Publications
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- Morgan, P., L. Feng, E. M. Hill, L. L. H. Tsang, A. J. Meltzner, K. Sieh;
Piecemeal and time variant slip behavior at a structural discontinuity of the Sunda megathrust;
In preparation, 2018.
- Manta, F., G. Occhipinti, L. Feng, and E. M. Hill; Rapid identification of tsunami earthquakes using GPS ionospheric sounding; In preparation, 2018.
- Almeida, R., E. O. Lindsey, K. Bradley, J. Hubbard, R. Mallick, and E. M. Hill; Can the up-dip limit of frictional locking on megathrusts be detected geodetically? Quantifying the effect of stress shadows on near-trench coupling; Geophysical Research Letters, doi:10.1029/2018GL077785, 2018.
- Lindsey, E. O., R. Almeida, J. Hubbard, K. Bradley, L. L. H. Tsang, R. Mallick, Y. Liu, R. Burgmann, E. M. Hill; Structural control on downdip locking extent of the Himalayan megathrust; Journal of Geophysical Research, 10.1029/2018JB015868, 2018.
- Pham, D. T., A. D. Switzer, E. M. Hill, A. J. Meltzner and H. X. Nguyen;
A new perspective on interannual sea-level variability around the South China Sea based on historical tide-gauge data;
Submitted to Global and Planetary Change, 2017.
- Pham, D. T., A. Switzer, G. Huerta, A. Meltzner, H. M. Nguyen, E. M. Hill,
Spatio-temporal variations of extreme sea levels around the South China Sea: Impacts of tropical cyclones, monsoons and major climate modes; Submitted to Natural Hazards, 2017
- Qiu, Q., J. D. P. Moore, S. Barbot, L. Feng, E. M. Hill; Transient rheology of the Sumatran mantle wedge revealed by a decade of earthquakes; Nature Communications, doi:10.1038/s41467-018-03298-6, 2018.
- Salman, R., E. M. Hill, L. Feng, E. O. Lindsey, P. Banerjee, I. Hermawan, and D. H. Natawidjaja;
Piecemeal rupture of the Mentawai patch: the 2008 Mw 7.2 North Pagai earthquake sequence;
Journal of Geophysical Research, doi:10.1002/2017JB014341, 2017
- Monecke, K., E. Meilianda, D.-J. Walstra, E. M. Hill, B. G. McAdoo, Q. Qiu et al.
Postseismic coastal development in Aceh, Indonesia - Field observations and numerical modeling;
Marine Geology, 392, 94--104, 2017.
- Wang Y., S. Wei, X. Wang, E. O. Lindsey, F. Tongkul, P. Tapponnier, K. E. Bradley, C.-H. Chan, E. M. Hill, K. Sieh;
The 2015 Mw 6.0 Mt. Kinabalu Earthquake: An Infrequent Fault Rupture within the Crocker Fault System of East Malaysia;
Geoscience Letters, doi10.1186/s40562-017-0072-9, 2017.
- Meltzner, A. J., A. D. Switzer, B. P. Horton, E. Ashe, Q. Qiu, D. F. Hill, S. L. Bradley, R. E. Kopp, E. M. Hill, J. M. Majewski, D. H. Natawidjaja, B. W. Suwargadi; Half-metre sea-level fluctuations on centennial timescales from mid-Holocene corals of Southeast Asia; Nature Communications, doi:10.1038/ncomms14387, 2017.
- Morgan, P., L. Feng, A. J. Meltzner, E. M. Hill, E. O. Lindsey, and L. L. H. Tsang;
Sibling earthquakes within a persistent rupture barrier on the Sunda megathrust under Simeulue island;
Geophysical Research Letters, doi:10.1002/2016GL071901, 2017.
- Hu, Y., R. Burgmann, P. Banerjee, L. Feng, E. M. Hill, T. Ito, T. Tabei, and K. Wang;
Asthenosphere rheology inferred from observations of the 2012 Indian Ocean earthquake;
Nature, doi:10.1038/nature19787, 2016.
- Tsang, L.L.H., E. M. Hill, S. Barbot, Q. Qiu, L. Feng, I. Hermawan, P. Banerjee, and D. H. Natawidjaja;
Afterslip following the 2007 Mw 8.4 Bengkulu earthquake in Sumatra loaded the 2010 Mw 7.8 Mentawai tsunami earthquake rupture zone;
Journal of Geophysical Research, doi:10.1002/2016JB013432, 2016.
- Feng, L., S. Barbot, E. M. Hill, I. Hermawan, and P. Banerjee;
Footprints of past earthquakes revealed in the afterslip of the 2010 Mw 7.8 Mentawai tsunami earthquake;
Geophysical Research Letters, doi:10.1002/2016GL069870, 2016.
- Qiu, Q., E. M. Hill, S. Barbot, J, Hubbard, W. Feng, E. Lindsey, L. Feng, K. Dai, S. V. Samsonov, P. Tapponnier;
The mechanism of partial rupture of a locked megathrust: The role of fault morphology;
GEOLOGY, doi:10.1130G38178.1, 2016.
- Steckler, M. S., D. R. Mondal, S. H. Akhter, L. Seeber, L. Feng, J. Gale, E. M. Hill, and M. Howe;
Locked and loading megathrust linked to active subduction beneath the Indo-Burman Ranges;
Nature Geoscience, doi:10.1038/ngeo2760, 2016.
- Wang, L., J. L. Davis, E. M. Hill, and M. E. Tamisiea;
Stochastic filtering for determining gravity variations for decade-long time series of GRACE gravity;
J. Geophys. Res., doi:10.1002/2015JB012650, 2016.
- Tsang, L. L. H., A. J. Meltzner, E. M. Hill, J. T. Freymueller, and K. Sieh;
A paleogeodetic record of variable interseismic rates and megathrust coupling at Simeulue Island, Sumatra;
Geophys. Res. Lett., doi:10.1002/2015GL066366, 2015.
- Feng, L., E. M. Hill, P. Elosegui, Q. Qiu, I. Hermawan, P. Banerjee, and K. Sieh;
Hunt for slow slip events along the Sumatran subduction zone in a decade of continuous GPS data;
J. Geophys. Res., doi:10.1002/2015JB012503, 2015.
- Tsang, L. L. H., A. J. Meltzner, B. Philibosian, E. M. Hill, J. T. Freymueller, and K. Sieh;
A 15-year slow slip event on the Sunda megathrust offshore Sumatra;
Geophys. Res. Lett., 42, doi:10.1002/201GL064928, 2015.
- Melgar, D., B, W. Crowell, J. Geng, R, M. Allen, Y. Bock, S. Riquelme, E. M. Hill, M. Protti and A. Ganas;
Earthquake Magnitude Calculation without Saturation and the Scaling of Peak Ground Displacement from Regional High-Rate GPS Recordings;
Geophys. Res. Lett., 42(13), doi:10.1002/2015GL064278, 2015.
- Meltzner, A. J., K. Sieh, H.-W. Chiang, C.-C. Wu, L L.H. Tsang, C.-C. Shen, E. M. Hill, B. W. Suwargadi, D. H. Natawidjaja, B. Philibosian, and R. W. Briggs;
Time-varying interseismic strain rates and similar seismic ruptures on the Nias–Simeulue patch of the Sunda megathrust;
Quaternary Science Reviews 122, 258-281, doi:10.1016/j.quascirev.2015.06.003, 2015.
- Yue, H., T. Lay, L. Li, Y. Yamazaki, K. F. Cheung, L. Rivera, E. M. Hill, K. Sieh, W. Kongko, and A. Muhari;
Validation of linearity for tsunami waves in joint inversion of kinematic rupture models: Application to the 2010 Mentawai Mw 7.8 tsunami earthquake;
J. Geophys. Res., doi:10.1002/2014JB011721, 2015.
- Feng, L., E. M. Hill, P. Banerjee, I. Hermawan, L. L. H. Tsang, D. H. Natawidjaja, B. W. Suwargadi, and K. Sieh;
A unified GPS-based earthquake catalog for the Sumatran plate boundary between 2002 and 2013;
J. Geophys. Res., doi:2014JB011661, 2015.
- Hill, E. M., H. Yue, S. Barbot, T. Lay, P. Tapponnier, I. Hermawan, J. Hubbard, P. Banerjee, L. Feng, D. Natawidjaja, and K. Sieh;
The 2012 Mw 8.6 Wharton Basin sequence: A cascade of great earthquakes generated by near-orthogonal, young, oceanic-mantle faults;
J. Geophys. Res., doi:2014JB011703, 2015.
Featured as an Eos Research Spotlight at https://eos.org/research-spotlights/wharton-basin-earthquakes-evidence-for-a-new-plate-boundary.
- Hubbard, J., S. Barbot, E. M. Hill, and P. Tapponnier;
Coseismic slip on shallow decollement megathrusts: Implications for seismic and tsunami hazard;
Earth Science Reviews, 141, doi: 10.1016/j.earscirev.2014.11.003, 2014.
- Yue, H., T. Lay, L. Rivera, Y. Bai, Y. Yamazaki, K. F. Cheung, E. M. Hill, K. Sieh, W. Konko, and A. Muhari;
Rupture process of the 2010 Mw 7.8 Mentawai tsunami earthquake from joint inversion of near-field hr-GPS and teleseismic body wave recordings constrained by tsunami observations;
J. Geophys. Res., doi:10.1002/2014JB011082, 2014.
- Hill, E. M., J. C. Borrero, Z. Huang, Q. Qiu, P. Banerjee, D. H. Natawidjaja, P. Elosegui, H. M. Fritz, I. R. Pranantyo, L. Li, K. A. Macpherson, V. Skanavis, C. E. Synolakis, and K. Sieh;
The 2010 Mw 7.8 Mentawai earthquake: Very shallow source of a rare tsunami earthquake determined from tsunami field survey and near-field GPS;
J. Geophys. Res., doi:10.1029/2012JB009159, 2012.
- Philibosian, B., K. Sieh, D. H.. Natawidjaja, H.-W. Chiang, C.-C. Shen, B. W. Suwargadi, E. M. Hill, and R. L. Edwards;
An Ancient Shallow Slip Event on the Mentawai Segment of the Sunda Megathrust, Sumatra;
J. Geophys. Res., 114, B05401, doi:10.1029/2011JB009075, 2012.
- Hill, E. M., J. L. Davis, M. E. Tamisiea, R. M. Ponte, and N. T. Vinogradova;
Using a spatially realistic load model to assess impacts of Alaskan glacier ice loss on sea level;
J. Geophys. Res. (Solid Earth), 116, B10507, doi:10.1029/2011JB008339, 2011.
- Vinogradova, N. T., R. M. Ponte, M. E. Tamisiea, K. J. Quinn, E. M. Hill, and J. L. Davis;
Self-attraction and loading effects on ocean mass redistribution at monthly and longer time scales;
J. Geophys. Res. (Oceans), 116, C08041, doi:10.1029/2011JC007037, 2011.
- Hoffman, R., N., P. Dailey, S. Hopsch, R. M. Ponte, K. Quinn, and E. M. Hill;
An assessment of increased storm surge risk to property due to sea level rise in the first half of the 21st Century;
Weather, Climate and Society, 2, pp.271--293, doi:10.1175/2010WCAS1050.1, 2010.
- Hill, E. M., J. L. Davis, M. E. Tamisiea, and M. Lidberg;
Combination of Geodetic Observations and Models for Glacial Isostatic Adjustment Fields in Fennoscandia;
J. Geophys. Res. (Solid Earth), 115, B07403, doi:10.1029/2009JB006967, 2010.
- Tamisiea, M. E., E. M. Hill, R. M. Ponte, J. L. Davis, and I. Velicogna;
Impact of self-attraction and loading on the annual cycle in sea level;
J. Geophys. Res. (Oceans), 115, C07004, doi:10.1029/2009JC005687, 2010.
- Vinogradova, N., R. M. Ponte, M. E. Tamisiea, J. L. Davis, and E. M. Hill;
Effects of self attraction and loading on annual variations of ocean
bottom pressure;
J. Geophys. Res. (Oceans), 115, C06025, doi:10.1029/2009JC005783, 2010.
- Hill, E. M., J. L. Davis, P. Elosegui, B. P. Wernicke, E. Malikowski, and N. A. Niemi;
Characterization of site-dependent GPS errors using a short-baseline network of braced monuments at Yucca Mountain, southern Nevada;
J. Geophys. Res. (Solid Earth), 114, B11402, doi:10.1029/2008JB006027, 2009.
- Nilsson, T., J. L. Davis, and E. M. Hill;
Using Ground-Based GPS to Characterize Atmospheric Turbulence;
Geophys. Res. Lett., 36, L16807, doi:10.1029/2009GL040090, 2009.
- Davis, J. L., M. E. Tamisiea, P. Elosegui, J. X. Mitrovica and E. M. Hill;
A statistical filtering approach for Gravity Recovery and Climate Experiment (GRACE) gravity data;
J. Geophys. Res. (Solid Earth), 113, B04410, doi:10.1029/2007JB005043, 2008.
- Hill, E. M., R. M. Ponte, and J. L. Davis;
Dynamic and regression modeling of ocean variability in the tide-gauge record at seasonal and longer periods;
J. Geophys. Res. (Oceans), 112, C05007, doi:10.1029/2006JC003745, 2007.
- Hill, E. M. and G. Blewitt;
Testing for fault activity at Yucca Mountain, Nevada, using independent GPS results from the BARGEN network;
Geophys. Res. Lett., 33, L14302, doi:10.1029/2006GL026140, 2006.
- Burbey, T. J., S. M. Warner, G. Blewitt, J. W. Bell, and E. M. Hill;
Three-dimensional deformation and strain induced by municipal pumping, part 1: Analysis of field data;
J. Hydrology, 319, 123--142, 2006