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Linda M. Warren, Ph.D.

Associate Professor of Geophysics
Department of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences

Courses Taught

Seismology of Nuclear Explosions; Introduction to Earthquakes; Communicating in Science; Earth Dynamics; Scientific Communications; Seminar in Seismology; Geoscience Journal Club; Advanced Seminar in Geophysics

Education

Ph.D., University of California San Diego, 2003
B.A., Princeton University, 1997

Publications and Media Placements

Warren, L. M., E. C. Baluyut, T. Osburg, K. Lisac, and S. Kokkinen, Fault-plane orientations of intermediate-depth and deep-focus earthquakes in the Japan-Kuril-Kamchatka subduction zone, J. Geophys. Res. Solid Earth, 102, 1-17, doi:10.1002/2015JB012463, 2015.

Pfohl, A., L. M. Warren, S. Sit, and M. Brudzinski, Search for tectonic tremor on the central North Anatolian Fault, Turkey, Bull. Seism. Soc. Amer., 105, doi:10.1785/0120140312, 2015.

Warren, L. M., Dominant fault plane orientations of intermediate-depth earthquakes beneath South America, J. Geophys. Res. Solid Earth, 119, doi:10.1002/2013JB010856, 2014.

Snoke, J. A., L. M. Warren, and D. E. James, High-resolution phase-velocity maps using data from an earthquake recorded at regional distances by a dense broadband seismic network, Geophys. J. Int., 198, 1504-1513, doi:10.1093/gji/ggu215, 2014.

Warren, L. M., S. L. Beck, C. B. Biryol, G. Zandt, A. A. Ozacar, and Y. Yang, Crustal velocity structure of Central and Eastern Turkey from ambient noise tomography, Geophys. J. Int., 194, 1941-1954, doi:10.1093/gji/ggt210, 2013.

Porter, R., H. Gilbert, G. Zandt, S. L. Beck, L. M. Warren, J. Calkins, P. Alvarado, and M. Anderson, Shear wave velocities in the Pampean flat-slab region from Rayleigh wave tomography: Implications for slab and upper mantle hydration, J. Geophys. Res., 117, B11301, doi:10.1029/2012JB009350, 2012.

Myhill, R., and L. M. Warren, Fault plane orientations of deep earthquakes in the Izu-Bonin-Marianas subduction zone, J. Geophys. Res., 117, B06307, doi:10.1029/2011JB009047, 2012.

Warren, L. M., Measurement of differential rupture durations as constraints on the source finiteness of deep-focus earthquakes, 2. Synthetic tests to estimate errors in rupture vectors and their effect on fault-plane identification, J. Geophys. Res., 115, B09307, doi:10.1029/2009JB00707, 2010.

French, S. W., L. M. Warren, K. M. Fischer, G. A. Abers, W. Strauch, J. M. Protti, and V. Gonzalez, Constraints on upper-plate deformation in the Nicaraguan subduction zone from earthquake relocation and directivity analysis, Geochem., Geophys., Geosyst., 11, Q03S20, doi:10.1029/2009GC002841, 2010.

Warren, L. M., J. A. Snoke, and D. E. James, S-wave velocity structure beneath the High Lava Plains, Oregon, from Rayleigh-wave dispersion inversion, Earth Planet. Sci. Lett., 274, 121-131, 2008.

Warren, L. M., A giant subducting sausage, Nature Geoscience, 1, 154-155, 2008.

Warren, L. M., M. A. Langstaff, and P. G. Silver, Fault-plane orientations of intermediate-depth earthquakes in the Middle America Trench, J. Geophys. Res., 113, B01304, doi:10.1029/2007JB005028, 2008.

Warren, L. M., A. N. Hughes, and P. G. Silver, Earthquake mechanics and deformation in the Tonga-Kermadec subduction zones from fault-plane orientations of intermediate- and deep-focus earthquakes, J. Geophys. Res., 112, B05314, doi:10.1029/2006JB004677, 2007.

Warren, L. M., and P. M. Shearer, Reply to 'Comment by A. Douglas on 'Systematic determination of earthquake rupture directivity and fault planes from analysis of long-period P-wave spectra' ', Geophys. J. Int., 169, 506, 2007.

Warren, L. M., and P. G. Silver, Measurement of differential rupture durations as constraints on the source finiteness of deep-focus earthquakes, J. Geophys. Res., 111, B06304, doi:10.1029/2005JB004001, 2006.

Warren, L. M., and P. M. Shearer, Systematic determination of earthquake rupture directivity and fault planes from analysis of long-period P-wave spectra, Geophys. J. Int., 164, 46-62, 2006.

Warren, L. M., and P. M. Shearer, Using the effects of depth phases on P-wave spectra to determine earthquake depths, Bull. Seism. Soc. Amer., 95, 113-124, 2005.

Warren, L. M., and P. M. Shearer, Mapping lateral variations in upper mantle attenuation structure by stacking P and PP spectra, J. Geophys. Res., 107, doi:10.1029/2001JB001195, 2002.

Warren, L. M., and P. M. Shearer, Investigating the frequency dependence of mantle Q by stacking P and PP spectra, J. Geophys. Res., 105, 25,391-25,402, 2000.