Rufus Douglas Catchings

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PhD Psychology Stanford University
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Dr. Catchings has been a Research Geophysicst for the US Department of Interior’s United States Geological Survey (USGS) since 1981. Catchings served as Chief Scientist for the Earthquake Hazards Team, 2005–2008. Dr. Catchings’ scientific interests include seismic evaluation of the subsurface, particularly as it relates to earthquake and other hazards, groundwater and other resources, and tectonics. Catchings also develops seismic methodologies. He has conducted numerous studies and served as advisor for more than 60 local, state, federal, and international government agencies, and private organizations. He has served as research advisor for 15 M.S. and Ph.D. students. Catchings has more than 430 published works, including journal articles, reports, conference papers, and abstracts. Alma maters: Stanford University PhD in Geophysics, University of Wisconsin–Madison MS in Geophysics, and Appalachian State University BS in Geophysics.

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Crustal structure of the Columbia Plateau: Evidence for continental rifting (1988) (131)
Regional Vp, Vs, Vp/Vs, and Poisson's ratios across earthquake source zones from Memphis, Tennessee, to St. Louis, Missouri (1999) (79)
Basin and range crustal and upper mantle structure, northwest to central Nevada (1991) (70)
Crustal structure of northeastern California (1986) (66)
High-Resolution Seismic Velocities and Shallow Structure of the San Andreas Fault Zone at Middle Mountain, Parkfield, California (2002) (64)
Large-explosive source, wide-recording aperture, seismic profiling on the Columbia Plateau, Washington (1994) (64)
Steep-Dip Seismic Imaging of the Shallow San Andreas Fault Near Parkfield (2001) (61)
A Look Inside the San Andreas fault at Parkfield Through Vertical Seismic Profiling (2003) (59)
Seismic evidence for active magmatic underplating beneath the Basin and Range Province, western United States (1993) (55)
Crustal structure of east central Oregon: Relation between Newberry Volcano and regional crustal structure (1988) (45)
Chapter 11: Geophysics of the western Basin and Range province (1989) (45)
Origins of deep crustal reflections: Implications of coincident seismic refraction and reflection data in Nevada (1991) (45)
Reflected seismic waves and their effect on strong shaking during the 1989 Loma Prieta, California, earthquake (1996) (40)
Seismic-reflection images of the crust beneath the 2001 M = 7.7 Kutch (Bhuj) epicentral region, western India (2007) (40)
Seismicity, faulting, and structure of the Koyna‐Warna seismic region, Western India from local earthquake tomography and hypocenter locations (2014) (39)
Images of crust beneath southern California will aid study of earthquakes and their effects (1996) (34)
Relationships among seismic velocity, metamorphism, and seismic and aseismic fault slip in the Salton Sea Geothermal Field region (2015) (34)
A relation among geology, tectonics, and velocity structure, western to central Nevada Basin and Range (1992) (34)
Subsurface Geometry of the San Andreas Fault in Southern California: Results from the Salton Seismic Imaging Project (SSIP) and Strong Ground Motion Expectations (2017) (33)
An image of the Columbia Plateau from inversion of high-resolution seismic data (1994) (27)
Shallow velocity structure and poisson's ratio at the Tarzana, California, strong-motion accelerometer site (1996) (24)
Structure of the San Andreas Fault Zone as Revealed by Surface Geologic Mapping and High-Resolution Seismic Profiling Near Parkfield, California (2003) (23)
The 1986 PASSCAL Basin and Range Lithospheric Seismic Experiment (1988) (22)
Structure of the Koyna‐Warna Seismic Zone, Maharashtra, India: A possible model for large induced earthquakes elsewhere (2015) (20)
Anatomy of the Chesapeake Bay impact structure revealed by seismic imaging, Delmarva Peninsula, Virginia, USA (2008) (18)
Using twelve years of USGS refraction lines to calibrate the Brocher and others (1997) 3D velocity model of the Bay Area (2004) (18)
Hydrogeology of the regional aquifer near Flagstaff, Arizona, 1994-97 (2000) (18)
Are large explosive sources applicable to resource exploration (1990) (18)
A Method and Example of Seismically Imaging Near‐Surface Fault Zones in Geologically Complex Areas Using VP, VS, and their Ratios (2014) (17)
Borehole-explosion and air-gun data acquired in the 2011 Salton Seismic Imaging Project (SSIP), southern California: description of the survey (2013) (16)
Seismic Imaging of the Mw 7.1 Ridgecrest Earthquake Rupture Zone From Data Recorded by Dense Linear Arrays (2021) (16)
San Andreas Fault Geometry at Desert Hot Springs, California, and Its Effects on Earthquake Hazards and Groundwater (2009) (16)
Faulting apparently related to the 1994 Northridge, California, earthquake and possible co-seismic origin of surface cracks in Potrero Canyon, Los Angeles County, California (1998) (15)
Near-surface location, geometry, and velocities of the Santa Monica Fault Zone, Los Angeles, California (2008) (15)
Nodal Seismograph Recordings of the 2019 Ridgecrest Earthquake Sequence (2020) (14)
Continuity of the West Napa–Franklin Fault Zone Inferred from Guided Waves Generated by Earthquakes Following the 24 August 2014 Mw 6.0 South Napa Earthquake (2016) (14)
Comment and Reply on "Origin of deep crustal reflections: Implications of coincident seismic refraction and reflection data in Nevada" (1991) (13)
Q for P Waves in the Sediments of the Virginia Coastal Plain (2008) (13)
Subsurface Fault Damage Zone of the 2014 Mw 6.0 South Napa, California, Earthquake Viewed from Fault‐Zone Trapped Waves (2016) (12)
Detailed traveltime tomography and seismic catalogue around the 2019 Mw7.1 Ridgecrest, California, earthquake using dense rapid-response seismic data (2021) (12)
High-resolution seismic reflection/refraction imaging from Interstate 10 to Cherry Valley Boulevard, Cherry Valley, Riverside County, California: implications for water resources and earthquake hazards (1999) (11)
Velocity Models, First-Arrival Travel Times, and Geometries of 1991 and 1993 USGS Land-Based Controlled-Source Seismic Investigations in the San Francisco Bay Area, California: In-line Shots (2004) (11)
Mechanics of near-field deformation during co- and post-seismic shallow fault slip (2020) (11)
Detailed p- and s-wave velocity models along the LARSE II transect, Southern California (2008) (10)
Seismic imaging evidence for faulting across the northwestern projection of the Silver Creek Fault, San Jose, California (2000) (10)
Data report for the 1993 seismic refraction experiment in the San Francisco Bay Area, California (1994) (9)
Crustal geophysics gives insight into new madrid seismic zone (1995) (9)
Structure and Velocities of the Northeastern Santa Cruz Mountains and the Western Santa Clara Valley, California, from the SCSI-LR Seismic Survey (2006) (9)
Subsurface, high-resolution, seismic images from Cherry Valley, San Bernardino County, California; implications for water resources and earthquake hazards (1999) (8)
Fine-scale delineation of the location of and relative ground shaking within the San Andreas Fault zone at San Andreas Lake, San Mateo County, California (2013) (8)
Data report for 1991 active-source seismic profiles in the San Francisco Bay area, California (1992) (8)
Structure of the San Bernardino Basin along two seismic transects: Rialto-Colton Fault to the San Andreas Fault and along the I-215 Freeway (I-10 to SR30) (2008) (7)
Stafford fault system: 120 million year fault movement history of northern Virginia (2015) (6)
Structure, velocities, and faulting relationships beneath San Gorgonio Pass, California; implications for water resources and earthquake hazards (1999) (6)
Near-Surface Structure and Velocities of the Northeastern Santa Cruz Mountains and the Western Santa Clara Valley, California, From Seismic Imaging (2007) (6)
Subsurface structure and seismic velocities as determined from high-resolution seismic imaging in the Victorville, California area; implications for water resources and earthquakes hazards (2000) (6)
High-resolution seismic-reflection images across the ICDP-USGS Eyreville deep drilling site, Chesapeake Bay impact structure (2009) (5)
Recent Research in the Chesapeake Bay Impact Crater, USA --- Part 1. Structure of the Western Annular Trough and Interpretation of Multiple Collapse Structures (2003) (5)
Reexamination of the subsurface fault structure in the vicinity of the 1989 moment-magnitude-6.9 Loma Prieta earthquake, central California, using steep-reflection, earthquake, and magnetic data (2018) (5)
Data report for the vertical-component seismic refraction data obtained during the 1986 PASSCAL Basin and Range lithospheric seismic experiment, northern Nevada (1987) (5)
Shallow-depth location and geometry of the Piedmont Reverse splay of the Hayward Fault, Oakland, California (2017) (4)
High-resolution seismic imaging for environmental and earthquake hazards assessment at the Raychem site, Menlo Park, California (2001) (4)
Subsurface structure of the East Bay Plain ground-water basin: San Francisco Bay to the Hayward fault, Alameda County, California (2006) (4)
Data report for the 1983 U.S. Geological Survey east-central Oregon seismic refraction experiment (1989) (3)
High-resolution seismic reflection/refraction images near the outer margin of the Chesapeake Bay impact crater, York-James Peninsula, southeastern Virginia (2001) (3)
How Washington got good, thrifty seismic in bad data area (1991) (3)
The Source, Discharge, and Chemical Characteristics of Water from Agua Caliente Spring, Palm Springs, California (2014) (3)
Seismic images and fault relations of the Santa Monica thrust fault, West Los Angeles, California (2001) (2)
High-Resolution Seismic Images and Seismic Velocities of the San Andreas Fault Zone at Burro Flats, Southern California (2003) (2)
Kutch Seismicity And Crustal Structure (2002) (2)
Data report for the main line of the PSINE seismic survey across the San Andreas Fault and SAFOD Site near Parkfield, California (2003) (2)
Detecting sub-basalt Mesozoic sediments and active tectonics in the Narmada-Tapti Rift Zone, central India (2022) (2)
Science plan for improving three-dimensional seismic velocity models in the San Francisco Bay region, 2019–24 (2020) (2)
VS30 at three strong-motion recording stations in Napa and Napa County, California—Main Street in downtown Napa, Napa fire station number 3, and Kreuzer Lane—Calculations determined from s-wave refraction tomography and multichannel analysis of surface waves (Rayleigh and Love) (2018) (2)
High-resolution seismic-reflection image of the chesapeake bay impact structure, NASA langley research center, Hampton, Virginia (2005) (2)
San Andreas Fault Exploration Using Refraction Tomography and S-Wave-Type and Fϕ-Mode Guided Waves (2020) (2)
Subsurface Structure of the San Andreas Fault Zone Near SAFOD From Figh-Resolution Seismic Images (2003) (2)
Exports of nations (1979) (1)
Seismic Images Beneath the Bottomless Pits (Continental) Area of Flagstaff, Arizona (1997) (1)
The Salton Seismic Imaging Project (SSIP): Rift Processes and Earthquake Hazards in the Salton Trough (Invited) (2009) (1)
Seismic Evidence of A Widely Distributed West Napa Fault Zone, Hendry Winery, Napa, California (2015) (1)
Investigating the San Andreas Fault System in the Northern Salton Trough by a Combination of Seismic Tomography and Pre-stack Depth Migration: Results from the Salton Seismic Imaging Project (SSIP) (2013) (1)
2018 U.S. Geological Survey–California Geological Survey fault-imaging surveys across the Hollywood and Santa Monica Faults, Los Angeles County, California (2020) (1)
WHY WAS THE 23 AUGUST 2011 M 5.8 VIRGINIA EARTHQUAKE SO WIDELY FELT? INFERENCES FROM COMPARISONS OF EASTERN/CENTRAL US AND WESTERN US INTENSITY AND INSTRUMENTAL DATA (2012) (1)
Geophysical indicators of magmatism and tectonism in the Basin and Range (1993) (1)
Northwest to Central Nevada (1991) (1)
An Expanded Chesapeake Bay Impact Structure, Eastern Virginia: New Corehole and Geophysical Data (2002) (1)
The Obsidian Creep Project: Seismic Imaging in the Brawley Seismic Zone and Salton Sea Geothermal Field, Imperial County, California (2010) (1)
Multi-Methods High-Resolution Seismic Imaging of Active Fault Zones (2007) (1)
Integrated Geologic, Hydrologic, and Geophysical Investigations of the Chesapeake Bay Impact Structure, Virginia, USA: A Multi-Agency Program (2001) (1)
Data report for the 1984 U.S. Geological Survey central Columbia Plateau seismic refraction experiment, Washington-Oregon (1988) (1)
Continuity of the West Napa Fault Zone Inferred from Aftershock Recordings on Fault-Crossing Arrays (2014) (1)
The San Andreas Fault at SAFOD: Seismic Imaging and Borehole Comparisons (2005) (1)
Shallow Velocity Structure and Poisson's Ratio at the Tarzana, Strong-Motion Accelerometer Site (1996) (1)
Mechanical controls on the distribution of earthquake afterslip from fault zone drilling and laboratory testing (2018) (1)
Geophysics and Deep Coreholes Reveal Anatomy and Complex Infilling of the Central Crater, Chesapeake Bay Impact Structure, U.S.A (2008) (0)
Thrust Faulting, Vp, Vs, Vp/Vs and Poisson's Ratios Beneath the Santa Clara Valley, California as Determined from the Santa Clara Seismic Investigation (SCSI) (2001) (0)
Steep-Dip Seismic Imaging of the Shallow San Andreas Fault at the SAFOD Drill Site (2001) (0)
Geologic Constraints on Modeling of Complex-Crater Collapse: Data from the Chesapeake Bay Impact Structure, Virginia (2002) (0)
Late Quaternary Activity on the Cerro Goden Fault, Puerto Rico and Limitations of High-resolution Seismic Reflection/refraction Data for Trench-scale Investigations (2005) (0)
2013 East Bay Seismic Experiment (EBSE): implosion data, Hayward, Calif (2015) (0)
Rupture Branching Structure of the 2014 Mw 6.0 South Napa, California, Earthquake Inferred from Explosion‐Generated Fault‐Zone Trapped Waves (2019) (0)
Science Plan for Improving 3-D Seismic Velocity Models in the San Francisco Bay Region, 2019-24 (2019) (0)
NORTHERN COACHELLA VALLEY AND SAN GORGONIO PASS FAULT STRUCTURE, SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA (2016) (0)
High-Resolution Seismic Reflection Images Spanning the 1.76-km-Deep ICDP-USGS Eyreville Coreholes Within the Moat of the Chesapeake Impact Structure (2008) (0)
PROPAGATION EFFECTS FROM THE 23 AUGUST 2011 M 5.8 VIRGINIA EARTHQUAKE AND IMPLICATIONS FOR SHAKING HAZARDS (2012) (0)
Structure of the San Andreas Fault Zone in the Salton Trough Region of Southern California: A Comparison with San Andreas Fault Structure in the Loma Prieta Area of Central California (2016) (0)
Targets for Earthscope (USArray) in Southern California: Mid-Crustal Decollements Beneath the Transverse Ranges (2002) (0)
An Integrated Approach to Resolving Structure Associated with the Monte Vista Fault Zone, Southwest Santa Clara Valley, California, Using Geologic, Potential-field and Seismic Data (2002) (0)
Structure of the 1906 near-surface rupture zone of the San Andreas Fault, San Francisco Peninsula segment, near Woodside, California (2016) (0)
Seismic reflection and refraction investigations in Potrero Canyon, Los Angeles County, California (1997) (0)
Multi-directional Block and Breccia Emplacement in the Moat of the Chesapeake Bay Impact Structure Revealed by High-Resolution Seismic Reflection Surveys near the 1.76-km-deep, ICDP-USGS Eyreville Corehole (2007) (0)
Near-Surface Seismic Images and Geometry of the San Andreas Fault, Santa Cruz Mountains, California (2005) (0)
INVESTIGATION OF THE WEST NAPA FAULT AT EHLERS LANE, NORTH OF SAINT HELENA, CALIFORNIA (2019) (0)
Evidence of Active Quaternary Deformation on the Great Valley Fault System near Winters, Northern California (2022) (0)
Seismic Evidence for Splays of the Eureka Peak Fault beneath Yucca Valley, California (2016) (0)
Feasibility and potential effects of the proposed Amargosa Creek Recharge Project, Palmdale, California (2015) (0)
New Insights on Subsurface Geology and the San Andreas Fault at Loma Prieta, Central California (2022) (0)
The East Bay Seismic Investigation: High-Resolution Seismic Tomography Imaging Across the Hayward Fault Zone Near San Leandro, California (2016) (0)
Multi-phase Temporal Seismic Imaging of a Slope Stability Mitigation Project at Newby Island Sanitary Landfill, San Jose, California (2014) (0)
LOCATING 1906 SAN FRANCISCO EARTHQUAKE SURFACE FAULT RUPTURES USING PGV OF GUIDED WAVES (2020) (0)
Comparisons of Low-Strain Amplification at Soft-Sediment, Hard-Rock, Topographic, and Fault-Zone Sites in the Hayward Fault Zone, California (2014) (0)
Preliminary results of a high-resolution seismic imaging investigation on St. Paul Island, Pribilof Islands, Alaska (2001) (0)
Detailed seismic imaging of the Mw 7.1 Ridgecrest earthquake rupture zone from data recorded by dense linear arrays (2020) (0)
Mechanics of near-field deformation during co- and post-seismic shallow fault slip (2020) (0)
Evaluation of 2-D Shear-Wave Velocity Models and V S30 at Six Strong Motion Recording Stations in Southern California using Multichannel Analysis of Surface Waves and Refraction Tomography (2019) (0)
Stratigraphic and structural characterization of the OU-1 area at the former George Air Force Base, Adelanto, southern California (2001) (0)
Ridgecrest, CA seismic velocity models (2021) (0)
Shallow Vs Structure Accross Hayward Fault Zone Inferred from Multichannel Analysis of Surface Waves (MASW) (2017) (0)
Potential-Field and Seismic Reflection/Refraction Studies of the Eagle Rock and Raymond Faults in Arroyo Seco, Los Angeles County, California (2010) (0)
Near Surface Structure of the Frijoles Strand of the San Gregorio Fault, Point Año Nuevo, San Mateo County, California, from Seismic Imaging (2012) (0)
High-resolution gravity and seismic-refraction surveys of the Smoke Tree Wash area, Joshua Tree National Park, California (2016) (0)
Anatomy of the Chesapeake Bay impact structure from seismic, geophysical, and borehole data along the Delmarva Peninsula, Virginia, USA (2006) (0)
FAULT-ZONE EXPLORATION IN HIGHLY URBANIZED SETTINGS USING GUIDED WAVES: AN EXAMPLE FROM THE RAYMOND FAULT, LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA (2017) (0)
GEO-STEM Learning Ecosystems in Practice: “ Understanding Geoscience Careers Behind Critical Infrastructure: San Francisco, New Orleans and Los Angeles ” A Three-Part Series of Intern Workshops and Town Halls on Increasing Geoscience Workforce Diversity - Part One (2020) (0)
Seismic evaluation of shallow-depth structure, faulting, and groundwater variations across the Dos Palmas Preserve, Riverside County, California (2019) (0)
Deep crustal studies in the Pacific coastal states (1985) (0)
Seismic Imaging and Gravity Studies of the Eagle Rock and Raymond Faults in Arroyo Seco, Los Angeles County, California (2007) (0)
Characterization of the Subsurface Using Vp, Vs, Vp/Vs, and Poisson's Ratio from Body and Surface Waves (2017) (0)
Salton Seismic Imaging Project Line 6: San Andreas Fault and Northern Coachella Valley Structure, Riverside and San Bernardino Counties, California (2012) (0)
High-Resolution, Shallow Seismic Imaging of the Imperial Fault, Imperial County, California (2008) (0)
Geometry of the San Andreas Fault and Sedimentary Basin in the Northern Salton Trough (2014) (0)
Two-dimensional seismic velocities and structural variations at three British Columbia Hydro and Power Authority (BC Hydro) dam sites, Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada (2019) (0)
VS30 at three strong-motion recording stations in Napa and Solano Counties, California—Lovall Valley Road, Broadway Street and Sereno Drive in Vallejo, and Vallejo Fire Station—Calculations determined from S-wave refraction tomography and multichannel analysis of surface waves (Rayleigh and Love) (2018) (0)
V S Characterization of Hard-Rock DAM Sites in British Columbia (2017) (0)
Shallow Structure and Location of the Piedmont Thrust Splay of the Hayward Fault, Oakland, California (2015) (0)
Shallow Structure of the Eagle Rock and Raymond Faults in Arroyo Seco, Los Angeles County, California (2012) (0)
2019 Ridgecrest, CA earthquake aftershock catalog (2021) (0)
Site Characterization at Napa Strong Motion Sites Using Tomography, MASW, and MALW (2015) (0)
Near-Surface Structure and Faults of the Long Beach, California Area as Determined from High-Resolution Seismic Reflection and Refraction Imaging (2002) (0)
High-Resolution Seismic Imaging of the Chesapeake Bay Impact Inner Crater Rim Stratigraphy (2004) (0)
Near-Surface San Andreas Fault Location and Dip Near Woodside, California From Tomographic Vp, Vs, and Vp/Vs Ratios (2014) (0)
Comparison of Earthquake Damage Patterns and Shallow-Depth Vs Structure Across the Napa Valley, Inferred From Multichannel Analysis of Surface Waves (MASW) and Multichannel Analysis of Love Waves (MALW) Modeling of Basin-Wide Seismic Profiles (2017) (0)
Chapter 1. Fault-Zone Trapped Waves Generated by Aftershocks and Explosions to Charac- terize the Subsurface Rupture Zone of the 2014 Mw6.0 South Napa Earthquake, California (2018) (0)
Tomographic Imaging of Vp/Vs Along the LARSE II Profile in Southern California (2002) (0)
Evaluation of Connectivity Between Ridgecrest Faults and the Garlock Fault Using PGV of Guided Waves (2020) (0)
TOPOGRAPHIC EXPRESSION OF ACTIVE FAULTING ALONG THE GREAT VALLEY THRUST SYSTEM NEAR WINTERS, NORTHERN CALIFORNIA (2021) (0)

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