Refereed Publications of Robert W. Clayton

Submitted

• Wang, W., V. Tsai, and R. Clayton, Retrieval of core phases from seismic interferometry using a dense large-aperature broadband array in southwest China, submitted to GRL 2015/03/03.

In Press

• Castro, R., R. Clayton, E. Hauksson, and J. Stock, (2016), Observations of remotely triggered seismicity in the Salton Sea and Coso geothermal regions, Southern California, after big (Mw>7.8) teleseismic earthquakes. in press, Geofisica Internacional, Jan 2017.

Published

2017

• Castro, R., J. Stock, E. Hauksson, and R. Clayton, (2017), Source Functions and Path Effects from Earthquakes in the Farallon Transform Fault Region, Gulf of California, Mexico that Occurred on October 2013, Pure and Applied Geophysics, 174(6), 2239-2256, doi:10.1007/s00024-016-1346-4 PDF

• Castro, R., J. Stock, E. Hauksson, and R. Clayton, Active Tectonics in the Gulf of California and seismicity (M>3.0) for the Period 2002-2014., (2017), Tectophysics online, doi:10.1016/j.tecto.2017.02.015. PDF

  2016

• Castro, Raul, J. Stock, E. Hauksson, and R. Clayton, (2016), Source Functions and Path Effects from Earthquakes in the Farallon Transform Fault Region, Gulf of California, Mexico that Occurred on October 2013, Pure Appl. Geophys., doi:10.1007/s00024-016-1346-4.   PDF

• Inbal, A., J-P Ampuero, and R. Clayton, (2016) Loaclized Seismic Deformation in the Upper Mantle Revealed by Dense Arrays, Science, 354, pp88-92, doi:10.1126/science.aaf1370   PDF   Supp

• Kohler, M., A. Massari, T. Heaton, H. Kanamori, E. Hauksson, R. Guy, R. Clayton, J. Bunn, and K. Chandy, (2016), Downtown Los Angeles 52-Story High-Rise and Free-Field Response to an Oil Refinery Explosion, Earthquake Spectra, 32, 3, 1793-1820, doi:10.1193/062315EQS101M     PDF

• Ma, Y, R. Clayton and D. Li, (2016a), Higher-mode ambient-noise Rayleigh waves in sedimentary basins, Geophys. J. Int, 206, 1634-1644. doi:10.1093/gji/ggw235     PDF     Supp

• Ma, Y, and R. Clayton, (2016b), Structure of the Los Angeles Basin from ambient noise and receiver functions, Geophys. J. Int., 206, 1645-1651. doi:10.1093/gji/ggw236     PDF     Supp

  2015

• Vriend, N., M. L. Hunt, and R. W. Clayton, Linear and Nonlinear Wave Propagation in Booming Sand Dunes, (2015), Phys. Fluids 27, 1003305 (2015), doi:10.1063/1.4931971 PDF

• Ma, Y., and R. Clayton, Flat Slab Subduction Caused By Interplate Suction Force, (2015), GRL, 42, doi:10.1002/2015GL065195.     PDF     PDF-supp

• Clayton, R., T. Heaton, M. Kohler, M. Chandy, R. Guy, and J. Bunn, (2015), Community Seismic Network: A Dense Array to Sense Earthquake Strong Motion Seismol. Res. Lett., 86, 5, Sept/Oct 2015, doi:10.1785/0220150094.     PDF

• Inbal, A., R. Clayton, and J-P Ampuero, (2015), Mapping Active Faults in Long Beach, California Using a Dense Seismic Array, Geophys. Rec. Lett., 42, 6314-6323, doi:10.1002/2015GL064942.     PDF     PDF-supp

• Kim, Y. and R. Clayton, (2015), Seismic properties of the Nazca oceanic crust in the southern Peruvian subduction system, Earth Planet Sci. Lett. doi:10.1016/j.epsl.2015.07.055     PDF     PDF-supp

• Persaud, P., F. Di Luccio, and R. Clayton, Rayleigh wave dispersion measurements reveal low velocity zones beneath the new crust in the Gulf od California, (2015), Geophys. Res. Lett., 42, 1766-1774, doi:10.1002/2015GL063420     PDF

• Dougherty, S., and R. Clayton, (2015), Seismic structure in southern Peru: Evidence for a smooth contortion between flat and normal subduction of the Nasca plate, Geophys. J. Int., 200, 534-55, doi:10.1093/gji/ggu415.     PDF

  2014

• Di Luccio, F., P. Persaud, and R. Clayton, (2014), Seismic structure beneath the Gulf of California from group velocity measurements, Geophys. J. Int., 199, 3, pp1861-1872, doi:10.1093/gji/ggu338.     PDF

• Selvans, M., J. Stock, R. Clayton, S. Cande, and R. Granot, Deep crustal structure of the Adare and Northern Basins, Ross Sea, Antarctica, from sonobuoy data, (2014), EPSL, 405, pp220-230, doi:10.1016/j.epsl.2014.08.029.     PDF     Data-Link

• Faulkner, M., R. Clayton, T. Heaton, K. M. Chandy, M. Kohler, J. Bunn, R. Guy, A. Liu, M. Olson, M-H., Cheng, and A. Kraus, (2014), Community Sense and Response Systems: Your Phone as Quake Dectector, CACM, 57, 7, July 2014, doi:10.1145/2622628.2622633     PDF     Video-Intro

• Kim, Y-H, H. Lim, M. Miller, F. Pearce, R. Clayton, (2014) Imaging Opposing oceanic lithosphers in the Isthmus of Tehuantepec, Mexico, G-cubed, 15, 7, 3021-3034, doi:10.1002/2014/GC005320.     PDF

• Li, D., D. Helmberger, R. Clayton, D. Sun, (2014), Global synthetic seismograms using 2D finite-difference method, Geophys. J. Int, doi:10.1093/gji/ggu050     PDF

• Phillips, K. and R. Clayton, (2014), Structure of the Transition Region from Seismic Array Data in Southern Peru, Geophys. J. Int., 196, pp1889-1905, doi: 10.1093/gji/ggt504.     PDF     Supp

• Ma, Yiran, and R. Clayton, (2014), The Crust and Uppermost Mantle Structure of Southern Peru From Ambient Noise and Earthquake Surface Wave Analysis, Earth and Planetary Sci. Lett., 395, pp61-70. doi:10.1016/j.epsl.2014.03.013. PDF   PDF-supp

• Perez-Campos, X., and R. Clayton, (2014), Interaction of Cocos and Rivera Plates with the Upper Mantle Transition Zone Underneath Central Mexico, Geophys. J. Int., doi:10.193/gji/ggu087. PDF

• Dougherty, S. and R. Clayton, Seismicity and structure in central Mexico: Evidence for a possible slab tear in the South Cocos plate, J. Geophys. Res, 119, 3424-3447, doi:10/1002/2013/JB010883 PDF

  2013

• Kim, Y., R. Clayton, P. Asimow, and J. Jackson, (2013), Generation of Talc in the Mantle Wedge and its Role in Subduction Dynamics in Central Mexico, Earth and Planet Sci. Lett., 384, pp81-87, doi:10.1016/j.epsl.2013.10.006.     PDF

• Schmandt, B., and R. Clayton, Analysis of P-waves with a 5200-station array in Long Beach, California: evidence for abrupt boundary for Inner Borderland rifting, (2013), J. Geophys. Res., 118, 1-19, doi:10.1002/jgrb.50370     PDF

• Lin, Fan-Chi, D. Li, R. Clayton, D. Hollis, 2013, High-resolution shallow crustal structure in Long Beach, California: application of ambient noise tomography on a dense seismic array, Geophysics, 78(4), Q45-Q56, doi:10.1190/geo2012-0453.1     PDF     S1-movie     S2-movie     S3-movie

• Inbal, Asaf, F. Koch, R. Clayton, and J-P Ampuero, Locating micro-events in Long Beach, CA urban environment with a dense array, SEG Extended Abstracts, p 2129-2134, doi:10.1190/segam2013-0697.1 PDF

• Ma, Y., R. Clayton, V. Tsai, and Z. Zhongwen, 2013, Locating a Scatterer in the Active Volcanic Area of Southern Peru from Ambient Noise Cross-correlation, Geophys. J. Int., 192(3), pp.1332-1341. doi:10.1093/gji/ggs103 PDF

• Sun, Y., D. Helmberger, J. Jackson, R. Clayton, D. Bower, 2013, Rolling Hills of Primordial Material on the Core-Mantle-Boundary, EPSL, 361, pp. 333-342, doi:10.1016/j.epsl.2012.10.027 PDF     Supp

• Perez-Campos, X., and R. Clayton, (2013), Evidence of upper mantle processes related to continental rifting versus oceanization in the Gulf of California, Geophys. J. Int., doi:10.1093/gji/ggt133 PDF

• Skinner, S. and R. Clayton, (2013), The lack of correlation between flat slabs and bathymetric impactors in South America, Earth and Planet. Sci. Lett., 371-372, June 2013, pp1-5. doi:10.1016/j.epsl.2013.04.013 PDF   Supp-PDF

• Zhan, Z., V. Tsai, and R. Clayton, (2013), Spurious velocity changes caused by temporal variations in ambient noise frequency content, online GJI May 27.2013, doi:10.1093/gji/ggt170 PDF

  2012

• Phillips, K., R. Clayton, P. Davis, H. R. Guy, S. Skinner, I. Stubailo, L. Audin, and V. Aguilar, (2012), Structure of the Subduction System in Southern Peru From Seismic Array Data, J. Geophys. Res, 117, B11306, doi:10.1029/2012JB009540. PDF   PDF-supp

• Lin, Fan-Chi, D. Li, R. Clayton, D. Hollis, Interferometry with a dense 3D dataset, SEG Technical Program Extended Abstracts, pp. 1-6, doi:10.1190/segam2012-0519.1 PDF

• Dougherty, S., R. Clayton, and D. Helmberger, (2012), Seismic Structure in central Mexico: Implication for fragmentation of the subducted Cocos Plate, J. Geophys. Res, 117, B09316, doi:10.1029/2012JB009528. PDF

• Chen, T. and R. Clayton, (2012), Structure of central and southern Mexico from velocity and attenuation tomography, J. Geophys. Res, 117, B09302, doi:10.1029/2012JB009233. PDF

• Kim, Y., M. Miller, F. Pearce, and R. Clayton, Seismic imaging of the Cocos subduction zone system in central Mexico, Geochem. Geophys. Geosyst, 13, Q07001, doi:10.1029/2012GC004033. PDF

• Kim, Y., R. Clayton, and J. Jackson, Distribution of Hydrous Minerals in the Subduction System Beneath Mexico, (2012), EPSL 341-344, p58-67, doi:10.1016/j.epsl.2012.06.001. PDF

• Vriend, N. M., M. L. Hunt, and R. W. Clayton, Sedimentary structure of large sand dunes: examples from Dumont and Eureka dunes, Geophys. J. Int., (2012), 190, pp981-992, doi:10.1111/j.1365-246X.2012.05514.x PDF     Supplemment-zip

• Selvans, M., R. Clayton, J. Stock, and R. Granot, (2012), Using overlapping sonobuoy data from the Ross Sea to construct a 2D deep crustal velocity model, Journal Marine Geophysical Research, 33, pp.17-32, doi:10.1007/s11001-011-9143-z   PDF

  2011

• Clayton, R., T. Heaton, M. Chandy, A. Krause, M. Kohler, J. Bunn, M. Olson, M. Faulkner, M. Cheng, L. Strand, R. Chandy, D. Obenshain, A, Liu, and M. Aivazis, (2011), Community Seismic Network, Annals of Geophysics, 54, 6, doi:10.4401/ag-5269. PDF

• Kim, Y., R. Clayton, and F. Keppie, Evidence of a collision between the Yucatan Block and Mexico in the Miocene, (2011), Geophys. J. Int., doi:10.1111/j.1365-246X.2011.05191.x PDF

• Kosarian, M., P. Davis, T. Tanimoto, and R. Clayton, (2011) The Relationship Between Upper Mantle Anisotropic Structures Beneath California, Transpresion and Abolute Plate Motion, J. Geophys. Res. doi:10.1029/2010JB007742. PDF

  2010

• Zhan, Z., S. Ni, D. Helmberger, and R. Clayton, 2010, Retrieval of Moho-reflected shear wave arrivals from ambient seismic noise, Geophys. J. Int., 182, pp408-420, doi:10.1111/j.1365-246X.2010.04625.x PDF

• Kostoglodov, V., A. Husker, N. Shapiro, J. Payero, M. Campillo, N. Cotte, and R. Clayton, (2010), 2006 Slow Slip Event and Nonvolcanic Tremor in the Mexican Subduction Zone, Geophys. Res. Lett., 37, L24301, doi:10.1029/2010GL045424. PDF

• Skinner, S., and R. Clayton, An Evaluation of proposed mechansims of slab flattening in central Mexico, 2010, Pure Appl. Geophys. (Pageoph), doi:10.1007/s00024-010-0200-3 PDF

• Iglesias, A., R. Clayton, X. Perez-Campos, S. K. Singh, J. Pacheco, D. Garcia, and C. Valdes-Gonzalez, 2010, S-Wave, Velocity Structure below Central Mexico using High Resolution Surface Wave Tomography, J. Geophys. Res., 115, B06307, doi:10.1029/2009JB006332 PDF

• Kim, Y., R. Clayton, and J. Jackson, 2010, The Geometry and seismic properties of the subducting Cocos plate in central Mexico, J. Geophys. Res., 115, doi:10.1029/2009JB006942 PDF

• Granot, R., S. C. Cande, J. M. Stock, F. J. Davey, and R. W. Clayton, 2010, Postspreading rifting in the Adare Basin, Antarctica: regional tectonic consequences, G-cubed, 11, 8, Q08005, doi:10.1029/2010GC003105, PDF

  2009

• Chen, T. and R. Clayton, (2009), Seismic Attenuation Structure in central Mexico: Image of a focussed high-attenuation zone in the mantle wedge, (2009), J. Geophys. Res., doi:10:1029/2008JB005964. PDF

• Song, T. A., D. V. Helmberger, M. R. Brudzinski, R. W. Clayton, P. Davis, X. Perez-Campos, S. K. Singh, (2009), Subducting Slab Unltra-Slow Layer Coincident with Silent Earthquakes in Southern Mexico, Science, 324, 502 (2009), doi:10,1126/science.1167595. PDF   Sup-PDF

• Lukac, M., P. Davis, R. Clayton, D. Estrin (2009), Recovering Temporal Integrity with Data Driven Time Synchronization, 8th International Conference on Information Processing in Sensor Networks, 2009. IPSN 2009. PDF

• Lukac, M., I. Stubailo, R. Guy, P. Davis, V. Aguilar, R. Clayton, D.Estrin, First-class meta-data: a step towards a highly reliable wireless network in Peru, 8th International Conference on Information Processing in Sensor Networks, 2009. IPSN 2009. PDF  

  2008

• Perez-Campos, X., Y. Kim, A. Husker, P. M. Davis, R. W. Clayton, A. Iglesias, J. F. Pacheco, S. K. Singh, V. C. Manea, and M. Gurnis (2008), Horizontal subduction and and truncation of the cocos plate beneath Central Mexico, Geophys. Res. Lett., 35, L18303, doi:10.1029/2008GL035127 PDF

• Vriend, N. M., M. L. Hunt, R. W. Clayton, C. E. Brennen, K. S. Brantley, and A. Ruiz-Angulo (2008), Reply to comment on solving the mystery of booming sand dunes, Geophys. Res. Lett., 35, L08307, doi:10.1029/2008GL033202. PDF       comment

• Spasojevic', S., and R. W. Clayton (2008), Crustal structure and apparent tectonic underplating from receiver function analysis in South Island, New Zealand, J. Geophys. Res., 113, B04307, doi:10.1029/2007JB005166. PDF

• Payero, J. S., V. Kostoglodov, N. Shapiro, T. Mikumo, A. Iglesias, X. Perez-Campos, and R. W. Clayton (2008), Non-volcanic tremor observed in the Mexican subduction zone, Geophys. Res. Lett., 35, L07305, doi:10.1029/2007GL032877. PDF     GRL_cover

• Ai, Huirong-Anita, J. M. Stock, R. Clayton, and B. Luyendyk (2008), Vertical Tectonics of the High Plateau Region, Manihiki Plateau, Western Pacific, from Seismic Stratigraphy, Mar. Geophys. Res., doi:10.1007/s11001-008-9042-0. PDF

• Kedar, Sharon, M. Longuet-Higgins, F. Webb, N. Graham, R. Clayton, C. Johnson (2008), The origin of deep ocean microseisms in the North Atlantic Ocean, Proc. R. Soc. A, 2091 (March), pp777-893 doi:10.1098/rspa.2007.0277. PDF

  2007

• Persaud, P., X. Perez-Campos, and R. Clayton (2007), Crustal thickness variations in the margins of the Gulf of California from receiver functions, Geophys. J. Int., 170, 2, 687-699, doi:10.1111/j.1365-03412.x PDF

• Davis, P. and R. Clayton, (2007), Application of the telegraph model to coda Q variations in southern California, J. of Geophys. Res, 112, B09302, doi:10.1029/2006JB004542. PDF

• Vriend, N. M., M. L. Hunt, R. W. Clayton, C. E. Brennen, K. S. Brantley, and A. Ruiz- Angulo, (2007), Solving the mystery of booming sand dunes, Geophys. Res. Lett., 34, L16306, doi:10.1029/2007GL030276. PDF     (Note: see comment and reply above)

• Downey, N., J. M. Stock, R. W. Clayton, and S. C. Cande, (2007), History of the Cretaceous Osbourn Spreading Center, J. Geophys. Res., 112, B04102 doi:10.1029/2006JB004550 PDF Correction: PDF

• Yan, Z., and R. W. Clayton (2007), A Notch Structure on the Moho beneath the Eastern San Gabriel Mountains, Earth Planet. Sci Lett., doi:10.1016/j.epsl.2007.06.017. PDF

• Yan, Z., and R. W. Clayton (2007), Regional mapping of the crustal structure in southern California from receiver functions, J. Geophys. Res., 112, B05311, doi:10.1029/2006JB004622. PDF

• Downey, N. J., and R. W. Clayton (2007), A ridgelet transform method for constraining tectonic models via abyssal-hill morphology, Geochem. Geophys. Geosyst., 8, Q03004, doi:10.1029/2006GC001440. PDF

  2005

• Yan Z., Clayton R.W. and Saleeby J., (2005), Seismic Refraction Evidence of Steep Faults cutting highly attenuated continental basement in Central Transverse Ranges, California, Geophys. J. Int., 651-666. PDF

• Teresa Baker, Robert Granat, and Robert W. Clayton, (2005), Real-time Earthquake Location Using Kirchhoff Reconstruction, Bull. Seism. Soc. Am., 95: 699 - 707. PDF

• Leo Eisner and Robert W. Clayton, (2005), Simulating Strong Ground Motion From Complex Sources By Reciprocal Green functions, Studia Geophysica et Geodaetica, 49, 3, doi:10.1007/s11200-005-0013-5. PDF

  2004

• W. J. Lutter, G. S. Fuis, T. Ryberg, D. A. Okaya, R. W. Clayton, P. M. Davis, C. Prodehl, J. M. Murphy, V. E. Langenheim, M. L. Benthien, N. J. Godfrey, N. I. Christensen, K. Thygesen, C. H. Thurber, G. Simila, and G. R. Keller (2004), Upper Crustal Structure from the Santa Monica Mountains to the Sierra Nevada, Southern California: Tomographic Results from the Los Angeles Regional Seismic Experiment, Phase II (LARSE II), Bull. Seism. Soc. Am., 94: 619 - 632. PDF

  2003

• Nazareth J. J., R. W. Clayton, (2003), Crustal structure of the Borderland-Continent Transition Zone of southern California adjacent to Los Angeles, J. Geophys. Res., 108 (B8), doi:10.1029/2001JB000223, 2003. PDF

• Fuis, G. S., R. W. Clayton, P. M. Davis, T. Ryberg, W. J. Lutter, D. A. Okaya, E. Hauksson, C. Prodehl, J. M. Murphy, M. L. Benthien, S. A. Baher, M. D. Kohler, K. Thygesen, G. Simila, and G. R. Keller, (2003), Fault systems of the 1971 San Fernando and 1994 Northridge earthquakes, southern California: Relocated aftershocks and seismic images from LARSE II, Geology, 31, 171-174. PDF

• Monica D. Kohler, Harold Magistrale and R. W. Clayton, (2003), Mantle heterogeneities and the SCEC Three-Dimensional Velocity Model Version 3, Bull. Seism. Soc. Am, 93, 757- 774. PDF

  2002

• Roger L. Larson, Robert A. Pockalny, Richard F. Viso, Elisabetta Erba, Lewis J. Abrams, Bruce P. Luyendyk, Joann M. Stock, and Robert W. Clayton, (2002), Mid-Cretaceous tectonic evolution of the Tongareva triple junction in the southwestern Pacific Basin, Geology, 30, 1, 67-70. PDF

• Leo Eisner and Robert W. Clayton, (2002), Equivalent medium Parameters For Numerical Modeling in media with near-surface low-velocities, Bull. Seism. Soc. Am, 92, 2, 711-722. PDF

• Leo Eisner and Robert W. Clayton, (2002), A Full Waveform Test of the Southern California Velocity Model by the Reciprocity Method, Pure and Applied Geophysics, 159, 1691-1706. PDF

  2001

• Egill Hauksson, Patrick Small, Katrin Hafner, Robert Busby, Robert Clayton, James Goltz, Tom Heaton, Kate Hutton, Hiroo Kanamori, Jascha Polet, Doug Given, Lucile M. Jones and David Wald, (2001), Southern California Seismic Network: Caltech/USGS Element of TriNet 1997-2001, Seism. Res. Lett, 72, 6, 690-704. PDF

• Katrin Hafner and Robert W. Clayton, (2001), The Southern California Earthquake Data Center (SCEDC), Seism. Res. Lett, 72, 6, 705-711. PDF

• Leo Eisner and Robert W. Clayton, (2001), A Reciprocity method for multiple-source simulations, Bull. Seism. Soc. Am, 91, 3, 553-560. PDF

• Leo Eisner and Robert W. Clayton, (2002), A Full Waveform Test of the Southern California Velocity Model by the Reciprocity Method, Pure and Applied Geophysics, 159,7-8, pp. 1691-1706, doi:10.1007/s00024-002-8703-1. PDF

  2000

• Harold Magistrale, Steven Day, Robert W. Clayton, and Robert Graves, (2000), The SCEC Southern California reference 3D seismic velocity model Version 2, Bull. Seism. Soc. Am. Vol 90, 6B, pp. S65-76. PDF

• William R. Keller, Don L. Anderson and Robert W. Clayton, (2000), Resolution of tomographic models of the model beneath Iceland, Geophys. Res. Lett., 27 (24), 3993-3996, doi:1029/2000GL011798. PDF

  1999

• Jane Heineman, Joann Stock, Robert W. Clayton, Katrin Hafner, Steve Cande and Carol Raymond, (1999), Constraints on the proposed Marie Byrd Land-Bellingshausen plate boundary from seismic reflection data, J. Geophys. Res., 104, B11, 25321-25330. PDF

  1996

• Brian Wernicke, Robert Clayton, Mihai Ducea, Craig H. Jones, Stephen Park, Stan Ruppert, Jason Saleeby, J. Kent Snow, Livia Squires, Moritz Fliedner, George Jiracek, Randy Keller, Simon Klemperer, James Leutgert, Peter Malin, Kate Miller, Walter Mooney, Howard Oliver, and Robert Phinney, (1996), Origin of High Mountains in the Continents: The Southern Sierra Nevada, Science, 271, 190-193. PDF

  1993

• Linda R. Rowan and Robert W. Clayton, (1993), The Three-Dimensional Structure of Kilauea Volcano, Hawaii, From Travel Time Tomography, J. Geophys. Res, 98, 4355-4375. PDF

• Raymond Hide, Robert W. Clayton, Bradford H. Hager, Mary Ann Spieth, and Curt V. Voorhies, (1993), Topographic core-mantle coupling and fluctuations in the Earth's rotation, in Relating geophysical structures and processes. The Jeffreys volume (edited by K. Aki and R. Dmowska), Geophys. Monog. Am. Geophys. Un., 76, 107-120. PDF

  1992

• J. Huw Davies, Olafur Gudmundsson and Robert W. Clayton, (1992), Spectra of mantle shear wave velocity structure, Geophys. J. Int., 108, 865-882. PDF

• Robert W. Graves and Robert W. Clayton, (1992), Modeling Path Effects in Three-Dimensional Basin Structures, Bull. Seismol. Soc. Am., 82, 81-103. PDF

• Christof Stork and Robert W. Clayton, (1992), Using constraints to address the instabilities of automated prestack velocity analysis, Geophysics, 57, 404-419. PDF

  1991

• Olafur Gudmundsson and Robert W. Clayton, (1991), A 2-D synthetic study of global traveltime tomography, Geophys. J. Int., 106, 53-65. PDF

• Christof Stork and Robert W. Clayton, (1991), Linear aspects of tomographic velocity analysis, Geophysics, 56, 483-495. PDF

  1990

• Eugene D. Humphreys and Robert W. Clayton, (1990), Tomographic Image of the Southern California Mantle, J. Geophys. Res, 95, pp. 19,725-l9,746. PDF

• Robert Graves and Robert W. Clayton, (1990), Modelling Acoustic Waves with Paraxial Extrapolators, Geophysics, 55, 306-319. PDF

• Olafur Gudmundsson, J. Huw Davies, and Robert W. Clayton, (1990), Stochastic analysis of global travel time data: Mantle heterogeneity and random errors in the ISC data, Geophys. J. Int., 102, 25-43. PDF

• Zhou, H.-W. and Robert W. Clayton, (1990), P and S Wave Travel-Time Inversions for Subducting Slabs under the Island Arcs of the Northwest Pacific, J. Geophys. Res, 95, 6829-6852. PDF

• Zhou, H.-W., Don L. Anderson and Robert W. Clayton, (1990), Modeling of residual spheres for subduction zone earthquakes: 1. Apparent slab penetration signatures in the NW Pacific, J. Geophys. Res, 95, 6799-6927. PDF

  1989

• Hager, B. H. and R. W. Clayton, (1989), Constraints on the structure of mantle convection using seismic observations, flow models, and the geoid, in: R. W. Peltier (ed.) Mantle Convection; plate tectonics and global dynamics, Gordon and Breach Science Publishers, New York, 657-763. bigPDF-28Mb

  1988

• Eugene Humphreys and Robert W. Clayton, (1988), Adaptation of back projection tomography to seismic travel time problems, J. Geophys. Res, 93, 1073-1085. PDF

• Ronan LeBras and Robert W. Clayton, (1988), An iterative inversion of the back-scattered acoustic waves, Geophysics, 53, 501-508. PDF

• John N. Louie, Robert W. Clayton, and Ronan J. LeBras, (1988), 3-D imaging of steeply dipping structure near the San Andreas fault, Parkfield, California, Geophysics, 53, 176-185. PDF

  1987

• Phyllis Ho-Liu, Hiroo Kanamori and Robert W. Clayton, (1987), Applications of attenuation tomography to Imperial Valley and Coso-Indian Wells Region, Southern California, J. Geophys. Res, 93, 10501-10520. PDF

• John Louie and Robert W. Clayton, (1987), The nature of deep crustal structures in the Mojave Desert, California, Geophys J., Roy. astr. Soc., 89, 125-1327. PDF

• Marianne C. Walck and Robert W. Clayton, (1987), P-Wave Velocity Variations in the Coso Region, California, Derived from Local Earthquake Travel Times, J. Geophys. Res, 92, 393-405. PDF

  1986

• John Vidale and Robert W. Clayton, (1986), A Stable Free-Surface Boundary Condition for 2D Elastic Finite-Difference Wave Simulation, Geophysics, 51, 2247-2249. PDF

• Arthur Frankel and Robert W. Clayton, (1986), Finite difference simulations of seismic scattering: Implications for the propagation of short-period seismic waves in the crust and models of crustal heterogeneity, J. Geophys. Res, 91, 6465-6489. PDF

• Thomas M. Hearn and Robert W. Clayton, (1986), Lateral Velocity Variations in Southern California: 1. Results For The Upper Crust From Pg-Waves, Bull. Seismol. Soc. Am., 76, 2, 495-509. PDF

• Thomas M. Hearn and Robert W. Clayton, (1986), Lateral Velocity Variations in Southern California: 2. Results For The Lower Crust From Pn-Waves, Bull. Seismol. Soc. Am., 76, 2, 511-520. PDF

  1985

• John Vidale, Donald H. Helmberger and Robert W. Clayton, (1985), Finite-Difference Synthetic Seismograms for SH-waves, Bull. Seismol. Soc. Am., 75, 6, 1765-1782. PDF

• Bradford H. Hager, Robert W. Clayton, Adam Dziewonski, Mark Richards, and Robert Comer, (1985), Lower mantle heterogeniety, dynamic topography and the geoid, Nature, 313, 541-545. PDF

  1984

• Arthur Frankel and Robert W. Clayton, (1984), A finite difference simulation of wave propagation in two-dimensional random media, Bull. Seismol. Soc. Am., 74, 6, 2167-2186. PDF

• John Fawcett and Robert W. Clayton, (1984), Tomographic reconstruction of velocity anomalies, Bull. Seismol. Soc. Am., 74, 6, 2201-2219. PDF

• Marianne C. Walck and Robert W. Clayton, (1984), Analysis of upper mantle structure using wave field continuation of P waves, Bull. Seismol. Soc. Am., 74, 5, 1703-1719. PDF Geophys. Res Let, 11, 7, 625-627. PDF

  1982

• George A. McMechan, Robert W. Clayton and Walter D. Mooney, (1982), Application of Wave Field Continuation to the Inversion of Refraction Data, J. Geophys. Res, 87, 927-935. PDF

  1981

• Robert W. Clayton and Robert H. Stolt, (1981), A Born-WKBJ Inversion Method For Acoustic Reflection Data, Geophysics, 46, 1559-1567. PDF

  1980

• Robert W. Clayton and George A. McMechan, (1980), Inversion of Refraction Data By Wave Field Continuation, Geophysics, 46, 860-868. PDF

• Robert W. Clayton and Bjorn Engquist, (1980), Absorbing Boundary Conditions For Wave-Equation Migration, Geophysics, 45, 895-904. PDF

• L.R. Lines, R.W. Clayton, and T.J. Ulrych, (1980), Impulse Response Models For Noisy Vibroseis Data, Geophys. Prosp., 28, 49-59. PDF

  1977

• L.R. Lines and Robert W. Clayton, (1977), A New Approach To Vibroseis Deconvolution, Geophys. Prosp., 3, 417-433. PDF

• Robert W. Clayton and Bjorn Engquist, (1977), Absorbing Boundary Conditions for Acoustic and Elastic Wave Equations, Bull. Seismol. Soc. Am., 67, 1529-1540. PDF

• Robert W. Clayton and Tad J. Ulrych, (1977), A Restoration Method For Impulsive Functions, IEEE Trans. Info Th., 2, 262-264. PDF

  1976

• Tad J. Ulrych and Robert W. Clayton, (1976), Time Series Modelling and Maximum Entropy, Phys. Earth & Plan. Int., 12, 180-200. PDF

• Tad J. Ulrych and Robert W. Clayton, (1976), Comment on "Second-Order Statistical Structure of Geomagnetic Field Reversals" by P.S. Naidu, J. Geophys.Res, 81, 1033-1034. PDF

• Robert W. Clayton and Ralph A. Wiggins, (1976), Source Shape Estimation and Deconvolution of Teleseismic Bodywaves, Geophys. J. R. astr. Soc., 47, 151-177. PDF

• R.W. Clayton, B. McClary & R.A. Wiggins, (1976), Comments on the paper ``Phase Distortion and Hilbert Transformation in Multiply Reflected and Refracted Body Waves'' by G.L. Choy and P.G. Richards, Bull. Seismol. Soc. Am., 66, 325-326. PDF