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Recent Papers

Fournier et al. (2009): Tracking magma volume recovery at Okmok Volcano using GPS and an Unscented Kalman Filter [PDF]

Freymueller et al. (2008): Active deformation processes in Alaska, based on 15 years of GPS measurements [PDF]

In Press

Freymueller, J. T. (in press), Geodynamics, in GNSS Handbook, O. Montenbruck and P. Teunissen, editors, Springer.

Wang, J., C. Xu, J. T. Freymueller, and Z. Li (in press), Probing Coulomb stress triggering effects for a Mw 6.0 earthquake sequence during 1997 ~ 2014 on the periphery of the Bayan Har block on the Tibetan Plateau, Tectonophysics, accepted.

2017

Kogan, M. G., D. I. Frolov, N. F. Vasilenko, J. T. Freymueller, G. M. Steblov, G. Ekstrröm, N. I. Titkov, and A. S. Prytkov (in press), Plate coupling and strain in the far western Aleutian arc modeled from GPS data, Geophysical Research Letters, 2017GL072735.

2016

Hu, Y., R. Bürgmann, N. Uchida,
P. Banerjee, and J. T. Freymueller (2016), Stress-driven relaxation of heterogeneous upper mantle and time-dependent afterslip following the 2011 Tohoku earthquake, J. Geophys. Res. Solid Earth, 121, doi:10.1002/ 2015JB012508.

Li, S., J. Freymueller, and R. McCaffrey (2016), Slow slip events and time-dependent variations in locking beneath Lower Cook Inlet of the Alaska-Aleutian subduction zone, 
J. Geophys. Res. Solid Earth, 121, doi:10.1002/2015JB012491.

Snay, R. A., J. T. Freymueller,
M. R. Craymer, C. F. Pearson, and
J. Saleh (2016), Modeling 3-D crustal velocities in the United States and Canada, J. Geophys. Res. Solid Earth, 121, doi:10.1002/2016JB012884. 


Ye, L., T. Lay, H. Kanamori, J. Freymueller, and L. Rivera (2016), Joint inversion of high-rate GPS and teleseismic observations for rupture process of the 23 June 2014 (Mw 7.9) Rat Islands archipelago, Alaska, intermediate-depth earthquake, Natural Hazards and Plate Boundaries, in Plate Boundaries and Natural Hazards, AGU Geophysical Monograph 219, Joao C. Duarte and Wouter P. Schellart
, editors, 149-166.

Hao, M., J. T. Freymueller, Q. Wang, D. Cui, S. Qin (2016), Vertical crustal movement around the southeastern Tibetan Plateau constrained by GPS and GRACE data, Earth Planet. Sci. Letters, 437, 1-8, doi: j.epsl.2015.12.038.

Yi, S., J. T. Freymueller, and W. Sun (2016), How fast is the middle-lower crust flowing in eastern Tibet? A constraint from geodetic observations, J. Geophys. Res. Solid Earth, 121, doi:10.1002/2016JB013151.

Nicolsky, D. J., J. T. Freymueller, R. C. Witter, E. N. Suleimani, and R. D. Koehler (2016), Evidence for shallow megathrust slip across the Unalaska seismic gap during the great 1957 Andreanof Islands earthquake, eastern Aleutian Islands, Alaska, Geophys. Res. Lett., 43, 10,328–10,337, doi:10.1002/2016GL070704.

2015

Freymueller, J. T., J. B. Murray, H. Rymer, and C. A. Locke, Chapter 64 - Ground Deformation, Gravity, and Magnetics, in The Encyclopedia of Volcanoes, in The Encyclopedia of Volcanoes (Second Edition), H. Sigurdsson, B. Houghton, S. McNutt, H. Rymer and J. Stix, eds, pages 1101-1123, ISBN: 978-0-12-385938-9.

Tanaka, Y., T. Sato, Y. Ohta, S. Miura, J. T. Freymueller, and V. Klemann (2015), The effects of compressibility on the GIA in southeast Alaska, Journal of Geodynamics, Available online 14 October 2014, ISSN 0264-3707, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jog.2014.10.001.

Gong, W., Meyer, F. J., Lee, C.-W., Lu, Z. and Freymueller, J. (2015), Measurement and interpretation of subtle deformation signals at Unimak Island from 2003 to 2010 using weather model-assisted time series InSAR. J. Geophys. Res. Solid Earth, 120: 1175-1194. doi: 10.1002/2014JB011384.

Ding, K., J. T. Freymueller, Q. Wang, and R. Zou (2015), Coseismic and early postseismic deformation of the 5 January 2013 Craig Mw 7.5 earthquake from static and kinematic GPS solutions, Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America, v. 105 no 2B, 1153-1164, doi: 10.1785/012014017.

Marechal, A., S. Mazzotti, J. L. Elliott,
J. T. Freymueller, and M. Schmidt (2015), Indentor-corner tectonics in the Yakutat-St. Elias collision constrained by GPS, J. Geophys. Res. Solid Earth, 120, doi:10.1002/2014JB011842.

Bennington, N. L., M. Haney, S. De Angelis, C. H. Thurber, and J. Freymueller (2015), Monitoring changes in seismic velocity related to an ongoing rapid inflation event at Okmok volcano, Alaska, 
J. Geophys. Res. Solid Earth, 120, doi:10.1002/2015JB011939.

Qu, F.; Lu, Z.; Poland, M.; Freymueller, J.; Zhang, Q.; Jung, H.-S. Post-Eruptive Inflation of Okmok Volcano, Alaska, from InSAR, 2008–2014. Remote Sens. 2015, 7, 16778-16794.

Tsang, L. L. H., A. J. Meltzner,
B. Philibosian, E. M. Hill,
J. T. Freymueller, and K. Sieh (2015), A 15 year slow-slip event on the Sunda megathrust offshore Sumatra, Geophys. 
Res. Lett., 42, 6630–6638, doi:10.1002/2015GL064928.

Tsang, L. L. H., A. J. Meltzner, E. M. Hill, J. T. Freymueller, and K. Sieh (2015), A paleogeodetic record of variable interseismic rates and megathrust coupling at Simeulue Island, Sumatra, Geophys. Res. Lett., 42, 10,585–10,594, doi:10.1002/2015GL066366.

Fu, Y., Z. Liu, and J. T. Freymueller (2015), Spatiotemporal variations of the slow slip event between 2008 and 2013 in the southcentral Alaska subduction zone, Geochem. Geophys. Geosyst., 16, doi:10.1002/ 2015GC005904.

Zou, R.; Wang, Q.; Freymueller, J.T.; Poutanen, M.; Cao, X.; Zhang, C.; Yang, S.; He, P. Seasonal Hydrological Loading in Southern Tibet Detected by Joint Analysis of GPS and GRACE. Sensors, 2015, 15, 30525-30538.

Guo, A., Ni, S., Chen, W., Freymueller, J. T., Shen, Z. C., (2015), Rapid earthquake focal mechanism inversion using high-rate GPS velometers in sparse network, Sci. China Earth Sci. (2015) 58: 1970. doi:10.1007/s11430-015-5174-7

2014

Zou, R., J. T. Freymueller, K. Ding, S. Yang, and Q. Wang (2014), Evaluating seasonal loading models and their impact on global and regional reference frame alignment, J. Geophys. Res. Solid Earth, 119, doi:10.1002/2013JB010186.

Fu, G., S. Gao, J. T. Freymueller, G. Zhang, Y. Zhu, and G. Yang (2014), Bouguer gravity anomaly and isostasy at western Sichuan Basin revealed by new gravity surveys, J. Geophys. Res. Solid Earth, 119, 3925-3938, doi:10.1002/2014JB011033

Wang, J., C. Xu, J. T. Freymueller, Z. Li, and W. Shen (2014), Sensitivity of Coulomb stress change to the parameters of the Coulomb failure model: A case study using the 2008 MW 7.9 Wenchuan earthquake, J. Geophys. Res. Solid Earth, 119, 3371-3392, doi:10.1002/2012JB009860.

Steblov, G. M., G. Ekström, M. G. Kogan, J. T. Freymueller, N. N. Titkov, N. F. Vasilenko, M. Nettles, Y. V. Gabsatarov, A. S. Prytkov, D. I. Frolov, and M. N. Kondratyev (2014), First geodetic observations of a deep earthquake: The 2013 Sea of Okhotsk Mw 8.3, 611 km-deep, event, Geophys. Res. Lett., 41, 3826-3832, doi:10.1002/2014GL060003.

Hu, Y., R. Bürgmann, J. T. Freymueller, P. Banerjee, and K. Wang (2014), Contributions of poroelastic rebound and a weak volcanic arc to the postseismic deformation of the 2011 Tohoku earthquake, Earth, Planets and Space, 66:106, http://www.earth-planets-space.com/content/66/1/106.

Tanaka, Y., T. Sato, Y. Ohta, S. Miura, J. T. Freymueller, and V. Klemann (2014), The effects of compressibility on the GIA in southeast Alaska, Journal of Geodynamics, Available online 14 October 2014, ISSN 0264-3707, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jog.2014.10.001.

2013

Grapenthin, R., J. T. Freymueller, and A. M. Kaufman, Geodetic Observations during the 2009 eruption of Redoubt Volcano, Alaska, Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research, 259, 115-132, published electronically, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jvolgeores.2012.04.021.

Grapenthin, R., J. T. Freymueller, and S. S. Serovetnikov, Surface Deformation of Bezymianny Volcano, Kamchatka, Recorded by GPS: The Eruptions from 2005-2010 and Long-term, Long-wavelength Subsidence, Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research, published electronically, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jvolgeores.2012.11.012.

Kogan, M. G., N. F. Vasilenko, D. I. Frolov, J. T. Freymueller, G. M. Steblov, A. S. Prytkov, and G. Ekström (2013), Rapid postseismic relaxation after the great 2006-2007 Kuril earthquakes from GPS observations in 2007-2011, J. Geophys. Res. Solid Earth, 118, doi:10.1002/jgrb.50245.

Snay, R. A., J. T. Freymueller, and C. A. Pearson (2013), Crustal Motion Models Developed for Version 3.2 of the Horizontal Time-Dependent Positioning Utility, J. Appl. Geodesy, Vol. 7 (2013), pp. 173-190, doi: 10.1515/jag-2013-0005.

Larson, K.M., R. Ray, F. Nievinski, and J. Freymueller, The Accidental Tide Gauge: A Case Study of GPS Reflections from Kachemak Bay, Alaska, IEEE GRSL, Vol 10(5), 1200-1205, doi:10.1109/LGRS.2012.2236075, 2013.

Fu, Y., and J. T. Freymueller (2013), Repeated Large Slow Slip Events at the Southcentral Alaska Subduction Zone, Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 375, 303-311, access.

Elliott, J., J. T. Freymueller, and C. F. Larsen (2013), Active tectonics of the St. Elias orogen, Alaska, observed with GPS measurements, J. Geophys. Res. Solid Earth, 118, 5625-5642, doi:10.1002/jgrb.50341

Yue, H., T. Lay, J. T. Freymueller, K. Ding, L. Rivera, N. A. Ruppert, and K. D. Koper (2013), Supershear rupture of the 5 January 2013 Craig, Alaska (Mw 7.5) earthquake, J. Geophys. Res. Solid Earth, 118, doi:10.1002/2013JB010594.

Fu, Y., D. F. Argus, J. T. Freymueller, and M. B. Heflin (2013), Horizontal motion in elastic response to seasonal loading of rain water in the Amazon Basin and monsoon water in Southeast Asia observed by GPS and inferred from GRACE, Geophys. Res. Lett., 40, 6048-6053, doi:10.1002/2013GL058093.