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Electronic PDFs of all papers are available by request from rea@bu.edu<\/p>\n

Abercrombie, R. E.<\/strong> and Baltay, A. S. (2025), Magnitude, Depth, and Methodological Variations of Spectral Stress Drop Within the SCEC\/USGS Community Stress Drop Validation Study Using the 2019 Ridgecrest Earthquake Sequence.\u00a0Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America<\/em>\u00a02025; doi:\u00a0https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1785\/0120250056<\/a><\/p>\n

Abercrombie, R. E<\/strong>., Chen, X., Huang, Y., and Chu, S.,<\/u> (2025) Comparison of EGF methods for Ridgecrest Sequence: Can EGF be used to help resolve ambiguity in isolating source spectra?, Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America,<\/em> http:\/\/doi.org\/10.1785\/0120240161<\/a><\/p>\n

Abercrombie, R. E.<\/strong>, Baltay, A. S., Chu, S.<\/u> and Taira,T., et al<\/em>., \u00a0(2025) Overview of The SCEC\/USGS Community Stress Drop Validation Study Using the 2019 Ridgecrest Earthquake Sequence, Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America, <\/em>http:\/\/doi.org\/10.1785\/0120240158<\/a><\/p>\n

Baltay, A. S. and Abercrombie, R. E.<\/strong> (2025), Southern California Magnitude Scales from the SCEC\/USGS Community Stress Drop Validation study, Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America, <\/em>https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1785\/0120240162<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Baltay, A. S., Abercrombie, R. E.<\/strong> Adrien Oth, A., and Uchide, T. (2025) Introduction to the Special Section on Improving Measurements of Earthquake Source Parameters,\u00a0Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America<\/em>\u00a02025;; 115 (3): 723\u2013733. doi:\u00a0https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1785\/0120250055<\/a><\/p>\n

Chang, H.<\/u>,\u00a0H. Qiu, Z. Zhang, Nakata, N.,\u00a0and Abercrombie, R. E. <\/strong>(2025).\u00a0Investigation of site amplifications using ambient-noise-derived shallow velocity structures under a dense array in Oklahoma, Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America, <\/em>https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1785\/0120240137<\/a><\/p>\n

Chang H., <\/u>Abercrombie, R. E<\/strong>., and Nakata, N. (2025) Importance of considering site effects in earthquake source parameter estimates: Insights from shallow attenuation at a dense array in Oklahoma, Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America, <\/em>doi:\u00a0https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1785\/0120240137<\/a><\/p>\n

Chu, <\/u>S., Baltay, A. S., and Abercrombie, R. E<\/strong>. (2024), Characterizing Directivity in Small (M3-5) Aftershocks of the Ridgecrest Sequence, Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America, <\/em>doi:\u00a0https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1785\/0120240146<\/a><\/p>\n

Calderoni, G.,\u00a0 and Abercrombie, R. E.<\/strong>, (2024), Combining two distinct methods to resolve spatial variation in attenuation and earthquake source parameters, Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America,<\/em> doi:\u00a0https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1785\/0120240160<\/a><\/p>\n

Cochran, E. S., Baltay, A., Chu, S.,<\/u> Abercrombie, R. E<\/strong>., Bindi, D., Chen, X., Parker, G. A., Pennington, C., Shearer, P. M. and Trugman, D. T. (2024). SCEC\/USGS Community Stress Drop Validation Study: How spectral fitting approaches influence measured source parameters, Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America<\/em>, doi: https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1785\/0120240140<\/a><\/p>\n

Shearer, P. M., Vandevert, I., Fan, W., Abercrombie, R. E<\/strong>., Bindi, D., Calderoni, G., et al<\/em>. (2024) Earthquake source spectra estimates vary widely for two Ridgecrest aftershocks because of differences in attenuation corrections. Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America, <\/em>doi: https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1785\/0120240134<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Kammer, D.S., McLaskey, G.C., Abercrombie, R.E.\u00a0et al.<\/em>\u00a0(2024) Earthquake energy dissipation in a fracture mechanics framework.\u00a0Nat Commun<\/em>\u00a015<\/strong>, 4736. https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1038\/s41467-024-47970-6<\/a><\/p>\n

Baltay, A., Abercrombie, R<\/strong>., Chu, S<\/u>., & Taira, T. (2024). The SCEC\/USGS Community Stress Drop Validation Study Using the 2019 Ridgecrest Earthquake Sequence.\u00a0Seismica<\/em>,\u00a03<\/em>(1). https:\/\/doi.org\/10.26443\/seismica.v3i1.1009<\/a><\/p>\n

Fang, H., and R. E. Abercrombie<\/strong> (2023) SMatStack to enhance noisy teleseismic seismic phases: validation and application to resolving depths of oceanic transform earthquakes, Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems<\/em>, 24, e2023GC011109.\u00a0https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1029\/2023GC011109<\/a><\/p>\n

Chang, H.<\/u>,\u00a0Abercrombie, R. E.,<\/strong>\u00a0Nakata, N.,\u00a0Pennington, C. N.,\u00a0Kemna, K. B.,\u00a0Cochran, E. S., &\u00a0Harrington, R. M.\u00a0(2023).\u00a0Quantifying site effects and their influence on earthquake source parameter estimations using a dense array in Oklahoma.\u00a0Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth<\/em>,\u00a0128, e2023JB027144.\u00a0https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1029\/2023JB027144<\/a><\/p>\n

Ruhl,\u00a0C. J., R. E. Abercrombie<\/strong>,\u00a0P. M. Shearer (2023). Spatially Consistent Small\u2010Scale Stress Heterogeneity Revealed by the 2008 Mogul, Nevada, Earthquakes.\u00a0The Seismic Record<\/em>\u00a0; 3 (3): 239\u2013248. doi:\u00a0https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1785\/0320230026<\/a><\/p>\n

Wang, Q.<\/u>, Frank, W. B., Abercrombie, R. E.<\/strong>, Obara, K., & Kato, A. (2023), What makes low-frequency earthquakes low frequency? Science Advances, 9, <\/em>eadh3688. DOI:10.1126\/sciadv.adh3688<\/a><\/p>\n

Calderoni, G., &\u00a0Abercrombie, R. E<\/strong>.\u00a0(2023).\u00a0Investigating spectral estimates of stress drop for small to moderate earthquakes with heterogeneous slip distribution: Examples from the 2016\u20132017 Amatrice earthquake sequence.\u00a0Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth<\/em>,\u00a0128, e2022JB025022. https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1029\/2022JB025022<\/a><\/p>\n

Schlaphorst, D., C. Rychert, N. Harmon, S. P. Hicks, P. Bogiatzis, J. M. Kendall and R. E. Abercrombie<\/strong>, (2023). Local seismicity around the Chain Transform Fault at the Mid-Atlantic Ridge from OBS observations. Geophysical Journal International, ggad124,\u00a0<\/em>https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1093\/gji\/ggad124<\/a><\/p>\n

Pennington, C. N.<\/u>, Q. Wu, X. Chen, R. E. Abercrombie <\/strong>(2023), Quantifying Rupture Characteristics of Microearthquakes in the Parkfield Area Using a High-Resolution Borehole Network, Geophysical Journal International, <\/em>ggad023,\u00a0https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1093\/gji\/ggad023<\/a>. \u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n

Qin, Y.<\/u>,\u00a0Chen, X.,\u00a0Chen, T., &\u00a0Abercrombie, R. E<\/strong>.\u00a0(2022).\u00a0Influence of fault architecture on induced earthquake sequence evolution revealed by high-resolution focal mechanism solutions.\u00a0Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth,\u00a0127, e2022JB025040<\/em>.\u00a0https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1029\/2022JB025040<\/a><\/p>\n

Shearer, P. M., R. E. Abercrombie,<\/strong> and D. T Trugman (2022). Improved stress drop estimates for M 1.5 to 4 earthquakes in Southern California from 1996 to 2019, Journal of Geophysical Research-Solid Earth, 127, e2022JB024243<\/em>.\u00a0https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1029\/2022JB024243<\/a><\/p>\n

Zhang, J.<\/u>, Chen, X., Abercrombie, R. E<\/strong>., (2022) Spatiotemporal variability of earthquake source parameters at Parkfield, California, and their relationship with the 2004 M6 earthquake, Journal of Geophysical Research-Solid Earth 127, e2021JB022851<\/em>.\u00a0https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1029\/2021JB022851<\/a><\/p>\n

Pennington, C. N., H. Chang<\/u>, J. L. Rubinstein, R. E. Abercrombie<\/strong>, N. Nakata, T. Uchide and E. S. Cochran (2022), Quantifying the Sensitivity of Microearthquake Slip Inversions to Station Distribution Using a Dense Nodal Array, Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America 2022; <\/em>doi: https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1785\/0120210279<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Hatch\u2010Ibarra, R. L., <\/u>R. E. Abercrombie,<\/strong> C. J. Ruhl, K. Smith, W. C. Hammond and I. Pierce, 2022. The 2016 Nine Mile Ranch Earthquakes: Hazard and Tectonic Implications of Orthogonal Conjugate Faulting in the Walker Lane, Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America\u00a02022; <\/em>doi:\u00a0https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1785\/0120210149<\/a><\/p>\n

Abercrombie, R. E.<\/strong>, Trugman, D. T., Shearer, P. M., Chen, X., Zhang, J<\/u>., Pennington, C. N<\/u>., Hardebeck, J. L., Goebel, T. H., & Ruhl, C. J., 2021. Does earthquake stress drop increase with depth? Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth,<\/em> 126, e2021JB022314.\u00a0https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1029\/2021JB022314<\/a><\/p>\n

Abercrombie, R. E<\/strong>., 2021. Resolution and Uncertainties in Estimates of Earthquake stress drop and Energy Release, Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A, <\/em>379, 20200131. 20200131. http:\/\/doi.org\/10.1098\/rsta.2020.0131<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n

Nakai, J.,<\/u> A. Sheehan, R. E. Abercrombie <\/strong>and D. Eberhart-Phillips 2021, Near Trench 3D Seismic Attenuation Offshore Northern Hikurangi Subduction Margin, North Island, New Zealand, Journal of Geophysical Research-Solid Earth, 126, <\/em>e2020JB020810.\u00a0https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1029\/2020JB020810<\/a><\/p>\n

Shearer, P. M., and R. E. Abercrombie,<\/strong> 2021. Calibrating Spectral Decomposition of Local Earthquakes using Borehole Seismic Records – Results for the 1992 Big Bear Aftershocks in Southern California, Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth,\u00a0126, e2020JB020561.\u00a0 \u00a0<\/em>https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1029\/2020JB020561<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n

Pennington, C<\/u>., Chen, X., Abercrombie, R. E<\/strong>., and Wu, Q., 2021. Cross Validation of Stress Drop Estimates and Interpretations for the 2011 Prague, OK, Earthquake Sequence Using Multiple Methods, Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth<\/em>,\u00a0126, e2020JB020888.\u00a0https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1029\/2020JB020888<\/a><\/p>\n

Abercrombie, R. E<\/strong>., X. Chen & J. Zhang<\/u> (2020), Repeating earthquakes with remarkably repeatable ruptures on the San Andreas Fault at Parkfield, Geophysical Research Letters<\/em>,\u00a047, e2020GL089820.\u00a0https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1029\/2020GL089820<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n

Moyer, P. A.,\u00a0<\/u>Boettcher, M. S.,\u00a0Bohnenstiehl, D. R., &\u00a0Abercrombie, R. E.<\/strong>\u00a0(2020).\u00a0Crustal strength variations inferred from earthquake stress drop at Axial Seamount surrounding the 2015 eruption.\u00a0Geophys. Res. Lett.<\/em>,\u00a047, e2020GL08844, \u00a0https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1029\/2020GL088447<\/a><\/p>\n

Chaves, E. J<\/u>., S. Y. Schwartz & R. E. Abercrombie <\/strong>(2020). Repeating Earthquakes Record Fault Weakening and Healing Following a Megathrust Earthquake, Science Advances, (32), <\/em>eaaz9317
\nDOI: 10.1126\/sciadv.aaz9317<\/a><\/p>\n

Hicks, S., R. Okuwaki, A. Steinberg, C. Rychert, N. Harmon, R. Abercrombie<\/strong>, P. Bogiaztis, D. Schlaphorst, J. Zahradnik, J-M.\u00a0 Kendall, Y. Yagi, K. Shimizu, H. Sudhaus (2020), Back-propagating super-shear rupture in the 2016 M7.1 Romanche transform fault earthquake, Nature Geoscience, 13,\u00a0<\/strong>647\u2013653 (2020). https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1038\/s41561-020-0619-9<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n

Yu, H., R. M. Harrington, H. Kao, Y. Liu, R. E. Abercrombie<\/strong>, B. Wang (2020), Well Proximity Governing Spatial Variation of Stress Drop and Seismic Attenuation Associated with Hydraulic Fracturing Induced Earthquakes, Journal of Geophysical Research, 125, e2020JB020103.\u00a0<\/em>https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1029\/2020JB020103<\/em><\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n

Chen, X., and R E Abercrombie<\/strong> (2020), Improved approach for stress drop estimation and its application to an induced earthquake sequence in Oklahoma,\u00a0Geophysical Journal International<\/em>, 223, 233-253,\u00a0https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1093\/gji\/ggaa316<\/a><\/p>\n

Hatch, R. L.,\u00a0<\/u>Abercrombie, R. E<\/strong>.,\u00a0Ruhl, C. J., &\u00a0Smith, K. D. (2020).\u00a0Evidence of aseismic and fluid\u2010driven processes in a small complex seismic swarm near Virginia City, Nevada.\u00a0Geophysical Research Letters<\/em>,\u00a047, e2019GL085477.\u00a0https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1029\/2019GL085477<\/a><\/p>\n

Wu, Q.,\u00a0<\/span>Chen, X., &\u00a0<\/span>Abercrombie, R. E.\u00a0(\u00a0<\/span>2019<\/span>).\u00a0<\/span>Source complexity of the 2015 Mw 4.0 Guthrie, Oklahoma earthquake<\/span>.\u00a0<\/span>Geophysical Research Letters<\/i>,\u00a0<\/span>46<\/span>,\u00a0<\/span>4674<\/span>\u2013\u00a0<\/span>4684<\/span>.\u00a0<\/span>https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1029\/2019GL082690<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

Shearer, P. M.<\/span>,\u00a0<\/span>Abercrombie, R. E.<\/span>,\u00a0<\/span>Trugman, D. T.<\/span>, &\u00a0<\/span>Wang, W.<\/span>\u00a0(\u00a0<\/span>2019<\/span>).\u00a0<\/span>Comparing EGF methods for estimating corner frequency and stress drop from\u00a0<\/span>P<\/i>\u00a0<\/span>wave spectra<\/span>.\u00a0<\/span>Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth<\/i>,\u00a0<\/span>124<\/span>,\u00a0<\/span>3966<\/span>\u2013\u00a0<\/span>3986<\/span>.\u00a0<\/span>https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1029\/2018JB016957<\/a><\/p>\n

Yarce, J.<\/span>,\u00a0<\/span>Sheehan, A. F.<\/span>,\u00a0<\/span>Nakai, J. S.<\/span>,\u00a0<\/span>Schwartz, S. Y.<\/span>,\u00a0<\/span>Mochizuki, K.<\/span>,\u00a0<\/span>Savage, M. K.<\/span>,\u00a0<\/span>L. M. Wallace,\u00a0<\/span>S. A. Henrys,\u00a0<\/span>S. C. Webb,\u00a0<\/span>Y. Ito,\u00a0<\/span>R. E. Abercrombie,\u00a0<\/span>B. Fry,\u00a0<\/span>H. Shaddox, and\u00a0<\/span>E. K. Todd,<\/span>\u00a0(\u00a0<\/span>2019<\/span>).\u00a0<\/span>Seismicity at the northern Hikurangi Margin, New Zealand, and investigation of the potential spatial and temporal relationships with a shallow slow slip event<\/span>.\u00a0<\/span>Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth<\/i>,\u00a0<\/span>124<\/span>.\u00a0<\/span>https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1029\/2018JB017211<\/a><\/p>\n

Hatch, R. L., R. E. Abercrombie, C. J. Ruhl, and K. D. Smith, 2018, Earthquake Interaction, Fault Structure, and Source Properties of a Small Sequence in 2017 near Truckee, California, Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America (2018) 108 (5A): <\/em>2580-2593. https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1785\/0120180089<\/a><\/p>\n

Frank, W. B., and R. E. Abercrombie, 2018. Adapting the matched-filter search to wide-aperture networks: and aftershock sequence and an earthquake swarm in Connecticut, Bull. Seismol. Soc. Am.<\/em>, 108, 524-532, https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1785\/0120170190<\/a><\/p>\n

Abercrombie, R. E., Poli, P. & Bannister, S. (2017). Earthquake Directivity, orientation and stress drop within the subducting plate at the Hikurangi margin, New Zealand. Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth, 122<\/em>. https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1002\/2017JB014935<\/a><\/p>\n

Ruhl, C. J., Abercrombie, R. E.,<\/strong> & Smith, K. D. (2017). Spatiotemporal variation of stress drop during the 2008 Mogul, Nevada, earthquake swarm. Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth, 122, <\/em>8163\u20138180. https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1002\/2017JB014601<\/a><\/p>\n

Abercrombie, R. E., S. Bannister, J. Ristau, and D. Doser, 2017. Variability of Earthquake Stress Drop in a subduction setting, the Hikurangi Margin, New Zealand, Geophys. J. Int<\/em>., 208, 306-320, doi:10.1093\/gji\/ggw393<\/a><\/p>\n

Prieto, G. A., B. Froment, C. Yu, P. Poli, and R. E. Abercrombie, 2016. Earthquake rupture below the brittle-ductile transition in continental lithospheric mantle, Science Advances, 3, <\/em>doi:10.1126\/sciadv.1602642<\/a><\/p>\n

Ruhl, C. J., R. E. Abercrombie, K. D. Smith, and I. Zaliapin, 2016. Complex Spatiotemporal Evolution of the 2008 Mw<\/sub><\/em> 4.9 Mogul Earthquake Swarm (Reno, Nevada): Interplay of Fluid and Faulting, J. Geophys. Res., Solid Earth<\/em>, 121, doi:10.1002\/2016JB013399<\/a><\/p>\n

Aderhold, K., R. E. Abercrombie, 2016. The 2015 M7.1 Earthquake on the Charlie-Gibbs Transform Fault: Repeating Earthquakes and Multi-modal Slip on a Slow Oceanic Transform,\u00a0Geophys. Res. Lett., <\/em>doi: 10.1002\/2016GL068802<\/a><\/p>\n

Aderhold, K., R. E. Abercrombie, 2016. Seismotectonics of a diffuse plate boundary: Observations off the Sumatra-Andaman trench,\u00a0Journal of Geophysical Research<\/em>, <\/em>doi: 10.1002\/2015JB012721<\/a><\/p>\n

Abercrombie, R. E., 2015. Investigating Uncertainties in Empirical Green\u2019s Function Analysis Earthquake Source Parameters, J. Geophys. Res<\/em>., doi:10.1002\/2015JB011984<\/a><\/p>\n

Aderhold, K., R. E. Abercrombie, 2015, Seismic rupture on an oceanic-continental plate boundary: strike-slip earthquakes along the Queen Charlotte-Fairweather fault, Bull. Seismol. Soc. Am., 105<\/em>, 1129-1142, doi:10.1785\/0120140227<\/a> SUPPLEMENT<\/a><\/p>\n

Abercrombie, R. E., 2014. Stress Drops of Repeating Earthquakes on the San Andreas Fault at Parkfield, Geophys. Res. Lett., 41<\/em>, 8784\u20138791, doi:10.1002\/2014GL062079<\/a><\/p>\n

Abercrombie, R. E.<\/span>, 2013. Comparison of direct and coda wave stress drop measurements for the Wells, Nevada, earthquake sequence,\u00a0J. Geophys. Res., 118<\/span>,<\/em> 1458\u20131470, doi:10.1029\/2012JB009638<\/a><\/p>\n

Chen, X., P. M. Shearer, and R. E. Abercrombie<\/span>, 2012. Spatial migration of earthquakes within seismic clusters in Southern California: Evidence for fluid diffusion,\u00a0J. Geophys. Res., 117<\/span>,<\/em> B04301, doi:10.1029\/2011JB008973<\/a><\/p>\n

El Hariri, M., R. E. Abercrombie<\/span>, C. A. Rowe, and A. F. do Nascimento, 2010. The Role of Fluids in Triggering Earthquakes: Observations From Reservoir Induced Earthquakes in Brazil, Geophys. J. Int., 181<\/span>,<\/em> 1566-1574 DOI<\/a><\/p>\n

Viegas, G. M., R. E. Abercrombie<\/span>, and W.-Y. Kim, 2010. The 2002 M5 Au Sable Forks, NY, earthquake sequence: source scaling relationships and energy budget, J. Geophys. Res., 115<\/span>,<\/em> B07310, doi:10.1029\/2009JB006799<\/a><\/p>\n

Viegas, G. M., L. G. Baise, and R. E. Abercrombie<\/span>, 2010, Regional wave propagation in New England and New York, Bull. Seism. Soc. Am., 100<\/span><\/em>, 2196-2218, doi:10.1785\/0120090223<\/p>\n

Tomic, J., R. E. Abercrombie<\/span>, and Do Nascimento, A., 2009, Source parameters and rupture velocity of small M\u22642.2 reservoir induced earthquakes, Geophys. J. Int.<\/span>,<\/em> doi:10.1111\/j.1365-246X.2009.04233.x<\/a><\/p>\n

Yamada, T., R. E. Abercrombie<\/span>, S. Ide, J. J. Mori, H. Kawakata, M. Nakatani, Y. Iio, and H. Ogasawara, 2007, Stress Drops and Radiated Seismic Energies of Microearthquakes in a South African Gold Mine,\u00a0J. Geophys. Res., 112<\/span><\/em>, B03305, doi:10.1029\/2006JB004553<\/p>\n

Sonley, E., and R. E. Abercrombie<\/span>, 2006, Effects of methods of attenuation correction on source parameter determination, American Geophysical Union Monograph, EARTHQUAKES Radiated energy and the physics of faulting<\/span><\/em>, eds. Abercrombie<\/span>, McGarr, Di Toro and Kanamori<\/span><\/p>\n

Shipton, Z., J. Evans, R. E. Abercrombie<\/span> and E. Brodsky, 2006, The Missing Sinks: Slip Localization in Faults, Damage Zones, and the Seismic Energy Budget, American Geophysical Union Monograph, EARTHQUAKES Radiated energy and the physics of faulting<\/span><\/em>, eds. Abercrombie<\/span>, McGarr, Di Toro and Kanamori<\/p>\n

Antolik, M., R. E. Abercrombie<\/span>, Pan, and G. Ekstr\u00f6m, 2006, Rupture characteristics of the 2003 Mw7.6 Mid-Indian ocean earthquake, J. Geophys. Res., 111<\/span><\/em>, B04302, doi:10.1029\/2005JB003785<\/p>\n

Abercrombie, R. E.<\/span>, The start of something big?, 2005, Nature 438<\/span><\/em>, 171-173, invited News and Views<\/span><\/p>\n

Abercrombie, R. E.<\/span> and Rice, J. R., 2005, Can observations of earthquake scaling constrain slip weakening?, Geophys. J. Int., 162<\/span><\/em>, 406-424 doi<\/a><\/p>\n

McGarr, A., R. E. Abercrombie<\/span>, and H. Kanamori, 2005. Radiated energy and the physics of earthquake faulting, Eos, Trans. AGU, 86<\/span><\/em>, 447<\/p>\n

Abercrombie, R. E.<\/span>, 2004, Earthquakes, Highlights: Discoveries in the Earth Sciences, Geotimes<\/span><\/em>, July 2004 (Invited Review article).<\/p>\n

Antolik, M., R. E. Abercrombie<\/span>, and G. Ekstr\u00f6m, 2004, The 14 November, 2001 Kokoxili (Kunlunshan), Tibet earthquake: rupture transfer through a large extensional step-over, Bull. Seism. Soc. Am., 94<\/span>,<\/em> 1173-1194\u00a0SUPPLEMENT<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Felzer, K. R.<\/span>, R. E. Abercrombie<\/span>, and G. Ekstr\u00f6m, 2004, A common origin for aftershocks, foreshocks, and multiplets, Bull. Seism. Soc. Am., 94<\/span><\/em>, 88-99<\/p>\n

Abercrombie, R. E.<\/span> and Ekstr\u00f6m, G., 2003, A reassessment of the rupture characteristics of oceanic transform faults, J. Geophys. Res., 108<\/span>,<\/em> 10.1029\/2001JB000814<\/a><\/p>\n

Abercrombie, R. E.<\/span>, M. A. Antolik, and G. Ekstr\u00f6m, 2003, The June 2000 Mw7.9 earthquakes south of Sumatra: deformation in the India-Australia plate, J. Geophys. Res.<\/em>, 108<\/span>, 10.1029\/2001JB000674<\/p>\n

Felzer, K. R.<\/span>, R. E. Abercrombie<\/span>, and G. Ekstr\u00f6m, 2003, Secondary Aftershocks and their importance for aftershock forecasting, Bull. Seism. Soc. Am., 93<\/span>,<\/em> 1433-1448<\/p>\n

Mori, J. J., Abercrombie, R. E.<\/span>, and Kanamori, H., 2003, Stress drops and radiated energies of the Northridge aftershocks, J. Geophys. Res.<\/span>, 108,<\/em> 10.1029\/200JB000474, 2003<\/p>\n

Felzer, K. R.<\/span>, T. W. Becker, R. E. Abercrombie<\/span>, G. Ekstr\u00f6m, and J. R. Rice, 2002, Triggering of the 1999 Mw 7.1 Hector Mine earthquake by aftershocks of the 1992 Mw 7.3 Landers earthquake, J. Geophys. Res., 107<\/span>,<\/em> 2190, doi:10.1029\/2001JB000911<\/p>\n

Abercrombie, R. E.<\/span> and Ekstr\u00f6m, G., 2001, Earthquake slip on oceanic transform faults, Nature, 410<\/span><\/em>, 74-77<\/p>\n

Abercrombie, R. E.<\/span>, Antolik, M. A., Felzer, K. R.<\/span>, and Ekstr\u00f6m, G., 2001, The 1994 Java earthquake: slip over a subducting seamount, J. Geophys. Res., 106<\/span><\/em>, 6595-6607<\/p>\n

Ellsworth, B., H. Ito, P. Malin, and R. E. Abercrombie<\/span>, 2001. In Jules Verne\u2019s Footsteps: Seismology in the Source, Eos, Trans. AGU, 82<\/span><\/em>, 333, 339.<\/p>\n

Abercrombie, R. E.<\/span>, 2000, Crustal Attenuation and Site Effects at Parkfield, California, J. Geophys. Res., 105<\/span><\/em>, 6277-6286<\/p>\n

Abercrombie, R. E.<\/span>, 2000, Earthquake source complexity and seismicity at small magnitudes, Proceedings of the 3rd Conference on Tectonic Problems of the San Andreas Fault System<\/span><\/em>, September 6-8, 2000 Stanford University.<\/p>\n

Abercrombie, R. E.<\/span>, Webb, T. H., Robinson, R., McGinty, P. J., Mori, J. J. and Beavan, J., 2000, The enigma of the Arthur\u2019s Pass, New Zealand, earthquake 1: reconciling a variety of data for an unusual earthquake sequence, J. Geophys. Res., 105<\/span><\/em>, 16119-16137.<\/p>\n

Abercrombie, R. E.<\/span>, Bannister, S., Pancha, A., Webb, T. H. and Mori, J., 2000, Determination of fault planes in a complex aftershock sequence using two-dimensional slip inversion, Geophys. J. Int., 146<\/span><\/em>, 134-142<\/p>\n

Gledhill, K., Robinson, R., Webb, T. H., Abercrombie, R. E.<\/span>, Beavan, J., Cousins, J., and Eberhart-Phillips, D., 2000, The Mw 6.2, Cass, New Zealand, earthquake of 24 November 1995: Reverse faulting in a strike slip regime, New Zealand J. Geol. And Geophys., 43<\/span><\/em>, 255-269<\/p>\n

Abercrombie, R. E.<\/span>, 1998, A summary of attenuation measurements from borehole recordings of earthquakes: the 10 Hz transition problem, Pure Appl. Geophys., 153<\/span>,<\/em> 475-487 DOI<\/a><\/p>\n

Abercrombie, R. E.<\/span> and Benites, R. A., 1998, Strong motion modelling of the 1993 Tikokino earthquake, southern Hawkes Bay, New Zealand, New Zealand J. Geol. And Geophys., 41<\/span><\/em>, 259-270<\/p>\n

Adams, D. A. and Abercrombie, R. E.<\/span>, 1998, Seismic attenuation at high frequencies in southern California from coda waves recorded at a range of depths, J. Geophys. Res., 103<\/span><\/em>, 24257-24270<\/p>\n

Abercrombie, R. E.<\/span>, 1997, Near surface attenuation and site effects from comparison of surface and deep borehole recordings, Bull. Seism. Soc. Am., 87<\/span><\/em>, 731-744<\/p>\n

Mori, J. J. and Abercrombie, R. E.<\/span>, 1997, Depth dependence of earthquake frequency-magnitude distributions in California: implications for rupture initiation, J. Geophys. Res., 102<\/span><\/em>, 15081-15090<\/p>\n

Liu, Y., Crampin, S. and Abercrombie, R. E.<\/span>, 1997, Shear-wave anisotropy and the stress field from borehole recordings at 2.5 km depth at Cajon Pass, Geophys. J. Int., 129<\/span><\/em>, 439-449<\/p>\n

Abercrombie, R. E.<\/span>, 1996, The magnitude-frequency distribution of earthquakes recorded with deep seismometers at Cajon Pass, Southern California, Tectonophys., 261<\/span><\/em>, 1-7<\/p>\n

Abercrombie, R. E.<\/span> and Mori, J., 1996, Occurrence patterns of foreshocks to large earthquakes in the western United States, Nature, 381<\/span><\/em>, 303-307 DOI<\/a><\/p>\n

Manov, D. V., Abercrombie, R. E.<\/span> and Leary, P. C., 1996. Reliable and economical high temperature deep borehole seismic recording, Bull. Seism. Soc. Am., 86<\/span><\/em>, 204-211<\/p>\n

Abercrombie, R. E.<\/span>, 1995a, Earthquake source scaling relationships from -1 to 5 ML, using seismograms recorded at 2.5 km depth, J. Geophys. Res., 100<\/span><\/em>, 24015-24036 DOI<\/a><\/p>\n

Abercrombie, R. E.<\/span>, 1995b, Earthquake locations using single-station deep borehole recordings: implications for microseismicity on the San Andreas fault in southern California, J. Geophys. Res., 100<\/span><\/em>, 24003-24014<\/p>\n

Abercrombie, R. E.<\/span> Main, I. G., Douglas, A. and Burton, P. W., 1995, The nucleation and rupture process of the 1981 Gulf of Corinth earthquakes from deconvolved broadband data, Geophys. J. Int., 120<\/span><\/em>, 393-405<\/p>\n

Abercrombie, R. E.<\/span>, Agnew, D. C. and Wyatt, F. K., 1995, Testing a model of earthquake nucleation, Bull. Seism. Soc. Am., 85<\/span><\/em>, 1873-1878<\/p>\n

Banerdt, W. B., Abercrombie, R. E.<\/span>, Keddie, S., Mizutani, H., Nagihara, S., Nakamura, Y. and Pike, W. T., 1995, Planetary Interiors, in Planetary Surface Instruments Workshop, Eds. C. Meyer, A. Treiman and T. Kostiuk,. Lunar and Planetary Institute Technical Report 95-05<\/span><\/em>, 41-50.<\/p>\n

Abercrombie, R. E.<\/span> and Mori, J., 1994, Local observations of the onset of a large earthquake: 28 June 1992, Landers, California, Bull. Seism. Soc. Am., 84<\/span><\/em>, 725-734<\/p>\n

Abercrombie, R. E.<\/span> and Brune, J. N., 1994, Evidence for a constant b-value in the southern San Andreas, San Jacinto and San Miguel fault zones, and at the Long Valley caldera, California, Geophys. Res. Lett., 21<\/span><\/em>, 1647-1650<\/p>\n

Abercrombie, R. E.<\/span>, 1994a, Regional bias in estimates of earthquake Ms due to surface wave path effects, Bull. Seism. Soc. Am., 84<\/span>,<\/em> 377-382<\/p>\n

Abercrombie, R. E.<\/span>, 1994b, Earthquake seismology 2.5 km down the Cajon Pass scientific drillhole, southern California, Proc. 7th Int. Symposium on the Observation of the Continental Crust through Drilling<\/span><\/em>, 221-224.<\/p>\n

Leary, P. C. and Abercrombie, R. E.<\/span>, 1994a, Frequency dependent crustal scattering and absorption at 5 – 160 Hz from coda decay observed at 2.5 km depth, Geophys. Res. Lett., 21<\/span><\/em>, 971-974.<\/p>\n

Leary, P. C. and Abercrombie, R. E.<\/span>, 1994b, Fractal fracture scattering origin of S-wave coda: spectral evidence from recordings at 2.5 km,\u00a0Geophys. Res. Lett., 21<\/span><\/em>, 1683-1686.<\/p>\n

Abercrombie, R. E.<\/span> and Leary, P. C., 1993, Source parameters of small earthquakes recorded at 2.5 km depth, Cajon Pass, southern California: implications for earthquake scaling, Geophys. Res. Lett., 20<\/span><\/em>, 1511-1514<\/p>\n

Abercrombie, R. E., 1991<\/span>, Earthquake rupture dynamics and neotectonics of the Aegean area, Ph.D. Thesis, University of Reading.<\/span><\/p>\n

Monographs<\/h3>\n

GEOPHYSICAL MONOGRAPH 170:<\/a> EARTHQUAKES Radiated Energy and the Physics of Faulting, R. E. Abercrombie<\/span>, A. McGarr, G. Di Toro, H. Kanamori, 2006. Table of Contents<\/span><\/a>
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