Teaching
I give lectures on seismic hazards and teach a course on stresses before, during and after earthquakes.
Research Overview
Much of my past research has focused on the physics of deformation of mantle minerals
and aggregates at seismic frequencies and elevated pressures and temperatures. Some
of my more recent work has been in the measurement and interpretation of seismic
attributes in the lithospheric mantle beneath mountain ranges and large strike-slip
faults. My current research involves many aspects of probabilistic seismic hazard
analysis (PSHA) including time-dependent earthquake probabilities, ground motion
relationships, and seismic clustering.
Current and Recent Research Projects
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Geodesy in the New Madrid seismic zone
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Incorporation of foreshocks and aftershocks into time-independent PSHA
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Stress changes in northern Sumatra due to recent subduction zone events.
Selected Publications (full list)
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Boyd, O.S., Earthquake hazard and recurrence in the New Madrid region, in Witt, E., ed., Proceedings of Preparing for a Significant Central United States Earthquake— Science Needs of the Response and Recovery Community: USGS Scientific Investigations Report 2010-5173, p. 14-19, 2010.
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Boyd, O. S., F. Pollitz, Y. Zeng, J. Hardebeck, C. G. Bufe, and R. L. Wesson, Towards a time-dependent probabilistic seismic hazard analysis for Alaska, in Active Tectonics and Seismic Potential of Alaska, edited by J. Freymueller, et al., AGU Monograph, 2008.
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Wesson, R. L., and O. S. Boyd, Stress before and after the 2002 Denali fault earthquake, Geophysical Research Letters, 34, L07303, doi:10.1029/2007GL029189, 2007.
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