Thomas C. Hanks
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Thomas C. Hanks's Degrees
- Bachelors Geology University of California, Berkeley
- Masters Geophysics Stanford University
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(Suggest an Edit or Addition)According to Wikipedia, Thomas C. Hanks is an American seismologist. He works for the US Geological Survey in Menlo Park, California. Dr. Hanks is a member of the Seismological Society of America, the American Geophysical Union, the Earthquake Engineering Research Institute, the Geological Society of America, the Peninsula Geological Society at Stanford, and many related geological societies. Dr. Hanks has authored dozens of scholarly papers in strong-motion seismology and tectonic geomorphology.
Thomas C. Hanks's Published Works
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Published Works
- A moment magnitude scale (1979) (3278)
- The character of high-frequency strong ground motion (1981) (758)
- Source parameters of southern California earthquakes (1973) (439)
- The use of body-wave spectra in the determination of seismic-source parameters (1972) (392)
- NGA-West2 Research Project (2014) (353)
- Earthquake stress drops, ambient tectonic stresses and stresses that drive plate motions (1977) (334)
- b values and ω−γ seismic source models: Implications for tectonic stress variations along active crustal fault zones and the estimation of high‐frequency strong ground motion (1979) (333)
- Modification of wave-cut and faulting-controlled landforms (1984) (283)
- A Bilinear Source-Scaling Model for M-log A Observations of Continental Earthquakes (2002) (253)
- The Kuril Trench ‐ Hokkaido Rise System: Large Shallow Earthquakes and Simple Models of Deformation (1971) (252)
- Moment‐magnitude relations in theory and practice (1984) (247)
- Dynamics of Liquefaction During the 1987 Superstition Hills, California, Earthquake (1989) (205)
- M-logA Observations for Recent Large Earthquakes (2008) (157)
- The early thermal history of the earth (1969) (152)
- RMS accelerations and spectral amplitudes of strong ground motion during the San Fernando, California earthquake (1980) (150)
- Formation of the Earth's Core (1972) (133)
- Transport slopes, sediment cover, and bedrock channel incision in the Henry Mountains, Utah (2009) (130)
- Common features of the excitation and propagation of strong ground motion for North American earthquakes (1992) (128)
- Strong ground motion of the San Fernando, California, earthquake: Ground displacements (1975) (125)
- Seismic Moments of the Larger Earthquakes of the Southern California Region (1975) (123)
- Rapid incision of the Colorado River in Glen Canyon – insights from channel profiles, local incision rates, and modeling of lithologic controls (2009) (121)
- A graphical representation of seismic source parameters (1972) (119)
- Rupture characteristics and tomographic source imaging of ML ∼ 3 earthquakes near Anza, southern California (1986) (112)
- Uncertainties in slip-rate estimates for the Mission Creek strand of the southern San Andreas fault at Biskra Palms Oasis, southern California (2010) (108)
- Scarp degraded by linear diffusion: Inverse solution for age (1985) (101)
- The faulting mechanism of the San Fernando Earthquake (1974) (100)
- Seismic Slip Distribution along the San Jacinto Fault Zone, Southern California, and Its Implications (1975) (97)
- The limits of earthquake early warning: Timeliness of ground motion estimates (2018) (94)
- Source parameters for aftershocks of the Oroville, California, earthquake (1984) (94)
- The Age of Scarplike Landforms From Diffusion‐Equation Analysis (2013) (90)
- Dating offset fans along the Mojave section of the San Andreas fault using cosmogenic 26Al and 10Be (2005) (89)
- Frictional metamorphism, argon depletion, and tectonic stress on the Alpine Fault, New Zealand (1979) (89)
- THE SOURCE PARAMETERS OF THE SAN FERNANDO EARTHQUAKE INFERRED FROM TELESEISMIC BODY WAVES (1972) (87)
- SEA96--A New Predictive Relation for Earthquake Ground Motions in Extensional Tectonic Regimes (1997) (86)
- Implications of an Elastic Analysis of In Situ Stress Measurements Near the San Andreas Fault (1982) (81)
- Geophysical assessment of peak accelerations (1976) (79)
- Late Pleistocene to Holocene slip rates for the Gurvan Bulag thrust fault (Gobi-Altay, Mongolia) estimated with 10Be dates (2003) (79)
- The corner frequency shift, earthquake source models, and Q (1981) (78)
- Effect of far‐field slope on morphologic dating of scarplike landforms (1989) (77)
- M ≧ 6 earthquakes in southern California during the twentieth century: No evidence for a seismicity or moment deficit (1998) (74)
- Physical Limits on Ground Motion at Yucca Mountain (2007) (73)
- Small Earthquakes, Tectonic Forces (1992) (71)
- Uncertainty, Variability, and Earthquake Physics in Ground‐Motion Prediction Equations (2017) (70)
- Understanding the Magnitude Dependence of PGA and PGV in NGA‐West 2 Data (2014) (69)
- The Limits of Earthquake Early Warning Accuracy and Best Alerting Strategy (2019) (69)
- Geochemical evidence for water-rock interaction along the San Andreas and Garlock Faults of California (1980) (67)
- Verifying a Computational Method for Predicting Extreme Ground Motion (2011) (66)
- The Anza array: A high-dynamic-range, broadband, digitally radiotelemetered seismic array (1984) (65)
- Fault scarps related to the 1739 earthquake and seismicity of the Yinchuan graben, Ningxia Huizu Zizhiqu, China (1986) (63)
- Morphological analysis of the Lake Lahontan shoreline and Beachfront fault scarps, Pershing County, Nevada (1985) (63)
- The conference on magnitude of deviatoric stresses in the Earth's crust and uppermost mantle (1980) (62)
- Stable Stress‐Drop Measurements and their Variability: Implications for Ground‐Motion Prediction (2013) (55)
- Comments [on paper by John W. Minear and M. Nafi Toksöz, “Thermal regime of a downgoing slab and new global tectonics”] (1971) (54)
- Effects of tributary debris on the longitudinal profile of the Colorado River in Grand Canyon (2006) (54)
- The digital array at Anza, California: Processing and initial interpretation of source parameters (1987) (53)
- An Empirical Model for Earthquake Probabilities in the San Francisco Bay Region, California, 2002-2031 (2003) (50)
- The Loma Prieta earthquake, ground motion, and damage in Oakland, Treasure Island, and San Francisco (1991) (49)
- Morphologic dating of the pre-1983 fault scarp on the Lost River fault at Doublespring Pass Road, Custer County, Idaho (1987) (46)
- A high-frequency magnitude scale (1995) (46)
- Have Recent Earthquakes Exposed Flaws in or Misunderstandings of Probabilistic Seismic Hazard Analysis (2012) (46)
- Oroville Earthquakes: Normal Faulting in the Sierra Nevada Foothills (1976) (41)
- Comparison of P-wave spectra of underground explosions and earthquakes (1971) (39)
- The 1989 Loma Prieta earthquake and its effects: Introduction to the special issue (1991) (39)
- Late Pleistocene to Holocene slip rates for the Gurvan Bulag thrust fault ( Gobi-Altay , Mongolia ) estimated with 10 Be dates (2003) (38)
- Engineering Aspects of the September 19, 1985 Mexico Earthquake (1987) (38)
- Model relating heat‐flow values near, and vertical velocities of mass transport beneath, oceanic rises (1971) (37)
- Constraints on the dilatancy‐diffusion model of the earthquake mechanism (1974) (36)
- Deviatoric stresses and earthquake occurrence at the outer rise (1979) (33)
- Point Mugu, California, Earthquake of 21 February 1973 and Its Aftershocks (1973) (33)
- Implementation of the SSHAC Guidelines for Level 3 and 4 PSHAs - Experience Gained from Actual Applications (2009) (32)
- Reassessing the new madrid seismic zone (2000) (30)
- Strong-Motion Accelerograms of the Oroville, California, aftershocks: Data processing and the aftershock of 0350 August 6, 1975 (1980) (29)
- 230Th/U dating of a late Pleistocene alluvial fan along the southern San Andreas fault (2010) (28)
- Origin, evolution and present thermal state of the Moon (1972) (28)
- The Lompoc, California, earthquake (November 4, 1927; M = 7.3) and its aftershocks (1979) (25)
- Decomposing Leftovers: Event, Path, and Site Residuals for a Small‐Magnitude Anza Region GMPE (2018) (25)
- YUCCA MOUNTAIN AS A RADIOACTIVE-WASTE REPOSITORY (1999) (22)
- Observations and estimation of long‐period strong ground motion in the los angeles basin (1976) (22)
- Earthquake ground motions in extensional tectonic regimes (1996) (21)
- 9. The Strength of the San Andreas Fault: A Discussion (2004) (21)
- Ground Motion Residuals, Path Effects, and Crustal Properties: A Pilot Study in Southern California (2019) (21)
- The Elmore Ranch and Superstition Hills earthquakes of 24 November 1987: Introduction to the special issue (1989) (20)
- Strong-motion accelerograms of the Oroville aftershocks and peak acceleration data (1978) (19)
- Earthquake Stress Drop and Arias Intensity (2019) (19)
- M–logA Models and Other Curiosities (2014) (19)
- Episodic incision of the Colorado River in Glen Canyon, Utah (2005) (19)
- An array of strong-motion accelerographs in Bear Valley, California (1975) (18)
- Use of Fragile Geologic Structures as Indicators of Unexceeded Ground Motions and Direct Constraints on Probabilistic Seismic Hazard Analysis (2013) (18)
- Discrepancy between Earthquake Rates Implied by Historic Earthquakes and a Consensus Geologic Source Model for California (2000) (18)
- Early Pleistocene incision of the San Juan River, Utah, dated with 26Al and 10Be: Comment and Reply COMMENT (2005) (17)
- Report of the Workshop on Extreme Ground Motions at Yucca Mountain, August 23-25, 2004 (2006) (16)
- Low Stress‐Drop Earthquakes in the Light of New Data from the Anza, California Telemetered Digital Array (2013) (15)
- Is the moon hot or cold? (1972) (14)
- Imperfect science: Uncertainty, diversity, and experts (1997) (14)
- Research to improve ShakeAlert earthquake early warning products and their utility (2018) (12)
- Extreme ground motions and Yucca Mountain (2013) (12)
- Source Parameters of the Borrego Mountain Earthquake (1972) (10)
- "Seismic Hazard and Risk Analysis" by Robin K. McGuire (2006) (9)
- Metamorphism, argon depletion, heat flow and stress on the Alpine fault (1978) (8)
- A contribution to the determination and interpretation of seismic source parameters (1972) (8)
- Strong-motion earthquake accelerograms at Brawley, California: January 25, 1975 (1976) (8)
- Understanding the Magnitude Dependence of PGA and PGV: A look at differences between mainshocks and aftershocks in the NGA-West2 data and ground motion from small magnitude Anza data (2013) (7)
- The Effects of Attenuation on the Scaling of Source Parameters for Earthquakes at Anza, California (2013) (7)
- The National Earthquake Hazards Reduction Program : scientific status (1985) (7)
- Observed Ground Motions, Extreme Ground Motions, and Physical Limits to Ground Motions (2005) (6)
- Shear-wave velocity structure near Oroville, California (1978) (6)
- When Source and Path Components Trade-Off in Ground-Motion Prediction Equations (2020) (4)
- Differential incision of the Grand Canyon related to Quaternary faulting—Constraints from U-series and Ar/Ar dating: Comment and Reply COMMENT (2003) (3)
- Adaptive control system for electrohydraulic camless engine gas valve actuator (2005) (3)
- Engineering Aspects of the September 19, 1985 Mexico Earthquake (NBS BSS 165) (1987) (3)
- Preliminary seismological and geological studies of the San Fernando, California, earthquake of February 9 1971 (1971) (3)
- Ancient engineering geology projects in China; A canal system in Ganzu province and trenches along the Great Wall in Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region (1994) (2)
- Reply [to “Comment on ‘Deviatoric stresses and earthquake occurrence at the outer rise’”] (1981) (2)
- Stress Drop and Depth Controls on Ground Motion From Induced Earthquakes (2015) (2)
- Reducing Uncertainty in GMPE's Through Physical Explanations of the Path Term (2016) (2)
- A//r//m//s AND SEISMIC SOURCE STUDIES. (1984) (1)
- C. Allin Cornell (1938–2007) (2008) (1)
- Yucca Mountain as a radioactive-waste repository : a report to the director, U.S. Geological Survey (1999) (1)
- The Limits of Earthquake Early Warning Accuracy and Best Alerting Strategy (2019) (1)
- Analysing variations of uplift rate along the Gurvan Bulag thrust fault (Gobi-Altay, Mongolia) during the Upper Pleistocene (1999) (1)
- Characterization of high-frequency strong ground motion (1978) (1)
- 1996”1998 Fellows Committee issues report (1997) (1)
- Magnitude of deviatoric stresses in the earth's crust and upper mantle : proceedings of Conference IX convened under auspices of National Earthquake Hazards Reduction Program 29 July, 1979 - 2 August, 1979 (1980) (1)
- Moment Magnitudes and Local Magnitudes for Small Earthquakes: Implications for Ground-Motion Prediction and b-values (2016) (0)
- A Spectral Estimate of Average Slip in Earthquakes (2014) (0)
- In Memoriam: Jack Boatwright (1951–2018) (2019) (0)
- T H E USE OF BODY-WAVE SPECTRA IN THE DETERMINATION OF SEISMIC-SOURCE PARAMETERS BY THOMAS C. HANKS AND MAX WYSS (2005) (0)
- GROUND MOTION OF THE SAN FERNANDO , CALIFORNIA , EARTHQUAKE : GROUND DISPLACEMENTS BY (0)
- Source Models: Implications for Tectonic Stress Variations Along Active Crustal Fault Zones and the Estimation of High-Frequency Strong Ground Motion (2007) (0)
- Correction [to “‘Source Parameters of southern California earthquakes’ by Wayne Thatcher and Thomas C. Hanks”] (1974) (0)
- Seismology in the United States, 1983–1986 (1987) (0)
- Robert E. Wallace (1999) (0)
- Twelfth award of the Medal of the Seismological Society of America (1989) (0)
- Verifying a computational me thod for pr edicting ex treme gr ound mo tion (2011) (0)
- Proceedings of the Workshop on Present and Future Directions in Volcano-Hazard Assessment; Menlo Park, California, September 23-24, 1998 (1999) (0)
- In Memoriam: C. Allin Cornell (2008) (0)
- The Meaning of a Heat Flow Experiment on Mars (1966) (0)
- Jack Boatwright’s Last Science (2019) (0)
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