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Kiholo Bay, Hawaii, earthquake sequence of 2006: Relationship of the main shock slip with locations and source parameters of aftershocks
We study the source process of the Kīholo Bay earthquake (MW 6.7), which occurred beneath the northwest part of the Island of Hawai‘i on 15 October 2006, and static stress drops of small earthquakes that occurred in 2006 and 2007 around the main shock including aftershocks. We relocate the aftershocks to determine the fault plane from the two nodal planes. The relocated aftershocks define an E‐W t
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Takuji Yamada, Paul G. Okubo, Cecily Wolfe
Crater population and resurfacing of the Martian north polar layered deposits
Present‐day accumulation in the north polar layered deposits (NPLD) is thought to occur via deposition on the north polar residual cap. Understanding current mass balance in relation to current climate would provide insight into the climatic record of the NPLD. To constrain processes and rates of NPLD resurfacing, a search for craters was conducted using images from the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter
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Maria E. Banks, Shane Byrne, Kapil Galla, Alfred S. McEwen, Veronica J. Bray, Colin M. Dundas, Kathryn E. Fishbaugh, Kenneth E. Herkenhoff, Bruce C. Murray
The thermal signature of volcanic eruptions on Io and Earth,
We investigate a spectrum-based technique to identify the style of active volcanic eruptions on Jupiter's moon Io. Thermal remote sensing of Io has had to rely primarily on low-spatial-resolution data, similar to low-spatial-resolution satellite data applied to detecting and charting the temporal evolution of terrestrial hot spots. These terrestrial analyses use data from sensors designed to monit
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Ashley G. Davies, Laszlo P. Keszthelyi, Andrew J. L. Harris
Golden Gate Bridge response: a preliminary study with low amplitude earthquake data
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Mehmet Çelebi, Christopher Stephens, Erol Kalkan
Program and abstracts of the Second Tsunami Source Workshop; July 19-20, 2010
In response to a request by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) for computing tsunami propagations in the western Pacific, Eric Geist asked Willie Lee for assistance in providing parameters of earthquakes which may be future tsunami sources. The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) Tsunami Source Working Group (TSWG) was initiated in August 2005. An ad hoc group of diverse expertis
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W.H.K. Lee, S. H. Kirby, M. F. Diggles
Practical guidelines to select and scale earthquake records for nonlinear response history analysis of structures
Earthquake engineering practice is increasingly using nonlinear response history analysis (RHA) to demonstrate performance of structures. This rigorous method of analysis requires selection and scaling of ground motions appropriate to design hazard levels. Presented herein is a modal-pushover-based scaling (MPS) method to scale ground motions for use in nonlinear RHA of buildings and bridges. In
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Erol Kalkan, Anil K. Chopra
The Block composite submarine landslide, southern New England slope, U.S.A.: A morphological analysis
Recent multibeam surveys along the continental slope and rise off southeast New England has enabled a detailed morphological analysis of the Block composite landslide. This landslide consists of at least three large debris lobes resting on a gradient less than 0.5 °. The slide took place on gradients of between 1 ° and 5 ° in Quaternary sediments likely deposited at the time of low sea level and h
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Jacques Locat, Uri S. ten Brink, Jason D. Chaytor
Temporal variations in Global Seismic Stations ambient noise power levels
Recent concerns about time-dependent response changes in broadband seismometers have motivated the need for methods to monitor sensor health at Global Seismographic Network (GSN) stations. We present two new methods for monitoring temporal changes in data quality and instrument response transfer functions that are independent of Earth seismic velocity and attenuation models by comparing power leve
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A. T. Ringler, L.S. Gee, C. R. Hutt, D.E. McNamara
Visible and near-infrared multispectral analysis of geochemically measured rock fragments at the Opportunity landing site in Meridiani Planum
We have used visible and near‐infrared Panoramic Camera (Pancam) spectral data acquired by the Opportunity rover to analyze 15 rock fragments at the Meridiani Planum landing site. These spectral results were then compared to geochemistry measurements made by the in situ instruments Mössbauer (MB) and Alpha Particle X‐ray Spectrometer (APXS) to determine the feasibility of mineralogic characterizat
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Catherine M. Weitz, William H. Farrand, Jeffrey R. Johnson, Iris Fleischer, Christian Schröder, Aileen Yingst, Bradley L. Jolliff, Ralf Gellert, Jim Bell, Kenneth E. Herkenhoff, G. Klingelhoefer, Barbara Cohen, Wendy M. Calvin, Malcolm Rutherford, James W. Ashley
Properties and distribution of paired candidate stony meteorites at Meridiani Planum
The Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity investigated four rocks, informally dubbed Barberton, Santa Catarina, Santorini, and Kasos, that are possible stony meteorites. Their chemical and mineralogical composition is similar to the howardite, eucrite, and diogenite group but with additional metal, similar to mesosiderite silicate clasts. Because of their virtually identical composition and because t
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Christian Schröder, Kenneth E. Herkenhoff, William H. Farrand, John E. Chappelow, Wei Wang, L.R. Nittler, James W. Ashley, Iris Fleischer, Ralf Gellert, Matthew P. Golombek, Jeffrey R. Johnson, G. Klingelhoefer, Ron Li, Richard V. Morris, Steven W. Squyres
Regional and grain size influences on the geochemistry of soil at Gusev Crater
Congruous with earlier work, Martian soil along the Spirit Rover's traverse at Gusev crater can be divided into three broad groups by size: fines (<150 μm), sand, and a mix of various grain sizes. The key chemical observation is greater homogeneity in fines relative to the other two, consistent with regional‐ and global‐scale sampling of chemical compositions by finer particle sizes. The mix class
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Suniti Karunatillake, Scott M. McLennan, Kenneth E. Herkenhoff
Gone with the wind: Eolian erasure of the Mars Rover tracks
The wheel tracks left by the Mars Exploration Rovers Spirit and Opportunity are unique artificial markings on the surface of Mars. The tracks stretch several kilometers across diverse terrain in two widely separated regions of the planet. The initial appearance and characteristics of the tracks were well documented by the science and navigation cameras aboard the vehicles at the time the tracks we
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Paul E. Geissler, R. Sullivan, M. Golombek, J. R. Johnson, Kenneth E. Herkenhoff, N. Bridges, Amy Vaughan, J. Maki, T. Parker, J. Bell