All Publications | Wiens Seismology Research Group | Washington University in St. Louis

Mark, H. F., Lizarralde, D., & Wiens, D. A.. Constraints on bend-faulting and mantle hydration at the Marianas Trench from seismic anisotropy. Geophysical Research Letters, 50, e2023GL103331. https://doi. org/10.1029/2023GL103331, 2023.
Ivins, E. R., W. van der Wal, D. A. Wiens, A. J. Lloyd, and L. Caron. Antarctic upper mantle rheology, Geological Society of London, Memoirs, 56, 267-294, http://dx.doi.org/10.1144/M56-2020-19, 2023.
Wiens, D. A., W. Shen, and A. J. Lloyd, The Seismic Structure of the Antarctic Upper Mantle, Geological Society of London,Memoirs, 56, 195-212, https://doi.org/10.1144/M56-2020-18, 2023.
Ben-Mansour, W., Wiens, D. A., Mark, H. F., Russo, R. M., Richter, A., Marderwald, E., & Barrientos, S.. Mantle flow pattern associated with the Patagonian slab window determined from azimuthal anisotropy. Geophysical Research Letters, 49, e2022GL099871. https://doi.org/10.1029/2022GL099871, 2022
Zhou, Z., Wiens, D. A., Shen, W., Aster, R. C., Nyblade, A., & Wilson, T. J. Radial anisotropy and sediment thickness of West and Central Antarctica estimated from Rayleigh and Love wave velocities. Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth, 127, e2021JB022857. https://doi. org/10.1029/2021JB022857, 2022.
Mark, H. F., Wiens, D. A., Ivins, E. R., Richter, A., Ben Mansour, W., Magnani, M. B., Marderwald, E., Adaros, R., and Barrientos, S. Lithospheric erosion in the Patagonian slab window, and implications for glacial isostasy. Geophysical Research Letters, 49, e2021GL096863. https://doi. org/10.1029/2021GL096863, 2022.
Shen, W., Wiens, D. A., Lloyd, A. J., and Nyblade, A. A., A geothermal heat flux map of Antarctica empirically constrained by seismic structure. Geophysical Research Letters, 47, e2020GL086955. https://doi.org/ 10.1029/2020GL086955, 2020.
G. Barcheck, G. A. Abers, A. N. Adams, A. Bécel, J. Collins, J. B. Gaherty, P. J. Haeussler, Z. Li, G. Moore, E. Onyango, E. Roland, D. E. Sampson, S. Y. Schwartz, A. F. Sheehan, D. J. Shillington, P. J. Shore, S. Webb, D. A. Wiens, L. L. Worthington; The Alaska Amphibious Community Seismic Experiment. Seismological Research Letters, 91 (6): 3054–3063. doi: https://doi.org/10.1785/0220200189, 2020.
Eimer, M., Wiens, D. A., Cai, C., Lizarralde, D., & Jasperson, H*., Seismicity of the incoming plate and forearc near the Mariana Trench recorded by ocean bottom seismographs. Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems, 21, e2020GC008953. https://doi.org/ 10.1029/2020GC008953, 2020.
Wei, S. S., & Wiens, D. A.. High bulk and shear attenuation due to partial melt in the Tonga‐Lau back‐arc mantle. Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth, 125, e2019JB017527. https://doi.org/ 10.1029/2019JB01752, 2020.
Winberry, J. P., Huerta, A. D., Anandakrishnan, S., Aster, R. C., Nyblade, A. A., & Wiens, D. A., Glacial earthquakes and precursory seismicity associated with Thwaites Glacier calving. Geophysical Research Letters, 47, e2019GL086178. https://doi.org/10.1029/2019GL086178, 2020.
Luo, Y., & Wiens, D. A., High rates of deep earthquake dynamic triggering in the thermal halos of subducting slabs. Geophysical Research Letters, 47, e2019GL086125. https://doi.org/10.1029/2019GL086125, 2020.
Lloyd, A. J., Wiens, D. A., Zhu, H., Tromp, J., Nyblade, A. A., Aster, R. C., Hansen, S. E., Dalziel, I. W. D., Wilson, T. J., Ivins, E. R., and O’Donnell, J. P., Seismic structure of the Antarctic upper mantle imaged with adjoint tomography. Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth, 124. https://doi.org/10.1029/2019JB017823, 2020.
Chen, J., Y. J. Chen, D. A. Wiens, S. S. Wei, Y. Zha, J. Julià, C. Cai, Crustal and lithospheric structure of inactive volcanic arc terrains in Fiji, Tectonophysics, 750, 394-403, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tecto.2018.07.014, 2019
Fan, W., Wei, S. S., Tian, D., McGuire, J. J., & Wiens, D. A., Complex and diverse rupture processes of the 2018 Mw 8.2 and Mw 7.9 Tonga-Fiji deep earthquakes. GeophysicalResearch Letters, 46, 2434–2448. https://doi.org/10.1029/2018GL080997, 2019.
Olinger, S. D.*, B. P. Lipovsky, D. A. Wiens, R. C. Aster, P. D. Bromirski, Z. Chen, P. Gerstoft, A. A. Nyblade, R. A. Stephen, Tidal and thermal stresses drive seismicity along a major Ross Ice Shelf rift. Geophys. Res. Lett., 46. https://doi.org/10. 1029/2019GL082842, 2019.
Whitehouse, P. L., N. Gomez, M. A. King, and D. A. Wiens, Solid Earth change and the evolution of the Antarctic Ice Sheet, Nature Comm., https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-018-08068-y, 2019.
Wei, S., and D. A. Wiens, P-wave attenuation structure of the Lau back-arc basin and implications for mantle wedge processes, Earth Planet. Sci. Lett., 502, 187-199, 2018.
Cai, C., D. A. Wiens, W. Shen, and M. Eimer*, Water input into the Mariana subduction zone estimated from ocean bottom seismic data, Nature, 563, 389-392, 2018.
Shen, W., D. A. Wiens, S. Anandakrishnan, R. C. Aster, P. Gerstoft, P. D. Bromirski, et al. The crust and upper mantle structure of central and West Antarctica from Bayesian inversion of Rayleigh wave and receiver functions. J. Geophys. Res: Solid Earth, 123, 7824–7849. https://doi.org/10.1029/ 2017JB015346, 2018.
Barletta, V. R., M. Bevis, B. E. Smith, T. Wilson, A. Brown, A. Bordoni, M. Willis, S. A. Khan, M. Rovira-Navarro, I. Dalziel, R. Smalley, E. Kendrick, S. Konfal, D. J. Caccamise, R. C. Aster, A. Nyblade, D. A. Wiens, Observed rapid bedrock uplift in Amundsen Sea Embayment promotes ice-sheet stability, Science, 360, 1335-1339, 2018.
Lough, A. C., D. A. Wiens, and A. Nyblade, Reactivation of ancient Antarctic rift zones by intraplate seismicity, Nature Geoscience, https://doi.org/10.1038/s41561-018-0140-6, 2018.
Seroussi, H., E. R. Ivins, D. A. Wiens, and J. Bondzio, Influence of a West Antarctic mantle plume on ice sheet basal conditions, J. Geophys. Res. Solid Earth, 122, 7127–7155, doi:10.1002/2017JB014423, 2017.
Pratt, M. J., D. A. Wiens, J. P. Winberry, S. Anandakrishnan, G. G. Euler, Implications of sea ice on Southern Ocean microseisms detected by a seismic array in West Antarctica, Geophys. J. Int., 209, 492–507, 2017.
Wei, S. S., D. A. Wiens, P. E. van Keken and C. Cai, Slab temperature controls on the Tonga double seismic zone and slab mantle dehydration, Science Advances, 3, doi: 10.1126/sciadv.1601755, 2017.
Bromirski, P. D., Z. Chen, R. A. Stephen, P. Gerstoft, D. Arcas, A. Diez, R. C. Aster, D. A. Wiens, and A. Nyblade, Tsunami and infragravity waves impacting Antarctic ice shelves, J. Geophys. Res. Oceans, 122, 5786– 5801, doi:10.1002/2017JC012913, 2017. 
Hay, C. C., Lau, H. C. P., Gomez, N., Austermann, J., Powell, E., Mitrovica, J. X., Latychev, K., Wiens, D. A., Sea-level fingerprints in a region of complex Earth structure: The case of WAIS. J. Climate, 30, , 1881-1892, 2017.
Shen, W., D. A. Wiens, T. Stern, S. Anandakrishnan, R. C. Aster, I. Dalziel, S. Hansen, D. S. Heeszel, A. Huerta, A. Nyblade, T. J. Wilson, and J. P. Winberry, Seismic evidence for lithospheric foundering beneath the southern Transantarctic Mountains, Antarctica, Geology, 46, 71-74, 2017.
Zhang, H., S. van der Lee, E. Wolin, T. A. Bollmann, J. Revanaugh, D. A. Wiens, A. W. Frederiksen, F. A. Darbyshire, G. I. Aleqabi, M. E. Wysession, S. Stein, D. M. Jurdy, Distinct crustal structure of the North American Midcontinent Rift from P wave receiver functions, J. Geophys. Res. Solid Earth, 121, doi:10.1002/2016JB013244, 2016.
Ma, X., X. Sun, D. A. Wiens, L. Wen, A. Nyblade, S. Anandakrishnan, R. Aster, A. Huerta, T. Wilson, Strong seismic scatterers near the core-mantle boundary north of the Pacific Anomaly, Phys Earth Planet Inter, 253, doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.pepi.2016.01.007, 2016.
Wei, S. S., Y. Zha, W. Shen, D. A. Wiens, J. A. Conder, and S. C. Webb, Upper mantle structure of the Tonga-Lau-Fiji region from Rayleigh wave tomography, Geochem. Geophys. Geosyst., 17, doi:10.1002/2016GC006656, 2016.
Diez, A., P. D. Bromirski, P. Gerstoft, R. A. Stephen, R. E. Anthony, R. C. Aster, C. Cai, A. Nyblade and D. A. Wiens, Ice shelf structure derived from dispersion curve analysis of ambient seismic noise, Ross Ice Shelf, Antarctica, Geophys. J. Int., 205, 785-795, 2016.
Cai, C., and D. A. Wiens, Dynamic triggering of deep earthquakes within a fossil slab, Geophys. Res. Lett., 43, 9492–9499, doi:10.1002/2016GL070347, 2016.
Heeszel, D. S., D.A.Wiens, S. Anandakrishnan, R. C. Aster, I. W. D. Dalziel, A. D. Huerta, A. A. Nyblade, T. J. Wilson, and J. P. Winberry, Upper mantle structure of central and West Antarctica from array analysis of Rayleigh wave phase velocities, J. Geophys. Res. Solid Earth, 121, doi:10.1002/2015JB012616, 2016.
Barklage, M., D. A. Wiens, J. A. Conder, S. Pozgay, H. Shiobara, and H. Sugioka, P and S velocity tomography of the Mariana subduction system from a combined land-sea seismic deployment, Geochem. Geophys. Geosyst., 16, 681–704, doi:10.1002/ 2014GC005627, 2015.
Meng, Q., D. S. Heeszel, L. Ye, T. Lay, D. A. Wiens, M. Jia, and P. R. Cummins, 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. Solid Earth, 120, 6297–6316, doi:10.1002/2015JB012242, 2015.
Bromirski, P. D., A. Diez, P. Gerstoft, R. A. Stephen, T. Bolmer, D. A. Wiens, R. C. Aster, and A. Nyblade, Ross ice shelf vibrations, Geophys. Res. Lett., 42, 7589–7597, doi:10.1002/2015GL065284, 2015
An, M., D. A. Wiens, Y. Zhao, M. Feng, A. A. Nyblade, M. Kanao, Y. Li, A. Maggi, and J.-J. Lévêque, S-velocity model and inferred Moho topography beneath the Antarctic Plate from Rayleigh waves, J. Geophys. Res. Solid Earth, 120, 359–383, doi:10.1002/ 2014JB011332, 2015.
Emry, E. L., A. A. Nyblade, J. Julia, S. Anandakrishnan, R. C. Aster, D. A. Wiens, A. D. Huerta, and T. J. Wilson, The mantle transition zone beneath West Antarctica: Seismic evidence for hydration and thermal upwellings, Geochem. Geophys. Geosyst., 16, 40–58, doi:10.1002/ 2014GC005588, 2015.
Emry, E. L., and D. A. Wiens, Incoming plate faulting in the Northern and Western Pacific and implications for subduction zone water budgets, Earth Planet. Sci. Lett., 414, 176-186, 2015.
Lloyd, A. J., D. A. Wiens, A. A. Nyblade, S. Anandakrishnan, R. C. Aster, A. D. Huerta, T. J. Wilson, I. W. D. Dalziel, P. J. Shore, and D. Zhao, A seismic transect across West Antarctica: Evidence for mantle thermal anomalies beneath the Bentley Subglacial Trench and the Marie Byrd Land Dome, J. Geophys. Res. Solid Earth, 120, 8439–8460, doi:10.1002/2015JB012455, 2015.
Adams, A. N., D. A. Wiens, A. A. Nyblade, G. G. Euler*, P. J. Shore, and R. Tibi, Lithospheric instability and the source of the Cameroon Volcanic Line: Evidence from Rayleigh wave phase velocity tomography, J. Geophys. Res. Solid Earth, 120, doi:10.1002/2014JB011580, 2015.
Lough, A. C., C. G. Barcheck, D. A. Wiens, A. A. Nyblade, S. Anandakrishnan, A Previously Unreported Type of Seismic Source in the Firn Layer of the East Antarctic Ice Sheet, J. Geophys. Res. Earth Surface, 120, 2237–2252, doi:10.1002/ 2015JF003658, 2015.
Wei, S. S., D. A. Wiens, Y. Zha, T. Plank, S. C. Webb, D. K. Blackman, R. A. Dunn, and J. A. Conder, Seismic evidence of effects of water on melt transport in the Lau back-arc mantle, Nature, 518, 395-398, 2015.
Zha, Y., S. C. Webb, S. S. Wei, D. A. Wiens, D. K. Blackman, W. Menke, and J. A. Conder, Seismological imaging of ridge–arc interaction beneath the Eastern Lau Spreading Center from OBS ambient noise tomography, Earth Planet. Sci. Lett., 408, 194-206, 2014.
Winberry, J. P., S. Anandakrishnan, R. B. Alley, D. A. Wiens, and M. J. Pratt, Tidal pacing, skipped slips, and slowdown of Whillans Ice Stream, Antarctica, J. Glaciology, 60, No. 222, doi: 10.3189/2014JoG14J038, 2014.
Peng, Z., J. I. Walter, R. C. Aster, A. Nyblade, D. A. Wiens and S. Anandakrishnan, Antarctic icequakes triggered by the 2010 Maule earthquake in Chile, Nature Geoscience, 7, 677–681, 2014.
Abers, G. A., K. M. Fischer, G. Hirth, D. A. Wiens, T. Plank, B. K. Holtzman, C. McCarthy, and E. Gazel, Reconciling mantle attenuation-temperature relationships from seismology, petrology, and laboratory measurements, Geochem. Geophys. Geosyst.,15, doi:10.1002/2014GC005444, 2014.
Euler, G. G., D. A. Wiens, and A. A. Nyblade, Evidence for bathymetric control on the distribution of body wave microseism sources from temporary seismic arrays in Africa, Geophys. J. Int, 197, 1869–1883, 2014.
Accardo, N., D. A. Wiens, S, Hernandez, R. C. Aster, A. Nyblade, A. Huerta, S. Anandakrishnan, T. Wilson, D. S. Heeszel, I. W. D. Dalziel, Upper mantle seismic anisotropy beneath the West Antarctic Rift System and surrounding region from shear wave splitting analysis, Geophys. J. Int., 197, doi: 10.1093/gji/ggu117, 2014.
Emry, E. L., D. A. Wiens, and D. Garcia- Castellanos, Faulting within the Pacific plate at the Mariana Trench: Implications for plate interface coupling and subduction of hydrous minerals,  J. Geophys. Res. Solid Earth, 119, 3076–3095, doi:10.1002/2013JB010718, 2014.
Chaput, J., R. C. Aster, A. Huerta, X. Sun, A. Lloyd, D. Wiens, A. Nyblade, S. Anandakrishnan, J. P. Winberry, and T. Wilson, The crustal thickness of West Antarctica, J. Geophys. Res. Solid Earth, 119, doi:10.1002/2013JB010642, 2014.
Pratt, M. J., J. P. Winberry, D. A. Wiens, S. Anandakrishnan, and R. B. Alley, Seismic and geodetic evidence for grounding-line  control of Whillans Ice Stream stick-slip events, J. Geophys. Res., Earth Surf., 119, 333–348, doi:10.1002/ 2013JF002842, 2014.
Lough, A. C., D. A. Wiens, C. G. Barcheck, S. Anandakrishnan, R. C. Aster, D. D. Blankenship, A. D. Huerta, A. Nyblade, D. A. Young, and T. J. Wilson, Seismic detection of an active subglacial magmatic complex in Marie Byrd Land, Antarctica, Nature Geoscience, 6, 1031-1035, 2013.
Winberry, J. P., S. Anandakrishnan, D.A. Wiens, R. B. Alley, Nucleation and Seismic Tremor Associated with the Glacial Earthquakes of Whillans Ice Stream, Antarctica, Geophys. Res. Lett., 40, doi:10.1029/2012GL053955, 2013.
Lloyd, A. J., A. A. Nyblade, D. A. Wiens, S. E. Hansen, M. Kanao, P. J. Shore, and D. Zhao, Upper mantle seismic structure beneath central East Antarctica from body wave tomography: Implications for the origin of the Gamburtsev Subglacial Mountains, Geochem. Geophys. Geosyst., 14, 10.1002/ggge.20098, 2013.
Heeszel, D. S., D. A. Wiens, A. A. Nyblade, S. E. Hansen, M. Kanao, M. An, and Y. Zhao, Rayleigh wave constraints on the structure and tectonic history of the Gamburtsev Subglacial Mountains, East Antarctica, J. Geophys. Res., 118, doi:10.1002/jgrb.50171, 2013.
Zoet., L. K., S. Anandakrishnan, R. B. Alley, A. A. Nyblade, and D. A. Wiens, Motion of an Antarctic glacier by repeated tidally modulated earthquakes, Nature Geoscience, 5, 623-626, 2012.
Barcheck, C. G., D. A. Wiens, P. E. van Keken, and B. R. Hacker, The relationship of intermediate- and deep-focus seismicity to the hydration and dehydration of subducting slabs, Earth Planet. Sci. Lett., 349, 153-160, 2012.
Koch, F. W., D. A. Wiens, A. A. Nyblade, P. J. Shore, R. Tibi, B. Ateba, C. T. Tabod, and J. M. Nnange, Upper-mantle anisotropy beneath the Cameroon Volcanic Line and Congo Craton from shear wave splitting measurements, Geophys. J. Int, 190, 75-86, 2012.
Emry, E. L., D. A. Wiens, H. Shiobara, and H. Sugioka, Seismogenic characteristics of the Northern Mariana shallow thrust zone from local array data, Geochem. Geophys. Geosystems, 12, Q12008, doi:10.1029/2011GC003853, 2011.
Reusch, A. M., A. A. Nyblade, R. Tibi, D. A. Wiens, P. J. Shore, A. Bekoa, C. T. Tabod, and J. M. Nnange, Mantle transition zone thickness beneath Cameroon: evidence for an upper mantle origin for the Cameroon Volcanic Line, Geophys. J. Int., 187, 1146-1150, 2011.
Winberry, J.P., S. Anandakrishnan, R.B. Alley, D.A. Wiens, and K. Christianson, Dynamics of stick-slip motion, Whillans Ice Stream, Antarctica, , Earth Planet. Sci. Lett. 305, 283-289 2011.
Finotello, M., A. Nyblade, J. Julia, D. Wiens, S. Anandakrishnan, Crustal Vp/Vs ratios and thickness for Ross Island and the Transantarctic Mountain front, Antarctica, Geophys. J. Int., 185, 85-92, 2011.
Conder, J. A., and D. A. Wiens, Shallow seismicity and tectonics of the central and northern Lau Basin, Earth Planet. Sci. Lett., 304, 538-546, 2011.
Hansen, S. E., A. A. Nyblade, D. S. Heeszel, D. A. Wiens, P. Shore, M. Kanao, Crustal structure of the Gamburtsev Mountains, East Antarctica, from S-wave receiver functions and Rayleigh wave phase velocities, Earth Planet. Sci. Lett., 300, 395-401, 2010.
Reusch, A. M., A. A. Nyblade, D. A. Wiens, P. J. Shore, B. Ateba, C. T. Tabod, J. M. Nnange, Upper mantle structure beneath Cameroon from body wave tomography and the origin of the Cameroon Volcanic Line, Geochem. Geophys. Geosystems, 10, Q10W07, doi:10.1029/2010GC003200, 2010.
Pyle, M. L, D. A. Wiens, D. Weeraratne, P. J. Shore, H. Shiobara, and H. Sugioka, Shear velocity structure of the Mariana mantle wedge from Rayleigh wave phase velocities, J. Geophys. Res., 115. B11304, doi:10.1029/2009JB006976, 2010.
Pyle, M. L., D. A. Wiens, A. A. Nyblade, and S. Anandakrishnan, Crustal structure of the Transantarctic Mountains near the Ross Sea from ambient seismic noise tomography, J. Geophys. Res., 115, B11310, doi:10.1029/2009JB007081, 2010.
Tokam, A-P., C. T. Tabod, A. A. Nyblade, J. Julia, D. A. Wiens, and M. E. Pasyanos, Structure of the crust beneath Cameroon, West Africa, from the joint inversion of Rayleigh wave group velocities and receiver functions, Geophys. J. Int, 183, 1061-1076, 2010.
Hansen, S. E., J. Julia, A. A. Nyblade, M. L. Pyle, D. A. Wiens, S. Anandakrishnan, Using S wave receiver functions to estimate crustal structure beneath ice sheets: An application to the Transantarctic Mountains and East Antarctic craton, Geochem. Geophys. Geosystems, 10, Q08014, doi:10.1029/2009GC002576, 2009.
Cowsik, R., T. Madziwa-Nussinov, K. Wagoner, D. Wiens, and M. Wysession, Performance Characteristics of a Rotational Seismometer for Near-Field and Engineering Applications, Bull. Seism. Soc. Am., 99, 1181-1189, 2009.
Barklage, M., D. A. Wiens, A. Nyblade, S. Anandakrishnan, Upper mantle seismic anisotropy of South Victoria Land and the Ross Sea Coast, Antarctica, from SKS and SKKS splitting analysis, Geophys. J. Int., 178, 729-741, 2009.
Pozgay, S. H, D. A. Wiens, J. A. Conder, H. Shiobara, H. Sugioka, Seismic attenuation tomography of the Mariana Subduction System: Implications for thermal structure, volatile distribution, and slow-spreading dynamics, Geochem. Geophys. Geosystems, 10, Q04X05, doi:10.1029/2008GC002313, 2009.
Wiens, D. A., J. A. Conder, and U. Faul, The seismc structure and dynamics of the mantle wedge, Ann. Rev. Earth Planet. Sci., 36, 421-455, 2008.
Wiens, D. A., S. Anandakrishnan, J. P. Winberry, and M. A. King, Simultaneous teleseismic and geodetic observations of the stick-slip motion of an Antarctic ice stream, Nature, 453, 770-774, 2008.
Tibi, R., D.A. Wiens, and X. Yuan, Seismic evidence for widespread serpentinized forearc along the Mariana convergent margin, Geophys. Res. Lett., 35, L13303, doi:10.1029/ 2008GL034163, 2008.
Heeszel, D. S., D. A. Wiens, P. J. Shore, H. Shiobara, and H. Sugioka, Earthquake evidence for along-arc extension in the Mariana Islands, Geochem. Geophys. Geosystems, 9, Q12X03, doi:10.1029/2008GC002186, 2008.
Reusch, A. M., A. A. Nyblade, M. H. Benoit, D. A. Wiens, S. Anandakrishnan, D. Voigt, and P. J. Shore, Mantle transition zone thickness beneath Ross Island, the Transantarctic Mountains, and East Antarctica, Geophys. Res. Lett., 35, L12301, doi:10.1029/2008GL033873, 2008.
Pozgay, S. H., D. A. Wiens, J. A. Conder, H. Shiobara, and H. Sugioka, Complex mantle flow in the Mariana subduction system: Evidence from shear wave splitting, Geophys. J. Int., doi: 10.1111/j.1365-246x.2007.03433.x, 2007.
Tibi, R., D. A. Wiens, H. Shiobara, H. Sugioka, and X. Yuan, Double seismic discontinuities at the base of the mantle transition zone near the Mariana slab, Geophys. Res. Lett., 34, L16316, doi:10.1029/2007GL030527, 2007.
Conder, J. A., and D. A. Wiens, Rapid mantle flow beneath the Tonga volcanic arc, Earth Planet. Sci. Lett., 264, 299-307, 2007.
Watson, T., A. Nyblade, D. A. Wiens, S. Anandakrishnan, M. Benoit, P. J. Shore, D. Voigt, J. VanDecar, P and S velocity structure of the upper mantle beneath the Transantarctic Mountains, East Antarctic craton, and Ross Sea from travel time tomography, Geochem., Geophys. Geosyst, 7, Q07005, doi:10.1029/2005GC001238, 2006.
Embley, R. W., and 16 other authors including D. A. Wiens, Long-term eruptive activity at a submarine arc volcano, Nature, 441, 494- 497, 2006.
Wiens, D. A., N. Seama, and J. A. Conder, Mantle structure and flow patterns beneath active back-arc basins inferred from passive seismic and electromagnetic methods, in Back-arc Spreading Systems: Interactions among Physical, Chemical, Bioloigcal , and Geological Processes, D. M. Christie, C.R. Fisher, S.-M. Lee, and S. Givens, editors, AGU Monograph, 166, 43-62, 2006.
Van der Lee, S, and D. A. Wiens, Seismological constraints on the Earth’s deep water cycle, in Earth’s Deep Water Cycle, S. D. Jacobsen and S. van der Lee, editors, AGU Monograph, 168, 13-27, 2006.
Lawrence, J. F, D. A. Wiens, A. A. Nyblade, S. Anandakrishnan, P. J. Shore, and D. Voigt, Crust and upper mantle structure of the Transantarctic Mountains and surrounding regions from receiver functions, surface waves, and gravity: Implications for uplift models, Geochem. Geophys. Geosystems, 7, Q10011, doi: 10.1029/2006GC001282, 2006.
Conder, J. A. and D. A. Wiens, Seismic structure beneath the Tonga arc and Lau back-arc basin determined from joint Vp. Vp/Vs tomography, Geochem., Geophys. Geosyst, 7 Q03018, doi:10.1029/2005GC001113, 2006.
Lawrence, J. F., D. A. Wiens, A. A. Nyblade, S. Anandakrishnan, P. J. Shore, and D. Voigt, Upper mantle thermal variations beneath the Trans-Antarctic Mountains from teleseismic S-wave attenuation, Geophys. Res. Lett., 33, L03303, doi:10.1029/2005GL024516, 2006.
Wiens, D.A., K. Kelley, and T. Plank, Mantle temperature variations beneath active back-arc spreading centers inferred from seismology, petrology, and bathymetry, Earth Planet. Sci. Lett., 248, 30-42, 2006.
Lawrence, J. F., D. A. Wiens, A. A. Nyblade, S. Anandakrishnan, P. J. Shore, and D. Voigt, Rayleigh wave phase velocity analysis of the Ross Sea, Transantarctic Mountains, and East Antarctica from a temporary seismograph array, J. Geophys. Res., 111, B06302, doi:10.1029/2005JB003812, 2006.
Tibi, R., D. A. Wiens, H. Shiobara, and P. J. Shore, Depths of the 660-km discontinuity near the Mariana slab from a regional array of ocean bottom seismographs, Geophys. Res. Lett., 33, L02313, doi:10.1029/2005GL024523, 2006
Pozgay, S. H., R. A. White, D. A. Wiens, P. J. Shore, A. W. Sauter, J. L. Kaipat, Seismicity and tilt associated with the 2003 Anatahan eruption sequence, J. Vol. Geotherm. Res., 146, 60-76, 2005.
Tibi, R. and D. A. Wiens, Detailed structure and sharpness of upper mantle discontinuities in the Tonga subduction zone from regional broadband arrays, J. Geophys. Res., 110, B06313, doi:10.1029/2004JB003433, 2005
Wiens, D. A., P. J. Shore, S. H. Pozgay, A. W. Sauter, and R. A. White, Tilt Recorded by a Portable Broadband Seismograph: The 2003 Eruption of Anatahan Volcano, Mariana Islands, Geophys. Res. Lett., 32, L18305, doi:10.1029/2005GL023369, 2005.
Lawrence, J. F., and D. A. Wiens, Combined receiver function and surface wave phase velocity inversion using a niching genetic algorithm: Application to Patagonia, Bull, Seism. Soc. Am., 94, 977-987, 2004.
Tibi, R., D. A. Wiens, and H. Inoue, Remote triggering of deep earthquakes in the 2002 Tonga sequences, Nature, 424, 921-925, 2003.
Wiens, D. A., and G. P. Smith, Seismological constraints on structure and flow patterns within the mantle wedge, in Inside the subduction factory, J. Eiler, editor, AGU Monograph, 138, 59-82, 2003.
Maurice, S. D. R., D. A. Wiens, L. M. Dorman, and E. Vera, Seismicity and tectonics of the South Shetland Islands and Bransfield Strait from a regional broadband seismograph deployment, J Geophys. Res., 108., B10, doi:10.1029/2003JB002416, 2003.
Maurice, S. D. R., D. A. Wiens, K. D. Koper, and E. Vera, Crustal and upper mantle structure of southernmost South America inferred from regional waveform inversion, J. Geophys. Res., 108, doi:10.1029/2002JB001828, 2003.
Tibi, R., G. Bock, and D. A. Wiens, Source characteristics of large deep earthquakes: constraint on the faulting mechanism at great depths, J. Geophys. Res., 108, doi:10.1029/2002JB001948, 2003.
Conder, J. A., D. A. Wiens, and J. Morris, On the decompression melting structure at volcanic arcs and back-arc spreading centers, Geophys. Res. Lett., 29, 10.1029/2002GL015390, 2002.
Helffrich, G., D. A. Wiens, E. Vera, S. Barrientos, P. Shore, S. Robertson, R. Adaros, A teleseismic shear-wave splitting study to investigate mantle flow around South America and implications for plate-driving forces, Geophys. J. Int., 149, F1-F7, 2002.
Wiens, D. A., and N. O. Snider, Repeating deep earthquakes: Evidence for fault reactivation at great depth, Science, 293, 1463-1466, 2001.
Smith, G. P., D. A. Wiens, K. M. Fischer, L. M. Dorman, S. C. Webb, and J. A. Hildebrand, A complex pattern of mantle flow in the Lau backarc, Science, 292, 713-716, 2001.
Wiens, D. A., Seismological constraints on the mechanism of deep earthquakes: temperature dependence of deep earthquake source properties, Phys. Earth Planet. Int., 127, 145-163, 2001.
Roth, E. G., D. A. Wiens, and D. Zhao, An empirical relationship betweeen seismic attenuation and velocity anomalies in the upper mantle, Geophys. Res. Lett., 27, 601-604, 2000.
Koper, K. D., and D. A. Wiens, The waveguide effect of metastable olivine in subducting slabs, Geophys. Res. Lett., 27, 573-576, 2000.
Wiens, D. A., and J. J. McGuire, Aftershocks of the March, 9, 1994 Tonga earthquake: The strongest known aftershock sequence, J. Geophys. Res., 105, 19067-19083, 2000
Roth, E., D. A. Wiens, L. M. Dorman, J. Hildebrand, and S. C. Webb, Seismic attenuation tomography of the Tonga back-arc region using phase pair methods, J Geophys. Res., 104, 4795-4809, 1999.
Koper, K. D., M. E. Wysession, and D. A. Wiens, Multimodal function optimization with a niching genetic algorithm: A seismological example, Bull. Seism. Soc. Am., 89, 978-988, 1999.
Koper, K., D. A. Wiens, L. M. Dorman, J. A. Hildebrand, and S. C. Webb, Constraints on the origin of slab and mantle wedge anomalies in Tonga from the ratio of S to P anomalies, J. Geophys. Res., 104, 15089-15104, 1999
Flanagan, M. P., and D. A. Wiens, Attenuation of broadband P and S waves in Tonga: Observations of frequency dependent Q, Pure appl. Geophys., 153, 345-375, 1998.
Koper, K., D. A. Wiens, L. M. Dorman, J. A. Hildebrand, and S. C. Webb, Modeling the Tonga slab: Can traveltime data resolve a metastable olivine wedge? J. Geophys. Res.,103,30079-30100, 1998.
McGuire, J. J., D. A. Wiens, P. J. Shore, M. G. Bevis, The March 9, 1994 deep Tonga earthquake: Rupture outside the seismically active slab, J. Geophys. Res., 102, 15163-15182, 1997.
Xu, Y., and D. A. Wiens, Upper mantle structure of the southwest Pacific from regional waveform inversion, J. Geophys. Res., 102, 27439-27451, 1997.
Zhao, D., Y. Xu, D. A. Wiens, L. Dorman, J. Hildebrand, S. Webb, Depth extent of the Lau back-arc spreading center and its relationship to subduction processes, Science, 278, 254-257, 1997.
Wiens, D. A., and H. J. Gilbert, Slab temperature effects on deep earthquake aftershock productivity and magnitude-frequency relations, Nature, 384, 153-156, 1996.
Flanagan, M. P., and D. A. Wiens, Radial upper mantle attenuation structure of inactive back-arc basins from differential shear wave measurements, J. Geophys. Res., 99, 15469-15485, 1994.
Wiens, D. A., J. J. McGuire, P. J. Shore, M. G. Bevis, K. Draunidalo, G. Prasad, S. P. Helu, A deep earthquake aftershock sequence and implications for the rupture mechanism of deep earthquakes, Nature, 372, 540-543, 1994.
Wetzel, R. L., D. A. Wiens, and M. C. Kleinrock, Evidence from earthquakes for bookshelf faulting at large non-transform ridge offsets, Nature, 362, 235-237, 1993.
Wiens, D. A., J. J. McGuire, and P. J. Shore, Evidence for transformational faulting from a deep double seismic zone in Tonga, Nature, 364, 790-793, 1993.
Pelayo, A. M., and D. A. Wiens, Tsunami earthquakes: Slow thrust faulting events in the accretionary wedge, J. Geophys. Res., 97, 15321-15337, 1992.
Pelayo, A. M., and D. A. Wiens, Seismotectonics and relative plate motions in the Scotia region, J. Geophys. Res., 94, 7293-7320, 1989.
Wiens, D. A., Bathymetric effects on body waveforms from shallow subduction earthquakes and application to seismic processes in the Kurile trench, J. Geophys. Res., 94, 2955-2972, 1989.
Wiens, D. A., S. Stein, C. Demets, R. G. Gordon, and C. Stein, Plate tectonic models for Indian Ocean “intraplate” deformation, Tectonophysics, 132, 37-48, 1986.
Wiens, D. A. and S. Stein, Intraplate seismicity and stresses in young oceanic lithosphere, J. Geophys. Res., 89, 11442-11464, 1984.
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