Amir A. Allam
Department of Geology & Geophysics
University of Utah
University of Utah
Research Assistant Professor
Expertise: Tomography
About Me
Publications
Gkogkas, K., Lin, F., Villa, V., Clayton, R. W., Ford, H. A., & Allam, A. A. (2023, 09). Towards a better understanding of the Los Angeles basin structure using data recorded from the LAB2022 nodal array. Poster Presentation at 2023 SCEC Annual Meeting. SCEC Contribution 12950
Lin, F., Allam, A. A., Ford, H. A., & Clayton, R. W. (2022, 09). Basic Data Properties and Preliminary Results from a Dense 3C Temporary Seismic Array across the Los Angeles Basin. Poster Presentation at 2022 SCEC Annual Meeting. SCEC Contribution 12391
Share, P., Qiu, H., Chi, B., Vernon, F. L., Fialko, Y., Vavra, E., Allam, A. A., & Ben-Zion, Y. (2021, 08). General seismic architecture of the Southern San Andreas fault zone around the Thousand Palms Oasis from a Large-N nodal array. Poster Presentation at 2021 SCEC Annual Meeting. SCEC Contribution 11629
Gkogkas, K., Berg, E., Lin, F., Schulte-Pelkum, V., Allam, A. A., & Qiu, H. (2021, 08). Shallow crustal structure of Southern California by jointly inverting surface wave phase velocity, Rayleigh wave ellipticity, and Receiver Functions. Poster Presentation at 2021 SCEC Annual Meeting. SCEC Contribution 11575
Berg, E. M., Lin, F., Schulte‐Pelkum, V., Allam, A., Qiu, H., & Gkogkas, K. (2021). Shallow Crustal Shear Velocity and Vp/Vs Across Southern California: Joint Inversion of Short‐Period Rayleigh Wave Ellipticity, Phase Velocity, and Teleseismic Receiver Functions. Geophysical Research Letters, 48(15). doi: 10.1029/2021GL092626. SCEC Contribution 10968
Qiu, H., Ben‐Zion, Y., Catchings, R., Goldman, M. R., Allam, A. A., & Steidl, J. (2021). Seismic Imaging of the Mw 7.1 Ridgecrest Earthquake Rupture Zone From Data Recorded by Dense Linear Arrays. Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth, 126(7). doi: 10.1029/2021JB022043. SCEC Contribution 10905
Catchings, R. D., Goldman, M. R., Steidl, J. H., Chan, J. H., Allam, A. A., Criley, C. J., Ma, Z., Langermann, D. S., Huddleston, G. J., McEvilly, A. T., Mongovin, D. D., Berg, E. M., & Ben-Zion, Y. (2020). Nodal Seismograph Recordings of the 2019 Ridgecrest Earthquake Sequence. Seismological Research Letters, 91(6), 3622-3633. doi: 10.1785/0220200203. SCEC Contribution 10899
Share, P., Vernon, F. L., Fialko, Y., Allam, A. A., & Ben-Zion, Y. (2020, 08). Structural properties of the Southern San Andreas fault around Thousand Palms, California, from analysis of large-N seismic array data. Poster Presentation at 2020 SCEC Annual Meeting. SCEC Contribution 10688
Qiu, H., Ben-Zion, Y., Catchings, R. D., Goldman, M. R., Allam, A. A., & Steidl, J. H. (2020, 07). Detailed seismic imaging of the Mw7.1 Ridgecrest earthquake rupture zone from data recorded by dense linear arrays. Poster Presentation at 2020 SCEC Annual Meeting. SCEC Contribution 10186
Qiu, H., Allam, A. A., Lin, F., & Ben-Zion, Y. (2020). Analysis of Fault Zone Resonance Modes Recorded by a Dense Seismic Array Across the San Jacinto Fault Zone at Blackburn Saddle. Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth, 125(10). doi: 10.1029/2020JB019756. SCEC Contribution 10153
Allam, A. A., Catchings, R. D., Steidl, J. H., Berg, E. M., Downey, N., Ben-Zion, Y., Goldman, M. R., Chan, J. H., Criley, C. J., Langermann, D., McEvilly, A. T., Ma, Z., & Mongovin, D. D. (2019, 08). A Multiscale Seismic Deployment with 463 Sensors Following the 2019 Ridgecrest Earthquake Sequence in Eastern CA. Poster Presentation at 2019 SCEC Annual Meeting. SCEC Contribution 9756
Qiu, H., Allam, A. A., Lin, F., & Ben-Zion, Y. (2019, 08). Damage Zone Resonance: Observation and Analytical Fitting of Fault Zone Trapped Wave Normal Modes Using Large-N Near-fault Seismic Arrays. Poster Presentation at 2019 SCEC Annual Meeting. SCEC Contribution 9459
Catchings, R. D., Goldman, M. R., Chan, J., Allam, A. A., Steidl, J. H., Ben-Zion, Y., Criley, C., Ma, Z., Langermann, D., McEvilly, A. T., & Mongovin, D. D. (2019, 08). Three-Component Nodal Array Aftershock Deployments for the 2019 Ridgecrest Earthquake Sequence. Poster Presentation at 2019 SCEC Annual Meeting. SCEC Contribution 9333
Li, J., Lin, F., Allam, A. A., Ben-Zion, Y., Liu, Z., & Schuster, G. (2019). Wave equation dispersion inversion of surface waves recorded on irregular topography. Geophysical Journal International, 217(1), 346-360. doi: 10.1093/gji/ggz005. SCEC Contribution 9074
Hall, C. M., Webb, H. N., Girty, G. H., Allam, A. A., & Rockwell, T. K. (2019). A case study of a precariously balanced rock, its partially exhumed corestone platform, and encasing saprock and soil. CATENA, 172, 719-737. doi: 10.1016/j.catena.2018.09.029. SCEC Contribution 8883
Wang, Y., Allam, A. A., & Lin, F. (2019). Imaging the Fault Damage Zone of the San Jacinto Fault Near Anza With Ambient Noise Tomography Using a Dense Nodal Array. Geophysical Research Letters, 46(22), 12938-12948. doi: 10.1029/2019GL084835. SCEC Contribution 10059
Share, P., Allam, A. A., Ben-Zion, Y., Lin, F., & Vernon, F. L. (2018). Structural Properties of the San Jacinto Fault Zone at Blackburn Saddle from Seismic Data of a Dense Linear Array. Pure and Applied Geophysics, 176(3), 1169-1191. doi: 10.1007/s00024-018-1988-5. SCEC Contribution 9073
Berg, E., Lin, F., Allam, A. A., Qiu, H., Shen, W., & Ben-Zion, Y. (2018). Tomography of Southern California Via Bayesian Joint Inversion of Rayleigh Wave Ellipticity and Phase Velocity From Ambient Noise Cross-Correlations. Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth,. doi: 10.1029/2018JB016269. SCEC Contribution 8922
Allam, A. A., Sorscher, A., Armstrong, A., Richards, C., McKell, A., & Clairmont, S. (2018, 08). Precariously Balanced Rocks in northern Utah: are Wasatch Fault earthquakes worse than expected?. Poster Presentation at 2018 SCEC Annual Meeting. SCEC Contribution 8807
Thatcher, W. R., Chapman, D. S., Allam, A. A., & Williams, C. (2017, 08). Refining Southern California Geotherms Using Seismologic, Geologic, and Petrologic Constraints. Poster Presentation at 2017 SCEC Annual Meeting. SCEC Contribution 7857
Lin, F., Berg, E., Allam, A. A., Qiu, H., Wang, Y., & Ben-Zion, Y. (2017, 08). Shallow crustal imaging in Southern California using ambient noise and fault zone trapped waves. Poster Presentation at 2017 SCEC Annual Meeting. SCEC Contribution 7764
Thurber, C. H., Allam, A. A., Zeng, X., Luo, Y., Fang, H., & Zhang, H. (2016, 08). Development and validation of an improved seismic velocity model for the San Jacinto Fault region of Southern California. Poster Presentation at 2016 SCEC Annual Meeting. SCEC Contribution 6738
Allam, A. A., Lin, F., Share, P., Ben-Zion, Y., Vernon, F. L., Schuster, G., & Karplus, M. (2016, 08). Constraints on Fault Damage Zone Properties and Normal Modes from a Dense Linear Array Deployment along the San Jacinto Fault Zone. Poster Presentation at 2016 SCEC Annual Meeting. SCEC Contribution 6655
Berg, E., Lin, F., & Allam, A. A. (2016, 08). Rayleigh-wave ellipticity obtained from noise cross-correlations across southern California. Poster Presentation at 2016 SCEC Annual Meeting. SCEC Contribution 6646
Ben-Zion, Y., Share, P., Allam, A. A., Lin, F., & Vernon, F. L. (2016, 08). Internal structure of the San Jacinto fault zone at Blackburn Canyon from a dense linear deployment across the fault. Poster Presentation at 2016 SCEC Annual Meeting. SCEC Contribution 6526
Fang, H., Zhang, H., Yao, H., Allam, A., Zigone, D., Ben-Zion, Y., Thurber, C., & van der Hilst, R. D. (2016). A new algorithm for three-dimensional joint inversion of body wave and surface wave data and its application to the Southern California plate boundary region. Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth, 121(5), 3557-3569. doi: 10.1002/2015JB012702. SCEC Contribution 6199
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