Publications - John A. Hole

last updated April 2019

* indicates my student or postdoctoral advisees

Beskardes*, G. D., Q. Wu, J. A. Hole, M. C. Chapman, K. K. Davenport*, L. D. Brown, and D. A. Quiros, 2019. Aftershock sequence of the 2011 Virginia earthquake derived from the dense AIDA array and backprojection. Bull. Seismol. Soc. Amer., 109, 19-33. doi:10.1785/0120180107

Beskardes*, G. D., J. A. Hole, K. Wang*, M. Michaelides, Q. Wu, M. C. Chapman, K. K. Davenport*, L. D. Brown, and D. A. Quiros, 2018. A comparison of earthquake backprojection imaging methods for dense local arrays. Geophys. J. Int., 212, 1986-2002. doi:10.1093/gji/ggx520

Tikoff, B., M. J. Kahn, R. M. Gaschnig, Z. D. Michaels, K. Davenport*, J. A. Hole, A. C. Stanciu, A. K. Fayon, and S. C. Kruckenberg, 2017. Exploring the western Idaho shear zone using the StraboSpot data system. In R. A. Haugerud, and H. M. Kelsey, eds., From the Puget Lowland to East of the Cascade Range: Geologic Excursions in the Pacific Northwest. Geol. Soc. Amer. Field Guide, 49, 229-254. doi:10.1130/2017.0049(10)

Fuis, G. S., K. Bauer, M. R. Goldman, T. Ryberg, V. E. Langenheim, D. S. Scheirer, M. J. Rymer, J. M. Stock, J. A. Hole, R. D. Catchings, R. W. Graves, and B. Aagaard, 2017. Subsurface geometry of the San Andreas Fault in southern California: Results from the Salton Seismic Imaging Project (SSIP) and strong ground motion expectations. Bull. Seismol. Soc. Amer., 107, 1642–1662. doi:10.1785/0120160309

Quiros, D., L. D. Brown, K. K. Davenport*, J. A. Hole, A. Cabolova, C. Chen, L. Han*, M. C. Chapman, and W. D. Mooney, 2017. Reflection imaging with earthquake sources and dense arrays. J. Geophys. Res. Solid Earth, 122, 3076-3098. doi:10.1002/2016JB013677

Davenport*, K. K., J. A. Hole, B. Tikoff, R. M. Russo, and S. H. Harder, 2017. A strong contrast in crustal architecture from accreted terranes to craton, constrained by controlled-source seismic data in Idaho and eastern Oregon. Lithosphere, 9, 325-340. doi:10.1130/L553.1

Tikoff, B., J. Vervoort, J. A. Hole, R. Russo, R. Gaschnig, and A. Fayon, 2017. Introduction: EarthScope IDOR project (deformation and magmatic modification of a steep continental margin, western Idaho – eastern Oregon) themed issue. Lithosphere, 9, 151-156. doi:10.1130/L628.1

Han*, L., J. A. Hole, J. M. Stock, G. S. Fuis, C. F. Williams, J. R. Delph*, K. K. Davenport*, and A. J. Livers*, 2016. Seismic imaging of the metamorphism of young sediment into new crystalline crust in the actively rifting Imperial Valley, California. Geochem., Geophys., Geosyst. (G-Cubed), 17, 4566–4584. doi:10.1002/2016GC006610

Stanciu, A. C., R. M. Russo, V. I. Mocanu, P. M. Bremner, S. Hongsresawat, M. E. Torpey, J. C. VanDecar, D. A. Foster, and J. A. Hole, 2016. Crustal structure beneath the Blue Mountains terranes and cratonic North America, Eastern Oregon and Idaho, from teleseismic receiver functions. J. Geophys. Res. Solid Earth, 121, 5049-5067. doi:10.1002/2016JB012989

Han*, L., J. A. Hole, J. M. Stock, G. S. Fuis, A. M. Kell, N. W. Driscoll, G. M. Kent, A. J. Harding, M. J. Rymer, A. Gonzalez-Fernandez, and O. Lazaro-Mancilla, 2016. Continental rupture and the creation of new crust in the Salton Trough rift, southern California and northern Mexico: Results from the Salton Seismic Imaging Project. J. Geophys. Res. Solid Earth, 121, 7469-7489. doi:10.1002/2016JB013139

Persaud, P., Y. Ma, J. M. Stock, J. A. Hole, G. S. Fuis, and L. Han*, 2016. Fault zone characteristics and basin complexity in the southern Salton Trough, California. Geology, 44, 747-750. doi:10.1130/G38033.1

Davenport*, K. K., J. A. Hole, D. A. Quiros, L. D. Brown, M. C. Chapman, L. Han*, and W. D. Mooney, 2015. Aftershock imaging using a dense seismometer array (AIDA) after the 2011 Mineral, Virginia, earthquake. In J. W. Horton Jr., M. C. Chapman, and R. A. Green, eds., The Mineral, Virginia, Earthquake, and Its Significance for Seismic Hazards in Eastern North America, Geol. Soc. Amer. Special Paper, 509, 273-283. doi:10.1130/2015.2509(15)

Rose, E.J., G.S. Fuis, J.M. Stock, J. A. Hole, A.M. Kell, G. Kent, N.W. Driscoll, M. Goldman, A.M. Reusch, L. Han*, R.R. Sickler, R.D. Catchings, M.J. Rymer, C.J. Criley, D.S. Scheirer, S.M. Skinner, C.J. Slayday-Criley, J.M. Murphy, J.M. Jensen, R. McClearn, A.J. Ferguson, L.A. Butcher, M.A. Gardner, I. Emmons, C.L. Loughran, J.R. Svitek, P.C. Bastien, J.A. Cotton, D.S. Croker, A.J. Harding, J.M. Babcock, S.H. Harder, and C.M. Rosa, 2013. Borehole-explosion and air-gun data acquired in the 2011 Salton Seismic Imaging Project (SSIP), southern California - Description of the survey. U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report, 2013-1172, 83 pp. doi:10.3133/ofr20131172

Ryberg, T., J. A. Hole, G. S. Fuis, M. J. Rymer, F. Bleibinhaus*, D. Stromeyer, and K. Bauer, 2012. Tomographic Vp and Vs structure of the California Central Coast Ranges, in the vicinity of SAFOD, from controlled-source seismic data. Geophys. J. Int., 190, 1341-1360. doi:10.1111/j.1365-246X.2012.05585.x

J. A. Hole, 2011. Earthquake Hazards: Rivers, rifts and ruptures. Nature Geoscience, 4, 428-429. doi:10.1038/ngeo1198

Wu*, J., and J. A. Hole, 2011. Refraction of fault-zone guided seismic waves. Bull. Seismol. Soc. Amer., 101, 1674-1682. doi:10.1785/0120100024

Stephenson, A. L., G. D. Spence, K. Wang*, J. A. Hole, K. C. Miller, R. M. Clowes, S. H. Harder, and G. M. Kaip, 2011. Crustal velocity structure of the southern Nechako Basin, British Columbia, from wide-angle seismic traveltime inversion. Canadian J. Earth Sci., 48, 1050-1063. doi:10.1139/E11-006

Wu*, J., J. A. Hole, and J. A. Snoke, 2010. Fault-zone structure at depth from differential dispersion of seismic guided waves: evidence for a deep waveguide on the San Andreas Fault. Geophys. J. Int., 182, 343-354. doi:10.1111/j.1365-246X.2010.04612.x

Bleibinhaus*, F., W. R. Lester*, and J. A. Hole, 2009. Applying full waveform inversion to wide-angle seismic surveys. Tectonophysics, 472, 238-248. doi:10.1016/j.tecto.2008.08.023

Brancato*, A., J. A. Hole, S. Gresta, and J. N. Beale, 2009. Determination of seismogenic structures in southeastern Sicily (Italy) by high-precision relative location of micro-earthquakes. Bull. Seismol. Soc. Amer., 99, 1921-1936. doi:10.1785/0120080204

Catchings, R. D., D. S. Powars, G. S. Gohn, J. W. Horton Jr., M. R. Goldman, and J. A. Hole, 2008. Anatomy of the Chesapeake Bay impact structure revealed by seismic imaging, Delmarva Peninsula, Virginia, USA. J. Geophys. Res., 113, B08413, 21 pp. doi:10.1029/2007JB005421

Wu*, J., J. A. Hole, J. A. Snoke, and M. G. Imhof, 2008. Depth extent of the fault zone seismic waveguide: Effects of increasing velocity with depth. Geophys. J. Int., 173, 611-622. doi:10.1111/j.1365-246X.2008.03755.x

Bleibinhaus*, F., J. A. Hole, T. Ryberg, and G. S. Fuis, 2007. Structure of the California Coast Ranges and San Andreas Fault at SAFOD from seismic waveform inversion and reflection imaging. J. Geophys. Res., 112, B06315. doi:10.1029/2006JB004611

Hole, J. A., T. Ryberg, G. S. Fuis, F. Bleibinhaus*, and A. K. Sharma*, 2006. Structure of the San Andreas fault zone at SAFOD from a seismic refraction survey. Geophys. Res. Lett., 33, L07312. doi:10.1029/2005GL025194

Hole, J. A., C. A. Zelt, and R. G. Pratt, 2005. Advances in controlled-source seismic imaging. Eos Trans. Amer. Geophys. Union, 86, 177 & 181 (cover article). doi:10.1029/2005EO180001

Aster, R., B. Beaudoin, J. A. Hole, M. Fouch, J. Fowler, and D. James, 2005. IRIS seismology program marks 20 years of discover. Eos Trans. Amer. Geophys. Union, 86, 171-172. doi:10.1029/2005EO170002

Gettemy, G. L., H. J. Tobin, J. A. Hole, and A. Y. Sayed*, 2004. Multi-scale compressional wave velocity structure of the San Gregorio Fault zone. Geophys. Res. Lett., 31, L06601. doi:10.1029/2003GL018826

Anderson, K. B., J. A. Spotila, and J. A. Hole, 2003. Application of geomorphic analysis and ground penetrating radar to characterization of paleoseismic sites in dynamic alluvial environments: An example from southern California. Tectonophysics, 368, 25-32. doi:10.1016/S0040-1951(03)00148-3

Catchings, R. D., M. J. Rymer, M. R. Goldman, J. A. Hole, R. Huggins, and C. Lippus, 2002. High-resolution seismic velocities and shallow structure of the San Andreas fault zone at Middle Mountain, Parkfield, California. Bull. Seismol. Soc. Amer., 92, 2493-2503. doi:10.1785/0120010263

Parsons, T., J. McCarthy, P. E. Hart, J. A. Hole, J. Childs, D. H. Oppenheimer, and M. L. Zoback, 2002. A review of faults and crustal structure in the San Francisco Bay area as revealed by seismic studies: 1991-1997. U. S. Geol. Surv. Prof. Paper, 1658, 119-145. http://geopubs.wr.usgs.gov/prof-paper/pp1658/

Hole, J. A., R. D. Catchings, K. C. St. Clair*, M. J. Rymer, D. A. Okaya, and B. J. Carney*, 2001. Steep-dip seismic imaging of the shallow San Andreas Fault near Parkfield. Science, 294, 1513-1515. doi:10.1126/science.1065100

Hole, J. A., B. C. Beaudoin, and S. L. Klemperer, 2000. Vertical extent of the newborn San Andreas fault at the Mendocino triple junction. Geology, 28, 1111-1114. doi:10.1130/0091-7613(2000)28<1111:VEOTNS>2.0.CO;2

Hole, J. A., T. M. Brocher, S. L. Klemperer, T. Parsons, H. M. Benz, and K. P. Furlong, 2000. Three-dimensional seismic velocity structure of the San Francisco Bay area. J. Geophys. Res., 105, 13,859-13,874. doi:10.1029/2000JB900083

Hole, J. A., 2000. Reflection and refraction imaging of steeply dipping faults. in Jacob, A. W. B., Bean, C. J., and Jacob, S. T. F, eds., Active and Passive Seismic Techniques Reviewed, Communications Dublin Inst. Adv. Stud., Series D, Geophys. Bull., 49, 63-65.

Hole, J. A., and M. G. Imhof, 2000. Resolution issues in travel time tomography. in Jacob, A. W. B., Bean, C. J., and Jacob, S. T. F, eds., Active and Passive Seismic Techniques Reviewed, Communications Dublin Inst. Adv. Stud., Series D, Geophys. Bull., 49, 32-34.

Beaudoin, B. C., J. A. Hole, S. L. Klemperer, and A. M. Trehu, 1998. Location of the southern edge of the Gorda slab and evidence for an adjacent asthenospheric window: Results from seismic profiling and gravity. J. Geophys. Res., 103, 30,101-30,115. doi:10.1029/98JB02231

Hole, J. A., B. C. Beaudoin, and T. J. Henstock, 1998. Wide-angle seismic constraints on the evolution of the deep San Andreas plate boundary by Mendocino triple junction migration. Tectonics, 17, 802-818. doi:10.1029/98TC02261

Henstock, T. J., A. Levander, and J. A. Hole, 1997. Deformation in the lower crust of the San Andreas Fault system in northern California. Science, 278, 650-653. doi:10.1126/science.278.5338.650

Holbrook, W. S., T. M. Brocher, U. S. ten Brink, and J. A. Hole, 1996. Crustal structure of a transform plate boundary: San Francisco Bay and the central California continental margin. J. Geophys. Res., 101, 22,311-22,344. doi:10.1029/96JB01642

Parsons, T., J. McCarthy, W. M. Kohler, C. J. Ammon, H. M. Benz, J. A. Hole, and E. E. Criley, 1996. Crustal structure of the Colorado Plateau, Arizona: Application of new long-offset seismic data analysis techniques. J. Geophys. Res., 101, 11,173-11,194. doi:10.1029/95JB03742

Zelt, B. C., R. M. Ellis, R. M. Clowes, and J. A. Hole, 1996. Inversion of three-dimensional wide-angle seismic data from the southwestern Canadian Codillera. J. Geophys. Res., 101, 8503-8529. doi:10.1029/95JB02807

Benz, H. M., B. A. Chouet, P. B. Dawson, J. C. Lahr, R. A. Page, and J. A. Hole, 1996. Three-dimensional P and S wave velocity structure of Redoubt Volcano, Alaska. J. Geophys. Res., 101, 8111-8128. doi:10.1029/95JB03046

Hole, J. A., H. Thybo, and S. L. Klemperer, 1996. Seismic reflections from the near-vertical San Andreas Fault. Geophys. Res. Lett., 23, 237-240. doi:10.1029/96GL00019

Hole, J. A., M. M. Fliedner, and S. L. Klemperer, 1996. Three-dimensional analysis and inversion of BABEL seismic refraction data from the Bothnian Sea. in R. Meissner, D. Blundell, D. Snyder and J. McBride, eds., The BABEL project - Final status report, Deep reservoir geology programme, EUR 16486, European Commission, Luxembourg, 135-141.

Trehu, A. M., and the Mendocino Working Group, 1995. Pulling the rug out from under California: Seismic images of the Mendocino Triple Junction region. Eos Trans. Amer. Geophys. Union, 76, 369&380-381.

Hole, J. A., and B. C. Zelt, 1995. 3-D finite-difference reflection traveltimes. Geophys. J. Int., 121, 427-434. doi:10.1111/j.1365-246X.1995.tb05723.x

Brocher, T. M., J. McCarthy, P. E. Hart, W. S. Holbrook, K. P. Furlong, T. V. McEvilly, J. A. Hole, and S. L. Klemperer, 1994. Seismic evidence for a lower-crustal detachment beneath San Francisco Bay, California. Science, 265, 1436-1439. doi:10.1126/science.265.5177.1436

Hole, J. A., R. M. Clowes, and R. M. Ellis, 1993. Interpretation of three-dimensional seismic refraction data from western Hecate Strait, British Columbia: Structure of the Queen Charlotte Basin. Can. J. Earth Sci., 30, 1427-1439. doi:10.1139/e93-123

Hole, J. A., R. M. Clowes, and R. M. Ellis, 1993. Interpretation of three-dimensional seismic refraction data from western Hecate Strait, British Columbia: Structure of the crust. Can. J. Earth Sci., 30, 1440-1452. doi:10.1139/e93-124

Hole, J. A., 1992. Nonlinear high-resolution three-dimensional seismic travel time tomography. J. Geophys. Res., 97, 6553-6562. doi:10.1029/92JB00235

Hole, J. A., R. M. Clowes, and R. M. Ellis, 1992. Interface inversion using broadside seismic refraction data and three-dimensional travel time calculations. J. Geophys. Res., 97, 3417-3429. doi:10.1029/91JB02858

Spence, G. D., T. Yuan, J. A. Hole, I. Asudeh, R. M. Ellis, R. M. Clowes, K. M. M. Rohr, and R. D. Hyndman, 1992. Queen Charlotte Basin Refraction Experiment, 1988. Geol. Surv. Canada Open File 2544, 51 pp. doi:10.4095/133461

Spence, G. D., J. A. Hole, I. Asudeh, R. M. Ellis, R. M. Clowes, T. Yuan, and K. M. M. Rohr, 1991. A seismic refraction study in the Queen Charlotte Basin, British Columbia. in G. J. Woodsworth, ed., Evolution and Hydrocarbon Potential of the Queen Charlotte Basin, British Columbia, Geol. Surv. Canada Paper 90-10, 135-149. doi:10.4095/131959

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