Publications and Abstracts from 1999

Publications

Miller, D. S. and R. B. Smith, 1999, P and S velocity structure of the Yellowstone volcanic field from local earthquake and controlled source tomography, J. Geophys. Res. v. 104, 15,105-15,121.

Lageson, D. R., D. C., Adams, L. Morgan, K. L. Pierce, and R. B. Smith, 1999, Neogene-Quaternary tectonics and volcanism of the southern Jackson Hole, Wyoming and southeastern Idaho, in Hughes, S. S. and Thackrey, G. D., eds., Guidebook to the Geology of Eastern Idaho, Pocatello, Idaho Museum of Natural History, p. 115-130.

Lowry, A. R., N. M. Ribe, and R. B. Smith, 2000, Dynamic elevation of the Cordillera, western United States, J. Geophys. Res., 23,371-23,390.

Humphreys, G., D. Schutz, K. Dueker and R. B. Smith, 2000, Plume or no plume at Yellowstone, GSA Today, vol. 10, no. 12, 1-7.

Smith, R. B. 2000, Windows Into Yellowstone: An interview with geologist and geophysicist Robert. B. Smith, Yellowstone Science, v. 8, no. 4, 1-13

Waite, G. R. and R. B. Smith, 2002, Seismic evidence for fluid migration accompanying subsidence of the Yellowstone Caldera, J. Geophysical Res., (in press).

Papers Submitted and In Revision

Byrd, J. O. D., A. G. Sylvester, and R. B. Smith, 2002, Geodetic evidence and possible mechanisms for aseismic height changes across the Teton fault, Wyoming, J. Geophys. Res., (in revision).

Papers In Preparation

Waite, G. and R. B. Smith, 2002, Seismicity of the Yellowstone Volcanic Plateau: Time-Space patterns and stress field inversion, , Bull. Seismol. Soc. Amer., (in preparation)

Meertens, C.M., R.B. Smith, C. Puskas, W.L. Chang, and D. Dzurisin, 2002, What's Moving In Yellowstone: I. GPS Observations of Crustal Deformation, 1987 - 2000, in preparation for J. Geophysical Res.

R.B. Smith, Meertens, C.M., C. Puskas, W.L. Chang, D. Vasco, and G. Waite, 2002, What's Moving In Yellowstone: II. Models of GPS Measured Crustal Deformation, 1987-2000, in preparation for J. Geophysical Res.

Abstracts

Smith, R. B., 1999, The Yellowstone Hotspot and the Yellowstone Geoecosystem, 1999 Abstracts with Programs, Rocky Mountain Section, Geological Soc. America, v. 31, n. 4, A-56.

Smith, R. B., C. M. Meertens, K. Lynch, A.R. Lowry, and R. Palmer, 1999, Active tectonics of the northern Basin-Range and Yellowstone hotspot, 1999 Abstracts with Programs, Rocky Mountain Section, Geological Soc. America, v. 31, n. 4, A-56.

Smith, R. B., and J. O. D. Byrd, 1999, Neotectonics and seismic potential of the Teton fault, Wyoming, 1999 Abstracts with Programs, Rocky Mountain Section, Geological Soc. America, v. 31, n. 4, A-56.

Waite, G. P. and R.B. Smith, 1999, Earthquakes and variations of stress in the Yellowstone-Hebgen Lake fault zone, 1999 Abstracts with Programs, Rocky Mountain Section, Geological Soc. America, v. 31, n. 4, A-59.

Puskas, C. M., R. B. Smith, and C. M. Meertens, 1999, Contemporary deformation of the Yellowstone Plateau and Heben Lake fault zone, 1999 Abstracts with Programs, Rocky Mountain Section, Geological Soc. America, v. 31, n. 4, A-53.

Chang, W. L. and R. B. Smith, 1999, Stress analyses and earthquake history of large historic and paleoearthquakes of the Intermountain region, 1999 Abstracts with Programs, Rocky Mountain Section, Geological Soc. America, v. 31, n. 4, A-7.

Puskas, C., R. B. Smith, and C. M. Meertens, 1999, GPS-measured deformation of the Yellowstone caldera, Hebgen Lake fault and the eastern Snake River Plain, Abst., 1999 UNAVCO Volcano Geodesy Workshop, Jackson Hole, Wyoming, p. 33.

Smith, R. B. and C. M. Meertens, 1999, The Yellowstone hotspot and contemporary deformation from geodetic surveys, 1999 UNAVCO Volcano Geodesy Workshop, Jackson Hole, Wyoming.

Smith, R. B., C. M. Puskas, G. P. Waite, C.M. Meertens, and W. Chang, 1999, Tectonic and volcano interaction of the Yellowstone caldera and surrounding faults: models and deformation budgets from GPS and seismicity measurements, (invited talk), Eos, Trans. Amer. Geophys. Un. 80, 46, F970.

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. '00.

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. '00.

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.

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. 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.

Smith, R. B., Shake and Bake: 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, What's 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).

Puskas, C. M. R. B. Smith and C. M. Meertens, 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.

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

G. Waite and R.B. Smith, 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.

Husen, S., and R.B. Smith, 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.

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

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, What's moving the Basin-Range, Annual Meeting of the European Geophysical Society Meetings, 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 Meetings, Nice France (invited).


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