Publications (By Topic)

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Landslides

Bayer*, B., A. Simoni, M. Mulas, A. Corsini, and D. Schmidt (2018), Deformation responses of slow moving landslides to seasonal rainfall in the Northern Apennines, measured by InSAR, Geomorphology, 308, 293-306, doi.org/10.1016/j.geomorph.2018.02.020. Abstract

Bayer*, B., D. Schmidt, and A. Simoni (2017), The Influence of External Digital Elevation Models on PS-InSAR and SBAS Results: Implications for the Analysis of Deformation Signals Caused by Slow Moving Landslides in the Northern Apennines (Italy), IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing, vol.PP, no.99, pp.1-14 doi: 10.1109/TGRS.2017.2648885. Abstract

Bayer*, B., A. Simoni, D. Schmidt, and L. Bertello (2017), Using advanced InSAR techniques to monitor landslide deformations induced by tunneling in the Northern Apennines, Italy. Engineering Geology, 226, 20-32, doi:10.1016/j.enggeo.2017.03.026. Abstract

Tong, X., and D. A. Schmidt (2016), Active movement of the Cascade landslide complex in Washington from a coherence-based InSAR time series method, Rem. Sens. Env., 186, doi:10.1016/j.rse.2016.09.008.Abstract

Bennett, G. L., J. J. Roering, B. H. Mackey, A. L. Handwerger, D. A. Schmidt, and B. P. Guillod (2016), Historic drought puts the brakes on earthflows in Northern California, Geophys. Res. Lett., 43, doi:10.1002/2016GL068378. Abstract.

Bayer*, B., L. Bertello, A. Simoni, M. Berti, D. Schmidt, M. Generali, and M. Pizziolo (2016), Ground surface deformations induced by tunneling under deep-seated landslides in the Northern Appennines of Italy imaged using advanced InSAR techniques, Landslides and Engineered Slopes. Experience, Theory and Practice, Proc. 12th Intl. Sym. Landslides (Napoli, Italy, 12-19 June 2016), Edited by S. Aversa, L. Cascini, L. Picarelli, and C. Scavia, dos: 10.1201/b21520-35. Abstract

Bennett, G., S. Miller, J. Roering, and D. Schmidt (2016), Landslides, threshold slopes, and the survival of relict terrain in the wake of the Mendocino Triple Junction, Geology, DOI:10.1130/G37530.1. Abstract

Handwerger*, A. L., Roering, J. J., Schmidt, D. A., and Rempel, A.W. (2015). Kinematics of Earthflows in the Northern California Coast Ranges using Satellite Interferometry, Geomorphology, 246, doi:10.1016/j.geomorph.2015.06.003. Abstract

Roering, J. J., B. H. Mackey, A. L. Handwerger, A. M. Booth, D. A. Schmidt, and C. Cerovski-Darriau, (2015), Beyond the angle of repose: Tracking landslides and landscape evolution using airborne lidar, satellite interferometry, historical air photos, cosmogenic radionuclides, suspended sediment records, and geomorphic process models, Geomorphology, 236, doi:10.1016/j.geomorph.2015.02.013. Abstract

Handwerger*, A., J. J. Roering, and D. A. Schmidt (2013), Controls on the seasonal deformation of slow-moving landslides, Earth Planet. Sci. Lett., 377-378, doi: 10.1016/j.epsl.2013.06.047. Abstract

Calabro*, M. D., D. A. Schmidt, and J. J. Roering (2010), An examination of seasonal deformation at the Portuguese Bend landslide, southern California, using radar interferometry, J. Geophys. Res., 115, F02020, doi:10.1029/2009JF001314. Abstract

Roering, J. J., L. L. Stimely, B. H. Mackey, and D. A. Schmidt (2009), Using DInSAR, airborne LiDAR, and archival air photos to quantify landsliding and sediment transport, Geophys. Res. Lett., 36, L19402, doi:10.1029/2009GL040374. Abstract

Episodic, Tremor, and Slip (ETS)

Platt, J.P., D. Grujic, N. J. Phillips, S. Piazolo, D. A. Schmidt (2024), Geological fingerprints of deep slow earthquakes: A review of field constraints and directions for future research. Geosphere, doi: https://doi.org/10.1130/GES02722.1

Nuyen*, C., & D.A. Schmidt (2024). Along-strike changes in ETS behavior near the slab edge of Southern Cascadia. Seismica, 2(4). https://doi.org/10.26443/seismica.v2i4.1097

Ducellier*, A., Creager, K, and D. A. Schmidt (2022), Detection of slow slip events using wavelet analysis of GNSS recordings, Bull. Seism. Soc. Amer., DOI: 10.1785/0120210289. Abstract

Nuyen*, C. P., & D. A. Schmidt (2021). Filling the gap in Cascadia: The emergence of low-amplitude long-term slow slip. Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems, 22, e2020GC009477. Abstract

Fredrickson*, E. K., Wilcock, W. S. D., Schmidt, D. A., MacCready, P., Roland, E., Kurapov, A. L., et al. (2019). Optimizing sensor configurations for the detection of slow‐slip earthquakes in seafloor pressure records, using the Cascadia Subduction Zone as a case study. Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth, 124, 13504– 13531. https://doi.org/10.1029/2019JB018053 Abstract

Hall*, K., Schmidt, D., & Houston, H. (2019). Peak tremor rates lead peak slip rates during propagation of two large slow earthquakes in Cascadia. Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems, 20, 4665– 4675. https://doi.org/10.1029/2019GC008510 Abstract

Alba*, S., R. J. Weldon II, D. Livelybrooks, and D. A. Schmidt (2019), Cascadia ETS Events Seen in Tidal Records (1980-2011), Bulletin Seismological Society of America, 109, doi:10.1785/0120180218. Abstract

Hall*, K., H. Houston, and D. A. Schmidt (2018), Spatial Comparisons of Tremor and Slow Slip as a Constraint on Fault Strength in the Northern Cascadia Subduction Zone, Geochem. Geophys. Geosyst., 19, 2706–2718. doi:10.1029/2018GC007694. Abstract

Krogstad*, R. D., D. A. Schmidt, R. J. Weldon, and R.J. Burgette (2016), Constraints on accumulated strain near the ETS zone in Cascadia, Earth Planet. Sci. Letts., 439, 109-116, doi:10.1016/j.epsl.2016.01.033. Abstract

Skarbek*, R. M., A. W. Rempel, and D. A. Schmidt (2012), Geologic heterogeneity can produce aseismic slip transients, Geophys. Res. Lett., 39, L21306, doi:10.1029/2012GL053762. Abstract

Gao*, H., D. A. Schmidt, and R. Weldon (2012), Scaling relationships of source parameters for slow slip events Bull. Seis. Soc. Am., 102, 1, 352-360, doi:10.1785/0120110096. Supplementary Table | Abstract

Schmidt , D. A. and H. Gao (2010), Source parameters and time-dependent slip distributions of slow slip events on the Cascadia subduction zone from 1998 to 2008, J. Geophys. Res., 115, B00A18, doi:10.1029/2008JB006045. Abstract

Gomberg, J., P. Bedrosian, P. Bodin, M. Bostock, M. Brudzinski, K. Creager, H. Dragert, G. Egbert, A. Ghosh, J. Henton, H. Houston, H. Kao, P. McCrory, T. Melbourne, S. Peacock, E. Roeloffs, J. Rubinstein, D. Schmidt, A. Trehu, J. Vidale, K. Wang, and A. Wech (2010), Slow-slip phenomena in Cascadia from 2007 and beyond: A review, GSA Bull., 122, 7-8, 963-978, DOI: 10.1130/B30287.1. Abstract

Subduction Processes

DeSanto#, J. B., Webb, S. C., Nooner, S. L., Schmidt, D. A., Crowell, B. W., Brooks, B. A., et al. (2023), Limited shallow slip for the 2020 Simeonof earthquake, Alaska, constrained by GNSS-Acoustic. Geophysical Research Letters, 50, e2023GL105045. https://doi.org/10.1029/2023GL105045

Cook*, M. J., Fredrickson, E. K., Roland, E. C., Sasagawa, G. S., Schmidt, D. A., Wilcock, W. S. D., & Zumberge, M. A. (2023). Calibrated absolute seafloor pressure measurements for geodesy in Cascadia. Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth, 128, e2023JB026413. https://doi.org/10.1029/2023JB026413

Nuyen*, C. P., & D. A. Schmidt (2022). Strain partitioning among forearc faults in southern Cascadia inferred from GNSS. Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth, 127, e2022JB024236. Abstract

Han*, J., Vidale, J. E., Houston, H., Schmidt, D. A., & Creager, K. C. (2018), Deep long-period earthquakes beneath Mount St. Helens: Their relationship to tidal stress, episodic tremor and slip, and regular earthquakes. Geophysical Research Letters, 45, 2241–2247, doi.org/10.1002/2018GL077063.

Gomberg, J., P. Bodin, J. Borgeois, S. Cashman, D. S. Cowan, K. Creager, B. Crowell, A. Duvall, A. D. Frankel, F. Gonzalez, H. Houston, H. P. Johonson, H. Kelsey, U. Miller, E. Roland, D. Schmidt, L. Staisch, J. Vidale, W. Willcock, and E. Wirth (2016), Planning for a subduction zone observatory, Eos, 97, doi:10.1029/2016EO052635. Article

Vidale, J.E., D. A. Schmidt, S.D. Malone, A.J. Hotovec-Ellis, S.C. Moran, K.C. Creager, and H. Houston (2014), Deep long-period earthquakes west of the volcanic arc in Oregon: evidence of serpentine dehydration in the forearc mantle wedge, Geophys. Res. Lett., doi:10.1029/2013GL059118. Abstract

Burgette*, R. J., R. J. Weldon, II, and D. A Schmidt (2009), Interseismic uplift rates for western Oregon and along-strike variation in locking on the Cascadia subduction zone, J. Geophys. Res., 114, B01408, doi:10.1029/2008JB005679. Abstract

Also see ETS publications.

Volcanoes

Rodríguez-Molina*, S., González, P. J., Charco, M., Negredo, A. M., & D. A. Schmidt (2021). Time-Scales of Inter-eruptive Volcano Uplift Signals: Three Sisters Volcanic center, Oregon (USA), Frontiers in Earth Science 8, 645: 1-30, doi: 10.3389/feart.2020.577588 Abstract

Welch*, M., and D. A. Schmidt (2017), Separating Volcanic Deformation and Atmospheric Signals at Mount St. Helens Using Persistent Scatterer InSAR, J. Vol. Geothem. Res., doi: 10.1016/j.jvolgeores.2017.05.015. Abstract

Dietterich*., H., M. Poland, D. A. Schmidt, K. Cashman, D. Sherrod, and A. T. Espinosa (2012), Tracking lava flow emplacement on the east rift zone of Kilauea, Hawaii, with synthetic aperture radar coherence, Geochem. Geophys. Geosyst., 13, Q05001, doi:10.1029/2011GC004016. Abstract

Riddick*, S., and D. A. Schmidt (2011), Time-dependent changes in volcanic inflation rate near Three Sisters, Oregon, revealed by InSAR, Geochem. Geophys. Geosyst., 12, Q12005, doi:10.1029/2011GC003826. Editor's Highlight | Abstract

Moran, S.C., Freymueller, J.T., LaHusen, R.A., McGee, K.A., Poland, M.P., Power, J.A., Schmidt, D.A., Schneider, D.J., Stephens, G., Werner, C.A., and R. A. White (2008), Instrumentation Recommendations for Volcano Monitoring at U.S. Volcanoes under the National Volcano Early Warning System, USGS Scientific Investigations Report 2008-5114, 47 p. Text

Faulting Processes

Nuyen*, C. P., & D. A. Schmidt (2022). Strain partitioning among forearc faults in southern Cascadia inferred from GNSS. Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth, 127, e2022JB024236. Abstract

Tong, X., D. Sandwell, and D. A. Schmidt (2018), Surface creep rate and moment accumulation rate along the Aceh segment of the Sumatran fault from L-band ALOS-1/PALSAR-1 observations, Geophysical Research Letters. doi.org/10.1002/ 2017GL076723.

Vidale, J.E., D. A. Schmidt, S.D. Malone, A.J. Hotovec-Ellis, S.C. Moran, K.C. Creager, and H. Houston (2014), Deep long-period earthquakes west of the volcanic arc in Oregon: evidence of serpentine dehydration in the forearc mantle wedge, Geophys. Res. Lett., doi:10.1029/2013GL059118. Abstract

Weldon, R.J., D. A. Schmidt, L. J. Austin, El. M. Weldon, and T. E. Dawson (2013), Compilation of Creep Rate Data for California Faults and Calculation of Moment Reduction Due to Creep, Appendix D, in Uniform California earthquake rupture forecast, version 3 (UCERF3)—The time-independent model, U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2013–1165, 97 p. Paper

Skarbek*, R. M., A. W. Rempel, and D. A. Schmidt (2012), Geologic heterogeneity can produce aseismic slip transients, Geophys. Res. Lett., 39, L21306, doi:10.1029/2012GL053762. Abstract

Gao*, H., D. A. Schmidt, and R. Weldon (2012), Scaling relationships of source parameters for slow slip events Bull. Seis. Soc. Am., 102, 1, 352-360, doi:10.1785/0120110096. Supplementary Table | Abstract

Burgette*, R. J., R. J. Weldon, II, and D. A Schmidt (2009), Interseismic uplift rates for western Oregon and along-strike variation in locking on the Cascadia subduction zone, J. Geophys. Res., 114, B01408, doi:10.1029/2008JB005679. Abstract

Schmidt, D. A., and R. Bürgmann (2008), Predicted reversal and recovery of surface creep on the Hayward fault following the 1906 San Francisco earthquake, Geophys. Res. Lett., 35, L19305, doi:10.1029/2008GL035270. Abstract

Wisely*, B. A., D. A. Schmidt, and R. J. Weldon II (2008), Compilation of surface creep on California faults and comparison of WG-07 deformation model to Pacific-North America plate motion, in The Uniform California Earthquake Rupture Forecast, Version 2, USGS Open-File Report 2007-1437P. Text

Schmidt, D. A., and R. Bürgmann (2006), InSAR constraints on the source parameters of the 2001 Bhuj earthquake, Geophys. Res Lett., 33, L022315, doi:10.1029/2005GL025109. Abstract

Schmidt, D. A., Bürgmann, R., R. Nadeau, and d’Alessio (2005), Distribution of asiesmic slip rate on the Hayward fault inferred from seismic and geodetic data, J. Geophys. Res., 110, B08406, doi:10.1029/2004JB003397. Abstract

d’Alessio, I. A. Johanson, R. Bürgmann, D. A. Schmidt, and M. H. Murray (2005), Slicing up the San Francisco Bay Area: Block kinematics and fault slip rate from GPS-derived surface velocities, J. Geophys. Res., 110, B06403, doi:10.1029/2004JB003496. Abstract

Bürgmann, R., Schmidt, D., Nadeau, R. M., d’Alessio, M., Fielding, E., Manaker, D., McEvilly, T. V., and M. H. Murray (2000), Earthquake potential along the northern Hayward Fault, California, Science, 289, 1178-1182, doi:10.1126/science.289.5482.1178. Abstract

Aquifers

Wisely*, B. A., and D. A. Schmidt (2010), Deciphering vertical deformation and poroelastic parameters in a tectonically active fault-bound aquifer using InSAR and well level data, San Bernardino basin, California, Geophys. J. Intl., 181, 3, DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-246X.2010.04568.x Abstract

Schmidt, D. A., and R. Bürgmann (2003), Time-dependent land uplift and subsidence in the Santa Clara valley, California, from a large interferometric synthetic aperture radar data set, J. Geophys. Res., 108 (B9), 2416, doi: 10.1029/2002JB002267. Abstract

Satellite Radar / InSAR

Tong, X., D. Sandwell, and D. A. Schmidt (2018), Surface creep rate and moment accumulation rate along the Aceh segment of the Sumatran fault from L-band ALOS-1/PALSAR-1 observations, Geophysical Research Letters. doi.org/10.1002/ 2017GL076723.

Welch*, M., and D. A. Schmidt (2017), Separating Volcanic Deformation and Atmospheric Signals at Mount St. Helens Using Persistent Scatterer InSAR, J. Vol. Geothem. Res., doi: 10.1016/j.jvolgeores.2017.05.015. Abstract

Tong, X., and D. A. Schmidt (2016), Active movement of the Cascade landslide complex in Washington from a coherence-based InSAR time series method, Rem. Sens. Env., 186, doi:10.1016/j.rse.2016.09.008.Abstract

Bayer*, B., L. Bertello, A. Simoni, M. Berti, D. Schmidt, M. Generali, and M. Pizziolo (2016), Ground surface deformations induced by tunneling under deep-seated landslides in the Northern Appennines of Italy imaged using advanced InSAR techniques, Landslides and Engineered Slopes. Experience, Theory and Practice, Proc. 12th Intl. Sym. Landslides (Napoli, Italy, 12-19 June 2016), Edited by S. Aversa, L. Cascini, L. Picarelli, and C. Scavia, dos: 10.1201/b21520-35. Abstract

Handwerger*, A. L., Roering, J. J., Schmidt, D. A., and Rempel, A.W. (2015). Kinematics of Earthflows in the Northern California Coast Ranges using Satellite Interferometry, Geomorphology, 246, doi:10.1016/j.geomorph.2015.06.003. Abstract

Dietterich*., H., M. Poland, D. A. Schmidt, K. Cashman, D. Sherrod, and A. T. Espinosa (2012), Tracking lava flow emplacement on the east rift zone of Kilauea, Hawaii, with synthetic aperture radar coherence, Geochem. Geophys. Geosyst., 13, Q05001, doi:10.1029/2011GC004016. Abstract

Riddick*, S., D. A. Schmidt, and N. I. Deligne (2012), An analysis of terrain properties and the location of surface scatterers from persistent scatterer interferometry, ISPRS Journal of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing, 73 , doi:10.1016/j.isprsjprs.2012.05.010. Abstract

Riddick*, S., and D. A. Schmidt (2011), Time-dependent changes in volcanic inflation rate near Three Sisters, Oregon, revealed by InSAR, Geochem. Geophys. Geosyst., 12, Q12005, doi:10.1029/2011GC003826. Editor's Highlight | Abstract

Wisely*, B. A., and D. A. Schmidt (2010), Deciphering vertical deformation and poroelastic parameters in a tectonically active fault-bound aquifer using InSAR and well level data, San Bernardino basin, California, Geophys. J. Intl., 181, 3, DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-246X.2010.04568.x Abstract

Calabro*, M. D., D. A. Schmidt, and J. J. Roering (2010), An examination of seasonal deformation at the Portuguese Bend landslide, southern California, using radar interferometry, J. Geophys. Res., 115, F02020, doi:10.1029/2009JF001314. Abstract

Roering, J. J., L. L. Stimely, B. H. Mackey, and D. A. Schmidt (2009), Using DInSAR, airborne LiDAR, and archival air photos to quantify landsliding and sediment transport, Geophys. Res. Lett., 36, L19402, doi:10.1029/2009GL040374. Abstract

Schmidt, D. A., and R. Bürgmann (2006), InSAR constraints on the source parameters of the 2001 Bhuj earthquake, Geophys. Res Lett., 33, L022315, doi:10.1029/2005GL025109. Abstract

Schmidt, D. A., and R. Bürgmann (2003), Time-dependent land uplift and subsidence in the Santa Clara valley, California, from a large interferometric synthetic aperture radar data set, J. Geophys. Res., 108 (B9), 2416, doi: 10.1029/2002JB002267. Abstract

Miscellaneous

Newton*, T. J., Weldon, R., Miller, I. M., Schmidt, D., Mauger, G., Morgan, H., & Grossman, E. (2021). An Assessment of Vertical Land Movement to Support Coastal Hazards Planning in Washington State. Water, 13(3), 281. Abstract

Schmidt, D., W. Wilcock, R. LeVeque, F. Gonzales, G. Cram, D. Manalang, M. Harrington, E. Roland, and P. Bodin. Earthquake and Tsunami Early Warning on the Cascadia Subduction Zone: A Feasibility Study for an Offshore Geophysical Monitoring Network. Seattle: University of Washington, 2019, 81 pp. Report

Murray, J.R., Crowell, B.W., Grapenthin, R., Hodgkinson, K., Langbein, J.O., Melbourne, T., Melgar, D., Minson, S.E. and Schmidt, D.A. (2018), Development of a Geodetic Component for the US West Coast Earthquake Early Warning System, Seismological Research Letters, doi:10.1785/0220180162.

Crowell, B. W., D. A. Schmidt, P. Bodin, J. E. Vidale, B. Baker, S. Barrientos, and J. Geng (2018), G-FAST earthquake early warning potential for great earthquakes in Chile, Seismological Research Letters, 89 (2A): 542–556, doi: doi.org/10.1785/0220170180.

Crowell, B. W., D. A. Schmidt, P. Bodin, J. E. Vidale, J. Gomberg, J. R. Hartog, Vi. C. Kress, T. I. Melbourne, M. Santillan, S. E. Minson, and D. G. Jamison, (2016), Demonstration of the Cascadia G-FAST Geodetic Earthquake Early Warning System for the Nisqually, Washington Earthquake, Seism. Res. Lett., 87, dos: 10.1785/0220150255. Abstract

Chandrasekhar, D.V., R. Bürgmann, C. D. Reddy, P. S. Sunil, and D. Schmidt (2009), Weak Mantle in NW India Probed by Geodetic Measurements Following the 2001 Bhuj Earthquake, Earth Planet. Sci. Lett., 280, 229-235, doi:10.1016/j.epsl.2009.01.039. Abstract