Recent Publications

DeShon, H. R., E. R. Engdahl, C. H. Thurber, and M. Brudzinski, Constraining the boundary between the Sunda and Andaman subduction systems: evidence from the 2002 Mw 7.3 Northern Sumatra earthquake and aftershock relocations of the 2004 and 2005 great earthquakes, Geophys. Res. Lett., 32, L24307, 10.1029/2005GL024188, 2005.

Zhang, H., and C. Thurber, Development and applications of double-difference seismic tomography, Pure Appl. Geophys., 163, 373-403, 2006.

Okada, T., T. Yaginuma, N. Umino, T. Matsuzawa, A. Hasegawa, H. Zhang and C. H. Thurber, Detailed imaging of the fault planes of the 2004 Niigata-Chuetsu, central Japan, earthquake sequence by double-difference tomography, Earth Planet. Sci. Lett., 244, 32-43, 2006.

Shelly, D. R., G. C. Beroza, H. Zhang, C. H. Thurber, and S. Ide, High-resolution subduction zone seismicity and velocity structure beneath Ibaraki Prefecture, Japan, J. Geophys. Res., 111, B06311, doi:10.1029/2005JB004081, 2006.

Roecker, S. C. Thurber, K. Roberts, and L. Powell, Refining the image of the San Andreas Fault near Parkfield, California using a finite difference travel time computation technique, Tectonophysics, 424, doi:10.1016/j.tecto.2006.02.026, 2006.

Thurber, C., H. Zhang, F. Waldhauser, J. Hardebeck, A. Michael, and D. Eberhart-Phillips, Three-dimensional compressional wavespeed model, earthquake relocations, and focal mechanisms for the Parkfield, California, region, Bull. Seism. Soc. Am., 96, S38-S49, 2006.

Bannister, S., C. Thurber, and J. Louie, Detailed fault structure highlighted by finely relocated aftershocks, Arthur's Pass, New Zealand, Geophys. Res. Lett., 33, L18315, doi:10.1029/ 2006GL027462, 2006.

Suganomata, J., T. Okada, A. Hasegawa, H. Zhang and C. Thurber, 3D seismic velocity structure in and around the source region of the 2001 M6.7 Geiyo intraslab earthquake, SW Japan, J. Seism. Soc. Japan (Zisin), 59, 87-105, 2006.

Okada, T., A. Hasegawa, J. Suganomata, D. Zhao, H. Zhang, and C. Thurber, Imaging the source area of the 1995 southern Hyogo (Kobe) earthquake (M7.3) using double-difference tomography, Earth Planet. Sci. Lett., 253, doi:10.1016/j.epsl.2006.10.022, 143-150, 2007.

Engdahl, E. R., A. Villaseñor, H. R. DeShon and C. H. Thurber, Teleseismic relocation and assessment of seismicity (1918-2005) in the region of the 2004 Mw 9.0 Sumatra-Andaman and 2005 Mw 8.6 Nias Island great earthquakes, Bull. Seism. Soc. Am., 97, S43-S61, 2007.

Okada, T., A. Hasegawa, J. Suganomata, N. Umino, H. Zhang, and C. Thurber, Imaging the heterogeneous source area of the 2003 M6.4 northern Miyagi earthquake, NE Japan, by double-difference tomography, Tectonophys., 430, 67-81, 2007.

Brudzinski, M. R., C. H. Thurber, E. R. Engdahl, and B. R. Hacker, Global prevalence of double Benioff zones, Science, 316, 1472-1474, 2007.

Zhang, H., and C. Thurber, Estimating the model resolution matrix for large seismic tomography problems based on Lanczos bidiagonalization with partial reorthogonalization, Geophys. J. Int., 170, 337-345, 2007.

DeShon, H. R., C. H. Thurber, and C. A. Rowe, High-precision earthquake location and three-dimensional P-wave velocity determination at Redoubt Volcano, Alaska, J. Geophys. Res., 112, B07312, doi:10.1029/2006JB004751, 2007.

Thurber, C., T. Brocher, H. Zhang, and V. Langenheim, Three-dimensional P-wave velocity model for the San Francisco Bay region, California, J. Geophys. Res., 112, B07313, doi:10.1029/ 2006JB004682, 2007.

Thurber, C., and J. Ritsema, Theory and observations - Seismic tomography and inverse methods, in G. Schubert (ed.), Treatise on Geophysics, Vol. 1, pp. 323-360, Elsevier Ltd., Oxford, 2007.

Lin, G., P. Shearer, E. Hauksson, and C. Thurber, A three-dimensional crustal seismic velocity model for Southern California from a composite event method, J. Geophys. Res., 112, B11306, doi:10.1029/ 2007JB004977, 2007.

Zhang, H., Y. Liu, C. Thurber, and S. Roecker, Three-dimensional shear wave splitting tomography in the Parkfield, California region, Geophys. Res. Lett.,  34,  L24308,  doi:10.1029/2007GL031951, 2007.

Liu, Y., H. Zhang, and C. Thurber, Shear wave anisotropy in the crust around the San Andreas fault near Parkfield: Spatial and temporal analysis, Geophys. J. Int., 172, 957-970, doi: 10.1111/j.1365-246X.2007.03618.x, 2008.

Pesicek, J., H. DeShon, C. Thurber, S. Prejean, and H. Zhang, Three-dimensional P-wave velocity model and precise earthquake relocation at Great Sitkin volcano, Alaska, Bull. Seism. Soc. Am., 98, 2428-2448, 2008.

Pesicek, J., C. Thurber, S. Widiyantoro, E. R. Engdhal, and H. DeShon, Complex slab subduction beneath northern Sumatra, Geophys. Res. Lett., 35, L20303, doi:10.1029/2008GL035262, 2008.

Bennington, N., C. Thurber, and S. Roecker, Three dimensional seismic attenuation structure around the SAFOD site, Parkfield, California, Bull. Seism. Soc. Am., 98, 2934-2947, 2008.

Thurber, C., H. Zhang, T. Brocher, and V. Langenheim, Regional three-dimensional seismic velocity model of the crust and uppermost mantle of northern California, J. Geophys. Res., 114, B01304, doi:10.1029/2008JB005766, 2009.

Feigl, K. L., and C. H. Thurber, A technique for modeling radar interferograms without phase unwrapping: Application to the M 5 Fawnskin, California earthquake of 4 December 1992, Geophys. J. Int., 176, 491-504, 2009.

Sumiejski, L., C. Thurber, and H. DeShon, Relocation of earthquake families associated with the 2006 eruption of Augustine volcano using the Equal Differential Time method, Geophys. J. Int., 176, 1017-1022, doi: 10.1111/j.1365-246X.2008.04037.x, 2009.

Statz-Boyer, P., C. Thurber, J. Pesicek, and S. Prejean, High precision relocation of earthquakes at Iliamna volcano, Alaska, J. Volcanol. Geotherm. Res., 184, 323-332, 2009.

Zhang, H., C. Thurber, and P. Bedrosian, Joint inversion for Vp, Vs, and Vp/Vs at SAFOD, Parkfield, California, Geochem. Geophys. Geosyst., 10, Q11002, doi:10.1029/2009GC002709, 2009.

Zhang, H., P. Wang, M. N. Toksoz, C. Thurber, and L. Zhu, Three-dimensional passive seismic waveform imaging around the SAFOD site, California, using the Generalized Radon Transform, Geophys. Res. Lett., 36, doi:10.1029/2009GL040372, 2009.

Lin, G., C. H. Thurber, H. Zhang, E. Hauksson, P. M. Shearer, F. Waldhauser, T. M. Brocher, and J. Hardebeck, A California statewide three-dimensional seismic velocity model from both absolute and differential times, Bull. Seism. Soc. Am., 100, 225-240, 2010.

Poland, M., A. Miklius, D. Wilson, P. Okubo, E. Montgomery-Brown, P. Segall, B. Brooks, J. Foster, C. Wolfe, E. Syracuse, and C. Thurber, Slow slip event at Kilauea volcano, EOS Trans. AGU, 91, 118-119, 2010.

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Pesicek, J. D., C. H. Thurber, S. Widiyantoro, H. R. DeShon, E. R. Engdahl, and H. Zhang, Sharpening the tomographic image of the subducting slab below Sumatra, the Andaman Islands, and Burma, Geophys. J. Int., 182, 433-453, 2010.

Kato, A., T. Iidaka, R. Ikuta, Y. Yoshida, K. Katsumata, T. Iwasaki, S. Sakai, C. Thurber, K. Yamaoka, T. Watanabe, T. Kunitomo, F. Yamazaki, N. Tsumura, K. Nozaki, F. Takahashi, M. Okubo, S. Suzuki, and N. Hirata, Variations of fluid pressure within the subducting oceanic crust and slow earthquakes, Geophys. Res. Lett., 37, L14310, doi:10.1029/2010GL043723, 2010.

Montuori, C., G. Falcone, M. Murru, C. Thurber, M. Reyners, and D. Eberhart-Phillips, Crustal heterogeneity highlighted by spatial b-value map in the Wellington region of New Zealand, Geophys. J. Int., 183, 451-460, 2010.

Pesicek, J. D., C. H. Thurber, H. Zhang, H. R. DeShon, E. R. Engdahl, and S. Widiyantoro, Teleseimic double-difference relocation of earthquakes along the Sumatra-Andaman subduction zone using a three-dimensional velocity model, J. Geophys. Res., 115, B10303, doi:10.1029/2010JB007443, 2010.

Syracuse, E. M., C. H. Thurber, C. J. Wolfe, P. Okubo, J. Foster, and B. Brooks, High-resolution locations of triggered earthquakes and tomographic imaging of Kilauea Volcano's South Flank, J. Geophys. Res., 115, B10310, doi:10.1029/2010JB007554, 2010.

Bennington, N., C. Thurber, K. Feigl, and J. Murray-Moraleda, Aftershock distribution as a constraint on the geodetic model of coseismic slip for the 2004 Parkfield earthquake, Pure Applied Geohys., 167, doi:10.1007/s00024-010-0214-x, 2010.

Manuscripts in Press

DeShon, H., C. Thurber, and J. Power, Earthquake waveform similarity and evolution at Augustine volcano, Alaska, from 1993-2006, U. S. Geological Survey Prof. Paper, in press.

Thurber, C. H., Earthquakes: location techniques, Encyclopedia of Solid Earth Geophysics, in press.

Widiyantoro S., J. Pesicek, and C. Thurber, Subducting slab structure below the eastern Sunda arc inferred from non-linear seismic tomographic imaging, R. Hall, M. Cottam, and M. Wilson (eds.), The SE Asian gateway: history and tectonics of Australia-Asia collision, Geological Society of London Special Publication, in press.