Paul Silver, Publications

1.	Silver, P. G. and Jordan, T. H., 1980. Fundamental spheroidal mode observations of aspherical heterogeneity, Geophys. J. R. Astr. Soc., 64, 605-634.
2.	Silver, P. G. and Jordan, T. H., 1982. Optimal estimation of scalar seismic moment, Geophys. J. R. Astr. Soc., 70, 755-787.
3.	Masters, G., Jordan, T. H., Silver, P. G. and Gilbert, F., 1982. Aspherical Earth structure from fundamental spheroidal-mode data, Nature, 298, 609-613.
4.	Silver, P. G. and Jordan, T. H., 1983. Total moment spectra of fourteen large earthquakes, J. Geophys. Res., 88, 3273-3293.
5.	Silver, P. G., 1983. Retrieval of source-extent parameters and the interpretation of corner frequency, Bull. Seismol. Soc. Am., 73, 1499-1511.
6.	Silver, P. G., R. W. Carlson, P. Bell, and P. Olson, 1985. Mantle structure and dynamics, EOS, Trans. Am. Geophys. Un., 66, 1193-1198.
7.	Silver, P. G. and T. Masuda, 1985. A Source Extent Analysis of the Imperial Valley Earthquake of October 15, 1979, and the Victoria Earthquake of June 9, 1980, J. Geophys. Res., 90, 7639-7651.
8.	Anderson, J. and P. G. Silver, 1985. Accelerogram evidence for southward rupture propagation on the Imperial fault during the October 15, 1979 Earthquake, Geophys. Res. Lett., 12, 349-352.
9.	Valette-Silver, J. N., P. G. Silver, and R. Marguez, 1985. The effect of a tectonic disturbance on the Cerro Prieto geothermal field (B.C., Mexico), 1985 Symposium on Geothermal Energy, Part I, 515-520.
10.	Silver, P. G. and W. W. Chan, 1986. Observations of body-wave multipathing: evidence for lower mantle slab penetration beneath the Sea of Okhotsk, J. Geophys. Res., 91, 13787-13802.
11.	Riedesel, M., T. H. Jordan, A. Sheehan, and P. G. Silver, 1986. Moment-tensor spectra of the 19 Sept 85 and 21 Sept 85 Michoacan, Mexico, earthquakes, Geophys. Res. Lett., 13, 609-612.
12.	Silver, P. G. and J. N. Valette-Silver, 1987. A spreading episode at the southern end of the San Andreas fault system, Nature, 326, 589-593.
13.	Silver, P. G., R. W. Carlson, and P. Olson, 1988. Deep slabs, geochemical heterogeneity and the large-scale structure of mantle convection: Investigation of an enduring paradox, Ann. Rev. of Earth and Plan. Sci., 16, 477-541.
14.	Silver P.G., R.W. Carlson, and P. Olson, 1988. Penetrative Convection: Deep slabs in a chemically stratified mantle, EOS, Trans. Am. Geophys. Un., 69, 489.
15.	Silver, P. G., and W. W. Chan, 1988. Implications for continental structure and evolution from seismic anisotropy, Nature, 335, 34-39.
16.	Cifuentes I. and P. G. Silver, 1989. Low-frequency source characteristics of the great 1960 Chilean Earthquake, J. Geophys. Res., 94, 643-663.
17.	Linde A. T. and P. G. Silver, 1989. Uplift data and the Great 1960 Chilean Earthquake: support for aseismic slip, Geophys. Res. Lett., 16, 1305-1308.
18.	Savage, M., P. G. Silver and R. P. Meyer, 1990. Teleseismic recording of shear waves with portable instruments: Observations of shear wave splitting in the Basin and Range, Geophys. Res. Lett., 17, 21-24.
19.	Bina C. R. and P. G. Silver, 1990. Constraints on lower mantle composition and temperature from density and bulk sound velocity profiles, Geophys. Res. Lett., 17, 1153-1156.
20.	Olson, P., P. G. Silver and R. W. Carlson, 1990. The large-scale structure of convection in the Earth's mantle, Nature, 344, 209-215.
21.	Bokelmann, G.H.R., P. G. Silver, 1991. A procedure for the extraction of multiple body wave traveltimes from seismological waveform data, in: Proceedings of the CP90 Europhysics Conference on Computational Physics, ed. by A. Tenner, World Scientific Publishing Co., Singapore.
22.	Clarke, T. J., and P. G. Silver, 1991. A procedure for the systematic interpretation of body wave seismograms, 1, Application to Moho depth and crustal properties, Geophys. J. Int., 104, 41-72.
23.	Silver, P. G., 1991. Beneath the continents [book review of "Continental Mantle", Martin A. Menzies ed.], Science, 253, 459-460.
24.	Silver, P. G. and W. W. Chan, 1991. Shear-wave splitting and subcontinental mantle deformation, J. Geophys. Res., 96, 16,429-16,454.
25.	Kaneshima, S., and P. G. Silver, 1992. A search for source-side anisotropy, Geophys. Res. Lett., 19, 1049-1052.
26.	Silver. P.G. and J.N. Valette-Silver,1992. Detection of hydrothermal precursors to large northern California earthquakes, Science, 257, 1363-1368.
27.	Silver. P.G. and J.N. Valette-Silver, 1992. Hydrothermal precursors to large California earthquakes, in Rock Water Interaction, Proceedings of the 7th International Symposium on Water-Rock Interaction-WRI-7, USA, Y. Kharaka and A. Maest, editors, 1, 437-441.
28.	Clarke T.J. and P.G. Silver, 1993. Estimation of crustal Poisson's Ratio from broad band teleseismic data., Geophys. Res. Lett., 20, 241-244.
29.	Silver. P.G., J.N. Valette-Silver and O. Kolbek, 1993. Detection of hydrothermal precursors to large northern California earthquakes, in The Loma Prieta, California, earthquake of October 17, 1989--preseismic observations, U.S.G.S Professional Paper 1150-C , M. Johnston Editor, 73-80.
30.	Bokelmann, G.H.R. and P. G. Silver, 1993. The Caribbean Anomaly: short-wavelength lateral heterogeneity in the lower mantle from portable teleseismic data, Geophys. Res. Lett., 20, 1131-1134.
31.	Savage, M. and P. G. Silver, 1993. Mantle deformation and tectonics: Constraints from seismic anisotropy in western United States, Phys. Earth Planet. Int., 78, 207-227.
32.	Mainprice, D. and P. G. Silver, 1993. Interpretation of SKS waves using samples from the subcontinental lithosphere, Phys. Earth Planet. Int., 78, 257-280.
33.	Silver, P. G. and S. Kaneshima, 1993. Constraints on mantle anisotropy beneath Precambrian North America from a transportable teleseismic experiment, Geophys. Res. Lett., 20, 1127-1130.
34.	Silver. P. G. and C. Bina, 1993. An anomaly in the amplitude ratio of SKKS/SKS in the range 100-108o from portable teleseismic data, Geophys. Res. Lett., 20, 1135-1138.
35.	Silver, P. G., R. P. Meyer and D.E. James, 1993. Intermediate-scale observations of the Earth's deep interior from the APT89 Transportable Teleseismic Experiment, Geophys. Res. Lett., 20, 1123-1126.
36.	Silver, P. G. and M. Savage, 1994. The interpretation of shear-wave splitting parameters in the presence of two anisotropic layers, Geophys J. Int., 119, 949-963.
37.	Mc Namara, D. E., T. J. Owens, P. G. Silver and F. T. Wu, 1994. Shear wave anisotropy beneath the Tibetan Plateau, J. Geophys. Res., 99, 13,655-13,665. (download pdf)
38.	Russo, R. and P. G. Silver, 1994. Trench-Parallel flow beneath the Nazca Plate from seismic anisotropy, Science, 263, 1105-1111.
39.	Helffrich, G., P. G. Silver and H. Given, 1994. Shear wave splitting variation over short spatial scales on continents, Geophys J. Int., 119, 561-573.
40.	Beck S., P. G. Silver, G. Zandt, T. Wallace, S. Myers, R. Kuehnel, S. Ruppert, L. Drake, E. Minaya, P. Soler, P. Baby, S. Barrientos, J. Telleria, M. Tinker and J. Swenson, 1994. Across the Andes and along the Altiplano: a passive seismic experiment, Iris Newsletter, 8, 1-2.
41.	Kaneshima, S. and P. G. Silver, 1995. Anisotropic Loci in the Mantle beneath Central Peru, Phys. Earth Planet. Int., 88, 257-272.
42.	Silver, P. G., S. L. Beck, T. C. Wallace, C. Meade, S. Myers, D. James and R. Kuehnel, 1995. The rupture characteristics of the deep Bolivian earthquake of 1994 and the mechanism of deep-focus earthquakes, Science, 268, 69-73.
43.	Meade, C., P. G. Silver and S. Kaneshima, 1995. Laboratory and seismological observations of lower mantle isotropy, Geophys. Res. Lett., 22, 1293-1296. (download pdf)
44.	Myers, S. C., T. C. Wallace, S. L. Beck, P. G. Silver, G. Zandt, J. Vandecar and E. Minaya, 1995. Implications of spatial and temporal development of the aftershock sequence for the Mw = 8.3 June 6, 1994 Deep Bolivian Earthquake, Geophys. Res. Lett., 22, 2269-2272. (download pdf)
45.	Beck S., P. G. Silver, T. Wallace and D. E. James, 1995. Directivity analysis of the deep Bolivia earthquake of June 9, 1994, Geophys. Res. Lett., 22, 2257-2260. (download pdf)
46.	Jiao, W., T. C. Wallace, S. L. Beck and G. Zandt, 1995.  Evidence for static displacements from the June 9, 1994 deep Bolivian earthquake, Geophys. Res. Lett., 22, 2285-2288. (download pdf)
47.	Tinker, M. A., T. C. Wallace, S. L. Beck, P. G. Silver, and G. Zandt, 1995. Aftershock source mechanisms from the June 9, 1994, deep Bolivian earthquake, Geophys. Res. Lett., 22, 2273-2276. (download pdf)
48.	Zandt, G., S. L., Beck, S. R. Ruppert, C. J. Ammon, D. rock, E. Minaya, T. C. Wallace, and P. G. Silver, 1996. Anomalous crust of the Bolivian Altiplano, central Andes: constraints from broadband regional seismic waveforms, Geophys. Res. Lett., 23, 1159-1162. (download pdf)
49.	Clarke, T. J., P. G. Silver, Y. L. Yeh, D.E. James, T. Wallace and S. Beck, 1995. Close-in ScS and sScS reverberations from the 9 June 1994 Bolivian Earthquake, Geophys. Res. Lett., 22, 2313-2316. (download pdf)
50.	Russo, R. M., P. G. Silver, M. Franke, W. B. Ambeh, and D. E. James, 1996. Shear-wave splitting in Northeast Venezuela, Trinidad and the Eastern Caribbean, Phys. Earth Planet. Int., 95, 251-275. (download pdf)
51.	Kincaid, C. and P. G. Silver, 1996. The role of viscous dissipation in the orogenic process, Earth Planet. Sci. Lett., 142, 271-288. (download pdf)
52.	Silver, P. G., 1996. Seismic anisotropy beneath the continents: Probing the depths of geology, Annual Rev. Earth Planet. Sci., 24, 385-432. (download pdf)
53.	Russo, R. and P. G. Silver, 1996. Cordillera formation, mantle dynamics, and the Wilson Cycle, Geology, 24, 511-514.(download pdf)
54.	Kendall, J. M. and P. G. Silver, 1996. Constraints from seismic anisotropy on the nature of the lowermost mantle, Nature, 381, 409-412. (download pdf)
55.	Silver P. G. and H. Wakita, 1996. A search for earthquake precursors, Science, 273, 77-78. (download pdf)
56.	Beck, S.,G. Zandt, S. Myers, T. Wallace, P. G. Silver, L. Drake, 1996. Crustal-thickness variations in the Central Andes, Geology, 24, 407-410. (download pdf)
57.	Barruol, G., P. G. Silver and A. Vauchez, 1997. Shear-wave splitting of teleseismic shear waves in the Eastern United States, J. Geophy. Res., 102, 8329-8348. (download pdf)
58.	Bina, C. and P. G. Silver, 1997. Bulk sound travel times and implications for mantle and core, Geophys. Res. Lett., 24, 499-502. (download pdf)
59.	Schoenecker S. C., R. M. Russo and P. G. Silver, 1997. Source-side splitting of S waves from Hindu Kush-Pamir earthquakes, Tectonophys., 279, 149-159.
60.	Wolfe, C. J. and P. G. Silver, 1998. Seismic anisotropy of oceanic upper mantle: Shear-wave splitting observations and methodologies, J. Geophy. Res., 103, 749-771. (download pdf)
61.	Silver P.G., R. M. Russo and, C Lithgow-Bertelloni, 1998. The coupling of plate motion and plate deformation, Science, 279, 60-63. (download pdf)
62.	Lithgow-Bertelloni, C. and P. G. Silver, 1998. Dynamic topography, plate driving forces, and the African superswell, Nature, 395, 269-272. (download pdf)
63.	Kendall, J. M. and P. G. Silver, 1998. Investigating causes of D" anisotropy, AGU Geophysical Monograph: The Core-Mantle Boundary Region, Geodynamics 28, 97-118.
64.	Silver, P. G., 1998. Why is earthquake prediction so difficult?, Seismol. Res. Lett., 69, 111-113. (download pdf)
65.	Rumpker G. and P. G. Silver, 1998. Apparent shear-wave splitting parameters in the presence of vertically-varying anisotropy, Geophys J. Int., 135, 790-800. (download pdf)
66.	Silver, P. G. et al., 1999. A Plate Boundary Observatory, Iris Newsletter,16, 3-9.
67.	Silver, P. G., D. Mainprice, W. B. Ismail, A. Tommasi and G. Barruol, 1999. Mantle structural geology from seismic anisotropy, in Mantle Petrology: Field Observations and High Pressure Experimentation: A Tribute to Francis R. (Joe) Boyd, Y Fei, C. Bertka and B. O. Mysen, eds., The Chemical Society, Special Publication No. 6.
68.	Gao, S., P. G. Silver, and A. T. Linde, 2000. Analysis of deformation data at Parkfield, California: Detection of a long-term strain transient, J. Geophys. Res., 105, 2955-2967. (download pdf)
69.	Bokelmann, G. H. R. and P. G. Silver, 2000. Mantle Variation within the Canadian Shield:Travel Times from the APT89 Portable Broadband Transect, J. Geophys. Res., 105, 579-605. (download pdf)
70.	Polet, J., P. G. Silver et al., 2000. Shear wave anisotropy beneath the Andes from the BANJO, SEDA and PISCO experiments, J. Geophys. Res., 105. 6287-6304. (download pdf)
71.	Gao S., P. G. Silver, A. Linde and S. Sacks, 2000. Annual Modulation of triggered seismicity following the 1992 Mw=7.3 Landers earthquake, Nature, 406, 500-504. (download pdf)
72.	Silver. P. G. et al., 2000. The Plate Boundary Observatory White Paper: Creating a four-dimensional image of the deformation of western North America, (see website http://pboweb.unavco.org ) (download pdf)
73.	Jiao, W., P. G. Silver, Y. Fei and C. T. Prewitt, 2000. Do deep earthquakes occur on preexisting weak zones? An examination of the Tonga subduction zone, J. Geophys. Res., 105, 28125-28138. (download pdf)
74.	Rumpker, G. and P.G. Silver, 2000. Calculating splitting parameters for plume-type anisotropic structures of the upper mantle, Geophys. J. Int., 143, 507-520. (download pdf)
75.	van der Lee, S., D. E. James, and P. G. Silver, 2000. Continental upper mantle structure from combined data from mobile broadband networks in South America, ORFEUS Electronic Newsletter, 2, 14.
76.	Silver, P. G., S. S. Gao, H. K. Liu and the Kaapvaal Seismic Group, 2001. Mantle deformation beneath southern Africa, Geophys. Res. Lett., 28, 2493-2496. (download pdf)
77.	Wen, L., P. G. Silver, D. James, and R. Kuehnel, 2001, Seismic evidence for a thermo-chemical boundary layer at the base of the Earth's mantle, Earth Planet. Sci. Lett., 189, 141-153. (download pdf)
78.	van der Lee, S., D. James, and P. Silver, 2001. Upper-mantle S-velocity structure under South America, J. Geophys. Res., 106, 30821-30834. (download pdf)