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2015 Publications

Barklage, M., D. A. Wiens, J. A. Conder, S. Pozgay, H. Shiobara, and H. Sugioka, P and S velocity tomography of the Mariana subduction system from a combined land-sea seismic deployment, Geochem. Geophys. Geosyst., 16, 681–704, doi:10.1002/ 2014GC005627, 2015.

Bécel, A., D. J. Shillington, M. R. Nedimović, S. C. Webb, and H. Kuehn, Origin of dipping structures in fast-spreading oceanic lower crust offshore Alaska imaged by multichannel seismic data, Earth Planet. Sci. Lett., 424, 26-37, doi: 10.1016/j.epsl.2015.05.016, 2015.

Bell, S. W., Y. Ruan, and D. W. Forsyth, Shear velocity structure of abyssal plain sediments in Cascadia, Seismol. Res. Lett., doi:10.1785/0220150101, 2015.

Bell, S. W., D. W. Forsyth, and Y. Ruan, Removing noise from the vertical component records of ocean-bottom seismometers: Results from year one of the Cascadia Initiative, Bull. Seis. Soc. Am., 105, doi: 10.1785/0120140054, 2015.

Bodmer, M., D. R. Toomey, E. E. Hooft, J. Nábelek, and J. Braunmiller, Seismic anisotropy beneath the Juan de Fuca plate system: Evidence for heterogeneous mantle flow, Geology, 43, doi: 10.1130/G37181.1, 2015.

Brodie, D. C., and R. A. Dunn, Low frequency baleen whale calls detected on ocean-bottom seismometers in the Lau basin, southwest Pacific Ocean, The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 137, 53-62, doi: 10.1121/1.4904556, 2015.

Cheng, C., Allen, R. M., Porritt, R. W. and Ballmer, M. D., Seismic Constraints on a Double-Layered Asymmetric Whole-Mantle Plume Beneath Hawai‘i, in Hawaiian Volcanoes: From Source to Surface (eds R. Carey, V. Cayol, M. Poland and D. Weis), John Wiley & Sons, Inc, Hoboken, NJ. doi: 10.1002/9781118872079.ch2, 2015.

Dunn, R., Tracking stress and hydrothermal activity along the Eastern Lau Spreading Center using seismic anisotropy, Earth Planet. Sci. Lett., 410, 105-116, 2015.

Eakin, D. H., K. D. McIntosh, H. J. A. Van Avendonk, and L. Lavier, New geophysical constraints on a failed subduction initiation: The structure and potential evolution of the Gagua Ridge and Huatung Basin, Geochem. Geophys. Geosyst., 16, 380-400, doi: 10.1002/2014GC005548, 2015.

Gao, H., and Y. Shen, A preliminary full-wave ambient-noise tomography model spanning from the Juan de Fuca and Gorda spreading centers to the Cascadia volcanic arc, Seismol. Res. Lett., doi:10.1785/0220150103, 2015.

Gao, H., and Susan Schwartz, Preface to the focus section on Cascadia Initiative preliminary results, Seismol. Res. Lett., doi:10.1785/0220150160, 2015.

Janiszewski, H. A., and G. A. Abers, Imaging the plate interface in the Cascadia sesimogenic zone: New constraints from offshore receiver functions, Seismol. Res. Lett., doi:10.1785/0220150104, 2015.

Karalliyadda, S. C., M. K. Savage, A. Sheehan, J. Collins, D. Zietlow, and A. Shelley, S-wave splitting in the offshore South Island, New Zealand: Insights into plate-boundary deformation, Geochem. Geophys. Geosyst., 16, doi:10.1002/2015GC005882, 2015.

Lin, F.-C., M. D. Kohler, P. Lynett, A. Ayca, and D. S. Weeraratne, March 11, 2011 Tohoku tsunami wavefront mapping across offshore southern California J. Geophys. Res., 120, 3350-3362, doi: 10.1002/2014JB011524, 2015.

Martin-Short, R., R. M. Allen, I. D. Bastow, E. Totten, and M. A. Richards, Mantle flow geometry from ridge to trench beneath the Gorda-Juan de Fuca plate system, Nat. Geosci., 8, doi: 10.1038/ngeo2569, 2015.

Masy, J., F. Niu, A. Levander, and M. Schmitz, Lithospheric expression of cenozoic subduction, mesozoic rifting and the Precambrian Shield in Venezuela, Earth Planet. Sci. Lett., 410, 12-24, doi: 10.1016/j.epsl.2014.08.041, 2015.

Menke, W., Y. Zha, S. C. Webb, and D. K. Blackman, Seismic Anisotropy Indicates Ridge-parallel Asthenospheric Flow Beneath the Eastern Lau Spreading Center, in press. J. Geophys. Res., doi: 10.1002/2014JB011154, 2015.

Morton, E. A., and S. L. Bilek, Preliminary event detection of earthquakes using the Cascadia Initiative data, Seismol. Res. Lett., doi:10.1785/0220150098, 2015.

Neale, J., N. Harmon, and M. Srokosz, Source regions and reflection of infragravity waves offshore of the USA's Pacific Northwest, J. Geophys. Res.: Oceans, doi: 10.1002/2015JC010891, 2015.

Reeves, Z., V. Lekic, N. Schmerr, M. Kohler, and D. Weeraratne, Lithospheric structure across the California Continental Borderland from receiver functions, Geochem. Geophys. Geosyst., doi:10.1002/2014GC005617, 2015.

Sheehan A. F., A. R. Gusman, M. Heidarzadeh, and K. Satake, Array observations of the 2012 Haida Gwaii tsunami using Cascadia Initiative absolute and differential seafloor pressure gauges, Seismol. Res. Lett., doi: 10.1785/0220150108, 2015.

Sumy, D. F., J. A. Lodewyk, R. L. Woodward, and B. Evers, Ocean-bottom seismograph performance during the Cascadia Initiative, Seismol. Res. Lett., doi:10.1785/0220150110, 2015.

Thomas, C., and G. Laske, D” observations in the Pacific from PLUME ocean bottom seismometer recordings, Geophys. Res. Int., doi: 10.1093/gji/ggu441, 2015.

Tian, Y., and M. H. Ritzwoller, Directionality of ambient noise on the Juan de Fuca plate: implications for source locations of the primary and secondary microseisms, Geophysical Journal International 201, 429-443, doi: 10.1093/gji/ggv024, 2015.

Tréhu, A. M., J. Braunmiller, and E. Davis, Seismicity of the central Cascadia continental margin near 44.5º N: A decadal view, Seismol. Res. Lett., 83, 819-829, doi: 10.1785/0220140207, 2015.

Wei, S. S., D. A. Wiens, Y. Zha, T. Plank, S. C. Webb, D. K. Blackman, R. A. Dunn, and J. A. Conder, Seismic Evidence of Effects of Water on Melt Transport in the Lau Back-arc Mantle, Nature, doi: 10.1038/nature14113, 2015.