Papers Since 2000

  • Lowry, A. R., N. M. Ribe, and R. B. Smith, 2000, Dynamic elevation of the Cordillera, western United States, J. Geophys. Res., 105(B10), 23371-23390. PDF

  • Humphreys, E. D., K. G. Dueker, D. L. Schutt, and R. B. Smith, (2000), Beneath Yellowstone: Evaluating plume and nonplume models using teleseismic images of the upper mantle, GSA Today, 10(12), 1-7. PDF

  • Smith, R. B. 2000, Windows Into Yellowstone: An interview with geologist and geophysicist Robert. B. Smith, Yellowstone Science, 8(4), 1-13. PDF

  • Earthscope Working Group including R. B. Smith, 2001, Earth Scope: A New View Into Earth, Project Plan, Washington, D.C.

  • Ward, P., R. Smith, L. Cahn, C. Dahl, and K. Watts. 2001, Natural Hazards That Could Affect the Schools of Teton County, Wyoming, online document.

  • Waite, G. R. and R. B. Smith, 2002, Seismic evidence for fluid migration accompanying subsidence of the Yellowstone Caldera, J. Geophysical Res., 107(B9), 2177, doi:10.1029/2001JB000586. PDF

  • Chang, W. L. and R. B. Smith, 2002, Integrated earthquake hazard analysis of the Wasatch Front, Utah, Bull. Seismol. Soc. Amer., 92(2), 1904-1922. PDF

  • Youngs, R, W. Arabasz, W., W. Anderson, A. Ramelli, J. Ake, D. Slemmons, J.P. McCalpin, D. I. Doser, C. J. Fridrich, F. Swan III, A. Rogers, J. Yount, L. Anderson, K. Smith, R. Smith and Ronald L. Bruhn, 2003, A methodology for probabilistic fault displacement hazard analysis (PFDHA): Earthquake Spectra, 19(1), 191-219.

  • Husen, S., R. Taylor, R. B. Smith, and H. Heasler, 2004, Changes in geyser eruption behavior and remotely triggered seismicity in Yellowstone National Park produced by the 2002 M 7.9 Denali fault earthquake, Alaska, Geology, 32(6), 537-540, doi:10.1130/G20381.1. PDF

  • Husen, S., R. B. Smith, and G. P. Waite, 2004, Evidence for gas and magmatic sources beneath the Yellowstone Volcanic Field from seismic tomographic imaging, J. Volcanol. Geotherm. Res., 131(3-4), 397-410. PDF

  • Waite, G. P., and R. B. Smith, 2004, Seismotectonics and stress field of the Yellowstone volcanic plateau from earthquake first-motions and other indicators, J. Geoph. Res, 109, B02301, doi:10.1029/2003JB00267. PDF

  • Brantley, S. R., J. B. Lowenstern, R. L. Christiansen, R. B. Smith, H. Heasler, G. Waite and C. Wicks, 2004, Tracking changes in Yellowstones restless volcanic system, U.S. Geol. Surv. Fact Sheet 100-03, 4 pp. PDF

  • Husen, S. and R. B. Smith, 2004, Probabilistic Earthquake Relocation in Three-Dimensional Velocity Models for the Yellowstone National Park Region, Wyoming, Bull. Seismol. Soc. America, 94(30), 880-896. PDF

  • Lowenstern, J. B, R. L. Christiansen, R. B. Smith, L. Morgan, and H. Heasler, 2005, Steam Explosions, Earthquakes, and Volcanic EruptionsWhats in Yellowstone, U.S. Geological Survey Fact Sheet 2005-30242005. PDF

  • Waite G. P., D. L. Schutt, R. B. Smith, 2005, Models of lithosphere and asthenosphere anisotropic structure of the Yellowstone hot spot from shear wave splitting, J. Geophys. Res., 110, B11304, doi:10.1029/2004JB003501. PDF

  • Waite, G. P., R. B. Smith, and R. L. Allen, 2006, VP and VS structure of the Yellowstone hot spot from teleseismic tomography: Evidence for an upper mantle plume, J. Geophys. Res. 111, B04303, doi:10.1029/2005JB003867. PDF

  • Lowenstern, J., R. B. Smith, and D. P. Hill, 2006, Volcano hazards of the Yellowstone and Long Valley, Phil. Trans. R. Soc. A, 264(1845), 2055-2072, doi:10.1098/rsta.2006.1813. PDF

  • Chang W.-L., R. B. Smith, C. M. Meertens, R. A. Harris, 2006, Contemporary deformation of the Wasatch Fault, Utah, from GPS measurements with implications for interseismic fault behavior and earthquake hazard: Observations and kinematic analysis, J. Geophys. Res., 111, B11405, doi:10.1029/2006JB004326. PDF

  • Puskas, C., R. B. Smith, C. M. Meertens and W. L. Chang, 2007, Crustal deformation of the Yellowstone-Snake River Plain Volcanic System: campaign and continuous GPS observations, 1987-2004, J. Geophys. Res, 112, B03401, doi:10.1029/2006JB004325. PDF

  • Vasco, D.W., C. W. Wicks, C. M. Puskas, R. B. Smith, W. Thatcher, and C.M. Meertens, 2007, Crustal deformation and source models of the Yellowstone volcanic field from geodetic data, J. Geophys. Res., 112, B03401, doi:10.1029/2006JB004325, 2007. PDF

  • Chang, W., R.B. Smith, C. Wicks, C. Puskas, and J. Farrell, 2007, Accelerated uplift and source models of the Yellowstone caldera, 2004-2006, From GPS and InSAR observations, Science 9 November 2007: Vol. 318. no. 5852, pp. 952 - 956DOI: 10.1126/science.1146842. PDF

  • Christiansen, R. L., J. B. Lowenstern, R. B. Smith, H. Heasler, L. A. Morgan, M. Nathenson, L. G. Mastin, L. J. P. Muffler, and J. E. Robinson, 2007, Preliminary Assessment of Volcanic and Hydrothermal Hazards in Yellowstone National Park and Vicinity, U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2007-1071. PDF

  • Puskas C. M., R. B. Smith, 2009, Intraplate deformation and microplate tectonics of the Yellowstone hot spot and surrounding western U.S. interior, J. Geophys. Res., 114, B04410, doi:10.1029/2008JB005940. PDF

  • Smith, R.B., et al., 2009, Geodynamics of the Yellowstone hotspot and mantle plume: Seismic and GPS imaging, kinematics, and mantle flow, J. Volcanol. Geotherm. Res., doi:10.1016/j.jvolgeores.2009.08.020.

  • DeNosaquo, K.R., R.B. Smith and A. R. Lowry, 2009, Density and lithospheric strength models of the Yellowstone-Snake River Plain volcanic system from gravity and heat flow data, J. Vol. Geotherm. Res, doi: 10.1016/j.jvolgeores.2009.08.006

  • White, B.J.P., R.B. Smith, S. Husen, J. Farrell and I. Wong, 2009, Seismicity and earthquake hazard analysis of the Teton-Yellowstone region, Wyoming, , J. Vol. Geotherm. Res., doi: 10.1016/j.jvolgeores.2009.08.015.

  • Farrell, J. M., S. Husen, and R.B. Smith 2009, Earthquake swarm identification and b-value mapping of the Yellowstone volcanic-tectonic system, J. Vol. Geotherm. Res, doi: 10.1016/j.jvolgeores.2009.08.008.

  • Taira, T., R. B. Smith and W. L. Chang, 2009, Seismic evidence for dilatational deformation accompanying the 2004-2008 Yellowstone accelerated uplift episode, J. Geophys. Res., (in press).

  • Chang, W. L., and R. B. Smith, 2009, Rheological properties of extensional lithosphere from postseismic relaxation of the 1959 M=7.5 Hebgen Lake Montana earthquake, (in revision).

  • Chang, W., and R. B. Smith, 2009, Elastic and viscoelastic models of crustal motion across the Wasatch fault, II. Models, J. Geophys. Res. (in revision ).

  • Pollitz, F. F., McCory, P., Wilson, D., Svarc, J., Puskas, C. and Smith, R.B., 2009, Viscoelastic-cycle model of interseismic deformation in the northwestern United States, J. Geophys. Res., (in press).


Abstracts of Presented Papers Since 2000

  • Chang, W.L., C. M. Meertens, R.B. Smith, and R. A Harris, 2000, Crustal deformation along the Wasatch fault zone, Utah, from continous and campaign GPS observations, Abs. 95th Ann. Meeting, Seismol. Soc. America, Seismol. Res. Letters, v. 71, p. 254.

  • Smith, R. B. and W.L., Chang, C. M. Meertens, and P. Cervelli, 2000, Deformation and fault-modeling on the Wasatch Front, Utah, from continuous and campaign GPS measurements, 1992-1999, Abs. 95th Ann. Meeting, Seismol. Soc. America, Seismol. Res. Letters, v. 71, p. 256.

  • Smith, R.B., D. Miller, and D. P. Lynch, 2000, Tomographic imaging of crustal structure from the Yellowstone volcanic field and the Intermountain Seismic Belt using earthquake and controlled source data, , Abs. 95th Ann. Meeting, Seismol. Soc. America, Seismol. Res. Letters, v. 71, p. 254.

  • Smith, R. B. 2000, An Integrative Approach To Monitoring and Risk Assessment Of Volcanoes And Earthquakes In Yellowstone, Volcano Hazards Workshop, Lassen National Park, Sept. 27.

  • Smith R. B., C. M. Meertens, and G. Humphreys, 2000, Yellowstone hotspot: Geodynamics and Effect on Plate Boundary Processes, Plate Boundary II Workshop, Palm Springs, Abst. p. 50, 31 Oct.

  • Smith, R. B., W. Thatcher, and C. Meertens Kinematics and Earthquake Physics of the Wasatch Fault: An Eastern Plate Boundary Fault, Plate Boundary II Workshop, Palm Springs, Abst. p. 50, 30 Oct.

  • Smith, R. B., W. Chang, and C. M. Meertens, 2000, Neotectonics of the Wasatch fault from rheology, paleoseismicity and GPS measurements, (invited talk), abs., Geol. Soc. America Annual Meeting Program, Summit 2000, A507.

  • Smith, R. B., 2000, Hotspots, earthquakes and dynamics of Yellowstone, (invited talk), abs., Geol. Soc. America Annual Meeting Program, Summit 2000, A263.

  • Janecke, S. U., M. E. Perkins, and R. B. Smith, 2000, Normal fault patterns around the Yellowstone hotspot: A new model, abs., Geol. Soc. America Annual Meeting Program, Summit 2000, A45.

  • Chang, W., C. M. Meertens, R. B. Smith, R. A. Harris, and P. Cervelli, 2000, Crustal deformation and fault modeling on the Wasatch Front, Utah, from continuous and campaign GPS measurements, 2000 Fall Meeting, Amer. Geophys. Un. 80, 46, F1230.

  • Harris, R. A., R. B. Smith, W. Chang, C. M. Meertens, and A. Friedrich, 2000, Temporal distribution of extensional strain across the southern Wasatch fault zone: geological constraints for the GPS velocity field, 2000 Fall Meeting, Amer. Geophys. Un. 80, 46, F1230.

  • Smith, R. B., and D. D. Blackwell, 2000, Heat flow and energetics of Yellowstone Lake hydrothermal systems, invited paper, 2000 Fall Meeting, Amer. Geophys. Un. 80, 46, F1387.

  • Waite, G. and R. B. Smith, 2000, Seismicity of the Yellowstone Volcanic Field: Regional Stress Inversion and Analysis of the Autumn 1985 Earthquake Swarm, 2000 Fall Meeting, Geophys. Un. 80, 46, F1388.

  • Meertens, C. M., R. B. Smith and C. M. Puskas, 2000, Crustal Deformation of the Yellowstone caldera from campaign and continous GPS surveys, 1987 2000, 2000 Fall Meeting, Amer. Geophys. Un. 80, 46, F1388.

  • Puskas, C. M., R. B. Smith, and C. M. Meertens, 2000, Deformation of the eastern Snake River Plain volcanic field and surrounding faults from GPS measurements, 2000 Fall Meeting, Amer. Geophys. Un. 80, 46, F1388.

  • Smith, R.B., W. Chang, C. Meertens, C. Puskas and R. Harris, R., 2001, Earthquake hazards of the Intermountain Seismic Belt using GPS, paleoseismology and modeling with emphasis on the Wasatch Fault, USGS National Earthquake Hazard Program Workshop on the Intermountain region, March 28-30, 2001.

  • Smith, R.B., W. Chang, and C. M. Meertens, 2001, Comments Relevant to Earthquake Hazard Analysis in the Intermountain Seismic Belt (other than GPS), USGS National Earthquake Hazard Program Workshop on the Intermountain region, March 28-30, 2001.

  • Smith, R. B., W. Chang, J. Braun, and C. Meertens and R. Harris, 2001, Integrated ground shaking and fault displacement hazards of the Wasatch Front, Utah, from paleoearthquakes, GPS observations, and historic seismicity, Program With Abstracts, Geologic Hazards in Utah: Practical Information for Geologists and Engineers, Amer. Soc. Civil Engineers, Salt Lake City, Utah, April 12-13. p. 7-8., Invited talk.

  • Smith, R. B. and G. Humphreys, 2001, The Yellowstone Hotspot, 13th Annual Workshop, IRIS Consortium,

  • Smith, R.B., W.L. Chang, C. Puskas, C.M. Meertens and A. Sylvester, 2001, Crustal deformation and seismic cycle of the of the northern Basin-Range based on geodetic, historic seismicity and Quaternary fault data, Seismol. Res. Letters., v. 72, n. 2, p. 281.

  • Chang, W.L., R.B. Smith, R. B., C. M Meertens and R. Harris, 2001, Crustal deformation of the Wasatch Front, Utah from GPS measurements, paleoseismicity and elastic-viscoelastic modeling, Seismol. Res. Letters., v. 72, n. 2, p. 281.

  • Smith, R. B., Shake and Bake: The Leopold Lecture, 2001, The Yellowstone hotspot, its GeoEcyosystem, and the Yellowstone Volcano Observatory, 6th Biennial Scientific Conference on the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem, Yellowstone Lake, Hotbed of chaos or reservoir of resilience, Agenda and Abstracts, National Park Service, p. 31.

  • Smith, R. B. and D. D. Blackwell, 2001, Heatflow and energetics of Yellowstone Lake hydrothermal systems, 6th Biennial Scientific Conference on the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem, Yellowstone Lake, Hotbed of chaos or reservoir of resilience, Agenda and Abstracts, National Park Service, p. 42.

  • Chang, W., Puskas, C. M., Waite, G. P., R. B. Smith and C. M. Meertens, 2001, Rheological properties of lithospheric extension from postseismic GPS observations of the 1959 M=7.5 Hebgen Lake, Montana, earthquake, Eos Transactions Amer. Geoph. Un., v. 82 (47), Fall Meeting. Suppl. Abstract, F 267.

  • Puskas, C. M, R. B. and C. M. Meertens, 2001, Crustal Deformation of the Yellowstone Hotspot: Unifying GPS and Geologic Data and Intraplate Modeling, Eos Transactions Amer. Geoph. Un., v. 82 (47), Fall Meeting. Suppl. Abstract, F864.

  • Sylvester, A. G., R.B. Smith, W. Chang, C. S. Hitchcock, and J.O.D. Byrd, 2001, First-order leveling and campaign GPS reveal anomalous, interseismic, contractile, transient Strain across Teton normal fault, 1988-2001, Grand Teton National Park, Wyoming, Eos Transactions Amer. Geoph. Un., v. 82 (47), Fall Meeting. Suppl. Abstract, F263.

  • Smith, R. B., C. M. Meertens, W. Chang, G. Waite, C. Puskas, and A. Lowry, 2001, Whats Moving the Basin-Range? Hotspots, Earthquakes and Lithosphere, Program for The Lithosphere of Western North America, and Its Geophysical Characterization, The George Thompson Symposium, Sponsored by the School of Earth Sciences, Stanford University, Dec. 8-9, 2001, p. 12, (invited paper).

  • Smith, R.B., 2002, Shake and Bake: The Yellowstone Hotspot, Keynote Address, 44th Idaho Academy of Science Meeting, BYU-Idaho Symposium, p. 18.

  • Smith, R. B., C. Meertens, W. Chang, G. Waite, C. Puskas and A. Lowry, 2002, Whats moving the Basin-Range, Annual Meeting of the European Geophysical Society, Nice, France.

  • Smith, R. B., E. Humphreys, K. Dueker, P. Tackley, G. Waite, D. Schutt and J. Hernland, 2002, The Yellowstone Hotspot, Annual Meeting of the European Geophysical Society, Nice, France (invited).

  • Smith, R. B., 2002, Active Tectonics and Hotspot Framework of Yellowstone, 1st Annual Science Workshop, Yellowstone Volcano Observatory, Salt Lake City, Utah, Abs. Program, April 4, 2002.

  • Puskas, C. M. R. B. Smith and C. M. Meertens, 2002, GPS-Measured Deformation of the Yellowstone-Snake River Plain volcanic system, 1st Annual Science Workshop, Yellowstone Volcano Observatory, Salt Lake City, Utah, Abs. Program, April 4, 2002.

  • Waite, G. and R.B. Smith, 2002, Yellowstone earthquakes: swarms, stresses, and evidence for fluid migration, 1st Annual Science Workshop, Yellowstone Volcano Observatory, Salt Lake City, Utah, Abs. Program, April 4, 2002.

  • Waite, G.P., R.B. Smith, and D.L. Schutt, 2002, Yellowstone strain from the crust to the upper mantle, Abst.14th Annual IRIS Workshop, Waikoloa, Hawaii, June 12-16, 2002.

  • Husen, S., and R.B. Smith, 2002, Three-dimensional Imaging of P-wave and P- to S-wave ratio beneath Yellowstone, 1st Annual Science Workshop, Yellowstone Volcano Observatory, Salt Lake City, Utah, Abs. Program, April 4, 2002.

  • Husen, S., G.P. Waite, and R.B. Smith, 2002, Seismicity and tomographic imaging of the Yellowstone caldera as a function of time, Abst. 14th Annual IRIS Workshop, Waikoloa, Hawaii, June 12-16, 2002.

  • Meertens, C.M., R.B. Smith, C. Puskas, and W. Chang, 2002, Contemporary deformation of the Yellowstone caldera from GPS, 1st Annual Science Workshop, Yellowstone Volcano Observatory, Salt Lake City, Utah, Abs. Program, April 4, 2002.

  • Smith, R. B., E. Humphreys, P. Tackley, C. M. Meertens, K. Dueker, G. Waite, J. Crosswaite, D. Shutt, C. Puskas, and J. Hernlund, 2002, Geodynamics of the Yellowstone Hotspot: Plume or Not?, Eos Transactions Amer. Geoph. Un. Fall Meeting. Suppl. Abstract, S72C-04.

  • Waite, G.P., D. Shutt, and R. B. Smith, 2002, Shear-Wave Anisotropy at the Yellowstone Hotspot, Eos Transactions Amer. Geoph. Un. Fall Meeting. Suppl. Abstract, S11A-1100.

  • Puskas, C.M., R. B. Smith, and C. M. Meertens, 2002, GPS-Derived Models of Intraplate Deformation of the Yellowstone Hotspot, Eos Transactions Amer. Geoph. Un. Fall Meeting. Suppl. Abstract, S11A-1104.

  • Husen, S., R. B. Smith and G. P. Waite, 2002, Shallow Structure of the Yellowstone Volcanic System from Tomographic Imaging: Evidence for Gas and Magmatic Sources, Eos Transactions Amer. Geoph. Un. Fall Meeting. Suppl. Abstract, T21D-10.

  • Chang, W., R. B. Smith and C. M. Meertens, 2002, Rheologic properties of an extending lithosphere from inversion of postseismic deformation (EDM and GPS) from the 1959 M 7.5 Hebgen Lake, Yellowstone earthquake, Eos Transactions Amer. Geoph. Un. Fall Meeting. Suppl. Abstract, NG62A-0934.

  • Farrell, J, R. B. Smith, H. M. Benz, K. L. Pankow, and S. Husen, 2002, Amplified ground response across the western U.S. Interior from the M7.9 Denali Earthquake, Eos Transactions Amer. Geoph. Un. Fall Meeting. Suppl. Abstract, S72F-1358.

  • Waite, G., R. B. Smith, C. Puskas, D. L. Shutt and R. M. Allen, 2003, Kinematics of the Yellowstone hotspot derived from seismic anisotropy, tomography and GPS, European Geophysical Soc., Geophysical Res. Abstracts, vol. 5, 00670.

  • Husen, S. and R. B. Smith, 2003, High-precision earthquakes locations of the Yellowstone volcanic field, European Geophysical Soc., Geophysical Res. Abstracts, vol. 5, 12527.

  • Waite, G., R. B. Smith, C. Puskas, D. L. Shutt and R. M. Allen, 2003, Kinematics of the Yellowstone hotspot derived from seismic anisotropy, tomography and GPS, European Geophysical Soc., Geophysical Res. Abstracts, vol. 5, 00670.

  • Husen, S. and R. B. Smith, 2003, High-precision earthquakes locations of the Yellowstone volcanic field, European Geophysical Soc., Geophysical Res. Abstracts, vol. 5, 12527.

  • Farrell, J., G. Waite, R. B. Smith, C. Puskas, H. Heasler, B. Barrel, and C. Diesel, 2003, Seismic and GPS Monitoring of the 2003 Norris Geyser Basin hydrothermal Disturbance, Yellowstone National Park Eos Transactions Amer. Geoph. Un., 2003 Fall Meeting. Suppl. Abst. S22A-0412.

  • Chang, W. P., and R. B. Smith, 2003, Rheology of an extending lithosphere from postseismic deformation of large Basin-Range normal-faulting earthquakes, Eos Transactions Amer. Geoph. Un., 2003 Fall Meeting. Suppl. Abst. S22A-0412.

  • Jordan, M. and R.B. Smith 2003, Yellowstone: A 3D regional delay time inversion using multiple constraints, Eos, Transactions Amer. Geoph. Un., 2003 Fall Meeting. Suppl. Abstract, S31E-0804.

  • Husen, S., R. Taylor, R.B. Smith, and H. Healser, 2003, Changes in hydrothermal activity and remotely triggered seismicity in Yellowstone National Park following the M7.9 Denali fault earthquake, Eos, Transactions Amer. Geoph. Un., 2004 Fall Meeting. Suppl. Abstract, S12A-0374.

  • Smith, R. B., G. P. Waite, C. M. Puskas, D.L. Shut and E.D. Humphreys, 2003, Dynamic and kinematic models of the Yellowstone Hotspot constrained by seismic anisotropy, GPS measurements and fault slip rates, Eos, Transactions Amer. Geoph. Un., 2003 Fall Meeting, Invited, Suppl. Abst. , T51G-05.

  • Lowenstern, J., H. Heasler, and R. B. Smith, 2003, Hydrothermal disturbances at the Norris Geyser Basin, Yellowstone National Park (USA) in 2003, Eos, Transactions Amer. Geoph. Un., 2003 Fall Meeting, Invited, Suppl. Abst. , T51G-05.

  • Chang, W., and R.B. Smith, 2004, Postseismic and Interseismic Deformation of Large Normal-Faulting Earthquakes in the Basin-Range, in 2004, Eos, Transactions Amer. Geoph. Un., 2003 Fall Meeting, Suppl. Abst. G13A-0797.

  • Waite, G.P., R.B. Smith, C. Puskas, and D.L. Schutt, 2004, Interpreting Crust and Mantle Stress and Strain Indicators at Yellowstone, in 2004, Eos, Transactions Amer. Geoph. Un., 2004 Fall Meeting, Suppl. Abst. T33E-07.

  • Puskas, C.M., R.B. Smith, G. Waite and L. Flesch, 2004, Kinematic Deformation of the Interior Western U.S. Extensional Regime with Mantle Flow, in 2004, Eos, Transactions Amer. Geoph. Un., 2004 Fall Meeting, Suppl. Abst. T31A-1274.

  • Jordan, M., R.B. Smith and G.P. Waite, 2004, Tomographic images of the Yellowstone hotspot structure, in 2004, Eos, Transactions Amer. Geoph. Un., 2004 Fall Meeting, Suppl. Abst. V51B-0556.

  • Bawden, G. W., B.J. Stolp, W. Chang, R. B. Smith and JT Brandt, 2004, Subsidence induced by ground-water withdrawals across the Wasatch Front, Salt Lake Valley, Utah, in 2004, Eos, Transactions Amer. Geoph. Un., 2004 Fall Meeting, Suppl. Abst. G51B-0083.

  • Blume, F., G. Anderson, JT Freymueller, TA Herring, T.I. Melbourne, W. H. Prescott, R. B. Smith and B. Wernicke, 2004, The PBO Nucleus: Integration of the existing continuous GPS networks in the western U.S., in 2004, Eos, Transactions Amer. Geoph. Un., 2004 Fall Meeting, Suppl. Abst. G21A-0133.

  • Smith, R. B., 2005, Kinematic and Dynamic Models of Western U.S. Plate Boundary Deformation, Hamilton Visiting Scholar Lecture, Southern Methodist University, Printed Scholar Schedule, Feb. 22. 2005.

  • Smith, R. B., 2005, Yellowstone-Why is it Hot and Will it Explode, Hamilton Visiting Scholar Lecture, Southern Methodist University, Printed Scholar Schedule, Feb. 23. 2005.

  • Smith, R. B., 2005, Integrated Earthquake Hazard Assessment Including Rheologic Models from Holocene Post-Seismic Deformation Hamilton Visiting Scholar Lecture, Southern Methodist University, Printed Scholar Schedule, Feb. 24. 2005.

  • Smith, R. B., 2004, Basin-Range earthquakes and hazard analysis, USGS, Scientific Earthquake Studies Advisory Committee Meetings, Sept. 2004.

  • Smith, R. B., 2005, Geodynamics of the Yellowstone Hotspot: Integrative Research and Complimentary Goals of EarthScope, Keynote Address, EarthScope National Science Meeting, Albuquerque, New Mexico, Mar. 2005.

  • Smith, R. B., M. Jordan, C. Puskas, G. Waite, and J. Farrell, 2005, Geodynamic models of the Yellowstone Hotspot constrained by seismic and GPS imaging and volcano-tectonic data, 2005 Salt Lake City Annual Meeting, Geol. Soc. Amer., Abs., paper 54-2.

  • Puskas, C., R. B. Smith, L. Flesch, and W. L. Chang, 2005, Role of the Yellowstone hotspot in western U.S. deformation and lithospheric stress, 2005 Salt Lake City Annual Meeting, Geol. Soc. Amer., Abs., paper 54-6.

  • White, B. P., R.B. Smith, C. M. Puskas, I. G. Wong, and A.G. Sylvester, 2005, Seismotectonics and stress field of the Teton fault and interactions with the Yellowstone volcanic plateau from earthquake and fault-slip data, 2005 Salt Lake City Annual Meeting, Geol. Soc. Amer., Abs., paper 24-13.

  • Chang, W.L. and R. B. Smith, 2005, Lithospheric rheology from postseismic deformation of a M=7.5 normal-faulting earthquake with implications for continental kinematics, 2005 Salt Lake City Annual Meeting, Geol. Soc. Amer., Abs., paper 225-4.

  • Farrell, J. and R. B. Smith, 2005, A geologic-GIS database for the Yellowstone-Teton volcanic and tectonic region, 2005 Salt Lake City Annual Meeting, Geol. Soc. Amer., Abs., paper 87-1.

  • Andrade, J., and R. B. Smith, 2005, Geoscience, revelation engineering, and the Utah Science Center, 2005 Salt Lake City Annual Meeting, Geol. Soc. Amer., Abs., paper 18-8.

  • Jordan, M., R.B. Smith, C. Puskas, J. Farrell, and G. Waite, 2005, The Yellowstone hotspot and related plume: volcano-tectonics, tomography, kinematics, dynamics and mantle flow, Eos, Trans. Amer. Geoph. Un., 86(52), Fall Suppl. Abstract T51D-1388.

  • Smith, R. B, W. L. Chang, C. Puskas, J. Farrell, and G. Waite, 2005, Tectonic and magmatic stress interaction of the Yellowstone volcanic system, Eos, Trans. Amer. Geoph. Un., 86(52), Fall Suppl. Abstract T51D-13 V14B-07.

  • White, B. P., R. B. Smith, S. Husen, C. M. Puskas, I. G. Wong, and A. G. Sylvester, 2005, Seismotectonics of the Teton Fault From a Revised Earthquake Catalog and Stress-Field Inversion, Eos, Trans. Amer. Geoph. Un., 86(52), Fall Suppl. Abstract T51D-1376.

  • Chang, W. L., R. B. Smith, and R. Harris, 2005, Elastic and viscoelastic strain loading models of the Wasatch fault, Utah, from GPS measurements and comparisons with geological observations, Eos Trans. AGU, 86(52), Fall Meet. Suppl., Abstract G53A-0875.

  • Chang, W. L., R. B. Smith, C. M. Puskas, and J. M. Farrell, 2006, Source modeling and tectono-volcanic implications of the 2004-2006 rapid deformation at Yellowstone caldera, Eos Trans. AGU, 87(52), Fall Meet. Suppl., Abstract G43C-08.

  • Lowry, A R, R B Smith, and M E Tamisiea, 2006, Gleaning Rheology from Lithospheric Flexural Strength, Eos Trans. AGU, 87(52), Fall Meet. Suppl., Abstract T545B-05.

  • Smith, R. B., M. Jordan, C. M. Puskas, J. Farrell, and G.P. Waite, 2006, Origin and Evolution of the Yellowstone Hotspot from Seismic-GPS Imaging and Geodynamic Modeling, Eos Trans. AGU, 87(52), Fall Meet. Suppl., Abstract T545B-05.

  • Klemperer, S.L, R. L. Bruhn, E.L. Miller, A. R. Lowry, R. B. Smith, D. Lerch, E. Gashawbeza, J. Colgan, and K. Keranen, 2006, The Basin-and-Range Province (BRP): a key GeoFrame transect in progress, Eos Trans. AGU, 87(52), Fall Meet. Suppl., Abstract T43C-1650.

  • Chang, W., and R.B. Smith, 2007, Accelerated uplift of the Yellowstone caldera, National EarthScope Science Meeting, Monterey, Calif.

  • Smith, R. B., 2007, The Yellowstone Hotspot, GeoSwath 2007 EarthScope Science Meeting, Boise, Id., Keynote Address.

  • Smith, R. B., C. Puskas, and K. Settles, 2007, Effects of the Yellowstone hotspot and its mantle plume on the western U.S. interior, Geol Soc. Amer. Absracts with Programs, v. 39, n. 6, p. 292. Paper 107-9.

  • Puskas, C. RB Smith, K. Settles, and F. Pollitz, 2007, Geodynamics of the western U.S. interior, Geol Soc. Amer. Absracts with Programs, v. 39, n. 6, p. 202, Paper 74-9.

  • Smith R.B., J. Farrell, M. Jordan, C. Puskas and G.P. Waite, 2007, Crustal structure and tectono-magmatic processes of the Yellowstone-Snake River Plain system from gravity-density measurements and strength models employing seismic constraint, Eos Trans. AGU, 88(52), Fall Meet. Suppl., Abstract V51F-02 INVITED.

  • Chang, W., R B. Smith, C. Wicks, J. Farrell, and C. Puskas, 2007 Source Modeling and Seismic-Volcano Implications of the 2004-2007 Accelerated Deformation at Yellowstone Caldera, Eos Trans. AGU, 88(52), Fall Meet. Suppl., Abstract V51F-01 INVITED.

  • Settles, K.R., Smith R.B., Puskas C., Lowry, and D. Blackwell, 2007 Seismic and GPS constraints on the dynamics and kinematics of the Yellowstone volcanic field, Eos Trans. AGU, 88(52), Fall Meet. Suppl., Abstract V51F-05.

  • Farrell, J. M., G. P. Waite, C. M. Puskas, W. Chang, R. B. Smith, H. Heasler, and J. Lowenstern, 2007, A Prototype Hydrothermal Monitoring System, Norris Geyser Basin, National National National Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming, Eos Trans. AGU, 88(52), Fall Meet. Suppl., Abstract V53B-1326.

  • Puskas, C.M. R. B. Smith, L M. Flesch and K. Settles, 2007, Effects of the Yellowstone Hotspot on Western U.S. Stress and Deformation, Eos Trans. AGU, 88(52), Fall Meet. Suppl., Abstract V51F-04.

  • Hill, D. and R. B. Smith, 2007, Yellowstone and Long Valley A Comparison of Two Restless Calderas, Eos Trans. AGU, 88(52), Fall Meet. Suppl., Abstract V51F-08 INVITED.

  • Taira T. and R. B. Smith, 2007, Seismic Source Evaluation of Possible Magmatic Related Earthquakes in the Yellowstone Volcanic System, Eos Trans. AGU, 88(52), Fall Meet. Suppl., Abstract V51F-07.

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