Michaelmas Reading List - Core 1
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Book References
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- Alfaro, R. (2001) Seismic studies of active volcanoes under Vatnajökull icecap, Iceland. PhD thesis, Univ. Cambridge, UK.
- Bougher et al [eds.] (1997) Venus 11 University of Arizona Press
- *Davies, G.F. (1999) Dynamic Earth: plates, plumes and mantle convection CUP.
- *Fowler C.M.R. 2004 (2 nd ed.) The Solid Earth CUP
- Frost H.J. and Ashby M.F. (1982) Deformation Mechanism Maps. Pergamon , Oxford.
- Hunten D.M. et al. [eds.] (1983) Venus, University of Arizona Press
- Keiffer H.H. et al [eds.] (1992) Mars University of Arizona Press
- *Kennett, B. (2001) The seismic wavefield, volume I: Introduction and Theoretical Development. Cambridge University Press
- *Kennett, B. (2002) The seismic wavefield, volume II: Interpretation of seismograms on regional and global scales. Cambridge University Press.
- *Lay, T. & T. C. Wallace. (1995) Modern Global Seismology. Academic Press. San Diego.
- Scholz, C.H. (1990) The mechanics of earthquake faulting. Cambridge University Press, 440 pp
- Schubert, G., Turcotte , D.L. and Olson P., (2001) Mantle convection in the Earth and Planets. Cambridge University press.
- *Shearer, P.M. Introduction to Seismology. Cambridge University Press, (1999)
- Watts, A.B.(2001) Isostasy and flexure of the lithosphere, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, U.K.
- Yeats, R.S., K. Sieh and C.R. Allen (1996) The Geology of Earthquakes, Oxford University Press, 568pp.
Chapters in Edited Volumes
- Molnar & Chen (1982) Seismicity and mountain building
- IN: Mountain building processes (Ed. K. Hsu), Academic Press, London, 41-57.
- Parsons, P. and Richter, F. M., (1981). Mantle convection and the oceanic lithosphere
- The Sea vol. 7, ed. Emiliani 73-117.
Journal References
If available online the journal title will be hyperlinked to ABSTRACT LEVEL.
A number of these references will be available in the part II/III reprint collection housed in the Library Office. A full listing of what is in this collection is available on the Library website.
Lectures 1-7 Dr John Rudge
Lecture 1
- Davies, G.F. (1999) Dynamic Earth: plates, plumes and mantle convection CUP.
- McKenzie, D. (1983) The Earth’s Mantle. Scientific American, 249 66-78.
- McKenzie, D. and Richter, F., (1976). Convection currents in the Earth’s Mantle. Scientific American, 235, 72–89.
- Schubert, G., Turcotte, D.L., Olson, P., 2001. Mantle convection in the Earth and Planets. ambridge University Press.
Lecture 2
- Crosby, A.G., McKenzie, D., Sclater, J.G., 2006. The relationship between depth, age and ravity in the oceans. Geophysical Journal International 166, 553–573. doi:10.1111/j.1365-246X.2006.03015.x.
Lecture 3
- Forsyth, D., Uyeda, S., 1975. On the relative importance of the driving forces of plate motion. Geophysical Journal International 43, 163–200.
- McKenzie, D, J. Jackson & K. Priestley (2005) Thermal structure of oceanic and continental lithosphere. Earth and Planetary Science Letters 233: 337-349. doi:10.1016/j.epsl.2005.02.005
- Parsons, B., Sclater, J.G., 1977. An analysis of the variation of ocean floor bathymetry and heat flow with age. Journal of Geophysical Research 82, 803–827. doi:10.1029/JB082i005p00803.
- Richter F. and McKenzie D. (1978) Simple plate models of mantle convection. Journal of Geophysics 44, 441-471
- Toth, J., and M. Gurnis (1998), Dynamics of subduction initiation at preexisting fault zones, J. Geophys. Res., 103(B8), 18,053-18,068. doi:10.1029/98JB01076
- Zhong, S., M. Gurnis, and L. Moresi (1998), Role of faults, nonlinear rheology, and viscosity structure in generating plates from instantaneous mantle flow models, J. Geophys. Res., 103(B7), 15,255-15,268. doi:10.1029/98JB00605
Lecture Four
- Davaille, A., and C. Jaupart (1994), Onset of thermal convection in fluids with temperature-dependent viscosity: Application to the oceanic mantle, J. Geophys. Res., 99(B10), 19,853-19,866. doi:10.1029/94JB01405
- Fowler, C.M.R., 2005. The Solid Earth: An Introduction to Global Geophysics. Cambridge niversity Press. 2nd edition. http://www.cambridge.org/aus/catalogue/catalogue.
isbn: 9780521893077. - Frost, H., Ashby, M., 1982.Deformation Mechanism Maps.; Pergamon, Oxford.; Web version:;Dartmouth College /.
- Hirth G. and Kohlstedt D.L. (1996) Water in the oceanic upper mantle: implications for rheology, melt extraction and evolution of the lithosphere. Earth Planet. Sci . Lett . 144 93-108. doi:10.1016/0012-821X(96)00154-9
- Karato S. and Wu P. (1993) Rheology of the upper mantle: a synthesis . Science 260 771-778. doi:10.1016/0012-821X(96)00154-9
Lecture Five
- Ding, X.-Y. ; Grand, S. P. (1994 ), Seismic structure of the deep Kurile subduction zone. J. Geophys. Res. Vol. 99 , No. B12 , p. 23,767-23,786 (94JB02130)
- Grand, S. P. (1994), Mantle shear structure beneath the Americas and surrounding oceans, J. Geophys. Res., 99(B6), 11,591-11,622. doi:10.1029/94JB00042
- Kennett, B. L. N., S. Widiyantoro, and R. D. van der Hilst (1998), Joint seismic tomography for bulk sound and shear wave speed in the Earth’s mantle,J. Geophys. Res . , 103(B6), 12,469-12,494. doi:10.1029/98JB00150
- Li, C., van der Hilst, R.D., 2010. Structure of the upper mantle and transition zone beneath Southeast Asia from traveltime tomography. Journal of Geophysical Research 115. doi:10.1029/2009JB006882.
Lecture Six
- Crosby, A.G., 2007. An assessment of the accuracy of admittance and coherence estimates sing synthetic data. Geophysical Journal International 171, 25–54. doi:10.1111/j.1365-246X.2007.03520.x.
- Forsyth, D.W., (1985) Subsurface loading and estimates of the fiexural rigidity of continental lithosphere, J. Geophys. Res ., .90, 12,623-12,632
- McKenzie, D. (2003) Estimating Te in the presence of internal loads. J. Geophys. Res . 108(B9), 2438, 21 pp doi 10.1029/2002JB001766.
- McKenzie, D., and D. Fairhead (1997), Estimates of the effective elastic thickness of the continental lithosphere from Bouguer and free air gravity anomalies, J. Geophys. Res., 102(B12), 27,523-27,552.
- Tiley, R., McKenzie, D. & White N. (2003) The elastic thickness of the British Isles. J. Geol. Soc. Lond. 160 499-502.
- Watts, A.B., 2001. Isostasy and flexure of the lithosphere. Cambridge University Press.
Lecture Seven
- Mckenzie, D., Barnett, D. & Yuan, D.-N. (2002) The relationship between Martian gravity and topography. Earth Planet. Sci. Lett. 195, 1-16. doi:10.1016/S0012-821X(01)00555-6
- Mckenzie, D., & F. Nimmo (1997) Elastic thickness estimates for Venus from line of sight accelerations. Icarus 130 198- 216. doi:10.1006/icar.1997.5770
Lecture Eight
J A Jackson
- Chen & Molnar (1983) Focal depths of intra-continental earthquakes and their implications for the thermal and mechanical properties of the lithosphere. J. Geophys. Res., 88, 4183-4214.
- Maggi, A., Jackson, J.A., McKenzie, D. & Priestley, K. (2000) Earthquake focal depths, effective elastic thickness, and the strength of the continental lithosphere. Geology, 28, 495-498. doi:10.1130/0091-7613(2000)28
- Jackson, J. (2002) Strength of the continental lithosphere: time to abandon the jelly sandwich? GSA Today, 12, issue 9, 4-10.
- Rutter (1986) On the nomenclature of mode of failure transitions in rocks.Tectonophysics, 122, 381-387.
- Scholz (1988) The brittle-plastic transition and the depth of seismic faulting. Geologische Rundschau, 77, 319-328.
- Shaw, B. E. & C. H. Scholz (2001) Slip-length scaling in large earthquakes: Observations and theory and implications for earthquake physics. Geophysical Research Letters 28: 2995-2998. doi:10.1029/2000GL012762
LectureNine
J A Jackson
- USGS Staff (1990) The Loma Prieta California, earthquake: an anticipated event. Science 247, 286-293. doi:10.1126/science.247.4940.286
- Yielding et al. (1982) Relations between surface deformation, fault geometry, seismicity and rupture characteristics during the El Asnam (Algeria) earthquake of 10 October 1980.Earth Planet. Sci. Lett., 56, 287-304. doi:10.1016/0012-821X(81)90135-7
- Yielding (1985) Control of rupture by fault geometry during the 1980 El Asnam (Algeria) earthquake. Geophys. J. R. Astr. Soc., 81, 641-670.
- Yielding et a!. (1989) Active tectonics of the Algerian Atlas mountains: evidence from aftershocks of the 1980 El Asnam earthquake. Geophys. J. Int., 99, 76 1-788.
- King & Vita-Finzi (1981) Active folding in the Algerian earthquake of 10 October 1980. Nature , 292, 22-26. doi:10.1038/292022a0
- Jackson et al. (1982) Seismicity, normal faulting and the geomorphological evolution of theGulf of Corinth (Greece): the Corinth earthquakes of February and March 1981.Earth Planet. Sci. Lett., 57, 377-397. doi:10.1016/0012-821X(82)90158-3
- Taymaz et al. (1991), Geophys. J. Int., 106, 433-490. doi:10.1111/j.1365-246X.1991.tb03906.x
- Lyon-Caen et al. (1988) The 1986 Kalamata (south Peloponnesus) earthquake: detailed study of a normal fault, evidence for east-west extension in the Hellenic arc. J. Geophys. Res., 93, 14,967-15,000.
- Special issue of the Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America on the 1983 Borah Peak earthquake, volume 77, June 1987.
- Amato, A., et al. (1998), The 1997 Umbria-Marche, Italy, earthquake sequence: a first look at the main shocks and aftershocks, Geophys. Res. Lett., 25(15), 2861-2864. doi:10.1029/98GL51842
- Chiaraluce, L., W. L. Ellsworth, C. Chiarabba, and M. Cocco (2003), Imaging the complexity of an active normal fault system: The 1997 Colfiorito (central Italy) case study, J. Geophys. Res. , 108(B6), 2294, doi:10.1029/2002JB002166
Lecture Ten
J A Jackson
- Scholz, C.H. (1982) Scaling laws for large earthquakes: consequences for physical models. Bull. Seism. Soc. Am., 72, 1-44
- Zoback, Mark D. and Gregory C. Beroza (1993) Evidence for near-frictionless faulting in the 1989 (M 6.9) Loma Prieta, California, earthquake and its aftershocks Geology Am., 21,2, 181-185
- Scholz, C.H., Aviles, C.A. & Wesnousky, S.C. (1986) Scaling differences between large interplate and intraplate earthquakes. Bull. Seism. Soc. Am., 76, 65-70
- Van S. Mount and John Suppe (1993) State of stress near the San Andreas Fault: implications for wrench tectonics.Geology, 15, 1143-1146. doi:10.1130/0091-7613(1987)15
- Miller, D.D. (1998) Distributed shear, rotation, and partitioned strain along the San Andreas Fault, central California. Geology, 26, 867-870. doi:10.1130/0091-7613(1998)026
- Scholz, C.H. (2000) Evidence for a strong San Andreas fault. Geology, 28, 163-166. doi:10.1130/0091-7613(2000)28
- Sleep, N.H. & Blanpied, M.L. (1992) Creep, compaction and the weak rheology of major faults. Nature, 359, 687-692. doi:10.1038/359687a0
- Scholz, C.H. & Cowie, P.A. (1990) Determination of total strain from faulting using slip measurements. Nature, 346, 837-839. doi:10.1038/346837a0
- Cowie, P.A. & Scholz, C.H. (1992) Displacement-length scaling relationship for faults: data synthesis and discussion.J. Struct. Geol., 14, 1149-1156. doi:10.1016/0191-8141(92)90066-6
- Dawers, N.H., Anders, M.H. & Scholz, C.H.(1993) Growth of normal faults: displacement-length scaling. Geology, 21, 1107-1110. doi:10.1130/0091-7613(1993)021
Lecture Eleven
J A Jackson
- DeMets et al. (1990) Current plate motions. Geophys. J. Int., 101, 425-478. doi:10.1111/j.1365-246X.1990.tb06579.x
- DeMets, C., R. G. Gordon, D. F. Argus, and S. Stein (1994), Effect of recent revisions to the geomagnetic reversal time scale on estimates of current plate motions, Geophys. Res. Lett., 21(20), 2191-2194. doi:10.1029/94GL02118
- Sella, G. F., T. H. Dixon, and A. Mao (2002), REVEL: A model for Recent plate velocities from space geodesy, J. Geophys. Res. , 107(B4), 2081, doi:10.1029/2000JB000033.
- Argus & Gordon (1990) Pacific-North America plate motion from Very Long Baseline Interferometry compared with motion inferred from magnetic anomalies, transform faults, and earthquake slip vectors. J. Geophys. Res., 95, 17,315-17,324.
- Smith et al. (1990) Tectonic motion and deformation from Satellite Laser Ranging to LAGEOS. J. Geophys. Res., 95, 22,013-22,041.
- Larson, K. M., J. T. Freymueller, and S. Philipsen (1997), Global plate velocities from the Global Positioning System, J. Geophys. Res. , 102(B5), 9961-9982. doi:10.1029/97JB00514
- Hager, B.H. et al. (1991) Measurement of crustal deformation using the Global Positioning System. Ann. Rev. Earth Planet. Sci., 19, 351-382. doi:10.1146/annurev.ea.19.050191.002031
- Dixon, T.H. (1991) An introduction to the Global Positioning System and some geological applications. Reviews of Geophysics, 29, 249-276
- McClusky, S., et al. (2000), Global Positioning System constraints on plate kinematics and dynamics in the eastern Mediterranean and Caucasus, J. Geophys. Res. , 105(B3), 5695-5720. doi:10.1029/1999JB900351
- Hudnut et al. (1996)Co-seismic displacements of the 1994 Northridge, California, earthquake. Bull. Seism. Soc. Am., 86, 19-36
- Segal, P. & Davis, J.L., (1997) GPS applications for geodynamics and earthquake studies. Ann. Rev. Earth Planet. Sci ., 25, 301-336. doi:10.1146/annurev.earth.25.1.301
- Massonnet et al. (1993) The displacement field of the Landers earthquake mapped by radar interferometry. Nature , 364, 138-142. doi:10.1038/364138a0
- Massonnet et al. (1995) Deflation of Mount Etna monitored by spaceborne radar interferometry. Nature, 375, 567-570. doi:10.1038/375567a0
- Massonnet D. & Feigi, K.L. (1998)Radar interferometry and its application to changes in the Earth’s surface. Reviews of Geophysics, 36, 441-500. doi:10.1029/97RG03139
- Burgmann, R., Rosen, P. & Fielding, E, (2000). Synthetic aperture radar interferometry to measure Earth’s surface topography and its deformation. Ann. Rev. Earth Planet. Sci., 28, 169-209. doi:10.1146/annurev.earth.28.1.169
Lecture Twelve
J A Jackson
- Chen & Molnar (1983) Focal depths of intra-continental earthquakes and their implications for the thermal and mechanical properties of the lithosphere. J. Geophys. Res.. 88, 4183-4214.
- Brace & Kohlstedt (1980) Limits on lithospheric stress imposed by laboratory experiments. J. Geophys. Res., 85, 6248-6252.
- Maggi, A., Jackson, J.A., McKenzie, D. & Priestley, K. (2000) Earthquake focal depths, effective elastic thickness, and the strength of the continental lithosphere. Geology, 28, 495-498. doi:10.1130/0091-7613(2000)28
- Jackson, J. (2002) Strength of the continental lithosphere: time to abandon the jelly sandwich?GSA Today, 12, issue 9, 4-10.
- Austrheim H., & Boundy, T. (1994)Psuedotachylites generated during seismic faulting and eclogitization of the deep crust. Science. 265, 82-83. doi:10.1126/science.265.5168.82
- Bjørnerud, M. G., H. Austrheim, and M. G. Lund (2002), Processes leading to eclogitization (densification) of subducted and tectonically buried crust, J. Geophys. Res . , 107(B10), 2252, doi:10.1029/2001JB000527.
- McKenzie, D., Jackson, J. & Priestley, K. (2005) Thermal structure of oceanic and continental lithosphere. Earth & Planetary Science Letters 233, 337--349. doi:10.1016/j.epsl.2005.02.005
Lecture Thirteen
Lecture Fourteen
Lecture Fifteen
Lecture Sixteen
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