Publications
Mark Murray, Associate Research Professor of Geophysics

Toomey, D. R., S. C. Solomon, G. M. Purdy, M. H. Murray, Microearthquakes beneath the median valley of the Mid-Atlantic Ridge near 23°N: Hypocenters and focal mechanisms, J. Geophys. Res., 90, 5443-5458, 1985.

MIT Field Geophysics Course, A geophysical study of Mesquite Valley: Nevada-California border, J. Geophys. Res., 90, 8685- 8689, 1985.

Hager, B. H., R. W. King, and M. H. Murray, Measurement of crustal deformation using the Global Positioning System, Ann. Rev. Earth Planet. Sci., 19, 351-382, 1991.

Murray, M. H., Global Positioning System measurement of crustal deformation in central California, Ph. D. Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, 310 pp., 1991.

Murray, M. H., J. C. Savage, M. Lisowski, and W. K. Gross, Coseismic displacements: 1992 Landers, California, earthquake, Geophys. Res. Lett., 20, 623-626, 1993.

Feigl, K. L., D. C. Agnew, Y. Bock, D. Dong, A. Donnellan, B. H. Hager, T. A. Herring, D. D. Jackson, T. H. Jordan, R. W. King, S. Larsen, K. M. Larson, M. H. Murray, Z. Shen, and F. H. Webb, Measurement of the velocity field of central and southern California, 1984-1992, J. Geophys. Res., 98, 21,677-21,712, 1993.

Lisowski, M., J. C. Savage, W. H. Prescott, J. Svarc, and M. H. Murray, No convincing pre-cursory geodetic anomaly observed, in The Loma Prieta, California, Earthquake of October 17, 1989: Preseismic Observations, U. S. Geological Survey Prof. Pap. 1550- C, edited by M. J. S. Johnston, 67-72, 1993.

Oppenheimer, D., G. Beroza, G. Carver, L. Dengler, J. Eaton, L. Gee, F. Gonzalez, A. Jayko, W. H. Li, M. Lisowski, M. Magee, G. Marshall, M. Murray, R. McPherson, B. Romanowicz, K. Satake, R. Simpson, P. Somerville, R. Stein, D. Valentine, The Cape Mendocino, California, earthquakes of April 1992: Subduction at the triple junction, Science, 261, 433-438, 1993.

Savage, J.C., Lisowski, M., and Murray, M., Deformation from 1973 through 1991 in the epicentral area of the 1992 Landers, California, earthquake (Ms = 7.5), J. Geophys. Res., 98, 19,951- 19,958, 1993.

USGS and SCEC Staffs (Murray, M. H. contributor), The magnitude 6.7 Northridge, California, earthquake of January 17, 1994, Science, 266, 389-397, 1994.

Dengler, L., Moley, K., McPherson, R., Pasyanos, M., Dewey, J., and Murray, M., The September 1, 1994 Mendocino Fault earthquake, Calif. Geol., 48, 43-53, 1995.

Hudnut, K.W., Shen, Z., Murray, M., McClusky, S., King, R., Herring, T., Hager, B., Feng, Y., Fang, P., Donnellan, A., and Bock, Y., Co-seismic displacements of the 1994 Northridge, California, earthquake, Bull. Seismol. Soc. Am., 86(1B), S19-36, 1996.

Murray, M.H., Marshall, G.A., Lisowski, M., and Stein, R.S., The 1992 M=7 Cape Mendocino, California, earthquake: Coseismic deformation at the south end of the Cascadia megathrust, J. Geophys. Res., 101, 17,707-17,725, 1996.

Lisowski, M., M. H. Murray, and J. Svarc, Geodetic measurements of coseismic horizontal deformation, in The Loma Prieta, California, Earthquake of October 17, 1989: Main-Shock Characteristics, U. S. Geological Survey Prof. Pap. 1550- A, edited by P. Spudich, 81-103, 1996.

Mossop, A., M. Murray, S. Owen, and P. Segall, Subsidence at The Geysers geothermal field: Results and simple models, in Proc. Twenty-Second Workshop on Geothermal Reservoir Engineering, Stanford Geothermal Program Workshop Report SGP-TR-155, Stanford University, California, 377-382, 1997.

Savage, J. C., R. W. Simpson, and M. H. Murray, Strain accumulation rates in the San Francisco Bay area, 1972-1989, J. Geophys. Res., 103, 18,039-18,051, 1998.

Uhrhammer, R., L. S. Gee, M. Murray, D. Dreger, and B. Romanowicz, The Mw5.1 San Juan Bautista, California, earthquake of 12 August 1998, Seismol. Res. Lett., 70, 10-18, 1999.

Freymueller, J. T., M. H. Murray, P. Segall, and D. Castillo, Kinematics of the Pacific-North America plate boundary zone, northern California, J. Geophys. Res., 104, 7419-7442, 1999.

Savage, J. C., J. L. Svarc, W. H. Prescott, and M. H. Murray, Deformation across the forearc of the Cascadia subduction zone at Cape Blanco, J. Geophys. Res., 105, 3095-3102, 2000.

Bürgmann, R., D. Schmidt, R. M. Nadeau, M. d'Alessio, E. Fielding, D. Manaker, T. V. McEvilly, and M. H. Murray, Earthquake potential along the northern Hayward fault, California, Science, 289, 1178-1182, 2000.

Owen, S., P. Segall, M. Lisowski, A. Miklius, M. Murray, M. Bevis, J. Foster, January 30, 1997 eruptive event on Kilauea Volcano, Hawaii, as monitored by continuous GPS, Geophys. Res. Lett., 27, 2757-2760, 2000.

Murray, M. H., and Lisowski, M., Strain accumulation along the Cascadia subduction zone from Cape Mendocino, California to the Strait of Juan de Fuca, Geophys. Res. Lett., 22, 3631-3634, 2000.

Cervelli, P., M. H. Murray, P. Segall, Y. Aoki., and T. Kato, Estimating source parameters from deformation data, with an application to the March 1997 earthquake swarm off the Izu Peninsula, Japan, J. Geophys. Res., 106, 11,217-11,238, 2001.

Murray, M. H., and P. Segall, Modeling broadscale deformation in northern California and Nevada from plate motions and elastic strain accumulation, Geophys. Res. Lett., 28, 4315-4318, 2001.

Svarc, J. L., J. C. Savage, W. H. Prescott, and M. H. Murray, Strain accumulation and rotation in western Oregon and southwestern Washington, J. Geophys. Res., 107(B5), 10.1029/2001JB000625, 2002.

Battaglia, M., Zuliani, D., Pascutti, D., Michelini, A., Marson, I., Murray, M.H., and R. Bürgmann, Network Assesses Earthquake Potential in Italy's Southern Alps., EOS Trans. AGU, 84 (28), 262-264, 15 July, 2003.

Battaglia, M., M. H. Murray, E. Serpelloni, and R. Bürgmann, The Adriatic region: An independent microplate within the Africa-Eurasia collision zone, Geophys. Res. Lett., 31, L09605, doi:10.1029/2004GL019723, 2004.

Rolandone, F., D. Dreger, M. Murray, and R. Bürgmann, Coseismic slip distribution of the 2003 Mw 6.6 San Simeon earthquake, California, determined from GPS measurements and seismic waveform data, Geophys. Res. Lett., 33, L16315, doi:10.1029/2006GL027079, 2006.

Selected Abstracts

Murray, M. H., T. H. Jordan, J. B. Minster, D. E. Smith, and D. C. Christodoulidis, SLR vector position data: Rate scaling of global plate tectonic models (abstract), EOS Trans. AGU, 66, 850, 1985.

Murray, M. H., T. H. Jordan, J. B. Minster, and D. E. Smith, Comparison of space-geodetic data to global plate models: Constraints on plate boundary deformation (abstract), EOS Trans. AGU, 67, 906, 1986.

Davis, J. L., M. H. Murray, R. W. King, and Y. Bock, Assessing the Effects of Atmospheric Errors on Estimates of Relative Position Obtained from GPS Data (abstract), EOS Trans. AGU, 68, 286, 1987.

Murray, M. H., R. W. King, and P. J. Morgan, SV5: a terrestrial reference frame for monitoring crustal deformation with the Global Positioning System (abstract), EOS Trans. AGU, 71, 1274, 1990.

Murray, M. H., R. W. King, D. N. Dong, K. L. Feigl, T. H. Jordan, and Y. Bock, Global Positioning System measurement of crustal deformation in central California: 1987-1990 (abstract), EOS Trans. AGU, 71, 1273, 1990.

Svarc, J.L., Murray, M.H., and Prescott, W.H., A GPS software comparison: Bernese and GAMIT (abstract), EOS Trans. AGU, 74(43), Fall Meeting Suppl., 197, 1993.

Lisowski, M., Murray, M.H., Svarc, J.L., and Marshall, G.A., Regional deformation near Long Valley caldera, California, from annual GPS surveys, 1989-1993 (abstract), EOS Trans. AGU, 75(44), Fall Meeting Suppl., 166, 1994.

King, N.E., Murray, M.H., Prescott, W.H., Clymer, R., Romanowicz, B., The Bay Area Regional Deformation (BARD) permanent GPS array (abstract), EOS Trans. AGU, 75(44), Fall Meeting Suppl., 470, 1994.

King, N.E., Prescott, W.H., Murray, M.H., Clymer, R., and Romanowicz, B., The Bay Area Regional Deformation (BARD) permanent GPS array (abstract), EOS Trans. AGU, 76(46), Fall Meeting Suppl., 141, 1995.

Gee, L.S., D.S. Neuhauser, D.S. Dreger, M.E. Pasyanos, M.H. Murray, R.A. Uhrhammer, and B. Romanowizc, The REDI Project - Current status and future development (abstract), EOS Trans. AGU, 76(46), Fall Meeting Suppl., 395, 1995.

Murray, M.H., and M. Lisowski, Crustal deformation near the Mendocino Triple Junction, EOS Trans. AGU, 76(46), Fall Meeting Suppl., 627, 1995.

McCrory, P.A., D.S. Wilson, and M.H. Murray, Modern plate motions in the Mendocino Triple Junction region: Implications for partitioning of strain, EOS Trans. AGU, 76(46), Fall Meeting Suppl., 631, 1995.

Murray, M H, P Segall, W H Prescott, N E King, M Lisowski, R Bürgmann, J T Freymueller, S D P Williams, and B Romanowicz, The Deformation Field Across the Pacific-North America Plate Boundary in Northern California from EDM, GPS, and VLBI Observations (abstract), EOS Trans. AGU, 77, Fall Meeting Suppl., F143, 1996.

Murray, M H, D S Dreger, D S Neuhauser, L S Gee, P Segall, and B Romanowicz, Rapid Finite-Fault Determination from Geodetic Data (abstract), EOS Trans. AGU, 77, Fall Meeting Suppl., F147, 1996.

King, N E, H Johnson, W H Prescott, M H Murray, J L Svarc, R Clymer, and B Romanowicz, Estimates of GPS and Monument Noise From the Bay Area Regional Deformation (BARD) Permanent Array (abstract), EOS Trans. AGU, 77, Fall Meeting Suppl., F153, 1996.

McCrory, P A, D S Wilson, and M H Murray, Crustal Deformation at the Leading Edge of the Siletz Terrane, Coastal Washington (abstract), EOS Trans. AGU, 77, Fall Meeting Suppl., F669, 1996.

D R Baxter, M H Murray, D S Neuhauser, L S Gee, and B Romanowicz, Improving real-time earthtquake information with geodetic observations (abstract), EOS Trans. AGU, 78, Fall Meeting Suppl., 48, 1997. Poster (PDF, 0.8 MB)

M H Murray, R W Simpson, and J C Savage, The spatial distribution of interseismic strain accumulation in the San Francisco Bay area, 1973-1989 (abstract), EOS Trans. AGU, 78, Fall Meeting Suppl., 158-159, 1997.

Segall, P., P. Cervelli, M. H. Murray, and S. Owen, Imaging slow seismic sources using GPS (abstract), Seismol. Res. Lett., 69, 145, 1998.

Murray, M. H., D. S. Dreger, D. S. Neuhauser, D. R. Baxter, L. S. Gee, and B. Romanowicz, Real-time earthtquake geodesy (abstract), Seismol. Res. Lett., 69, 145, 1998.

Perin, B. J., C. M. Meertens, D. S. Neuhauser, D. R. Baxter, M. H. Murray, and R. Butler, Institutional collaborations for joint seismic and GPS measurements (abstract), Seismol. Res. Lett., 69, 159, 1998.

McCallum, M L, H O Johnson, C Noll, C Meertens, and M Murray, GPS data discovery via seamless interface to archives, (abstract), EOS Trans. AGU, 79(45), Fall Meeting Suppl., F22, 1998.

Cervelli, P, M Murray, and P Segall, Imaging deformation sources with geodetic data, (abstract), EOS Trans. AGU, 79(45), Fall Meeting Suppl., F33, 1998.

Murray, M H, W H Prescott, R Bürgmann, J T Freymueller, P Segall, J Svarc, S D J Williams, M Lisowski, and B Romanowicz, The deformation field of the Pacific-North America plate boundary zone in northern California from geodetic data, 1973-1998, (abstract), EOS Trans. AGU, 79(45), Fall Meeting Suppl., F192, 1998. Poster (PDF, 8 MB)

Prescott, W H, R Baxter, R Bürgmann, M Murray, B Romanowicz, J Savage, J Svarc, and K Wendt, Broad scale deformation across the Pacific-North America boundary in northern California, (abstract), EOS Trans. AGU, 79(45), Fall Meeting Suppl., F192, 1998.

Kerkela, S, M H Murray, L Liu, M D Zoback, and P Segall, Strain accumulation in the New Madrid Seismic Zone from GPS data, 1993-1997, (abstract), EOS Trans. AGU, 79(45), Fall Meeting Suppl., F201, 1998.

Murray, M H, R Bürgmann, W H Prescott, B Romanowicz, S Schwartz, P Segall, and E Silver, The Bay Area Regional Deformation (BARD) permanent GPS network in northern California, (abstract), EOS Trans. AGU, 79(45), Fall Meeting Suppl., F206, 1998.

McCaffrey, R, C Goldfinger, M H Murray, P Zwick, J L Nabelek, and C K Johnson, GPS constraints on forearc sliver motion, plate coupling, and strain partitioning in northwestern Oregon, (abstract), EOS Trans. AGU, 79(45), Fall Meeting Suppl., F874, 1998.

Neuhauser, D., S. Zuzlewski, L. Gee, M. Murray, R. Baxter, F. Klein, and B. Romanowicz, Enhancements to the Northern California Earthquake Center, EOS Trans. AGU, 80(46), Fall Meeting Suppl., F659, 1999.

McCaffrey, R, C Goldfinger, C. Stevens, C. K. Johnson, P. Zwick, M. Long, C. Williams, J. Johnson, Y. Zhou, J. Nabalek, M. H. Murray, and C. L. Smith, GPS measurements of plate coupling adn strain partitioningin northwestern Oregon, EOS Trans. AGU, 80(46), Fall Meeting Suppl., F267, 1999.

Murray, M. H., W. H. Prescott, D. M. Manaker, R. Bürgmann, P. Segall, and B. Romanowicz, Interseismic strain accumulation along the San Andreas fault system in northern California, EOS Trans. AGU, 80(46), Fall Meeting Suppl., F701, 1999.

Murray, M. H., D. S. Neuhauser, D. R. Baxter, L. S. Gee, D. S. Dreger, and B. Romanowicz, Combining seismic and geodetic data to improve rapid earthquake notification, Seismol. Res. Lett., 71, 261, 2000.

Murray, M. H., and P. Segall, Modeling broadscale deformation from plate motions and elastic strain accumulations: Application to the western U.S., EOS Trans. AGU, 81(48), F341,2000.

Neuhauser, D., D. Oppenheimer, S. Zuzlewski, L. Gee, M. Murray, W. Prescott, and B. Romanowicz, New projects and datasets at the Northern California Earthquake Data Center, EOS Trans. AGU, 81(48), F901, 2000.

Dreger, D., M. H. Murray, and A. Kaverina, Finite source process of the 28 February 2001 Mw 6.8 Nisqually, Washington earthquake, in Program, Seismol. Soc. Am. 96th Ann. Mtg, 17-21 April 2001, San Francisco, Calif., p. 48, 2001.

Murray, M. H., Modeling western U.S. deformation from plate motions and elastic strain accumulation, EOS Trans. AGU, 82(47), Fall Meet. Suppl., Abstract G41A-0201, 2001.

Neuhauser, D., D. Oppenheimer, S. Zuzlewski, L. Gee, M. Murray, A. Basset, W. Prescott, and B. Romanowicz, Collaborative projects at the Northern California Earthquake Data Center (NCEDC), EOS Trans. AGU, 82(47), Fall Meet. Suppl., Abstract S11B-0563, 2001.

Murray, M. H., Crustal deformation near the Mendocino Triple Junction, Geol. Soc. Am. Abstracts with Programs, 34(5), A-107, 2002.

Murray, M.H., D.S. Neuhauser, L.S. Gee, D.S. Dreger, A. Basset, and B. Romanowicz, Combining real-time seismic and geodetic data to improve rapid earthquake information, EOS Trans. AGU, 83(47), Fall Meeting Suppl., Abstract G52A-0957, 2002. Poster (PDF, 1.0 MB)

Neuhauser, D., D. Oppenheimer, S. Zuzlewski, F. Klein, E. Jensen, L. Gee, M. Murray, and B. Romanowicz, Improved Data Access From the Northern California Earthquake Data Center, EOS Trans. AGU, 83(47), Fall Meeting Suppl., Abstract S71A-1069, 2002.

Murray, M.H., Y. Bock, R. Bürgmann, M. J. Johnston, J. Langbein, A. Linde, B. Romanowicz, I. S. Sacks, D. T. Sandwell, P. G. Silver, and W. Thatcher, Broadband observations of plate boundary deformation in the San Francisco Bay area, EOS Trans. AGU, 83(47), Fall Meeting Suppl., Abstract T71D-1192, 2002. Poster (PDF, 2.4 MB)

Zuliani, D., M. Battaglia, M. Murray, A. Michelini, R Bürgmann, and I. Marson, FReDNet: A continuous gps geodetic network monitoring crustal deformation in NE Italy, EOS Trans. AGU, 83(47), Fall Meeting Suppl., Abstract G21A-0958, 2002. Poster (PDF, 7.6 MB)

Battaglia, M., M. H. Murray, and R. Bürgmann, In search of the Adriatic microplate, EOS Trans. AGU, 83(47), Fall Meeting Suppl., Abstract G22A-04, 2002.