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Kerry Sieh

Earth Observatory of Singapore
Nanyang Technological University (Singapore)
Emeritus Director

Expertise: Neotectonics, paleoseismology, paleotsunamis, and impact craters
 
 
About Me Publications
Sieh, K. (2021, 08). My Sojourn into and through Paleoseismology. Oral Presentation at 2021 SCEC Annual Meeting. SCEC Contribution 11421
Eberhart-Phillips, D., Haeussler, P., Freymueller, J. T., Frankel, A., Rubin, C. M., Craw, P., Ruppert, N., Anderson, G., Carver, G., Crone, A. J., Dawson, T., Fletcher, H., Hansen, R., Harp, E., Harris, R. A., Hill, D. P., Hreinsdottir, S., Jibson, R., Jones, L. M., Kayen, R., Keefer, D. K., Larsen, C. F., Moran, S. C., Personius, S. F., Plafker, G., Sherrod, B., Sieh, K., Sitar, N., & Wallace, W. (2003). The 2002 Denali fault earthquake, Alaska: A large magnitude, slip-partitioned event. Science, 300(5622), 1113-1118. doi: 10.1126/science.1082703. SCEC Contribution 839
Yule, D., & Sieh, K. (2003). Complexities of the San Andreas fault near San Gorgonio Pass: Implications for Large Earthquakes. Journal of Geophysical Research, 108(B11), 2548. doi: 10.1029/2001JB000451. SCEC Contribution 709
Liu, J., Sieh, K., & Hauksson, E. (2003). A Structural Interpretation of the Aftershock "Cloud" of the 1992 Mw 7.3 Landers Earthquake. Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America, 93(3), 1333-1344. doi: 10.1785/0120020060. SCEC Contribution 635
Lee, J., Chen, Y., Sieh, K., Mueller, K. J., Chen, W., Chu, H., Chan, Y., Rubin, C. M., & Yeats, R. S. (2001). A Vertical Exposure of the 1999 Surface Rupture of the Chelungpu Fault at Wufeng, Western Taiwan: Structural and Paleoseismic Implications for an Active Thrust Fault. Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America, 91(5), 914-929. doi: 10.1785/0120000742. SCEC Contribution 644
Rubin, C. M., Sieh, K., Chen, Y., Lee, J., Chu, H., Yeats, R. S., Mueller, K. J., & Chan, Y. (2001). Surface rupture and behavior of thrust faults probed in Taiwan. Eos, Transactions, American Geophysical Union, 82(47), 565-569. doi: 10.1029/01EO00331. SCEC Contribution 633
Spotila, J., & Sieh, K. (2000). Architecture of Transpressional Thrust Faulting in the San Bernardino Mountains, Southern California, from Deformation of a Deeply Weathered Surface. Tectonics, 19(4), 589-615. SCEC Contribution 482
Oskin, M. E., Sieh, K., Rockwell, T. K., Miller, G., Guptill, P., Curtis, M. M., McArdle, S., & Elliott, P. (2000). Active Parasitic Folds on the Elysian Park Anticline: Implications for Seismic Hazard in Central Los Angeles, California. Geological Society of America Bulletin, 112(5), 693-707. doi: 10.1130/0016-7606(2000)112<693:APFOTE>2.0.CO;2. SCEC Contribution 457
Dolan, J. F., Sieh, K., & Rockwell, T. K. (2000). Late Quaternary Activity and Seismic Potential of the Santa Monica Fault System, Los Angeles, California. Geological Society of America Bulletin, 112(10), 1559-1581. doi: 10.1130/0016-7606(2000)112<1559:LQAASP>2.0.CO;2. SCEC Contribution 267
Spotila, J., Farley, K., & Sieh, K. (1998). Uplift and erosion of the San Bernardino Mountains associated with transpression along the San Andreas fault, California, as constrained by radiogenic helium thermochronometry. Tectonics, 17(3), 360-378. SCEC Contribution 379
Rubin, C. M., & Sieh, K. (1997). Long Dormancy, Low Slip Rate and Similar Slip-per-Event for the Emerson Fault, Eastern California Shear Zone. Journal of Geophysical Research, 102(B7), 15319-15333. doi: 10.1029/97JB00265. SCEC Contribution 84
Dolan, J. F., Sieh, K., Rockwell, T. K., Guptill, P., & Miller, G. (1997). Active Tectonics, Paleoseismology, and Seismic Hazards of the Hollywood Fault, Northern Los Angeles Basin, California. Geological Society of America Bulletin, 109(12), 1595-1616. doi: 10.1130/0016-7606(1997)109<1595:ATPASH>2.3.CO;2. SCEC Contribution 266
Yeats, R. S., Sieh, K., & Allen, C. R. (1997). The Geology of Earthquakes. New York City, USA: Oxford University Press. SCEC Contribution 246
Sieh, K. (1996). The Repetition of Large-Earthquake Ruptures. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 93, 3764-3771. SCEC Contribution 218
Zachariasen, J., & Sieh, K. (1995). The Transfer of Slip Between Two en echelon Strike Slip Faults: A Case-Study from the 1992 Landers Earthquake, Southern California. Journal of Geophysical Research, 100(B8), 15281-15301. SCEC Contribution 188
Dolan, J. F., Sieh, K., Rockwell, T. K., Yeats, R. S., Shaw, B. E., Suppe, J., Huftile, G. J., & Gath, E. M. (1995). Prospects for Larger or More Frequent Earthquakes in the Los Angeles Metropolitan Region. Science, 267(5195), 199-205. doi: 10.1126/science.267.5195.199. SCEC Contribution 119
Spotila, J., & Sieh, K. (1995). Geologic Investigations of the "Slip-Gap" in the Surficial Ruptures of the 1992 Landers Earthquake, Southern California. Journal of Geophysical Research, 100(B1), 543-559. SCEC Contribution 118
Hummon, C., Schneider, C., Yeats, R. S., Dolan, J. F., Sieh, K., & Huftile, G. J. (1994). Wilshire Fault: Earthquakes in Hollywood?. Geology, 22(4), 291-294. doi: 10.1130/0091-7613(1994)022<0291:WFEIH>2.3.CO;2. SCEC Contribution 175
Sieh, K., Jones, L. M., Hauksson, E., Hudnut, K. W., Eberhart-Phillips, D., Heaton, T. H., Hough, S. E., Hutton, K., Kanamori, H., Lilje, A., Lindvall, S. C., McGill, S. F., Mori, J., Rubin, C. M., Spotila, J., Stock, J. M., Thio, H., Treiman, J. A., Wernicke, B. P., & Zachariasen, J. (1993). Near Field Investigations of the Landers Earthquake Sequence, April-July, 1992. Science, 260(5105), 171-176. doi: 10.1126/science.260.5105.171. SCEC Contribution 25
Rubin, C. M., & Sieh, K. (1993). Geomorphic Evidence for Active Faulting Along the Southern Margin of the Central Transverse Ranges, Southern California. Bulletin of the Association of Engineering Geologists, 30(4), 521-524. SCEC Contribution 198
Nagy, E., & Sieh, K. (1993). The Use of Paleomagnetic Analysis to Assess Nonbrittle Deformation Within the San Andreas Fault Zone. Journal of Geophysical Research, 98(B10), 17965-17979. doi: 10.1029/93JB01329. SCEC Contribution 140
Dolan, J. F., & Sieh, K. (1992). Tectonic Geomorphology of the Northern Los Angeles Basin: Seismic Hazards and Kinematics of Young Fault Movement. , : . SCEC Contribution 80
Bausch, D., Gath, E. M., Gonzalez, T., Dolan, J. F., & Sieh, K. (1992). Application of New Developments in Seismic Hazards Assessment: Revised Safety Element of the General Plan of the City of Santa Monica. Presentation at 35th Assoc. of Engineering Geologists National Convention. SCEC Contribution 79
Dolan, J. F., & Sieh, K. (1992). Structural Style and Tectonic Geomorphology of the Northern Los Angeles Basin: Seismic Hazards and Kinematics of Recent Fault Movement. Presentation at 35th Assoc. of Engineering Geologists National Convention. SCEC Contribution 78

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