett. 214 [78]

Abers, 1991  Geology 19 [78]

Abers, van Keken, Kneller, Ferris & Stachnik, 2006, Earth Planet. Sci. Lett. 241 [76]

Ekström, Nettles and Abers, 2003, Science 302 [75]

Peacock, van Keken, Holloway, Hacker, Abers, 2005, Phys Earth Planet. Int. 149 [72]