Thorne Lay Publications May 5, 2013
T. Lay is author or co-author of 393
research publications including 1 textbook, 1 monograph, 1 disciplinary book, 1
edited monograph, 271 publications in refereed books and professional journals,
and 117 technical reports, book reviews, news items and conference proceedings.
In addition, he is author or
co-author on 364 published abstracts for meeting presentations, and he was
content consultant for a book on the 2004 Indian Ocean Tsunami
Books
1. Lay,
T. (1994). Seismological
constraints on the velocity structure and fate of subducting lithospheric
slabs: 25 years of progress, Advances in
Geophysics, 35, 187pp. Reprinted as Structure and Fate of Subducting Slabs, Academic Press, 1996.
2. Lay,
T., and T. C. Wallace (1995). Modern
Global Seismology, Academic Press, San Diego, 521pp. (Also printed in
Japanese).
3. Hirose, K., J.
Brodholt, T. Lay and D. A. Yuen, eds. (2007). Post-Perovskite: The Last Mantle Phase Transition, American
Geophysical Union, Monograph, 174, 287pp.
4. Lusted, M.
(2008). The 2004 Indian Ocean Tsunami,
Content consultant, T. Lay, ABDO Publishing Co, Edina, MN, USA, 112pp.
5. Lay, T., R. C.
Aster, D. W. Forsyth, B. Romanowicz, R. m. Allen, V. F. Cormier, J. Gomberg, J.
A. Hole, G. Masters, D. Schutt, A. Sheehan, J. Tromp, M. E. Wysession (2009), Seismological Grand Challenges in
Understanding EarthÕs Dynamic Systems, GeoProse, Alexandria, VA, 76 pp. PDF
6. Lay, T., M. L. Bender, S. Carbotte,
K. A. Farley, K. M. Larson, T. Lyons, M. Manga, H.-K. Mao, I. P. Montanez, D.
R. Montgomery, P. E. Olsen, P. L. Olson, P. L. Wiberg, and D. Zhang (2012). New Research Opportunities in the Earth
Sciences at the National Science Foundation, National Research Council, The
National Academies Press, Washington, D. C., 117pp. PDF
Reviewed Publications in Professional Journals and Books
1980
1. Lay, T. and H.
Kanamori (1980). Earthquake doublets in the Solomon Islands, Phys. Earth Planet. Int., 21, 283-304. PDF
1981
2. Lay, T. and H.
Kanamori (1981). An asperity model
of large earthquake sequences, in D. W. Simpson and P.G. Richards (eds.) Earthquake Prediction, an International
Review, Maurice Ewing Series, IV, 579-592, AGU, Washington, D.
C. PDF
3. Lay, T. and D. V.
Helmberger (1981). Body wave amplitude patterns and upper mantle attenuation
variations across North America. Geophys. J. R. Astr. Soc., 66, 691-726. PDF
4. Nataf, H. C., T.
Lay, D. L. Anderson and E. A. Okal (1981). Reassessment of a reported S delay under Trindade, Geophys. Res. Lett., 8, 1027-1030. PDF
1982
5. Lay, T., H.
Kanamori and L. Ruff (1982). The
asperity model and the nature of large subduction zone earthquake occurrence, Earthquake Prediction Research, 1,
3-71. PDF
6. Lay, T., J. W. Given
and H. Kanamori (1982). Long-period mechanism of the November 8, 1980 Eureka,
California earthquake, Bull. Seismol.
Soc. Am., 72, 439-456. PDF
1983
7. Lay, T. (1983).
Localized velocity anomalies in the lower mantle, Geophys. J. R. Astr. Soc., 72, 483-516. PDF
8. Lay, T. and D. V.
Helmberger (1983). A shear velocity discontinuity in the lower mantle, Geophys. Res. Lett., 10, 63-66. PDF
9. Lay, T. and D. V.
Helmberger (1983). Body-wave
amplitude and travel-time correlations across North America, Bull. Seism. Soc. Am., 73,
17-30. PDF
10. Lay, T. and T. C. Wallace
(1983). Multiple ScS travel times
and attenuation beneath Mexico and Central America, Geophys. Res. Lett., 10,
301-304. PDF
11. Lay, T. and D. V. Helmberger
(1983). The shear wave velocity gradient at the base of the mantle, J. Geophys. Res., 88, 8160-8170. PDF
12. Lay, T. and D. V. Helmberger
(1983). A lower mantle S wave triplication and the shear velocity structure of
DÓ, Geophys. J. R. Astr.
Soc., 75, 799-838. PDF
13. Lay, T. and E. Okal
(1983) The Gilbert Islands
(Republic of Kiribati) earthquake swarm of 1981-1983, Phys. Earth Planet. Int., 33, 284-303. PDF
1984
14. Kanamori, H., J. Given and T.
Lay (1984). Analysis of seismic
body waves excited by the Mt. St. Helens eruption of May 18, 1980, J. Geophys. Res., 89, 1856-1866. PDF
15. Lay, T., L. J. Burdick and D.
V. Helmberger (1984). Estimating
the yields of the Amchitka tests by waveform intercorrelation, Geophys. J. R. Astr. Soc., 78, 181-208. PDF
16. Burdick, L. J., T. C. Wallace
and T. Lay (1984). Modeling
near-field and teleseismic observations for the Amchitka test site, J. Geophys. Res., 89, 4373-4388. PDF
17. Lay, T., D. Helmberger and T.
C. Wallace (1984). The effects of
tectonic release on short-period P-waves
from NTS explosions, Bull. Seism. Soc.
Am., 74, 1-24. PDF
18. Lay, T., D. V. Helmberger and
D. G. Harkrider (1984). Source
models and yield-scaling relations for underground nuclear explosions at
Amchitka Island, Bull. Seism. Soc. Am., 74,
181-200. PDF
19. Zhang, J. and T. Lay
(1984). Investigation of a lower
mantle shear wave triplication using a broadband array, Geophys. Res. Lett., 11,
620-623. PDF
1985
20. Lay, T. and H. Kanamori
(1985). Geometric effects of
global lateral heterogeneity on long-period surface wave propagation, J. Geophys. Res., 90, 605-621. PDF
21. Lay, T. (1985). Estimating explosion yield by
analytical waveform comparison, Geophys.
J. R. Astr. Soc., 82, 1-31. PDF
22. Schwartz, S. Y. and T. Lay
(1985). Comparison of long-period
surface wave amplitude and phase anomalies for two models of global lateral
heterogeneity, Geophys. Res. Lett., 12, 231-234. PDF
23. Lay, T., L. J. Burdick, D. V.
Helmberger and C. G. Arvesen (1985).
Estimating seismic yield and defining distinct test sites using complete
waveform information, in: The VELA
Program: A Twenty-five Year Review of Basic Research, ed. Ann Kerr,
Executive Graphic Services, Rosslyn, VA, 597-610. PDF
24. Helmberger, D. V., T. Lay, P.
Scott and T. Wallace (1985). Short-period amplitude patterns from Pahute Mesa,
tectonic or propagation?, in: The VELA
Program: A Twenty-five Year Review of Basic Research, ed. Ann Kerr,
Executive Graphic Services, Rosslyn, VA, 286-295. PDF
1986
25. Lay, T. and C. J. Young
(1986). The effect of SKS
scattering on models of the shear velocity structure of the DÓ
region, J. Geophys., 59, 11-15. PDF
26. Wallace, T. C., D. V.
Helmberger and T. Lay (1986).
Reply to comments by A. Douglas, J. B. Young, and N. S. Lyman and a Note
on the revised moments for Pahute Mesa tectonic release, Bull. Seism. Soc. Am., 767,
313-318. PDF
27. Burger, R. W., T. Lay, T. C.
Wallace and L. J. Burdick (1986).
Evidence of tectonic release in long-period S waves from underground
nuclear explosions at the Novaya Zemlya test sites, Bull. Seism. Soc. Am., 76,
733-755. PDF
28. Lay, T. (1986). Evidence of a lower mantle shear
velocity discontinuity in S and sS phases, Geophys.
Res. Lett., 13, 1493-1496. PDF
29. Lay, T. (1986). Geophysics of
the core and core-mantle boundary, Introduction to the special issue, Geophys. Res. Lett., 13, 1488. PDF
30. Beck, S. L. and T. Lay
(1986). A test of the lower mantle
slab penetration hypothesis using broadband S waves, Geophys. Res. Lett., 13,
1007-1010. PDF
31. Burger, R. W., T. Lay and L.
J. Burdick (1986). Estimating the
relative yields of Novaya Zemlya tests by waveform intercorrelation, Geophys. J. R. Astr. Soc., 87, 775-800. PDF
32. Okal, E. A., D. F. Woods and
T. Lay (1986). Intraplate
deformation in the Samoa-Gilbert-Ralik area: A prelude to a change of plate
boundaries in the Southwest Pacific?, in: Intraplate Deformation, Characteristics,
Processes and Causes, Tectonophysics, 132,
69-77. PDF
1987
33. Welc, J. and T. Lay (1987).
The source rupture process of the great Banda Sea earthquake of November 4,
1963, Phys. Earth Planet. Int., 45, 242-254. PDF
34. Young, C. and T. Lay
(1987). The core-mantle boundary,
in: Annual Reviews of Earth and Planetary
Science, 15, 25-46. PDF
35. Burger, R. W., T. Lay and L.
J. Burdick (1987). Average Q estimates from the Pahute Mesa test site, Bull. Seism. Soc. Am., 77, 1274-1294. PDF
36. Lay, T. and J. L. Welc
(1987). Analysis of near-source
contributions to early P-wave coda
for underground explosions: 1. Waveform complexity, Bull. Seism. Soc. Am., 77,
1017-1040. PDF
37. Lay, T. (1987). Analysis of near-source contributions
to early P-wave coda for underground
explosions: 2. Frequency Dependence, Bull.
Seism. Soc. Am., 77, 1252-1273. PDF
38. Lay, T. (1987). Analysis of near-source contributions
to early P-wave coda for underground
explosions: 3. Inversion for isotropic scatterers, Bull. Seism. Soc. Am., 77,
1767-1783. PDF
39. Lay, T. (1987). Structure of
the earth: mantle and core, Rev.
Geophys., 25, 1161-1167. PDF
40. Schwartz, S. Y. and T. Lay (1987). Effects of off great circle propagation
on the phase of long-period surface waves, Geophys.
J. R. Astr. Soc., 91, 143-154. PDF
41. Young, C. J. and T. Lay
(1987). Evidence for a shear velocity discontinuity in the lower mantle beneath
India and the Indian Ocean, Phys. Earth
Planet. Int., 49, 37-53. PDF
42. Young, C. J. and T. Lay
(1987). Comment on "Wave
propagation effects and the Earth's structure in the lower mantle", Geophys. Res. Lett., 14, 562-565. PDF
1988
43. Lynnes, C. S. and T. Lay
(1988). Analysis of amplitude and
travel time anomalies for short-period P-waves
from NTS explosions, Geophys. J., 92,
431-443. PDF
44. Lynnes, C. S. and T. Lay
(1988). Observations of teleseismic P--wave
coda for underground explosions, PAGEOPH,
128, 231-249. PDF
45. Christensen, D. H. and T. Lay
(1988). Large earthquakes in the Tonga region associated with subduction of the
Louisville Ridge, J. Geophys. Res., 93, 13367-13389. PDF
46. Cohee, B. P. and T. Lay
(1988). Modeling teleseismic SV waves from underground explosions with tectonic
release: Results for Southern Novaya Zemlya,
Bull. Seism. Soc. Am., 78,
1158-1178. PDF
47. Lynnes, C. S. and T. Lay
(1988). Source process of the great 1977 Sumba earthquake, J. Geophys. Res., 93,
13407-13420. PDF
48. Burger, R. W., T. Lay and L.
J. Burdick (1988). Reply to comments by Der, Bull. Seism. Soc. Amer., 78,
1835-1836. PDF
49. Lay, T. (1988). The deep roots of continents, News and
Views, Nature, 333, 209-210. PDF
50. Lay, T. and T. C. Wallace
(1988). Multiple ScS attenuation and
travel times beneath western North America, Bull.
Seism. Soc. Am., 78, 2041-2061. PDF
51. Schwartz, S. Y. and T. Lay
(1988). Analysis of upper mantle P-wave velocity structure beneath N.
America and Eastern Europe using P and PP phases, in Fourth EGT Workshop: The upper mantle, eds. G. Nolet and B.
Dost, European Science Foundation, 119-127. PDF
52. Astiz, L., T. Lay and H.
Kanamori (1988). Large
intermediate depth earthquakes and the subduction process, Phys. Earth Planet. Int., 53,
80-166. PDF
1989
53. Lay, T. (1989). Mantle, Lower: Structure, in Encyclopedia of Geophysics, ed. D. E.
James, Van Nostrand Reinhold Co., New York, 770-775. PDF
54. Lay, T., L. Astiz, H.
Kanamori and D. H. Christensen (1989). Temporal variation of large intraplate
earthquakes in coupled subduction zones, Phys.
Earth Planet. Int., 54, 258-312.
PDF
55. Young, C. J. and T. Lay
(1989). The core shadow zone boundary and lateral variations of the P velocity
structure of the lowermost mantle, Phys.
Earth Planet. Int., 54, 64-81. PDF
56. Lynnes, C. S. and T. Lay
(1989). Inversion of P coda for
isotropic scatterers at the Yucca Flat test site, Bull. Seism. Soc. Am., 79,
790-804. PDF
57. Zhang, J. and T. Lay
(1989). Duration and depth of
faulting of the June 22, 1977 Tonga earthquake, Bull. Seism. Soc. Am., 79, 51-66. PDF
58. Schwartz, S., T. Lay and L.
Ruff (1989). Source process of the
great 1971 Solomon Islands doublet, Phys.
Earth Planet. Int., 56, 294-310.
PDF
59. Schwartz, S., J. Dewey and T.
Lay (1989). Influence of fault
plane heterogeneity on the seismic behavior in the Southern Kurile Islands arc,
J. Geophys. Res., 94, 5637-5649. PDF
60. Lay, T. (1989). Structure of
the core-mantle transition zone: A chemical and thermal boundary layer, EOS, Trans. Am. Geophys. Un., 70, 49-59. PDF
61. Young, C. J., T. Lay and C.
S. Lynnes (1989). The February 4,
1976 Guatemalan earthquake: a bilateral rupture, Bull. Seism. Soc. Am., 79,
670-689. PDF
62. Zhang, J. and T. Lay (1989).
Measuring complex spectra using multiple filter analysis, Geophys Res. Lett., 16,
259-262. PDF
63. Zhang, J. and T. Lay
(1989). A new method for
determining the long-period component of the source time function of large
earthquakes, Geophys. Res. Lett., 16, 275-278. PDF
64. Heaton, T. H., D. L. Anderson,
W. J. Arabasz, R. Buland, W. L. Ellsworth, S. H. Hartzell, T. Lay and P.
Spudich (1989). National Seismic
System Science Plan, U. S. Geological
Survey Circular 1031, 1-42. PDF
65. Lay, T. and C. J. Young
(1989). Waveform complexity in
teleseismic broadband SH displacements: slab diffractions or deep mantle
reflections?, Geophys. Res. Lett., 16,
605-608. PDF
66. Lay, T. (1989). Of Glasnost,
seismology and nuclear testing treaties, LS&A
magazine, Univ. of Michigan, 13,
16-19. PDF
67. McNally, K. C., T. Lay, M.
Protti-Quesada, G. Valensise, D. Orange and R. S. Anderson (1989). The October 18 1989 Santa Cruz
Mountains (Loma Prieta) earthquake, EOS,
Trans. Am. Geophys. Un., 70, 1463-1467. PDF
68. Lay, T. (1989). Problems with
the seismic velocity structure at the base of the mantle, Proceedings of the IV
International Conference on Solid Earth Geophysics, "A Mission to Planet
Earth, IL Cigno Galileo Galilei, Rome, 241-269. PDF
1990
69. Lynnes, C. S. and T. Lay
(1990). Effects of lateral velocity heterogeneity under the Nevada test site on
short-period P-wave amplitudes and
travel times, PAGEOPH, 132,
245-267. PDF
70. Zhang, J. and T. Lay
(1990). Effects of centroid
location on determination of earthquake mechanisms using long-period surface
waves, Bull. Seism. Soc. Am., 80, 1205-1231. PDF
71. Young, C. J. and T. Lay
(1990). Multiple phase analysis of the shear velocity structure in the DÓ
region beneath Alaska, J. Geophys. Res.,
95, 17385-17402. PDF
72. Zhang, J. and T. Lay (1990).
Source parameters of the 1989 Loma Prieta earthquake determined from
long-period Rayleigh waves, Geophy. Res.
Lett., 17, 1195-1198. PDF
73. Lay, T., T. Ahrens, P. Olson,
J. Smyth and D. Loper (1990).
Science opportunities in the studies of the Earth's deep interior, Physics Today, October, 44-52. [Reprinted in Japanese in Parity, 5, 8-18, (1991)]. PDF
74. Lay, T. and C.J. Young
(1990). The stably stratified outermost core revisited, Geophys. Res. Lett., 17,
2001-2004. PDF
1991
75. Lay, T. (1991). The
teleseismic manifestation of pP:
Problems and paradoxes, in: Explosion
Source Phenomenology, AGU Geophysical Monograph 65, (S. Taylor, H. Patton,
P. Richards, eds.), 109-125. PDF
76. Gaherty, J.B., T. Lay and
J.E. Vidale (1991). Investigation of deep slab structure using long period S
waves, J. Geophys. Res., 96, 16349-1367. PDF
77. Schwartz, S. Y., T. Lay, and
S. L. Beck (1991). Shear wave travel time, amplitude, and waveform analysis for
earthquakes in the Kurile slab:
constraints on deep slab structure and mantle heterogeneity, J. Geophys. Res., 96, 14445-14460. PDF
78. Lay, T. and C.J. Young
(1991). Analysis of seismic SV waves in the core's penumbra, Geophys. Res. Lett., 18(8), 1373-1376. PDF
79. Wallace, T. C., A. Velasco,
J. Zhang, and T. Lay (1991). A
broadband seismological investigation of the 1989 Loma Prieta, California
earthquake: Evidence for deep slow
slip?, Bull. Seism. Soc. Am., 81, 1622-1646. PDF
80. Schwartz, S. Y., T. Lay, and
S. P. Grand (1991). Seismic
imaging of subducting slab structure: trade-offs with deep path and
near-receiver effects, Geophys. Res. Let.,
18(7), 1265-1268. PDF
81. Lay, T. (1991). A matter for resolution, Nature (London) News and Views, 352, 105-106. PDF
1992
82. Lay, T. (1992). Seismology: Theoretical, Encyclopedia
of Earth System Science, Vol 4,
153-173. PDF
83. Lay, T. (1992). Nuclear testing and seismology, Encyclopedia of Earth System Science, Vol. 3, 333-351. PDF
84. Gaherty, J.B., and T. Lay
(1992). Investigation of laterally
heterogeneous shear velocity structure in DÓ beneath Eurasia, J. Geophys. Res., 97, 417-435. PDF
85. Zhang, J., and T. Lay
(1992). The April 5, 1990 Mariana
Islands Earthquake and subduction zone stresses, Phys. Earth Planet. Inter., 72,
99-121. PDF
86. Lay, T., and T. Zhang
(1992). Near-source contributions
to teleseismic P waves and P wave coda for underground explosions, Bull. Seism. Soc. Am., 82, 383-405. PDF
87. Lay, T. (1992). Wrinkles on the inside, Nature (London) News and Views, 355, 768-769. PDF
88. Velasco, A. A., T. Lay, and
J. Zhang (1992). Improved
resolution of earthquake source parameters from long-period surface wave
inversion, Phys. Earth Planet. Int., 74, 101-107. PDF
1993
89. Zhou, Y., K. C. McNally, and
T. Lay (1993). Analysis of the
1986 Mt. Lewis, California earthquake:
Preshock sequence-Mainshock-Aftershock sequence, Phys. Earth Planet. Int., 75,
267-288. PDF
90. Schwartz, S. Y., and T. Lay
(1993). Complete PP waveform
modeling for determining crust and upper mantle structure, Geophys. J. Inter., 112,
210-224. PDF
91. Ammon, C., A. Velasco, and T.
Lay (1993). Rapid estimation of
rupture directivity: Application
to the 1992 Landers (Ms=7.4) and Cape Mendocino (Ms=7.2)
California Earthquakes, Geophys. Res.
Lett., 20, 97-100. PDF
92. Velasco, A. A., T. Lay, and
J. Zhang (1993). Long-period
surface wave inversion for source parameters of the October 18, 1989, Loma
Prieta earthquake, Phys. Earth Planet.
Inter., 76,43-66. PDF
93. Zhang, Z., and T. Lay
(1993). Investigation of upper
mantle discontinuities near northwestern Pacific subduction zones using
precursors to sSH, J. Geophys. Res., 98,4389-4405. PDF
94. Jeanloz, R., and T. Lay
(1993). The Earth's core-mantle
boundary, Sci. Amer., May, 48-55. PDF
95. Goes, S., A. A. Velasco, S.
Y. Schwartz, and T. Lay (1993).
The April 22, 1991, Valle de la Estrella, Costa Rica (Mw=7.7)
earthquake and its tectonic implications: a broadband seismic study, J. Geophys. Res., 98, 8127-8142. PDF
96. Ritsema, J., and T. Lay
(1993). Rapid source mechanism
determination of large (Mw>5) earthquakes in the western United
States, Geophys. Res. Lett., 20, 1611-1614. PDF
97. Vidale, J. and T. Lay
(1993). Phase boundaries and
mantle convection, Science, 261, 1401-1402. PDF
1994
98. Velasco, A. A., C. J. Ammon,
and T. Lay (1994). Recent large
earthquakes near Cape Mendocino and in the Gorda Plate: Broadband source time
functions, fault orientations and rupture complexities, J. Geophys. Res., 99,
711-728. PDF
99. Kuge, K., and T. Lay
(1994). Data-dependent
non-double-couple components of shallow earthquake source mechanisms: Effects of waveform inversion
instability, Geophys. Res. Lett., 21, 9-12. PDF
100. Zhang, T., and T. Lay (1994). Analysis of
short-period regional phase path effects associated with topography in Eurasia,
Bull. Seism. Soc. Am., 84, 119-132. PDF
101. Xie, X.-B., and T. Lay (1994). The excitation of Lg waves by
Explosions: A finite-difference investigation, Bull. Seism. Soc. Am., 84,
324-342. PDF
102. Lay, T., J. Ritsema, C. J. Ammon, and T.
Wallace (1994). Rapid source
mechanism analysis of the April 29, 1993 Cataract Creek (Mw = 5.3), Northern Arizona earthquake, Bull. Seism. Soc. Am., 84, 451-457. PDF
103. Lay, T., C. J. Ammon, A. A. Velasco, J.
Ritsema, T. C. Wallace, and H. J. Patton (1994). Near-real-time seismology: Rapid analysis of earthquake
faulting, GSA Today, 4, 129, 132-134.
PDF
104. Velasco, A. A., C. J. Ammon, and T. Lay
(1994). Empirical Green function deconvolution of broadband surface waves: Rupture
directivity of the 1992 Landers, California (Mw = 7.3), earthquake, Bull. Seism. Soc. Am., 84, 735-750. PDF
105. Lay, T (1994). The fate of descending
slabs, Annual Reviews of Earth and
Planetary Sciences, 22, 33-61. PDF
106. Lay, T. (1994). Deep earth seismology, Geotimes, 39, 12-15. PDF
107. Kuge, K., and T. Lay (1994). Systematic non-double-couple components
of earthquake mechanisms: The role
of fault zone irregularity, J. Geophys.
Res., 99, 15457-15467. PDF
108. Zhang, T., and T. Lay (1994). Effects of crustal structure under the
Barents and Kara Seas on short-period regional wave propagation for Novaya
Zemlya explosions: Empirical
relations, Bull. Seism. Soc. Am., 84, 1132-1147. PDF
109. Ammon, C. J., T. Lay, A. A. Velasco, and
J. E. Vidale (1994). Routine
estimation of earthquake source complexity: The October 18, 1992 Colombian
earthquake, Bull. Seism. Soc. Am., 84, 1266-1271. PDF
110. Beckers, J., S. Schwartz, and T. Lay
(1994). The velocity structure of
the crust and upper mantle under China from broadband P and PP waveform
analysis, Geophys. J. Int., 119, 574-594. PDF
111. Zhang, T., S. Y. Schwartz, and T. Lay
(1994). Multivariate analysis of
waveguide effects on short-period regional wave propagation in Eurasia and its
application in seismic discrimination, J.
Geophys. Res., 99,
21,929-21,945. PDF
112.
Velasco, A. A., C. J. Ammon, T. Lay, and J. Zhang (1994). Imaging a slow
bilateral rupture with broadband seismic waves: The September 2, 1992
Nicaraguan tsunami earthquake, Geophys.
Res. Lett., 21, 2629-2632. PDF
1995
113. Lay,
T. (1995). Slab burial grounds, Nature,
374, 115-116. PDF
114.
Velasco, A. A., C. J. Ammon, and T. Lay (1995). Source time function complexity
of the great 1989 Macquarie Ridge earthquake, J. Geophys. Res., 100,
3989-4009. PDF
115. Xie,
X.-B., and T. Lay (1995). The Log
(rms Lg) – Mb scaling law slope, Bull.
Seism. Soc. Am., 85, 834-844. PDF
116.
Loper, D., and T. Lay (1995). The
core-mantle boundary region, J. Geophys.
Res., 100, 6397-6420. PDF
117.
Ritsema, J., and T. Lay (1995).
Long-period regional wave moment tensor inversion for earthquakes in the
western United States, J. Geophys. Res.,
100, 9853-9864. PDF
118. Lay, T. (1995). Seismology of the lower mantle and core-mantle boundary, Rev. of Geophysics, Suppl, 325-328, 1995. PDF
119. Beckers, J., and T. Lay (1995). Very
broadband seismic analysis of the 1992 Flores Earthquake (Mw=7.9), J. Geophys. Res., 100, 18179-18193. PDF
120. Ritsema, J., M. T. Hagerty and T. Lay
(1995). Comparison of broadband
and short-period seismic waveform stacks:
Implications for upper-mantle discontinuity structure, Geophys. Res. Lett., 22, 3151-3154. PDF
121. Zhang, T.-R., and T. Lay (1995). Why the
Lg phase does not traverse oceanic crust, Bull.
Seism. Soc. Am., 85, 1665-1678. PDF
122. Lay, T.,
C. R. Allen, R. Blandford, R. Hamilton, W. J. Hannon, Jr., T. H. Jordan, C. A.
Langston, P. G. Richards, B. Romanowicz, T. C. Wallace, Jr. (1995). Seismological Research Requirements for a
Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty, National Research Council, National Academy
Press, 80pp. PDF
1996
123. Zhang, Y.-S., and T. Lay (1996). Global surface wave phase velocity
variations, J. Geophys. Res., 101, 8415-8436. PDF
124. Xu, Z., S. Schwartz, and T. Lay
(1996). Seismic wave-field
observations at a dense, small-aperture array located on a landslide in the
Santa Cruz Mountains, California, Bull.
Seism. Soc. Am., 86, 655-669. PDF
125. Zhang, T.-R., T. Lay, S. Y. Schwartz, and
W. Walter (1996). Variation of
regional seismic discriminants with surface topographic roughness in the Western
United States, Bull. Seism. Soc. Am.,
86, 714-725. PDF
126. Lay, T., and C. J. Young (1996). Imaging
scattering structures in the lower mantle by migration of long-period S waves, J. Geophys. Res., 101, 20,023-20,040. PDF
127. Velasco, A. A., C. J. Ammon, T. Lay, and
M. Hagerty (1996). Rupture process
of the 1990, Luzon, Philippines (Mw = 7.7) earthquake, J. Geophys. Res., 101,
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Geophysics, 2nd Edition, H. K. Gupta, Editor, Vol. 1, 851-857. PDF
238. Lay,
T., and E. J. Garnero (2011). Deep mantle seismic modeling and imaging, Annual Rev. Earth Planet. Sci., 39, 91-123. PDF
239. Ammon, C. J., T. Lay, H. Kanamori,
M. Cleveland (2011). A rupture model of the 2011 off the Pacific coast of Tohoku
Earthquake, Earth, Planets, and Space,
63(7), doi:10.5047/eps.2011.05.015, 693-696.
PDF
240. Koper, K. D., A. R. Hutko, T. Lay,
C. J. Ammon, and H. Kanamori (2011). Frequency-dependent rupture process of the
2011 Mw 9.0 Tohoku Earthquake:
Comparison of short-period P wave backprojection images and broadband seismic
rupture models, Earth, Planets, and Space,
63(7), doi:10.5047/eps.2011.05.026, 599-602.
PDF
241. Lay, T., C. J. Ammon, H. Kanamori,
M. J. Kim, and L. Xue (2011). Outer trench-slope faulting and the 2011 Mw 9.0 off the Pacific coast
of Tohoku Earthquake, Earth, Planets, and
Space, 63(7), doi:10.5047/eps.2011.05.006,
713-718. PDF
242. Lay, T., C. J. Ammon, H. Kanamori,
L. Xue, and M. J. Kim (2011). Possible large near-trench slip during the 2011 Mw 9.0 off the Pacific coast
of Tohoku Earthquake, Earth, Planets, and
Space, 63(7), doi:10.5047/eps.2011.05.033,
687-692. PDF
243. Lay, T., Y. Yamazaki, C. J. Ammon,
K. F. Cheung, and H. Kanamori (2011). The 2011 Mw 9.0 off the
Pacific coast of Tohoku Earthquake: Comparison of deep-water tsunami signals
with finite-fault rupture model predictions, Earth, Planets, and Space, 63(7),
doi:10.5047/eps.2011.05.030, 797-801. PDF
244. Yue, H., and T. Lay (2011). Inversion of high-rate (1-sps) GPS data for rupture process
of the 11 March 2011 Tohoku earthquake (Mw 9.1), Geophys. Res. Lett., 38, L00G09, doi:10.1029/2011GL048700. PDF Suppl.
245. Y. Yamazaki, T. Lay, K. F. Cheung, H. Yue
and H. Kanamori (2011). Modeling regional and remote tsunami observations with
finite-fault slip models for the 11 March 2011 Tohoku earthquake (Mw
9.0), Geophys. Res. Lett., 38, L00G15, doi:10.1029/2011GL049130. PDF
246. Koper, K. D., A. R. Hutko, and T.
Lay (2011). Along-dip variation of teleseismic short-period radiation from the
11 March 2011 Tohoku Earthquake (Mw 9.0), Geophys. Res. Lett., 38,
L21309, doi:10.1029/2011GL049689. PDF SUPP.HTML
247. Lay, T., and H. Kanamori (2011). Insights
from the great 2011 Japan earthquake, Physics
Today, 64, 33-39. Reprinted in
Japanese in Parity (2013), 28(2),
14-22. PDF
248. Ye, L., T. Lay, and H. Kanamori (2011).
The Sanriku-Oki low seismicity region on the northern margin of the great 2011
Tohoku earthquake rupture, J. Geophys.
Res., 117, B02305, doi:10.1029/2011JB008847. PDF
2012
249. Yamazaki, Y., K. F. Cheung, Z.
Kowalik, T. Lay, and G. Pawlak (2012). Chapter 7. NEOWAVE, Proceedings and
Results of the 2011 NTHMP Model Benchmarking Workshop, NOAA, Galveston, Tex.,
Proceedings, Oceans 11. PDF
250. Koper, K. D., A. R. Hutko, T. Lay,
and O. Sufri (2012). Imaging short-period seismic radiation from the 27
February 2010 Chile (Mw 8.8) earthquake by back-projection of P, PP,
and PKIKP waves, J. Geophys. Res.,
117, B02308, doi:10.1029/2011Jb008576. PDF SUPP.HTML
251. Lay, T. (2012). Why giant earthquakes keep catching us out, Nature, 483, 149-150. PDF
252. Lay, T., H. Kanamori, C. J. Ammon,
K. D. Koper, A. R. Hutko, L. Ye, H. Yue, and T. M. Rushing (2012). Depth-varying
rupture properties of subduction zone megathrust faults, J. Geophys. Res., 117, B04311, doi:10.1029/2011JB009133. PDF
253. Sufri, O., K. D. Koper, and T. Lay (2012). Along-dip seismic
radiation segmentation during the 2007 Mw 8.0 Pisco, Peru
earthquake, Geophys. Res. Lett., 39, L08311, doi:10.1029/2012GL051316. PDF SUPP
254. Yamazaki, Y., K. F. Cheung, G. Pawlak, and T. Lay (2012).
Surges along the Honolulu coast from the 2011 Tohoku tsunami, Geophys. Res. Lett., 39, L09604, doi:10.1029/2012GL051624. PDF
255. Ritsema, J., T. Lay, and H. Kanamori (2012). The 2011 Tohoku
earthquake, Elements, 8, 183-188. PDF
256. Lay, T., and H. Kanamori (2012). Measured energy in Japan
quake, Reply to Letter, Physics Today,
65(7), 10 (2012),
doi:10.1063/PT.3.1620. PDF
257. Yue, H., T. Lay, and K. D. Koper (2012). En echelon and
orthogonal fault ruptures of the 11 April 2012 great intraplate earthquakes, Nature, 490, 245-249, doi:10.038/nature11492. PDF
SUPP.PDF
258. Ye, L., T. Lay, and H. Kanamori
(2012). Intraplate and interplate faulting interactions during the August 31,
2012 Philippine Trench earthquake (Mw 7.6) sequence, Geophys. Res. Lett., 39, L24310, doi:10.1029/2012GL054164. PDF SUPP
259. Rushing, T. M., and T. Lay (2012). Analysis of seismic
magnitude differentials (mb-Mw) across megathrust faults in the vicinity of
recent great earthquakes, Earth, Planets,
and Space, 64, 1199-1207. PDF
2013
260. Todd, E. K., and T. Lay (2013). The
2011 Northern Kermadec earthquake doublet and subduction zone faulting
interactions, J. Geophys. Res., 118, 1-13, doi:10.1029/2012JB009711. PDF
261. Lay, T, Y. Fujii, E. Geist, K.
Koketsu, J. Rubinstein, T. Sagiya, and M. Simons (2013). Introduction to the
special issue on the 2011 Tohoku earthquake and tsunami, Bull. Seism. Soc. Am., 103, 1165-1170, doi:10.1785/0120130001. PDF
262. Ye, L., T. Lay, and H. Kanamori (2013). Ground shaking and
seismic source spectra for large earthquakes around the megathrust fault
offshore of Honshu, Japan, Bull. Seism.
Soc. Am., 103, 1221-1241, doi: 10.1785/0120120115. PDF Supp
263. Yue, H., and T. Lay (2013). Source rupture models for the
2011 Tohoku-Oki Mw 9.0 earthquake from joint inversions of high-rate
geodetic and seismic data, Bull. Seism.
Soc. Am., 103, 1242-1255, doi: 10.1785/0120120119. PDF Supp
264. Yamazaki, Y., K. F. Cheung, and T. Lay (2013). Generation
mechanism and near-field dynamics of the 2011 Tohoku tsunami, Bull. Seism. Soc. Am., 103, 1444-1455,
doi: 10.1785/0120120103. PDF
265. van der Elst, N. J., E. E. Brodsky, and T. Lay (2013).
Precursory remote triggering is absent near the epicenters of impending great
earthquakes, Bull. Seism. Soc. Am.,
103, 1522-1540, doi: 10.1785/0120120126. PDF
2xx. Lay, T., Z. Duputel, L. Ye, and H,
Kanamori (2013). The December 7, 2012 Japan Trench intraplate doublet (Mw
7.2, 7.1) and interactions between near-trench intraplate thrust and normal
faulting, Phys. Earth Planet. Inter.,
in press.
2xx. Lay, T., L. Ye, H. Kanamori, Y.
Yamazaki, K. F. Cheung, K. D. Koper, and K. Kwong (2013). The October 28, 2012
Mw 7.8 Haida Gwaii underthrusting earthquake and tsunami: Slip partitioning
along the Queen Charlotte Fault transpressional plate boundary, Earth Planet. Sci. Lett., in press.
2xx. Lay, T. (2013). 1.19 Deep Earth
Structure - Lower Mantle and DÓ, Treatise
on Geophysics, Vol. 1 Seismology and Structure of the Earth (B. Romanowicz
and A. Dziewonski, Eds.), Elsevier, Amsterdam, revision submitted.
2xx. Yue, H., T. Lay, S. Y. Schwartz, L.
Rivera, M. Protti, T. H. Dixon, and S. Owen (2013). The 5 September 2012 Costa
Rica Mw 7.6 earthquake rupture process from joint inversion of
high-rate GPS, strong-motion, and teleseismic P wave data and its relationship
to adjacent plate boundary interface properties, J. Geophys. Res., submitted.
2xx. Lay, T., L. Ye, H. Kanamori, Y.
Yamazaki, K. F. Cheung, and C. J. Ammon (2013). The February 6, 2013 Mw
8.0 Santa Cruz Islands earthquake and tsunami, Tectonophysics, submitted.
2xx. Ye, L., T. Lay, and H. Kanamori
(2013). Large earthquake rupture process variations on the Middle America
megathrust, Earth Planet. Sci. Lett.,
submitted.
Other Significant Scientific
Publications (Available from T. Lay upon request)
1. Burdick, L.J.,
D.M. Cole, D.V. Helmberger, T. Lay and T. Wallace (1982). Effective source functions from local
surface measurements, Woodward-Clyde Consultants Final Technical Report
WCCP-R-82-01, 150 pp.
2. Burdick, L.J., S.
Grand, D.V. Helmberger, T. Lay and J. Rial (1983). Remote sensing of attenuation bias using SS, Woodward-Clyde
Consultants Final Technical Report WCCP-R-83-01, 158 pp.
3. Hartzell, S.H.,
L.J. Burdick, and T. Lay (1983).
Effective source functions for Pahute Mesa nuclear tests, Woodward-Clyde
Consultants Final Technical Report WCCP-R-83-03, 45 pp.
4. Lay, T.
(1983). Analysis of upper and
lower mantle structure using shear waves.
Ph.D. Thesis, California Institute of Technology, 354 pp., University
Microfilms.
5. Lay, T., L.J.
Burdick, D.V. Helmberger and C. Arvesen (1984). Estimating seismic yield and defining distinct test sites
using complete waveform informaiton, Final Technical Report, WCCP-R-84-01,
Woodward-Clyde Consultants, Pasadena, 256 pp.
6. Burdick, L.J., T.
Lay, D.V. Helmberger and D.G. Harkrider (1984). Implications of records from the spall zone of the Amchitka
tests to nonlinear loses in the source region and to elastic radiation by
spall. Woodward-Clyde Consultants
Final Technical Report WCCP-R-84-03, 40 pp.
7. Lay, T., C.G.
Arvesen, R.W. Burger and L.J. Burdick (1984). Estimating seismic yield and defining distinct tests sites
using complete waveform information, Woodward-Clyde Consultants Semi-Annual
Technical Report WCCP-R-84-04, 130 pp.
8. Burger, R.W., T.
Lay, C.G. Arvesen and L.J. Burdick (1985). Estimating seismic yield, pP parameters and tectonic release
characteristics at the Novaya Zemlya test site, Woodward-Clyde Consultants
Final Technical Report WCCP-R-85-03, 144 pp.
9. Lay, T., C.
Lynnes and L. Ruff (1985).
Analysis of teleseismic P-wave
amplitude and coda variations for underground explosions at U.S. and Soviet
test sites, Proceedings 7th Annual DARPA/AFGL Seismic Research Symposium, Air
Force Geophysics Laboratory, Hanscom AFB, MA, 333-361.
10. Lay, T., C.S. Lynnes and J.
Welc (1986). Analysis of
teleseismic P-wave amplitude and coda
variations for underground explosions at U.S. and Soviet test sites, Scientific
Report, UM-R-86-01, University of Michigan, 222 pp.
11. Barker, J.S., R.W. Burger,
L.J. Burdick and T. Lay (1986).
Inversion for source parameters of underground nuclear explosions with
implications for yield estimation, Scientific Report, AFGL-TR-86-0142,
Woodward-Clyde Consultants, Pasadena, 130 pp.
12. Lay, T., C.S. Lynnes and J.
Welc (1986). Analysis of teleseismic P-wave amplitude and coda variations for
underground explosions at U.S. and Soviet test sites, Final Technical Report,
UM-TR-86-02, 170 pp.
13. Lay, T., C.S. Lynnes and J.
Welc (1986). Analysis of
teleseismic P -wave amplitude and
coda variations for underground explosions, Proceedings 8th Annual DARPA/AFGL
Seismic Research Symposium, Air Force Geophysics Laboratory, Hanscom AFB, MA,
167-174.
14. Lay, T. and C.S. Lynnes
(1987). Analysis of teleseismic P-wave amplitude and coda variations for
underground explosions, Proceedings 9th Annual DARPA/AFGL Seismic Research
Symposium, Air Force Geophysics Laboratory, Hanscom AFB, MA, 28-33.
15. Pollack, H.N., D.H.
Christensen, T. Lay, S.Y. Schwartz (1987). Geophysical investigations of the Western Ohio-Indiana
Region, Final Report, Nuclear Regulatory Commission, 62 pp.
16. Schwartz, S.Y., D.H.
Christensen, T. Lay and B.P. Cohee (1987). Geophysical investigations of the western Ohio-Indiana
Region, Annual Report, Nuclear Regulatory Commission, 80 pp.
17. Lay, T., C.S. Lynnes and B.P.
Cohee (1988). Analysis of
teleseismic P-wave amplitude and coda
variations for underground explosions, Proceedings 10th Annual DARPA/AFGL
Seismic Research Symposium, Air Force Geophysics Laboratory, Hanscom AFB, MA,
145-157.
18. Schwartz, S.Y., T. Lay and
C.S. Young (1988). Geophysical
investigations of the Western Ohio-Indiana Region. Annual Report, Nuclear Regulatory Commission, 80 pp.
19. Lay, T., C.S. Lynnes and B.P.
Cohee (1989). Analysis of
teleseismic P-wave amplitude and coda
variations for underground explosions, Final Technical Report, Air Force
Geophysics Laboratory, 115 pp.
20. Lay, T., C.S. Lynnes
(1989). Near-source contributions
to teleseismic P-wave coda and
regional phases, Proceedings 11th Annual DARPA/AFGL Seismic Research Symposium,
Air Force Geophysics Laboratory, Hanscom AFB, MA, 260-265.
21. Lay, T. (1989). The teleseismic manifestation of
pP: Problems and Paradoxes. Proceedings of DOE/LLNL Symposium on
Explosion-Source Phenomenology, 105-113.
22. Young, C.S., T. Lay and J.
Jacobson (1989). Geophysical
investigations of the western Ohio-Indiana Region. Annual Report, Nuclear Regulatory Commission, 21 pp.
23. Lay, T. (1990). Near-source contributions to
teleseismic P wave coda and regional phases, Proceedings 12th Annual DARPA/GL
Seismic Research Symposium, Geophysics Laboratory, Hanscom AFB, MA, 112-122.
24. Wallace, T. C., A. Velasco,
J. Zhang, and T. Lay (1991). A
broadband seismological investigation of the 1989 Loma Prieta, California
Earthquake: Evidence for deep slow
slip?, Final Technical Report,
U.S. Geological Survey, 34 pp.
25. Lay, T. (1991). Near-source contributions to
teleseismic P wave coda and regional phases, Final Technical Report, Phillips
Laboratory, Hanscom AFB, MA, 120 pp.
26. Lay, T. (1991). The slab penetration controversy,
Proceedings of the Caltech Plume Symposium, 4 pp.
27. Lay, T. (1991). Yield estimation, free-surface
interactions and tectonic release at Novaya Zemlya. Proceedings of
13th Annual PL/Darpa Seismic Research Symposium, Phillips Lab, Hanscom,
AFB, MA, 01731, 22-34.
28. Schwartz, S. Y., and Lay, T.
(1991). Analysis of the effects of
Eurasian crustal and upper mantle structure on regional phases using broadband
seismic data: Initial Phase, Proceedings of 13th Annual PL/Darpa
Seismic Research Symposium, Phillips Lab, Hanscom, AFB, MA, 01731, 417-423.
29. Schwartz, S. Y., and Lay, T.
(1991). Analysis of the effects of
Eurasian crustal and upper mantle structure on regional phases using broadband
seismic data, Scientific Report #1, Phillips Lab, Hanscom, AFB, MA, 01731, 42
pp.
30. Lay, T., X. Xie and T. Zhang
(1992). Lg propagation in
Eurasia. Proceedings of 14th Annual PL/Darpa Seismic Research
Symposium, Phillips Lab, Hanscom, AFB, MA, 01731, 274-281.
31. Schwartz, S. Y., and Lay, T.
(1992). Analysis of the effects of
Eurasian crustal and upper mantle structure on regional phases using broadband
seismic data, Proceedings of 14th
Annual PL/Darpa Seismic Research Symposium, Phillips Lab, Hanscom, AFB, MA,
01731, 369-374.
32. Lay, T. (1993). New initiative in studies of earth's
deep interior, EOS, Trans. AGU, 74, 187-188.
33. U.S. SEDI Coordinating
Committee (1993). CSEDI Science
Plan, 100pp.
34. Schwartz, S. Y., and Lay, T.
(1993). Analysis of the effects of
Eurasian crustal and upper mantle structure on regional phases using broadband
seismic data, Final Technical
Report, Phillips Lab, Hanscom, AFB MA, 01731, 90pp.
35. Lay, T., X. Xie and T. Zhang
(1993). Lg propagation in
Eurasia. Proceedings of 15th Annual AFOSR/PL/Darpa Seismic
Research Symposium, Phillips Lab, Hanscom, AFB, MA, 01731, 234-240.
36. Lay, T., and R.-S. Wu
(1993). Analysis of 3D complex
structure and heterogeneity effects on formation and propagation of regional
phases in Eurasia. Proceedings of 15th Annual AFOSR/PL/Darpa Seismic
Research Symposium, Phillips Lab, Hanscom, AFB, MA, 01731, 241-247.
37. Lay, T. (1993). Researchers cut to Earth's core. Geotimes, June, 7-9.
38. Lay, T. (1993). New initiative in studies of Earth's
deep interior. GSA Today, 3, 193.
39. Lay, T., R.-S. Wu, and Y.-B.
Liu (1993). Analysis of 3D complex
structure and heterogeneity effects on formation and propagation of regional
phases in Eurasia, Annual Technical Report, Phillips Lab, Hanscom AFB, MA
01731, 74 pp.
40. Lay, T. (1993). Book Review "Physics of the Earth,
3rd Edition, by Frank Stacey", Physics Today, November, 88-89.
41. Lay, T., X. Xie, and T. Zhang
(1994). Lg propagation in Eurasia.
Final Technical Report, Advanced Research Projects Agency, 170pp.
42. Lay, T., and T. Zhang (1994).
Calibration of regional wave discriminants in diverse geological
environments: Topographic
correlations, Proceedings of 16th Annual Phillips Laboratory/AFOSR Seismic
Research Symposium, Phillips Lab, Hanscom AFB, MA, 01731, 224-230.
43. Wu, R.-S., and T. Lay (1994).
Modeling elastic wave propagation in 3D heterogeneous media by elastic
complex-screen (ECS) method, Proceedings of 16th Annual Phillips
Laboratory/AFOSR Seismic Research Symposium, Phillips Lab, Hanscom AFB, MA,
01731, 379-385.
44. Lay, T. (1994). Book Review "Fundamentals of
Earthquake Prediction, by Cinna Lomnitz", Science, 265, 1900.
45. Loper, D., and T. Lay (1994).
Great problems of the Earth discussed at symposium, EOS, 75, 406.
46. Stacey, F. D., and T. Lay
(1994). Deep Earth
discontinuities: Configurations and dynamics, Deep Earth Dialog, 8, 11-12.
47. Lay, T., and R.-S. Wu
(1994). Analysis of 3D complex
structure and heterogeneity effects on formation and propagation of regional
phases in Eurasia, Final Technical Report, Air Force Office of Scientific Research,
66pp.
48. Lay, T., and T.-R. Zhang
(1994). Calibration of regional
wave discriminatns in diverse geological environments: Topographic
correlations, Annual Technical Report, Air Force Office of Scientific Research,
56 pp.
49. T.-R. Zhang, and T. Lay
(1995). Calibration of regional wave
discriminants in diverse geological environments: Topographic Correlations,
Proceedings of 17th Annual Phillips Laboratory/DOE/AFOSR Seismic Research
Symposium, Phillips Lab, Hanscom AFB, MA, 01731, 148-156, PL-TR-95-2108.
50. Wu, R.-S., T. Lay, X.-B. Xie and L.-J.
Huang (1995). Synthetic
seismograms in heterogeneous media and study of formation and propagation of
regional phases, Proceedings of 17th Annual Phillips Laboratory/DOE/AFOSR
Seismic Research Symposium, Phillips Lab, Hanscom AFB, MA, 10731, 531-538,
PL-TR-95-2108.
51. Zhang, J., K.
Kuge, T. Lay, and S. Tsuboi (1995).
Source mechanism of the January 17, 1994, Northridge Earthquake from
short-period surface waves, USGS/NSF Special Report on the 1994 Northridge
Earthquake.
52. Lay, T. (1995). Rapid Quantification of earthquake
faulting in the Western U.S., USGS NEHRP Annual Project Summaries: XXXVI,
Open-File Report No. 95-210, 526-533.
53. Active Tectonics Planning Committee
(1996). Active Tectonics and
Society: A Plan for Integrative Science,
National Science Foundation, 56pp.
54. Lay, T.
(1996). Calibration of regional
wave discriminants in diverse geological environments: Topographic correlations, Proceedings
of the 18th annual seismic research symposium on monitoring a comprehensive
test ban treaty, 4-6 September, 1996, Phillips Lab, Hanscom AFB, MA, 209-218,
PL-TR-96-2153.
55. Lay, T., G. Fan, and A. Rodgers
(1996). Crustal waveguide effects
on regional phases in China and Southeast Asia, Proceedings of the 18th annual
seismic research symposium on monitoring a comprehensive test ban treaty, 4-6
September, 1996, Phillips Lab, Hanscom AFB, MA, 565-573, PL-TR-96-2153.
56. Wu, R.-S., X. Chen and T. Lay (1996).
Modeling the effects of surface topography on Lg wave propagation by a hybrid
method, Proceedings of the 18th annual seismic research symposium on monitoring
a comprehensive test ban treaty, 4-6 September, 1996, Phillips Lab, Hanscom
AFB, MA, 281-290, PL-TR-96-2153.
57. Lay, T., G. Fan, and A. Rodgers
(1997). Crustal waveguide effects
on regional phases in China and Southeast Asia, Scientific Report #1, Phillips
Lab, Hanscom AFB, MA, PL-TR-97-2028, 172pp.
58. Lay, T., and G. Fan (1997). Crustal waveguide effects on regional
phases in China and Southeast Asia, Proceedings of the 19th annual seismic
research symposium on monitoring a comprehensive test ban treaty, 23-25
September, 1997, Defense Special Weapons Agency, 57-66.
59. Wu, R.-S., S. Jin, X.-Bi Xie, and T.
Lay (1997). Verification and
applications of GSP (Generalized Screen Propagators) method for regional wave
propagation, Proceedings of the 19th annual seismic research symposium on
monitoring a comprehensive test ban treaty, 23-25 September, 1997, Defense
Special Weapons Agency, 552-561.
60. Wu, R. S., T. Lay, X. B. Xie,
and X. F. Chen (1997). Surface
topography effects on Lg wave propagation in heterogeneous crustal waveguides,
Scientific Report No. 1, Phillips Lab, Hanscom AFB, MA, PL-TR-97-2009, 36pp.
61. Lay, T (1997). Calibration of regional wave discriminants
in diverse geological environments: Topographic correlations, Final Technical
Report, Air Force Office of Scientific Research, 43 pp.
62. Lay, T. (1997). Waveguide effects on regional seismic
phase amplitudes, Proceedings of the International Monitoring System Event
Screening Workshop, Beijing, China, 32 pp.
63. Rodgers, A., W. Walter, and T. Lay
(1997). Calibration of distance and path effects on regional P/S discriminants
at station ABKT (Alibek, Turkmenistan): azimuthal sector regionalization, LLNL,
UCRL-JC-128318.
64. Rodgers, A., T. Lay, G. Fan, and W.
Walter (1997). Calibration of distance and path effects on regional P/S
discriminants at station ABKT (Alibek, Turkmenistan): statistical analysis of
crustal waveguide effects, LLNL, UCRL-JC-129165.
65. Lay, T., G.
Fan, and A. Rodgers (1997). Crustal waveguide effects on regional phases in
China and Southeast Asia, Final Technical Report, Phillips Laboratory,
PL-TR-97-2163, 148 pp.
66. Lay, T.
(1998). The comprehensive nuclear test ban treaty and seismological research, Seismol. Res. Lett., 69, 3-5.
67. Wu, R.-S., S. Jin, X.B. Xie and T. Lay
(1998). Synthetic seismograms in heterogeneous elastic waveguides and
applications in investigating Lg-wave propagation, Final Technical Report, AFOSR,
45pp.
68. Rodgers, A. J., W. R. Walter, C. A.
Schultz, S. C. Myers, and T. Lay (1998). A comparison of methodologies for
representing path effects on regional P/S discriminants, LLNL, UCRL-JC-131035.
69. Wu, R.-S., X. B. Xie, S. Jin, L. Fu and
T. Lay (1998). Seismic wave propagation and scattering in heterogeneous crustal
waveguides using screen propagators, Proceedings of the 20th Annual Seismic
Research Symposium on Monitoring a Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty (CTBT),
Department of Defense, Nuclear Treaty Programs, 213-222.
70. Wu, R.-S., T. Lay, X. B. Xie, L. Fu,
S. Jin, and X. F. Chen (1998). Study of surface effects on Lg wave propagation
in heterogeneous crusts by a GS-BE hybrid method, Final Report, Air Force
Research Laboratory, AFRL-VS-HA-TR-98-0069, 54pp.
71. Lay, T.
(1999). Book review of ÒThe EarthÕs
MantleÓ, Seismol. Res. Lett., 70, 438-439. PDF
72. Lay, T.
(1999). Book review of ÒTheoretical
Global SeismologyÓ, Physics Today, August, 61-62. PDF
73. Lay, T., G.
Fan, R.-S. Wu, and X.-B. Xie (1999). Path corrections for regional phase
discriminants, Proceedings of the 21st Annual Seismic Research
Symposium: Technologies for Monitoring the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban
Treaty, Department of Defense, Nuclear Treaty Programs, 510-519.
74. Lay, T., G.
Fan and J. Zhang (2000). Path corrections for regional phase discriminants,
Proceedings of the 22nd Annual DoD/DOE Seismic Research Symposium:
Planning for Verification of and Compliance with the Comprehensive
Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty (CTBT), 211-218.
75. Lay, T., and
G. Fan (2001). Improving
discriminants for source identification, Proceedings of the 23rd
Seismic Research Review: Worldwide Monitoring of Nuclear Explosions, DTRA,
LA-UR-01-4454, 529-539.
76. Lay, T., G.
Fan, J. Zhang (2001). Path corrections for regional phase discriminants, Final
Technical Report, Defense Threat Reduction Agency, DTRA01-98-C-0161, 56 pp.
77. Lay, T., and
G. Fan (2002). Improving discriminants for source identification, Proceedings
of the 24th Seismic Research Review – Nuclear Explosion
Monitoring: Innovation and Integration, Defense Threat Reduction Agency,
LA-UR-02-5048, 86-95.
78. Wu, R., X.
Xie, X. Wu, and T. Lay (2002).
Quantifying source excitation and path effects for high-frequency
regional waves, Proceedings of the 24th Seismic Research Review
– Nuclear Explosion Monitoring: Innovation and Integration, Defense
Threat Reduction Agency, LA-UR-02-5048, 209-218.
79. Lay, T., J.
Berger, R. Buland, R. Butler, G. Ekstrom, B. Hutt, and B. Romanowicz
(2002). Global Seismic Network
Design Goals Update 2002, Final Report of the GSN Design Goals Subcommittee,
Incorporated Research Institutions for Seismology, 9 pp.
80. Lay, T., and
G. Fan (2002). Improving
discriminants for source identification, Annual Technical Report, Defense
Threat Reduction Agency, 38 pp.
81. Lay, T., and
G. Fan (2003). Improving discriminants for source identification, Final
Technical Report, Defense Threat Reduction Agency, 90 pp.
82. Lay, T.
(2003) Book Review of ÒQuantitative SeismologyÓ, EOS, 84(21), May 27, 2003,
202. PDF
83. Wu, R.-S., X.-B. Xie, Z. Ge, X. Wu,
and T. Lay (2003). Quantifying source excitation and path effects for high
frequency regional waves, Proceedings of the 25th Seismic Research
Review, xxx-xxx.
84. Lay, T.
(2004). Book review of ÒLiving on an
Active Earth: Perspectives on Earthquake SciencesÓ, EOS, 85(5), 51.
85. Wu, R.-S.,
X.-B. Xie, Z. Ge, and T. Lay (2004). Quantifying
source excitation and path effects for high frequency regional waves,
Proceedings of the 26th Seismic Research Review, 191-201.
86. Wu, R.-S., X.-B. Xie, and T. Lay
(2004). Quantifying source excitation and path effects for high frequency
regional waves, Final Technical Report, Air Force Research Laboratory, pp. 58.
87. Wu, R-S., X.-B. Xie, and T. Lay
(2005). High resolution/high fidelity seismic imaging and parameter estimation
for geological structure and material characterization, Final Technical Report,
Dept. Of Energy, DE-FG03-01ER15144, 80 pp.
88. Xie, X.-B., T. Lay, and R.-S. Wu
(2005). Near source energy partitioning for regional waves in 2D and 3D models,
contributions of S*-to-Lg and P-to-Lg scattering. Proceedings of the 27th Seismic Research Review,
249-258.
89. Lay, T., X.-B. Xie, X. Yang, S. R.
Taylor, and W. S. Phillips (2005).
Development of regional phase tomographic attenuation models for Eurasia,
Proceedings of the 27th Seismic Research Review, 52-60. (Annual
meeting of SRR).
90. Fisk, M. D., T. Lay, and S. Taylor
(2005). Modeling and empirical research on energy partitioning of regional
seismic phases used for explosion monitoring, Proceedings of the 27th
Seismic Research Review, 539-549. (Annual meeting of SRR).
91. Lay, T. (2005). Statement from the
Chair, 2005 IRIS at a Glance and IRIS 2005 Annual Report. Pg. 1.
92. Lay,
T. (2006). When the sea comes ashore, Phi
Kappa Phi Forum, Winter/Spring, 17-20.
93. Lay,
T. (2006). The DÓ region - Putative source of large mantle
plumes: Recent developments, Mantle Plume website article. (http://www.mantleplumes.org).
94. Lay,
T. (2006). In Memoriam: Jiajun Zhang 1946-2006, Seismologist and family man, Seism. Res. Lett., 77, 356-357.
95.
Lay, T., X. Yang, X.-B. Xie, S. R. Taylor, and M. D. Arrowsmith (2006).
Development of regional phase tomographic attenuation models for Eurasia.
Proceedings of the 28th Seismic Research Review, Vol. I., 71-81.
(Annual meeting of SRR).
96. Fisk, M. D., T. Lay, and S. R. Taylor
(2006). Modeling and empirical
research on energy partitioning of regional seismic phases used for explosion
monitoring. Proceedings of the 28th Seismic Research Review, Vol. I,
580-589. (Annual meeting of SRR).
97. Xie, X.-B., T. Lay, R.-S. Wu, and Y.
He (2006). Near source energy partitioning for regional waves in 2D and 3D
models: Contributions of free surface scattering. Proceedings of the 28th
Seismic Research Review, Vol. I., 304-314. (Annual meeting of SRR).
98. Lay, T. (2006). Book Review: Great
Tsunami 24 December 2004 Sumatra Region, EOS, 87, 586. PDF
99. Lay, T. (2006). Statement from the
Chair, 2006 IRIS at a Glance and IRIS 2006 Annual Report. Pg. 1.
100. Ammon, C. J., and T. Lay (2007).
Observed P-wave amplitude variations from the North Korean nuclear test,
Research Note for AFTAC Panel. (SRP Panel March, 2007).
101. Lay, T., X.-B. Xie, X. Yang, and M. D.
Arrowsmith (2007). Development of regional phase tomographic attenuation models
for Eurasia. Proceedings of the 29th Monitoring Research Review,
Vol. 1, 100-110. (Annual meeting of MRR).
102. Xie, X.-B., T. Lay, R.-S. Wu, and Y. He
(2007). Near source energy partitioning for regional waves in 2D and 3D models,
contributions of free surface scattering. Proceedings of the 29th
Monitoring Research Review, Vol. 1., 322-332. (Annual meeting of MRR).
103. Lay, T., and C. J. Ammon (2007). USArray and detection of
underground nuclear tests, EarthScope onsite newsletter, summer, 2007, pp. 1-2.
104. Lay, T. (2007). Statement from the Chair, 2007 IRIS at a Glance and IRIS 2007 Annual Report. Pg. 1.
105. Lay, T. (2008). Is bigger really better?, Seismol. Res. Let., 79, 5-6.
106. Antoun, T., D. Harris, T. Lay, S. C. Myers, M. E. Pasyanos,
P. Richards, A. J. Rodgers, W. R. Walter and J. J. Zucca (2008). The prospect
of using three-dimensional models to improve nuclear explosion monitoring and
ground motion hazard assessment, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory,
LLNL-TR-4013212.
107. Lay, T., and A. Seiden (2008). Obituary: Stanley FlattŽ, Phys. Today, April, p. 80. PDF
108. Fisk, M. D., S. R. Taylor, T. Lay,
and X.-B. Xie (2008). Analysis and modeling of regional seismic phases at
nuclear test sites: Implications for P/S discrimination, Final Technical
Report, DE-AC52-04NA25536, 109 pp.
109. Xie, X.-B., T. Lay, and R.-S. Wu
(2008), Near source energy partitioning for regional waves is 2D and 3D models:
Effects from near source scattering, Final Technical Report, Air Force Researc
Laboratory, 59 pp.
110. Ammon,
C. J., and T. Lay (2008), New data products at the DMC: Animations of the
seismic wavefield from USArray data, IRIS 2008 Annual Report, pp. 16-18.
111. Lay, T.,
X.-B. Xie, X. Yang, and M. D. Arrowsmith (2008). Development of regional phase
tomographic attenuation models for Eurasia. Proceedings of the 2008 Monitoring
Research Review, Vol. 1, 100-110. (Annual meeting of MRR).
112. Lay, T.,
X.-B. Xie, X. Yang, and M. D. Arrowsmith (2009). Development of regional phase
tomographic attenuation models for Eurasia. Proceedings of the 2009 Monitoring
Research Review, Vol. 1, 101-110. (Annual meeting of MRR).
113. Lay, T.,
X.-B. Xie, X. Yang, and M. D. Arrowsmith (2010). Development of regional phase
tomographic attenuation models for Eurasia. Final Technical Report, Air Force
Research Laboratory, 99 pp.
114. Hayes, G.,
H. Kanamori, T. Lay, and C. J. Ammon (2011). The GSN and large earthquakes,
IRIS Annual Report 2010, IRIS, pp. 8-9.
115. Lay, T., M.
Avants, X.-b. Xie, and A. J. Rodgers (2011). Effects of 3D surface topography
on regional and teleseismic signals from underground explosions. Proceedings of
the 2011 Monitoring Research Review, Vo1. 1, xxx-xxx. (Annual meeting of MRR).
116. Lay, T.
(2012). 10,000 Years: How common are Megquakes?, in Experiments scientists
would do if they lived indefinitely, edited by D. Castelvecchi, Scientific American, Sept. 2012.
117. Lay, T., M.
Avants, X.-b. Xie, and A. J. Rodgers (2012). Effects of 3D surface topography
on regional and teleseismic signals from underground explosions. Proceedings of
the 2011 Monitoring Research Review, Vo1. 1, 419-427. (Annual meeting of MRR).