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  1. Skoumal, R. J., J. L. Hardebeck, and P. M. Shearer, SKHASH: a Python package for computing earthquake focal mechanisms, Seismol. Res. Lett. 95, 2519-2526, doi: 10.1785/0220230329, 2024.
  2. Senobari, N. S., P. M. Shearer, G. J. Funning, Z. Zimmerman, Y. Zhu, P. Brisk, and E. Keogh, The Matrix Profile in seismology: template matching of everything with everything, J. Geophys. Res., 129, doi: 10.1029/2023JB027122, 2024.
  3. Liu, T., E. J. Chin, and P. M. Shearer, Strong physical contrasts across two mid-lithosphere discontinuities beneath the northwestern United States: Evidence for cratonic mantle metasomatism, AGU Advances, 4, e2023AV001014, doi: 10.1029/2023AV001014, 2023.
  4. Jia, Z., Z, Jin, M. Marchandon, T. Ulrich, A. A. Gabriel, W. Fan, P. Shearer, X. Zou, J. Rekoske, F. Bulut, A. Garagon, and Y. Fialko, The complex dynamics of the 2023 Kahramanmaraş, Turkey, Mw 7.8-7.7 earthquake doublet, Science, 381(6661), 985-990, 2023.
  5. Ruhl, C. J., R. E. Abercrombie, and P. M. Shearer, Spatially consistent small-scale stress heterogeneity revealed by the 2008 Mogul, Nevada, earthquakes, The Seismic Record, 3(3), 239-248, doi: 10.1785/ 0320230026, 2023.
  6. Hao, S., P. Shearer, and T. Liu, The upper-mantle structure beneath Alaska imaged by teleseismic S-wave reverberations, J. Geophys. Res., 128, doi: 10.1029/2023JB026667, 2023.
  7. Shearer, P. M., and W. Fan, Space-time asymmetry in earthquake pairs along the central San Andreas Fault: Evidence for small earthquake links at long distances, The Seismic Record, 3(2):77-85, doi: 10.1785/0320230002, 2023.
  8. Shearer, P. M., H. Meng, and W. Fan, Earthquake detection using a nodal array on the San Jacinto Fault in California: Evidence for high foreshock rates preceding many events, J. Geophys. Res., 128, doi: 10.1029/2022JB025279, 2022.
  9. Shearer, P. M., R. E. Abercrombie, and D. T. Trugman, Improved stress drop estimates for M 1.5 to 4 earthquakes in southern California from 1996 to 2019, J. Geophys. Res., 127, doi: 10.1029/2022JB024243, 2022.
  10. Liu, T., and P. M. Shearer, Likely P-to-S conversion at the core-mantle boundary extracted from array processing of noise records, Geophys. Res. Lett., 49, doi: 10.1029/2021GL097034, 2022.
  11. Wang, W., P. M. Shearer, J. E. Vidale, X. Xu, D. T. Trugman, and Y. Fialko, Tidal modulation of seismicity at the Coso geothermal field, Earth Planet. Sci. Lett., 579, doi: 10.1016/j.epsl.2021.117335, 2022.
  12. Abercrombie, R. E., D. T. Trugman, P. M. Shearer, X. Chen, J. Zhang, C. N. Pennington, J. L. Hardebeck, T. H. W. Goebel and C. J. Ruhl, Does earthquake stress drop increase with depth in the crust?, J. Geophys. Res., doi: 10.1029/2021JB022314, 2021. (PDF)
  13. Lin, G., and P. M. Shearer, Spatiotemporal variations of focal mechanism and in situ Vp/Vs ratio during the 2018 Kilauea eruption, Geophys. Res. Lett., 48, doi: 10.1029/2021GL094636, 2021. (PDF)
  14. Liu, T., and P. M. Shearer, Complicated lithospheric structure beneath the contiguous US revealed by teleseismic S reflections, J. Geophys. Res., 126, doi: 10.1029/2020JB021624, 2021. (PDF)
  15. Shearer, P. M., and R. E. Abercrombie, Calibrating spectral decomposition of local earthquake using borehole seismic records—Results for the 1992 Big Bear aftershocks in southern California, J. Geophys. Res., 126, doi: 10.1029/2020JB020561, 2021. (PDF)
  16. Matoza, R. S., P. G. Okubo, and P. M. Shearer, Comprehensive high-precision relocation of seismicity on the Island of Hawai'i 1986-2018, Earth Space Sci., 8, doi: 10.1029/2020EA001253, 2020. (PDF)
  17. Wei, S. S., P. M. Shearer, C. Lithgow-Bertelloni, L. Stixrude, and D. Tian, Oceanic plateau of the Hawaiian mantle plume head subducted to the uppermost lower mantle, Science, 370, 983-987, doi: 10.1126/science.abd0312, 2020. (PDF)
  18. Tian, D., M. Lv, S. S. Wei, S. M. Dorman, and P. M. Shearer, Global variations of Earth’s 520- and 560-km discontinuities, Earth Planet. Sci. Lett., 552, doi: 10.1016/j.epsl.2020.116600, 2020. (PDF)
  19. Fan, W., J. J. McGuire, and P. M. Shearer, Abundant spontaneous and dynamically triggered submarine landslides in the Gulf of Mexico, Geophys. Res. Lett., 47, doi: 10.1029/2020GL087213, 2020. (PDF)
  20. Shearer, P. M., SSA Presidential Address, in 2019 SSA Annual Meeting Report, Seismol. Res. Lett., 90, 2063-2064, 2019. (PDF)
  21. Shearer, P. M., and J. S. Buehler, Imaging upper-mantle structure under USArray using long-period reflection seismology, J. Geophys. Res., 124, doi: 10.1029/2019JB017326, 2019. (PDF)
  22. Shearer, P. M., Introduction to Seismology, Third Edition, Cambridge University Press, IBSN: 9781316635742, Cambridge, 2019.
  23. Schulte-Pelkum, V., G. Monsalve, A. F. Sheehan, P. Shearer, F. Wu, and S. Rajaure, Mantle earthquakes in the Himalayan collision zone, Geology, https://doi.org/10.1130/G46378.1, 2019. (PDF)
  24. Ross, Z. E., D. T. Trugman, E. Hauksson, and P. M. Shearer, Searching for hidden earthquakes in Southern California, Science, 364, 767-771, doi: 10.1126/science.aaw6888, 2019. (PDF)
  25. Shearer, P. M., R. E. Abercrombie, D. T. Trugman, and W. Wang, Comparing EGF methods for estimating corner frequency and stress drop from P-wave spectra, J. Geophys. Res., 124, 3966-3986, doi: 10.1029/2018JB016957, 2019. (PDF)
  26. Wang, W., and P. M. Shearer, An improved method to determine coda-Q, earthquake magnitude and site amplification: Theory and application to southern California, J. Geophys. Res., 124, 578-598, doi: 10.1029/2018JB015961, 2019. (PDF)
  27. Koper, K. D., K. L. Pankow, J. C. Pechmann, J. M. Hale, R. Burlacu, W. L. Yeck, H. M. Benz, R. B. Herrmann, D. T. Trugman, and P. M. Shearer, Afterslip enhanced aftershock activity during the 2017 earthquake sequence near Sulphur Peak, Idaho, Geophys. Res. Lett., 45, doi: 10.1029/2017GL078196, 2018. (PDF)
  28. Buehler, J. S., N. J. Mancinelli, and P. M. Shearer, S-to-Rayleigh wave scattering from the continental margin observed at USArray, Geophys. Res. Lett., 45, 4719-4724, doi: 10.1029/2017GL076812, 2018. (PDF)
  29. Fan, W., and P. M. Shearer, Coherent seismic arrivals in the P wave coda of the 2012 Mw 7.2 Sumatra earthquake: Water reverberations or an early aftershock?, J. Geophys. Res., 123, 3147-3159, doi: 10.1002/2018JB015573, 2018. (PDF)
  30. Trugman, D. T., and P. M. Shearer, Strong correlation between stress drop and peak ground acceleration for recent M 1-4 earthquakes in the San Francisco Bay area, Bull. Seismol. Soc. Am., 929-945, doi: 10.1785/0120170245, 2018. (PDF)
  31. Trugman, D. T., S. L. Dougherty, E. S. Cochran, and P. M. Shearer, Source spectral properties of small to moderate earthquakes in southern Kansas, J. Geophys. Res., 122, 8021-8034, doi: 10.1002/2017JB014649, 2017. (PDF)
  32. Fan, W., and P. M. Shearer, Investigation of backprojection uncertainties with M6 earthquakes, J. Geophys. Res., 122, 7966-7986, doi: 10.1002/2017JB014495, 2017. (PDF)
  33. Fan, W., D. Bassett, J. Jiang, P. M. Shearer, and C. Ji, Rupture evolution of the 2006 Java tsunami earthquake and the possible role of splay faults, Tectonophysics, 721, 143-150, 2017. (PDF)
  34. Wang, W., and P. M. Shearer, Using direct and coda wave envelopes to resolve the scattering and intrinsic attenuation structure of Southern California, J. Geophys. Res., 122, 7236-7251, doi: 10.1002/2016JB013810, 2017. (PDF)
  35. Wei, S. S., and P. M. Shearer, A sporadic low-velocity layer atop the 410 km discontinuity beneath the Pacific Ocean, J. Geophys. Res., 122, 5144-5159, doi: 10.1002/2017JB014100, 2017. (PDF)
  36. Trugman, D. T., and P. M. Shearer, Application of an improved spectral decomposition method to examine earthquake source scaling in southern California, J. Geophys. Res., 122, 2890-2910, doi: 10.1002/2017JB013971, 2017. (PDF)
  37. Matoza, R. S., D. N. Green, A. Le Pichon, P. M. Shearer, D. Fee, P. Mialle, and L. Ceranna, Automated detection and cataloging of global explosive volcanism using the International Monitoring System infrasound network, J. Geophys. Res., 122, 2946-2971, doi: 0.1002/2016JB013356, 2017. (PDF)
  38. Trugman, D. T., and P. M. Shearer, GrowClust: A hierarchical clustering algorithm for relative earthquake relocation, with application to the Spanish Springs and Sheldon, Nevada, earthquake sequences, Seismol. Res. Lett., 88, 1-13, doi: 10.1785/0220160188, 2017. (PDF)
  39. Buehler, J. S., and P. M. Shearer, Uppermost mantle seismic velocity structure beneath USArray, J. Geophys. Res., 121, 1–13, doi: 10.1002/2016JB013265, 2016. (PDF)
  40. Buehler, J. S., and P. M. Shearer, Characterizing earthquake location uncertainty in North America using source-receiver reciprocity and USArray, Bull. Seismol. Soc. Am., 106, 2395-2401, doi: 10.1785/0120150173, 2016. (PDF)
  41. Denolle, M. A., and P. M. Shearer, New perspectives on self-similarity for shallow thrust earthquakes, J. Geophys. Res., 121, 6533-6565, doi: 10.1002/2016JB013105, 2016. (PDF)
  42. Fan, W., and P. M. Shearer, Local near instantaneously dynamically triggered aftershocks of large earthquakes, Science, 353, 1133-1136, doi: 10.1126/science.aag0013, 2016. PDF
  43. Mancinelli, N., and P. Shearer, Scattered energy from a rough core-mantle boundary modeled by a Monte Carlo seismic particle method: Application to PKKP precursors, Geophys. Res. Lett., 43, 7963-7972, doi: 10.1002/2016GL070286, 2016. (PDF)
  44. Fan, W., P. M. Shearer, C. Ji, and D. Bassett, Multiple branching rupture of the 2009 Tonga-Samoa earthquake, J. Geophys. Res., 121, doi: 10.1002/2016JB012945, 2016. (PDF)
  45. Mancinelli, N., P. Shearer, and Q. Liu, Constraints on the heterogeneity spectrum of Earth's upper mantle, J. Geophys. Res., 121, 1-19, doi: 10.1002/2015JB012641, 2016. (PDF)
  46. Mai, M. P., P. Shearer, J-P. Ampuero, and T. Lay, Standard methods for documenting finite-fault rupture models, Seismol. Res. Lett., 87, doi: 10.1785/0220150204, 2016. (PDF)
  47. Zhang, Q., and P. M. Shearer, A new method to identify earthquake swarms applied to seismicity near the San Jacinto Fault, California, Geophys. J. Int., 205, 995-1005, doi: 10.1093/gji/ggw073, 2016. (PDF)
  48. Fan, W., and P. M. Shearer, Fault interactions and triggering during the 10 January 2012 Mw 7.2 Sumatra earthquake, Geophys. Res. Lett., 43, 1934-1942, doi: 10.1002/2015GL067785, 2016. (PDF)
  49. Mancinelli, N., P. Shearer, and C. Thomas, On the frequency dependence and spatial coherence of PKP precursor amplitudes, J. Geophys. Res., 121, 1873-1889, doi: 10.1002/2015JB012768, 2016. (PDF)
  50. Melgar, D., W. Fan, S. Riquelme, J. Geng, C. Liang, M. Fuentes, G. Vargas, R. M. Allen, P. M. Shearer, E. J. Fielding, Slip segmentation and slow rupture to the trench during the 2015, Mw8.3 Illapel, Chile earthquake, Geophys. Res. Lett., 43, 961-966, doi: 10.1002/2015GL067369, 2016. (PDF)
  51. Trugman, D.T., P. M. Shearer, A. A. Borsa, and Y. Fialko, A comparison of long-term changes in seismicity at the Geysers, Salton Sea, and Coso geothermal fields, J. Geophys. Res., 121, 225-247, doi: 10.1002/2015JB012510, 2016. (PDF)
  52. Lin, G., F. Amelung, P. M. Shearer, and P. G. Okubo, Location and size of the shallow magma reservoir beneath Kilauea caldera, constraints from near-source Vp/Vs ratios, Geophys. Res. Lett., 42, 8349-8357, doi: 10.1002/2015GL065802, 2015. (PDF)
  53. Zhan, Z., P. M. Shearer, and H. Kanamori, Supershear rupture in the 2013/05/24 Mw 6.7 Okhotsk deep earthquake: additional evidence from regional seismograms, Geophys. Res. Lett., 42, doi: 10.1002/2015GL065446, 2015. (PDF)
  54. Denolle, M. A., W. Fan, and P. M. Shearer, Dynamics of the 2015 M7.8 Nepal earthquake, Geophys. Res. Lett., 42, 7467-7475, doi: 10.1002/2015GL065336, 2015. (PDF)
  55. Zhan, Z., and P. M. Shearer, Possible seasonality in large deep-focus earthquakes, Geophys. Res. Lett., 42, 7366-7373, doi: 10.1002/2015GL065088, 2015. (PDF)
  56. Matoza, R. S., B. A. Chout, P. B. Dawson, P. M. Shearer, M. M. Haney, G. P. Waite, S. P. Moran, T. D. Mikesell, Source mechanism of small long-period events at Mount St. Helens in July 2005 using template matching, phase-weighted stacking, and full-waveform inversion, J. Geophys. Res., 120, 6351-6364, doi: 10.1002/2015JB012279, 2015. (PDF)
  57. Shearer, P.M., Seismic scattering in the deep Earth, in Treatise on Geophysics, Second Edition, Volume 1: Deep Earth Seismology, Schubert, G. (ed.), Elsevier Ltd., Oxford, p. 759-787, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-444-53802-4.00018-X, 2015. (PDF)
  58. Wang, W., and P. M. Shearer, No clear evidence for localized tidal periodicities in earthquakes in the central Japan region, J. Geophys. Res., 120, 6317-6328, doi: 10.1002/2015JB011937, 2015. (PDF)
  59. Buehler, J. S., and P. M. Shearer, T-phase observations in global seismogram stacks, Geophys. Res. Lett., 42, 6607-6613, doi: 10.1002/2015GL064721, 2015. (PDF)
  60. Fan, W., and P. M. Shearer, Detailed rupture imaging of the 25 April 2015 Nepal earthquake using teleseismic P waves, Geophys. Res. Lett., 42, 7467-7475, doi: 10.1002/2015GL064587, 2015. (PDF)
  61. Chen, X., and P. M. Shearer, Analysis of foreshock sequences in California and implications for earthquake triggering, Pure Appl. Geophys., doi: 10.1007/s00024-015-1103-0, 2015. (PDF)
  62. Goebel, T. H. W., E. Hauksson, P. M. Shearer, and J. P. Ampuero, Stress drop heterogeneity within tectonically complex regions: A case study of San Gorgonio Pass, southern California, Geophys. J. Int., 202, 514-528, 2015. (PDF)
  63. Rost, S., P. S. Earle, P. M. Shearer, D. A. Frost, and N. D. Selby, Seismic detections of small-scale heterogeneities in the deep Earth, in The Earth's Heterogeneous Mantle, Springer Geophysics, doi: 10.1007/978-3-319-15627-9_12, p. 367-390, 2015. (PDF)
  64. Lin, G., P. M. Shearer, F. Amelung, and P. G. Okubo, Seismic tomography of compressional wave attenuation structure for Kilauea Volcano Hawai'i, J. Geophys. Res., 120, 2510-2524, doi: 10.1002/2014JB011594, 2015. (PDF)
  65. Kaneko, Y., and P. M. Shearer, Variability of seismic source spectra, estimated stress drop and radiated energy, derived from cohesive-zone models of symmetrical and asymmetrical circular and elliptical ruptures, J. Geophys. Res., 120, doi: 10.1002/2014JB011642, 2015. (PDF)
  66. Uchide, T., P. M. Shearer, and K Imanishi, Stress drop variations among small earthquakes before the 2011 Tohoku-oki, Japan, earthquake and implications for the main shock, J. Geophys. Res., 119, 7164-7174, doi: 10.1002/2014JB010943, 2014. (PDF)
  67. Fan, W., P. M. Shearer, and P. Gerstoft, Kinematic earthquake rupture inversion in the frequency domain, Geophys. J. Int., 199, 1138-1160, doi: 10.1093/gji/ggu319, 2014. (PDF)
  68. Long, M. D., A. L. Levander, and P. M. Shearer, An introduction to the special issue of Earth and Planetary Science Letters on USArray science, Earth Planet. Sci. Lett., 402, 1-5, 2014. (PDF)
  69. Zhan, Z., D. V. Helmberger, H. Kanamori, and P. M. Shearer, Supershear rupture in a Mw 6.7 aftershock following the 2013 Sea of Okhotsk earthquake, Science, 345, 204-207, doi: 10.1126/science.1252717, 2014. (PDF)
  70. Lin, G., P. M. Shearer, R. S. Matoza, and P. G. Okubo, Three-dimensional seismic velocity structure of Mauna Loa and Kilauea volcanoes in Hawaii from local seismic tomography, J. Geophys. Res., 119, doi: 10.1002/2013JB010820, 2014. (PDF)
  71. Matoza, R. S., P. M. Shearer, and P. G. Okubo, High-precision relocation of long-period events beneath the summit region of Kilauea Volcano, Hawaii, from 1986 to 2009, Geophys. Res. Lett., 41, doi:10.1002/2014GL059819, 2014. (PDF)
  72. Buehler, J. S., and P. M. Shearer, Anisotropy and Vp/Vs in the uppermost mantle beneath the western United States from joint analysis of Pn and Sn phases, J. Geophys. Res., 119, doi: 0.1002/2013JB010559, 2014. (PDF)
  73. Kaneko, Y., and P. M. Shearer, Seismic source spectra and estimated stress drop from cohesive-zone models of circular subshear rupture, Geophys. J. Int., 197, 1002-1015, doi: 10.1093/gji/ggu030, 2014. (PDF)
  74. Buehler, J. S., and P. M. Shearer, Sn propagation in the Western United States from common midpoint stacks of USArray data, Geophys. Res. Lett., 40, 1-6, doi: 10.1002/2013GL057680, 2013. (PDF)
  75. Mancinelli, N. J., and P. M. Shearer, Reconciling discrepancies among estimates of small-scale mantle heterogeneity from PKP precursors, Geophys. J. Int., 195, 1721-1729, doi: 10.1093/gji/ggt319, 2013. (PDF)
  76. Rychert, C.A., G. Laske, N. Harmon, and P. M. Shearer, Seismic imaging of melt in a displaced Hawaiian plume, Nature Geosci., 6, 657-660, doi: 10.1038/NGEO1878, 2013. (PDF)
  77. Chen, X., and P. M. Shearer, California foreshock sequences suggest aseismic triggering process, Geophys. Res. Lett., 40, doi:10.1002/grl.50444, 2013. (PDF)
  78. Matoza, R. S., P. M. Shearer, G. Lin, C. J. Wolfe, and P. G. Okubo, Systematic relocation of seismicity on Hawaii Island from 1992 to 2009 using waveform cross correlation and cluster analysis, J. Geophys. Res., 118, doi: 10.1002/jgrb.50189, 2013. (PDF)
  79. Uchide, T., H. Yao, and P. M. Shearer, Spatio-temporal distribution of fault slip and high-frequency radiation of the 2010 El Mayor-Cucapah, Mexico earthquake, J. Geophys. Res., 118, doi: 10.1002/jgrb.50144, 2013. (PDF)
  80. Yao, H., P. M. Shearer, and P. Gerstoft, Compressive sensing of frequency-dependent seismic radiation from subduction zone megathrust ruptures, Proc. Nat. Acad. Sci., 110, www.pnas.org/cgi/doi/10.1073/pnas.1212790110, 2013. (PDF)
  81. Shearer, P. M., Reply to comment by S. Hainzl on "Self-similar earthquake triggering, Bath's Law, and foreshock/aftershock magnitudes: Simulations, theory and results for southern California," J. Geophys. Res., 118, doi: 10.1002/jgrb.50133, 2013. (PDF)
  82. Hauksson, E., J Stock, R. Bilham, M. Boese, X. Chen, E. H. Fielding, J. Galetzka, K. W. Hudnut, K. Hutton, L. C. Jones, H. Kanamori, P. M. Shearer, J. Steidl, J. Treiman, S. Wei, and Wenzheng Yang, Report on the August 2012 Brawley earthquake swarm in Imperial Valley, Southern California, Seismol. Res. Lett., 84, 177-189, doi: 10.1785/0220120169, 2013. (PDF)
  83. Kane, D. L., P. M. Shearer, B. P. Goertz-Allmann, and F. L. Vernon, Rupture directivity of small earthquakes at Parkfield, J. Geophys. Res., 118, doi: 10.1029/2012JB009675, 2013. (PDF)
  84. Shearer, P. M., and P. B. Stark, Global risk of big earthquakes has not recently increased, Proc. Nat. Acad. Sci., 109, 717-721, www.pnas.org/cgi/doi/10.1073/pnas.1118525109, 2012. (PDF)
  85. Sumiejski, P. E., and P. M. Shearer, Temporal stability of coda Q^-1 in southern California, Bull. Seismol. Soc. Am., 102, 873-877, doi: 10.1785/0120110181, 2012. (PDF)
  86. Chen, X., P. M. Shearer, and R. E. Abercrombie, Spatial migration of earthquakes within seismic clusters in Southern California: Evidence for fluid diffusion, J. Geophys. Res., 117, B04301, doi:10.1029/2011JB008973, 2012. (PDF)
  87. Yang, W., E. Hauksson and P. M. Shearer, Computing a large refined catalog of focal mechanisms for southern California (1981-2010): Temporal stability of the style of faulting, Bull. Seismol. Soc. Am., 102, 1179-1194, doi: 10.1785/0120110311, 2012. (PDF)
  88. Shearer, P. M., Self-similar earthquake triggering, Bath's law, and foreshock/aftershock magnitudes: Simulations, theory, and results for southern California, J. Geophys. Res., 117, B06310, doi: 10.1029/2011JB008957, 2012. (PDF)
  89. Yao, H., P. M. Shearer and P. Gerstoft, Subevent location and rupture imaging using iterative backprojection for the 2011 Tohoku Mw 9.0 earthquake, Geophys. J. Int., 190, 1152-1168, doi: 10.1111/j.1365-246X.2012.05541.x, 2012. (PDF)
  90. Buehler, J. S. and P. M. Shearer, Localized imaging of the uppermost mantle with USArray Pn data, J. Geophys. Res., 117, B09305, doi: 10.1029/2012JB009433, 2012. (PDF)
  91. Hauksson, E., W. Yang and P. M. Shearer, Waveform relocated earthquake catalog for southern California (1981 to June 2011), Bull. Seismol. Soc. Am., 102, 2239-2244, doi: 10.1785/0120120010, 2012. (PDF)
  92. Shearer, P. M., Space-time clustering of seismicity in California and the distance dependence of earthquake triggering, J. Geophys. Res., 117, B10306, doi: 10.1029/2012JB009471, 2012. (PDF)
  93. Traer, J., P. Gerstoft, P. D. Bromirski, and P. M. Shearer, Microseisms and hum from ocean surface gravity waves, J. Geophys. Res., 117, B11307, doi: 10.1029/2012JB009550, 2012. (PDF)
  94. Yang, Z., A. Sheehan, and P. Shearer, Stress-induced upper crustal anisotropy in southern California, J. Geophys. Res., 116, doi: 10.1029/2010JB007655, 2011. (PDF)
  95. Kane, D. L., G. A. Prieto, F. L. Vernon, and P. M. Shearer, Quantifying seismic source parameter uncertainties, Bull. Seismol. Soc. Am., 101, 535-543, doi: 10.1785/0120100166, 2011. (PDF)
  96. Shearer, P. M., C. A. Rychert, and Q. Liu, On the visibility of the inner-core shear wave phase PKJKP at long periods, Geophys. J. Int., 185, 1379-1383, doi: 10.1111/j.1365-246X.2011.05011.x, 2011. (PDF)
  97. Castro, R. R., C. Valdes-Gonzalez, P. Shearer, V. Wong, L. Astiz, F. Vernon, A. Perez-Vertti, and A. Mendoza, The 3 August 2009 Mw Canal de Ballenas Region, Gulf of California, earthquake and its aftershocks, Bull. Seismol. Soc. Am., 101, 929-939, doi: 10.1785/0120100154, 2011. (PDF)
  98. Smith-Konter, B. R., D. T. Sandwell, and P. Shearer, Locking depths estimated from geodesy and seismology along the San Andreas Fault System: Implications for seismic moment release, J. Geophys. Res., 116, doi: 10.1029/2010JB008117, 2011. (PDF)
  99. Chen, X., P. M. Shearer, F. Walter, and H. A. Fricker, Seventeen Antarctic seismic events detected by global surface waves and a possible link to calving events from satellite images, J. Geophys. Res., 116, doi: 10.1029/2011JB008262, 2011. (PDF)
  100. Kiser, E., M. Ishii, C. H. Langmuir, P. M. Shearer, and H. Hirose, Insights into the mechanism of intermediate-depth earthquakes from source properties as imaged by back-projection of multiple seismic phases, J. Geophys. Res., 116, doi: 10.1029/2010JB007831, 2011. (PDF)
  101. Rychert, C. A., and P. M. Shearer, Imaging the lithosphere-asthenosphere boundary beneath the Pacific using SS waveform modeling, J. Geophys. Res., 116, doi: 10.1029/2010JB008070, 2011. (PDF)
  102. Chen, X., and P. M. Shearer, Comprehensive analysis of earthquake source spectra and swarms in the Salton Trough, California, J. Geophys. Res., 116, doi:10.1029/2011JB008263, 2011. (please note correction at J. Geophys. Res., 118, doi: 10.1002/jgrb.50098, 2013) (PDF)
  103. Zhang, J., P. Gerstoft, P. M. Shearer, H. Yao, J. E. Vidale, H. Houston, and A. Ghosh, Cascadia tremor spectra: low corner frequencies and earthquake-like high-frequency falloff, Geochem. Geophys. Geosys., 12, doi: 10.1029/2011GC003759, 2011. (PDF)
  104. Yao, H., P. Gerstoft, P. M. Shearer, and C. Mecklenbrauker, Compressive sensing of the Tohuku-Oki Mw 9.0 earthquake: Frequency-dependent rupture modes, Geophys. Res. Lett., 38, doi:10.1029/2011GL049223, 2011. (PDF)
  105. Earle, P. S., S. Rost, P. M. Shearer, and C. Thomas, Scattered P'P' waves observed at short distances, Bull. Seismol. Soc. Am., 101, 2843-2854, doi: 10.1785/0120110157, 2011. (PDF)
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  118. Zhang, J., P. Gerstoft, and P. M. Shearer, High-frequency P-wave seismic noise driven by ocean winds, Geophys. Res. Lett., 36, doi: 1029/2009GL037761, 2009. (PDF)
  119. Lin, G., and P. M. Shearer, Evidence for water-filled cracks in earthquake source regions, Geophys. Res. Lett., 36, L17315, doi:10.1029/2009GL039098, 2009. (PDF)
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  121. Houser, C., G. Masters, P. Shearer, and G. Laske, Shear and compressional velocity models of the mantle from cluster analysis of long-period waveforms, Geophys. J. Int., 174, 195-212, doi: 10.1111/j.1365-246X.2008.03763.x, 2008. (PDF)
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  123. Lawrence, J. F., and P. M. Shearer, Imaging mantle transition zone thickness with SdS-SS finite-frequency sensitivity kernels, Geophys. J. Int., 174, 143-158, doi: 10,1111/j.1365-246X.2007.03673.x, 2008. (PDF)
  124. Allmann, B. P., P. M. Shearer, and E. Hauksson, Spectral discrimination between quarry blasts and earthquakes in southern California, Bull. Seismol. Soc. Am., 98, 2073-2079, doi: 10.1785/0120070215, 2008. (PDF)
  125. Peng, Z., K. D. Koper, J. E. Vidale, F. Leyton, and P. Shearer, Inner-core fine-scale structure from scattered waves recorded by LASA, J. Geophys. Res., 113, doi: 10.1029/2007JB005412, 2008. (PDF)
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  127. Walker, K. T., M. A. Zumberge, M. A. H. Hedlin and P. M. Shearer, Methods for determining infrasound phase velocity direction with an array of line sensors, J. Acoust. Soc. Am., 124, 2090-2099, doi: 10.1121/1.2968675, 2008.
  128. Gerstoft, P., P. M. Shearer, N. Harmon, and J. Zhang, Global P, PP, and PKP wave microseisms observed from distant storms, Geophys. Res. Lett., 35, doi: 100.1029/2008GL036111, 2008. (PDF)
  129. Oki, S., and P. M. Shearer, Mantle Q structure from S-P differential attenuation measurements, J. Geophys. Res., 113, doi: 10.1029/2007JB005567, 2008. (PDF)
  130. Shearer, P. M., and P.S. Earle, Observing and modeling elastic scattering in the deep Earth, in Advances in Geophysics, Volume 50: Earth Heterogeneity and Scattering Effects on Seismic Waves, H. Sato and M.C. Fehler (ed.), Elsevier Ltd., Oxford, p. 167-193, 2008. (PDF)
  131. Prieto, G.A., D.J. Thomson, F.L. Vernon, P.M. Shearer, and R.L. Parker, Confidence intervals for earthquake source parameters, Geophys. J. Int., 168, 1227-1234, doi: 10.1111/j.1365-246X.2006.03257.x, 2007.
  132. Guzofski, C.A., J.H. Shaw, G. Lin, and P.M. Shearer, Seismically active wedge structure beneath the Coalinga anticline, San Joaquin basin, California, J. Geophys. Res., 112, B3, B03S05, doi: 10.1029/2006JB004465, 2007. (PDF)
  133. Lin, G., and P. Shearer, Estimating local Vp/Vs ratios within similar event clusters, Bull. Seismol. Soc. Am., 97, 379-388, doi: 10.1785/0120060115, 2007. (PDF)
  134. Allmann, B.P., and P.M. Shearer, Spatial and temporal stress drop variations in small earthquakes near Parkfield, California, J. Geophys. Res., 112, B4, B04305, doi: 10.1029/2006JB004395, 2007. (PDF)
  135. Bulow, R.C., C.L. Johnson, B.G. Bills, and P.M. Shearer, Temporal and spatial properties of some deep moonquake clusters, J. Geophys. Res., 112, doi: 10.1029/2006JE002847, 2007.
  136. Shearer, P.M., Seismic scattering in the deep Earth, in Treatise on Geophysics, Volume 1: Deep Earth Structure, Schubert, G. (ed.), Elsevier Ltd., Oxford, p. 695-730, 2007. (PDF)
  137. Allmann, B.P., and P.M. Shearer, A high-frequency secondary event during the 2004 Parkfield earthquake, Science, 318, 1279, doi: 10.1126/science.1146537, 2007. (PDF)
  138. Ishii, M., P.M. Shearer, H. Houston, and J.E. Vidale, Teleseismic P wave imaging of the 26 December 2004 Sumatra-Andaman and 28 March 2005 Sumatra earthquake ruptures using the Hi-net array, J. Geophys. Res., 112, B11307, doi:10.1029/2006JB004700, 2007. (PDF)
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  141. Lin, G., P.M. Shearer, and E. Hauksson, Applying a three-dimensional velocity model, waveform cross correlation, and cluster analysis to locate southern California seismicity from 1981 to 2005, J. Geophys. Res., 112, B12309, doi: 10.1029/2007JB004986, 2007. (PDF)
  142. Warren, L.M. and P.M. Shearer, Systematic determination of earthquake rupture directivity and fault planes from analysis of long-period P-wave spectra, Geophys. J. Int., 164, 46-62, doi: 10.1111/j.1365-246X.2005.02769.x, 2006. (PDF)
  143. Lin, G., P. Shearer and Y. Fialko, Obtaining absolute locations for quarry seismicity using remote sensing data, Bull. Seismol. Soc. Am., 96, 722-728, doi: 10.1785/0120050146, 2006. (PDF)
  144. Lawrence, J. F., P. M. Shearer, and G. Masters, Mapping attenuation beneath North America using waveform cross-correlation and cluster analysis, Geophys. Res. Lett., 33, L07315, doi:10.1029/2006GL025813, 2006. (PDF)
  145. Hauksson, E., and P. M. Shearer, Attenuation models (Qp and Qs) in three dimensions of the southern California crust: Inferred fluid saturation at seismogenic depths, J. Geophys. Res., 111, B05302, doi:10.1029/2005JB003947, 2006. (PDF)
  146. Vidale, J. E., and P. M. Shearer, A survey of 71 earthquake bursts across southern California: Exploring the role of pore fluid pressure fluctuations and aseismic slip as drivers, J. Geophys. Res., 111, B05312, doi:10.1029/2005JB004034, 2006. (PDF)
  147. Shearer, P. M., G. A. Prieto, and E. Hauksson, Comprehensive analysis of earthquake source spectra in southern California, J. Geophys. Res., 111, B06303, doi:10.1029/2005JB003979, 2006. (PDF)
  148. Lawrence, J. F., and P. M. Shearer, A global study of transition zone thickness using receiver functions, J. Geophys. Res., 111, B06307, doi:10.1029/2005JB003973, 2006. (PDF)
  149. Lin, G., and P. Shearer, The COMPLOC earthquake location package, Seismol. Res. Lett., 77, 440-444, 2006.
  150. Cochran, E.S., and P.M. Shearer, Infrasound events detected with the Southern California Seismic Network, Geophys. Res. Lett., 33, L19803, doi:10.1029/2006GL026951, 2006. (PDF)
  151. Lawrence, J.F., and P.M. Shearer, Constraining seismic velocity and density for the mantle transition zone with reflected and transmitted waveforms, Geochem. Geophys. Geosyst., 7, Q10012, doi:10.1029/2006GC001339, 2006. (PDF)
  152. Vidale, J.E., K.L. Boyle, and P.M. Shearer, Crustal earthquake bursts in California and Japan: Their patterns and relation to volcanoes, Geophys. Res. Lett., 33, L20313, doi:10.1029/2006GL027723, 2006. (PDF)
  153. Prieto, G.A., R.L. Parker, F.L. Vernon, P.M. Shearer and D.J. Thomson, Uncertainties in earthquake source spectrum estimation using empirical Green functions, in Earthquakes: Radiated Energy and the Physics of Faulting, AGU Geophysical Monograph Series 170, doi:10.1029/170GM08, 2006.
  154. Warren, L.M. and P.M. Shearer, Using the effects of depth phases on P-wave spectra to determine earthquake depths, Bull. Seismol. Soc. Am., 95, 173-184, 2005. (PDF)
  155. Lin., G. and P. Shearer, Tests of relative earthquake location techniques using synthetic data, J. Geophys. Res., 110, B4, B04304, doi: 10.1029/2004JB003380, 2005. (PDF)
  156. Ishii, M., P.M. Shearer, H. Houston and J.E. Vidale, Extent, duration and speed of the 2004 Sumatra-Andaman earthquake imaged by the Hi-Net array, Nature, doi: 10.1038/nature03675, 2005. (PDF)
  157. Hauksson, E. and P. Shearer, Southern California hypocenter relocation with waveform cross-correlation, Part 1: Results using the double-difference method, Bull. Seismol. Soc. Am., 95, 896-903, doi: 10.1785/0120040167, 2005. (PDF)
  158. Shearer, P., E. Hauksson and G. Lin, Southern California hypocenter relocation with waveform cross-correlation, Part 2: Results using source-specific station terms and cluster analysis, Bull. Seismol. Soc. Am., 95, 904-915, doi: 10.1785/0120040168, 2005. (PDF)
  159. Bulow, R.C., C.L. Johnson and P.M. Shearer, New events discovered in the Apollo lunar seismic data, J. Geophys. Res., 110, doi: 10.1029/2005JE002414, 2005. (PDF)
  160. Walker, K.T., M. Ishii and P.M. Shearer, Rupture details of the 28 March 2005 Sumatra Mw 8.6 earthquake imaged with teleseismic P waves, Geophys. Res. Lett., 32, L24303, doi: 10.1029/2005GL024395, 2005. (PDF)
  161. Hauksson, E., P. Shearer and J. Vidale, Converting advances in seismology into earthquake science, EOS Trans. AGU (article), 85, 3-8, 2004. (PDF)
  162. Wolfe, C.J., P.G. Okubo, G. Ekstrom, M. Nettles and P.M. Shearer, Characteristics of deep (>= 13 km) Hawaiian earthquakes and Hawaiian earthquakes west of 155.55W, Geochem. Geophys. Geosyst., 5, Q04006, doi: 10.1029/2003GC000618, 2004. (PDF)
  163. Grant, L.B. and P.M. Shearer, Activity of the offshore Newport-Inglewood Rose Canyon fault zone, coastal southern California, from relocated microseismicity, Bull. Seismol. Soc. Am., 94, 747-752, 2004. (PDF)
  164. Konter J.G., H. Staudigel, S.R. Hart and P.M. Shearer, Seafloor seismic monitoring of an active submarine volcano: Local seismicity at Vailulu'u Seamount, Samoa, Geochem. Geophys. Geosyst., 5, Q06007, doi: 10.1029/2004GC000702, 2004. (PDF)
  165. Shearer, P.M. and P.S Earle, The global short-period wavefield modelled with a Monte Carlo seismic phonon method, Geophys. J. Int., 158, 1103-1117, 2004. (PDF)
  166. Prieto, G., P.M. Shearer, F.L. Vernon and D. Kilb, Earthquake source scaling and self-similarity estimation from stacking P and S spectra, J. Geophys. Res., 109, B8, B08310, doi :10.1029/2004JB003084, 2004. (PDF)
  167. Shearer, P.M., J.L. Hardebeck, L. Astiz, and K.B. Richards-Dinger, Analysis of similar event clusters in aftershocks of the 1994 Northridge, California, earthquake, J. Geophys. Res., 108(B1), 2035, doi: 10.1029/2001JB000685, 2003. (PDF)
  168. Wolfe, C.J., P.G. Okubo and P.M. Shearer, Mantle fault zone beneath Kilauea volcano, Hawaii, Science, 300, 478-480, 2003. (PDF)
  169. Hardebeck, J.L. and P.M. Shearer, Using S/P amplitude ratios to constrain the focal mechanisms of small earthquakes, Bull. Seismol. Soc. Am., 93, 2434-2444, 2003. (PDF)
  170. Bergman, M. and P. Shearer, Preface to SEDI Special Issue, Phys. Earth Planet. Int., 140, 1-2, 2003. (PDF)
  171. Reif, C., P.M. Shearer and L. Astiz, Evaluating the performance of global seismic stations, Seismol. Res. Lett., 73, 46-56, 2002.
  172. Shearer, P.M., Parallel fault strands at 9-km depth resolved on the Imperial Fault, Southern California, Geophys. Res. Lett., 29(14), doi: 10.1029/2002GL015302, 2002. (PDF)
  173. Fialko, Y., D. Sandwell, D. Agnew, M. Simons, P. Shearer and B. Minsters, Deformation on Nearby Faults Induced by the 1999 Hector Mine Earthquake, Science, 297, 1858-1862, 2002. (PDF)
  174. Hardebeck, J.L. and P.M. Shearer, A new method for determining first-motion focal mechanisms, Bull. Seismol. Soc. Am., 92, 2264-2276, 2002. (PDF)
  175. Warren, L.M., and P.M. Shearer, Mapping lateral variations in upper mantle attenuation structure by stacking P and PP spectra, J. Geophys. Res., 107(B12), 2342, doi: 10.1029/2001JB001195, 2002. (PDF)
  176. Hedlin, M.A.H., and P.M. Shearer, Probing mid-mantle heterogeneity using PKP coda waves, Phys. Earth Planet. Int., 130, 195-208, 2002. (PDF)
  177. Shearer, P.M., Improving global seismic event locations using source-receiver reciprocity, Bull. Seismol. Soc. Am., 91, 594-603, 2001. (PDF)
  178. Nikolaidis, R.M., Y. Bock, P.J. de Jonge, P. Shearer, D.C. Agnew and M.V. Domselaar, Seismic wave observations with the Global Positioning System, J. Geophys. Res., 106, 21,897-21,916, 2001. (PDF)
  179. Schulte-Pelkum, V., G. Masters and P.M. Shearer, Upper-mantle anisotropy from long-period P polarization, J. Geophys. Res., 106, 21,917-21,934, 2001. (PDF)
  180. Earle, P.S. and P.M. Shearer, Distribution of fine-scale mantle heterogeneity from observations of Pdiff coda, Bull. Seismol. Soc. Am., 91, 1875-1881, 2001. (PDF)
  181. Astiz, L., P.M. Shearer and D.C. Agnew, Precise relocations and stress-change calculations for the Upland earthquake sequence in southern California, J. Geophys. Res., 105, 2937-2853, 2000. (PDF)
  182. Astiz, L., and P.M. Shearer, Earthquake relocations in the inner Continental Borderland, offshore southern California, Bull. Seismol. Soc. Am., 90, 425-449, 2000. (PDF)
  183. Richards-Dinger, K.B. and P.M. Shearer, Earthquake locations in southern California obtained using source specific station terms, J. Geophys. Res., 105, 10,939-10,960, 2000. (PDF)
  184. Shearer, P.M., Upper mantle seismic discontinuities, in Earth's Deep Interior: Mineral Physics and Tomography from the Atomic to the Global Scale, AGU Geophysical Monograph 117, 115-131, 2000. (PDF)
  185. Hedlin, M.A.H. and P.M. Shearer, An analysis of large scale variations in small-scale mantle heterogeneity using Global Seismic Network recordings of precursors to PKP, J. Geophys. Res., 105, 13,655-13,673, 2000. (PDF)
  186. Sheehan, A.F., P.M. Shearer, H.J. Gilbert and K.G. Dueker, Seismic migration processing of P-SV converted phases for mantle discontinuity structure beneath the Snake River Plain, western United States, J. Geophys. Res., 105, 19,055-19,065, 2000. (PDF)
  187. Warren, L.M. and P.M. Shearer, Investigating the frequency dependence of mantle Q by stacking P and PP spectra, J. Geophys. Res., 105, 25,391-25,402, 2000. (PDF)
  188. Flanagan, M.P. and P.M. Shearer, A map of topography on the 410-km discontinuity from PP precursors, Geophys. Res. Lett., 26, 549-552, 1999. (PDF)
  189. Shaw, J.H. and P.M. Shearer, An elusive blind-thrust fault beneath metropolitan Los Angeles, Science, 283, 1516-1518, 1999. (PDF)
  190. Shearer, P.M., M.P. Flanagan and M.A.H. Hedlin, Experiments in migration processing of SS precursor data to image upper mantle discontinuity structure, J. Geophys. Res., 104, 7229-7242, 1999. (PDF)
  191. Levander, A., E.D. Humphreys, G. Ekstrom, A.S. Meltzer and P.M. Shearer, Proposed project would give unprecedented look under North America, EOS Trans. AGU (article), 80, 245-251, 1999.
  192. Meltzer, A., R. Rudnick, P. Zeitler, A. Levander, G. Humphreys, K. Karlstrom, G. Ekstrokm, R. Carlson, T. Dixon, M. Gurnis, P. Shearer and R. van der Hilst, USArray initiative, GSA Today, v. 9, November, p. 8-10, 1999. (PDF)
  193. Shearer, P.M. and M.P. Flanagan, Seismic velocity and density jumps across the 410- and 660-kilometer discontinuities, Science, 285, 1545-1548, 1999. (PDF)
  194. Shearer, P.M., Introduction to Seismology, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 1999.
  195. Flanagan, M.P. and P.M. Shearer, Global mapping of topography on transition zone velocity discontinuities by stacking SS precursors, J. Geophys. Res., 103, 2673-2692, 1998. (PDF)
  196. Earle, P.S. and P.M. Shearer, Observations of high-frequency scattered energy associated with the core phase PKKP, Geophys. Res. Lett., 25, 405-408, 1998. (PDF)
  197. Shearer, P.M., M.A.H. Hedlin and P.S. Earle, PKP and PKKP precursor observations: Implications for the small-scale structure of the deep mantle and core, The Core-Mantle Boundary Region, AGU Geodynamics Series, 28, 37-55, 1998.
  198. Flanagan, M.P. and P.M. Shearer, Topography on the 410-km seismic velocity discontinuity near subduction zones from stacking of sS, sP, and pP precursors, J. Geophys. Res., 103, 21,165-21,182, 1998. (PDF)
  199. Shearer, P.M., Evidence for a fault at 18 km depth beneath Oak Ridge, southern California, from a cluster of small earthquakes, Bull. Seismol. So. Am., 88, 1327-1336, 1998.
  200. Shearer, P.M., Improving local earthquake locations using the L1-norm and waveform cross-correlation: Application to the Whittier Narrows, California, aftershock sequence, J. Geophys. Res., 102, 8269-8283, 1997. (PDF)
  201. Hedlin, M.A.H., P.M. Shearer and P.S. Earle, Seismic evidence for small-scale heterogeneity throughout the Earth's mantle, Nature, 387, 145-150, 1997. (PDF)
  202. Richards-Dinger, K.B. and P.M. Shearer, Estimating crustal thickness in southern California by stacking PmP arrivals, J. Geophys. Res., 102, 15,211-15,224, 1997. (PDF)
  203. Earle, P.S. and P.M. Shearer, Observations of PKKP precursors used to estimate small-scale topography on the core-mantle boundary, Science, 277, 667-670, 1997. (PDF)
  204. Shearer, P.M. and L. Astiz, Locating nuclear explosions using waveform cross-correlation, 19th Annual Seismic Research Symposium on Monitoring a Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty, Proceedings, 301-309, 1997. (PDF)
  205. Shearer, P.M., Transition zone velocity gradients and the 520-km discontinuity, J. Geophys. Res., 101, 3053-3066, 1996. (PDF)
  206. Astiz, L., P. Earle and P. Shearer, Global stacking of broadband seismograms, Seis. Res. Lett., 67, 8-18, 1996. (PDF)
  207. Bhattacharyya, J., G. Masters and P. Shearer, Global variations of shear wave attenuation in the upper mantle, J. Geophys Res., 101, 22,273-22,289, 1996. (PDF)
  208. Masters, T.G. and P.M. Shearer, Seismic properties of the Earth: elastic and anelastic, Global Earth Physics, A Handbook of Physical Constants, AGU Reference Shelf 1, 88-103, 1995.
  209. Shearer, P.M., Seismic studies of the upper mantle and transition zone, Reviews of Geophysics, Supplement, U.S. National Report to IUGG 1991-1994, 321-324, 1995.
  210. Haase, J.S., P.M. Shearer and R.C. Aster, Constraints on temporal variations in velocity near Anza, California, from analysis of similar event pairs, Bull. Seismol. Soc. Am., 85, 194-206, 1995.
  211. Shearer, P.M., Seismic discontinuities in Earth's upper mantle, McGraw Hill Yearbook of Science and Technology, McGraw Hill, New York, 79-81, 1995.
  212. Kendall, J.-M. and P.M. Shearer, Structure of the lowermost mantle beneath the southwest Pacific, southeastern Asia and Australasia, Phys. Earth Planet. Int., 92, 85-98, 1995.
  213. Earle, P.S. and P.M. Shearer, Characterization of global seismograms using an automatic picking algorithm, Bull. Seismol. Soc. Am., 84, 366-376, 1994.
  214. Kendall, J.-M. and P.M. Shearer, Lateral variations in D" thickness from long-period shear-wave data, J. Geophys. Res., 99, 11,575-11,590, 1994. (PDF)
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  216. Shearer, P.M., Imaging Earth's seismic response at long periods, EOS Trans. AGU (article), 75, 449-452, 1994. (PDF) (Wavefield image PDF)
  217. Shearer, P.M., Constraints on inner core anisotropy from ISC PKP(DF) data, J. Geophys. Res., 99, 19,647-19,659, 1994. (PDF)
  218. Bhattacharyya, J., P. Shearer and G. Masters, Inner core attenuation from short-period PKP(BC) versus PKP(DF) waveforms, Geophys. J. Int., 114, 1-11, 1993.
  219. Phipps Morgan, J. and P.M. Shearer, Seismic constraints on mantle flow and topography of the 660-km discontinuity: evidence for whole-mantle convection, Nature, 365, 506-511, 1993. (PDF)
  220. Shearer, P.M., Global mapping of upper mantle reflectors from long-period SS precursors, Geophys. J. Int., 115, 878-904, 1993. (PDF)
  221. Shearer, P.M., Imaging Earth's upper mantle, EOS Trans. AGU (article), 74, 602, 1993 (this article also appeared in AGU's Geophysics News 1993, p 7-8).
  222. Aster, R.C. and P.M. Shearer, Initial shear wave particle motions and stress constraints at the Anza Seismic Network, Geophys. J. Int., 108, 740-748, 1992.
  223. Shearer, P.M. and T.G. Masters, Global mapping of topography on the 660 km discontinuity, Nature, 355, 791-796, 1992. (PDF)
  224. Shearer, P., A mantle thermometer, Nature (News and View), 356, 662-663, 1992. (PDF)
  225. Shearer, P.M. and K.M. Toy, PKP(BC) versus PKP(DF) differential travel times and aspherical structure in the Earth's inner core, J. Geophys. Res., 96, 2233-2247, 1991.
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