All Publications
Richard C. Aster, Professor of Geophysics

Aster, R., Hypocenter Locations and Velocity Structure in the Phlegraean Fields, Italy, M.S. thesis, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 128 pp, 1986.

Schneider, J., Aster, R., Powell, L, Meyer, R., Timing of portable seismographs from OMEGA navigation signals, Bull. Seism. Soc. Am., 77, 1457-1478, 1987.

Aster, R., Meyer, R., Three-dimensional velocity structure and hypocenter distribution in the Campi Flegrei caldera, Italy, Tectonophysics, 149, 195-218, 1988.

Aster, R., On projecting error ellipsoids, Bull. Seism. Soc. Am., 78, 1373-1374, 1988.

Savage, M., Shih, X., Meyer, R., Aster, R., Shear-wave anisotropy of active tectonic regions via automated S-wave polarization analysis, Tectonophysics, 165, 279-292, 1989.

Gurrola, H., Minster, J.B., Vernon, F.L., Berger, J., Given, H.K., Aster, R., A comparative study of high frequency seismic noise at selected sited in the USSR and USA, Proc. 11th Annual AFGL/DARPA Seis. Res. Symp., 1989.

Aster, R., Meyer, R., Determination of shear- and compressional-wave velocity variations and hypocenter locations in a rapidly-inflating caldera: the Campi Flegrei, P.E.P.I., 55, 313-325, 1989.

Aster, R., Shearer, P., Berger, J., Compressional- and shear-wave polarizations at the Anza seismic array, Proc. 11th Annual AFGL/DARPA Seis. Res. Symp., 1989.

Pujol, J., Aster, R., Joint hypocentral determination and the detection of low-velocity anomalies. An example from the Phlegraean Fields earthquakes, Bull. Seism. Soc. Am., 80, 129-139, 1990.

Gurrola, H., Minster, J.B., Given, H., Vernon, F., Berger, J., Aster, R., Analysis of high-frequency seismic noise in the western U.S. and eastern Kazakhstan, Bull. Seism. Soc. Am., 80, 951-970, 1990.

Aster, R., Shearer, P., Berger, J., Quantitative measurements of shear-wave polarizations at the Anza seismic network, southern California -- implications for shear-wave splitting and earthquake prediction, J. Geophys. Res., 95, 12,449-12,474, 1990.

Aster, R., Crustal Shear-Wave Anisotropy and Near-Surface Attenuation in the Anza Seismic Gap, Ph.D. Thesis, University of California, San Diego, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, 227 pp. 1991.

Aster, R., Shearer P., Berger, J., Reply to `Comment on ``Quantitative measurements of shear wave polarizations at the Anza seismic network, Southern California: Implications for shear wave splitting and earthquake prediction'' by Richard C. Aster, Peter M. Shearer, and Jon Berger', J. Geophys. Res., 96, 6415-6419, 1991.

Aster, R., Shearer, P., High-Frequency borehole seismograms recorded in the San Jacinto fault zone, Southern California. Part 1: Polarizations, Bull. Seism. Soc. Am., 81, 1057-1080, 1991.

Aster, R., Shearer, P., High-frequency borehole seismograms recorded in the San Jacinto fault zone, Southern California Part 2: Attenuation and Site Effects, Bull. Seism. Soc. Am., 81, 1081-1100, 1991.

Aster, R., Shearer, P., Initial shear-wave particle motions and stress constraints at the Anza seismic network, Geophys. J. Int., 108, 740-748, 1992.

Aster, R., Meyer, R., De Natale, G., Zollo, A., Martini, M., Del Pezzo, E., Scarpa, R., Iannaccone, G., Seismic investigation of the Campi Flegrei: A Summary and Synthesis of Results, Volcanic Seismology, Proc. Vol., vol. 3, 462-483. Gasparini, P., Scarpa, R., Aki, K., editors. Springer Verlag, Heidelberg, 1992.

Aster, R., Scott, J., Comprehensive Identification of Similar Earthquakes in Microearthquake Data Sets, Bull. Seism. Soc. Am., 83, 1307-1314, 1993.

Hartse, H., Fehler, M., Aster, R., Scott, J., Vernon, F., Small-Scale stress heterogeneity in the Anza seismic gap, southern California, J. Geophys. Res., 99, 6801-6818, 1994.

Haase, J., Shearer, P., Aster, R., Constraints on temporal variations in velocity near Anza, California, from analysis of similar event pairs, Bull Seism. Soc. Am., 85, 194-206, 1995.

Aster, R., Slad, G., Henton, J., Antolik, M., Differential analysis of coda Q using similar microearthquakes in seismic gaps. Part 1: Techniques and application to seismograms recorded in the Anza seismic gap, southern California, Bull. Seism. Soc. Am., 86, 868-889, 1996.

Antolik, M., Nadeau, R.M., Aster, R.C., McEvilly, T.V., Differential analysis of coda Q using similar microearthquakes in seismic gaps. Part 2: Application to seismograms recorded by the Parkfield High Resolution Seismic Network, Bull. Seism. Soc. Am., 86, 890-910, 1996.

Young, C., Harris, M., Beiriner, J., Moore, S., Trujillo, J., Withers, M., Aster, R., The waveform correlation event detection system project, Phase I: Issues in prototype development and testing, Sandia National Laboratories, report SAND96-1916, UC-903, 1996.

Schlue, J., Aster, R., Meyer, R., A lower-crustal extension to a mid-crustal magma body in the Rio Grande rift, New Mexico, J. Geophys. Res., 101., 25,283-25,291, 1996.

Withers, M., Aster, R., Young, C., and Chael, E., High-frequency analysis of seismic background noise and signal-to-noise ratio near Datil, New Mexico, Bull Seism. Soc. Am., 86, 1507-1515, 1996.

Young, C., Chael, E., Withers, M., Aster, R., The sub-surface noise environment: a multi-site comparison, Bull Seism. Soc. Am., 86, 1516-1528, 1996.

Knight, R.L., R.C. Aster, P.R. Kyle, A.K. Ameko, and R.R. Dibble, Digital recording of the seismicity of Mount Erebus Volcano, November 1994 - June 1996. Antarctic Journal, 31, number 2; pages 41-43, 1998.

Withers, M., Aster, R., Young, C., Beiringer, J., Harris, M., Moore, S., and Trujillo, J., A comparison of select trigger algorithms for automated global seismic phase and event detection, Bull Seism. Soc. Am., 88, 95-106, 1998.

Aster, R., and Kyle, P., The Valles Caldera, a geological wonder, Geotimes, 43, p. 19; accompanying ``Preserving the Valles Caldera, a Foundation of Life and Culture'', by Senator Jeff Bingaman, 1998.

Rowe, C., Aster, R., Kyle, P., Schlue, J., and Dibble, R., Broadband recording of Strombolian explosions and associated very-long-period seismic signals on Mount Erebus volcano, Ross Island, Antarctica., Geophys. Res. Lett., 25, 2297-2300, 1998.

Withers, M., Aster, R., and Young, C., An automated local/regional seismic event detection and location system using waveform correlation, Bull. Seism. Soc. Am., 89, 657-669, 1999.

Niitsuma et al., Current status of seismic and borehole measurements for HDR/HWR development, Geothermics, 28, 475-490, 1999.

Carr, D., Young, C., Aster, R., Zhang, X., Cluster Analysis for CTBT Seismic Event Monitoring, Proceedings 21st DoD Seismic Research Symposium, 1999.

Rowe, C., Aster, R., Kyle, P., Dibble, R., Schlue, J., Seismic and Acoustic Observations at Mount Erebus Volcano, Ross Island, Antarctica, 1994-1998, J. Volcanol. Geotherm. Res., 101, 105-128, 2000.

Aster, R., Lees, J., Neuberg, J., Broadband seismic and acoustic observations of volcanic seismicity (editorial), J. Volcanol. Geotherm. Res., 101, vii-viii, 2000.

Fehler, M., Phillips, W.S., House, L., Jones, R., Aster, R., Rowe, C., Improved relative locations of clustered earthquakes using constrained multiple event location, Bull. Seism. Soc. Am., 90, 781-785, 2000.

Aster, R, Rowe, C., Automatic phase pick refinement and similar event association in large seismic datasets, in: C. Thurber, N. Rabinowitz, eds., Advances in Seismic Event Location, 18, Kluwer Academic Publishers, Dordrecht, 2000.

Aster, R., and Slad, G., Shear wave anisotropy in the epicentral vicinity of the 1992 Joshua Tree and Landers earthquakes, in Advances in Anisotropy -- Selected Theory, Modeling, and Case Studies, J. Hood, Ed., Society of Exploration Geophysicists, Open-File Publication No. 5., 2001.

Young, C., Merchant, B., Aster, R., Comparison of Cluster Analysis Methods for Identifying Regional Seismicity, Proceedings 23rd DoD Seismic Research Symposium, 2001.

Rowe, C., Aster, R., Jones, R., Borchers, B., Fehler, M., Using automated high-precision repicking to improve delineation of microseismic structures at the Soultz geothermal reservoir, Pure. Appl. Geophys. 159, 563-596, 2002.

Wilson, D., Leon, D., Aster, R., Ni, J., Schlue, J., Grand, S., Semken, S., Baldridge, S., Broadband seismic background noise at temporary seismic stations observed on a regional scale in the southwestern United States, Bull. Seism. Soc. Am., 92, 3335-3341, 2002.

Rowe, C.A., Aster, R., Borchers, B,and Young, C.,An automatic, adaptive algorithm for refining phase picks in large seismic data sets, Part I: Technique, Bull. Seism. Soc. Am., 92, 1660-1674, 2002.

Johnson, J., Lees, M., Ruiz, M., McChesney, P., Aster, R., Kyle, P., Interpretation and utility of infrasonic records from erupting volcanoes, J. Volcanol. Geotherm. Res., 121, 15-63, 2003.

Wilson, D., Aster, R., and the RISTRA Group, Imaging crust and upper mantle seismic structure in the southwestern United States using teleseismic receiver functions, The Leading Edge, 22, 232-237, 2003.

Gok, R., Ni, J., West, M., Sandvol, E., Wilson, D., Aster, R., Baldridge, Grand, S., Gao, W., Tillman, F., Semken, S., Shear wave splitting and mantle flow beneath LA RISTRA, Geophys. Res. Lett., doi:10.1029/2002GL016616, 2003.

Koper, K., Wallace, T., Aster, R., Seismic Recordings of the Carlsbad, New Mexico, Pipeline Explosion of 19 August, 2000, Bull. Seism. Soc. Am., 93, 1427-1432, 2003.

Braile, L., Hall-Wallace, M., Taber, J., Aster, R., The IRIS Education and Outreach Program, Seism. Res. Lett, 74, 503-510, 2003.

Aster, R., S. Mah, P. Kyle, W. McIntosh, N. Dunbar, J. Johnson, M. Ruiz, and S. McNamara, Very long period oscillations of Mount Erebus Volcano, J. Geophys. Res., 108 (B11), 2522, doi:10.1029/2002JB002101, 2003.

Aster, R., McIntosh, W., Kyle, P., Esser, R., Bartel, B., Dunbar, N., Johns, B., Johnson, J., Karstens, R., Kurnik, C., McGowan, M., McNamara, S., Meertens, C., Pauly, B., Richmond, M., Ruiz, M., New instrumentation delivers multidisciplinary real-time data from Mount Erebus, Antarctica, EOS trans. AGU., 85, 9 March, 2004.

West, M., Ni, J., Baldridge, W.S., Wilson, D., Aster, R., Gao, W., Grand, S., Crust and upper mantle shear wave structure of the southwest United States: Implications for rifting and support for high elevation, J. Geophys. Res. 109, B03309, doi:10.1029/2003JB002575, 2004.

Gao, W., Grand, S., Baldridge, W.S., Wilson, D., West, M., Ni, J., Aster, R., Upper mantle convection beneath the central Rio Grande rift imaged by P and S wave tomography, J. Geophys. Res. 109, B03305, doi:10.1029/2003JB002743, 2004.

Johnson, J., Aster, R., Kyle, P., Volcanic eruptions observed with infrasound, Geop. Res. Lett., 31, L14604, doi:10.1029/2004GL020020, 2004.

Aster, R., Borchers, B., Thurber, C., Parameter Estimation and Inverse Problems, 301 pp, Elsevier Academic Press, 2004.

Park, J., Anderson, K., Aster, R., Butler, R., Lay, T., Simpson, D., Global seismographic network records the great Sumatra-Andaman Earthquake, EOS. trans. AGU, 86, 8 February, 2005.

Wilson, D., Aster, R., West, M., Ni, J., Grand, S., Gao, W., Baldridge, W.S., Semken, S., Lithospheric Structure of the Rio Grande Rift, Nature, 433, doi:10.1038/nature03297, 2005. Associated article in the Albuquerque Journal.

Gret, A., Snieder, R., Aster, R., Kyle, P., Monitoring rapid temporal change in a volcano with coda wave interferometry, Geop. Res. Lett., 32, L06304, doi:10.1029/2004GL021143, 2005.

Aster, R., Beaudoin, B., Hole, J., Fouch, M., Fowler, J., James, D., and the PASSCAL Staff and Standing Committee, IRIS PASSCAL program marks 20 years of scientific discovery, EOS. trans. AGU, 86, 26 April, 2005.

Aster, R., Borchers, B., Thurber, C., Instructor's Guide to Parameter Estimation and Inverse Problems, 220 pp, Elsevier Academic Press, 2005.

Lay, T., Kanamori, H., Ammon, C., Nettles, M., Ward, S., Aster, R., Beck, S., Bilek, S., Brudzinski, M., Butler, R., DeShon, H., Ekström, G., Satake, K., Sipkin, S., The Great Sumatra-Andaman Earthquake of December 26, 2004, Science, 308, 1127-1133, doi:10.1126/science.1112250, 2005.

Wilson, D., Aster, R., Seismic imaging of the crust and uppermantle using regularized joint receiver functions,frequency.wave number filtering, and multimode Kirchhoff migration, J. Geophys. Res., 110, B05305, doi:10.1029/2004JB003430, 2005.

Wilson, D., Aster, R., Ni, J., Grand, S., West, M., Gao, W., Baldridge, W.S., Semken, S., Imaging the seismic structure of the crust and upper mantle beneath the Great Plains, Rio Grande Rift, and Colorado Plateau using receiver functions, J. Geophys. Res., 110, B05306, doi:10.1029/2004JB003492, 2005.

Park, J., Butler, R., Anderson, K., Berger, J., Benz, H., Davis P., Hutt, R., McCreery, C., Ahern, T., Ekstrom, G., Aster, R., Performance review of the Global Seismographic Network for the Sumatra-Andaman megathrust earthquake, Seism. Res. Lett, 76, 3, 2005.

Hubenthal, M. (Guest Editor), et al., The 2004 Sumatra Earthquake, The Earth Scientist, National Earth Science Teacher's Association, Volume XXI, Issue 2, Spring, 2005.

Rowe, C., Aster, R., Kyle, P., Broadband seismic recording of strombolian explosions at Mount Erebus, Antarctic J. US, 33, 330-334, 2005.

Rowe, C., Aster, R., Kyle, P., Seismic observations at the Mount Erebus observatory: 1997-1998, Antarctic J. US, 33, 335-339, 2005.

Lay, T., Kanamori, H., Ammon, C., Nettles, M., Ward, S., Aster, R., Beck, S., Bilek, S., Brudzinski, M., Butler, R., DeShon, H., Ekström, G., Satake, K., Sipkin, S., Reply to Technical Comment on “The Great Sumatra-Andaman Earthquake of 26 December 2004” by S. Neetu, I. Suresh, R. Shankar, D. Shankar, S.S.C. Shenoi, S. R. Shetye, D. Sundar, and B. Nagaraja, Science, 310, 1431b, 2005.

Johnson, J., Aster, R., Relative partitioning of acoustic and seismic energy during Strombolian eruptions, J. Volcan. Geotherm. Res., 148, 334– 354, doi:10.1016/j.jvolgeores.2005.05.002, 2005.

Lay, T., Kanamori, H., Ammon, C., Nettles, M., Ward, S., Aster, R., Beck, S., Bilek, S., Brudzinski, M., Butler, R., DeShon, H., Ekström, G., Satake, K., Sipkin, S., Reply to Technical Comment on “The Great Sumatra-Andaman Earthquake of 26 December 2004” by S. Neetu, I. Suresh, R. Shankar, D. Shankar, S.S.C. Shenoi, S. R. Shetye, D. Sundar, and B. Nagaraja, Science, 310, 1431b, 2005.

MacAyeal, D., Okal, E., Aster, R., Basis, J., Brunt, K., Cathles, L. Mac. Drucker, R., Kim, Y-J., Martin, S., Okal, M., Sergienko, O., Sponsler, M., Thom, J., Transoceanic wave propagation links iceberg calving margins of Antarctica with storms in tropics and northern hemisphere, Geop. Res. Lett., 33, L17502, doi:10.1029/2006GL027235, 2006.

Hubenthal, M., Aster, R., The IRIS Undergraduate Internship Program Gets "Orientated" with New Funding from NSF, IRIS Newsletter, Issue 3, 2006.

Sanford, A., Mayeau, T., Schlue, J., Aster, R., Jacksha, L., Earthquake catalogs for New Mexico and bordering areas II: 1999-2004, New Mexico Geology, 28 (4), 99-109, 2006.

MacAyeal, D., Okal, E., Aster, R., Basis, J., Brunt, K., Cathles, L. Mac. Drucker, R., Kim, Y-J., Martin, S., Okal, M., Sergienko, O., Sponsler, M., Thom, J., Transoceanic wave propagation links iceberg calving margins of Antarctica with storms in tropics and northern hemisphere, Geop. Res. Lett., 33, L17502, doi:10.1029/2006GL027235, 2006.

Stankova, J., Bilek, S., Rowe, C., Aster, R., Characteristics of the October 2005 microearthquake swarm and reactivation of similar event seismic swarms over decadal time periods near Socorro, New Mexico, Bull. Seism. Soc. Am., 98, 93-105, doi:10.1785/0120070108, 2008.

Aster, R., McNamara, D., Bromirski, P., Multi-decadal climate-induced variability in microseisms, Seismological Research Letters 79, doi: 10.1785/gssrl.79.2.194, 2008.

Sine, C., Wilson, D., Gao, W., Grand, S., Aster, R., Ni, J., Baldridge, W.S., Mantle structure beneath the western edge of the Colorado Plateau, Geop. Res. Lett., 35, L10303, doi:10.1029/2008GL033391, 2008.

MacAyeal, D. R., Okal, E., Aster, R., Bassis, J., Seismic and hydroacoustic tremor generated by colliding icebergs, J. Geophys. Res., 113, F03011, doi:10.1029/2008JF001005, 2008.

Aster, R., Zandomeneghi, D., Mah, S., McNamara, Henderson, D.B., Yarbrough, H., Jones, K., Moment tensor inversion of very long period seismic signals from Strombolian eruptions of Erebus Volcano, J. Volcanol. Geotherm. Res., doi:10.1016/j.jvolgeores.2008.08.013, 2008.

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