T. Lay is author or co-author of 522 research publications including 2 textbooks, 1 monograph, 2 edited books, 1 edited special issue, 5 major reports, 381 publications in refereed books and professional journals, and 132 technical reports, book reviews, news items and conference proceedings. In addition, he is author or co-author on 441+ published abstracts for meeting presentations, and he was content consultant for a book on the 2004 Indian Ocean Tsunami.
Books and Published Reports
1. Lay, T. (1994). Seismological constraints on the velocity structure and fate of subducting lithospheric slabs: 25 years of progress, Advances in Geophysics, 35, 187pp. Reprinted as Structure and Fate of Subducting Slabs, Academic Press, 1996.
2. Lay, T., and T. C. Wallace (1995). Modern Global Seismology, Academic Press, San Diego, 521pp. (Also printed in Japanese). PDF
3. Hirose, K., J. Brodholt, T. Lay and D. A. Yuen, eds. (2007). Post-Perovskite: The Last Mantle Phase Transition, American Geophysical Union, Monograph, 174, 287pp.
4. 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, GeoProse, Alexandria, VA, 76 pp. PDF
5. Lay, T., M. L. Bender, S. Carbotte, K. A. Farley, K. M. Larson, T. Lyons, M. Manga, H.-K. Mao, I. P. Montanez, D. R. Montgomery, P. E. Olsen, P. L. Olson, P. L. Wiberg, and D. Zhang (2012). New Research Opportunities in the Earth, National Research Council, The National Academies Press, Washington, D. C., 133 pp. PDF
6. Aster, R., et al. (2015). Future geophysical facilities required to address grand challenges in the Earth Sciences, Community Report to the National Science Foundation, 47 pp. PDF
7. Ammon, C. J., A. A. Velasco, T. Lay, and T. C. Wallace (2020). Foundations of Modern Global Seismology, Second Edition, Academic Press, Elsevier, London, 586 pp. PDF
8. Hruby, J., C. Hinderstein, A. Alleyne, C. Craft, J. DeTrani, M. Dreicer, S. A. Keller, A. Kersting, T. Lay, K. Masback, C. Pickett, W. Tobey, and N. Wogman (2021). Nuclear Proliferation and Arms Control Monitoring, Detection and Verification: National Security Priority, Interim Report, National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, Medicine, The National Academies Press, Washington, DC, 180 pp.
9. Hilley, G. E. (ed.), E. E. Brodsky, D. Roman, D. J. Shillington, M. Brudzinski, M. Behn, H. Tobin and the SZ4D RCN (2022). SZ4D Implementation Plan. Stanford Digital Repository. PDF https://doi.org/10.25740/hy589c7561
10. Lay, T., and X. D. Song (2022). Special memorial for Professor Donald V. Helmberger, Earthquake Science, 35(1) Q20220015, PDF, https://doig.org/10.1016/j.eqs.2022.01.020
11. Lay, T., X. Song (2023). Memories of Professor Don Helmberger: Master of Seismology and Mentor Extraordinaire. Chinese Acadamy of Sciences. PDF.
*. Lusted, M. (2008). The 2004 Indian Ocean Tsunami, Content consultant, T. Lay, ABDO Publishing Co, Edina, MN, USA, 112pp.
Reviewed Publications in Professional Journals and Books
1980
1. Lay, T. and H. Kanamori (1980). Earthquake doublets in the Solomon Islands, Phys. Earth Planet. Int., 21, 283-304. PDF
1981
2. Lay, T. and H. Kanamori (1981). An asperity model of large earthquake sequences, in D. W. Simpson and P.G. Richards (eds.) Earthquake Prediction, an International Review, Maurice Ewing Series, IV, 579-592, AGU, Washington, D. C. PDF
3. Lay, T. and D. V. Helmberger (1981). Body wave amplitude patterns and upper mantle attenuation variations across North America. Geophys. J. R. Astr. Soc., 66, 691-726. PDF
4. Nataf, H. C., T. Lay, D. L. Anderson and E. A. Okal (1981). Reassessment of a reported S delay under Trindade, Geophys. Res. Lett., 8, 1027-1030. PDF
1982
5. Lay, T., H. Kanamori and L. Ruff (1982). The asperity model and the nature of large subduction zone earthquake occurrence, Earthquake Prediction Research, 1, 3-71. PDF
6. Lay, T., J. W. Given and H. Kanamori (1982). Long-period mechanism of the November 8, 1980 Eureka, California earthquake, Bull. Seismol. Soc. Am., 72, 439-456. PDF
1983
7. Lay, T. (1983). Localized velocity anomalies in the lower mantle, Geophys. J. R. Astr. Soc., 72, 483-516. PDF
8. Lay, T. and D. V. Helmberger (1983). A shear velocity discontinuity in the lower mantle, Geophys. Res. Lett., 10, 63-66. PDF
9. Lay, T. and D. V. Helmberger (1983). Body-wave amplitude and travel-time correlations across North America, Bull. Seism. Soc. Am., 73, 17-30. PDF
10. Lay, T. and T. C. Wallace (1983). Multiple ScS travel times and attenuation beneath Mexico and Central America, Geophys. Res. Lett., 10, 301-304. PDF
11. Lay, T. and D. V. Helmberger (1983). The shear wave velocity gradient at the base of the mantle, J. Geophys. Res., 88, 8160-8170. PDF
12. Lay, T. and D. V. Helmberger (1983). A lower mantle S wave triplication and the shear velocity structure of D”, Geophys. J. R. Astr. Soc., 75, 799-838. PDF
13. Lay, T. and E. Okal (1983) The Gilbert Islands (Republic of Kiribati) earthquake swarm of 1981-1983, Phys. Earth Planet. Int., 33, 284-303. PDF
1984
14. Kanamori, H., J. Given and T. Lay (1984). Analysis of seismic body waves excited by the Mt. St. Helens eruption of May 18, 1980, J. Geophys. Res., 89, 1856-1866. PDF
15. Lay, T., L. J. Burdick and D. V. Helmberger (1984). Estimating the yields of the Amchitka tests by waveform intercorrelation, Geophys. J. R. Astr. Soc., 78, 181-208. PDF
16. Burdick, L. J., T. C. Wallace and T. Lay (1984). Modeling near-field and teleseismic observations for the Amchitka test site, J. Geophys. Res., 89, 4373-4388. PDF
17. Lay, T., D. Helmberger and T. C. Wallace (1984). The effects of tectonic release on short-period P-waves from NTS explosions, Bull. Seism. Soc. Am., 74, 1-24. PDF
18. Lay, T., D. V. Helmberger and D. G. Harkrider (1984). Source models and yield-scaling relations for underground nuclear explosions at Amchitka Island, Bull. Seism. Soc. Am., 74, 181-200. PDF
19. Zhang, J. and T. Lay (1984). Investigation of a lower mantle shear wave triplication using a broadband array, Geophys. Res. Lett., 11, 620-623. PDF
1985
20. Lay, T. and H. Kanamori (1985). Geometric effects of global lateral heterogeneity on long-period surface wave propagation, J. Geophys. Res., 90, 605-621. PDF
21. Lay, T. (1985). Estimating explosion yield by analytical waveform comparison, Geophys. J. R. Astr. Soc., 82, 1-31. PDF
22. Schwartz, S. Y. and T. Lay (1985). Comparison of long-period surface wave amplitude and phase anomalies for two models of global lateral heterogeneity, Geophys. Res. Lett., 12, 231-234. PDF
23. Lay, T., L. J. Burdick, D. V. Helmberger and C. G. Arvesen (1985). Estimating seismic yield and defining distinct test sites using complete waveform information, in: The VELA Program: A Twenty-five Year Review of Basic Research, ed. Ann Kerr, Executive Graphic Services, Rosslyn, VA, 597-610. PDF
24. Helmberger, D. V., T. Lay, P. Scott and T. Wallace (1985). Short-period amplitude patterns from Pahute Mesa, tectonic or propagation?, in: The VELA Program: A Twenty-five Year Review of Basic Research, ed. Ann Kerr, Executive Graphic Services, Rosslyn, VA, 286-295. PDF
1986
25. Lay, T. and C. J. Young (1986). The effect of SKS scattering on models of the shear velocity structure of the D” region, J. Geophys., 59, 11-15. PDF
26. Wallace, T. C., D. V. Helmberger and T. Lay (1986). Reply to comments by A. Douglas, J. B. Young, and N. S. Lyman and a Note on the revised moments for Pahute Mesa tectonic release, Bull. Seism. Soc. Am., 767, 313-318. PDF
27. Burger, R. W., T. Lay, T. C. Wallace and L. J. Burdick (1986). Evidence of tectonic release in long-period S waves from underground nuclear explosions at the Novaya Zemlya test sites, Bull. Seism. Soc. Am., 76, 733-755. PDF
28. Lay, T. (1986). Evidence of a lower mantle shear velocity discontinuity in S and sS phases, Geophys. Res. Lett., 13, 1493-1496. PDF
29. Lay, T. (1986). Geophysics of the core and core-mantle boundary, Introduction to the special issue, Geophys. Res. Lett., 13, 1488. PDF
30. Beck, S. L. and T. Lay (1986). A test of the lower mantle slab penetration hypothesis using broadband S waves, Geophys. Res. Lett., 13, 1007-1010. PDF
31. Burger, R. W., T. Lay and L. J. Burdick (1986). Estimating the relative yields of Novaya Zemlya tests by waveform intercorrelation, Geophys. J. R. Astr. Soc., 87, 775-800. PDF
32. Okal, E. A., D. F. Woods and T. Lay (1986). Intraplate deformation in the Samoa-Gilbert-Ralik area: A prelude to a change of plate boundaries in the Southwest Pacific?, in: Intraplate Deformation, Characteristics, Processes and Causes, Tectonophysics, 132, 69-77. PDF
1987
33. Welc, J. and T. Lay (1987). The source rupture process of the great Banda Sea earthquake of November 4, 1963, Phys. Earth Planet. Int., 45, 242-254. PDF
34. Young, C. and T. Lay (1987). The core-mantle boundary, in: Annual Reviews of Earth and Planetary Science, 15, 25-46. PDF
35. Burger, R. W., T. Lay and L. J. Burdick (1987). Average Q estimates from the Pahute Mesa test site, Bull. Seism. Soc. Am., 77, 1274-1294. PDF
36. Lay, T. and J. L. Welc (1987). Analysis of near-source contributions to early P-wave coda for underground explosions: 1. Waveform complexity, Bull. Seism. Soc. Am., 77, 1017-1040. PDF
37. Lay, T. (1987). Analysis of near-source contributions to early P-wave coda for underground explosions: 2. Frequency Dependence, Bull. Seism. Soc. Am., 77, 1252-1273. PDF
38. Lay, T. (1987). Analysis of near-source contributions to early P-wave coda for underground explosions: 3. Inversion for isotropic scatterers, Bull. Seism. Soc. Am., 77, 1767-1783. PDF
39. Lay, T. (1987). Structure of the earth: mantle and core, Rev. Geophys., 25, 1161-1167. PDF
40. Schwartz, S. Y. and T. Lay (1987). Effects of off great circle propagation on the phase of long-period surface waves, Geophys. J. R. Astr. Soc., 91, 143-154. PDF
41. Young, C. J. and T. Lay (1987). Evidence for a shear velocity discontinuity in the lower mantle beneath India and the Indian Ocean, Phys. Earth Planet. Int., 49, 37-53. PDF
42. Young, C. J. and T. Lay (1987). Comment on “Wave propagation effects and the Earth’s structure in the lower mantle”, Geophys. Res. Lett., 14, 562-565. PDF
1988
43. Lynnes, C. S. and T. Lay (1988). Analysis of amplitude and travel time anomalies for short-period P-waves from NTS explosions, Geophys. J., 92, 431-443. PDF
44. Lynnes, C. S. and T. Lay (1988). Observations of teleseismic P–wave coda for underground explosions, PAGEOPH, 128, 231-249. PDF
45. Christensen, D. H. and T. Lay (1988). Large earthquakes in the Tonga region associated with subduction of the Louisville Ridge, J. Geophys. Res., 93, 13367-13389. PDF
46. Cohee, B. P. and T. Lay (1988). Modeling teleseismic SV waves from underground explosions with tectonic release: Results for Southern Novaya Zemlya, Bull. Seism. Soc. Am., 78, 1158-1178. PDF
47. Lynnes, C. S. and T. Lay (1988). Source process of the great 1977 Sumba earthquake, J. Geophys. Res., 93, 13407-13420. PDF
48. Burger, R. W., T. Lay and L. J. Burdick (1988). Reply to comments by Der, Bull. Seism. Soc. Amer., 78, 1835-1836. PDF
49. Lay, T. (1988). The deep roots of continents, News and Views, Nature, 333, 209-210. PDF
50. Lay, T. and T. C. Wallace (1988). Multiple ScS attenuation and travel times beneath western North America, Bull. Seism. Soc. Am., 78, 2041-2061. PDF
51. Schwartz, S. Y. and T. Lay (1988). Analysis of upper mantle P-wave velocity structure beneath N. America and Eastern Europe using P and PP phases, in Fourth EGT Workshop: The upper mantle, eds. G. Nolet and B. Dost, European Science Foundation, 119-127. PDF
52. Astiz, L., T. Lay and H. Kanamori (1988). Large intermediate depth earthquakes and the subduction process, Phys. Earth Planet. Int., 53, 80-166. PDF
1989
53. Lay, T. (1989). Mantle, Lower: Structure, in Encyclopedia of Geophysics, ed. D. E. James, Van Nostrand Reinhold Co., New York, 770-775. PDF
54. Lay, T., L. Astiz, H. Kanamori and D. H. Christensen (1989). Temporal variation of large intraplate earthquakes in coupled subduction zones, Phys. Earth Planet. Int., 54, 258-312. PDF
55. Young, C. J. and T. Lay (1989). The core shadow zone boundary and lateral variations of the P velocity structure of the lowermost mantle, Phys. Earth Planet. Int., 54, 64-81. PDF
56. Lynnes, C. S. and T. Lay (1989). Inversion of P coda for isotropic scatterers at the Yucca Flat test site, Bull. Seism. Soc. Am., 79, 790-804. PDF
57. Zhang, J. and T. Lay (1989). Duration and depth of faulting of the June 22, 1977 Tonga earthquake, Bull. Seism. Soc. Am., 79, 51-66. PDF
58. Schwartz, S., T. Lay and L. Ruff (1989). Source process of the great 1971 Solomon Islands doublet, Phys. Earth Planet. Int., 56, 294-310. PDF
59. Schwartz, S., J. Dewey and T. Lay (1989). Influence of fault plane heterogeneity on the seismic behavior in the Southern Kurile Islands arc, J. Geophys. Res., 94, 5637-5649. PDF
60. Lay, T. (1989). Structure of the core-mantle transition zone: A chemical and thermal boundary layer, EOS, Trans. Am. Geophys. Un., 70, 49-59. PDF
61. Young, C. J., T. Lay and C. S. Lynnes (1989). The February 4, 1976 Guatemalan earthquake: a bilateral rupture, Bull. Seism. Soc. Am., 79, 670-689. PDF
62. Zhang, J. and T. Lay (1989). Measuring complex spectra using multiple filter analysis, Geophys Res. Lett., 16, 259-262. PDF
63. Zhang, J. and T. Lay (1989). A new method for determining the long-period component of the source time function of large earthquakes, Geophys. Res. Lett., 16, 275-278. PDF
64. Heaton, T. H., D. L. Anderson, W. J. Arabasz, R. Buland, W. L. Ellsworth, S. H. Hartzell, T. Lay and P. Spudich (1989). National Seismic System Science Plan, U. S. Geological Survey Circular 1031, 1-42. PDF
65. Lay, T. and C. J. Young (1989). Waveform complexity in teleseismic broadband SH displacements: slab diffractions or deep mantle reflections?, Geophys. Res. Lett., 16, 605-608. PDF
66. Lay, T. (1989). Of Glasnost, seismology and nuclear testing treaties, LS&A magazine, Univ. of Michigan, 13, 16-19. PDF
67. McNally, K. C., T. Lay, M. Protti-Quesada, G. Valensise, D. Orange and R. S. Anderson (1989). The October 18 1989 Santa Cruz Mountains (Loma Prieta) earthquake, EOS, Trans. Am. Geophys. Un., 70, 1463-1467. PDF
68. Lay, T. (1989). Problems with the seismic velocity structure at the base of the mantle, Proceedings of the IV International Conference on Solid Earth Geophysics, “A Mission to Planet Earth, IL Cigno Galileo Galilei, Rome, 241-269. PDF
1990
69. Lynnes, C. S. and T. Lay (1990). Effects of lateral velocity heterogeneity under the Nevada test site on short-period P-wave amplitudes and travel times, PAGEOPH, 132, 245-267. PDF
70. Zhang, J. and T. Lay (1990). Effects of centroid location on determination of earthquake mechanisms using long-period surface waves, Bull. Seism. Soc. Am., 80, 1205-1231. PDF
71. Young, C. J. and T. Lay (1990). Multiple phase analysis of the shear velocity structure in the D” region beneath Alaska, J. Geophys. Res., 95, 17385-17402. PDF
72. Zhang, J. and T. Lay (1990). Source parameters of the 1989 Loma Prieta earthquake determined from long-period Rayleigh waves, Geophy. Res. Lett., 17, 1195-1198. PDF
73. Lay, T., T. Ahrens, P. Olson, J. Smyth and D. Loper (1990). Science opportunities in the studies of the Earth’s deep interior, Physics Today, October, 44-52. [Reprinted in Japanese in Parity, 5, 8-18, (1991)]. PDF
74. Lay, T. and C.J. Young (1990). The stably stratified outermost core revisited, Geophys. Res. Lett., 17, 2001-2004. PDF
1991
75. Lay, T. (1991). The teleseismic manifestation of pP: Problems and paradoxes, in: Explosion Source Phenomenology, AGU Geophysical Monograph 65, (S. Taylor, H. Patton, P. Richards, eds.), 109-125. PDF
76. Gaherty, J.B., T. Lay and J.E. Vidale (1991). Investigation of deep slab structure using long period S waves, J. Geophys. Res., 96, 16349-1367. PDF
77. Schwartz, S. Y., T. Lay, and S. L. Beck (1991). Shear wave travel time, amplitude, and waveform analysis for earthquakes in the Kurile slab: constraints on deep slab structure and mantle heterogeneity, J. Geophys. Res., 96, 14445-14460. PDF
78. Lay, T. and C.J. Young (1991). Analysis of seismic SV waves in the core’s penumbra, Geophys. Res. Lett., 18(8), 1373-1376. PDF
79. Wallace, T. C., A. Velasco, J. Zhang, and T. Lay (1991). A broadband seismological investigation of the 1989 Loma Prieta, California earthquake: Evidence for deep slow slip?, Bull. Seism. Soc. Am., 81, 1622-1646. PDF
80. Schwartz, S. Y., T. Lay, and S. P. Grand (1991). Seismic imaging of subducting slab structure: trade-offs with deep path and near-receiver effects, Geophys. Res. Let., 18(7), 1265-1268. PDF
81. Lay, T. (1991). A matter for resolution, Nature (London) News and Views, 352, 105-106. PDF
1992
82. Lay, T. (1992). Seismology: Theoretical, Encyclopedia of Earth System Science, Vol 4, 153-173. PDF
83. Lay, T. (1992). Nuclear testing and seismology, Encyclopedia of Earth System Science, Vol. 3, 333-351. PDF
84. Gaherty, J.B., and T. Lay (1992). Investigation of laterally heterogeneous shear velocity structure in D” beneath Eurasia, J. Geophys. Res., 97, 417-435. PDF
85. Zhang, J., and T. Lay (1992). The April 5, 1990 Mariana Islands Earthquake and subduction zone stresses, Phys. Earth Planet. Inter., 72, 99-121. PDF
86. Lay, T., and T. Zhang (1992). Near-source contributions to teleseismic P waves and P wave coda for underground explosions, Bull. Seism. Soc. Am., 82, 383-405. PDF
87. Lay, T. (1992). Wrinkles on the inside, Nature (London) News and Views, 355, 768-769. PDF
88. Velasco, A. A., T. Lay, and J. Zhang (1992). Improved resolution of earthquake source parameters from long-period surface wave inversion, Phys. Earth Planet. Int., 74, 101-107. PDF
1993
89. Zhou, Y., K. C. McNally, and T. Lay (1993). Analysis of the 1986 Mt. Lewis, California earthquake: Preshock sequence-Mainshock-Aftershock sequence, Phys. Earth Planet. Int., 75, 267-288. PDF
90. Schwartz, S. Y., and T. Lay (1993). Complete PP waveform modeling for determining crust and upper mantle structure, Geophys. J. Inter., 112, 210-224. PDF
91. Ammon, C., A. Velasco, and T. Lay (1993). Rapid estimation of rupture directivity: Application to the 1992 Landers (Ms=7.4) and Cape Mendocino (Ms=7.2) California Earthquakes, Geophys. Res. Lett., 20, 97-100. PDF
92. Velasco, A. A., T. Lay, and J. Zhang (1993). Long-period surface wave inversion for source parameters of the October 18, 1989, Loma Prieta earthquake, Phys. Earth Planet. Inter., 76,43-66. PDF
93. Zhang, Z., and T. Lay (1993). Investigation of upper mantle discontinuities near northwestern Pacific subduction zones using precursors to sSH, J. Geophys. Res., 98,4389-4405. PDF
94. Jeanloz, R., and T. Lay (1993). The Earth’s core-mantle boundary, Sci. Amer., May, 48-55. PDF
95. Goes, S., A. A. Velasco, S. Y. Schwartz, and T. Lay (1993). The April 22, 1991, Valle de la Estrella, Costa Rica (Mw=7.7) earthquake and its tectonic implications: a broadband seismic study, J. Geophys. Res., 98, 8127-8142. PDF
96. Ritsema, J., and T. Lay (1993). Rapid source mechanism determination of large (Mw>5) earthquakes in the western United States, Geophys. Res. Lett., 20, 1611-1614. PDF
97. Vidale, J. and T. Lay (1993). Phase boundaries and mantle convection, Science, 261, 1401-1402. PDF
1994
98. Velasco, A. A., C. J. Ammon, and T. Lay (1994). Recent large earthquakes near Cape Mendocino and in the Gorda Plate: Broadband source time functions, fault orientations and rupture complexities, J. Geophys. Res., 99, 711-728. PDF
99. Kuge, K., and T. Lay (1994). Data-dependent non-double-couple components of shallow earthquake source mechanisms: Effects of waveform inversion instability, Geophys. Res. Lett., 21, 9-12. PDF
100. Zhang, T., and T. Lay (1994). Analysis of short-period regional phase path effects associated with topography in Eurasia, Bull. Seism. Soc. Am., 84, 119-132. PDF
101. Xie, X.-B., and T. Lay (1994). The excitation of Lg waves by Explosions: A finite-difference investigation, Bull. Seism. Soc. Am., 84, 324-342. PDF
102. Lay, T., J. Ritsema, C. J. Ammon, and T. Wallace (1994). Rapid source mechanism analysis of the April 29, 1993 Cataract Creek (Mw = 5.3), Northern Arizona earthquake, Bull. Seism. Soc. Am., 84, 451-457. PDF
103. Lay, T., C. J. Ammon, A. A. Velasco, J. Ritsema, T. C. Wallace, and H. J. Patton (1994). Near-real-time seismology: Rapid analysis of earthquake faulting, GSA Today, 4, 129, 132-134. PDF
104. Velasco, A. A., C. J. Ammon, and T. Lay (1994). Empirical Green function deconvolution of broadband surface waves: Rupture directivity of the 1992 Landers, California (Mw = 7.3), earthquake, Bull. Seism. Soc. Am., 84, 735-750. PDF
105. Lay, T (1994). The fate of descending slabs, Annual Reviews of Earth and Planetary Sciences, 22, 33-61. PDF
106. Lay, T. (1994). Deep earth seismology, Geotimes, 39, 12-15. PDF
107. Kuge, K., and T. Lay (1994). Systematic non-double-couple components of earthquake mechanisms: The role of fault zone irregularity, J. Geophys. Res., 99, 15457-15467. PDF
108. Zhang, T., and T. Lay (1994). Effects of crustal structure under the Barents and Kara Seas on short-period regional wave propagation for Novaya Zemlya explosions: Empirical relations, Bull. Seism. Soc. Am., 84, 1132-1147. PDF
109. Ammon, C. J., T. Lay, A. A. Velasco, and J. E. Vidale (1994). Routine estimation of earthquake source complexity: The October 18, 1992 Colombian earthquake, Bull. Seism. Soc. Am., 84, 1266-1271. PDF
110. Beckers, J., S. Schwartz, and T. Lay (1994). The velocity structure of the crust and upper mantle under China from broadband P and PP waveform analysis, Geophys. J. Int., 119, 574-594. PDF
111. Zhang, T., S. Y. Schwartz, and T. Lay (1994). Multivariate analysis of waveguide effects on short-period regional wave propagation in Eurasia and its application in seismic discrimination, J. Geophys. Res., 99, 21,929-21,945. PDF
112. Velasco, A. A., C. J. Ammon, T. Lay, and J. Zhang (1994). Imaging a slow bilateral rupture with broadband seismic waves: The September 2, 1992 Nicaraguan tsunami earthquake, Geophys. Res. Lett., 21, 2629-2632. PDF
1995
113. Lay, T. (1995). Slab burial grounds, Nature, 374, 115-116. PDF
114. Velasco, A. A., C. J. Ammon, and T. Lay (1995). Source time function complexity of the great 1989 Macquarie Ridge earthquake, J. Geophys. Res., 100, 3989-4009. PDF
115. Xie, X.-B., and T. Lay (1995). The Log (rms Lg) – Mb scaling law slope, Bull. Seism. Soc. Am., 85, 834-844. PDF
116. Loper, D., and T. Lay (1995). The core-mantle boundary region, J. Geophys. Res., 100, 6397-6420. PDF
117. Ritsema, J., and T. Lay (1995). Long-period regional wave moment tensor inversion for earthquakes in the western United States, J. Geophys. Res., 100, 9853-9864. PDF
118. Lay, T. (1995). Seismology of the lower mantle and core-mantle boundary, Rev. of Geophysics, Suppl, 325-328, 1995. PDF
119. Beckers, J., and T. Lay (1995). Very broadband seismic analysis of the 1992 Flores Earthquake (Mw=7.9), J. Geophys. Res., 100, 18179-18193. PDF
120. Ritsema, J., M. T. Hagerty and T. Lay (1995). Comparison of broadband and short-period seismic waveform stacks: Implications for upper-mantle discontinuity structure, Geophys. Res. Lett., 22, 3151-3154. PDF
121. Zhang, T.-R., and T. Lay (1995). Why the Lg phase does not traverse oceanic crust, Bull. Seism. Soc. Am., 85, 1665-1678. PDF
122. Lay, T., C. R. Allen, R. Blandford, R. Hamilton, W. J. Hannon, Jr., T. H. Jordan, C. A. Langston, P. G. Richards, B. Romanowicz, T. C. Wallace, Jr. (1995). Seismological Research Requirements for a Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty, National Research Council, National Academy Press, 80pp. PDF
1996
123. Zhang, Y.-S., and T. Lay (1996). Global surface wave phase velocity variations, J. Geophys. Res., 101, 8415-8436. PDF
124. Xu, Z., S. Schwartz, and T. Lay (1996). Seismic wave-field observations at a dense, small-aperture array located on a landslide in the Santa Cruz Mountains, California, Bull. Seism. Soc. Am., 86, 655-669. PDF
125. Zhang, T.-R., T. Lay, S. Y. Schwartz, and W. Walter (1996). Variation of regional seismic discriminants with surface topographic roughness in the Western United States, Bull. Seism. Soc. Am., 86, 714-725. PDF
126. Lay, T., and C. J. Young (1996). Imaging scattering structures in the lower mantle by migration of long-period S waves, J. Geophys. Res., 101, 20,023-20,040. PDF
127. Velasco, A. A., C. J. Ammon, T. Lay, and M. Hagerty (1996). Rupture process of the 1990, Luzon, Philippines (Mw = 7.7) earthquake, J. Geophys. Res., 101, 22,419-22,434. PDF
128. Jordan, T. H., F. A. Dahlen, S. M. Day, T. C. Hanks, C. A. Langston, T. Lay, S. A. Levin, S. D. Malone, J. R. Rice, P. G. Somerville, A. M. Trehu (1996). High Performance Computing in Seismology, National Research Council, National Academy Press, 69pp. PDF
129. Velasco, A. A., T. Lay, and J. Zhang (1996). Source parameters of the earthquake determined by using long-period seismic waves, U.S.G.S. Professional Paper, 1550-A, A215-A233. PDF
130. Velasco, A. A., T. Lay, and J. Zhang (1996). Long-period surface-wave observations of the earthquake, U.S.G.S. Professional Paper, 1550-A, A209-A214. PDF
1997
131. Garnero, E. J., and T. Lay (1997). Lateral variations in lowermost mantle shear wave anisotropy beneath the north Pacific and Alaska, J. Geophys. Res., 102, 8121-8135. PDF
132. Zhang, J., K. Kuge, T. Lay, and S. Tsuboi (1997). Determination of earthquake source mechanisms using teleseismic 30-140 s waves: The January 17, 1994 Northridge Earthquake, J. Geophys. Res., 102, 8159-8169. PDF
133. Lay, T., E. J. Garnero, C. J. Young, and J. B. Gaherty (1997). Scale-lengths of shear velocity heterogeneity at the base of the mantle from S wave differential travel times, J. Geophys. Res., 102, 9887-9909. PDF
134. Lay, T., et al. (1997). Research Required to Support Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty Monitoring, National Research Council, National Academy Press, 244pp. PDF
135. Ritsema, J., E. Garnero and T. Lay (1997). A strongly negative shear velocity gradient in the lowermost mantle beneath the Pacific, J. Geophys. Res., 102, 20395-20411. PDF
136. Rodgers, A. J., T. Lay, W. R. Walter, and K. M. Mayeda (1997). A comparison of regional-phase amplitude ratio measurement techniques, Bull. Seism. Soc. Am., 87, 16113-1621. PDF
1998
137. Fan, G., and T. Lay (1998). Statistical analysis of irregular waveguide influences on regional seismic discriminants in China, Bull. Seism. Soc. Am., 88, 74–88. PDF
138. Ritsema, J., T. Lay, E. J. Garnero, and H. Benz (1998). Seismic anisotropy in the lowermost mantle beneath the Pacific, Geophys. Res. Lett., 25, 1229-1232. PDF
139. Lay, T., Q. Williams, and E. J. Garnero (1998). The core-mantle boundary layer and deep earth dynamics, Nature, 392, 461-468. PDF
140. Garnero, E. J., J. Revenaugh, Q. Williams, T. Lay and L. H. Kellogg (1998). Ultralow velocity zone at the core-mantle boundary, in The Core-Mantle Boundary Region, eds. M. Gurnis, M. E. Wysession, E. Knittle, and B. A. Buffett, Geodynamics Series, 28, American Geophysical Union, Washington, D.C., 319-334. PDF
141. Lay, T., Q. Williams, E. J. Garnero, L. Kellogg, and M. E. Wysession (1998). Seismic wave anisotropy in the D” region and its implications, in The Core-Mantle Boundary Region, eds. M. Gurnis, M. E. Wysession, E. Knittle, and B. A. Buffett, Geodynamics Series, 28, American Geophysical Union, Washington, D.C., 299-318. PDF
142. Wysession, M.E., T. Lay, J. Revenaugh, Q. Williams, E. J. Garnero, R. Jeanloz, and L. Kellogg (1998). The D” discontinuity and its implications, in The Core-Mantle Boundary Region, eds. M. Gurnis, M. E. Wysession, E. Knittle, and B. A. Buffett, Geodynamics Series, 28, American Geophysical Union, Washington, D.C., 273-297. PDF
143. Garnero, E. J., and T. Lay (1998). Effects of D” anisotropy on seismic velocity models of the outermost core, Geophys. Res. Lett., 25, 2341-2344. PDF
144. Bilek, S. L., and T. Lay (1998). Variation of interplate fault zone properties with depth in the Japan subduction zone, Science, 281, 1175-1178. PDF
145. Bilek, S. L., and T. Lay (1998). Lower mantle heterogeneity beneath Eurasia imaged by parametric migration of shear waves, Phys. Earth Planet. Inter., 108, 201-218. PDF
146. Zhang, J., K. Kuge, T. Lay, and S. Tsuboi (1998). Source mechanism of the January 17, 1994, Northridge earthquake from intermediate-period surface waves, Proceedings of the NEHRP Conference and Workshop on Research on the Northridge, California Earthquake of January 17, 1994, Volume II, Earth Sciences, 307-314. PDF
147. Fan, G., and T. Lay (1998). Regionalized versus single-station waveguide effects on seismic discriminants in western China, Bull. Seism. Soc. Am., 88, 1260-1274. PDF
148. Russell, S., T. Lay, and E. J. Garnero (1998). Seismic evidence for small-scale dynamics in the lowermost mantle at the root of the Hawaiian hotspot, Nature, 396, 255-258. PDF
149. Lay, T., and Q. Williams (1998). Dynamics of Earth’s interior, Geotimes, Nov. 1998, 26-30. PDF
150. Fan, G., and T. Lay (1998). Statistical analysis of irregular wave-guide influences on regional seismic discriminants in China: Additional results for Pn/Sn, Pn/Lg and Pg/Sn, Bull. Seism. Soc. Am., 88, 1504-1510. PDF
1999
151. Rodgers, A. J., W. R. Walter, C. A. Schultz, S. C. Myers, and T. Lay (1999). A comparison of methodologies for representing path effects on regional P/S discriminants, Bull. Seism. Soc. Am., 89, 394-408. PDF
152. Pankow, K. L., and T. Lay (1999). Constraints on the Kurile slab from shear wave residual sphere analysis, J. Geophys. Res., 104, 7255-7278. PDF
153. Zhang, Y.-S., and T. Lay (1999). Evolution of oceanic upper mantle structure, Phys. Earth Planet. Inter., 114, 71-80. PDF
154. Russell, S. A., T. Lay, and E. J. Garnero (1999). Small-scale lateral shear velocity and anisotropy heterogeneity near the core-mantle boundary beneath the Central Pacific imaged using broadband ScS waves, J. Geophys. Res., 104, 13183-13199. PDF
155. Bilek, S. L, and T. Lay (1999). Rigidity variations with depth along interplate megathrust faults in subduction zones, Nature, 400, 443-446. PDF
156. Bilek, S. L., and T. Lay (1999). Comparison of depth dependent fault zone properties in the Japan Trench and Middle America Trench, in Seismogenic and tsunamigenic processes in shallow subduction zones, eds. J. Sauber and R. Dmowska, Pure Appl. Geophys., 154, 433-456. PDF
157. Carlo, D. L., T. Lay, C. J. Ammon, and J. Zhang (1999). Rupture process of the 1995 Antofagasta subduction earthquake (Mw=8.1), in Seismogenic and tsunamigenic processes in shallow subduction zones, eds. J. Sauber and R. Dmowska, Pure Appl. Geophys., 154, 677-709. PDF
2000
158. Bilek, S., and T. Lay (2000). Depth dependent rupture properties in circum-Pacific subduction zones, GeoComplexity and the Physics of Earthquakes, Geophysical Monograph 120, American Geophysical Union, 165-186. PDF
159. Kuo, B.-Y., E. J. Garnero and T. Lay (2000). Tomographic inversion of S-SKS times for shear velocity heterogeneity in D”: Degree 12 and hybrid models, J. Geophys. Res., 105, 2813928157. PDF
160. Tanimoto, T., and T. Lay (2000). Mantle dynamics and seismic tomography, Proc. National Acad. Sci., 97, 12409-12410. PDF
2001
161. Russell, S. A., C. Reasoner, T. Lay, and J. Revenaugh (2001). Coexisting shear-and compressional-wave seismic velocity discontinuities beneath the central Pacific, Geophys. Res. Lett., 28, 2281-2284. PDF
2002
162. Fan, G., T. Lay and S. Bottone (2002). Path corrections for source discriminants: A case study at two international seismic monitoring stations, PAGEOPH, Pure appl. Geophys., 159, 651-678. PDF
163. Pankow, K. L., Q. Williams, and T. Lay (2002). Using shear wave amplitude patterns to detect metastable olivine in subducted slabs, J. Geophys. Res., 107 (B6), 2108, doi: 10.1029/2001JB000608. PDF
164. Bilek, S. L., and T. Lay (2002). Tsunami earthquakes: Possibly widespread manifestations of frictional conditional stability, Geophys. Res. Lett., 29, No. 14, doi: 10.1029/2002GL015215. PDF
165. Pakow, K. L., and T. Lay (2002). Modeling S wave amplitude patterns for events in the Kurile slab using three-dimensional Gaussian beams, J. Geophys. Res., 107 (B8), 2167, doi: 10.1029/2001JB000594. PDF
166. Lay, T. (2002). The Earth’s Interior, Chapter 51 in the International Handbook of Earthquake and Engineering Seismology, (eds. W. H. K. Lee, H. Kanamori, P. C. Jennings, and C. Kisslinger), Academic Press, 829-860 (w/ 38 pages of references on CD rom). PDF REFS.PDF
167. Fan, G., and T. Lay (2002). Characteristics of Lg attenuation in the Tibetan Plateau, J. Geophys. Res., 107, (B10), 2256, doi:10.1029/2001JB000804. PDF
168. Zhang, J., T. Lay, J. Zaslow, and W. R. Walter (2002). Source effects on regional seismic discriminant measurements, Bull. Seism. Soc. Am., 92, 2926-2945. PDF
2003
169. Fan, G., and T. Lay (2003). Strong Lg wave attenuation in the northern and eastern Tibetan Plateau measured by a two-station/two-event stacking method, Geophys. Res. Lett., 30, (10), 10.1029/2002GL016211. PDF
170. Zhang, J., W. R. Walter, T. Lay, and R.-S. Wu (2003). Time-domain pure-state polarization analysis of surface waves traversing California, Pure Appl. Geophys., 160,1447-1478. PDF
171. Fan, G., and T. Lay (2003). Strong Lg attenuation in the Tibetan Plateau, Bull. Seism. Soc. Amer., 93, 2264-2272. PDF
172. Garnero, E. J., and T. Lay (2003). D” shear velocity heterogeneity, anisotropy and discontinuity structure beneath the Caribbean and Central America, Phys. Earth Planet. Inter., 140, 219-242. PDF
2004
173. Moore, M. M., E. J. Garnero, T. Lay, and Q. Williams (2004). Shear wave splitting and waveform complexity for lowermost mantle structures with low-velocity lamellae and transverse isotropy, J. Geophys. Res., Vol. 109, B02319, doi:10.1029/2003JB002546. PDF
174. Rokosky, J. M., T. Lay, E. J. Garnero, and S. A. Russell (2004). High resolution investigation of shear-wave anisotropy in D” beneath the Cocos plate, Geophys. Res. Lett., 31, L07605, doi:10.1029/2003GL018902. PDF
175. Butler, R., T. Lay, K. Creager, P. Earle, K. Fischer, J. Gaherty, G. Laske, B. Leith, J. Park, M. Ritzwoller, J. Tromp, and L. Wen. (2004). The global seismic network surpasses its design goal, EOS, 85, No. 23, 225, 228-229. PDF
176. Lay, T., E. J. Garnero and Q. Williams (2004). Partial melting in a thermo-chemical boundary layer at the base of the mantle, Phys. Earth Planet. Inter., 146/3-4, 441-467. PDF
177. Lay, T., E. J. Garnero, and S. Russell (2004). Lateral variation of the D” Discontinuity beneath the Cocos Plate, Geophys. Res. Lett., 31, L15612, doi:10.1029/2004GL020300. PDF
178. Thomas, C., E. J. Garnero, and T. Lay (2004). High resolution image of lowermost mantle structure under the Cocos Plate, J. Geophys. Res., 109, B08307, doi:10.1029/2004JB003013. PDF
179. Garnero, E. J., M. M. Moore, T. Lay, and M. J. Fouch (2004). Isotropy or weak vertical transverse isotropy in D” beneath the Atlantic Ocean, J. Geophys. Res., 109, B08308, doi:10.1029/2004JB003004. PDF
180. Lay, T., and S. Y. Schwartz (2004). Comment on “ ‘Coupling’ semantics and science in earthquake research”, EOS, 85 (36), 7 Sept., 3339-340. PDF
181. Bilek, S. L., T. Lay, and L. J. Ruff (2004). Exploring radiated seismic energy and earthquake source duration variations using source time functions from shallow subduction zone earthquakes, J. Geophys. Res., Vol. 109, B09308, doi:10.1029/2004JB003039. PDF
182. Garnero, E. J., V. Maupin, T. Lay and M. J. Fouch (2004). Variable azimuthal anisotropy in Earth’s lowermost mantle, Science, 306, 259-261. PDF
183. Lay, T., and E. J. Garnero (2004). Core-mantle boundary structures and processes, in The State of the Planet: Frontiers and Challenges in Geophysics (R. S. J. Sparks and C. J. Hawkesworth, editors), Geophysical Monograph Series, 150, IUGG Volume 19, pp. 25-41. PDF
2005
184. Lay, T., D. Heinz, M. Ishii, S.-H. Shim, T. Tsuchiya, J. Tsuchiya, R. Wentzcovich, and D. Yuen (2005). Multidisciplinary impact of the lower mantle perovskite phase transition, EOS, 86(1), pp. 1, 5. PDF
185. Park, J., K. Anderson, R. Aster, R. Butler, T. Lay, and D. Simpson (2005). The Global Seismographic Network Records the Great Sumatra-Andaman earthquake, EOS, 86(6), 57, 60-61. PDF
186. Lay, T., H. Kanamori, C. J. Ammon, M. Nettles, S. N. Ward, R. Aster, S. L. Beck, S. L. Bilek, M. R. Brudzinski, R. Butler, H. R. DeShon, G. Ekstrom, K. Satake, and S. Sipkin (2005). The great Sumatra-Andaman earthquake of 26 December 2004, Science, 308, 1127-1133. PDF OLM.PDF
187. Ammon, C. J., C. Ji, H.-K. Thio, D. Robinson, S. Ni, V. Hjorleifsdottir, H. Kanamori, T. Lay, S. Das, D. Helmberger, G. Ichinose, J. Polet, and D. Wald (2005). Rupture process of the great 2004 Sumatra-Andaman earthquake, Science, 308, 1133-1139. PDF OLM.PDF
188. Hung, S.-H., E. J. Garnero, L.-Y. Chaio, B.-Y. Kuo, and T. Lay (2005). Finite-frequency tomography of D” shear velocity heterogeneity beneath the Caribbean, J. Geophys. Res., Vol. 110, B07305, doi:10.1029/2004JB003373. PDF
189. Maupin, V., E. J. Garnero, T. Lay, and M. J. Fouch (2005). Azimuthal anisotropy in the D” layer beneath the Caribbean, J. Geophys. Res., Vol. 110, B08301, doi:10.1029/2004JB003506. PDF
190. Lay, T. (2005). The deep mantle thermo-chemical boundary layer: the putative mantle plume source, in Plates, Plumes and Paradigms, G. R. Foulger, J. H. Natland, D. C. Presnall, and D. L. Anderson, editors, GSA Special Paper 388, pp. 193-205. PDF
191. Jeanloz, R., and T. Lay (2005). The core-mantle boundary (revised and reprinted), Sci. Amer. Spec. Ed., 15(2), 36-43. PDF
192. Helmberger, D. V., T. Lay, S. Ni, and M. Gurnis (2005). Deep mantle structure and the post-perovskite phase transition, Proc. Nat. Acad. Sci. USA, 10.10732/pnas.05023504102, 17257-17263. PDF
193. Xie, X.-B., Z. Ge and T. Lay (2005). Investigating explosion source energy partitioning and Lg-wave excitation using a finite-difference plus slowness analysis method, Bull. Seism. Soc. Am., 95, 2412-2427. PDF
194. Flores, C., and T. Lay (2005). The trouble with seeing double, Geophys. Res. Lett., 32, L24305, doi:10.1029/2005GL024366. PDF
195. Lay, T., H. Kanamori, C. J. Ammon, M. Nettles, S. N. Ward, R. Aster, S. L. Beck, S. L. Bilek, M. R. Brudzinski, R. Butler, H. R. DeShon, G. Ekstrom, K. Satake, and S. Sipkin (2005). Reply to Comment on “The great Sumatra-Andaman earthquake of 26 December 2004”, Science, 310, no. 5753, 1431, DOI:10.1126/science.1119662. PDF
2006
196. Zheng, Y., and T. Lay (2006). Low Vp/Vs ratios in the crust and upper mantle beneath the Sea of Okhotsk inferred from teleseismic pmP, smP, and smS underside reflections from the Moho, J. Geophys. Res., 111, B01305, doi:10.1029/2005JB003724. PDF
197. Avants, M., T. Lay, and E. J. Garnero (2006). A new probe of ULVZ S-wave velocity structure: Array stacking of ScS waveforms, Geophys. Res. Lett., 33, L07314, doi:10.1029/2005GL024989. PDF
198. Avants, M., T. Lay, S. A. Russell, and E. J. Garnero (2006). Shear-velocity variation within the D” region beneath the Central Pacific, J. Geophys. Res., 111, B05305, doi:10.1029/2004JB003270. PDF
199. Hutko, A. R., T. Lay, E. J. Garnero, and J. Revenaugh (2006). Seismic detection of folded, subducted lithosphere at the core-mantle boundary, Nature, 441, 333-336, doi:10.1038/nature04757. PDF SOM.PDF
200. Ammon, C. J., A. A. Velasco, and T. Lay (2006). Rapid determination of first-order rupture characteristics for large earthquakes using surface waves: The 2004 Sumatra-Andaman earthquake, Geophys. Res. Lett., Vol. 33, L14314, doi:10.1029/2006GL026303. PDF
201. Rokosky, J. M., T. Lay, and E. J. Garnero (2006). Small-scale lateral variations in azimuthally anisotropic D” structure beneath the Cocos Plate, Earth Planet. Sci. Lett., 248, 396-410. PDF SUPP
202. Velasco, A. A., C. J. Ammon, and T. Lay (2006). A search for seismic radiation from late slip for the December 26, 2004 Sumatra-Andaman (Mw = 9.15) earthquake, Geophys. Res. Lett., Vol. 33, L18305, doi:10.1029/2006GL027286/. PDF
203. Lay, T., J. Hernlund, E. J. Garnero, and M. S. Thorne (2006). A post-perovskite lens and D” heat flux beneath the Central Pacific, Science, 314, 1272-1276. PDF SOM.PDF
204. Ammon, C. J., H. Kanamori, T. Lay, and A. A. Velasco (2006). The 17 July 2006 Java tsunami earthquake, Geophys. Res. Lett., 233, L234308, doi:10.10239/2006GL028005. PDF SUPP
205. Lay, T. (2006). Post-perovskite, McGraw Hill Yearbook of Science and Technology, pp. 250-253, McGraw-Hill, NY. PDF
2007
206. Ammon, C. J., and T. Lay (2007), Nuclear test illuminates USArray data quality, EOS, Trans. Am. Geophys. Union, 88, 37-38. PDF
207. Zheng, Y., R.-S. Wu, and T. Lay (2007). Inverting the power spectrum for a heterogeneous medium, Geophys. J. Intern., 168 (3), 1005-1010. doi:10.1111/j.1365-246X.2006.03241.X. PDF
208. Zheng, Y., T. Lay, M. P. Flanagan, and Q. Williams (2007). Pervasive seismic wave reflectivity and metasomatism of the Tonga mantle wedge, Science, 316, 855-859. PDF OLM.PDF
209. Lay, T. (2007). D”, Seismic properties, in Encyclopedia of Geomagnetism and Paleomagnetism, D. Gubbins and E. Herrero-Bervera (eds.), pp. 151-156, Springer, Dordrecht, The Netherlands. PDF
210. Thorne, M. S., T. Lay, E. J. Garnero, G. Jahnke, and H. Igel (2007). Seismic imaging of the laterally varying D” region beneath the Cocos Plate, Geophys. J. Int., 170, 635-648, doi: 10.1111/j.1365-246X.2006.03279.x. PDF
211. Lay, T., and S. L. Bilek (2007). Anomalous earthquake ruptures at shallow depths on subduction zone megathrusts, in: The Seismogenic Zone of Subduction Thrust Faults, Edited by T. H. Dixon and J. C. Moore, Columbia University Press, New York, pp. 476-511. PDF
212. Garnero, E. J., T. Lay, and A. McNamara (2007). Implications of lower mantle structural heterogeneity for existence and nature of whole mantle plumes, in The Origins of Melting Anomalies: Plates, Plumes, and Planetary Processes, edited by G. R. Foulger and D. M. Jurdy, GSA, 79-101. PDF
213. Lay, T. (2007). 1.18 Deep Earth Structure – Lower Mantle and D”, Treatise on Geophysics, Vol. 1 Seismology and Structure of the Earth (B. Romanowicz and A. Dziewonski, Eds.), Elsevier, Amsterdam, 619-654. PDF
214. Hirose, K., J. Brodholt, T. Lay, and D. A. Yuen (2007). An introduction to Post-Perovskite: The Last Mantle Phase Transition, in Post-Perovskite: The Last Mantle Phase Transition, edited by K. Hirose, J. Brodholt, T. Lay and D. A. Yuen, American Geophysical Union, Monograph, 1-7. PDF
215. Lay, T., and E. J. Garnero (2007). Reconciling the post-perovskite phase with seismological observations of lowermost mantle structure, in Post-Perovskite: The Last Mantle Phase Transition, edited by K. Hirose, J. Brodholt, T. Lay, and D. Yuen, American Geophysical Union, Monograph, 129-153. PDF
216. Yang, X., T. Lay, X.-B. Xie, and M. S. Thorne (2007). Geometric spreading of Pn and Sn in a spherical Earth model, Bull. Seism. Soc. Am., 97, 2053-2065, doi:10.1785/0120070031. PDF
2008
217. Lay, T., J. Hernlund, and B. A. Buffett (2008). Core-mantle boundary heat flow, Nature Geosci., 1, 25-32. (invited review). PDF
218. Ammon, C. J., H. Kanamori, and T. Lay (2008). A great earthquake doublet and seismic stress transfer cycles in the Central Kuril Islands, Nature, 451, 561-565. PDF SOM.PDF
219. Lay, T. (2008). Sharpness of the D” discontinuity beneath the Cocos Plate: Implications for the perovskite to post-perovskite phase transition, Geophys. Res. Lett., L03304, doi:10.1029/2007GL032465. PDF
220. Ohta, K., K. Hirose, T. Lay, N. Sata and Y. Ohishi (2008). Phase transitions in pyrolite and MORB at lowermost mantle conditions: Implications for a MORB-rich pile above the core-mantle boundary, EPSL, 267, 107-117. PDF SUPP
221. He, Yaofeng, X.-B. Xie and T. Lay (2008). Explosion source energy partitioning and Lg-wave excitation: Contributions of free surface scattering, Bull. Seism. Soc. Am., 98, 778-792. PDF
222. Hutko, A. R., T. Lay, J. Revenaugh, E. J. Garnero (2008). Anti-correlated seismic velocity anomalies from post-perovskite in the lowermost mantle, Science, 320, 1070-1074. PDF SOM.pdf
223. Hirose, K., and T. Lay (2008). Discovery of post-perovskite and new views of the core-mantle boundary region, Elements, 4, 183-190. PDF
2009
224. Zucca, J. J., W. R. Walter, A. J. Rodgers, P. Richards, M. E. Pasyanos, S. C. Myers, T. Lay, D. Harris, and T. Antoun (2009), The prospect of using three-dimensional Earth models to improve nuclear explosion monitoring and ground motion hazard assessment, Seism. Res. Lett., 80, 31-39. PDF
225, Hutko, A. R., T. Lay, and J. Revenaugh (2009). Localized double-array stacking analysis of PcP beneath the Cocos Plate, Mexico, central Pacific and north Pacific, Phys. Earth Planet. Inter., 173, 60-74. PDF SUPP.PDF
226. Furlong, K. P., T. Lay, and C. J. Ammon (2009). A great earthquake rupture across a rapidly evolving three-plate boundary, Science, 324, 226-229. PDF SOM.pdf
227. Forsyth, D. W., T. Lay, R. C. Aster, and B. Romanowicz (2009). Grand challenges for seismology, EOS, 90, 361-362. PDF
228. Lay, T., H. Kanamori, C. J. Ammon, A. R. Hutko, K. Furlong, and L. Rivera (2009). The 2006-2007 Kuril Islands great earthquake sequence, J. Geophys. Res., 114, B113208, doi:10.1029/2008JB006280. PDF
2010
229. Lay, T., C. J. Ammon, A. R. Hutko, and H. Kanamori (2010). Effects of kinematic constraints on teleseismic finite-source rupture inversions: Great Peruvian earthquakes of 23 June 2001 and 15 August 2007, Bull. Seism. Soc. Am., 100, 969-994, doi:10.1785/0120090274. PDF Supp
230. Hirose, K., T. Lay, and D. Yuen (2010). Transport properties of the lower mantle, Introduction to the Special Issue, Phys. Earth Planet. Inter., 180, 109-110. PDF
231. Lay, T., C. J. Ammon, H. Kanamori, K. D. Koper, O. Sufri, and A. R. Hutko (2010). Teleseismic inversion for rupture process of the 27 February 2010 Chile (Mw 8.8) earthquake, Geophys. Res. Lett., 37, L13301, doi:10.1029/2010GL043379. PDF Suppl. SUPP.HTML
232. Lay, T., C. J. Ammon, H. Kanamori, L. Rivera, K. Koper, and A. R. Hutko (2010). The 2009 Samoa-Tonga great earthquake triggered doublet, Nature, 466, 964-968, doi:10.1038/nature09214. PDF COVER Suppl
233. Ammon, C. J., T. Lay, and D. W. Simpson (2010). Great earthquakes and global seismic networks, Seism. Res. Lett., 81, 965-971. PDF
2011
234. Avants, M., T. Lay, X.-B. Xie, and X. Yang (2011). Effects of 2D random velocity heterogeneities in the mantle lid and Moho topography on Pn geometric spreading, Bull. Seism. Soc. Am., 101, 126-140. PDF
235. Lay, T. (2011). A Chilean surprise, Nature, 471, 174-175. PDF
236. Lay, T., C. J. Ammon, H. Kanamori, Y. Yamazaki, K. F. Cheung, and A. Hutko (2011). The 25 October 2010 Mentawai tsunami earthquake (Mw 7.8) and the tsunami hazard presented by shallow megathrust ruptures, Geophys. Res. Lett., L13301, doi:10.1029/2010GL046552. PDF SUPP
237. Lay, T. (2011). Mantle D” layer, Encyclopedia of Solid Earth Geophysics, 2nd Edition, H. K. Gupta, Editor, Vol. 1, 851-857. PDF
238. Lay, T., and E. J. Garnero (2011). Deep mantle seismic modeling and imaging, Annual Rev. Earth Planet. Sci., 39, 91-123. PDF
239. Ammon, C. J., T. Lay, H. Kanamori, M. Cleveland (2011). A rupture model of the 2011 off the Pacific coast of Tohoku Earthquake, Earth, Planets, and Space, 63(7), doi:10.5047/eps.2011.05.015, 693-696. PDF
240. Koper, K. D., A. R. Hutko, T. Lay, C. J. Ammon, and H. Kanamori (2011). Frequency-dependent rupture process of the 2011 Mw 9.0 Tohoku Earthquake: Comparison of short-period P wave backprojection images and broadband seismic rupture models, Earth, Planets, and Space, 63(7), doi:10.5047/eps.2011.05.026, 599-602. PDF
241. Lay, T., C. J. Ammon, H. Kanamori, M. J. Kim, and L. Xue (2011). Outer trench-slope faulting and the 2011 Mw 9.0 off the Pacific coast of Tohoku Earthquake, Earth, Planets, and Space, 63(7), doi:10.5047/eps.2011.05.006, 713-718. PDF
242. Lay, T., C. J. Ammon, H. Kanamori, L. Xue, and M. J. Kim (2011). Possible large near-trench slip during the 2011 Mw 9.0 off the Pacific coast of Tohoku Earthquake, Earth, Planets, and Space, 63(7), doi:10.5047/eps.2011.05.033, 687-692. PDF
243. Lay, T., Y. Yamazaki, C. J. Ammon, K. F. Cheung, and H. Kanamori (2011). The 2011 Mw 9.0 off the Pacific coast of Tohoku Earthquake: Comparison of deep-water tsunami signals with finite-fault rupture model predictions, Earth, Planets, and Space, 63(7), doi:10.5047/eps.2011.05.030, 797-801. PDF
244. Yue, H., and T. Lay (2011). Inversion of high-rate (1-sps) GPS data for rupture process of the 11 March 2011 Tohoku earthquake (Mw 9.1), Geophys. Res. Lett., 38, L00G09, doi:10.1029/2011GL048700. PDF Suppl.
245. Y. Yamazaki, T. Lay, K. F. Cheung, H. Yue and H. Kanamori (2011). Modeling regional and remote tsunami observations with finite-fault slip models for the 11 March 2011 Tohoku earthquake (Mw 9.0), Geophys. Res. Lett., 38, L00G15, doi:10.1029/2011GL049130. PDF
246. Koper, K. D., A. R. Hutko, and T. Lay (2011). Along-dip variation of teleseismic short-period radiation from the 11 March 2011 Tohoku Earthquake (Mw 9.0), Geophys. Res. Lett., 38, L21309, doi:10.1029/2011GL049689. PDF SUPP.HTML
247. Lay, T., and H. Kanamori (2011). Insights from the great 2011 Japan earthquake, Physics Today, 64, 33-39. Reprinted in Japanese in Parity (2013), 28(2), 14-22. PDF
248. Ye, L., T. Lay, and H. Kanamori (2011). The Sanriku-Oki low seismicity region on the northern margin of the great 2011 Tohoku earthquake rupture, J. Geophys. Res., 117, B02305, doi:10.1029/2011JB008847. PDF
2012
249. Yamazaki, Y., K. F. Cheung, Z. Kowalik, T. Lay, and G. Pawlak (2012). Chapter 7. NEOWAVE, Proceedings and Results of the 2011 NTHMP Model Benchmarking Workshop, NOAA, Galveston, Tex., Proceedings, Oceans 11. PDF
250. Koper, K. D., A. R. Hutko, T. Lay, and O. Sufri (2012). Imaging short-period seismic radiation from the 27 February 2010 Chile (Mw 8.8) earthquake by back-projection of P, PP, and PKIKP waves, J. Geophys. Res., 117, B02308, doi:10.1029/2011Jb008576. PDF SUPP.HTML
251. Lay, T. (2012). Why giant earthquakes keep catching us out, Nature, 483, 149-150. PDF
252. Lay, T., H. Kanamori, C. J. Ammon, K. D. Koper, A. R. Hutko, L. Ye, H. Yue, and T. M. Rushing (2012). Depth-varying rupture properties of subduction zone megathrust faults, J. Geophys. Res., 117, B04311, doi:10.1029/2011JB009133. PDF
253. Sufri, O., K. D. Koper, and T. Lay (2012). Along-dip seismic radiation segmentation during the 2007 Mw 8.0 Pisco, Peru earthquake, Geophys. Res. Lett., 39, L08311, doi:10.1029/2012GL051316. PDF SUPP
254. Yamazaki, Y., K. F. Cheung, G. Pawlak, and T. Lay (2012). Surges along the Honolulu coast from the 2011 Tohoku tsunami, Geophys. Res. Lett., 39, L09604, doi:10.1029/2012GL051624. PDF
255. Ritsema, J., T. Lay, and H. Kanamori (2012). The 2011 Tohoku earthquake, Elements, 8, 183-188. PDF
256. Lay, T., and H. Kanamori (2012). Measured energy in Japan quake, Reply to Letter, Physics Today, 65(7), 10 (2012), doi:10.1063/PT.3.1620. PDF
257. Yue, H., T. Lay, and K. D. Koper (2012). En echelon and orthogonal fault ruptures of the 11 April 2012 great intraplate earthquakes, Nature, 490, 245-249, doi:10.038/nature11492. PDF SUPP.PDF
258. Ye, L., T. Lay, and H. Kanamori (2012). Intraplate and interplate faulting interactions during the August 31, 2012 Philippine Trench earthquake (Mw 7.6) sequence, Geophys. Res. Lett., 39, L24310, doi:10.1029/2012GL054164. PDF SUPP
259. Rushing, T. M., and T. Lay (2012). Analysis of seismic magnitude differentials (mb-Mw) across megathrust faults in the vicinity of recent great earthquakes, Earth, Planets, and Space, 64, 1199-1207. PDF
2013
260. Todd, E. K., and T. Lay (2013). The 2011 Northern Kermadec earthquake doublet and subduction zone faulting interactions, J. Geophys. Res., 118, 1-13, doi:10.1029/2012JB009711. PDF
261. Lay, T, Y. Fujii, E. Geist, K. Koketsu, J. Rubinstein, T. Sagiya, and M. Simons (2013). Introduction to the special issue on the 2011 Tohoku earthquake and tsunami, Bull. Seism. Soc. Am., 103, 1165-1170, doi:10.1785/0120130001. PDF
262. Ye, L., T. Lay, and H. Kanamori (2013). Ground shaking and seismic source spectra for large earthquakes around the megathrust fault offshore of Honshu, Japan, Bull. Seism. Soc. Am., 103, 1221-1241, doi: 10.1785/0120120115. PDF Supp
263. Yue, H., and T. Lay (2013). Source rupture models for the 2011 Tohoku-Oki Mw 9.0 earthquake from joint inversions of high-rate geodetic and seismic data, Bull. Seism. Soc. Am., 103, 1242-1255, doi: 10.1785/0120120119. PDF Supp
264. Yamazaki, Y., K. F. Cheung, and T. Lay (2013). Generation mechanism and near-field dynamics of the 2011 Tohoku tsunami, Bull. Seism. Soc. Am., 103, 1444-1455, doi: 10.1785/0120120103. PDF
265. van der Elst, N. J., E. E. Brodsky, and T. Lay (2013). Precursory remote triggering is absent near the epicenters of impending great earthquakes, Bull. Seism. Soc. Am., 103, 1522-1540, doi: 10.1785/0120120126. PDF
266. Lay, T., Z. Duputel, L. Ye, and H, Kanamori (2013). The December 7, 2012 Japan Trench intraplate doublet (Mw 7.2, 7.1) and interactions between near-trench intraplate thrust and normal faulting, Phys. Earth Planet. Inter., 220, 73-78, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.pepi.2013.04.009. PDF Supp
267. Lay, T., L. Ye, H. Kanamori, Y. Yamazaki, K. F. Cheung, K. D. Koper, and K. Kwong (2013). The October 28, 2012 Mw 7.8 Haida Gwaii underthrusting earthquake and tsunami: Slip partitioning along the Queen Charlotte Fault transpressional plate boundary, Earth Planet. Sci. Lett., 375, 57-70, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.epsl.2013.05.005. PDF Supp
268. Lay, T., L. Ye, H. Kanamori, Y. Yamazaki, K. F. Cheung, and C. J. Ammon (2013). The February 6, 2013 Mw 8.0 Santa Cruz Islands earthquake and tsunami, Tectonophysics, 608, 1109-1121, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.tecto.2013.07.001. PDF
269. Ye, L., T. Lay, and H. Kanamori (2013). Large earthquake rupture process variations on the Middle America megathrust, Earth Planet. Sci. Lett., 381,147-155. PDF Supp
270. Ye, L., T. Lay, H. Kanamori, K. D. Koper (2013). Energy release of the 2013 Mw 8.3 Sea of Okhotsk earthquake and deep slab stress heterogeneity, Science, 341, 1380-1384. PDF Supp
271. Yue, H., T. Lay, S. Y. Schwartz, L. Rivera, M. Protti, T. H. Dixon, S. Owen, and A. V. Newman (2013). The 5 September 2012 Nicoya, Costa Rica Mw 7.6 earthquake rupture process from joint inversion of high-rate GPS, strong-motion, and teleseismic P wave data and its relationship to adjacent plate boundary interface properties, J. Geophys. Res., 118, doi:10.1002/jgrb.50379. PDF
272. Yue, H., T. Lay, F. T. Freymueller, K. Ding, L. Rivera, N. A. Ruppert, and K. D. Koper (2013). Supershear rupture of the 5 January 2013 Craig, Alaska (Mw 7.5) earthquake, J. Geophys. Res., 118, doi:10.1002/2013JB010594, 118, 5903-5919. PDF SUPP
2014
273. Brodsky, E. E., and T. Lay (2014). Recognizing foreshocks from the 1 April 2014 Chile earthquake, Science, 344, 700-702, doi:10.1126/science.1255202. PDF
274. Lay, T., Yue, H., E. E. Brodsky, and C. An (2014). The 1 April 2014 Iquique, Chile Mw 8.1 earthquake rupture sequence, Geophys. Res. Lett., 41, doi:10.1002/2014GL060238. PDF SUPP
275. Ye, L., T. Lay, K. D. Koper, R. Smalley, L. Rivera, M. G. Bevis, A. F. Zakrajsek, and F. N. Teferle (2014). Complementary slip distributions of the August 4, 2003 Mw 7.6 and November 17, 2013 Mw 7.8 South Scotia Ridge earthquakes, Earth Planet Sci. Lett., 401, 215-226. PDF SUPP
276. Yue, H., T. Lay, L. Rivera, Y. Bai, Y. Yamazaki, K. F. Cheung, E. M. Hill, K. Sieh, W. Kongko, and A. Muhari (2014). Rupture process of the 2010 Mw 7.8 Mentawai tsunami earthquake from joint inversions of near-field hr-GPS and teleseismic body wave recordings constrained by tsunami observations, J. Geophys. Res., 119, 5574-5593, doi: 10.1002/2014JB011082. PDF SUPP
277. Shim, S.-H., and T. Lay (2014). Post-perovskite at ten, Nature Geosci., 7, 621-623. PDF
278. Ye, L., T .Lay and H. Kanamori (2014). The 23 June 2014 Mw 7.9 Rat Islands archipelago, Alaska, intermediate depth earthquake, Geophys. Res. Lett., 41, 6389-6395, doi:10.1002/2014GL061153. PDF
279. Yue, H., T. Lay, L. Rivera, C. An, C. Vigny, X. Tong, and J. C. Báez Soto (2014). Localized fault slip to the trench in the 2010 Maule, Chile Mw 8.8 earthquake from joint inversion of high-rate GPS, teleseismic body waves, InSAR, campaign GPS, and tsunami observations, J. Geophys. Res., 119, 7786-7804, doi:10.1002/2014JB011340. PDF
280. Bai, Y., K. F. Cheung, Y. Yamazaki, T. Lay, and L. Ye (2014), Tsunami surges around the Hawaiian Islands from the 1 April 2014 North Chile Mw 8.1 earthquake, Geophys. Res. Lett., 41, 8512-8521, doi:10.1002/2014GL061686. PDF
281. Cleveland, K. M., C. J. Ammon, and T. Lay (2014). Large earthquake processes in the northern Vanuatu subduction zone, J. Geophys. Res., 119, 8866-8883, doi:10.1002/2014JB011289. PDF SUPP
2015
282. Lay, T. (2015). The surge of great earthquakes from 2004 to 2014, Earth and Planetary Sci. Lett., Invited Frontiers Paper, 409, 133-146. PDF
283. Zheng, Y., F. Nimmo, and T. Lay (2015). Seismological implications of a lithospheric low seismic velocity zone in Mars, Phys. Earth and Planet Inter., 240, 132-141, doi:10.1016/j.pepi.2014.10.004. PDF
284. Yue, H., T. Lay, L. Li, Y. Yamazaki, K. F. Cheung, L. Rivera, E. M. Hill, K. Sieh, W. Kongko, and A. Muhari (2015). Validation of linearity assumptions for using tsunami waveforms in joint inversion of kinematic rupture models: Application to the 2010 Mentawai Mw 7.8 tsunami earthquake, J. Geophys. Res., 120, 1728-1747, doi:10.1002/2014JB011721. PDF
285. Hill, E. M., H. Yue, S. Barbot, T. Lay, P. Tapponnier, I. Hermawan, J. Hubbard, P. Banerjee, L. Feng, D. Natawidjaja, and K. Sieh (2015). The 2012 Mw 8.6 Wharton Basin sequence: A cascade of great earthquakes generated by near-orthogonal, young, oceanic-mantle faults, J. Geophys. Res., 120, doi:10.1002/2014JB011703. PDF
286. Lay, T. (2015). Deep Earth Structure: Lower Mantle and D”, In: Gerald Schubert (Editor-in-Chief) Treatise on Geophysics, 2nd edition, Volume 1, Article 1.22, Oxford, Elsevier, 683-723. PDF
287. Hirose, K., R. M. Wentzcovitch, D. A. Yuen, and T. Lay (2015). Mineralogy of the deep mantle – The post-perovskite phase and its geophysical significance, In: Gerald Schubert (Editor-in-Chief) Treatise on Geophysics, 2nd edition, Volume 2, Article 2.05, Elsevier, Amsterdam, 85-115. PDF
288. He, X., S. Ni, L. Ye, T. Lay, Q. Liu, and K. D. Koper (2015). Rapid seismological quantification of source parameters of the 25 April 2015 Nepal earthquake, Seism. Res. Lett., 86, 1568-1577, doi:10.1785/0220150131. PDF
289. Meng, Q., D. S. Heeszel, L. Ye, T. Lay, D. A. Wiens, M. Jia, and P. R. Cummins (2015). The 3 May 2006 (MW 8.0) and 19 March 2009 (MW 7.6) Tonga earthquakes: Intraslab compressional faulting below the megathrust, J. Geophys. Res., 120, 6297-6316, doi:10.1002/2015JB012242. PDF
2016
290. Ye, L., T. Lay, Z. Zhan, H. Kanamori, J.-L. Hao (2016). The isolated ~680 km deep 30 May 2015 MW 7.9 Ogasawara (Bonin) Islands earthquake, Earth Planet. Sci. Lett., 433, 169-179, doi:10.1016/j.epsl.2015.10.049. PDF
291. Ye, L., T. Lay, H. Kanamori, and K. D. Koper (2016). Rapidly estimated seismic source parameters for the 16 September 2015 Illapel, Chile MW 8.3 earthquake, Pure Appl. Geophys., 173(2), 321-332, doi:10.1007/s00024-015-1202-y. PDF
292. Ye, L., T. Lay, H. Kanamori, and L. Rivera (2016). Rupture characteristics of major and great (Mw ≥ 7.0) megathrust earthquakes from 1990 to 2015: 1. Source parameter scaling relationships, J. Geophys. Res. Solid Earth, 121, doi:10.1002/2015JB012426. PDF Supp1 Supp2 Supp3
293. Ye, L., T. Lay, H. Kanamori, and L. Rivera (2016). Rupture characteristics of major and great (Mw ≥ 7.0) megathrust earthquakes from 1990 to 2015: 2. Depth dependence, J. Geophys. Res. Solid Earth, 121, doi:10.1002/2015JB012427. PDF Supp1 Supp2
294. Ye, L., T. Lay, H. Kanamori, J. T. Freymueller, and L. Rivera (2016). Joint inversion of high-rate GPS and teleseismic observations for rupture process of the 23 June 2014 (MW 7.9) Rat Islands archipelago, Alaska, intermediate depth earthquake, in Plate Boundaries and Natural Hazards, editors J. C. Duarte and W. P. Schellart, American Geophysical Union Monograph 219, pp. 149-166. PDF
295. Lorito, S., F. Romano, and T. Lay (2016). Tsunamigenic major and great earthquakes (2004-2013): Source processes inverted from seismic, geodetic, and sea-level data, R. A. Meyers (ed.), Encylopedia of Complexity and System Science, Springer Science+Business Media, New York, pp. 1-52, doi:10.1007/978-3-642-27737-5_641-1. PDF
296. Mai, P. M., P. Shearer, J.-P. Ampuero, and T. Lay (2016). Standards for documenting finite-fault earthquake rupture models, Seism. Res. Lett., 87(3), 712-718, doi:10.1785/0220150204. PDF
297. Li, L., T. Lay, K. F. Cheung, and L. Ye (2016). Joint modeling of teleseismic and tsunami wave observations to constrain the 16 September 2015 Illapel, Chile, MW 8.3 earthquake rupture process, Geophysical Research Letters, 43, 4303-4312, doi:10.1002/2016GL068674. PDF
298. Catlos, E. J., A. M. Friedrich, T. Lay, J. Elliott, S. Carena, B. N. Upreti, P. DeCelles, B. Tucker, and R. Bendick (2016). Nepal at risk: Interdisciplinary lessons learned from the April 2015 Nepal (Gorkha) earthquake and future concerns, GSA Today, 26(6), 42-43, doi:10.1130/GSATG278GW.1. PDF
299. Lay, T. (2016). Great Earthquakes on Plate Boundaries, in Oxford Research Encyclopedia, Natural Hazard Science, 34 pp. doi:10.1093/acrefore/9780199389407.013.32. PDF
300. Ye, L., T. Lay, H. Kanamori, Z. Zhan, and Z. Duputel (2016). Diverse rupture processes in the 2015 Peru deep earthquake doublet, Science Advances, e1 600581, 24 June 2016, 9pp. PDF
301. Lay, T., L. Li, and K. F. Cheung (2016). Modeling tsunami observations to evaluate a proposed late tsunami earthquake stage for the 16 September 2015 Illapel, Chile, MW 8.3 earthquake, Geophys. Res. Lett., 43(15), 7902-7912, doi:10.1002/2016GL070002. PDF SUPP
302. Lay, T., L. Ye, C. J. Ammon, A. Dunham, and K. D. Koper (2016). The 2 March 2016 Wharton Basin MW 7.8 earthquake: High stress drop north-south rupture in the diffuse oceanic deformation zone between the Indian and Australian plates, Geophys. Res. Lett., 43(15), 7937-7945, doi:10.1002/2016GL069931. PDF SUPP
303. Ye, L., H. Kanamori, J.-P. Avouac, L. Li, K. F. Cheung, and T. Lay (2016). The 16 April 2016, MW 7.8 (MS 7.5) Ecuador earthquake: A quasi-repeat of the 1942 MS 7.5 earthquake and partial re-rupture of the 1906 MS 8.6 Colombia-Ecuador earthquake, Earth Planet. Sci. Lett., doi:10.1016/j.epsl.2016.09.006. PDF SUPP
304. Li, L., K. F. Cheung, H. Yue, T. Lay and Y. Bai (2016). Effects of dispersion in tsunami Green’s functions and implications for joint inversion with seismic and geodetic data: A case study of the 2010 Mentawai MW 7.8 earthquake, Geophys. Res. Lett., 43, 11,182-11,191, doi:10.1002/2016GL070970. PDF
305. Wetzler, N., E. Brodsky, and T. Lay (2016). Regional and stress drop effects on aftershock productivity of large megathrust earthquakes, Geophys. Res. Lett., 43, 12,012-12,020, doi:10.1002/2016GL071104. PDF
306. Ye, L., H. Kanamori, J.-P. Avouac, L. Li, K. F. Cheung, and T. Lay (2016). Corrigendum to “The 16 April 2016, MW 7.8 (MS 7.5) Ecuador earthquake: A quasi-repeat of the 1942 MS 7.5 earthquake and partial re-rupture of the 1906 MS 8.6 Colombia-Ecuador earthquake”, Earth Planet. Sci. Lett., 454, 248-258, doi:10.1016/j.epsl.2016.11.015. PDF
307. Lay, T., L. Ye, K. D. Koper, and H. Kanamori (2016). Assessment of teleseismically-determined source parameters for the April 25, 2015 MW 7.9 Gorkha, Nepal earthquake and the May 12, 2015 MW 7.2 aftershock, Tectonophys., 714-715, 4-20, doi:10.1016/j.tecto.2016.05.023. PDF SUPP
2017
308. Xie, X.-B., and T. Lay (2017). Frequency-dependent effects of 2D random velocity heterogeneities in the mantle lid on Pn geometric spreading, Bull. Seism. Soc. Am., 107, 482-488, doi:10.1785/0120160186. PDF
309. Xie, X.-B., and T. Lay (2017). Effects of laterally varying mantle lid velocity gradient and crustal thickness on Pn geometric spreading with application to the North Korean test site, Bull. Seism. Soc. Am., 107, 22-33, doi:10.1785/0120160203. PDF
310. Lay, T., L. Ye, C. J. Ammon, and H. Kanamori (2017). Intraslab rupture triggering megathrust rupture co-seismically in the December 17, 2016 Solomon Islands Mw 7.9 earthquake, Geophys. Res. Lett., 44, 1286-1292, doi:10.1002/2017GL072539. PDF SUPP
311. Chaves, E. J., L. Duboeuf, S. Y. Schwartz, T. Lay and J. Kintner (2017). Aftershocks of the 2012 MW 7.6 Nicoya, Costa Rica, earthquake and mechanics of the plate interface, Bull. Seism. Soc. Am., 107(3), 1227-1239, PDF, https://doi.org/10.1785/0120160283.
312. Bai, Y., T. Lay, K. F. Cheung, and L. Ye (2017), Two regions of seafloor deformation generated the tsunami for the 13 November 2016, Kaikoura, New Zealand earthquake, Geophys. Res. Lett., 44, 6597-6606, PDF, SUPP, https://doi.org/10.1002/2017GL073717.
313. Wetzler, N., T. Lay, E. E. Brodsky, and H. Kanamori (2017), Rupture-depth-varying seismicity patterns for major and great (MW ≥ 7.0) megathrust earthquakes, Geophys. Res. Lett., 44, 9663-9671, PDF, Supp1, Supp2, Supp3, https://doi.org/10.1002/2017GL074573.
314. Ye, L., T. Lay, Y. Bai, K. F. Cheung, and H. Kanamori (2017), The 2017 Mw 8.2 Chiapas, Mexico, earthquake: Energetic slab detachment, Geophys. Res. Lett., 44, 11,824-11,832, PDF, Supp, https://doi.org/10.1002/2017GL076085.
315. Lay, T., L. Ye, Y. Bai, K. F. Cheung, H. Kanamori, J. Freymueller, G. M. Steblov, and M. G. Kogan (2017), Rupture along 400 km of the Bering Fracture Zone in the Komandorsky Islands Earthquake (MW 7.8) of 17 July 2017, Geophys. Res. Lett., 44, 12,161-12,169. PDF, Supp, https://doi.org/10.1002/2017GL076148.
2018
316. Yamazaki, Y., K. F. Cheung, and T. Lay (2018). A self-consistent fault slip model for the 2011 Tohoku earthquake and tsunami, J. Geophys. Res.: Solid Earth, 123, 1435-1458, PDF, Supp1, https://doi.org/10.1002/2017JB014749.
317. Wetzler, N., T. Lay, E. E. Brodsky, and H. Kanamori (2018), Systematic deficiency of aftershocks in areas of high coseismic slip for large subduction zone earthquakes, Science Advances, 4:eaao3225. PDF, Supp, Supp.S1, Supp.S4
318. Lay, T. (2018), A review of the rupture characteristics of the 2011 Tohoku-oki MW 9.1 earthquake, Tectonophysics, 733, 4-36, PDF, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.tecto.2017.09.022.
319. Ye, L., H. Kanamori, and T. Lay (2018), Global variations of large megathrust earthquake rupture characterstics, Science Advances, 4:eaao4915. PDF, Supp
320. Bilek, S. L., and T. Lay (2018), Subduction zone megathrust earthquakes, GEOSPHERE, 14(4), 1468-1500, PDF, https://doi.org/10.1130/GES01608.1.
321. Liu, C., T. Lay, and X. Xiong (2018), Rupture in the 4 May 2018 MW 6.9 earthquake seaward of the Kilauea East Rift Zone fissure eruption in Hawaii, Geophys. Res. Lett., 45, 9508-9515, PDF, Supp. https://doi.org/10.1029/2018GL079349.
322. Lay, T., L. Ye, Y. Bai, K. F. Cheung, and H. Kanamori (2018), The 2018 MW 7.9 Gulf of Alaska earthquake: Multiple fault rupture in the Pacific plate, Geophys. Res. Lett., 45, 9542-9551, PDF, Supp. https://doi.org/10.1029/2018GL079813.
323. Chaves, E. J., T. Lay, and D. P. Voytan (2018), Yield estimate (230 kt) for a Mueller-Murphy model of the 3 September 2017, North Korean nuclear test (mbNEIC = 6.3) from teleseismic broadband P waves assuming extensive near-source damage, Geophys. Res. Lett., 45, 10,314-10,322, PDF, Supp. https://doi.org/10.1029/2018GL079343.
324. Lay, T., L. Ye, H. Kanamori, and K. Satake (2018), Constraining the dip of shallow, shallowly-dipping thrust events using long period Love wave radiation patterns: Applications to the 25 October 2010 Mentawai, Indonesia and 4 May 2018 Hawaii Island Earthquake, Geophys. Res. Lett., 45, 10,342-10,349, PDF, Supp. https://doi.org/10.1029/2018GL080042.
325. Bai, Y., L. Ye, Y. Yamazaki, T. Lay, and K. F. Cheung (2018), The 4 May 2018 MW 6.9 Hawaii Island earthquake and implications for tsunami hazards, Geophys. Res. Lett., 45, 11,040-11,049, PDF, Supp. https://doi.org/10.1029/2018GL079742.
2019
326. Lay, T. (2019), Reactivation of oceanic fracture zones in intraplate earthquakes? Ch. 4, in Transform Plate Boundaries and Fracture Zones, ed. J. C. Duarte, Elsevier, Amsterdam, pp. 89-104, PDF, https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-12-812064-4.00004-9.
327. Lay, T. (2019), Rupture process of the 2008 Wenchuan, China, earthquake: A review, Ch. 2 in Earthquake and Disaster Risk: Decade Retrospective of the Wenchuan Earthquake, ed. Y.-G. Li, Higher Education Press, Springer, Singapore, pp 31-67. PDF
328. Schweitzer, J., and T. Lay (2019), IASPEI: its origins and the promotion of global seismology, History of Geo- and Space-Sciences, 10, 173-180, PDF. https://doiorg/10.5194/hgss-10-173-2019.
329. Liu, C., T. Lay, Z. Xie, and X. Xiong (2019), Intraslab deformation in the 30 November 2018 Anchorage, Alaska MW 7.1 earthquake, Geophysical Research Letters, 46, 2449-2457, PDF, Supp. https://doi.org/10.1029/2019GL082041.
330. Voytan, D. P., T. Lay, E. J. Chaves, and J. T. Ohman (2019), Yield estimates for the six North Korean nuclear tests from teleseismic P wave modeling and intercorrelation of P and Pn recordings, Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth, 124, 4916-4939, PDF, Supp. https://doi.org/10.1029/2019JB017418.
331. Lay, T., and A. Rhode (2019), Evaluating the updip extent of large megathrust ruptures using Pcoda levels, Geophysical Research Letters, 46, 5198-5206, PDF, Supp. https://doi.org/10.1029/2019GL082774.
332. Ye, L., T. Lay, H. Kanamori, and K. D. Koper (2019), Reply to comment by Rodrigo Cienfuegos on “Rapidly estimated seismic source parameters for the 16 September 2015 Illapel, Chile, Mw 8.3 earthquake” by Lingling Ye, Thorne Lay, Hiroo Kanamori and Keith D. Koper, Pure and Applied Geophysics, 176, 2753, PDF, https://doi.org/10.1007/s00024-019-02214-3.
333. Kanamori, H., L. Rivera, L. Ye, T. Lay, S. Murotani, and K. Tsumura (2019), New constraints on the 1922 Atacama, Chile, earthquake from historical seismograms, Geophysical Journal International, 219,645-661. PDF
334. Lay, T., C. Liu, and H. Kanamori (2019). Enhancing tsunami warning using P wave coda, Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth, 124, 10,583-10,609. PDF, SUPP, https://doi.org/10.1029/2019JB018221
335. Liu, C., T. Lay, E. E. Brodsky, K. Dascher-Cousineau, and X. Xiong (2019). Co-seismic rupture process of the large 2019 Ridgecrest earthquakes from joint inversion of geodetic and seismological observations, Geophysical Research Letters, 46, 11,820-11,829, PDF, SUPP. https://doi.org/10.1029/2019GL084949
2020
336. Ye, L., H. Kanamori, L. Rivera, T. Lay, Y. Zhou, D. Sianipar, K. Satake (2020). The 22 December 2018 tsunami from flank collapse of Anak Krakatau volcano during eruption. Science Advances, 6, eaaz1377, PDF, SUPP. https://doi.org/10.1126/sciadv.aaz1377
337. Yue, H., and T. Lay (2020), Resolving complicated faulting process using Multi-Point-Source (MPS) representation: Iterative inversion algorithm improvement and application to recent complex earthquakes, Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth, 125 e2019JB018601. PDF, SUPP. https://doi.org/10.1029/2019JB018601
338. Wu, Z., T. Lay, and L. Ye (2020), Shallow megathrust slip during large earthquakes that have high P coda levels, Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth, 124, e2019JB018709. PDF, SUPP https://doi.org/10.1029/2019JB018709
339. Dascher-Cousineau, K., E. E. Brodsky, T. Lay, and T. H. W. Goebel (2020). What controls variation in aftershock productivity? Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth, 125, e2019JB018111. PDF, SUPP. https://doi.org/10.1029/2019JB018111
340. Romano, F., S. Lorito, A. Piatanesi, and T. Lay (2020), Fifteen years of (major to great) tsunamigenic earthquakes, Earth Systems and Environmental Sciences, Reference Module. PDF. https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-12-409548-9.11767-1
341. Liu, C., T. Lay, Z. Wang, and X. Xiong (2020). Rupture process of the 7 January 2020, MW 6.4 Puerto Rico earthquake, Geophysical Research Letters, 47, e2020GL087718. PDF, SUPP. https://doi.org/10.1029/2020GL087718
342. Dascher-Cousineau, K., T. Lay, and E. E. Brodsky (2020). Two foreshock sequences post Gulia and Wiemer (2019), Seismological Research letters, Seismol. Res. Lett., 91, 2843-2850. PDF, https://doi.org/10.1785/022020082
343. Ye, L., and T. Lay (2020) A ghost tsunami without warning. The Science Breaker, PDF https://doi.org/10.25250/thescbr.brk365
344. Ye, L., T. Lay, and H. Kanamori (2020), Anomalously low aftershock productivity of the 2019 MW 8.0 energetic intermediate-depth faulting beneath Peru, Earth and Planetary Sciences Letters, 549, 116528. PDF SUPP. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.epsl.2020.116528
345. Lay, T., L. Ye, Z. Wu, and H. Kanamori (2020), Macrofracturing of oceanic lithosphere in complex large earthquake sequences, Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth, 125, e2020JB020137. PDF, SUPP. https://doi.org/10.1029/2020JB020137
346. Liu, C., T. Lay X. Xiong, and Y. Wen (2020), Rupture of the 2020 MW 7.8 earthquake in the Shumagin gap inferred from seismic and geodetic observations, Geophysical Research Letters, 47, 32020GL090806. PDF, SUPP. https://doi.org/10.1029/2020GL090806
347. Bosserelle, C., S. Williams, K. F. Cheung, T. Lay, Y. Yamazaki, T. Simi, V. Roeber, E. Lane, R. Paulik, and L. Simanu (2020). Effects of source faulting and fringing reefs on the 2009 South Pacific tsunami inundation in southeast Upolu, Samoa, J. Geophys. Res: Oceans, 125, e2020JC016537. PDF, SUPP. https://doi.org/10.1029/2020JC016537
348. Romano, F., S. Lorito, T. Lay, A. Piatanesi, M. Volpe, S. Murphy, and R. Tonini (2020), Benchmarking the Optimal Time Alignmnet (OTA) of tsunmi waveforms in nonlinear joint inversions for the MW 8.8 2010 Maule (Chile) earthquake, Frontiers in Earth Science, 8, 585429. PDF SUPP, https://doi.org/10.3389/feart.2020.585429.
2021
349. Ye, L., T. Lay, and H. Kanamori (2021), Major (MW ≥ 7.0) near-trench intraplate compressional faulting and the 25 March 2020 MW 7.5 Paramushir, Northern Kuril Islands Earthquake, Earth Planet Science Letters, 556, 116728, PDF SUPP,
350. Larson, K. M., T. Lay, Y. Yamazaki, K. F. Cheung, L. Ye, S. D. P. Williams, and J. L. Davis, (2021), Dynamic sea level variation from GNSS: 2020 Shumagin earthquake tsunami resonance and hurricane Laura, Geophysical Research Letters, 48, e2020GL091378, PDF SUPP, https://doi.org/10.1029/2020GL091378
351. Ye, L., T. Lay, H. Kanamori, Y. Yamazaki, and K. F. Cheung (2021), The 22 July 2020 MW 7.8 Shumagin seismic gap earthquake: partial rupture of a weakly coupled megathrust, Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 562, 116879, PDF SUPP, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.epsl.2021.116879.
352. Fan, F., L. Ye, H. Kanamori, and T. Lay (2021), Responding to media inquiries about remote triggering interactions, Seismological Research Letters, 92, 3035-3045, PDF SUPP1 SUPP2, https://doi.org/10.1785/0220200452
353. Yang, J., H. Zhu, T. Lay, Y. Niu, L. Ye, Z. Lu, B. Luo, H. Kanamori, J. Huang, and Z. Li (2021). Multifault opposing-dip strike-slip and normal-fault rupture during the 2020 MW 6.5 Stanley, Idaho earthquake, Geophysical Research Letters, 48, e2021GL092510, PDF SUPP. https://doi.org/10.1029/2021GL092510
354. Guns, K. A., F. F. Pollitz, T. Lay, and H. Yue (2021), Exploring GPS observations of postseismic deformation following the 2012 MW 7.8 Haida Gwaii and 2013 Mw 7.5 Craig, Alaska earthquakes: Implications or viscoelastic Earth structure, Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth, 126, e2021JB021891, PDF SUPP https://doi.org/10.1029/2021JB021891
355. Yue, H. J. Sun, M. Wang, Z. Shen, W. Lu, Y. Zhou, L. Xue, C. Ren, M. Li, and T. Lay (2021), Distinct dual-mode inter-event slow slip and cascade triggering on orthogonal faults during the 2019 Ridgecrest, California earthquake sequence, Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 570, 117066, PDF SUPP. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.epsl.2021.117066
356. Liu, C., T. Lay, F. F. Pollitz, J. Xu, and X. Xiong (2021), Seismic and geodetic analysis of rupture characteristics of the 2020 MW 6.5 Monte Cristo Range, Nevada earthquake, Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America, 111, 3226-3236, PDF SUPP.docx. https://doi.org/10.1785/0120200327
357. Dascher-Cousineau, K., T. Lay, and E. B. Brodsky (2021). Reply to “Comment on ‘Two foreshock sequences post Gulia and Wiemer (2019)’ by Kelian Dascher-Cousineau, Thorne Lay, and Emily E. Brodsky” by Laura Gulia and Stefan Wiemer, Seismological Research Letters, 92, 3259-3264, PDF. https://doi.org/10.1785/0220210059
358. Yamazaki, Y., T. Lay, and K. F. Cheung (2021). A compound faulting model for the 1975 Kalapana, Hawaii, earthquake, landslide and tsunami, Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth, 126, e2021JB022488. PDF SUPP https://doi.org/10.1029/2021JB022488.
359. Ye, L., W. Gong, T. Lay, H. Kanamori, and X. Chen (2021). Shallow megathrust rupture during the 10 February 2021 MW 7.7 southeast Loyalty Islands earthquake sequence, The Seismic Record, 1(3), 154-163. PDF https://doi.org/10.1785/0320210035.
360. Cheung, K. F., T. Lay, L. Sun, and Y. Yamazaki (2021). The importance of rupture depth for tsunami size, Nature Geosciences, Correspondence, PDF. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41561-021-00869-z.
361. Lay, T. (2021). Direct estimation of explosion Pn Green’s functions applied to teleseismic P wave intercorrelations or North Korean nuclear tests, The Seismic Record, 2(1), 11-19, PDF. https://doi.org/10.1785/0320210045.
362. Liu, C., T. Lay, and X. Xiong (2021). The 29 July 2021 MW 8.2 Chignik, Alaska Peninsula earthquake rupture inferred from seismic and geodetic observations: Re-rupture of the western 2/3 of the 1938 rupture zone, Geophysical Research Letters, 49, e2021gL096004, PDF. https://doi.org/10.1029/2021GL096004.
2022
363. Lay, T., and X. D. Song (2022). Preface to the special memoriali for Professor Donald V. Helmberger, Earthquake Science, 35(1) Q20220015 PDF, https://doig.org/10.1016/j.eqs.2022.01.020
364. Lay, T. (2022). A graduate student experience with Professor Donald V. Helmberger, Earthquake Science, 35(1) Q20210055, PDF, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.eqs.2022.01.015.
365. Bai, Y., C. Liu, T. Lay, K. F. Cheung, and L. Ye (2022). Optimizing a model of coseismic rupture for the 22 July 2020 MW 7.8 Simeonof earthquake by exploiting acute sensitivity of tsunami excitation across the shelf break, Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth, 127, e2022JB024484, PDF. https://doi.org/10.1029/2022JB024484.
366. Brodsky, E. E., and T. Lay (2022). Perspective: The wave blown round the world, Science, 377, 30-31, PDF. https://10.1126/science.abq5392.
367. Ye, L., Y. Bai, D. Si, T. Lay, K. F. Cheung, and H. Kanamori (2022). Rupture model for the 29 July 2021 MW 8.2 Chignik, Alaska earthquake constrained by seismic, geodetic, and tsunami observations, Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth, 127, e2021JB023676, PDF. https://doi.org/10.1029/2021JB023676.
368. Luo, B., H. Zhu, J. Yang, T. Lay, L. Ye, Z. Lu, and D. Lumley (2022). Detecting and locating aftershocks for the 2020 MW 6.5 Stanley, Idaho earthquake using convolutional neural networks, Seismological Research Letters, 93, 3266-3277, PDF. https://doi.org/10.1785/0220210341.
369. Gong, W., L. Ye, Y. Qiu, T. Lay, and H. Kanamori (2022). Rupture directivity of the 2021 MW 6.0 Yangbi, Yunnan earthquake, Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth, 127, e2022JB024321, PDF. https://doi.org/10.1029/2022JB024321.
370. Lay, T., and S. P. Nishenko (2022). Updated concepts of seismic gaps and asperities to assess great earthquake hazard along South America, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 119(51), e2216843119, PDF https://doi.org/10.1073pnas.2216843119.
2023
371. Wetzler, N., E. E. Brodsky, E. J. Chaves, T. H. Goebel, and T. Lay (2023). Regional characteristics of observable foreshocks, Seismological Research Letters, 94(1), 428-442, PDF, https://doi.org/10.1785/0220220122.
372. Garza-Giron, R., T. Lay, F. Pollitz, H. Kanamori, and L. Rivera (2023). Solid Earth-Atmosphere interaction forces during the 15 January 2022 Tonga eruption, Science Advances, 9, eadd4931, PDF. https://www.science.org/doi/full/10.1126/sciadv.add4931.
373. Liu, C., Y. Bai, T. Lay, Y. Feng, and X. Xiong (2023). Megathrust complexity constrains up-dip limit of slip during the 2021 Chignik, Alaska Peninsula earthquake. Tectonophysics, 854, 229808, PDF. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tecto.2023.229808.
374. Liu, C., T. Lay, Y. Bai, P. He, X. Xiong (2023). Coseismic slip model of the 19 September 2022 MW 7.6 Michoacan, Mexico earthquake: A quasi-repeat of the 1973 MW 7.6 rupture. The Seismic Record, 3(2), 57-68. PDF. https://doi.org/10.1785/0320220042
375. Bai, Y., C. Liu, T. Lay, K. F. Cheung, and Y. Yamazaki (2023). Fast and slow intraplate ruptures during the 19 October 2020 magnitude 7.6 Shumagin gap earthquake, Nature Communications, 14:2015. PDF. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-023-37731-2
376. Lay, T., and X. Song (2023). Preface. In Memories of Professor Don Helmberger: Master of Seismology and Mentor Extraordinaire, PDF.
377. Pollitz, F., R. Garza-Giron, and T. Lay (2023). Comment on “Multi-event explosive seismic source for the 2022 MW 6.3 Hunga-Tonga submarine volcanic eruption by Julien Thurin, Carl Tape, and Ryan Modrak. The Seismic Record, 3, 210-214, PDF. https://doi.org/10.1785/032023003.
378. Yamazaki, Y., Y. Bai, L. L. Goo, K. F. Cheung, and T. Lay (2023). Nonhydrostatic modeling of tsunamis from earthquake rupture to coastal impact, Journal of Hydraulic Engineering, 149(9), PDF. https://10.1061/JHEND8.HYENG-13388
379. Wetzler, N., T. Lay, and E. E. Brodsky (2023). Global characteristics of observable foreshocks for large earthquakes. Seismological Research Letters, 94, 2313-2325, PDF. https://doi.org/10.1785/0220220397.
380. Liu, C., T. Lay, R. Wang, T. Taymaz, Z. Xie, X. Xiong, T. S. Irmak, M. Kahraman, and C. Erman (2023). Complex multi-fault rupture and triggering during the 2023, earthquake doublet in southeastern Türkiye, Nature Communications, PDF. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-023-41404-5.
381. Guo, H., T. Lay, and E. E. Brodsky (2023). Seismological indicators of geologically inferred fault maturity. Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth, 128, e2023JB027096, PDF. https://doi.org/10.1029/2023JB027096.
38x. Hu, Y., T. Xia, L. Ye, Y. Bai, T. Lay, S. Xu, H. Kanamori, L. Rivera, S. P. D. Sriyanto (2023). The 2022 MW 7.3 southwest Sumatra tsunami earthquake: Rupture up-dip of the 2007 MW 8.4 Bengkulu event, Geophysical Research Letters, submitted.
38x. Yamazaki, Y., T. Lay, K. F. Cheung, R. C. Witter, SP M. La Selle, and B. E. Jaffe (2023). A great tsunami earthquake component o the 1957 Aleutian Islands earthquake, Science Advances, submitted.
38x. Hu, Y., L. Ye, X. Chen, T. Lay, H. Kanamori, F. Romano, and S. Lorito (2023). Deep megathrust rupture and faulting interaction during the 2021 MW 8.1 Kermadec earthquake sequence, Science Advances, in prep.
38x. Ye, L., T. Lay, H. Kanamori, and Y. Hu (2023). Eastward progression of large strike-slip earthquakes on the western transtensional Caribbean-North America plate boundary, Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth, to be submitted.
Other Significant Scientific Publications (Available from T. Lay upon request)
1. Burdick, L.J., D.M. Cole, D.V. Helmberger, T. Lay and T. Wallace (1982). Effective source functions from local surface measurements, Woodward-Clyde Consultants Final Technical Report WCCP-R-82-01, 150 pp.
2. Burdick, L.J., S. Grand, D.V. Helmberger, T. Lay and J. Rial (1983). Remote sensing of attenuation bias using SS, Woodward-Clyde Consultants Final Technical Report WCCP-R-83-01, 158 pp.
3. Hartzell, S.H., L.J. Burdick, and T. Lay (1983). Effective source functions for Pahute Mesa nuclear tests, Woodward-Clyde Consultants Final Technical Report WCCP-R-83-03, 45 pp.
4. Lay, T. (1983). Analysis of upper and lower mantle structure using shear waves. Ph.D. Thesis, California Institute of Technology, 354 pp., University Microfilms.
5. Lay, T., L.J. Burdick, D.V. Helmberger and C. Arvesen (1984). Estimating seismic yield and defining distinct test sites using complete waveform informaiton, Final Technical Report, WCCP-R-84-01, Woodward-Clyde Consultants, Pasadena, 256 pp.
6. Burdick, L.J., T. Lay, D.V. Helmberger and D.G. Harkrider (1984). Implications of records from the spall zone of the Amchitka tests to nonlinear loses in the source region and to elastic radiation by spall. Woodward-Clyde Consultants Final Technical Report WCCP-R-84-03, 40 pp.
7. Lay, T., C.G. Arvesen, R.W. Burger and L.J. Burdick (1984). Estimating seismic yield and defining distinct tests sites using complete waveform information, Woodward-Clyde Consultants Semi-Annual Technical Report WCCP-R-84-04, 130 pp.
8. Burger, R.W., T. Lay, C.G. Arvesen and L.J. Burdick (1985). Estimating seismic yield, pP parameters and tectonic release characteristics at the Novaya Zemlya test site, Woodward-Clyde Consultants Final Technical Report WCCP-R-85-03, 144 pp.
9. Lay, T., C. Lynnes and L. Ruff (1985). Analysis of teleseismic P-wave amplitude and coda variations for underground explosions at U.S. and Soviet test sites, Proceedings 7th Annual DARPA/AFGL Seismic Research Symposium, Air Force Geophysics Laboratory, Hanscom AFB, MA, 333-361.
10. Lay, T., C.S. Lynnes and J. Welc (1986). Analysis of teleseismic P-wave amplitude and coda variations for underground explosions at U.S. and Soviet test sites, Scientific Report, UM-R-86-01, University of Michigan, 222 pp.
11. Barker, J.S., R.W. Burger, L.J. Burdick and T. Lay (1986). Inversion for source parameters of underground nuclear explosions with implications for yield estimation, Scientific Report, AFGL-TR-86-0142, Woodward-Clyde Consultants, Pasadena, 130 pp.
12. Lay, T., C.S. Lynnes and J. Welc (1986). Analysis of teleseismic P-wave amplitude and coda variations for underground explosions at U.S. and Soviet test sites, Final Technical Report, UM-TR-86-02, 170 pp.
13. Lay, T., C.S. Lynnes and J. Welc (1986). Analysis of teleseismic P -wave amplitude and coda variations for underground explosions, Proceedings 8th Annual DARPA/AFGL Seismic Research Symposium, Air Force Geophysics Laboratory, Hanscom AFB, MA, 167-174.
14. Lay, T. and C.S. Lynnes (1987). Analysis of teleseismic P-wave amplitude and coda variations for underground explosions, Proceedings 9th Annual DARPA/AFGL Seismic Research Symposium, Air Force Geophysics Laboratory, Hanscom AFB, MA, 28-33.
15. Pollack, H.N., D.H. Christensen, T. Lay, S.Y. Schwartz (1987). Geophysical investigations of the Western Ohio-Indiana Region, Final Report, Nuclear Regulatory Commission, 62 pp.
16. Schwartz, S.Y., D.H. Christensen, T. Lay and B.P. Cohee (1987). Geophysical investigations of the western Ohio-Indiana Region, Annual Report, Nuclear Regulatory Commission, 80 pp.
17. Lay, T., C.S. Lynnes and B.P. Cohee (1988). Analysis of teleseismic P-wave amplitude and coda variations for underground explosions, Proceedings 10th Annual DARPA/AFGL Seismic Research Symposium, Air Force Geophysics Laboratory, Hanscom AFB, MA, 145-157.
18. Schwartz, S.Y., T. Lay and C.S. Young (1988). Geophysical investigations of the Western Ohio-Indiana Region. Annual Report, Nuclear Regulatory Commission, 80 pp.
19. Lay, T., C.S. Lynnes and B.P. Cohee (1989). Analysis of teleseismic P-wave amplitude and coda variations for underground explosions, Final Technical Report, Air Force Geophysics Laboratory, 115 pp.
20. Lay, T., C.S. Lynnes (1989). Near-source contributions to teleseismic P-wave coda and regional phases, Proceedings 11th Annual DARPA/AFGL Seismic Research Symposium, Air Force Geophysics Laboratory, Hanscom AFB, MA, 260-265.
21. Lay, T. (1989). The teleseismic manifestation of pP: Problems and Paradoxes. Proceedings of DOE/LLNL Symposium on Explosion-Source Phenomenology, 105-113.
22. Young, C.S., T. Lay and J. Jacobson (1989). Geophysical investigations of the western Ohio-Indiana Region. Annual Report, Nuclear Regulatory Commission, 21 pp.
23. Lay, T. (1990). Near-source contributions to teleseismic P wave coda and regional phases, Proceedings 12th Annual DARPA/GL Seismic Research Symposium, Geophysics Laboratory, Hanscom AFB, MA, 112-122.
24. Wallace, T. C., A. Velasco, J. Zhang, and T. Lay (1991). A broadband seismological investigation of the 1989 Loma Prieta, California Earthquake: Evidence for deep slow slip?, Final Technical Report, U.S. Geological Survey, 34 pp.
25. Lay, T. (1991). Near-source contributions to teleseismic P wave coda and regional phases, Final Technical Report, Phillips Laboratory, Hanscom AFB, MA, 120 pp.
26. Lay, T. (1991). The slab penetration controversy, Proceedings of the Caltech Plume Symposium, 4 pp.
27. Lay, T. (1991). Yield estimation, free-surface interactions and tectonic release at Novaya Zemlya. Proceedings of 13th Annual PL/Darpa Seismic Research Symposium, Phillips Lab, Hanscom, AFB, MA, 01731, 22-34.
28. Schwartz, S. Y., and Lay, T. (1991). Analysis of the effects of Eurasian crustal and upper mantle structure on regional phases using broadband seismic data: Initial Phase, Proceedings of 13th Annual PL/Darpa Seismic Research Symposium, Phillips Lab, Hanscom, AFB, MA, 01731, 417-423.
29. Schwartz, S. Y., and Lay, T. (1991). Analysis of the effects of Eurasian crustal and upper mantle structure on regional phases using broadband seismic data, Scientific Report #1, Phillips Lab, Hanscom, AFB, MA, 01731, 42 pp.
30. Lay, T., X. Xie and T. Zhang (1992). Lg propagation in Eurasia. Proceedings of 14th Annual PL/Darpa Seismic Research Symposium, Phillips Lab, Hanscom, AFB, MA, 01731, 274-281.
31. Schwartz, S. Y., and Lay, T. (1992). Analysis of the effects of Eurasian crustal and upper mantle structure on regional phases using broadband seismic data, Proceedings of 14th Annual PL/Darpa Seismic Research Symposium, Phillips Lab, Hanscom, AFB, MA, 01731, 369-374.
32. Lay, T. (1993). New initiative in studies of earth’s deep interior, EOS, Trans. AGU, 74, 187-188.
33. U.S. SEDI Coordinating Committee (1993). CSEDI Science Plan, 100pp.
34. Schwartz, S. Y., and Lay, T. (1993). Analysis of the effects of Eurasian crustal and upper mantle structure on regional phases using broadband seismic data, Final Technical Report, Phillips Lab, Hanscom, AFB MA, 01731, 90pp.
35. Lay, T., X. Xie and T. Zhang (1993). Lg propagation in Eurasia. Proceedings of 15th Annual AFOSR/PL/Darpa Seismic Research Symposium, Phillips Lab, Hanscom, AFB, MA, 01731, 234-240.
36. Lay, T., and R.-S. Wu (1993). Analysis of 3D complex structure and heterogeneity effects on formation and propagation of regional phases in Eurasia. Proceedings of 15th Annual AFOSR/PL/Darpa Seismic Research Symposium, Phillips Lab, Hanscom, AFB, MA, 01731, 241-247.
37. Lay, T. (1993). Researchers cut to Earth’s core. Geotimes, June, 7-9.
38. Lay, T. (1993). New initiative in studies of Earth’s deep interior. GSA Today, 3, 193.
39. Lay, T., R.-S. Wu, and Y.-B. Liu (1993). Analysis of 3D complex structure and heterogeneity effects on formation and propagation of regional phases in Eurasia, Annual Technical Report, Phillips Lab, Hanscom AFB, MA 01731, 74 pp.
40. Lay, T. (1993). Book Review “Physics of the Earth, 3rd Edition, by Frank Stacey”, Physics Today, November, 88-89.
41. Lay, T., X. Xie, and T. Zhang (1994). Lg propagation in Eurasia. Final Technical Report, Advanced Research Projects Agency, 170pp.
42. Lay, T., and T. Zhang (1994). Calibration of regional wave discriminants in diverse geological environments: Topographic correlations, Proceedings of 16th Annual Phillips Laboratory/AFOSR Seismic Research Symposium, Phillips Lab, Hanscom AFB, MA, 01731, 224-230.
43. Wu, R.-S., and T. Lay (1994). Modeling elastic wave propagation in 3D heterogeneous media by elastic complex-screen (ECS) method, Proceedings of 16th Annual Phillips Laboratory/AFOSR Seismic Research Symposium, Phillips Lab, Hanscom AFB, MA, 01731, 379-385.
44. Lay, T. (1994). Book Review “Fundamentals of Earthquake Prediction, by Cinna Lomnitz”, Science, 265, 1900.
45. Loper, D., and T. Lay (1994). Great problems of the Earth discussed at symposium, EOS, 75, 406.
46. Stacey, F. D., and T. Lay (1994). Deep Earth discontinuities: Configurations and dynamics, Deep Earth Dialog, 8, 11-12.
47. Lay, T., and R.-S. Wu (1994). Analysis of 3D complex structure and heterogeneity effects on formation and propagation of regional phases in Eurasia, Final Technical Report, Air Force Office of Scientific Research, 66pp.
48. Lay, T., and T.-R. Zhang (1994). Calibration of regional wave discriminatns in diverse geological environments: Topographic correlations, Annual Technical Report, Air Force Office of Scientific Research, 56 pp.
49. T.-R. Zhang, and T. Lay (1995). Calibration of regional wave discriminants in diverse geological environments: Topographic Correlations, Proceedings of 17th Annual Phillips Laboratory/DOE/AFOSR Seismic Research Symposium, Phillips Lab, Hanscom AFB, MA, 01731, 148-156, PL-TR-95-2108.
50. Wu, R.-S., T. Lay, X.-B. Xie and L.-J. Huang (1995). Synthetic seismograms in heterogeneous media and study of formation and propagation of regional phases, Proceedings of 17th Annual Phillips Laboratory/DOE/AFOSR Seismic Research Symposium, Phillips Lab, Hanscom AFB, MA, 10731, 531-538, PL-TR-95-2108.
51. Zhang, J., K. Kuge, T. Lay, and S. Tsuboi (1995). Source mechanism of the January 17, 1994, Northridge Earthquake from short-period surface waves, USGS/NSF Special Report on the 1994 Northridge Earthquake.
52. Lay, T. (1995). Rapid Quantification of earthquake faulting in the Western U.S., USGS NEHRP Annual Project Summaries: XXXVI, Open-File Report No. 95-210, 526-533.
53. Active Tectonics Planning Committee (1996). Active Tectonics and Society: A Plan for Integrative Science, National Science Foundation, 56pp.
54. Lay, T. (1996). Calibration of regional wave discriminants in diverse geological environments: Topographic correlations, Proceedings of the 18th annual seismic research symposium on monitoring a comprehensive test ban treaty, 4-6 September, 1996, Phillips Lab, Hanscom AFB, MA, 209-218, PL-TR-96-2153.
55. Lay, T., G. Fan, and A. Rodgers (1996). Crustal waveguide effects on regional phases in China and Southeast Asia, Proceedings of the 18th annual seismic research symposium on monitoring a comprehensive test ban treaty, 4-6 September, 1996, Phillips Lab, Hanscom AFB, MA, 565-573, PL-TR-96-2153.
56. Wu, R.-S., X. Chen and T. Lay (1996). Modeling the effects of surface topography on Lg wave propagation by a hybrid method, Proceedings of the 18th annual seismic research symposium on monitoring a comprehensive test ban treaty, 4-6 September, 1996, Phillips Lab, Hanscom AFB, MA, 281-290, PL-TR-96-2153.
57. Lay, T., G. Fan, and A. Rodgers (1997). Crustal waveguide effects on regional phases in China and Southeast Asia, Scientific Report #1, Phillips Lab, Hanscom AFB, MA, PL-TR-97-2028, 172pp.
58. Lay, T., and G. Fan (1997). Crustal waveguide effects on regional phases in China and Southeast Asia, Proceedings of the 19th annual seismic research symposium on monitoring a comprehensive test ban treaty, 23-25 September, 1997, Defense Special Weapons Agency, 57-66.
59. Wu, R.-S., S. Jin, X.-Bi Xie, and T. Lay (1997). Verification and applications of GSP (Generalized Screen Propagators) method for regional wave propagation, Proceedings of the 19th annual seismic research symposium on monitoring a comprehensive test ban treaty, 23-25 September, 1997, Defense Special Weapons Agency, 552-561.
60. Wu, R. S., T. Lay, X. B. Xie, and X. F. Chen (1997). Surface topography effects on Lg wave propagation in heterogeneous crustal waveguides, Scientific Report No. 1, Phillips Lab, Hanscom AFB, MA, PL-TR-97-2009, 36pp.
61. Lay, T (1997). Calibration of regional wave discriminants in diverse geological environments: Topographic correlations, Final Technical Report, Air Force Office of Scientific Research, 43 pp.
62. Lay, T. (1997). Waveguide effects on regional seismic phase amplitudes, Proceedings of the International Monitoring System Event Screening Workshop, Beijing, China, 32 pp.
63. Rodgers, A., W. Walter, and T. Lay (1997). Calibration of distance and path effects on regional P/S discriminants at station ABKT (Alibek, Turkmenistan): azimuthal sector regionalization, LLNL, UCRL-JC-128318.
64. Rodgers, A., T. Lay, G. Fan, and W. Walter (1997). Calibration of distance and path effects on regional P/S discriminants at station ABKT (Alibek, Turkmenistan): statistical analysis of crustal waveguide effects, LLNL, UCRL-JC-129165.
65. Lay, T., G. Fan, and A. Rodgers (1997). Crustal waveguide effects on regional phases in China and Southeast Asia, Final Technical Report, Phillips Laboratory, PL-TR-97-2163, 148 pp.
66. Lay, T. (1998). The comprehensive nuclear test ban treaty and seismological research, Seismol. Res. Lett., 69, 3-5.
67. Wu, R.-S., S. Jin, X.B. Xie and T. Lay (1998). Synthetic seismograms in heterogeneous elastic waveguides and applications in investigating Lg-wave propagation, Final Technical Report, AFOSR, 45pp.
68. Rodgers, A. J., W. R. Walter, C. A. Schultz, S. C. Myers, and T. Lay (1998). A comparison of methodologies for representing path effects on regional P/S discriminants, LLNL, UCRL-JC-131035.
69. Wu, R.-S., X. B. Xie, S. Jin, L. Fu and T. Lay (1998). Seismic wave propagation and scattering in heterogeneous crustal waveguides using screen propagators, Proceedings of the 20th Annual Seismic Research Symposium on Monitoring a Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty (CTBT), Department of Defense, Nuclear Treaty Programs, 213-222.
70. Wu, R.-S., T. Lay, X. B. Xie, L. Fu, S. Jin, and X. F. Chen (1998). Study of surface effects on Lg wave propagation in heterogeneous crusts by a GS-BE hybrid method, Final Report, Air Force Research Laboratory, AFRL-VS-HA-TR-98-0069, 54pp.
71. Lay, T. (1999). Book review of “The Earth’s Mantle”, Seismol. Res. Lett., 70, 438-439. PDF
72. Lay, T. (1999). Book review of “Theoretical Global Seismology”, Physics Today, August, 61-62. PDF
73. Lay, T., G. Fan, R.-S. Wu, and X.-B. Xie (1999). Path corrections for regional phase discriminants, Proceedings of the 21st Annual Seismic Research Symposium: Technologies for Monitoring the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty, Department of Defense, Nuclear Treaty Programs, 510-519.
74. Lay, T., G. Fan and J. Zhang (2000). Path corrections for regional phase discriminants, Proceedings of the 22nd Annual DoD/DOE Seismic Research Symposium: Planning for Verification of and Compliance with the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty (CTBT), 211-218.
75. Lay, T., and G. Fan (2001). Improving discriminants for source identification, Proceedings of the 23rd Seismic Research Review: Worldwide Monitoring of Nuclear Explosions, DTRA, LA-UR-01-4454, 529-539.
76. Lay, T., G. Fan, J. Zhang (2001). Path corrections for regional phase discriminants, Final Technical Report, Defense Threat Reduction Agency, DTRA01-98-C-0161, 56 pp.
77. Lay, T., and G. Fan (2002). Improving discriminants for source identification, Proceedings of the 24th Seismic Research Review – Nuclear Explosion Monitoring: Innovation and Integration, Defense Threat Reduction Agency, LA-UR-02-5048, 86-95.
78. Wu, R., X. Xie, X. Wu, and T. Lay (2002). Quantifying source excitation and path effects for high-frequency regional waves, Proceedings of the 24th Seismic Research Review – Nuclear Explosion Monitoring: Innovation and Integration, Defense Threat Reduction Agency, LA-UR-02-5048, 209-218.
79. Lay, T., J. Berger, R. Buland, R. Butler, G. Ekstrom, B. Hutt, and B. Romanowicz (2002). Global Seismic Network Design Goals Update 2002, Final Report of the GSN Design Goals Subcommittee, Incorporated Research Institutions for Seismology, 9 pp.
80. Lay, T., and G. Fan (2002). Improving discriminants for source identification, Annual Technical Report, Defense Threat Reduction Agency, 38 pp.
81. Lay, T., and G. Fan (2003). Improving discriminants for source identification, Final Technical Report, Defense Threat Reduction Agency, 90 pp.
82. Lay, T. (2003) Book Review of “Quantitative Seismology”, EOS, 84(21), May 27, 2003, 202. PDF
83. Wu, R.-S., X.-B. Xie, Z. Ge, X. Wu, and T. Lay (2003). Quantifying source excitation and path effects for high frequency regional waves, Proceedings of the 25th Seismic Research Review, xxx-xxx.
84. Lay, T. (2004). Book review of “Living on an Active Earth: Perspectives on Earthquake Sciences”, EOS, 85(5), 51.
85. Wu, R.-S., X.-B. Xie, Z. Ge, and T. Lay (2004). Quantifying source excitation and path effects for high frequency regional waves, Proceedings of the 26th Seismic Research Review, 191-201.
86. Wu, R.-S., X.-B. Xie, and T. Lay (2004). Quantifying source excitation and path effects for high frequency regional waves, Final Technical Report, Air Force Research Laboratory, pp. 58.
87. Wu, R-S., X.-B. Xie, and T. Lay (2005). High resolution/high fidelity seismic imaging and parameter estimation for geological structure and material characterization, Final Technical Report, Dept. Of Energy, DE-FG03-01ER15144, 80 pp.
88. Xie, X.-B., T. Lay, and R.-S. Wu (2005). Near source energy partitioning for regional waves in 2D and 3D models, contributions of S*-to-Lg and P-to-Lg scattering. Proceedings of the 27th Seismic Research Review, 249-258.
89. Lay, T., X.-B. Xie, X. Yang, S. R. Taylor, and W. S. Phillips (2005). Development of regional phase tomographic attenuation models for Eurasia, Proceedings of the 27th Seismic Research Review, 52-60. (Annual meeting of SRR).
90. Fisk, M. D., T. Lay, and S. Taylor (2005). Modeling and empirical research on energy partitioning of regional seismic phases used for explosion monitoring, Proceedings of the 27th Seismic Research Review, 539-549. (Annual meeting of SRR).
91. Lay, T. (2005). Statement from the Chair, 2005 IRIS at a Glance and IRIS 2005 Annual Report. Pg. 1.
92. Lay, T. (2006). When the sea comes ashore, Phi Kappa Phi Forum, Winter/Spring, 17-20.
93. Lay, T. (2006). The D” region – Putative source of large mantle plumes: Recent developments, Mantle Plume website article. (http://www.mantleplumes.org).
94. Lay, T. (2006). In Memoriam: Jiajun Zhang 1946-2006, Seismologist and family man, Seism. Res. Lett., 77, 356-357.
95. Lay, T., X. Yang, X.-B. Xie, S. R. Taylor, and M. D. Arrowsmith (2006). Development of regional phase tomographic attenuation models for Eurasia. Proceedings of the 28th Seismic Research Review, Vol. I., 71-81. (Annual meeting of SRR).
96. Fisk, M. D., T. Lay, and S. R. Taylor (2006). Modeling and empirical research on energy partitioning of regional seismic phases used for explosion monitoring. Proceedings of the 28th Seismic Research Review, Vol. I, 580-589. (Annual meeting of SRR).
97. Xie, X.-B., T. Lay, R.-S. Wu, and Y. He (2006). Near source energy partitioning for regional waves in 2D and 3D models: Contributions of free surface scattering. Proceedings of the 28th Seismic Research Review, Vol. I., 304-314. (Annual meeting of SRR).
98. Lay, T. (2006). Book Review: Great Tsunami 24 December 2004 Sumatra Region, EOS, 87, 586. PDF
99. Lay, T. (2006). Statement from the Chair, 2006 IRIS at a Glance and IRIS 2006 Annual Report. Pg. 1.
100. Ammon, C. J., and T. Lay (2007). Observed P-wave amplitude variations from the North Korean nuclear test, Research Note for AFTAC Panel. (SRP Panel March, 2007).
101. Lay, T., X.-B. Xie, X. Yang, and M. D. Arrowsmith (2007). Development of regional phase tomographic attenuation models for Eurasia. Proceedings of the 29th Monitoring Research Review, Vol. 1, 100-110. (Annual meeting of MRR).
102. Xie, X.-B., T. Lay, R.-S. Wu, and Y. He (2007). Near source energy partitioning for regional waves in 2D and 3D models, contributions of free surface scattering. Proceedings of the 29th Monitoring Research Review, Vol. 1., 322-332. (Annual meeting of MRR).
103. Lay, T., and C. J. Ammon (2007). USArray and detection of underground nuclear tests, EarthScope onsite newsletter, summer, 2007, pp. 1-2.
104. Lay, T. (2007). Statement from the Chair, 2007 IRIS at a Glance and IRIS 2007 Annual Report. Pg. 1.
105. Lay, T. (2008). Is bigger really better?, Seismol. Res. Let., 79, 5-6.
106. Antoun, T., D. Harris, T. Lay, S. C. Myers, M. E. Pasyanos, P. Richards, A. J. Rodgers, W. R. Walter and J. J. Zucca (2008). The prospect of using three-dimensional models to improve nuclear explosion monitoring and ground motion hazard assessment, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, LLNL-TR-4013212.
107. Lay, T., and A. Seiden (2008). Obituary: Stanley Flatté, Phys. Today, April, p. 80. PDF
108. Fisk, M. D., S. R. Taylor, T. Lay, and X.-B. Xie (2008). Analysis and modeling of regional seismic phases at nuclear test sites: Implications for P/S discrimination, Final Technical Report, DE-AC52-04NA25536, 109 pp.
109. Xie, X.-B., T. Lay, and R.-S. Wu (2008), Near source energy partitioning for regional waves is 2D and 3D models: Effects from near source scattering, Final Technical Report, Air Force Researc Laboratory, 59 pp.
110. Ammon, C. J., and T. Lay (2008), New data products at the DMC: Animations of the seismic wavefield from USArray data, IRIS 2008 Annual Report, pp. 16-18.
111. Lay, T., X.-B. Xie, X. Yang, and M. D. Arrowsmith (2008). Development of regional phase tomographic attenuation models for Eurasia. Proceedings of the 2008 Monitoring Research Review, Vol. 1, 100-110. (Annual meeting of MRR).
112. Lay, T., X.-B. Xie, X. Yang, and M. D. Arrowsmith (2009). Development of regional phase tomographic attenuation models for Eurasia. Proceedings of the 2009 Monitoring Research Review, Vol. 1, 101-110. (Annual meeting of MRR).
113. Lay, T., X.-B. Xie, X. Yang, and M. D. Arrowsmith (2010). Development of regional phase tomographic attenuation models for Eurasia. Final Technical Report, Air Force Research Laboratory, 99 pp.
114. Hayes, G., H. Kanamori, T. Lay, and C. J. Ammon (2011). The GSN and large earthquakes, IRIS Annual Report 2010, IRIS, pp. 8-9.
115. Lay, T., M. Avants, X.-b. Xie, and A. J. Rodgers (2011). Effects of 3D surface topography on regional and teleseismic signals from underground explosions. Proceedings of the 2011 Monitoring Research Review, Vo1. 1, xxx-xxx. (Annual meeting of MRR).
116. Lay, T. (2012). 10,000 Years: How common are Megquakes?, in Experiments scientists would do if they lived indefinitely, edited by D. Castelvecchi, Scientific American, Sept. 2012.
117. Lay, T., M. Avants, X.-b. Xie, and A. J. Rodgers (2012). Effects of 3D surface topography on regional and teleseismic signals from underground explosions. Proceedings of the 2011 Monitoring Research Review, Vo1. 1, 419-427. (Annual meeting of MRR).
118. Lay, T., X.-B. Xie, and X. Yang (2013). Toward unified correction of regional phases for amplitude and travel time effects of heterogeneous structure, Technical Interchange Meeting for the Air Force Research Laboratory Nuclear Explosion Monitoring Program. Presentation on CDROM. (Annual Meeting Albuquerque, NM).
119. Lay, T., X.-B. XIe, M. Avants, and A. J. Rodgers (2013). Effects of 3D surface topography on regional and teleseismic signals from underground explosions, Technical Interchange Meeting for the Air Force Research Laboratory Nuclear Explosion Monitoring Program. Presentation on CDROM. (Annual Meeting Albuquerque, NM).
120. Lay, T., M. Avants, X.-B. Xie, and A. J. Rodgers (2013). Effects of 3D Surface Topography on Regional and Teleseismic Signals from Underground Explosions, Annual Report No. 3., Air Force Research Laboratory, AFRL-RV-HA-TR-2013-0001, 17 pp.
121. Berryman, K., L. Wallace, G. Hayes, P. Bird, K. Wang, T. Lay, R. Stein, T. Sagiya, R. Basilli, C. Rubin, S. Barrientos, C. Kreemer, N. Litchfield, M. Pagani, K. Gledhill, K. Haller, C. Costa (2014), The GEM Faulted Earth Subduction Characterisation Project, Report.
122. Lay, T., X.-B. Xie, and X. Yang (2014). Toward Unified Correction of Regional Phases for Amplitude and Travel Time Effects of Heterogeneous Structure, Annual Report No. 2., Air Force Research Laboratory, AFRL-RV-HA-TR-2014-0001, 32 pp.
123. Lay, T., M. Avants, X.-B. Xie, and A. J. Rodgers (2014). Effects of 3D Surface Topography on Regional and Teleseismic Signals from Underground Explosions, Annual Report No. 3., Air Force Research Laboratory, AFRL-RV-HA-TR-2014-0001, 79 pp.
124. Lay, T., M. Avants, X.-B. Xie, and A. J. Rodgers (2015). Effects of 3D Surface Topography on Regional and Teleseismic Signals from Underground Explosions, Final Report, Air Force Research Laboratory, AFRL-RV-PS-TR-2015-0034, 125 pp.
125. Lay, T., X.-B. Xie, and X. Yang (2015). Toward Unified Correction of Regional Phases for Amplitude and Travel Time Effects of Heterogeneous Structure, Final Report, Air Force Research Laboratory, AFRL-RV-HA-TR-2015-00xx, 126 pp.
126. Lay, T. (2016). Don L. Anderson, Biographical Memoirs, National Academy of Sciences. 14pp. (http://www.nasonline.org/publications/biographical-memoirs/memoir-pdfs/anderson-don.pdf )
127. Schweitzer, J., and T. Lay (2018). Brian J. Mitchell (1936-2018), IASPEI Newsletter, September 2018, 7-8.
128. Wetzler, N., E. Brodsky, and T. Lay (2020). Foreshock effects on aftershock productivity measures, U.S.-Israel Binational Science Foundation Report, 22 pp.
129. Lay, T. (2020). Donald V. Helmberger (1938-2020), IASPEI Newsletter, December 2020, 5-6.
130. Lay, T. (2021). In Memoriam: Donald V. Helmberger 1938-2020, Seismological Research Letters, 92, 621-622, https://doi.org/10.1785/0220190473
131. Lay, T. (2021). 2020 – Donald V. Helmberger, Ph.D., American Geophysical Union, https://www.agu.org/stay-informed/in-memoriam.
132. Lay, T. (2021). DPRK Nuclear Explosion Yields from Teleseismic Modeling. Final Report, Air Force Research Laboratory, 21 November 2021. 156 pp.