Manuscripts submitted and in preparation Cramer, C.H., and O.S. Boyd, Why the New Madrid Earthquakes are M7-8 and the Charleston Earthquake is ~M7, submitted to BSSA. Boyd, O.S., Y. Zeng, and R. Smalley, Relaxation and creep in the New Madrid seismic zone, in preparation. Boyd, O.S., and C.H. Cramer, Earthquake magnitude from reported intensities in the central and eastern United States, in preparation. Manuscripts published Boyd, O.S., Including Foreshocks and Aftershocks in Time-Independent Probabilistic Seismic-Hazard Analyses, Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America, Vol. 102, No. 3, pp. 909-917, 2012. [PDF] Cramer, C.H., J. Haase, and O.S. Boyd Modified Mercalli Intensity for scenario earthquakes in Evansville, Indiana, U.S. Geological Survey General Information Product 138, 1 plate, 2012. [PDF] Boyd, O.S. Understanding earthquake hazards in urban areas - Evansville Area Earthquake Hazards Mapping Project, U.S. Geological Survey Fact Sheet 2012-3014, 4 p, 2012. [PDF] Boyd, O.S., and H. Magistrale, Studying geodesy and earthquake hazard in and around the New Madrid Seismic Zone: Meeting report, Eos Trans. AGU, 92(38), 317, 2011. [PDF] Haase, J.S., T. Bowling, R.L. Nowack, Y.S. Choi, C.H. Cramer, O.S. Boyd, and R.A. Bauer, Probabilistic seismic hazard assessment including site effects for Evansville, Indiana, and the surrounding region, U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2011-1231, 29 p, 2011. [PDF] Haase, J.S., R.L. Nowack, C.H. Cramer, O.S. Boyd, and R.A. Bauer, Earthquake scenario ground motions for the urban area of Evansville, Indiana, U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2011-1260, 17 p, 2011. [PDF] Haase, J.S., Y.S. Choi, R.L. Nowack, C.H. Cramer, O.S. Boyd, and R.A. Bauer, Liquefaction hazard for the region of Evansville, Indiana, U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2011-1203, 38 p, 2011. [PDF] 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. [PDF] Boyd, O.S., Haase, J.L., and Moore, D.W., Evansville Area Earthquake Hazards Mapping Project (EAEHMP) - Progress Report, 2008, U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2009-1249, 16 p, 2009. [PDF] Bufe, C.G., and O.S. Boyd, Fault interaction in Alaska: Coulomb stress transfer, in Active Tectonics and Seismic Potential of Alaska, edited by J. Freymueller, et al., AGU Monograph, 2008. [PDF] Wesson, R.L., O.S. Boyd, C.S. Mueller, and A.D. Frankel, Challenges in Making a Seismic Hazard Map for Alaska and the Aleutians, in Active Tectonics and Seismic Potential of Alaska, edited by J. Freymueller, et al., AGU Monograph, 2008. [PDF] 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 [PDF] Petersen, M.D., A.D. Frankel, S.C. Harmsen, C.S. Mueller, K.M. Haller, R.L. Wheeler, R.L. Wesson, Y. Zeng, O.S. Boyd, D.M. Perkins, N. Luco, E.H. Field, C.J. Wills, K.S. Rukstales, Documentation for the 2008 Update of the United States National Seismic Hazard Maps, U.S. Geological Survey Open File Report 2008-1128, 2008. [PDF] Boyd, O.S., M.K. Savage, C.H. Jones, and A.F. Sheehan, Illuminating upper mantle structure beneath Cook Strait, New Zealand, with receiver functions, Journal of Geophysical Research, 2007. [PDF] Boyd, O.S., C.S. Mueller, and K.S. Rukstales, Preliminary probabilistic seismic hazard map for Afghanistan, U.S. Geological Survey Open File Report 2007-1137, 2007. [PDF] 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. [PDF] Wesson, R.L., O.S. Boyd, C.S. Mueller, C.G. Bufe, A.D. Frankel, and M.D. Petersen, Revision of time-independent probabilistic seismic hazard maps for Alaska, U. S. Geological Survey Open File Report 2007-1043, 2007. [PDF] Boyd, O.S., An efficient Matlab script to calculate heterogeneous anisotropically elastic wave propagation in three dimensions, Computers and Geosciences, 32 (2), 259-264, 2006. [PDF] Boyd, O.S., and A.F. Sheehan, Attenuation tomography beneath the Rocky Mountain Front: Implications for the physical state of the upper mantle, in AGU Monograph: The Rocky Mountain Region: An Evolving Lithosphere, edited by K.E. Karlstrom, and G.R. Keller, 361-377, 2005. [PDF] Sheehan, A.F., V. Schulte-Pelkum, O.S. Boyd, and C.K. Wilson, Passive source seismology of the Rocky Mountain Region, in AGU Monograph: The Rocky Mountain Region: An Evolving Lithosphere, edited by K.E. Karlstrom, and G.R. Keller, 309-315, 2005. [PDF] Boyd, O.S., The heterogeneous upper mantle: Insights from seismology, Doctoral Dissertation, University of Colorado, 147 pp., 2004. [PDF] Wilson, C.K., C.H. Jones, P. Molnar, A.F. Sheehan, and O.S. Boyd, Evidence for continuous deformation in the lower crust and upper mantle beneath a continental strike-slip fault zone: Marlborough fault system, South Island, New Zealand, Geology, 32 (10), 837-840, 2004. [PDF] Boyd, O.S., C.H. Jones and A.F. Sheehan, Foundering lithosphere imaged beneath the southern Sierra Nevada, California, USA, Science, 305, 660-663, 2004. [PDF] Schuett, H., J. Khoeler, O.S. Boyd, and H. Spetzler, Seismic attenuation in partially saturated dime-shaped cracks, Pure and Applied Geophysics, 157 (3), 435-448, 2000. [PDF] Boyd O.S., Effects on seismic absorption due to changed pore surface properties resulting from exposure to propanol: A study utilizing artificial glass cracks, Masters Thesis, University of Colorado, 121 pp., 1997. [PDF] Moerig, R., W. Waite, O.S. Boyd, I. Getting, and H. Spetzler, Seismic attenuation in artificial glass cracks: Physical and physicochemical effects of fluids, Geophysical Research Letters, 23, 2053-2056, 1996. [PDF]

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