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- PhD Geophysics Columbia University
- Masters Geophysics Columbia University
- Bachelors Physics Columbia University
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- Seismology and the new global tectonics (1968) (1327)
- Earthquake prediction: a physical basis. (1973) (951)
- Tectonics of the Caribbean and Middle America Regions from Focal Mechanisms and Seismicity (1969) (777)
- Intraplate seismicity, reactivation of preexisting zones of weakness, alkaline magmatism, and other tectonism postdating continental fragmentation (1978) (671)
- Mechanism of earthquakes and nature of faulting on the mid‐oceanic ridges (1967) (578)
- Seismic moment catalog of large shallow earthquakes, 1900 to 1989 (1992) (464)
- Nature of seismic coupling along simple plate boundaries of the subduction type (1993) (432)
- Seismic gaps and plate tectonics: Seismic potential for major boundaries (1979) (410)
- Loci and maximum size of thrust earthquakes and the mechanics of the shallow region of subduction zones (1988) (407)
- GREAT THRUST EARTHQUAKES AND ASEISMIC SLIP ALONG THE PLATE BOUNDARY OF THE MAKRAN SUBDUCTION ZONE (1992) (407)
- Aftershock zones of great earthquakes, seismicity gaps, and earthquake prediction for Alaska and the Aleutians (1971) (405)
- Possible criteria for predicting earthquake locations and their application to major plate boundaries of the Pacific and the Caribbean (1973) (404)
- Motion of Caribbean Plate during last 7 million years and implications for earlier Cenozoic movements (1982) (354)
- Evolving Towards a Critical Point: A Review of Accelerating Seismic Moment/Energy Release Prior to Large and Great Earthquakes (1999) (349)
- Changes in frequency–size relationship from small to large earthquakes (1992) (348)
- Seismicity and tectonics of the western Pacific: Izu-Mariana-Caroline and Ryukyu-Taiwan regions (1969) (340)
- Contemporary Compressive Stress and Seismicity in Eastern North America: An Example of Intra-Plate Tectonics (1973) (290)
- The seismicity and deep structure of Island arcs (1966) (288)
- Seismic activity on neighbouring faults as a long-term precursor to large earthquakes in the San Francisco Bay area (1990) (234)
- Evolution of the stress field in southern California and triggering of moderate-size earthquakes: A 200-year perspective (1997) (217)
- Premonitory Changes in Seismic Velocities and Prediction of Earthquakes (1973) (214)
- Seismicity of the Indian Ocean and a possible nascent island arc between Ceylon and Australia (1970) (201)
- Earthquake swarms and sea‐floor spreading (1970) (196)
- Intraplate Earthquakes, Lithospheric Stresses and the Driving Mechanism of Plate Tectonics (1973) (191)
- Focal Mechanisms of Deep and Shallow Earthquakes in the Tonga-Kermadec Region and the Tectonics of Island Arcs (1969) (181)
- "Probabilities of occurrence of large plate rupturing earthquakes for the San Andreas, San Jacinto, and Imperial faults, California,1983–2003"" (1984) (171)
- Shumagin Seismic Gap, Alaska Peninsula: History of great earthquakes, tectonic setting, and evidence for high seismic potential (1981) (169)
- Seismicity and tectonics of the northeast Pacific Ocean (1968) (159)
- Subduction of aseismic ridges beneath the Caribbean Plate: Implications for the tectonics and seismic potential of the northeastern Caribbean (1984) (154)
- Evolution of moderate seismicity in the San Francisco Bay region, 1850 to 1993: Seismicity changes related to the occurrence of large and great earthquakes (1996) (148)
- The seismicity of the Caribbean region (1965) (143)
- Changes in State of Stress on the Southern San Andreas Fault Resulting from the California Earthquake Sequence of April to June 1992 (1992) (136)
- Spatial distribution of deep and shallow earthquakes of small magnitudes in the Fiji-Tonga region (1969) (128)
- Focal mechanisms of earthquakes in the Indian Ocean and adjacent regions (1969) (124)
- The seismicity of East Africa, the Gulf of Aden and the Arabian and Red Seas (1964) (123)
- Early Middle Paleozoic Intraplate Orogeny in the Ogcheon Belt (South Korea)' A New Insight on the Paleozoic Buildup of East Asia (Paper 91TC00866) Dominique Cluzel, Laurent Jolivet, and Jean-Paul Cadet 113 (1991) (122)
- The seismicity of the Arctic (1965) (116)
- Seismicity and fault kinematics through the Eastern Transverse Ranges, California: Block rotation, strike‐slip faulting and low‐angle thrusts (1986) (99)
- Determination of Euler pole for contemporary relative motion of Caribbean and North American plates using slip vectors of interplate earthquakes (1995) (95)
- Earthquakes related to hydraulic mining and natural seismic activity in western New York State (1977) (94)
- Rethinking Earthquake Prediction (1999) (92)
- The 1957 great Aleutian earthquake (1994) (89)
- Frequency of occurrence of moderate to great earthquakes in intracontinental regions: Implications for changes in stress, earthquake prediction, and hazards assessments (1997) (89)
- Stress evolution in southern California and triggering of moderate‐, small‐, and micro‐size earthquakes (1997) (88)
- Evolution of the stress field in the northern Aegean Sea (Greece) (2001) (87)
- Spatial and temporal variations in ts /tp and in P wave residuals at Blue Mountain Lake, New York: Application to earthquake prediction (1975) (85)
- Repeat Times of Large Earthquakes: Implications for Earthquake Mechanics and Long-Term Prediction (2006) (85)
- Focal Mechanism Solutions of Intraplate Earthquakes and Stresses in the Lithosphere (1974) (85)
- Spatial and temporal clustering of deep and shallow earthquakes in the Fiji-Tonga-Kermadec region (1967) (76)
- Focal mechanism solutions for earthquakes along the world rift system (1970) (71)
- Comment on “Seismic gap hypothesis: Ten years after” by Y. Y. Kagan and D. D. Jackson (1993) (65)
- Body wave and surface wave analysis of large and great earthquakes along the Eastern Aleutian Arc, 1923–1993: Implications for future events (1994) (65)
- Seismicity as a guide to global tectonics and earthquake prediction (1972) (62)
- Earthquakes, Faults, and Nuclear Power Plants in Southern New York and Northern New Jersey (1978) (55)
- Yakataga Gap, Alaska: Seismic History and Earthquake Potential (1980) (55)
- Relationship of hypocenters of earthquakes to the geology of Alaska (1966) (55)
- Seismicity of the South Pacific ocean (1963) (51)
- Forecasting Southern California Earthquakes (1982) (49)
- Great earthquakes and great asperities, San Andreas fault, southern California (1985) (45)
- Discrimination between small‐magnitude earthquakes and explosions (1971) (45)
- Triggering of 1812 Santa Barbara Earthquake by a Great San Andreas Shock: Implications for future seismic hazards in southern California (1996) (44)
- Earthquake Source Parameters and State of Stress for the Northeastern United States and Southeastern Canada from Analysis of Regional Seismograms (2003) (43)
- Earthquake research in China (1975) (41)
- Rupture zones of great earthquakes in the alaska-aleutian arc, 1784 to 1980. (1980) (41)
- Small Earthquakes and Explosions in Western North America recorded by New High Gain, Long Period Seismographs (1969) (38)
- The Verification of a Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban (1982) (36)
- Seismic trends and travel-time residuals in eastern North America and their tectonic implications (1978) (35)
- Triggered aseismic fault slip from nearby earthquakes, static or dynamic effect? (2003) (35)
- Comparison of seismic and hydrodynamic yield determinations for the Soviet joint verification experiment of 1988. (1989) (34)
- Source scaling of earthquakes in the shumagin region, Alaska: time-domain inversions of regional waveforms (1995) (33)
- Mantle shear wave velocities determined from oceanic Love and Rayleigh wave dispersion (1962) (30)
- Earthquakes along Eltanin transform system, SE Pacific Ocean: fault segments characterized by strong and poor seismic coupling and implications for long-term earthquake prediction (2011) (30)
- Excitation of seismic surface waves with periods of 15 to 70 seconds for earthquakes and underground explosions (1971) (29)
- Re-evaluation of several large historic earthquakes in the vicinity of the Loma Prieta and peninsular segments of the San Andreas fault, California (1992) (26)
- Yields of Soviet underground nuclear explosions from seismic surface waves: Compliance with the Threshold Test Ban Treaty. (1984) (25)
- Seismicity and fault interaction, Southern San Jacinto Fault Zone and adjacent faults, southern California: Implications for seismic hazard (1991) (23)
- Results from the High‐Gain Long‐Period Seismograph Experiment* (1972) (21)
- The propagation of short-period seismic surface waves across oceanic areas: Part I—Theoretical study (1964) (20)
- The Yields of Soviet Strategic Weapons (1987) (19)
- Understanding the Differences between Three Teleseismic mb Scales (2005) (19)
- Deep‐focus earthquakes in the New Hebrides Region (1964) (18)
- Seismotectonics of the easternmost transverse ranges, California: Relevance for seismic potential of the southern San Andreas Fault (1990) (18)
- Rupture Zones and Repeat Times of Great Earthquakes Along the Alaska‐Aleutian ARC, 1784–1980 (2013) (18)
- Plate Tectonics in the Hispaniola Area: Discussion (1971) (17)
- Intermediate- and long-term earthquake prediction. (1996) (16)
- Plate Tectonics and Great Earthquakes (2019) (16)
- The propagation of short-period seismic surface waves across oceanic areas Part II—Analysis of seismograms (1964) (15)
- Identification of a Possible Seismic Gap Near Unalaska Island, Eastern Aleutians, Alaska (2013) (15)
- Observations and Tectonic Setting of Historic and Instrumentally Located Earthquakes in the Greater New York City-Philadelphia Area (2008) (15)
- Yields of Soviet underground nuclear explosions at Novaya Zemlya, 1964-1976, from seismic body and surface waves. (1986) (13)
- Repeat Times of Great Earthquakes Along Simple Plate Boundaries (2013) (13)
- The Occurrence of Anomalous Seismic Events in Eastern Tibet (1958) (11)
- Dealing with Decoupled Nuclear Explosions Under a Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty (1996) (10)
- Microearthquake activity in Eastern Nevada and death valley California before and after the nuclear explosion Benham (1969) (10)
- REPLY [to “Comment on ‘Subduction of aseismic ridges beneath the Caribbean Plate: Implications for the tectonics and seismic potential of the northeastern Caribbean’ by W. R. McCann and L. R. Sykes”] (1986) (10)
- Seismic methods for verifying nuclear test bans (1983) (10)
- Four decades of progress in seismic identification help verify the CTBT (2002) (9)
- Deep earthquakes and rapidly‐running phase changes, A reply to Dennis and Walker (1968) (8)
- Accurate location of nuclear explosions at Azgir, Kazakhstan, from satellite images and seismic data: Implications for monitoring decoupled explosions (1993) (8)
- The 1957 great Aleutian earthquake : Pure Applied Geophysics, 142 (1), 1994, pp 3–28 (1994) (7)
- Changes in Frequency of Moderate-Size Earthquakes and Coulomb Failure Stress before and after the Landers, California, Earthquake of 1992 (2001) (5)
- Preliminary Survey of the Microseismicity of the Northeastern Caribbean (1970) (4)
- Yields of Underground Nuclear Explosions at Azgir and Shagan River, USSR and Implications for Identifying Decoupled Nuclear Testing in Salt (1991) (4)
- High-Gain, Long-Period Seismograph Station Instrumentation. Volume 1 (1971) (4)
- Decadal Seismicity Prior to Great Earthquakes at Subduction Zones: Roles of Major Asperities and Low-Coupling Zones (2021) (4)
- Short‐Period Seismic Waves along Oceanic Paths from East Pacific Shocks (1961) (3)
- Seismicity of the Mid‐Oceanic Ridge System (2013) (3)
- Geologic constraints on clandestine nuclear testing in South Asia. (1999) (3)
- Reply [to “Comments on paper by Bryan Isacks, Jack Oliver, and Lynn R. Sykes, ‘Seismology and the new global tectonics’”] (1969) (3)
- Re-Evaluation of Evasion Possibilities for Conducting Nuclear Explosions in Underground Cavities in Former USSR. (1996) (2)
- Underground Nuclear Explosions: Verifying Limits on Underground Testing Yield Estimates, and Public Policy (Paper 7R0218) (1987) (2)
- Seismology and the new global tectonics: Implications for earthquake prediction (1969) (2)
- The 1900 Mw 7.6–8.0 Earthquake Offshore of Kodiak Island, Alaska (2021) (1)
- James B. Macelwane Award to Lynn R. Sykes (1970) (1)
- The Seismicity of the Tonga - Fiji Region (1966) (1)
- Silencing the Bomb: One Scientist's Quest to Halt Nuclear Testing (2017) (1)
- Nuclear test yields. (1984) (1)
- Decadal Seismicity before Great Earthquakes—Strike-Slip Faults and Plate Interiors: Major Asperities and Low-Coupling Zones (2021) (1)
- Earthquake hazard studies in Northeastern United States (1981) (1)
- Intermediate-Term Seismic Precursors to the Loma Prieta California Earthquake of 1989 (2022) (1)
- 13. Nuclear- Power Reactors in the United States: Lessons Learned from the Fukushima Disaster (2019) (0)
- Episode 61: How plate tectonics changed the geosciences (2019) (0)
- Decadal and Yearly Forerunning Earthquakes to Cape Mendocino, Northern California, Mainshock of 1992 Magnitude 6.9 (2022) (0)
- 1. Transform Faults: My Road to Seafloor Spreading, Continental Drift, and Plate Tectonics (2019) (0)
- Comprehensive study of the seismotectonics of the eastern Aleutian arc and associated volcanic systems. Annual progress report, March 1, 1979-February 29, 1980 (1979) (0)
- 4. Earthquakes at Subduction Zones, 1965– 1967 (2019) (0)
- Comprehensive study of the seismotectonics of the eastern Aleutian ARC and associated volcanic systems. Annual progress report, March 1, 1981-February 28, 1982 (1981) (0)
- Intraplate Earthquakes and State of Stress in the former Soviet Union. (1998) (0)
- Plate tectonics and the discrimination of underground explosions from earthquakes. Final report 1 October 1975--31 March 1977 (1977) (0)
- This paper was presented at a colloquium entitled "Earthquake Prediction: The Scientific Challenge," organized by (2016) (0)
- A study of earthquake prediction and the tectonics of the northeastern Caribbean; a continuing experiment in two major seismic gaps (1981) (0)
- Intermediate- and long-term earthquake prediction (earthquake precursors/California tectonics/earthquake (2005) (0)
- Long-period seismological research program. Semi-annual report No. 9, 1 May-31 October 1975 (1975) (0)
- Reply to Thirlaway (1970) (0)
- Reply [to “Comments on ‘Deep‐focus earthquakes in the New Hebrides region’ by Lynn R. Sykes”] (1965) (0)
- 7. Long- Term Earthquake Prediction, Seismic Gaps: Alaska, Mexico, and South America (2019) (0)
- 5. Subduction, Plate Tectonics, and the New Global Tectonics, 1967– 1969 (2019) (0)
- 3. Earthquakes Along Fracture Zones and Mid- Oceanic Ridges, 1963– 1965 (2019) (0)
- Suture Zones, Seismic Wave Propagation, and Tectonics of Central Asia (1978) (0)
- 10. Japanese Earthquakes and the Fukushima Nuclear Disaster (2019) (0)
- 11. Earthquakes in the Eastern and Central United States (2019) (0)
- 12. Earthquake Risks to Nuclear- Power Reactors (2019) (0)
- Walter H. Bucher medal to Lynn R. Sykes (1975) (0)
- Decadal Seismicity Prior to Great Earthquakes at Subduction and Transform-Fault Plate Boundaries (2021) (0)
- 2. Childhood, High School, MIT, and Columbia University (2019) (0)
- Study of earthquake hazards in New York and adjacent states (1977) (0)
- Long Period Seismological Research Program (1974) (0)
- Tectonics of Asia and Waveform Studies of the Velocity and Q Structure of the Mantle. (1980) (0)
- Report of a Symposium Held at Flagstaff, Arizona, June 24”July 3, 1970: Mechanical Properties and Processes in the Mantle (1970) (0)
- LONG-PERIOD SEISMOLOGICAL RESEARCH PROGRAM. Annual Report, March 15, 1971- -March 14, 1972. (1972) (0)
- Long period seismological research program. Semiannual report (1972) (0)
- RESEARCH ON EARTHQUAKE PREDICTION AND RELATED AREAS AT COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY (1977) (0)
- The World-wide distribution of deep and shallow earthquakes (1967) (0)
- 6. Earthquakes in the Caribbean and Alaska (2019) (0)
- 15. Advances in Long- Term Earthquake Prediction: Future Prospects (2019) (0)
- Long-period seismological research program. Annual report, 15 March 1971-- 30 April 1974 (1974) (0)
- Triggered Aseismic Fault Movements From Nearby Earthquakes, Static or Dynamic Effect? (2001) (0)
- An experimental study of compressional velocities in deep sea sediments (1960) (0)
- 9. My Work with the U.S. National Earthquake Prediction Evaluation Council (2019) (0)
- 8. The San Francisco Earthquake of 1906 and Long- Term Prediction for California (2019) (0)
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