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- Shear wave splitting and subcontinental mantle deformation (1991) (1320)
- SEISMIC ANISOTROPY BENEATH THE CONTINENTS: Probing the Depths of Geology (1996) (1064)
- The Interpretation of Shear‐Wave Splitting Parameters In the Presence of Two Anisotropic Layers (1994) (505)
- Implications for continental structure and evolution from seismic anisotropy (1988) (480)
- Dynamic topography, plate driving forces and the African superswell (1998) (479)
- Trench-Parallel Flow Beneath the Nazca Plate from Seismic Anisotropy (1994) (479)
- Interpretation of SKS-waves using samples from the subcontinental lithosphere (1993) (418)
- The Subduction Zone Flow Field from Seismic Anisotropy: A Global View (2004) (327)
- Shear wave anisotropy beneath the Tibetan Plateau (1994) (301)
- Seismic anisotropy of oceanic upper mantle: Shear wave splitting methodologies and observations (1998) (292)
- Aspherical Earth structure from fundamental spheroidal-mode data (1982) (285)
- Crustal-thickness variations in the central Andes (1996) (269)
- Deep Slabs, Geochemical Heterogeneity, and the Large-Scale Structure of Mantle Convection: Investigation of an Enduring Paradox (1988) (261)
- Shear Wave Splitting and Mantle Anisotropy: Measurements, Interpretations, and New Directions (2009) (257)
- Constraints from seismic anisotropy on the nature of the lowermost mantle (1996) (251)
- Constraining the extent of crust-mantle coupling in central Asia using GPS, geologic, and shear wave splitting data [rapid communication] (2005) (223)
- Evidence for mechanically coupled lithosphere in central Asia and resulting implications (2008) (211)
- Preseismic velocity changes observed from active source monitoring at the Parkfield SAFOD drill site (2008) (209)
- Mantle deformation and tectonics: constraints from seismic anisotropy in the western United States (1993) (181)
- Laboratory and seismological observations of lower mantle isotropy (1995) (179)
- Apparent shear-wave splitting parameters in the presence of vertically varying anisotropy (1998) (169)
- Southern African crustal evolution and composition: Constraints from receiver function studies (2006) (164)
- Detection of upper mantle flow associated with the African Superplume (2004) (160)
- Optimal estimation of scalar seismic moment (1982) (158)
- The Mantle Flow Field Beneath Western North America (2002) (158)
- Seismic anisotropy in the eastern United States: Deep structure of a complex continental plate (1997) (157)
- Rupture Characteristics of the Deep Bolivian Earthquake of 9 June 1994 and the Mechanism of Deep-Focus Earthquakes (1995) (155)
- Global mantle flow and the development of seismic anisotropy: Differences between the oceanic and continental upper mantle (2007) (154)
- Cordillera formation, mantle dynamics, and the Wilson cycle (1996) (137)
- Intermittent Plate Tectonics? (2006) (136)
- Total‐moment spectra of fourteen large earthquakes (1983) (128)
- Mantle deformation beneath southern Africa (2001) (126)
- Low‐frequency source characteristics of the great 1960 Chilean earthquake (1989) (125)
- Seismic evidence for a thermo-chemical boundary at the base of the Earth’s mantle (2001) (123)
- Mantle flow in subduction systems: The subslab flow field and implications for mantle dynamics (2009) (111)
- Do intermediate‐ and deep‐focus earthquakes occur on preexisting weak zones? An examination of the Tonga subduction zone (2000) (96)
- The large-scale structure of convection in the Earth's mantle (1990) (94)
- Shear wave anisotropy beneath the Andes from the BANJO, SEDA, and PISCO experiments (2000) (89)
- Active source monitoring of crosswell seismic travel time forstress induced changes (2006) (88)
- Observations of body wave multipathing from broadband seismograms: Evidence for lower mantle slab penetration beneath the Sea of Okhotsk (1986) (86)
- Elevation changes and the Great 1960 Chilean Earthquake: Support for aseismic slip (1989) (82)
- Shear-wave splitting in northeast Venezuela, Trinidad, and the eastern Caribbean (1996) (81)
- Understanding cratonic flood basalts (2006) (76)
- The role of viscous dissipation in the orogenic process (1996) (76)
- Migration of seismic scatterers associated with the 1993 Parkfield aseismic transient event (2003) (74)
- Seismic Anisotropy, Mantle Fabric, and the Magmatic Evolution of Precambrian Southern Africa (2004) (74)
- Observations of teleseismic shear‐wave splitting in the basin and range from portable and permanent stations (1990) (73)
- Constraints on mantle anisotropy beneath Precambrian North America from a transportable teleseismic experiment (1993) (71)
- Anomalous crust of the Bolivian Altiplano, central Andes: Constraints from broadband regional seismic waveforms (1996) (68)
- Evidence for a compositional boundary within the lithospheric mantle beneath the Kalahari craton from S receiver functions (2008) (67)
- Crustal structure variation along 30°N in the eastern Tibetan Plateau and its tectonic implications (2010) (62)
- Mantle layering across central South America (2003) (62)
- Detection of Hydrothermal Precursors to Large Northern California Earthquakes (1992) (61)
- Shear-wave splitting variation over short spatial scales on continents (1994) (61)
- Fundamental spheroidal mode observations of aspherical heterogeneity (1981) (60)
- Mantle discontinuities beneath Southern Africa (2002) (59)
- Upper mantle S velocity structure of central and western South America (2001) (59)
- A search for source side mantle anisotropy (1992) (58)
- Annual modulation of triggered seismicity following the 1992 Landers earthquake in California (2000) (58)
- Retrieval of source-extent parameters and the interpretation of corner frequency (1983) (58)
- A Search for Earthquake Precursors (1996) (56)
- Anisotropic loci in the mantle beneath central Peru (1995) (56)
- Constraints on lower mantle composition and temperature from density and bulk sound velocity profiles (1990) (55)
- Small‐scale variations in seismic anisotropy near Kimberley, South Africa (2002) (54)
- Mantle transition-zone structure beneath the South Pacific Superswell and evidence for a mantle plume underlying the Society hotspot (2001) (52)
- Shear stress at the base of shield lithosphere (2002) (50)
- Earthquake mechanics and deformation in the Tonga‐Kermadec subduction zone from fault plane orientations of intermediate‐ and deep‐focus earthquakes (2007) (49)
- Mantle variation within the Canadian Shield: Travel times from the portable broadband Archean‐Proterozoic Transect 1989 (2000) (49)
- Remote triggering of fault-strength changes on the San Andreas fault at Parkfield (2009) (45)
- Shear wave splitting across the Iceland hot spot: Results from the ICEMELT experiment (2002) (44)
- Frictional sliding in serpentine at very high pressure (2009) (44)
- Mantle structural geology from seismic anisotropy (1999) (43)
- Directivity analysis of the Deep Bolivian Earthquake of June 9, 1994 (1995) (43)
- Analysis of Deformation Data at Parkfield, California: Detection of a Long-Term Strain Transient (2000) (40)
- Implications of spatial and temporal development of the aftershock sequence for the Mw 8.3 June 9, 1 (1995) (39)
- Moment‐tensor spectra of the 19 Sept 85 and 21 Sept 85 Michoacan, Mexico, earthquakes (1986) (38)
- S-wave crustal and upper mantle’s velocity structure in the eastern Tibetan Plateau — Deep environment of lower crustal flow (2008) (38)
- Fault plane orientations of intermediate‐depth earthquakes in the Middle America Trench (2008) (37)
- Seismic anisotropy of upper mantle in eastern Tibetan Plateau and related crust-mantle coupling pattern (2007) (36)
- Investigating Causes of D″ Anistropy (2013) (35)
- Inversion of body-wave delay times for mantle structure beneath the Hawaiian islands: results from the PELENET experiment (2002) (34)
- Remote triggering of fault-strength changes on the San Andreas fault at Parkfield (2008) (34)
- Mantle Petrology : Field Observations and high Pressure experimentations : a Tribute to (2000) (32)
- A source extent analysis of the Imperial Valley earthquake of October 15, 1979, and the Victoria earthquake of June 9, 1980 (1985) (32)
- Calculating splitting parameters for plume-type anisotropic structures of the upper mantle (2000) (31)
- The non-commutivity of shear wave splitting operators at low frequencies and implications for anisotropy tomography (2011) (30)
- Similar microearthquakes observed in western Nagano, Japan, and implications for rupture mechanics (2007) (29)
- Measurement of differential rupture durations as constraints on the source finiteness of deep-focus earthquakes (2006) (28)
- Shear‐wave splitting beneath the Galápagos archipelago (2004) (26)
- A Procedure For the Systematic Interpretation of Body Wave Seismograms-I. Application to Moho Depth and Crustal Properties (1991) (26)
- An anomaly in the amplitude ratio of SKKS/SKS in the range 100–108° from portable teleseismic data (1993) (25)
- Detecting seismogenic stress evolution and constraining fault zone rheology in the San Andreas Fault following the 2004 Parkfield earthquake (2008) (23)
- Estimation of crustal Poisson's ratio from broad band teleseismic data (1993) (20)
- Evidence for static displacements from the June 9, 1994 Deep Bolivian Earthquake (1995) (19)
- Bulk sound travel times and implications for mantle composition and outer core heterogeneity (1997) (16)
- A spreading episode at the southern end of the San Andreas fault system (1987) (16)
- Repeating aftershocks of the great 2004 Sumatra and 2005 Nias earthquakes (2013) (14)
- The Caribbean Anomaly: Short‐wavelength lateral heterogeneity in the lower mantle (1993) (14)
- Close in ScS and sScS reverberations from the 9 June 1994 Bolivian Earthquake (1995) (13)
- Accelerogram evidence for southward rupture propagation on the Imperial Fault during the October 15, 1979 earthquake (1985) (12)
- Mantle structure and dynamics (1985) (12)
- Intermediate. Scale Observations of the Earth's Deep Interior From the APT89 Transportable Teleseismic Experiment (Paper 93GL01622) 1123 Paul G. Silver, Robert P. Meyer, and David E. James Constraints on Mantle Anisotropy Beneath Precambrian North America From a Transportable Teleseismic Experiment (1993) (11)
- System for detecting acoustic emissions in multianvil experiments : Application to deep seismicity in the Earth (2006) (9)
- Temporal Velocity Changes in the Crust Associated with the Great Sumatra Earthquakes (2013) (9)
- The Mantle Flow Field Beneath (2002) (9)
- Source-side splitting of S waves from Hindu Kush-Pamir earthquakes (1997) (9)
- Correction to “Upper mantle S velocity structure of central and western South America,” by Suzan van der Lee, David James, and Paul Silver (2002) (8)
- Observations of Large-Scale Decadal Variations in Stress Along the San Andreas Fault System (2002) (7)
- Acquisition of Crosswell Seismic Monitoring Data (2010) (7)
- Response to Comment on "Intermittent Plate Tectonics?" (2008) (6)
- State of stress and age offsets at oceanic fracture zones and implications for the initiation of subduction (2011) (6)
- Why is Earthquake Prediction So Difficult (1998) (5)
- Correction to “Seismic anisotropy of oceanic upper mantle: Shear wave splitting methodologies and observations” by Cecily J. Wolfe and Paul G. Silver (1998) (5)
- Landers earthquake in California (2000) (4)
- Seismic Imaging of Scatterer Migration Associated with the 2004 Parkfield Earthquake Using Waveform Data of Repeating Earthquakes and Active Sources (2011) (4)
- Annual Modulation of Triggered Seismicity Following the 1992 Mw=7.3 Landers Earthquake (1997) (3)
- New Insights into Cascadia Slow Slip Events Using Plate Boundary Observatory Borehole Strainmeters (2008) (3)
- Seismic Structure and Tectonics of Southern Africa -- Progress Report (1998) (3)
- The Andes´ Deep Origins (1995) (3)
- The role of viscous dissipation in the erogenic (1996) (3)
- Very Little Crustal Anisotropy in Eastern Tibet from Regional S phases, the Game's Over (2009) (3)
- Aftershock source mechanisms from the June 9, 1994, Deep Bolivian Earthquake (1995) (3)
- Southern Africa Seismic Experiment: Initial Results (1998) (2)
- Broadband Observations of Plate Boundary Deformation in the San Francisco Bay Area (2002) (2)
- Kaapvaal Project: Preliminary Seismic Observations and Analysis (1997) (2)
- A Procedure for the Extraction of Multiple Body Wave Traveltimes From Seismological Waveform Data (1991) (2)
- Mantle Anisotropy beneath Southern Africa from Shear-Wave Splitting: Preliminary Results from the Southern Africa Seismic Experiment (1998) (2)
- American interests and the United Nations (1989) (2)
- Seismic Structures in the Lower Mantle and the Core-Mantle Boundary Region beneath Southern Africa (1998) (2)
- Developing a Methodology for Measuring Stress Transients at Seismogenic Depth (2003) (1)
- ANOMALOUS CRUST IN THE CENTRAL ANDES (1996) (1)
- Evidence of Geologically Controlled Seismic Anisotropy beneath Southern Africa (1999) (1)
- Evidence for Upper Mantle Flow Associated with the African Superplume (2003) (1)
- Seismic Imaging of Stress Transient (2008) (1)
- Sharp lateral transition of seismic velocity at the base of the mantle beneath southwest of Southern Africa (2001) (1)
- Understanding the Mechanism of Deep Earthquakes: A new System for Detecting Acoustic Emissions in Multianvil Experiments (2004) (0)
- Possible Uses of POLARIS Data: From Subasthenospheric Mantle Flow Beneath Plate Boundary Zones to the Fabric of Archean Lithosphere (2004) (0)
- Characterization of the Parkfield Transient: Evidence of Aseismic Stress Transfer (1999) (0)
- CONSTR%nTTS OK LOIVER hLLiTLE COSIPOSITIOS .LiD TESIPER.ATL%E FROXI DENSITY -hi?> BUIi SOUND XFLOCITY PROFILES (1990) (0)
- Seismic Expression of Flood-Basalt Lithospheric Refertilization (2007) (0)
- The Southern African Seismic Experiment: A Systematic Study of Mantle Discontinuities (1998) (0)
- GEOPHYSICAL STUDY OF THE SOUTH AMERICAN CONTINENT (1994) (0)
- Characterizing the Mantle Flow Field Beneath Eastern North America Using Flow Models Constrained by Seismic Anisotropy (2006) (0)
- Changes in Continental Area Inferred From Space Geodesy (2002) (0)
- Mantle Anisotropy, Collisional Rifts and the Magmatic Evolution of Southern Africa: Old (Mantle) Fabric Never Dies (2003) (0)
- Broadband Deformation in the San Francisco Bay Area Measured at Mini-PBO Stations: Implications for PBO (2003) (0)
- Correction to “Mantle deformation beneath southern Africa” (2003) (0)
- Temporal seismic velocity changes in the deep crust driven by aseismic afterslip of the great Sumatra earthquakes (2011) (0)
- Satellite Laser Ranging Observations of Unsteady Tectonic Motion (1997) (0)
- Constraints of the Style of Tibetan Lithospheric Deformation and their Consequences for Resolving the Orogeny Paradox. (2005) (0)
- Very Broad Band Observations of Strain Transients from Borehole Strainmeters (1998) (0)
- Flow-Coupled Plate Interaction or How the Alps Helped to Make the Andes (1996) (0)
- Spatial Variation of Mantle Velocity Discontinuities across South America (1999) (0)
- Upper mantle deformation in the western US determined from seismic anisotropy; 2: Western North American plate boundary (1993) (0)
- Characteristics of a Very Narrow Band Seismic Signal Near 2.08 Hz (2000) (0)
- Do Old Faults Ever Die? Fault-Plane Orientations of Intraslab Earthquakes in the Tonga-Kermadec Subduction Zone (2005) (0)
- Shear Wave Splitting from the Southern African Seismic Experiment (1998) (0)
- Repeat microearthquakes observed in western Nagano, Japan and implications to rupture dynamics (2005) (0)
- Intermediate Depth Earthquakes in Middle America: Fault Reactivation or Formation? (2006) (0)
- Long-Term Continental Areal Reduction Produced by Tectonic Processes (2004) (0)
- Review of seismic structure of the continental lithosphere with results from the southern Africa seismic experiment (1998) (0)
- Lateral Variations in Mantle Discontinuity Depth across Antarctica and the Indian Ocean from the Stacking of SS Precursors (2000) (0)
- Using Surface Observations to Constrain the Direction and Magnitude of Mantle Flow Beneath Western North America (2001) (0)
- High Resolution Imaging of Mantle Discontinuities across South America at 20 Degrees South (2000) (0)
- Detection of Subsurface Stress/Strain Changes with Active Source Monitoring at the Parkfield SAFOD Drill Site (2004) (0)
- Seismic imaging of scatterer migration using waveform data of repeating earthquakes (2007) (0)
- Correction to “A search for source side mantle anisotropy” by Satoshi Kaneshima and Paul G. Silver (1992) (0)
- A global view of shear wave splitting and mantle flow in subduction systems (2010) (0)
- Beneath continents. (1991) (0)
- Candidate Ultra-slow Earthquakes Along the San Andrews Fault System (1998) (0)
- Spatial Variations in Crustal Thickness and Vp/Vs Ratio in Southern Africa and Their Geological Implications (2003) (0)
- Deep Earthquake Mechanics and Slab Deformation in the Tonga, Middle America, and South America Subduction Zones (2009) (0)
- Constraints on the Physical Mechanism of Deep Earthquakes from Observations of Source Finiteness (2005) (0)
- Measurement of Differential Rupture Durations as Constraints on Source Finiteness of Deep-Focus Tonga Earthquakes (2004) (0)
- Assessing the role of fluids in episodic tremor and slip events using active seismic sources: results from a prototype experiment in Cascadia (Invited) (2009) (0)
- Regional Stress Field Changes and Earthquake Triggering on the San Andreas Fault System (2001) (0)
- Continuous Monitoring of Crosswell Seismic Travel Time (2006) (0)
- Lateral Variation of Mantle Discontinuities from the Stacking of SS Precursors (1998) (0)
- Continuous in-situ measurement of stress-induced travel time variation at Parkfield (2006) (0)
- Developing a Methodology for Observing Stress-Induced Temporal Variations in Travel Time: A Progress Report (2005) (0)
- Jordan receives 2005 Inge Lehmann Medal (2006) (0)
- Direct Detection of Temporal Variations in Seismic Scatterers at Seismogenic Depth Attributed to the 2004 Parkfield Earthquake (2006) (0)
- Trench-parallel mantle flow beneath the subducted Nazca plate (1993) (0)
- Synthesis of Borehole Strain and GPS Observations (1997) (0)
- Scholars' Mine Scholars' Mine Mantle Discontinuities beneath Southern Africa Mantle Discontinuities beneath Southern Africa (2020) (0)
- SKS/SKKS Splitting Parameters Beneath GSN Stations: A Web-based Database (2001) (0)
- Upper mantle deformation in the western US determined from seismic anisotropy; 1: Regional overview (1993) (0)
- KSArray: A Portable Seismic Network in the Heart of the Conterminous United States (2000) (0)
- The large-scale deformational structure of Archean mantle beneath the Kaapvaal Craton from seismic anisotropy (2003) (0)
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