PUBLICATIONS

2009

Lay, T., R.C. Aster, D.W. Forsyth, B. Romanowicz, R.M. Allen, V.F. Cormier, J. Gomberg, J.A. Hole, G. Masters, D. Schutt, A. Sheehan, J. Tromp, M.E. Wysession (2009) Seismological Grand Challenges in Understanding Earth's Dynamic Systems Published by the Incorporated Research Institutions for Seismology. info | reprint

Allen, R.M., P. Gasparini and O. Kamigaichi (eds) (2009) New Methods and Applications of Earthquake Early Warning Geophys. Res. Lett., 36. content

Allen, R.M., H. Brown, M. Hellweg, O. Khainovski, P. Lombard, D. Neuhauser (2009) Real-time earthquake detection and hazard assessment by ElarmS across California Geophys. Res. Lett., 36 L00B08, doi:10.1029/2008GL036766. abstract | reprint

2008

Allen, R.M. (2008) At First Jolt: Will we have warnings for the next big earthquake? Geotimes, 53 (10), p52-59. abstract | reprint

Shieh, J.T., Y.M. Wu, R.M. Allen (2008) A comparison of tau-c and tau-p-max for magnitude estimation in earthquake early warning Geophys. Res. Lett., 35, L20301, doi:10.1029/2008GL035611. abstract | reprint

Olivieri, M., R.M. Allen and G. Wurman (2008) The potential for Earthquake Early Warning in Italy using ElarmS, Bull. seism. Soc. Am. 98, p495-503, doi: 10.1785/0120070054 abstract | reprint

2007

Allen, R.M. (2007) Earthquake hazard mitigation: New directions and opportunities, In "Treatise on Geophysics", G. Schubert (ed.), Vol 4 (H. Kanamori ed.), p607-648, Elsevier. abstract | reprint

Xue, M. and R.M. Allen (2007) The Fate of the Juan de Fuca Plate: Implications for a Yellowstone Plume Head, Earth Planet. Sci. Lett. 264, p266-276, doi:10.1016/j.epsl.2007.09.047. abstract | reprint

Brudzinski, M. and R.M. Allen (2007) Segmentation in Episodic Tremor and Slip All Along Cascadia, Geology. 35 (10) 907-910, doi: 10.1130/G23740A.1 abstract | reprint

Tsang, L., R.M. Allen and G. Wurman (2007) Magnitude scaling relations from P-waves in southern California, Geophys. Res. Lett. 34 L19304, doi:10.1029/2007GL031077 abstract | reprint

Wurman, G., R.M. Allen and P. Lombard (2007) Toward Earthquake Early Warning in Northern California, J. Geophys. Res. 112, B08311, doi:10.1029/2006JB004830 abstract | reprint

Nolet, G., R.M. Allen and D. Zhao (2007) Mantle plume tomography, Chemical Geology 241, 248-263, doi: 10.1016/j.chemgeo.2007.01.022 abstract | reprint

Allen, R.M. (2007) The ElarmS earthquake early warning methodology and its application across California, In "Earthquake Early Warning Systems", P. Gasparini, G. Manfredi, J. Zschau (Eds), p. 21-44, Springer, ISBN-13 978-3-540-72240-3. abstract | reprint

Wu, Y-.M., H. Kanamori, R.M. Allen and E. Hauksson (2007) Determination of earthquake early warning parameters, tau-c and Pd, for southern California Geophys. J. Int. 170, 711-717, doi: 10.1111/j.1365-246X.2007.03430.x abstract | reprint

Lockman, A.B. and R.M. Allen (2007) Magnitude-period scaling relations for Japan and the Pacific Northwest: Implications for earthquake early warning Bull. seism. Soc. Am. 97 (1), 140-150, doi: 10.1785/0120040091 abstract | reprint

2006

Olson, E.L., and R.M. Allen (2006) Is earthquake rupture deterministic? (Reply) Nature, 442, E6, doi:10.1038/nature04964 abstract | reprint

Allen, R.M. (2006) Probabilistic warning times for earthquake ground shaking in the San Francisco Bay Area Seismo. Res. Lett. 77 (3), 371-376. abstract | reprint | electronic supplement

Waite,G.P., R.B. Smith R.M. 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. abstract | reprint

Xue, M. and R.M. Allen (2006) Origin of the Newberry Hotspot Track: Evidence from shear-wave splitting. Earth Planet. Sci. Lett. 244, 315-322, doi:10.1016/j.epsl.2006.01.066. abstract | reprint

Simons, F.J., B.D.E. Dando and R.M. Allen (2006) Automatic detection and rapid determination of earthquake magnitude by wavelet multiscale analysis of the primary arrival. Earth Planet. Sci. Lett. 250, 214-223, doi:10.1016/j.epsl.2006.07.039. abstract | reprint

2005

Lockman, A.B. and R.M. Allen (2005) Single station earthquake characterization for early warning. BSSA 95 (6), 2029-2039, doi: 10.1785/0120040241. abstract | reprint

Wu, Y-.M., R.M. Allen, and C-.F. Wu (2005) Revised ML determination for crustal earthquakes in Taiwan BSSA 95 (6), 2517-2524, doi: 10.1785/0120050043. abstract | reprint

Olson, E.L., and R.M. Allen (2005) The deterministic nature of earthquake rupture. Nature 438, 212-215, doi:10.1038/nature04214 abstract and more | reprint

Xue, M. and R.M. Allen (2005) Asthenospheric channeling of the Iceland upwelling: Evidence from seismic anisotropy Earth Planet. Sci. Lett. 235, 167-182 doi:10.1016/j.epsl.2005.03.017 abstract | reprint (0.8Mb pdf)

Allen, R.M., and J. Tromp (2005) Resolution of regional seismic models: Squeezing the Iceland anomaly. Geophys. J. Int. 161, 373-386 doi: 10.1111/j.1365-246X.2005 .02600.x abstract | reprint (0.8Mb pdf)

2004

Allen, R.M. Rapid magnitude determination for earthquake early warning, (2004) in "The many facets of seismic risk" edited by G. Manfredi, M.R. Pecce, and A. Zollo, Napoli, Universita degli Studi di Napoli "Federico II", Napoli, Italy, p15-24. Proceedings of the "Workshop on Multidisciplinary Approach to Seismic Risk Problems," Sant'Angelo dei Lombardi, September 22, 2003, introduction | reprint (3.3Mb pdf)

2003

Allen, R.M., and H. Kanamori (2003) The potential for earthquake early warning in southern California, Science, 300, 786-789. abstract | reprint (0.35 Mb pdf)

Ritsema, J., and R.M. Allen (2003) The elusive mantle plume, Earth Planet. Sci. Lett., 207, 1-12. abstract | reprint (0.9 Mb pdf)

2002

Allen, R.M., G. Nolet, W.J. Morgan, K. Vogfjord, B.H. Bergsson, P. Erlendsson, G.R. Foulger, S. Jakobsdottir, B.R. Julian, M. Pritchard, S. Ragnarsson, and R. Stefansson (2002) Imaging the mantle beneath Iceland using integrated seismological techniques, Journal of Geophysical Research-Solid Earth, 107 (B12), 2325, doi: 10.1019/2001JB000595. abstract | reprint (1.4 Mb pdf)

Allen, R.M., G. Nolet, W.J. Morgan, K. Vogfjord, M. Nettles, G. Ekstrom, B.H. Bergsson, P. Erlendsson, G.R. Foulger, S. Jakobsdottir, B.R. Julian, M. Pritchard, S. Ragnarsson, and R. Stefansson (2002) Plume driven plumbing and crustal formation in Iceland, Journal of Geophysical Research-Solid Earth, 107 (B8), 10.1029/2001JB000584. abstract | reprint (6.4 Mb pdf)

Shen, Y., S.C. Solomon, I.T. Bjarnason, G. Nolet, W.J. Morgan, R.M. Allen, K. Vogfjord, S. Jakobsdottir, R. Stefansson, B. Julian, and G.F. Foulger (2002) Seismic Evidence for a Tilted Mante Plume and North-South Flow beneath Iceland, Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 197 (3-4), 261-272. reprint (0.6 Mb pdf)

Du, Z.J., G.R. Foulger, B.R. Julian, R.M. Allen, G. Nolet, W.J. Morgan, B.H. Bergsson, P. Erlendsson, S. Jakobsdottir, S. Ragnarsson, R. Stefansson, and K. Vogfjord (2002) Crustal structure beneath western and eastern Iceland from surface waves and receiver functions, Geophysical Journal International, 149 (2), 349-363. reprint (0.7 Mb pdf)

2001

Allen, R.M. (2001) Plumbing in Iceland: Imaging plate formation in the Earth's Interior, The Smilodon, 42 1-3. web version

Allen, R.M. (2001) The mantle plume beneath Iceland and its interaction with the North-Atlantic Ridge: A seismological investigation, PhD Thesis, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ. abstract

Foulger, G.R., M.J. Pritchard, B.R. Julian, J.R. Evans, R.M. Allen, G. Nolet, W.J. Morgan, B.H. Bergsson, P. Erlendsson, S. Jakobsdottir, S. Ragnarsson, R. Stefansson, and K. Vogfjord (2001) Seismic tomography shows that upwelling beneath Iceland is confined to the upper mantle, Geophysical Journal International, 146 (2), 504-530. reprint (2.8 Mb pdf)

Konstantinou, K.I., G. Nolet, W.J. Morgan, R.M. Allen, and M.J. Pritchard (2001) Seismic phenomena associated with the 1996 Vatnajokull eruption, central Iceland, Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research, 102 (1-2), 169-187. reprint (5.6 Mb pdf)

2000

Foulger, G.R., M.J. Pritchard, B.R. Julian, J.R. Evans, R.M. Allen, G. Nolet, W.J. Morgan, B.H. Bergsson, P. Erlendsson, S. Jakobsdottir, S. Ragnarsson, R. Stefansson, and K. Vogfjord, (2000) The seismic anomaly beneath Iceland extends down to the mantle transition zone and no deeper, Geophysical Journal International, 142 (3), F1-F5. reprint (0.9 Mb pdf)

1999

Allen, R.M., G. Nolet, W.J. Morgan, K. Vogfjord, B.H. Bergsson, P. Erlendsson, G.R. Foulger, S. Jakobsdottir, B.R. Julian, M. Pritchard, S. Ragnarsson, and R. Stefansson (1999) The thin hot plume beneath Iceland, Geophysical Journal International, 137 (1), 51-63. abstract | reprint (0.9 Mb pdf)

1998

van der Vink, G., R.M. Allen, J. Chapin, M. Crooks, W. Fraley, J. Krantz, A.M. Lavigne, A. LeCuyer, E.K. MacColl, W.J. Morgan, B. Ries, E. Robinson, K. Rodriquez, M. Smith, and K. Sponberg (1998) Why the United States is becoming more vulnerable to natural disasters, Eos, Transactions, American Geophysical Union, 79 (44), 533-537. web version | reprint (6.9 Mb pdf)

van der Vink, G., J. Park, R.M. Allen, T. Wallace, and C. Hennet (1998) False accusations, undetected tests and implications for the CTB treaty, Arms Control Today, May 1998, 7-13. web version | reprint (11.3 Mb pdf)