Current Research

• Is the Footprint of An Aftershock Sequence Larger Than We Think: A New View From the Well Recorded Aftershocks of the 2001 And 2005 Magnitude ~5 Anza , California, Earthquakes [Felzer & Kilb, in Review 2009]

• Flash-Based Tool for Earthquake Epicenter Identification [Ouyang et al., in reivew 2009]

• 3-D Interdisciplinary Visualization: Tools for Scientific Analysis and Communication [Jacobs et al., 2008]

• Correlations between Earthquakes and large Mud Volcano Eruptions [Mellors et al., 2007 ]

• Seismogenic, Electrically Conductive, and Fluid Zones at Continental Plate Boundaries in New Zealand, Himalaya, and California-USA [Jiracek et al., 2007]

• Aftershock Detection Thresholds as a Function of Time: Results From the ANZA Seismic Network Following the 31 October 2001 Anza, California, ML 5.1 Earthquake [Kilb et al., 2007]

• Quantifying the Remote Triggering Capabilities of Large Earthquakes Using Data From the ANZA Seismic Network Catalog (Southern California) [Kane et al., 2007]

• Fault Parameter Constraints Using Relocated Earthquakes: A Validation of First Motion Focal Mechanism Data [Kilb & Hardebeck, 2006]

• Earthquake Relocation "Blink Movies" [Kilb & Rubin]

 

Recently Published

• [2008] Kilb, D., “ 3-D Interdisciplinary Visualization: Tools for Scientific Analysis and Communication,” Seis. Res. Lett.,doi10.1785/gssrl.79.6.867. [Download Paper]
• [2008] Kilb, D., “Throwing Mud,” Nature Geoscience, doi:10.1038/ngeo299. [Download Paper]
• [2007] Kilb, D., V. G. Martynov and F. L. Vernon, “Aftershock Detection Thresholds as a Function of Time: Results from the ANZA Seismic Network following the 31 October 2001 ML 5.1 Anza, California, Earthquake,” Bull. Seism. Soc. Am., 97, pp 280-792, doi: 10.1785/0120060116. [Download Paper]
• [2007] Kane, D. L., D. Kilb, A. S. Berg, and V. G. Martynov “Quantifying the remote triggering capabilities of large earthquakes using data from the ANZA Seismic Network catalog (southern California)”, Journal of Geophys. Res., 112, B11302, doi:10.1029/2006JB004714. [Download Paper]
• [2007] Mellors, R., D. Kilb, A. Aliyev, A. Gasanov & G. Yetirmishli “Correlations between Earthquakes and Large Mud Volcano Eruptions. [Download Paper]
• [2006] Kilb, D. & J.L. Hardebeck “Fault Parameter Constraints Using Relocated Earthquakes: A Validation of First Motion Focal Mechanism Data,” Bull. Seism. Soc. Am., 96, 1140-1158. [Download Paper]
• [2006] Taesombut, N., R.W. Xinran, A. Chien, A. Nayak, B. Smith, D. Kilb, G. Kent, and J. Orcutt “Collaborative Data Visualization for Earth Sciences with the OptIPuter,” Future Generation Computer Systems, 22, 955-963. [Download Paper]
• [2005] Moher, T., S. Hussain, T. Halter, D. Kilb, “Embedding Dynamic Phenomena within the Physical Space of an Elementary School Classroom,” ACM Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI 2005), pp. 1665-1668. [Download Paper]
• [2005] Schwehr, Johnson, Kilb, Nayak, Nishimura"Visualization tools facilitate geological investigations of Mars exploration rover landing sites," IS&T/SPIE Paper Number 5669-15, San Jose, CA., 17-Jan-2005. [Download Paper]
  
• [2004] Prieto, Germán A.; Shearer, Peter M.; Vernon, Frank L.; Kilb, Debi, Earthquake source scaling and self-similarity estimation from stacking P and S spectra, J. Geophys. Res., Vol. 109, No. B8, B08310, 10.1029/2004JB003084, 2004. [Download Paper]
  
• [2004] Martynov, V.G.; Vernon, Frank L.; Kilb, D.; Roecker, S.W., "Directional Variations in Travel-Time Residuals of Teleseismic P Waves in the Crust and Mantle beneath Northern Tien Shan" Bull. Seism. Soc. Am., 94, 650-664, 2004 (15 pp).[Download Paper]
  
• [2003] Ziv, A.M. Rubin, D. Kilb, “Spatio-Temporal analyses of earthquake productivity and size distribution: observations and simulations” Bull. Seism. Soc. Am., 93, 2069-2081, 2003, (13 pp). [Download Paper]
  
• [2003] Kilb, D., C.S. Keen, R.L. Newman, G.M. Kent, D.T.Sandwell, F.L. Vernon, C.L. Johnson, J.A. Orcutt, "The Visualization Center at Scripps Institution of Oceanography: Education & Outreach" Seis. Res. Lett. V. 74, no. 5, p. 641-648, 2003. (8 pp). [Download Paper]
  
• [2003] Kilb, D.L., R.L. Newman, F.L. Vernon, J.A. Eakins, L. Ziegler, J. Bowen, J. Otero, "Education and Outreach Based on data from the ANZA Seismic Network in Southern California" Seis. Res. Lett. V. 74, no. 5, p. 522-528, 2003. (7 pp). [Download Paper]
  
• [2003] Kilb, D., “A strong correlation between induced peak dynamic Coulomb stress change from the 1992 M7.3 Landers, California, earthquake and the hypocenter of the 1999 M7.1 Hector Mine, California, earthquake” Journal of Geophysical Research, 108, 2012, doi:10.1029/2001JB000678, 2003, (7 pp). [Download Paper]
  
• [2002] Kilb D., and A.M. Rubin, “Relocated Microearthquakes of the Mt. Lewis ML5.7, California, Earthquake Sequence: Implications of Diverse Fault Orientations,” Journal of Geophysical Research, 107, 2294, 2002, (17 pp). [Download Paper]
  
• [2001] Kilb, D., J. Gomberg and P. Bodin, “Aftershock Triggering by Complete Coulomb Stress Changes,” Journal of Geophysical Research, 107, 10.1029/2001JB000202. (15 pp). [Download Paper]
  
• [2000] Kilb, D., J. Gomberg and P. Bodin, “Triggering of earthquake aftershocks by dynamic stresses,” Nature, 408, 570-574, 2000, (4 pp). [Download Paper]
  
• [1999] Kilb, D., J. Gomberg; ”The initial subevent of the 1994 Northridge, California, earthquake: Is earthquake size predictable?,” Journal of Seismology, 3, 409-420, 1999 (12 pp). [Download Paper]
  

 

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