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Allstadt, Kate E.; Farin, Maxime et al. (2020) Measuring Basal Force Fluctuations of Debris Flows Using Seismic Recordings and Empirical Green's Functions Journal of Geophysical Research. Earth Surface; Vol. 125; No. 9; https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechAUTHORS:20200826-103628260
Lambert, Valère; Tsai, Victor C. (2020) Time-Dependent Stresses From Fluid Extraction and Diffusion With Applications to Induced Seismicity Journal of Applied Mechanics; Vol. 87; No. 8; https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechAUTHORS:20200813-074456541
Brissaud, Quentin; Bowden, Daniel C. et al. (2020) Extension of the Basin Rayleigh-Wave Amplification Theory to Include Basin-Edge Effects Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America; Vol. 110; No. 3; https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechAUTHORS:20200506-125019256
Muir, Jack B.; Tsai, Victor C. (2020) Did Oldham Discover the Core After All? Handling Imprecise Historical Data with Hierarchical Bayesian Model Selection Methods Seismological Research Letters; Vol. 91; No. 3; https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechAUTHORS:20200506-132625904
Muir, Jack B.; Tsai, Victor C. (2020) Geometric and Level Set Tomography using Ensemble Kalman Inversion Geophysical Journal International; Vol. 220; No. 2; https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechAUTHORS:20200130-142308238
Park, Sunyoung; Tsai, Victor C. et al. (2019) Frequency-Dependent P Wave Polarization and Its Subwavelength Near-Surface Depth Sensitivity Geophysical Research Letters; Vol. 46; No. 24; https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechAUTHORS:20200103-074516932
Brissaud, Quentin; Tsai, Victor C. (2019) Validation of a fast semi-analytic method for surface-wave propagation in layered media Geophysical Journal International; Vol. 219; No. 2; https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechAUTHORS:20191031-104134697
Farin, Maxime; Tsai, Victor C. et al. (2019) A physical model of the high-frequency seismic signal generated by debris flows Earth Surface Processes and Landforms; Vol. 44; No. 13; https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechAUTHORS:20190604-151340833
Meyers, Patrick; Bowden, Daniel C. et al. (2019) Direct Observations of Surface‐Wave Eigenfunctions at the Homestake 3D Array Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America; Vol. 109; No. 4; https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechAUTHORS:20190625-083425940
Coughlin, M.; Harms, J. et al. (2019) Coherence-based approaches for estimating the composition of the seismic wavefield Journal of Geophysical Research. Solid Earth; Vol. 124; No. 3; https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechAUTHORS:20190312-101923328
Gimbert, Florent; Fuller, Brian M. et al. (2019) Particle transport mechanics and induced seismic noise in steep flume experiments with accelerometer-embedded tracers Earth Surface Processes and Landforms; Vol. 44; No. 1; https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechAUTHORS:20181127-075323708
Robel, Alexander A.; Tsai, Victor C. (2018) A Simple Model for Deglacial Meltwater Pulses Geophysical Research Letters; Vol. 45; No. 21; https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechAUTHORS:20181022-091459376
Mandic, Vuk; Tsai, Victor C. et al. (2018) A 3D Broadband Seismometer Array Experiment at the Homestake Mine Seismological Research Letters; Vol. 89; No. 6; https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechAUTHORS:20180822-151337473
Tsai, Victor C.; Ruan, Xiaozhou (2018) A simple physics-based improvement to the positive degree day model Journal of Glaciology; Vol. 64; No. 246; https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechAUTHORS:20180912-135435614
Chen, Haichao; Tsai, Victor C. et al. (2018) Observations and modeling of long-period ground-motion amplification across northeast China Geophysical Research Letters; Vol. 45; No. 12; https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechAUTHORS:20180608-144450318
Lai, Voon Hui; Tsai, Victor C. et al. (2018) The Seismic Signature of Debris Flows: Flow Mechanics and Early Warning at Montecito, California Geophysical Research Letters; Vol. 45; No. 11; https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechAUTHORS:20180530-083814651
Panning, Mark P.; Stähler, Simon C. et al. (2018) Expected seismicity and the seismic noise environment of Europa Journal of Geophysical Research. Planets; Vol. 123; No. 1; https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechAUTHORS:20171201-112529873
Vance, Steven D.; Kedar, Sharon et al. (2018) Vital Signs: Seismology of Icy Ocean Worlds Astrobiology; Vol. 18; No. 1; https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechAUTHORS:20180122-074827302
Bowden, Daniel C.; Tsai, Victor C. et al. (2017) Amplification and Attenuation across USArray using Ambient Noise Wavefront Tracking Journal of Geophysical Research. Solid Earth; Vol. 122; No. 12; https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechAUTHORS:20171115-155052574
Huang, Hsin-Hua; Aso, Naofumi et al. (2017) Toward automated directivity estimates in earthquake moment tensor inversion Geophysical Journal International; Vol. 211; No. 2; https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechAUTHORS:20171026-083324515
Aso, Naofumi; Tsai, Victor C. et al. (2017) Seismologically Observed Spatiotemporal Drainage Activity at Moulins Journal of Geophysical Research. Solid Earth; Vol. 122; No. 11; https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechAUTHORS:20180117-155132585
Hough, Susan E.; Tsai, Victor C. et al. (2017) Was the M_w 7.5 1952 Kern County, California, earthquake induced (or triggered)? Journal of Seismology; Vol. 21; No. 6; https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechAUTHORS:20171208-073841565
Muir, Jack B.; Tsai, Victor C. (2017) Rayleigh-Wave H/V via Noise Cross Correlation in Southern California Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America; Vol. 107; No. 5; https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechAUTHORS:20171102-082548374
Tsai, Victor C.; Bowden, Daniel C. et al. (2017) Explaining Extreme Ground Motion in Osaka Basin during the 2011 Tohoku Earthquake Geophysical Research Letters; Vol. 44; No. 14; https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechAUTHORS:20170721-073805550
Haney, Matthew M.; Tsai, Victor C. (2017) Perturbational and nonperturbational inversion of Rayleigh-wave velocities Geophysics; Vol. 82; No. 3; https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechAUTHORS:20170908-092450206
Schmandt, B.; Gaeuman, D. et al. (2017) Seismic array constraints on reach-scale bedload transport Geology; Vol. 45; No. 4; https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechAUTHORS:20170124-083754227
Robel, Alexander A.; Tsai, Victor C. et al. (2017) Tidal modulation of ice shelf buttressing stresses Annals of Glaciology; Vol. 58; No. 74; https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechAUTHORS:20171220-130521553
Bowden, Daniel C.; Tsai, Victor C. (2017) Earthquake ground motion amplification for surface waves Geophysical Research Letters; Vol. 44; No. 1; https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechAUTHORS:20170217-132237004
Lin, Yen-Yu; Ma, Kuo-Fong et al. (2016) Evidence for non-self-similarity of microearthquakes recorded at a Taiwan borehole seismometer array Geophysical Journal International; Vol. 206; No. 2; https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechAUTHORS:20160818-075652559
Bowden, D. C.; Kohler, M. D. et al. (2016) Offshore Southern California lithospheric velocity structure from noise cross-correlation functions Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth; Vol. 121; No. 5; https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechAUTHORS:20160907-162036144
Gimbert, Florent; Tsai, Victor C. et al. (2016) Subseasonal changes observed in subglacial channel pressure, size, and sediment transport Geophysical Research Letters; Vol. 43; No. 8; https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechAUTHORS:20160715-111120593
Huang, Hsin-Hua; Lin, Fan-Chi et al. (2015) High-resolution probing of inner core structure with seismic interferometry Geophysical Research Letters; Vol. 42; No. 24; https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechAUTHORS:20160218-105113138
Haney, Matthew M.; Tsai, Victor C. (2015) Nonperturbational surface-wave inversion: A Dix-type relation for surface waves Geophysics; Vol. 80; No. 6; https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechAUTHORS:20160211-082242072
Gimbert, Florent; Tsai, Victor C. (2015) Predicting short-period, wind-wave-generated seismic noise in coastal regions Earth and Planetary Science Letters; Vol. 426; https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechAUTHORS:20150707-153131318
Rice, James R.; Tsai, Victor C. et al. (2015) Time Scale for Rapid Draining of a Surficial Lake Into the Greenland Ice Sheet Journal of Applied Mechanics; Vol. 82; No. 7; https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechAUTHORS:20150625-080038328
Dow, C. F.; Kulessa, B. et al. (2015) Modeling of subglacial hydrological development following rapid supraglacial lake drainage Journal of Geophysical Research. Earth Surface; Vol. 120; No. 6; https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechAUTHORS:20150806-081044372
Huang, Hsin-Hua; Lin, Fan-Chi et al. (2015) The Yellowstone magmatic system from the mantle plume to the upper crust Science; Vol. 348; No. 6236; https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechAUTHORS:20150504-121706460
Bowden, D. C.; Tsai, V. C. et al. (2015) Site amplification, attenuation, and scattering from noise correlation amplitudes across a dense array in Long Beach, CA Geophysical Research Letters; Vol. 42; No. 5; https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechAUTHORS:20150423-094707871
Chao, Wei-An; Wu, Yih-Min et al. (2015) Seismologically determined bedload flux during the typhoon season Scientific Reports; Vol. 5; https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechAUTHORS:20150310-084646630
Tsai, Victor C.; Gudmundsson, G. Hilmar (2015) An improved model for tidally modulated grounding-line migration Journal of Glaciology; Vol. 61; No. 226; https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechAUTHORS:20150312-074943389
Tsai, Victor C.; Stewart, Andrew L. et al. (2015) Marine ice-sheet profiles and stability under Coulomb basal conditions Journal of Glaciology; Vol. 61; No. 226; https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechAUTHORS:20150311-105436730
Thompson, J.; Simons, M. et al. (2014) Modeling the elastic transmission of tidal stresses to great distances inland in channelized ice streams Cryosphere; Vol. 8; No. 6; https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechAUTHORS:20140618-141557404
Aso, Naofumi; Tsai, Victor C. (2014) Cooling magma model for deep volcanic long-period earthquakes Journal of Geophysical Research. Solid Earth; Vol. 119; No. 11; https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechAUTHORS:20150122-080316714
Gimbert, Florent; Tsai, Victor C. et al. (2014) A physical model for seismic noise generation by turbulent flow in rivers Journal of Geophysical Research. Earth Surface; Vol. 119; No. 10; https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechAUTHORS:20150106-082010292
Tsai, Victor C.; Atiganyanun, Sarun (2014) Green’s Functions for Surface Waves in a Generic Velocity Structure Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America; Vol. 104; No. 5; https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechAUTHORS:20141201-131138693
Lin, Fan-Chi; Tsai, Victor C. et al. (2014) 3-D crustal structure of the western United States: application of Rayleigh-wave ellipticity extracted from noise cross-correlations Geophysical Journal International; Vol. 198; No. 2; https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechAUTHORS:20140613-160117253
Zhan, Zhongwen; Tsai, Victor C. et al. (2014) Ambient noise correlation on the Amery Ice Shelf, East Antarctica Geophysical Journal International; Vol. 196; No. 3; https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechAUTHORS:20140403-102823691
Zhan, Zhongwen; Kanamori, Hiroo et al. (2014) Rupture complexity of the 1994 Bolivia and 2013 Sea of Okhotsk deep earthquakes Earth and Planetary Science Letters; Vol. 385; https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechAUTHORS:20140313-091602304
Schmandt, Brandon; Aster, Richard C. et al. (2013) Multiple fluvial processes detected by riverside seismic and infrasound monitoring of a controlled flood in the Grand Canyon Geophysical Research Letters; Vol. 40; No. 18; https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechAUTHORS:20131108-093414888
Lin, Fan-Chi; Tsai, Victor C. (2013) Seismic interferometry with antipodal station pairs Geophysical Research Letters; Vol. 40; No. 17; https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechAUTHORS:20131108-135759821
Zhan, Zhongwen; Tsai, Victor C. et al. (2013) Spurious velocity changes caused by temporal variations in ambient noise frequency content Geophysical Journal International; Vol. 194; No. 3; https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechAUTHORS:20130919-113717281
Duputel, Zacharie; Tsai, Victor C. et al. (2013) Using centroid time-delays to characterize source durations and identify earthquakes with unique characteristics Earth and Planetary Science Letters; Vol. 374; https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechAUTHORS:20131017-080058538
Lin, Fan-Chi; Tsai, Victor C. et al. (2013) Extracting seismic core phases with array interferometry Geophysical Research Letters; Vol. 40; No. 6; https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechAUTHORS:20130627-095929812
Ma, Yiran; Clayton, Robert W. et al. (2013) Locating a scatterer in the active volcanic area of Southern Peru from ambient noise cross-correlation Geophysical Journal International; Vol. 192; No. 3; https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechAUTHORS:20130325-143244581
Tsai, Victor C.; Ampuero, Jean-Paul et al. (2013) Estimating the effect of Earth elasticity and variable water density on tsunami speeds Geophysical Research Letters; Vol. 40; No. 3; https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechAUTHORS:20130524-103956058
Zhan, Zhongwen; Helmberger, Don et al. (2012) Anomalously steep dips of earthquakes in the 2011 Tohoku-Oki source region and possible explanations Earth and Planetary Science Letters; Vol. 353-35; https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechAUTHORS:20121214-153612362
Duputel, Zacharie; Kanamori, Hiroo et al. (2012) The 2012 Sumatra great earthquake sequence Earth and Planetary Science Letters; Vol. 351; https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechAUTHORS:20121130-081922437
Meng, L.; Ampuero, J.-P. et al. (2012) Earthquake in a Maze: Compressional Rupture Branching During the 2012 M_w 8.6 Sumatra Earthquake Science; Vol. 337; No. 6095; https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechAUTHORS:20120816-082822417
Lin, Fan-Chi; Schmandt, Brandon et al. (2012) Joint inversion of Rayleigh wave phase velocity and ellipticity using USArray: Constraining velocity and density structure in the upper crust Geophysical Research Letters; Vol. 39; No. 12; https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechAUTHORS:20120723-130421973
Lin, Fan-Chi; Tsai, Victor C. et al. (2012) The local amplification of surface waves: A new observable to constrain elastic velocities, density, and anelastic attenuation Journal of Geophysical Research B; Vol. 117; No. B6; https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechAUTHORS:20120711-153922657
Tsai, Victor C.; Rice, James R. (2012) Modeling Turbulent Hydraulic Fracture Near a Free Surface Journal of Applied Mechanics; Vol. 79; No. 3; https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechAUTHORS:20120523-104717621
Tsai, Victor C.; Minchew, Brent et al. (2012) A physical model for seismic noise generation from sediment transport in rivers Geophysical Research Letters; Vol. 39; No. L2; https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechAUTHORS:20120228-092625703
Tsai, Victor C.; McNamara, Daniel E. (2011) Quantifying the influence of sea ice on ocean microseism using observations from the Bering Sea, Alaska Geophysical Research Letters; Vol. 38; No. 22; https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechAUTHORS:20120105-135036867
Love, Jeffrey J.; Mursula, Kalevi et al. (2011) Are secular correlations between sunspots, geomagnetic activity, and global temperature significant? Geophysical Research Letters; Vol. 38; No. 21; https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechAUTHORS:20111213-144757573
Tsai, Victor C.; Hayes, Gavin P. et al. (2011) Constraints on the long-period moment-dip tradeoff for the Tohoku earthquake Geophysical Research Letters; Vol. 38; No. 7; https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechAUTHORS:20111114-110515606
Tsai, Victor C. (2011) Understanding the amplitudes of noise correlation measurements Journal of Geophysical Research B; Vol. 116; No. B9; https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechAUTHORS:20111025-085851425
Tsai, Victor C. (2011) A model for seasonal changes in GPS positions and seismic wave speeds due to thermoelastic and hydrologic variations Journal of Geophysical Research B; Vol. 116; No. B4; https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechAUTHORS:20140616-103542486
Love, J. J.; Tsai, V. C. et al. (2010) Averaging and sampling for magnetic-observatory hourly data Annales Geophysicae; Vol. 28; No. 11; https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechAUTHORS:20140611-145630940
Tsai, Victor C.; Rice, James R. (2010) A model for turbulent hydraulic fracture and application to crack propagation at glacier beds Journal of Geophysical Research F; Vol. 115; No. F3; https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechAUTHORS:20140612-072458326
Tsai, Victor C. (2010) The relationship between noise correlation and the Green's function in the presence of degeneracy and the absence of equipartition Geophysical Journal International; Vol. 182; No. 3; https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechAUTHORS:20140611-150433557
Tsai, Victor C.; Moschetti, Morgan P. (2010) An explicit relationship between time-domain noise correlation and spatial autocorrelation (SPAC) results Geophysical Journal International; Vol. 182; No. 1; https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechAUTHORS:20140612-071051007
Tsai, Victor C. (2009) On establishing the accuracy of noise tomography travel-time measurements in a realistic medium Geophysical Journal International; Vol. 178; No. 3; https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechAUTHORS:20140611-153303533
Tsai, Victor C.; Rice, James R. et al. (2008) Possible mechanisms for glacial earthquakes Journal of Geophysical Research F; Vol. 113; No. F3; https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechAUTHORS:20140702-101254626
Joughin, Ian; Howat, Ian et al. (2008) Ice-front variation and tidewater behavior on Helheim and Kangerdlugssuaq Glaciers, Greenland Journal of Geophysical Research F; Vol. 113; No. F1; https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechAUTHORS:20140618-143619582
Tsai, Victor C.; Ekström, Göran (2007) Analysis of glacial earthquakes Journal of Geophysical Research F; Vol. 112; No. F3; https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechAUTHORS:20140620-153346884
Tsai, Victor C.; Wettlaufer, J. S. (2007) Star patterns on lake ice Physical Review E; Vol. 75; No. 6; https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechAUTHORS:20140623-153920293
Tsai, Victor C.; Stevenson, David J. (2007) Theoretical constraints on true polar wander Journal of Geophysical Research B; Vol. 112; No. B5; https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechAUTHORS:20140312-113944721
Ekström, Göran; Nettles, Meredith et al. (2006) Seasonality and increasing frequency of Greenland glacial earthquakes Science; Vol. 311; No. 5768; https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechAUTHORS:20140611-132746586
Tsai, Victor C.; Nettles, Meredith et al. (2005) Multiple CMT source analysis of the 2004 Sumatra earthquake Geophysical Research Letters; Vol. 32; No. 17; https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechAUTHORS:20140611-125859794
Tsai, Victor C.; Kanamori, Hiroo et al. (2004) The morning glory wave of southern California Journal of Geophysical Research B; Vol. 109; No. B2; https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechAUTHORS:20140611-131841863