Items where Option is "Geophysics"

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Atterholt, James W. (2025) Fault Zone Structure and Rupture Behavior with Fiber-Optic Sensing and Second Moments. Dissertation (Ph.D.), California Institute of Technology. doi:10.7907/29nc-rd93. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechTHESIS:07232024-193557367

Ader, Thomas Joachim (2013) Earthquakes of the Nepal Himalaya : Towards a Physical Model of the Seismic Cycle. Dissertation (Ph.D.), California Institute of Technology. doi:10.7907/z9c8276q. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechTHESIS:06032013-180145987

Alisic, Laura (2012) Multi-Scale Dynamics and Rheology of Mantle Convection with Plates. Dissertation (Ph.D.), California Institute of Technology. doi:10.7907/AXQP-0E85. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechTHESIS:05092012-120619144

Astiz Delgado, Luciana Maria de Los Angeles (1987) I. Source Analysis of Large Earthquakes in Mexico. II. Study of Intermediate-Depth Earthquakes and Interplate Seismic Coupling. Dissertation (Ph.D.), California Institute of Technology. doi:10.7907/278K-HZ75. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechTHESIS:08222012-144207263

Alewine, Ralph Wilson, III (1974) Application of Linear Inversion Theory Toward the Estimation of Seismic Source Parameters. Dissertation (Ph.D.), California Institute of Technology. doi:10.7907/WCNC-CQ56. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechETD:etd-10042005-103428

Archambeau, Charles Bruce (1965) Elastodynamic Source Theory. Dissertation (Ph.D.), California Institute of Technology. doi:10.7907/A3XS-PS89. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechETD:etd-01102003-112222

Alexander, Shelton Setzer (1963) Surface Wave Propagation in the Western United States. Dissertation (Ph.D.), California Institute of Technology. doi:10.7907/GDQP-PB52. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechTHESIS:05162012-110631966

Anderson, Don Lynn (1962) Surface Wave Propagation in Layered Anistropic Media. Dissertation (Ph.D.), California Institute of Technology. doi:10.7907/ADTM-DX51. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechETD:etd-10142002-091205

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Bai, Kangchen (2019) Dynamic Earthquake Source Modeling and the Study of Slab Effects. Dissertation (Ph.D.), California Institute of Technology. doi:10.7907/JVVW-M348. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechTHESIS:06142018-121935019

Bowden, Daniel Craig (2018) The Propagation and Amplification of Surface Waves. Dissertation (Ph.D.), California Institute of Technology. doi:10.7907/Z9DR2SPR. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechTHESIS:04222018-154136913

Bower, Daniel James (2012) Geodynamics of Earth’s Deep Mantle. Dissertation (Ph.D.), California Institute of Technology. doi:10.7907/E3FF-RC48. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechTHESIS:05282012-153935740

Billen, Magali Isabelle (2002) I. Seafloor Morphology of the Osbourn Trough and Kermadec Trench and II. Multiscale DynamiCS of Subduction Zones. Dissertation (Ph.D.), California Institute of Technology. doi:10.7907/W46E-ZY34. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechETD:etd-11012001-142941

Brodsky, Emily Elizabeth (2001) Studies in Fluid Dynamics as Applied to Seismology and Volcanology. Dissertation (Ph.D.), California Institute of Technology. doi:10.7907/XF8B-3F65. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechETD:etd-08152001-152200

Bent, Allison Lyn (1990) Source Characteristics of Recent and Historic Earthquakes in Central and Southern California: Results from Forward Modeling. Dissertation (Ph.D.), California Institute of Technology. doi:10.7907/wyry-7c13. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechTHESIS:03202015-092027205

Butler, Rhett Giffen (1979) Seismological Studies Using Observed and Synthetic Waveforms. Dissertation (Ph.D.), California Institute of Technology. doi:10.7907/bfn4-vz23. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechTHESIS:07112024-201950214

Burdick, Lawrence James (1977) Broad-Band Seismic Studies of Body Waves. Dissertation (Ph.D.), California Institute of Technology. doi:10.7907/zt3a-vh80. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechTHESIS:12042020-183920934

Biehler, Shawn (1964) A Geophysical Study of the Salton Trough of Southern California. Dissertation (Ph.D.), California Institute of Technology. doi:10.7907/ZZ33-6E45. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechETD:etd-10142002-105706

Blandford, Robert Roy (1964) Stratified Inertial Flow in the Gulf Stream. Dissertation (Ph.D.), California Institute of Technology. doi:10.7907/JSQN-6Y34. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechETD:etd-10142002-113121

Ben-Menahem, Ari (1961) Radiation of Seismic Surface-Waves from Finite Moving Sources. Dissertation (Ph.D.), California Institute of Technology. doi:10.7907/14NZ-KT62. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechETD:etd-03172006-103207

Bödvarsson, Gunnar (1957) Thermal Activity and Related Phenomena in Iceland. Dissertation (Ph.D.), California Institute of Technology. doi:10.7907/H708-R451. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechETD:etd-07082004-135901

Bhattacharya, Prabhat Kumar (1950) An Investigation of Changes in the Magnetic Field of the Earth (Magnetic Anisothropy of Sedimentary Rocks). Dissertation (Ph.D.), California Institute of Technology. doi:10.7907/10jq-dy86. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechTHESIS:12042020-181406559

Bryson, Robert Pearne and Hopper, Richard Hutchinson (1937) Magnetic Studies in the Inglewood District. Master's thesis, California Institute of Technology. doi:10.7907/ngdy-zj23. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechTHESIS:07122023-215728993

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Castellanos, Jorge Alberto Castillo (2022) Seismic Wavefield Imaging of the Earth: the Regional, the Local, and the Remote. Dissertation (Ph.D.), California Institute of Technology. doi:10.7907/fm32-1t74. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechTHESIS:07192021-182024547

Chan, Andrew M. (2021) What Do We Talk About When We Talk About Love? True Love, Passionate Love, and Pining in the Short Fiction of Raymond Carver and Tobias Wolff. Other, California Institute of Technology. doi:10.7907/cp49-9s18. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechTHESIS:06202020-123343802

Chen, Ting (2012) Part I: Structure of Central and Southern Mexico from Velocity and Attenuation Tomography. Part II: Physics of Small Repeating Earthquakes. Dissertation (Ph.D.), California Institute of Technology. doi:10.7907/REJW-YJ88. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechTHESIS:03262012-175814763

Choi, Eun-seo (2009) Computational Approaches to Localized Deformation Within the Lithosphere and for Crust-Mantle Interactions. Dissertation (Ph.D.), California Institute of Technology. doi:10.7907/81QV-Q705. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechETD:etd-09212008-122525

Chen, Min (2008) Numerical Simulations of Seismic Wave Propagation in Anisotropic and Heterogeneous Earth Models: The Japan Subduction Zone. Dissertation (Ph.D.), California Institute of Technology. doi:10.7907/VDRB-Y055. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechETD:etd-05302008-030851

Corbett, Edward John (1984) Seismicity and Crustal Structure Studies of Southern California: Tectonic Implications from Improved Earthquake Locations. Dissertation (Ph.D.), California Institute of Technology. doi:10.7907/h8mm-4v50. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechTHESIS:10082018-123143470

Chael, Eric Paul (1983) Constraints on the Earth's Anelastic and Aspherical Structure from Antipodal Surface Waves. Dissertation (Ph.D.), California Institute of Technology. doi:10.7907/xe9f-zz51. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechTHESIS:08302019-112320091

Cohn, Stephen Norfleet (1983) Holographic In-Situ Stress Measurement in Geophysics. Dissertation (Ph.D.), California Institute of Technology. doi:10.7907/6vsd-wa54. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechTHESIS:08302019-150635775

Cipar, John Joseph (1981) Seismic Source Processes and Tectonics: Observations of Four Intracontinental Earthquakes. Dissertation (Ph.D.), California Institute of Technology. doi:10.7907/bwpb-4c04. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechETD:etd-09152006-102853

Cole, David Martin (1980) A Numerical Boundary Integral Equation Method for Transient Motions. Dissertation (Ph.D.), California Institute of Technology. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechTHESIS:02142024-183355928

Chung, Wai-Ying (1979) Part I: Variation of Seismic Source Parameters and Stress Drop within a Descending Slab as Revealed from Body-Wave Pulse-Width and Amplitude Analysis. Part II: A Seismological Investigation of the Subduction Mechanism of Aseismic Ridges. Dissertation (Ph.D.), California Institute of Technology. doi:10.7907/79jx-8334. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechTHESIS:07072024-191031375

Cisternas, Armando (1965) Part I. The Radiation of Elastic Waves from a Spherical Cavity in a Half Space. Part II. Precision Determination of Focal Depths and Epicenters of Earthquakes. Dissertation (Ph.D.), California Institute of Technology. doi:10.7907/K750-5J16. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechTHESIS:03202015-145559091

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Dobrosavljevic, Vasilije V. (2022) Exploring Earth's Core-Mantle Boundary with Multi-Technique Approaches. Dissertation (Ph.D.), California Institute of Technology. doi:10.7907/v5xy-mt19. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechTHESIS:05272022-200244272

Dougherty, Sara Lyn (2014) Seismic Structure along Transitions from Flat to Normal Subduction: Central Mexico, Southern Peru, and Southwest Japan. Dissertation (Ph.D.), California Institute of Technology. doi:10.7907/WHSR-VY75. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechTHESIS:05292014-181733885

DiCaprio, Christopher John (2010) Measuring and Modeling Viscoelastic Relaxation of the Lithosphere with Application to the Northern Volcanic Zone, Iceland. Dissertation (Ph.D.), California Institute of Technology. doi:10.7907/5VWK-0T35. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechTHESIS:01242010-103547444

Downey, Nathan John (2009) Tectonic History of the Osbourn Spreading Center and Dynamic Subsidence of the Congo Basin. Dissertation (Ph.D.), California Institute of Technology. doi:10.7907/MXQF-GY83. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechETD:etd-08282008-093820

Dmochowski, Jane Ellen (2005) Application of MODIS-ASTER (Master) Simulator Data to Geological Mapping of Young Volcanic Regions in Baja California, Mexico. Dissertation (Ph.D.), California Institute of Technology. doi:10.7907/DW9V-3831. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechETD:etd-05262005-150027

Duffy, Thomas Sheehan (1992) Elastic Properties of Metals and Minerals under Shock Compression. Dissertation (Ph.D.), California Institute of Technology. doi:10.7907/m63k-zj81. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechETD:etd-05172007-104609

Davies, John Huw (1990) Some Problems in Mantle Structure and Dynamics. Part 1. Inversion for Depth Variation of Spectra of Mantle Compressional and Shear Velocity Heterogeneity. Part 2. Physical Model of Source Region of Subduction Zone Volcanism. Dissertation (Ph.D.), California Institute of Technology. doi:10.7907/1pkp-t397. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechTHESIS:09242010-084738829

Davies, Geoffrey Frederick (1973) Elasticity of Solids at High Pressures and Temperatures: Theory, Measurement, and Geophysical Application. Dissertation (Ph.D.), California Institute of Technology. doi:10.7907/SK7X-EE20. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechTHESIS:02072018-154915291

Dehlinger, Peter (1950) Shear Wave Vibrational Directions and Related Fault Movements in Southern California Earthquakes. The Relationship of the Modelo and Ridge Route Formations in the Southern Ridge Basin, California. Dissertation (Ph.D.), California Institute of Technology. doi:10.7907/8KJY-V987. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechTHESIS:05242018-073700990

Denson, Mayette Elner, Jr. (1950) Longitudinal Waves through the Earth's Core. The Madison (Mississippian) Limestone of the Bighorn Basin, Wyoming. Dissertation (Ph.D.), California Institute of Technology. doi:10.7907/2TRJ-R665. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechTHESIS:06152018-151258637

deWitte, Leendert (1950) Factors Governing Accumulation of Oil and Gas in Stratigraphic Traps. Experimental Studies on the Characteristics of the Electrochemical Potentials Encountered in Drill Holes. Studies on Infiltration of Porous Formations by Drilling Fluids in Relation to the Quantitative Analysis of Electrologs in Drill Holes. Dissertation (Ph.D.), California Institute of Technology. doi:10.7907/trf9-g451. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechTHESIS:02032021-150144083

Dana, Stephen Winchester (1944) Amplitudes of Seismic Waves Reflected and Refracted at the Earth's Core. Dissertation (Ph.D.), California Institute of Technology. doi:10.7907/A31E-VA21. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechTHESIS:04042018-072607079

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Eisner, Leo (2001) A Reciprocity Method for Multiple Source Simulations. Dissertation (Ph.D.), California Institute of Technology. doi:10.7907/Y9S0-0S33. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechETD:etd-08302001-030958

Eissler, Holly Kathleen (1986) Investigations of Earthquakes and Other Seismic Sources in Regions of Volcanism. Dissertation (Ph.D.), California Institute of Technology. doi:10.7907/wmxt-sv17. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechTHESIS:10292023-222051513

Echelmeyer, Keith Alan (1983) Response of Blue Glacier to a Perturbation in Ice Thickness: Theory and Observation. Dissertation (Ph.D.), California Institute of Technology. doi:10.7907/ZQHK-NA29. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechETD:etd-08242006-080724

Ebel, John Edward (1981) Evidence for fault asperities from systematic time-domain modeling of teleseismic waveforms. Dissertation (Ph.D.), California Institute of Technology. doi:10.7907/xdeb-v591. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechETD:etd-12052006-144020

Ergin, Kazim (1950) Energy Ratio of the Seismic Waves Reflected and Refracted at a Rock Water Boundary. Amplitudes of PcP, PcS, ScS, and ScP in Deep-Focus Earthquakes. Dissertation (Ph.D.), California Institute of Technology. doi:10.7907/eynv-8f51. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechTHESIS:11242020-173649715

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Favela, Javier (2004) Energy Radiation from a Multi-Story Building. Dissertation (Ph.D.), California Institute of Technology. doi:10.7907/SNYE-QG70. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechETD:etd-06032004-143147

Flinn, Edward Ambrose (1960) Exact Transient Solution of Some Problems of Elastic Wave Propagation. Dissertation (Ph.D.), California Institute of Technology. doi:10.7907/QRYY-CD29. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechETD:etd-02212006-132324

Forester, Robert Donald (1953) Studies of the Travel Times, Periods, and Energy of Seismic Waves SKP and Related Phases. The Magnetite-Rich Breccia Masses at Iron Mountain, Silver Lake District, San Bernardino County, California. Dissertation (Ph.D.), California Institute of Technology. doi:10.7907/XPMD-7118. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechETD:etd-05062003-085500

Fu, Ch'eng Yi (1944) Studies on Seismic Waves. Dissertation (Ph.D.), California Institute of Technology. doi:10.7907/G5RB-TK72. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechTHESIS:12112012-105738934

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Grappone, Joseph Michael (2016) Investigating the Death of the Early Paleozoic Moyero River Geomagnetic Superchron: Middle Ordovician Paleomagnetism from Estonia. Master's thesis, California Institute of Technology. doi:10.7907/Z9KS6PJ4. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechTHESIS:05252016-102258752

Graves, Robert Wilson (1991) Modeling seismic wave propagation using paraxial extrapolators. Dissertation (Ph.D.), California Institute of Technology. doi:10.7907/10tz-eh38. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechTHESIS:04112011-093820974

Grand, Stephen Pierre (1986) Shear Velocity Structure of the Mantle Beneath the North American Plate. Dissertation (Ph.D.), California Institute of Technology. doi:10.7907/xqhn-dj49. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechTHESIS:10172019-145940396

Given, Jeffrey Wayne (1984) Inversion of Body-Wave Seismograms for Upper Mantle Structure. Dissertation (Ph.D.), California Institute of Technology. doi:10.7907/cgdh-0e19. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechTHESIS:10242018-091909982

Geller, Robert James (1977) Part I. Earthquake Source Models, Magnitudes and Scaling Relations. Part II. Amplitudes of Rotationally Split Normal Modes for the 1960 Chilean and 1964 Alaskan Earthquakes. Dissertation (Ph.D.), California Institute of Technology. doi:10.7907/9ABM-QM05. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechTHESIS:09022011-110356908

Gaffney, Edward Stowell (1973) Crystal Field Effects in Mantle Minerals. Dissertation (Ph.D.), California Institute of Technology. doi:10.7907/3DS0-XR25. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechTHESIS:07202018-110502938

Gardner, John Kelsey (1964) Earthquakes in the Walker Pass Region, California, and their Relation to the Tectonics of the Southern Sierra Nevada. Dissertation (Ph.D.), California Institute of Technology. doi:10.7907/R906-T104. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechETD:etd-10152002-100918

Grau, Gérard (1957) I. On the Reflection of Plane Waves by Stratified Systems (Normal Incidence). II. The Determination of Seismic Velocities in Layers with Non-Parallel Interfaces. Dissertation (Ph.D.), California Institute of Technology. doi:10.7907/2AR7-AG54. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechETD:etd-07132004-140721

Geldart, Lloyd Philip (1949) Periodic Variations of the Gravitational Force. A Gravity Survey in the Monk Hill Area. Transmission of Shot Impulses in Shallow Water. Engineer's thesis, California Institute of Technology. doi:10.7907/YH1P-CT82. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechTHESIS:08172010-101104666

Gould, Martin James (1941) The Ground Roll Phenomenon of Applied Seismology. Dissertation (Ph.D.), California Institute of Technology. doi:10.7907/77xt-pm46. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechTHESIS:12092020-212456873

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Hightower, Erin Jessica (2024) From Tectonic Evolution to Intraplate Stress: The Role of Structural Inheritance and Long-Wavelength Loading. Dissertation (Ph.D.), California Institute of Technology. doi:10.7907/xc1b-ke51. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechTHESIS:11302023-021244845

Huang, Yihe (2014) Dynamic Rupture Simulation Integrated with Earthquake Observations. Dissertation (Ph.D.), California Institute of Technology. doi:10.7907/VPJW-ZF69. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechTHESIS:05292014-144526425

Hjörleifsdóttir, Vala (2007) Earthquake Source Characterization Using 3D Numerical Modeling. Dissertation (Ph.D.), California Institute of Technology. doi:10.7907/M17S-7W40. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechETD:etd-03212007-170259

Hardebeck, Jeanne Louise (2001) The Crustal Stress Field in Southern California and its Implications for Fault Mechanics. Dissertation (Ph.D.), California Institute of Technology. doi:10.7907/198c-1e38. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechTHESIS:01242013-095637288

Holland, Kathleen Gabrielle (1999) Phase Changes and Transport Properties of Geophysical Materials Under Shock Loading. Dissertation (Ph.D.), California Institute of Technology. doi:10.7907/cbd3-mk54. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechTHESIS:10062023-181634008

Hwang, Lorraine Joyce (1991) Teleseismically determined source parameters of several large collision-zone earthquakes. Dissertation (Ph.D.), California Institute of Technology. doi:10.7907/k0nd-yv62. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechETD:etd-06292005-161026

Ho-Liu, Phyllis Hang-Yin (1988) I. Attenuation Tomography. II. Modeling Regional Love Waves: Imperial Valley to Pasadena. Dissertation (Ph.D.), California Institute of Technology. doi:10.7907/fb8j-fs65. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechTHESIS:03192013-112511014

Houston, Heidi Beth (1987) Source Characteristics of Large Earthquakes at Short Periods. Dissertation (Ph.D.), California Institute of Technology. doi:10.7907/mqta-6t98. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechTHESIS:04162019-172034832

Hearn, Thomas Martin (1985) Crustal Structure in Southern California from Array Data. Dissertation (Ph.D.), California Institute of Technology. doi:10.7907/B6HA-4P68. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechTHESIS:10092013-134453343

Humphreys, Eugene Drake (1985) Studies of the Crust-Mantle System Beneath Southern California. Dissertation (Ph.D.), California Institute of Technology. doi:10.7907/j2xf-gq29. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechTHESIS:02142013-085850235

Heaton, Thomas Harrison (1979) Generalized Ray Models of Strong Ground Motion. Dissertation (Ph.D.), California Institute of Technology. doi:10.7907/4VEQ-8942. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechETD:etd-04302007-150812

Hadley, David Milton (1978) Geophysical Investigations of the Structure and Tectonics of Southern California. Dissertation (Ph.D.), California Institute of Technology. doi:10.7907/1GTN-2W64. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechTHESIS:01302012-140641318

Hileman, James Alan (1978) Part I: A Contribution to the Study of the Seismicity of Southern California. Part II: Inversion of Phase Times for Hypocenters and Shallow Crustal Velocities. Dissertation (Ph.D.), California Institute of Technology. doi:10.7907/6805-xg34. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechTHESIS:09202024-225628727

Hong, Tai-Lin (1978) Elastic Wave Propagation in Irregular Structures. Dissertation (Ph.D.), California Institute of Technology. doi:10.7907/1jy4-5854. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechTHESIS:11152024-212656242

Hart, Robert Stuart (1977) The Distribution of Seismic Velocities and Attenuation in the Earth. Dissertation (Ph.D.), California Institute of Technology. doi:10.7907/s3wh-ep64. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechTHESIS:10182024-224317663

Hanks, Thomas Colgrove (1972) A Contribution to the Determination and Interpretation of Seismic Source Parameters. Dissertation (Ph.D.), California Institute of Technology. doi:10.7907/DGY7-DE54. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechTHESIS:08262011-111631645

Hill, David Paul (1971) High Frequency Wave Propagation in the Earth: Theory and Observation. Dissertation (Ph.D.), California Institute of Technology. doi:10.7907/KCTK-HH34. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechTHESIS:03042016-150636227

Henyey, Thomas Louis (1968) Heat Flow near Major Strike-Slip Faults in Central and Southern California. Dissertation (Ph.D.), California Institute of Technology. doi:10.7907/Z153-RH23. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechTHESIS:04052018-144537140

Harkrider, David Garrison (1963) Part I. Propagation of Acoustical Gravity Waves from an Explosive Source in the Atmosphere. Part II. Rayleigh and Love Waves from Sources in a Multilayered Elastic Half-Space. Dissertation (Ph.D.), California Institute of Technology. doi:10.7907/QEDG-NT74. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechETD:etd-02252004-140415

Healy, John Helding (1961) Geophysical Studies of the Basin Structures along the Eastern Front of the Sierra Nevada. Dissertation (Ph.D.), California Institute of Technology. doi:10.7907/403B-RW91. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechETD:etd-01312006-152504

Heppner, James Paul (1954) A Study of the Relationships Between the Aurora Borealis and the Geomagnetic Disturbances Caused by Electric Currents in the Ionosphere. Dissertation (Ph.D.), California Institute of Technology. doi:10.7907/RWHG-0Y11. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechETD:etd-12152003-111801

Howell, Benjamin Franklin, Jr. (1949) Ground Vibrations Near Explosions. Dissertation (Ph.D.), California Institute of Technology. doi:10.7907/3SC3-Y537. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechETD:etd-01152008-110555

Howell, Benjamin Franklin, Jr. (1949) Structural Geology of the Region Between Pacoima and Little Tujunga Canyons, San Gabriel Mountains, California. Dissertation (Ph.D.), California Institute of Technology. doi:10.7907/M2WZ-N476. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechTHESIS:05012014-110111547

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Inbal, Asaf (2017) Seismogeodetic Imaging of Active Crustal Faulting. Dissertation (Ph.D.), California Institute of Technology. doi:10.7907/Z92B8W02. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechTHESIS:10032016-142052951

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Jia, Zhe (2022) Resolving Earthquake Source Complexities in the Heterogeneous Earth. Dissertation (Ph.D.), California Institute of Technology. doi:10.7907/na72-6395. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechTHESIS:05202022-003950365

Jiang, Junle (2016) Probabilistic Imaging and Dynamic Modeling of Earthquake Source Processes. Dissertation (Ph.D.), California Institute of Technology. doi:10.7907/Z9639MQC. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechTHESIS:10142015-142502895

Ji, Chen (2002) Analysis of Complex Faulting: Wavelet Transform, Multiple Datasets and Realistic Fault Geometry. Dissertation (Ph.D.), California Institute of Technology. doi:10.7907/XYM3-4718. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechTHESIS:02172012-155442347

Jackson, Miriam (1999) Dynamics of the shear margin of Ice Steam B, West Antarctica. Dissertation (Ph.D.), California Institute of Technology. doi:10.7907/8254-RC11. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechETD:etd-08032006-130753

Jones, Laura Ellen (1995) Part I. Broadband modeling of aftershocks from the Joshua Tree, Landers, and Big Bear sequences, southern California. Part II. Characteristics of the June 28, 1992, Big Bear mainshock from TERRAscope data: evidence for a multiple-event source. Dissertation (Ph.D.), California Institute of Technology. doi:10.7907/r040-cd43. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechTHESIS:11302011-093359502

Johnson, Carl Edward (1979) I. CEDAR - An Approach to the Computer Automation of Short Period Local Seismic Networks. II. Seismotectonics of the Imperial Valley of Southern California. Dissertation (Ph.D.), California Institute of Technology. doi:10.7907/DBG9-3260. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechTHESIS:04232010-074317474

Jordan, Thomas Hillman (1973) Estimation of the Radial Variation of Seismic Velocities and Density in the Earth. Dissertation (Ph.D.), California Institute of Technology. doi:10.7907/K0B1-PW97. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechTHESIS:08292011-141658832

Jungels, Pierre Henri (1973) Modeling of Tectonic Processes Associated with Earthquakes. Dissertation (Ph.D.), California Institute of Technology. doi:10.7907/5R3G-8281. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechETD:etd-09202005-112510

Julian, Bruce Rene (1970) Regional Variations in Upper Mantle Structure Beneath North America. Dissertation (Ph.D.), California Institute of Technology. doi:10.7907/PT11-B635. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechTHESIS:09242015-115554328

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