Books

1. Smith, R. B. and L. Siegel, 2000, Windows Into the Earth: The Geology of Yellowstone And Grand Teton Parks, Oxford University Press, 247 pp.

Refereed Papers in National and International Scientific Journals

1. Stokes, W. L., editor, 1961, Geological Map of Utah Northeast Quarter; Utah Geological and Mineralogical Survey, Salt Lake City, contribution by Robert B. Smith.

2. Smith, R. B., 1963, Report of the Official U. S. Representative to the British Antarctic Survey, 1962-1963; (Open File Report), U. S. Antarctic Projects Office, Washington, D.C.

3. University of Utah, Department of Geophysics, Seismological Bulletin; July 1963 through June 1966, compiled and written by Robert B. Smith and others, editor K. L. Cook, Salt Lake City.

4. Cook, K. L. and R. B. Smith, 1967, Seismicity in Utah 1850 through June 1965; Bull. Seismol. Soc. Am., 58, 4, 689-718.

5. Smith, R. B. and B. E. Kaliser, 1968, Blast studies; Utah Geological and Mineralogical Survey Quarterly Review, Utah Geological Survey, 2, 2, 6.

6. Smith, R. B., 1970, A regional gravity survey of western and central Montana, Bull. Am. Assoc. Petrol. Geol., 54, 7, 1172- 1183.

7. Shuey, R. T. and R. B. Smith, 1970, Electric lake charges investigation; Quarterly Review, Utah Geological Survey, 4, 3, 5.

8. Smith, R. B., 1971, Contemporary seismicity seismic gaps, and earthquake recurrences of the Wasatch Front; Environmental Geology of the Wasatch Front, 1971, Utah Geological Assoc., Publication 1, 11-19.

9. Sbar, M., M., Baranzangi, J. Dorman, C. Scholz, and R. B. Smith, 1971, Tectonics of the Intermountain Seismic Belt, Western United States: Microearthquake seismicity and composite fault plane solutions, Bull. Geol. Soc. Amer., 83, 13-28.

10. Bucher, R. and Smith, R. B. Crustal structure of the Eastern Basin and Range and Northern Colorado Plateau from phase velocities of Rayleigh Waves, Amer. Geophys. Un. Monograph, 14, 59-70.

11. Smith, R. B., J. Warnock, W. D. Stanley, and E. R. Cole, 1972, Computer graphics in geophysics, Geophysics, 37, 725-838.

12. 1972, Glossary of Geology, (Gray, Mc Afee and Wolf, editors), Am. Geological Institute, contribution by R. B. Smith for definitions in well log analyses.

13. Smith, R. B. and W. D. Stanley, 1973, On computer graphics, Reply to discussion, Geophysics, 38, 982.

14. Bonini, W. and R. B. Smith, 1974, Bouguer Gravity Map of Montana, Montana Bureau of Mines and Geology, Spec. Publ. 62, scale 1:500,00.

15. Mikulich, M. and R. B. Smith, 1974, Seismic reflection and aeromagnetic surveys of the Great Salt Lake, Utah, Bull. Geol. Soc. Am., 85, 991-1002.

16. Smith, R. B. and M. Sbar, 1974, Contemporary tectonics and seismicity of the Western United States with emphasis on the Intermountain Seismic Belt, Bull. Geol. Soc. Am., 85, 1205-1218.

17. Braile, L., R. B. Smith, G. R. Keller, and R. P. Meyer, 1974, Crustal structure across the Wasatch Front from detailed seismic refraction studies: J. Geophys. Res., 79, 2669-2677.

18. Smith, R. B., P. Winkler, J. Anderson, and C. Scholz, 1974, Source mechanisms of microearthquakes associated with underground mines in Utah: Bull. Seismol. Am., 64, 1295-1317.

19. Pennington, W., A. B. Trimble, and R. B. Smith, 1974, A microearthquake survey of parts of the Snake River Plain and Central Idaho: Bull. Seism. Soc. Am., 64, 307-312.

20. Smith, R. B., R. T. Shuey, R. Freidline, R. Otis, and L. Alley, 1974, Yellowstone Hot Spot: New magnetic and seismic evidence: Geology, 2, 451-455.

21. Smith, R. B., 1974, Seismicity and earthquake hazards of the Wasatch Front, Earthquake Information Bull. 6, 4, 12-17 (also published in Earthquake Research and Knowledge - United States Congressional Record - April, 1975).

22. Braile, L. and R. B. Smith, Guide to the interpretation of crustal refraction profiles, Geophys. J. of the Royal Astronomical Soc., 40, 145-176.

23. Trimble, A. B. and R. B. Smith, 1975, Seismicity and contemporary tectonics of the Hebgen Lake-Yellowstone Park region: J. Geophys. Res., 80, 5, 733-741.

24. Keller, G. R., R. B. Smith, and L. Braile, 1975, Crustal structure along the eastern margin of the Great Basin from detailed refraction measurements, J. Geophys. Res., 80, 1093-1098.

25. Smith, R. B., L. W. Braile, and G. R. Keller, 1975, Crustal low velocity layers: Possible implications of high temperatures at the Basin Range- Colorado Plateau transition, Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 28, 197-204.

26. Freidline, R., R. B. Smith, and D. D. Blackwell, 1975, Seismicity and contemporary tectonics of the Helena, Montana area, Bull. Seism. Soc. America, 66, 81-85.

27. Morgan, P., D. D. Blackwell, R. Spafford, and R. B. Smith, 1975, Evidence from heat flow measurements for laterally extensive geothermal fluid systems in the Yellowstone Caldera, Yellowstone National Park, Wyo., Proceedings Second United Nations Symposium on Geothermal Energy, 2, 1155-1160.

28. Keller, G. R., R. B. Smith, L. Braile, W. R. Heaney, and P. Shurbet, 1976, Upper crustal structure of the Eastern Basin-Range, Northern Colorado Plateau, and Middle Rocky Mountains from Rayleigh Wave Dispersion, Bull. Seism. Soc. Am., 66, 869-876.

29. Otis, R. and R. B. Smith, 1976, Homomorphic deconvolution by log spectral averaging, Geophysics, 42, 6, 1146-1157.

30. Smith, R. B., G. P. Eaton, and D. R. Mabey, 1976, Regional geophysics and tectonics of the Intermountain West, Penrose Conference Report, Geology, 437-438.

31. Smith, R. B., 1977, Intraplate tectonics of the Western North American Plate, Tectonophysics, 37, 323-336.

32. Smith, R. B., 1977, Preface to the Yellowstone Symposium, J. Geophys. Res., 82, 3663.

33. Smith, R. B., J. R. Pelton, and J. D. Love, 1977, Seismicity and the possibility of earthquake related landslides in the Teton-Gros Ventre-Jackson Hole area, Wyoming, Contributions to Wyoming Geology, v. 14, p. 57-64, Reprinted in Rocky Mountain Thrust Belt Geology and Resources, 603-610.

34. Smith, R. B., 1977, The Yellowstone Symposium, J. Geophys. Res., 82, 3663.

35. Smith, R. B., R. T. Shuey, J. R. Pelton, and J. P. Bailey, 1977, Yellowstone Hot Spot, crustal properties from new earthquake and magnetic data, J. Geophys. Res., 82, 3665-3676.

36. Otis, R. M., R. B. Smith, and R. J. Wold, 1977, Geophysical surveys of Yellowstone Lake, Wyoming, J. Geophys. Res., 82, 3705-3718.

37. Wold, R. J., R. B. Smith , and M. A. Mayhew, 1977, Geophysical study of a hydrothermal explosion crater in Mary Bay, Yellowstone Lake, Wyoming, J. Geophys. Res., 82, 3733-3738.

38. Morgan, P., D. D. Blackwell, R. E. Spafford, and R. B. Smith, 1977, Heat flow measurements in Yellowstone Lake and the thermal structure of the Yellowstone Caldera, J. Geophys. Res., 82, 379-3732.

39. Smith, R. B., 1978, Seismicity, crustal structure, and intraplate tectonics of the Western Cordillera, in Cenozoic Tectonics and Regional Geophysics of the Western Cordillera, editors, R. B. Smith and G. P. Eaton, Memoir 152, Bull. Geol. Soc. Amer., 111-144.

40. Smith, R. B. and A. Lindh, 1978, A compilation of fault plane solutions of the Western United States, (in) Cenozoic Tectonics and Regional Geophysics of the Western Cordillera, editors, R. B. Smith and G. P. Eaton, Memoir 152, Bull. Geol. Soc. Am., 107-110.

41. Smith, R. B. and G. P. Eaton, 1978, Preface, in Cenozoic Tectonics and Regional Geophysics of the Western Cordillera, editors, R. B. Smith and G. P. Eaton, Memoir 152, Geol. Soc. Am., vii-viii.

42. Ward, S. H. and others (including R. B. Smith), 1978, A summary of geology, geochemistry, and geophysics of the Roosevelt Hot Springs Thermal area, Utah, Geophysics, 43, 1515-1542.

43. Arabasz, W. J. and R. B. Smith, 1979, Introduction: What you've always wanted to know about earthquakes in Utah, in Earthquake Studies in Utah 1850 to 1978, ed. W. J. Arabasz, R. B. Smith and W. D. Richins, University of Utah Seismograph Stations, 1-14.

44. Smith, R. B., 1979, Fundamentals of earthquake seismology, in Earthquake Studies in Utah 1850 to 1978, ed. W. J. Arabasz, R. B. Smith and W. D. Richins, University of Utah Seismograph Stations, 15-32.

45. Arabasz, W. J., R. B. Smith , and W. D. Richins, 1979, Earthquake studies along the Wasatch Front, Utah: Network monitoring, seismicity, and seismic hazards, in Earthquake Studies in Utah 1850 to 1978, ed. W. J. Arabasz, R. B. Smith and W. D. Richins, University of Utah Seismograph Stations, 253-286.

46. Smith, R. B., G. Zandt, and J. E. Gaiser, 1979, A feasibility study of earthquake prediction using temporal variations in seismic velocity along the Wasatch Front from quarry-blast monitoring, in Earthquake Studies in Utah 1850 to 1978, ed. W. J. Arabasz, R. B. Smith and W. D. Richins, University of Utah Seismograph Stations, 383-394.

47. Pavlis, T. L., and R. B. Smith, 1979, Slip vectors on faults near Salt Lake City from Quaternary displacement and seismicity, in Earthquake Studies in Utah 1850 to 1978, ed. W. J. Arabasz, R. B. Smith, and W. D. Richins, University of Utah Seismograph Stations, 375-382.

48. Langer, C. J., G. R. Keller, and R. B. Smith, 1979, A study of the aftershocks of the October 1, 1972, mb = 4.7 Heber City, Utah earthquake in Earthquake Studies in Utah 1850 to 1978, ed. W. J. Arabasz, R. B. Smith, and W. D. Richins, University of Utah Seismograph Stations, 383-394.

49. Smith, R. B. and W. J. Arabasz, 1979, Seismicity, tectonics and crustal structure in Utah: Important aspects from new data, in Earthquake Studies in Utah 1850 to 1978, ed. W. J. Arabasz, R. B. Smith and W. D. Richins, University of Utah Seismograph Stations,  395-408.

50. Arabasz, W. J. and R. B. Smith, 1979, The November 1971 earthquake swarm near Cedar City, Utah, in Earthquake Studies in Utah 1850 to 1978, ed. W. J. Arabasz, R. B. Smith and W. D. Richins, University of Utah Seismograph Stations, 423-432.

51. Smith, R. B. and J. A. Lehman, 1979, Ground response spectra from ML 5.7 Logan (Cache Valley) earthquake of 1962, in Earthquake Studies in Utah 1850 to 1978, ed. W. J. Arabasz, R. B. Smith, and W. D. Richins, University of Utah Seismograph Stations, 487-496.

52. Pelton, J. R. and R. B. Smith, 1979, Recent crustal uplift in Yellowstone National Park, Science, 206, 1179-1182.

53. Smith, R. B. and R. L. Christiansen, 1980, Yellowstone Park as a window on the Earth's interior, Scientific American, 242, 2, 104-117.

54. Arabasz, W. J., R. B. Smith, and W. D. Richins, 1980, Earthquake studies along the Wasatch Front, Utah: Network monitoring, seismicity, and seismic hazards, Bull. Seism. Soc. Am., 70, 1479-1499.

55. Smith, R. B., G. Zandt, and J. E. Gaiser, 1980, Temporal monitoring of seismic velocity along the Wasatch Front using quarry blasts, Bull. Seism. Soc. America, 70, 1527-1546.

56. Pavlis, T. L. and R. B. Smith, 1980, Slip vectors on faults near Salt Lake City, Utah from Quaternary displacements and seismicity, Bull. Seism. Soc. America, 70, 1521-1526.

57. Ryall, A. S. and R. B. Smith, 1980, Preface to Seismicity of the Wasatch Front and Great Basin-Sierra Nevada Boundary, Bull. Seism. Soc. America, 70, 1429.

58. Hawley, B. W., G. Zandt, and R. B. Smith, 1981, Simultaneous inversion for hypocenters and lateral velocity variations: An iterative solution with a layered model, J. Geophys. Res., 86, 7073-7086.

59. Arabasz, W. J. and R. B. Smith, 1981, Earthquake prediction in the Intermountain Belt -- An intraplate extensional regime, Maurice Ewing Series 4, Earthquake Prediction, An International Review, Am. Geophys. Un., 248-258.

60. Smith, R. B., L. W. Braile, M. M. Schilly, J. Ansorge, C. Prodehl, M. Baker, J. H. Healey, S. Mueller, and R. Greensfelder, 1982, The Yellowstone- eastern Snake River Plain seismic profiling experiment: Crustal structure of Yellowstone, J. Geophys. Res., 84, 2583-2596.

61. Schilly, M. M., R. B. Smith, J. Ansorge, J. H. Lehman, and L. W. Braile, 1982, The Yellowstone-eastern Snake River Plain seismic profiling experiment: Upper-crustal structure, J. Geophys. Res., 84, 2692-2704.

62. Lehman, J. A., R. B. Smith, M. M. Schilly, and L. W. Braile, 1982, Crustal structure of the Yellowstone caldera from delay-time analyses and correlation with gravity data, J. Geophys. Res., 84, 2713-2730.

63. Sparlin, M. A., L. W. Braile, and R. B. Smith, 1982, Crustal structure of the Eastern Snake River Plain determined from ray-trace modeling of seismic refraction data, J. Geophys. Res., 84, 2619-2633.

64. Baker, M. R., L. W. Braile, and R. B. Smith, 1982, Amplitude normalization of seismograms from multiple seismograph recording systems for the Yellowstone Snake River Plain seismic profiling experiment: Crustal structure of the eastern Snake River Plain, J. Geophys. Res., 84, 2597-2610.

65. Braile, L. W., R. B. Smith, J. Ansorge, M. R. Baker, M. A. Sparlin, C. Prodehl, M. M. Schilly, J. H. Healy, S. Mueller, and K. H. Olsen, 1982, The Yellowstone Snake River Plain seismic profiling experiment: Crustal structure of the eastern Snake River Plain, J. Geophys. Res., 84, 2597-2610.

66. Smith, R. B., 1982, Introduction to Special Symposium Volume, Yellowstone- Snake River Plain, J. Geophys. Res., 84, 2581.

67. Doser, D. I. and Smith, R. B., 1982, Seismic moment rates for earthquakes in the Utah region, Bull. Seism. Soc. America, 72, 525-552.

68. Pelton, J. R. and R. B. Smith, 1982, Contemporary vertical surface displacements in Yellowstone National Park, J. Geophys. Res., 87, 2745-2761.

69. Smith, R. B., 1982, Earthquakes, seismic geology, and earthquake hazards of the Wasatch Front and Intermountain Region, Earthquake Engineering Research Institute, Regional Seminar, Salt Lake City, Utah, 4 .

70. Smith, R. B., 1982, Contemporary tectonics and lithospheric structure, Chapter 13 of the Cordillera Orogen, Conterminous U. S. Sector, Geol. Soc. America, Perspective Regional Geological Synthesis, Decade of North American Geology, Special Publication 1.

71. Smith, R. B. and L. W. Braile, 1982, Crustal structure and evolution of an explosive silicic volcanic system at Yellowstone National Park, Thirty- Third Annual Field Conference - 1982 Wyoming Geological Association Guidebook, 233-250.

72. Smith, R. B., 1982, Crustal structure and evolution of an explosive silicic volcanic system at Yellowstone National Park, Special preprint for Enrico Fermi International School of Physics Students, Varenna, Italy, 35 p.

73. Allmendinger, R. W., J. W. Sharp, D. V. Tish, L. Serpa, L. Brown, S. Kaufman, J. Oliver, and R. B. Smith, 1983, Cenozoic and Mesozoic structure of the eastern Basin and Range from COCORP seismic reflection data, Geology, 11, 532-536.

74. Doser, D. I and R. B. Smith, 1983, Seismicity of the Teton-Southern Yellowstone Region, Wyoming, Bull. Seism. Soc. America, 73, 1369-1394.

75. Snay, R. A., R. B Smith, and T. A. Soler, 1984, Horizontal strain across the Wasatch Front near Salt Lake City, Utah, J. Geophys. Res., 89, no. B2, 1113-1122.

76. Smith, R. B., 1984, Chapter 3 of Seismology and Lithospheric Exploration, Seismological Studies of the Continental Lithosphere, National Academy of Sciences/National Research Council, Washington, D.C., 113 p.

77. Smith, R. B. and L. W. Braile, 1984, Crustal structure and evolution of an explosive silicic volcanic system at Yellowstone National Park; in Studies In Geophysics; Explosive Volcanism: Inception, Evolution, and Hazards, National Academy Press, 96-111.

78. Smith, R. B. and R. L. Bruhn, 1984, Intraplate extensional tectonics of the western U. S. Cordillera: Inferences on structural style from seismic reflection data, regional tectonics and thermal-mechanical models of brittle-ductile deformation, J. Geophys. Res., 89, 5733-5762.

79. Benz, H. and R. B. Smith, 1984, Simultaneous inversion for lateral velocity variations and hypo centers in the Yellowstone region using earthquake and refraction data, J. Geophys. Res., 89, 1208-1220.

80. Smith, R. B. and P. Eddington, 1984, Strain rates in Utah from seismic moments, geodetic surveys and paleoslip, Workshop XI on "Evolution of Regional and Urban Earthquake Hazards and Risk in Utah," U. S. Geological Survey Open-File Report, 84-763, 422-237.

81. Smith, R. B., and W. D. Richins, 1984, Seismicity and earthquake hazards of Utah and the Wasatch front: Paradigm and Paradox proceedings from Workshop XI on "Evaluation of Regional and Urban Earthquake Hazards and Risk in Utah", U. S. Geological Survey Open-File Report, 84-763, 73-112.

82. Richins, W. D., R. B. Smith, C. J. Langer, J. E. Zollweg, J. J. King, and J. C. Pechmann, 1985, The 1983 Borah Peak, Idaho earthquake: Relationship of aftershocks to the mainshock, surface faulting, and regional tectonics, Workshop XXVIII on "The Borah Peak Earthquake," U. S. Geological Survey Open-File Report, 85-290, 285-310.