1983-1999 Publications

 

1999


Garnero, EJ, JE Vidale, 1999.  ScP; a probe of ultralow velocity zones at the base of the mantle. Geophys. Res. Lett., 26, 377-380.


Li, YG, K Aki, JE Vidale, F Xu, 1999.  Shallow structure of the Landers fault zone from explosion-generated trapped waves. J. Geophys. Res., 104, 20257-20275.


1998


Vidale JE, and MAH Hedlin, 1998. Evidence for partial melt at the core-mantle boundary north of Tonga from the strong scattering of seismic waves, Nature, 391, 682-685.


Houston, H, HM Benz, JE Vidale, 1998.  Time functions of deep earthquakes from broadband and short-period stacks. J. Geophys. Res., 103, 29895-29913.


M Bos, G Nolet, A Rubin, H Houston, JE Vidale, 1998.  The duration of deep earthquakes determined by stacking of GSN seismograms, J. Geophys. Res., 103, 21,059-21,065.


JE Vidale, DC Agnew, MJS Johnston, and DH Oppenheimer, 1998.  Absence of earthquake correlation with Earth tides: an indication of high preseismic fault stress rate, J. Geophys. Res., 103, 24,567-24572.


Y-G Li, K Aki, JE Vidale, M Alvarez, 1998.  A delineation of Nojima Fault ruptured in the M7.2 Kobe, Japan, earthquake of 1995 using fault zone trapped waves, J. Geophys. Res., 103, 7247-7263.


F Xu, JE Vidale, PS Earle, HM.Benz, 1998.  Mantle discontinuities under southern Africa from precursors to P'P'df, Geophys. Res. Lett., 25, 571-574.


Y-G Li, JE Vidale, K Aki, F Xu, T Burdette, 1998.  Evidence of shallow fault zone strengthening after the 1992 M7.5 Landers, California, earthquake, Science, 279, 217-219.


1997


MD Kohler, JE Vidale, PM Davis, 1997.  Complex scattering within D" observed on the very dense Los Angeles Region Seismic Experiment passive array, Geophys. Res. Lett., 24, 1855-1858.


1996


JE Vidale, 1996.  Do big and little earthquakes start differently?, Science, 271, 953-954.


Y-G Li, and JE Vidale, 1996.  Low-velocity fault-zone guided waves; Numerical investigations of trapping efficiency, Bull. Seism. Soc. Am., 86, 371-378.


Grand, S. P., J. E. Vidale, 1996.  Reply to comment on The 410-km-depth discontinuity: A sharpness estimate from near-critical reflections, Geophys. Res. Lett., 23, 2575-2576, 10.1029/96GL02187.


1995


C Marone, JE Vidale, WL Ellsworth, 1995.  Fault healing inferred from time-dependent variations in source properties of repeating earthquakes, Geophys. Res. Lett., 22, 3095-98.


JE Vidale, X-Y Ding, and SP Grand, 1995.  The 410-km-depth discontinuity: A sharpness estimate from near-critical reflections, Geophys. Res. Lett., 22, 2557-2560.


JE Vidale, S Goes, and PG Richards, 1995.  Near-field deformation seen on distant broadband seismograms, Geophys. Res. Lett., 22, 1-4.


1994


A Frankel, and JE Vidale, 1994.  A three-dimensional simulation of seismic waves in the Santa Clara Valley, California, from an aftershock, p. 197-217, Loma Prieta Professional Paper, Strong Ground Motion Chapter.


JE Vidale, 1994.  A mystery in the mantle, Nature, 371, 288.


JE Vidale, 1994.  A snapshot of whole mantle flow, Nature, 370, 16-17.


Y-G Li, JE Vidale, K. Aki, C. Marone, W.H.K. Lee, 1994.  Fine structure of the Landers fault zone; segmentation and the rupture process, Science, 265, 367-370.


H Houston and JE Vidale, 1994.  The temporal envelope of short-period radiation during deep earthquake rupture, Science. 265, 771-774.


JE Vidale, WL Ellsworth, A Cole, and C Marone, 1994.  Variations in rupture process with recurrence interval in a repeated small earthquake, Nature, 368, 624-626.


CJ Ammon, T Lay, AA Velasco, and JE Vidale, 1994. Routine estimation of earthquake source complexity:  The October 18, 1992 Columbian earthquake, Bull. Seism. Soc. Am., 84, 1266-1271.


HM Benz, JE Vidale, and J Mori, 1994.  Using regional seismic networks to study the Earth's deep interior, Eos, Trans. AGU, 75, 225,229.


JE Vidale and O Bonamassa, 1994.  The strong influence of near-surface geology on the direction of ground motion above 1 Hz in the Loma Prieta earthquake, p. 61-67, Loma Prieta Professional Paper, Strong Ground Motion Chapter.


1993


JE Vidale and T Lay, 1993.  Phase boundaries and mantle convection, Science, 261, 1401-1402.


HM Benz and JE Vidale, 1993.  Looking into the Earth's interior with the western U.S. seismic arrays, Geotimes, 38, 20-22.


JE Vidale and H Houston, 1993.  The depth dependence of earthquake duration and implications for rupture mechanisms, Nature, 365, 45-47.


HM Benz and JE Vidale, 1993.  The sharpness of upper mantle discontinuities determined from high-frequency P'P' precursors, Nature, 365, 147-150.


JE Vidale and HM Benz, 1993.  Seismological mapping of fine structure near the base of the Earth's mantle, Nature, 361, 529-532.


CJ Ammon and JE Vidale, 1993.  Tomography without rays, Bull. Seism. Soc. Am. 83, 509-528.


1992


JE Vidale and HM Benz, 1992.  A sharp and flat section of the core-mantle boundary, Nature, 359, 627-629.


Vidale JE, and HM Benz, 1992. Upper mantle seismic discontinuities and the thermal structure of subduction zones, Nature, 356, 678-683.


A Frankel, and JE Vidale, 1992.  A three-dimensional simulation of seismic waves in the Santa Clara Valley, California, from a Loma Prieta aftershock, Bull. Seism. Soc. Am., 82, 2045-2074.


1991


JE Vidale, O Bonamassa, and H Houston, 1991.  Directional site resonances observed from the 1 October 1987 Whittier Narrows earthquake and the 4 October aftershock, Earthquake Spectra, 7, 107-126.


J Louie and JE Vidale, 1991.  Array analysis of reflector heterogeneity, Geophysics, 56, 565-571.


O Bonamassa, JE Vidale, H. Houston, and S.Y. Schwartz, 1991.  Directional site resonances and the strong influence of near-surface geology on ground motion, Geophys. Res. Lett., 18, 901-904.


O Bonamassa, JE Vidale, 1991.  Directional site resonances observed from aftershocks of the Loma Prieta earthquake sequence, Bull. Seism. Soc. Am., 80, 1945-1958.


JB Gaherty, T Lay, and JE Vidale, 1991.  Investigation of deep slab structure using long-period S waves, J. Geophys. Res., 96, 16349-16368.


JE Vidale, Q Williams, and H Houston, 1991. Waveform effects of a metastable olivine tongue in subducting slabs, Geophys. Res. Lett., 18, 2201-2204.


1990


GD Nelson, and JE Vidale, 1990. Earthquake location with finite-difference travel times in Bear Valley, Ca., Bull. Seism. Soc. Am., 80, 395-410.


JE Vidale, 1990. Comment on "A comparison of finite-difference and Fourier method calculations of synthetic seismograms" by C.R. Daudt, L.W. Braile, R.L. Nowack, and C.S. Chiang, Bull. Seism. Soc. Am., 80, 493-495.


JE Vidale, and H Houston, 1990. Rapid calculation of seismic amplitudes, Geophysics, 55, 1504-1507.


JE Vidale, 1990. Finite-difference calculation of traveltimes in three dimensions, Geophysics, 55, 521-526.


1989


JE Vidale, 1989.  Influence of focal mechanism on peak accelerations for the Whittier Narrows, Ca. earthquake and an aftershock, J. Geophys. Res., 94, 9607-9615.


1988


JE Vidale, and DV Helmberger, 1988.  Elastic finite-difference modeling of the 1971 San Fernando, Ca. earthquake, Bull. Seism. Soc. Am., 78, 122-142.


DV Helmberger, and JE Vidale, 1988.  Modeling strong motions produced by earthquakes with 2-D numerical codes, Bull. Seism. Soc. Am., 78, 109-121.


ER Engdahl, JE Vidale, and V Cormier, 1988.  Wave propagation in subducted lithospheric slabs, in Proceedings of the 6th course: Digital seismology and fine modeling of the lithosphere, International school of applied geophysics, Majorana Center, Erice, Sicily, Plenum Publishing Co..


JE Vidale, and D Garcia-Gonzalez, 1988.  Seismic observation of a high-velocity slab 1200-1600 km in depth, Geophys. Res. Lett., 15, 369-372.


JE Vidale, 1988.  Finite-difference travel time calculation, Bull. Seism. Soc. Am., 78, 2062-2076.


1987


JE Vidale, and DV Helmberger, 1987.  Path effects in strong motion seismology, chapter in volume of Methods of Computational Physics, Bruce Bolt, ed., 267-319.


JE Vidale, 1987.  The effect of high-velocity slabs on teleseismic waveforms, Geophys. Res. Lett., 14, 542-545.


1986



JE Vidale, 1986.  Application of two-dimensional finite-difference wave simulation to earthquakes, Earth structure, and seismic hazard, PhD Thesis, Caltech.


JE Vidale, 1986.  Complex polarization analysis of particle motion, Bull. Seism. Soc. Am., 76, 1393-1406.


JE Vidale, and R.W. Clayton, 1986.  A stable free-surface boundary condition for 2-D elastic finite-difference wave simulation, Geophysics, 51, 2247-2250.


1985


JE Vidale, D.V. Helmberger, and R.W. Clayton, 1985.  Finite-difference seismograms for SH waves, Bull. Seism. Soc. Am., 75, 1765-1782.


1983


JE Vidale, and H Kanamori, 1983.  The October 1980 earthquake sequence near the New Hebrides, Geophys. Res. Lett., 10, 1137-1140.