Probability of Tsunamis and Tsunami Sources
Parsons, T., and Geist, E.L., 2012, Were global M≥8.3 earthquake time intervals random between 1900-2011?: Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America, v. 102, p. 1583-1592, doi:10.1785/0120110282. [Download PDF (744 kb)]
Geist, E.L., 2012, Phenomenology of tsunamis II: Scaling, Event Statistics, and Inter-Event Triggering: Advances in Geophysics, v. 53, p. 35-92, doi:10.1016/B978-0-12-380938-4.00002-1
Geist, E.L., and Parsons, T., 2011, Assessing historical rate changes in global tsunami occurrence: Geophysical Journal International, v. 187, p. 497-509, doi:10.1111/j.1365-246X.2011.05160.x. [Download PDF (875 kb)]
Geist, E.L., 2009, Phenomenology of tsunamis: Statistical properties from generation to runup, Advances in Geophysics, v. 51, p. 107-169, doi:10.1016/S0065-2687(09)05108-5
Geist, E.L., and Parsons, T., 2009, Assessment of source probabilities for potential tsunamis affecting the U.S. Atlantic Coast, Marine Geology, v. 264, p. 98-108, doi:10.1016/j.margeo.2008.08.005.
Geist, E.L., Parsons, T., ten Brink, U.S., and Lee, H.J., 2009, Tsunami Probability, in Bernard, E.N., and Robinson, A.R., eds., The Sea, v. 15: Cambridge, Massachusetts, Harvard University Press, p. 93-135. [Download PDF (2.0 MB)]
González, F.I., Geist, E.L., Jaffe, B.E., Kânoglu, U., Mofjeld, H.O., Synolakis, C.E., Titov, V.V., Arcas, D., Bellomo, D., Carlton, D., Horning, T.S., Johnson, J., Newman, J.C., Parsons, T., Peters, R., Peterson, C., Priest, G.R., Venturato, A.J., Weber, J., Wong, F., and Yalciner, A.C., 2009, Probabilistic tsunami hazard assessment at Seaside, Oregon for near- and far-field seismic sources, Journal of Geophysical Research, v. 114, doi:10.1029/2008JC005132.
Parsons, T., and Geist, E.L., 2009, Is there a basis for preferring characteristic earthquakes over a Gutenberg-Richter distribution in probabilistic earthquake forecasting?, Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America, v. 99, p. 2012-2019, doi:10.1785/0120080069. [Download PDF (446 K)]
Parsons, T., and Geist, E.L., 2009, Tsunami probability in the Caribbean region: Pure and Applied Geophysics, v. 165, p. 2089-1226, doi:10.1007/s00024-008-0416-7. [Download PDF (1.2 MB)]
Geist, E. L., and T. Parsons, 2008, Distribution of tsunami inter-event times, Geophysical Research Letters, v. 35, L02612, doi:101029/102007GL032690. [Download PDF (506 K)]
Geist, E.L., and Parsons, T., 2006, Probabilistic analysis of tsunami hazards: Natural Hazards, v. 37, p. 277-314, doi:10.1007/s11069-005-4646-z. [Download PDF (972 K)]
ten Brink, U.S., Geist, E.L., and Andrews, B.D., 2006, Size distribution of submarine landslides and its implication to tsunami hazard in Puerto Rico: Geophysical Research Letters, v. 33, L11307, doi:10.1029/2006GL026125. [Download PDF (1786 K)]
Geist, E.L., 2005, Local Tsunami Hazards in the Pacific Northwest from Cascadia Subduction Zone Earthquakes, USGS Professional Paper 1661B, 17 p.
Tsunami Generation
Geist, E.L., 2012, Near-field tsunami edge waves and complex earthquake rupture: Pure and Applied Geophysics, doi:10.1007/s00024-012-0491-7.
Geist, E.L., Lynett, P.J., and Chaytor, J.D., 2009, Hydrodynamic modeling of tsunamis from the Currituck landslide, Marine Geology, v. 264, p. 41-52, doi:10.1016/j.margeo.2008.09.005.
Wendt, J., Oglesby, D.D., and Geist, E.L., 2009, Tsunamis and splay fault dynamics: Geophysical Research Letters, v. 36, L15303, doi:10.1029/2009GL038295.
Geist, E.L., Titov, V.V., Arcas, D., Pollitz, F.F., and Bilek, S.L., 2007, Implications of the 26 December Sumatra-Andaman earthquake on tsunami forecast and assessment models for great subduction-zone earthquakes: Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America, v. 97, p. S249-S270, doi:10.1785/0120050619. [Download PDF (1785 K)]
Geist, E.L., Titov, V.V., and Synolakis, C.E., 2006, Tsunami: wave of change: Scientific American, v. 294, p. 56-63.
Geist, E.L., Bilek, S.L., Arcas, D., and Titov, V.V., 2006, Differences in tsunami generation between the December 26, 2004 and March 28, 2005 Sumatra earthquakes: Earth Planets Space, v. 58, p. 185-193. [Download PDF (5123 K)]
Geist, E.L., and Parsons, T., 2005, Triggering of Tsunamigenic Aftershocks from Large Strike-Slip Earthquakes: Analysis of the November 2000 New Ireland Earthquake Sequence: Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems, v. 6, Q10005, doi:10.1029/2005GC000935. [Download PDF (6595 K)]
Hirata, K., Geist, E.L., Satake, K., Tanioka, Y., and Yamaki, S., 2003, Slip distribution of the 1952 Tokachi-Oki earthquake (M 8.1) along the Kuril Trench deduced from tsunami waveform inversion: Journal of Geophysical Research, v. 108, no. B4, p. ESE 6-1 - ESE 6-15, doi:10.1029/2002JB001976.
Hirata, K., Takahashi, H., Geist, E., Satake, K., Tanioka, Y., Sugioka, H., and Mikada, H., 2003, Source depth dependence of micro-tsunamis recorded with ocean-bottom pressure gauges; the January 28, 2000 Mw 6.8 earthquake off Nemuro Peninsula, Japan: Earth and Planetary Science Letters, v. 208, no. 3-4, p. 305-318, doi:10.1016/S0012-821X(03)00040-2.
Parsons, T., Sliter, R., Geist, E. L., Jachens, R. C., Jaffe, B. E., Foxgrover, A., Hart, P. E., and McCarthy, J., 2003, Structure and mechanics of the Hayward-Rodgers Creek fault step-over, San Francsico Bay, California: Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America, v. 93, p. 2187-2200. [Download PDF (3741 K)]
Geist, E.L., 2002, Complex earthquake rupture and local tsunamis: Journal of Geophysical Research, v. 107, p. ESE 2-1 - ESE 2-16, doi:10.1029/2000JB000139. [Download PDF (399 K)]
Geist, E.L., and Zoback, M.L., 2002, Examination of the tsunami generated by the 1906 San Francisco Mw = 7.8 earthquake, using new interpretations of the offshore San Andreas Fault, in Parsons, T., ed., Crustal Structure of the Coastal and Marine San Francisco Bay Region, California: USGS Professional Paper 1658, p. 29-42.
Geist, E.L., and Bilek, S.L., 2001, Effect of depth-dependent shear modulus on tsunami generation along subduction zones: Geophysical Research Letters, v. 28, no. 7, p. 1315-1318.
Geist, E.L., 2000, Origin of the 17 July 1998 Papua New Guinea tsunami: Earthquake or landslide?: Seismological Research Letters, v. 71, no. 3, p. 344-351.
Geist, E.L., and Dmowska, R., 1999, Local tsunamis and distributed slip at the source: Pure and Applied Geophysics, v. 154, p. 485-512. [Download PDF (1465 K)]
Geist, E.L., 1999, Local tsunamis and earthquake source parameters: Advances in Geophysics, v. 39, p. 117-209. [Download PDF (4101 K)]
Tectonic Modeling
Geist, E.L., and Andrews, D.J., 2000, Slip rates on San Francisco Bay area faults from anelastic deformation of the continental lithosphere: Journal of Geophysical Research, v. 105, no. B11, p. 25,543-25,552. [Download PDF (704 K)]
Geist, E.L., 1996, Relationship between the present-day stress field and plate boundary forces in the Pacific Northwest: Geophysical Research Letters, v. 23, no. 23, p. 3381-3384. [Download PDF (317 K)]
Geist, E.L., and Scholl, D.W., 1994, Large-scale deformation related to the collision of the Aleutian Arc with Kamchatka: Tectonics, v. 13, no. 2, p. 538-560. [Download PDF (1578 K)]
Geist, E.L., Fisher, M.A., and Scholl, D.W., 1993, Large-scale deformation associated with ridge subduction: Geophysical Journal International, v. 115, p. 344-366. [Download PDF (2095 K)]
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