Selected Publications by J. Arthur Snoke

Earth Structure and Computational Seismology
Network Seismology
Seismic Source

Earth Structure and Computational Seismology

  • Snoke, J. A., L.W. Warren, and D.E. James, 2014. High-resolution phase-velocity maps using data from an earthquake recorded at regional distances by a dense broad-band seismic network, Geophys. J. Int. 198 (3): 1504–1513 doi:10.1093/gji/ggu215 | (PDF)
  • Beghein, C., J.A. Snoke, and M.J. Fouch, 2010. Depth constraints on azimuthal anisotropy in the Great Basin from Rayleigh-wave phase velocity maps, Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 289, 467–478, doi:10.1016/j.epsl.2009.11.036
  • Pollitz, F.F.mand J.A. Snoke, 2010. Rayleigh-wave phase-velocity maps and three-dimensional shear velocity structure of the western US from local non-plane surface wave tomography, Geophys. J. Int., 180 (3), 1153–1169, doi:10.1111/j.1365-246X.2009.04441
  • Snoke, J.A., 2009. Traveltime Tables for iasp91 and ak135, Seismol. Res. Lett., 80 (2), 260–262
  • Warren, L.M., J.A. Snoke, and D.E. Jaames, 2008. S-wave velocity structure beneath the High Lava Plains, Oregon, from Rayleigh-wave dispersion inversion, Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 274, 121–131. Article.
  • Larson, A.M., J.A. Snoke, and D.E. James, 2006. S-wave Velocity Structure, Mantle Xenoliths, and the Upper Mantle Beneath the Kaapvaal Craton, Geophys. J. Int. 162, 171–186. Article | Supplementary materials.
  • Snoke, J. A., D. E. James, and A. M. Larson, 2004. Resolution and Sensitivity Considerations Relating Velocity Models and Surface-Wave Dispersion, Eastern Section Seismological Society Annual Meeting (Blacksburg, VA, October): Seism. Res. Letters, 76, 120.
  • Larson, A. M., J. A. Snoke, and D. E. James, 2004. S-wave velocity structure beneath the Kaapvaal Craton from surface-wave inversion compared with estimates from mantle xenoliths, (PDF: 1 MB) poster presentation at IRIS Workshop (Tucson, AZ, June).
  • Larson, A. M., J. A. Snoke, D. E. James, J. Gore, and T. Nguuri, 2003. Comparison of S-wave velocity structure beneath the Kaapvaal Craton from surface-wave inversion with predictions from mantle xenoliths, (PDF: 1 MB) poster presentation at AGU Fall Meeting (San Francisco, CA, December).
  • Larson, A. M., J. A. Snoke, and D. E. James, 2003. Surface-wave constraints on S-wave velocity structure of crust and upper mantle beneath southern Africa, (PDF: 909 KB) poster presentation at IRIS/UNAVCO Workshop (Yosemite, CA, June).
  • Snoke, J. A. and M. Garcia-Fernandez, 2002. Earthquake Seismology Software: Overview, International Handbook of Earthquake and Engineering Seismology (W. H. K. Lee, H. Kanamori, P. C. Jennings, and C. Kisslinger, Eds.), Academic Press, San Diego (Part B: pp. 1601–1603).
  • Lahr, J. C. and J. A. Snoke, 2002. The HYPOELLIPSE earthquake location program, International Handbook of Earthquake and Engineering Seismology (W. H. K. Lee, H. Kanamori, P. C. Jennings, and C. Kisslinger, Eds.), Academic Press, San Diego (Part B: pp. 1617–1618 and accompanying CD).
  • Snoke, J. A., 2002. FOCMEC: FOcal MEChanism determinations, International Handbook of Earthquake and Engineering Seismology (W. H. K. Lee, H. Kanamori, P. C. Jennings, and C. Kisslinger, Eds.), Academic Press, San Diego (Part B: pp. 1629–1630 and accompanying CD).
  • Snoke, J. A. and M. Sambridge, 2002. Constraints on the S-wave Velocity Strsucture in a Continental Shield From Surface-Wave Data: Comparing Linearized Least-Squares Inversion and the Direct-Search Neighbourhood Algorithm, J. Geophys. Res. 10.1029/2001JB000498. Click here for a reprint (PDF 1.7 MB, 8 pages).
  • Assumpção, M., James, D. E., and Snoke, J. A., 2002.   Crustal thicknesses in SE Brazilian shield by receiver function analysis: implications for isostatic compensation, <>J. Geophys. Res.,  107, 10.1029/2001JB000422 (14 pp). Click here for a reprint (PDF 550 KB).
  • Snoke, J. A. and M. Sambridge, 2001. Surface-wave inversion for the S-wave Velocity Structure in a Continental Shield using the Neighbourhood Algorithm, (PDF: 656 KB) poster presentation at IAGA-IASPEI 2001 (Vietnam, August).
  • Snoke, J. A. and J. C. Lahr, 2001. Locating earthquakes: At what distance can the earth no longer be treated as flat?, Seism. Res. Lett., 72, 538-541. Click here for a copy (PDF 73 KB).
  • Nguuri, T. K., J. Gore, D. E. James, S. J. Webb, C. Wright, T. G. Zengeni, O. Gwavava, J. A. Snoke, Kaapvaal Seismic Group, 2001. Crustal structure beneath southern Africa and its implications for the formation and evolution of the Kaapvaal and Zimbabwe cratons, Geophys. Res. Lett. 28, 2501-2504. Click here for a reprint (PDF 257 KB).
  • Snoke, J. A. and M. Sambridge, 2000. Constraints on the S-wave Velocity Structure in a Continental Shield From Surface-Wave Data: Comparing Non-linear Least-Squares Inversion and the Direct-Search Neighborhood Algorithm, (PDF, 1.9 MB), AGU Fall Meeting (San Francisco, December).
  • Zhang, K., J. A. Snoke, and D. E. James, 1998. Lithospheric Structure of the Eastern Paraná Basin of Central Brazil From Surface-Wave Inversion: Comparing Genetic Algorithms and Linearized Least-Squares Inversion (PDF), IRIS Workshop (Santa Cruz, CA, July).
  • Huang S., I. S. Sacks, and J. A. Snoke, 1998, Compressional deformation of island-arc lithosphere in northwestern Japan resulting from long-term subduction-related tectonic forces: finite-element modeling, Tectonophysics, 287, 43-58.
  • Huang S., I. S. Sacks, and J. A. Snoke, 1997, Topographic and seismic effects of long-term coupling between the subducting and overriding plates beneath northeast Japan, Tectonophysics, 269, 279-297.
  • Snoke J. A., and D. E. James, 1997. Lithospheric structure of the Chaco and Paraná basins of South America from surface-wave inversion. J. of Geophys. Res., 102, 2939-2951. (PDF version: 4.8 MB)
  • James, D. E., and J. A. Snoke, 1994, Structure and tectonics in the region of flat subduction beneath central Peru. Part I: Crust and uppermost mantle, J. Geophys. Res., 99, 6899-6912. (PDF version: 4.4 MB)
  • Norabuena, E. O., J. A. Snoke, and D. E. James, 1994, Structure of the subducting Nazca plate beneath Peru, J. Geophys. Res. 99, 9215-9226. (PDF version: 4 MB)
  • James, D. E., M. Assumpcao, J. A. Snoke, L. C. Ribotta, and R. Kuehnel, 1993, Seismic studies of continental lithosphere beneath SE Brazil, Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciencias, 65 (Supl. 2), 227-250.
  • James, D. E., and J. A. Snoke, 1989, Seismic constraints on the morphology of the deep aseismic slab beneath the northern central Andes, J. Geophys. Res., 95, 4989-5001.
  • Snoke, J. A., 1989, Earthquake Mechanisms, Encyclopedia of Geophysics, Van Nostrand Reinhold Company, Publishers, 239-245.
  • Snoke, J. A., and I. S. Sacks, 1986, Seismic modeling of lateral heterogeneity at the base of the mantle, Geophys. J. R. Astro. Soc., 86, 801-814.
  • Sacks, I. S., and J. A. Snoke, 1984, Seismological determinations of the subcrustal lithosphere, from Structure and Evolution of the Continental Lithosphere, Physics and Chemistry of the Earth, 15 (editors H. N. Pollack and V. R. Murphy), 1-37.
  • Boyd, T. M., and J. A. Snoke, 1984, Error estimates in some commonly used earthquake location programs, Earthquake Notes, 55, 3-6.
  • Boyd, T. M., J. A. Snoke, I. S. Sacks, and A. Rodriguez B., 1984, High resolution determination of the Benioff zone geometry beneath southern Peru, Bull. Seism. Soc. Am., 74, 559-568.
  • Snoke, J. A., I. S. Sacks, and D. E. James, 1979, Subduction beneath western South America: Evidence from converted phases, Geophys. J. R. Astro. Soc., 59, 219-225.
  • Sacks, I. S., J. A. Snoke, and E. S. Husebye, 1979, Lithospheric thickness beneath the Baltic Shield, Tectonophysics, 56, 101-110.
  • Snoke, J. A., I. S. Sacks, and H. Okada, 1977, Determination of the subducting lithosphere boundary by use of converted phases, Bull. Seism. Soc. Am., 67, 1051-1060.
  • Sacks, I. S., and J. A. Snoke, 1977, The use of converted phases to infer the depth of the lithosphere-asthenosphere boundary beneath South America, J. Geophys. Res., 82, 2011-2013.
  • Snoke, J. A., I. S. Sacks, and H. Okada, 1974, A model not requiring continuous lithosphere for anomalous high-frequency arrivals from deep-focus South American earthquakes, Phys. Earth Planet. Inter., 9, 199-206.

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Network Seismology

  • Savage, B. and J.A. Snoke, 2013. Addressing Precision Limitations in the Seismic Analysis Code (SAC) File Header and Data Format, Oral presentation at the Eastern Section Seismological Society Annual Meeting (Blacksburg, VA, October 2012): Seism. Res. Letters, 84, 157. | PDF
  • Snoke J.A., L.W. Warren, L.S. Wagner, D.E. James, and M.J. Fouch, 2013. 2-D Phase-Velocity Maps Using Data from a Regional Event Recorded by a Dense Network, Poster presentation at the Eastern Section Seismological Society Annual Meeting (Blacksburg, VA, October 2012): Seism. Res. Letters, 84, 157. | PDF
  • Snoke J.A., M.C. Chapman, and J. Beale, 2013. High-Frequency Acausal Arrivals Caused by Non-Causal FIR Filters, Oral presentation at the Eastern Section Seismological Society Annual Meeting (Blacksburg, VA, October 2012): Seism. Res. Letters, 84, 157. | PDF
  • Snoke, J.A., 2009, Traveltime Tables for iasp91 and ak135, Seism. Res. Letters, 80(2), 260–262. | PDF
  • Snoke, J. A. (2003), FOCMEC: FOcal MEChanism determinations, International Hand- book of Earthquake and Engineering Seismology (W. H. K. Lee, H. Kanamori, P. C. Jennings, and C. Kisslinger, eds.), Academic Press, San Diego (Part B: 1629–1630 and accompanying CD).
  • Snoke, J.A., 1990, Clyde and the Gopher: a preliminary analysis of the 12 May 1990 Sakhalin Island event, Eastern Section of the SSA meeting (Blacksburg, VA, October), Seism. Res. Letters, 61, 161. | PDF
  • Snoke, J.A. 1989, Earthquake Mechanisms, Encyclopedia of Geophysics (D.E. James, Ed.), Van Nostrand Reinhold Company, New York, 239–245. | PDF
  • Chapman, M. C., J. A. Snoke, and G. A. Bollinger, 1988, A procedure for calibrating short-period telemetered seismograph systems, Bull. Seism. Soc. Am., 78, 2077–2088.
  • Viret, M., G. A. Bollinger, J. A. Snoke, and J. W. Dewey, 1984, Joint hypocenter relocation studies with sparse data sets: A case history of Virginia earthquakes, Bull. Seism. Soc. Am., 74, 2297–2311.
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Seismic Source

  • Taylor, D. W. A., J. A. Snoke, and I. S. Sacks, 1991, Seismic Quiescence Before the Urakawa-oki Earthquake, Bull. Seism. Soc. Am., 81, 4, 1255-1271.
  • Taylor, D. W. A., J.A. Snoke, and I. S. Sacks, 1990, Comparisons of spectral scaling relationships for three different tectonic regimes: evidence of a breakdown in earthquake similarity, AGU Spring Annual Meeting (Baltimore, MD, May), Trans. Am. Geophys. Union, 71, 552.
  • Taylor, D. W. A., J. A. Snoke, I. S. Sacks, and T. Takanami, 1989, Nonlinear frequency magnitude relationships for the Hokkaido Corner, Japan, Bull. Seism. Soc. Am., 80, 340-353.
  • Dysart, P. S., J. A. Snoke, and I. S. Sacks, 1988, Source Parameters and Scaling Relations for Small Earthquakes in the Matsushiro Region, Southwest Honshu, Japan, Bull. Seism. Soc. Am., 78, 571-579.
  • Snoke, J. A., 1987, Stable determinations of (Brune) stress drops, Bull. Seism. Soc. Am., 77, 530-538.
  • Snoke, J. A., A. T. Linde, and I. S. Sacks, 1983, The apparent stress, an estimate of the stress drop, Bull. Seism. Soc. Am., 73, 339-348.
  • Sacks, I. S., A. T. Linde, J. A. Snoke, and S. Suyehiro, 1981, A slow earthquake sequence following the Izu-Oshima earthquake of 1978, Earthquake Prediction-An International Review, (AGU Maurice Ewing Series 4), 617-627.
  • Snoke, J. A., 1976, Archambeau's elastodynamical source-model solution and low-frequency spectral peaks in the far-field displacement amplitude, Geophys. J. R. Astro. Soc., 44, 27-44.

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