Refereed Publications of Robert W. Clayton

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• Perez-Campos, X., Y. Kim, A. Husker, P. M. Davis, R. W. Clayton, A. Iglesias, J. F. Pacheco, S. K. Singh, V. C. Manea, and M. Gurnis (2008), Horizontal subduction and and truncation of the cocos plate beneath Central Mexico, Geophys. Res. Lett., 35, L18303, doi:10.1029/2008GL035127 PDF

• Vriend, N. M., M. L. Hunt, R. W. Clayton, C. E. Brennen, K. S. Brantley, and A. Ruiz-Angulo (2008), Reply to comment on solving the mystery of booming sand dunes, Geophys. Res. Lett., 35, L08307, doi:10.1029/2008GL033202. PDF       comment

• Spasojevic', S., and R. W. Clayton (2008), Crustal structure and apparent tectonic underplating from receiver function analysis in South Island, New Zealand, J. Geophys. Res., 113, B04307, doi:10.1029/2007JB005166. PDF

• Payero, J. S., V. Kostoglodov, N. Shapiro, T. Mikumo, A. Iglesias, X. Perez-Campos, and R. W. Clayton (2008), Non-volcanic tremor observed in the Mexican subduction zone, Geophys. Res. Lett., 35, L07305, doi:10.1029/2007GL032877. PDF     GRL_cover

• Ai, Huirong-Anita, J. M. Stock, R. Clayton, and B. Luyendyk (2008), Vertical Tectonics of the High Plateau Region, Manihiki Plateau, Western Pacific, from Seismic Stratigraphy, Mar. Geophys. Res., doi:10.1007/s11001-008-9042-0. PDF

• Kedar, Sharon, M. Longuet-Higgins, F. Webb, N. Graham, R. Clayton, C. Johnson (2008), The origin of deep ocean microseisms in the North Atlantic Ocean, Proc. R. Soc. A, 2091 (March), pp777-893 doi:10.1098/rspa.2007.0277. PDF

• Persaud, P., X. Perez-Campos, and R. Clayton (2007), Crustal thickness variations in the margins of the Gulf of California from receiver functions, Geophys. J. Int., 170, 2, 687-699, doi:10.1111/j.1365-03412.x PDF

• Davis, P. and R. Clayton, (2007), Application of the telegraph model to coda Q variations in southern California, J. of Geophys. Res, 112, B09302, doi:10.1029/2006JB004542. PDF

• Vriend, N. M., M. L. Hunt, R. W. Clayton, C. E. Brennen, K. S. Brantley, and A. Ruiz- Angulo, (2007), Solving the mystery of booming sand dunes, Geophys. Res. Lett., 34, L16306, doi:10.1029/2007GL030276. PDF     (Note: see comment and reply above)

• Downey, N., J. M. Stock, R. W. Clayton, and S. C. Cande, (2007), History of the Cretaceous Osbourn Spreading Center, J. Geophys. Res., 112, B04102 doi:10.1029/2006JB004550 PDF

• Yan, Z., and R. W. Clayton (2007), A Notch Structure on the Moho beneath the Eastern San Gabriel Mountains, Earth Planet. Sci Lett., doi:10.1016/j.epsl.2007.06.017. PDF

• Yan, Z., and R. W. Clayton (2007), Regional mapping of the crustal structure in southern California from receiver functions, J. Geophys. Res., 112, B05311, doi:10.1029/2006JB004622. PDF

• Downey, N. J., and R. W. Clayton (2007), A ridgelet transform method for constraining tectonic models via abyssal-hill morphology, Geochem. Geophys. Geosyst., 8, Q03004, doi:10.1029/2006GC001440. PDF

• Yan Z., Clayton R.W. and Saleeby J., (2005), Seismic Refraction Evidence of Steep Faults cutting highly attenuated continental basement in Central Transverse Ranges, California, Geophys. J. Int., 651-666. PDF

• Teresa Baker, Robert Granat, and Robert W. Clayton, (2005), Real-time Earthquake Location Using Kirchhoff Reconstruction, Bull. Seism. Soc. Am., 95: 699 - 707. PDF

• W. J. Lutter, G. S. Fuis, T. Ryberg, D. A. Okaya, R. W. Clayton, P. M. Davis, C. Prodehl, J. M. Murphy, V. E. Langenheim, M. L. Benthien, N. J. Godfrey, N. I. Christensen, K. Thygesen, C. H. Thurber, G. Simila, and G. R. Keller (2004), Upper Crustal Structure from the Santa Monica Mountains to the Sierra Nevada, Southern California: Tomographic Results from the Los Angeles Regional Seismic Experiment, Phase II (LARSE II), Bull. Seism. Soc. Am., 94: 619 - 632. PDF

• Fuis, G. S., R. W. Clayton, P. M. Davis, T. Ryberg, W. J. Lutter, D. A. Okaya, E. Hauksson, C. Prodehl, J. M. Murphy, M. L. Benthien, S. A. Baher, M. D. Kohler, K. Thygesen, G. Simila, and G. R. Keller, (2003), Fault systems of the 1971 San Fernando and 1994 Northridge earthquakes, southern California: Relocated aftershocks and seismic images from LARSE II, Geology, 31, 171-174. PDF

• Nazareth J. J., R. W. Clayton, (2004), Crustal structure of the Borderland-Continent Transition Zone of southern California adjacent to Los Angeles, J. Geophys. Res., 108 (B8), doi:10.1029/2001JB000223, 2003. PDF

• Roger L. Larson, Robert A. Pockalny, Richard F. Viso, Elisabetta Erba, Lewis J. Abrams, Bruce P. Luyendyk, Joann M. Stock, and Robert W. Clayton, (2002), Mid-Cretaceous tectonic evolution of the Tongareva triple junction in the southwestern Pacific Basin, Geology, 30, 1, 67-70. PDF

• Monica D. Kohler, Harold Magistrale and R. W. Clayton, (2003), Mantle heterogeneities and the SCEC Three-Dimensional Velocity Model Version 3, Bull. Seism. Soc. Am, 93, 757- 774. PDF

• Leo Eisner and Robert W. Clayton, (2002), Equivalent medium Parameters For Numerical Modeling in media with near-surface low-velocities, Bull. Seism. Soc. Am, 92, 2, 711-722. PDF

• Leo Eisner and Robert W. Clayton, (2002), A Full Waveform Test of the Southern California Velocity Model by the Reciprocity Method, Pure and Applied Geophysics, 159, 1691-1706. PDF

• Egill Hauksson, Patrick Small, Katrin Hafner, Robert Busby, Robert Clayton, James Goltz, Tom Heaton, Kate Hutton, Hiroo Kanamori, Jascha Polet, Doug Given, Lucile M. Jones and David Wald, (2001), Southern California Seismic Network: Caltech/USGS Element of TriNet 1997-2001, Seism. Res. Lett, 72, 6, 690-704. PDF

• Katrin Hafner and Robert W. Clayton, (2001), The Southern California Earthquake Data Center (SCEDC), Seism. Res. Lett, 72, 6, 705-711. PDF

• Leo Eisner and Robert W. Clayton, (2005), Simulating Strong Ground Motion From Complex Sources By Reciprocal Green functions, Studia Geophysica et Geodaetica, 49, 3, doi:10.1007/s11200-005-0013-5. PDF

• Leo Eisner and Robert W. Clayton, (2001), A Reciprocity method for multiple-source simulations, Bull. Seism. Soc. Am, 91, 3, 553-560. PDF

• Leo Eisner and Robert W. Clayton, (2002), A Full Waveform Test of the Southern California Velocity Model by the Reciprocity Method, Pure and Applied Geophysics, 159,7-8, pp. 1691-1706, doi:10.1007/s00024-002-8703-1. PDF

• Harold Magistrale, Steven Day, Robert W. Clayton, and Robert Graves, (2000), The SCEC Southern California reference 3D seismic velocity model Version 2, Bull. Seism. Soc. Am. Vol 90, 6B, pp. S65-76. PDF

• William R. Keller, Don L. Anderson and Robert W. Clayton, (2000), Resolution of tomographic models of the model beneath Iceland, Geophys. Res. Lett., 27 (24), 3993-3996, doi:1029/2000GL011798. PDF

• Jane Heineman, Joann Stock, Robert W. Clayton, Katrin Hafner, Steve Cande and Carol Raymond, (1999), Constraints on the proposed Marie Byrd Land-Bellingshausen plate boundary from seismic reflection data, J. Geophys. Res., 104, B11, 25321-25330. PDF

• Brian Wernicke, Robert Clayton, Mihai Ducea, Craig H. Jones, Stephen Park, Stan Ruppert, Jason Saleeby, J. Kent Snow, Livia Squires, Moritz Fliedner, George Jiracek, Randy Keller, Simon Klemperer, James Leutgert, Peter Malin, Kate Miller, Walter Mooney, Howard Oliver, and Robert Phinney, (1996), Origin of High Mountains in the Continents: The Southern Sierra Nevada, Science, 271, 190-193. PDF

• Linda R. Rowan and Robert W. Clayton, (1993), The Three-Dimensional Structure of Kilauea Volcano, Hawaii, From Travel Time Tomography, J. Geophys. Res, 98, 4355-4375. PDF

• Raymond Hide, Robert W. Clayton, Bradford H. Hager, Mary Ann Spieth, and Curt V. Voorhies, (1993), Topographic core-mantle coupling and fluctuations in the Earth's rotation, in Relating geophysical structures and processes. The Jeffreys volume (edited by K. Aki and R. Dmowska), Geophys. Monog. Am. Geophys. Un., 76, 107-120. PDF

• J. Huw Davies, Olafur Gudmundsson and Robert W. Clayton, (1992), Spectra of mantle shear wave velocity structure, Geophys. J. Int., 108, 865-882. PDF

• Robert W. Graves and Robert W. Clayton, (1992), Modeling Path Effects in Three-Dimensional Basin Structures, Bull. Seismol. Soc. Am., 82, 81-103. PDF

• Christof Stork and Robert W. Clayton, (1992), Using constraints to address the instabilities of automated prestack velocity analysis, Geophysics, 57, 404-419. PDF

• Olafur Gudmundsson and Robert W. Clayton, (1991), A 2-D synthetic study of global traveltime tomography, Geophys. J. Int., 106, 53-65. PDF

• Christof Stork and Robert W. Clayton, (1991), Linear aspects of tomographic velocity analysis, Geophysics, 56, 483-495. PDF

• Eugene D. Humphreys and Robert W. Clayton, (1990), Tomographic Image of the Southern California Mantle, J. Geophys. Res, 95, pp. 19,725-l9,746. PDF

• Robert Graves and Robert W. Clayton, (1990), Modelling Acoustic Waves with Paraxial Extrapolators, Geophysics, 55, 306-319. PDF

• Olafur Gudmundsson, J. Huw Davies, and Robert W. Clayton, (1990), Stochastic analysis of global travel time data: Mantle heterogeneity and random errors in the ISC data, Geophys. J. Int., 102, 25-43. PDF

• Zhou, H.-W. and Robert W. Clayton, (1990), P and S Wave Travel-Time Inversions for Subducting Slabs under the Island Arcs of the Northwest Pacific, J. Geophys. Res, 95, 6829-6852. PDF

• Zhou, H.-W., Don L. Anderson and Robert W. Clayton, (1990), Modeling of residual spheres for subduction zone earthquakes in the northwest Pacific, J. Geophys. Res, 95, 6799-6927. PDF

• Hager, B. H. and R. W. Clayton, (1989), Constraints on the structure of mantle convection using seismic observations, flow models, and the geoid, in: R. W. Peltier (ed.) Mantle Convection; plate tectonics and global dynamics, Gordon and Breach Science Publishers, New York, 657-763. bigPDF-28Mb

• Eugene Humphreys and Robert W. Clayton, (1988), Adaptation of back projection tomography to seismic travel time problems, J. Geophys. Res, 93, 1073-1085. PDF

• Ronan LeBras and Robert W. Clayton, (1988), An iterative inversion of the back-scattered acoustic waves, Geophysics, 53, 501-508. PDF

• John N. Louie, Robert W. Clayton, and Ronan J. LeBras, (1988), 3-D imaging of steeply dipping structure near the San Andreas fault, Parkfield, California, Geophysics, 53, 176-185. PDF

• Phyllis Ho-Liu, Hiroo Kanamori and Robert W. Clayton, (1987), Applications of attenuation tomography to Imperial Valley and Coso-Indian Wells Region, Southern California, J. Geophys. Res, 93, 10501-10520. PDF

• John Louie and Robert W. Clayton, (1987), The nature of deep crustal structures in the Mojave Desert, California, Geophys J., Roy. astr. Soc., 89, 125-1327. PDF

• Marianne C. Walck and Robert W. Clayton, (1987), P-Wave Velocity Variations in the Coso Region, California, Derived from Local Earthquake Travel Times, J. Geophys. Res, 92, 393-405. PDF

• John Vidale and Robert W. Clayton, (1986), A Stable Free-Surface Boundary Condition for 2D Elastic Finite-Difference Wave Simulation, Geophysics, 51, 2247-2249. PDF

• Arthur Frankel and Robert W. Clayton, (1986), Finite difference simulations of seismic scattering: Implications for the propagation of short-period seismic waves in the crust and models of crustal heterogeneity, J. Geophys. Res, 91, 6465-6489. PDF

• Thomas M. Hearn and Robert W. Clayton, (1986), Lateral Velocity Variations in Southern California: 1. Results For The Upper Crust From Pg-Waves, Bull. Seismol. Soc. Am., 76, 2, 495-509. PDF

• Thomas M. Hearn and Robert W. Clayton, (1986), Lateral Velocity Variations in Southern California: 2. Results For The Lower Crust From Pn-Waves, Bull. Seismol. Soc. Am., 76, 2, 511-520. PDF

• John Vidale, Donald H. Helmberger and Robert W. Clayton, (1985), Finite-Difference Synthetic Seismograms for SH-waves, Bull. Seismol. Soc. Am., 75, 6, 1765-1782. PDF

• Bradford H. Hager, Robert W. Clayton, Adam Dziewonski, Mark Richards, and Robert Comer, (1985), Lower mantle heterogeniety, dynamic topography and the geoid, Nature, 313, 541-545. PDF

• Arthur Frankel and Robert W. Clayton, (1984), A finite difference simulation of wave propagation in two-dimensional random media, Bull. Seismol. Soc. Am., 74, 6, 2167-2186. PDF

• John Fawcett and Robert W. Clayton, (1984), Tomographic reconstruction of velocity anomalies, Bull. Seismol. Soc. Am., 74, 6, 2201-2219. PDF

• Marianne C. Walck and Robert W. Clayton, (1984), Analysis of upper mantle structure using wave field continuation of P waves, Bull. Seismol. Soc. Am., 74, 5, 1703-1719. PDF

• Eugene Humphreys, Robert W. Clayton, and Bradford H. Hager, (1984), A Tomographic Image Of Mantle Structure Beneath Southern California, Geophys. Res Let, 11, 7, 625-627. PDF

• George A. McMechan, Robert W. Clayton and Walter D. Mooney, (1982), Application of Wave Field Continuation to the Inversion of Refraction Data, J. Geophys. Res, 87, 927-935. PDF

• Robert W. Clayton and Robert H. Stolt, (1981), A Born-WKBJ Inversion Method For Acoustic Reflection Data, Geophysics, 46, 1559-1567. PDF

• Robert W. Clayton and George A. McMechan, (1980), Inversion of Refraction Data By Wave Field Continuation, Geophysics, 46, 860-868. PDF

• Robert W. Clayton and Bjorn Engquist, (1980), Absorbing Boundary Conditions For Wave-Equation Migration, Geophysics, 45, 895-904. PDF

• L.R. Lines, R.W. Clayton, and T.J. Ulrych, (1980), Impulse Response Models For Noisy Vibroseis Data, Geophys. Prosp., 28, 49-59. PDF

• L.R. Lines and Robert W. Clayton, (1977), A New Approach To Vibroseis Deconvolution, Geophys. Prosp., 3, 417-433. PDF

• Robert W. Clayton and Bjorn Engquist, (1977), Absorbing Boundary Conditions for Acoustic and Elastic Wave Equations, Bull. Seismol. Soc. Am., 67, 1529-1540. PDF

• Robert W. Clayton and Tad J. Ulrych, (1977), A Restoration Method For Impulsive Functions, IEEE Trans. Info Th., 2, 262-264. PDF

• Tad J. Ulrych and Robert W. Clayton, (1976), Time Series Modelling and Maximum Entropy, Phys. Earth & Plan. Int., 12, 180-200. PDF

• Tad J. Ulrych and Robert W. Clayton, (1976), Comment on "Second-Order Statistical Structure of Geomagnetic Field Reversals" by P.S. Naidu, J. Geophys.Res, 81, 1033-1034. PDF

• Robert W. Clayton and Ralph A. Wiggins, (1976), Source Shape Estimation and Deconvolution of Teleseismic Bodywaves, Geophys. J. R. astr. Soc., 47, 151-177. PDF

• R.W. Clayton, B. McClary & R.A. Wiggins, (1976), Comments on the paper ``Phase Distortion and Hilbert Transformation in Multiply Reflected and Refracted Body Waves'' by G.L. Choy and P.G. Richards, Bull. Seismol. Soc. Am., 66, 325-326. PDF