Recent Publications
Prieto, G. A., Beroza, G. C., (2008) Earthquake ground motion prediction using the ambient seismic field, Geophys. Res. Lett., 35, L14304, doi:10.1029/2008GL034428.
Beroza, G. C., (2007) A man of magnitude: review of Richter's Scale: Measure of an Earthquake, Measure of a Man, by S. Hough, Nature, 445, 599; doi:10.1038/445599a.
Resor, P.G., D. D. Polloard, T. J. Wright, and G. C. Beroza (2007). Correction to integrating high-precision aftershock locations and geodetic observations to model coseismic deformation associated with the 1995 Kozani-Grevena earthquake, Greece., J. Geophys. Res. 112, B11402, doi : 10.1029/ 2007JB005389.
Beroza, G. C., and Kanamori, H. (2007), Earthquake Seismology: Comprehensive Overview, Treatise on Geophysics, Volume 4: Earthquake Seismology, 9. 1-58, ed. G. Schubert, Elsevier.
Ide, S., D. R. Shelly, and G. C. Beroza, (2007) The mechanism of deep low frequency earthquakes: further evidence that deep non-volcanic tremor is generated by shear slip on the plate interface, Geophys. Res. Lett., 34, L03308, doi:10.1029/2006GL028890.
Ide, S., G. C. Beroza, D. R. Shelly, and T. Uchide, (2007) A scaling law for slow earthquakes, Nature, 447, 76-79, doi:10.1038/nature05780.
Mooney, W. D., G. C. Beroza, and R. Kind, (2007) Fault Zones from Top to Bottom: A Geophysical Perspective, in Tectonic Faults: Agents of Change on a Dynamic Earth, Mark R. Handy, Greg Hirth, and Niels Hovius ed., Dahlem Foundation Conference, Berlin, Germany, ISBN-10:0-262-08362-0, 9-46.
Rubinstein, J. L., and G. C. Beroza, (2007) Full waveform earthquake location: Application to seismic streaks on the Calaveras Fault, California, J. Geophys. Res., 112, B05303, doi:10.1029 /2006JB004463.
Rubinstein, J. L., N. Uchida, and G. C. Beroza, (2007) Seismic Velocity Reductions Caused by the 2003 Tokachi-Oki Earthquake, J. Geophys. Res., 112, doi:10.1029/2006JB004440.
Shelly, D. R., G. C. Beroza, and S. Ide, (2007) Complex evolution of transient slip derived from precise tremor locations in western Shikoku, Japan, Geochem. Geophys. Geosyst., 8, Q10014, doi:10.1029/2007GC001640.
Shelly, D. R., G. C. Beroza, and S. Ide, (2007) Non-volcanic tremor and low frequency earthquake swarms, Nature, 446, doi:10.1038/nature05666
Prieto, G. A., R. L. Parker, D. J. Thomson, F. L. Vernon, and R. L. Graham (2007), Reducing the bias of multitaper spectrum estimates, Geophys. J. Int., 171, 1269-1281. doi: 10.1111/ j.1365-246X.2007.03592.x.
Prieto, G. A., D. J. Thomson, F. L. Vernon, P. M. Shearer and R. L. Parker (2007), Confidence intervals of earthquake source parameters, Geophys. J. Int., 168, 1227-1234. doi: 10.1111/ j.1365-246X.2006.03257.x,
O'Connell, D.R.H., S. Ma, and R. J. Archuleta, (2007) Influence of dip and velocity heterogeneity on reverse- and normal-faulting rupture dynamics and near-fault ground motions, Bull. Seism. Soc. Am., 97, 1970-1989, doi: 10.1785/0120070040.
Ma, S., R. J. Archuleta, and M. T. Page (2007), Effects of large-scale surface topography on ground motions, as demonstrated by a study of the San Gabriel Mountains, Los Angeles, California, Bull. Seism. Soc. Am., 97, 2066-2079, doi: 10.1785/0120070040.
Submitted / In press
Song, S. G., G. C. Beroza, and P. Segall, Evidence of supershear rupture during the 1906 San Francisco earthquake, Bull. Seismol. Soc. Am. In press
Beroza, G. C., Slow Earthquakes, McGraw Hill Yearbook of Science and Technology, McGraw Hill, New York. In press
Aagaard, B. T., and G. C. Beroza, The 1906 San Francisco earthquake a century later: introduction to the special section, Bull. Seismol. Soc. Am. In press.
Ma, S., S. Custodio, R. J. Archuleta, and P. Liu, Dynamic modeling of the Mw 6.0 Parfield, California, earthquake, J. Geophys. Res., in press.
Brown, J.R., H. R. DeShon, S. G. Prejean, H. Zhang, C. H. Thurber, J. A. Power. Three-dimensional P-wave velocity structure of the Mount Spurr volcano complex revealed by adaptive-mesh double-difference tomography. In review.
Sleep, N. H., and S. Ma, Production of brief extreme ground acceleration pulses by nonlinear mechanisms in the shallow subsurface, Geochem. Geophys. Geosyst.,, In review.
Ma, S., and G. C. Beroza, Rupture dynamics on a bi-material interface for dipping faults, Bull. Seism. Soc. Am., In revision following review.
Posters and Presentations
Brown, J. R., G. C/ Beroza, D. R. Shelly. Extracting Low Frequency Earthquakes From Tremor. 2007 - agu.org
Brown, J. R., DeShon, H; Prejean, S; Thurber, C; Power, J. Cross-correlation analysis reveals waveform similarity in long-period events prior to eruptive activty at Mt. Spurr volcano, Alaska. 100th Anniversary Earthquake Conference. 2006
Brown J. R., SG Prejean, H Zhang, JA Power, CH Thurber. Validating Seismic Tomography Results for the 1992 Eruptions of Mount Spurr, Alaska. American Geophysical Union, Fall Meeting 2005, abstract 2005 - agu.org
Brown J. R., S Prejean, H Zhang, J Power. Double Difference Earthquake Relocation and Tomography at Mount Spurr Volcano, Alaska, 1991 to 2004. 2004 Fall Meeting, 2004 - agu.org.
Publications (full list)
2007
Beroza, G. C., (2007) A man of magnitude: review of Richter's Scale: Measure of an Earthquake, Measure of a Man, by S. Hough, Nature, 445, 599; doi:10.1038/445599a.
Resor, P.G., D. D. Polloard, T. J. Wright, and G. C. Beroza (2007). Correction to integrating high-precision aftershock locations and geodetic observations to model coseismic deformation associated with the 1995 Kozani-Grevena earthquake, Greece., J. Geophys. Res. 112, B11402, doi : 10.1029/ 2007JB005389.
Beroza, G. C., and Kanamori, H. (2007), Earthquake Seismology: Comprehensive Overview, Treatise on Geophysics, Volume 4: Earthquake Seismology, 9. 1-58, ed. G. Schubert, Elsevier.
Ide, S., D. R. Shelly, and G. C. Beroza, (2007) The mechanism of deep low frequency earthquakes: further evidence that deep non-volcanic tremor is generated by shear slip on the plate interface, Geophys. Res. Lett., 34, L03308, doi:10.1029/2006GL028890.
Ide, S., G. C. Beroza, D. R. Shelly, and T. Uchide, (2007) A scaling law for slow earthquakes, Nature, 447, 76-79, doi:10.1038/nature05780.
Mooney, W. D., G. C. Beroza, and R. Kind, (2007) Fault Zones from Top to Bottom: A Geophysical Perspective, in Tectonic Faults: Agents of Change on a Dynamic Earth, Mark R. Handy, Greg Hirth, and Niels Hovius ed., Dahlem Foundation Conference, Berlin, Germany, ISBN-10:0-262-08362-0, 9-46.
Rubinstein, J. L., and G. C. Beroza, (2007) Full waveform earthquake location: Application to seismic streaks on the Calaveras Fault, California, J. Geophys. Res., 112, B05303, doi:10.1029 /2006JB004463.
Rubinstein, J. L., N. Uchida, and G. C. Beroza, (2007) Seismic Velocity Reductions Caused by the 2003 Tokachi-Oki Earthquake, J. Geophys. Res., 112, doi:10.1029/2006JB004440.
Shelly, D. R., G. C. Beroza, and S. Ide, (2007) Complex evolution of transient slip derived from precise tremor locations in western Shikoku, Japan, Geochem. Geophys. Geosyst., 8, Q10014, doi:10.1029/2007GC001640.
Shelly, D. R., G. C. Beroza, and S. Ide, (2007) Non-volcanic tremor and low frequency earthquake swarms, Nature, 446, doi:10.1038/nature05666
Prieto G. A., R. L. Parker, D. J. Thomson, F. L. Vernon, and R. L. Graham (2007), Reducing the bias of multitaper spectrum estimates, Geophys. J. Int., 171, 1269-1281. doi: 10.1111/ j.1365-246X.2007.03592.x.
Prieto G. A., D. J. Thomson, F. L. Vernon, P. M. Shearer and R. L. Parker (2007), Confidence intervals of earthquake source parameters, Geophys. J. Int., 168, 1227-1234. doi: 10.1111/ j.1365-246X.2006.03257.x,
O'Connell, D.R.H., S. Ma, and R. J. Archuleta, (2007) Influence of dip and velocity heterogeneity on reverse- and normal-faulting rupture dynamics and near-fault ground motions, Bull. Seism. Soc. Am., 97, 1970-1989, doi: 10.1785/0120070040.
Ma, S., R. J. Archuleta, and M. T. Page (2007), Effects of large-scale surface topography on ground motions, as demonstrated by a study of the San Gabriel Mountains, Los Angeles, California, Bull. Seism. Soc. Am., 97, 2066-2079, doi: 10.1785/0120070040.
2006
Mai, P. M., P. Somerville, A. Pitarka, L. Dalguer, S. G. Song, G. Beroza, H. Miyake, and K. Irikura (2006), On scaling of fracture energy and stress drop in dynamic rupture models: consequences for near-source ground motions, Earthquakes: Radiated Energy and the Physics of Faulting, Geophysical Monograph Series 170, AGU, pp. 283-294, doi:0.1029/170GM01.
Shelly, D. R., G. C. Beroza, H. Zhang, C. H. Thurber, S. Ide (2006), High Resolution Subduction Zone Seismicity and Velocity Structure Beneath Ibaraki Prefecture, Japan, J. Geophys. Res., v. 111, doi:10.129/2005JB004081.
Shelly, D. R., G. C. Beroza, S. Ide and S. Nakamula (2006), Low-frequency earthquakes in Shikoku, Japan, and their relationship to episodic tremor and slip, Nature, 442, 188-191.
Venkataraman, A., G. C. Beroza, S. Ide, K. Imanishi, H. Ito, and Y. Iio (2006), Measurements of spectral similarity for microearthquakes in western Nagano, Japan, J. Geophys. Res., 111, B03303, doi:10.1029/2005JB003834.
Venkataraman, A., J. Boatwright, and G. C. Beroza (2006), A Brief Review of Techniques used to Estimate Radiated Seismic Energy, Earthquakes: Radiated Energy and the Physics of Faulting, Geophysical Monograph Series 170, AGU, pp. 15-24, doi:0.1029/170GM01.
Prieto G. A., R. L. Parker, F. L. Vernon, P. M. Shearer and D. J. Thomson (2006), Uncertainties in earthquake source spectrum estimation using empirical Green functions. Earthquakes: Radiated Energy and the Physics of Faulting, Abercrombie, McGarr, Kanamori, and di Toro eds. AGU Geophys. Monograph 170, pp. 69-74. 10.1029/170GM08.
Shearer P. M., G. A. Prieto, and E. Hauksson (2006), Comprehensive analysis of earthquake source spectra in southern California, J. Geophys. Res., 111, B06303, doi: 10.1029/2005JB003979.
Ma, S. and P. Liu (2006), Modeling of the perfectly matched layer absorbing boundaries and intrinsic attenuation in explicit finite-element methods, Bull. Seism. Soc. Am., 96, 1779-1794, doi: 10.1785/0120050219.
Ma, S. and R. J. Archuleta (2006), Radiated seismic energy based on dyanmic rupture models of faulting, J. Geophys. Res., 111, B05315, doi: 10.1029/2005JB004055.
2005
Ide, S., G. C. Beroza, and J. J. McGuire (2005), Imaging earthquake source complexity, AGU Monograph, Data Seismic Earth: Analysis of Broadband Seismograms, Geophysical Monograph Ser. 157, ed., A. Levander and G. Nolet.
Resor, P. G.. Pollard, D. D., Wright, T. J., and Beroza, G C (2005), Integrating high-precision aftershock locations and geodetic observations to model coseismic deformation associated with the 1995 Kozani-Grevena Earthquake, Greece, J. Geophys. Res., v. 110, doi: 10.1029/2004JB003263
Rubinstein, J. L., and G. C. Beroza (2005), Depth Constraints on Nonlinear Strong Ground Motion from the Parkfield Earthquake, Geophys. Res. Lett., 32, doi:10.1029/2005GL023189.
Prieto G. A., Vernon, F. L. , Masters, G., and Thomson, D. J. (2005), Multitaper Wigner-Ville Spectrum for Detecting Dispersive Signals from Earthquake Records, Proceedings of the Thirty-Ninth Asilomar Conference on Signals, Systems, and Computers, Pacific Grove, CA., pp 938-941. Copyright 2005 IEEE.
2004
Beroza, G. C., and E. E. Zanzkeria (2004), Precise Earthquake Location, McGraw Hill Yearbook of Science and Technology, McGraw Hill, New York, pp. 268-271.
Guatteri, M., P. M. Mai, and G. C. Beroza (2004), A Pseudo-Dynamic Approximation to Dynamic rupture Models for Strong Ground Motion Prediction, Bull. Seismol. Soc. Am., 94, 2051-2063.
Miyake, H., G. C. Beroza, and T. Iwata (2004), Frequency dependent source processes for the 1989 Loma Prieta earthquake using a complex spectral inversion, Prediction of Strong Ground Motions in Urban Regions, 11209201, US-Japan Cooperative Research on Urban Earthquake Disaster Reduction, 11-24.
Rubinstein J. L., G. C. Beroza (2004), Nonlinear strong ground motion in the M L 5.4 Chittenden earthquake: Evidence that preexisting damage increases susceptibility to further damage, Geophys. Res. Lett., 31, L23614, doi:10.1029/2004GL021357.
Rubinstein, J. L., and G. C. Beroza (2004), Evidence for widespread nonlinear strong ground motion in the Mw 6.9 Loma Prieta earthquake, Bull. Seismol. Soc. Am., 94, 1595-1608.
Schaff, D. P. , and G. C. Beroza (2004), Coseismic and postseismic velocity changes measured by repeating earthquakes, J. Geophys. Res., 109, B10302, doi:10.1029/2004JB003011.
Schaff, D.P., G.H.R. Bokelmann, W. L. Ellsworth, E. Zanzerkia, F. Waldhauser, and G. C. Beroza (2004), Optimizing correlation techniques for improved earthquake location, Bull. Seismol. Soc. Am., 94, 705-721.
Song, S.-G., and G. C. Beroza (2004), A simple dynamic rupture model for the 1995 Kobe, Japan earthquake, Geophys. Res. Lett., 31, L18613, doi:10.129/2004GL020557.
Zhang, H., C. Thurber, D. Shelly, S. Ide, G. C. Beroza, and A. Hasegawa (2004), Subducting slab structure beneath northern Honshu, Japan, revealed by double-difference tomography, Geology, 32, 361-364.
Prieto G. A., Shearer, P. M., Vernon, F. L., and Kilb, D. (2004), Earthquake source scaling and self-similarity estimation from stacking P and S spectra, J. of Geophys. Res., 109, B08310, doi 10.1029/2004JB003084.
Ma, S., R. J. Archuleta, and P. Liu (2004), Hybrid modeling of elastic P-SV wave motion: A combined finite-element and staggered-grid finite difference approachBull. Seism. Soc. Am., 94, 1557-1563
2003
Guatteri, M., P.M. Mai, G.C. Beroza, and J. Boatwright (2003), Strong-ground motion prediction from stochastic-dynamic source models, Bull. Seis. Soc. Am., 93, 301-313.
Ide, S., G. C. Beroza, S. G. Prejean, and W. L. Ellsworth (2003), Apparent break in earthquake scaling due to path and site effects in deep borehole recordings, J. Geophys. Res., 108, 10.1029/2001JB001617.
Kovach, R. L., and G. C. Beroza (2003), History of Geophysics at Stanford, in ""International Handbook of Earthquake & Engineering Seismology,""part B, W.H.K. Lee et al. (ed.), p. 1459 and accompanying CD-ROM, Academic Press.
2003* Mai, P.M., and G.C. Beroza (2003), A hybrid method for calculating near-source, broadband seismograms from an extended source, Phys. Earth Planet. Int., 137, 183-199.Perez-Campos, X., J. J. McGuire, and G. C. Beroza (2003), Resolution of the Slow Earthquake/High Apparent Stress Paradox for Oceanic Transform Fault Earthquakes, J. Geophys. Res., 108, 10.1029/2002JB002312.
Perez-Campos, X., S. K. Singh, and G. C. Beroza (2003), Reconciling the discrepancy between teleseismic and regional estimates of seismic energy, Bull. Seismol. Soc. Am., 93, 2123-2130.
Zanzerkia, E. E., G. C. Beroza, and J. E. Vidale (2003), Waveform analysis of the 1999 Hector Mine, California, foreshock sequence, Geophys. Res. Lett., doi:10.1029/2002GL016612.
2002
Beroza, G. C. (2002), Keeping your feet in a moving field: review of Earthquake Science: What we Know (and Dont Know) about Earthquakes, by S. Hough, Nature, 420, 464; doi:10.1038/420464a.
Karakelian, D., G. C. Beroza, S. L. Klemperer, and A. C. Fraser-Smith (2002), Analysis of ultra-low frequency electromagnetic field measurements associated with the 1999 M 7.1 Hector Mine earthquake sequence, California, Bull. Seismol. Soc. Am., 92, 1513-1524.
Mai, P. M. and G. C. Beroza (2002), A spatial random-field model to characterize complexity in earthquake slip, J. Geophys. Res., 107(B11), 2308, doi:10.1029/2001JB000588.
Schaff, D. P., G. H. R. Bokelmann, G. C. Beroza, F. Waldhauser, and W. L. Ellsworth (2002), High resolution image of Calaveras Fault seismicity, J. Geophys. Res., 107 (B9), 2186, doi:10.1029/2001JB000633.
2001
Crider, J.G., D.D. Pollard, D.P. Schaff, and G.C. Beroza (2001). Considering the third dimension in stress-triggering of aftershocks: 1993 Klamath Falls (OR) earthquake sequence. Geophys. Res. Lett., 28, 2739-2742.
Guatteri, M., P. Spudich, and G. C. Beroza (2001), Inferring rate and state friction parameters from a rupture model of the 1995 Hyogo-ken Nanbu (Kobe) Japan earthquake, J. Geophys. Res., 106, 26,511-26,522.
Ide, S., and G. C. Beroza (2001), Does apparent stress vary with earthquake size? Geophys. Res. Lett., 28, 3349-3352.
Mai, P. M., and G. C. Beroza (2001), Improving strong ground motion prediction: scaling of the earthquake source, complexity of earthquake slip, and dynamic-stochastic modeling of earthquake rupture, Proceedings of US-Japan Cooperative Resarch on Urban Earthquake Disaster Mitigation, 13-24
Perez-Campos, X., and G.C. Beroza (2001). Mechanism-dependent scaling of the radiated seismic energy. J. Geophys. Res., 106, 11,127-11,136.
Ron, H., G. C. Beroza, and A. Nur (2001), Simple model explains complex faulting, Eos Trans. AGU, 82, 125-129.
2000
Beroza, G.C., D.P. Schaff, and G.H.R. Bkelmann (2000). Constraints on fault mechanics from Calaveras fault seismicity. Proceedings of the 3rd Conference on Tectonic Problems of the San Andreas Fault System, Stanford University, 7 pp.
Bokelmann, G.H.R. and G.C. Beroza (2000). Constraints on crustal rheology from earthquake focal mechanisms. Proceedings of the 3rd Conference on Tectonic Problems of the San Andreas Fault System, Stanford University, 14 pp.
Bokelmann, G.H.R. and G.C. Beroza (2000). Depth-dependent earthquake focal mechanism orientation: evidence for a weak zone in the lower crust. J. Geophys. Res., v. 105, pp. 21,683-21,696.
Karakelian, D., S.L. Klemperer, A.C. Fraser-Smith, and G.C. Beroza (2000), A transportable system for monitoring ultra-low frequency electromagnetic signals associated with earthquakes. Sesimol. Res. Lett., v. 71, pp. 423-436.
Mai, P.M. and G.C. Beroza (2000). Source scaling properties from finite-fault rupture models. Bull. Seismol. Soc. Am., v. 90, pp. 604-615.
Ron, H., G.C. Beroza, and A. Nur (2000). A mechanical explanation for multiple-fault rupture in the Mojave. Proceedings of the 3rd Conference on Tectonic Problems of the San Andreas Fault System, Stanford University, 12 pp.
Waldhauser, F., G.C. Beroza, D.P. Schaff, W.L. Ellsworth, and G.H.R. Bkelmann (2000). Fault structure and mechanics from high-resolution earthquake locations on the Hayward and Calaveras faults. Proceedings of the 3rd Conference on Tectonic Problems of the San Andreas Fault System, Stanford University, 7 pp.