Research
Colorado Plateau
Seismic investigation of the crust and upper mantle structure
beneath the Colorado Plateau using surface wave and receiver
function data computed primarily from
USArray data.
Collaborators:
Meghan S. Miller,
Alan
Levander and
Kaijian Liu
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Bailey, I. W., M. S. Miller, K. Liu and A. Levander,
2011. VS and density structure beneath the Colorado
Plateau constrained by gravity anomalies and joint inversions of
receiver function and phase velocity data. J. Geophys. Res.,
doi:10.1029/2011JB008522, in press.
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Analysis of Seismic Strain using Focal Mechanism Data
Using focal mechanism data to investigate characteristics of
crustal deformation and quantify fault heterogeneity.
Collaborators:
Yehuda Ben-Zion,
Thorsten
W. Becker,
Matthias Holschneider and
Lisa Alpert
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Bailey, I. W., L. A. Alpert, T. W. Becker and M. S. Miller,
2011. Co-seismic deformation of deep slabs based on summed CMT data.
Submitted to J. Geophys. Res
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Alpert, L. A., T. W. Becker and I. W. Bailey, 2010. Global
Coseismic Subduction Zone Strain-Release as a Constraint for
Slab Dynamics. Geochem. Geophys. Geosyst.,
doi:10.1029/2010GC003301.
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Bailey, I. W., Y. Ben-Zion, T. W. Becker and M. Holschneider,
2010. Quantifying Focal Mechanism Heterogeneity for Fault Zones in
Central and Southern California. Geophys. J. Int.
doi: 10.1111/j.1365-246X.2010.0475.x
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Bailey, I. W., T. W. Becker, and Y. Ben-Zion, 2009. Patterns
of Co-seismic Strain associated with Southern California Focal
Mechanisms. Geophys. J. Int.
doi:10.1111/j.1365-246X.2009.04090.x
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Numerical modeling of Seismicity on a Single Fault
Using models of discrete slip patches embedded in an elastic
halfspace with approximated frictional behavior, we investigate
statistical properties of seismicity that are affected by fault
heterogeneity.
Collaborators:
Yehuda Ben-Zion and
Matthias Holschneider
- Bailey, I. W. and Y. Ben-Zion, 2009. Statistics of earthquake
stress drops on a heterogeneous fault in an elastic
half-space. Bull. Seis. Soc. Amer. vol 99-3,
p. 1786-1800; doi: 10.1785/0120080254
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Education
Ph.D. Geophysics, August 2009, University of Southern
California
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Bailey, I.W, 2009. Heterogeneity of Earthquake Stress
Drops, Focal Mechanisms and Active Fault Zones. Ph.D. Thesis
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BSc (Hons.) Geophysics, July 2002, University
of Edinburgh
Updated: October 16th, 2011.