Jonathan M. Lees

PUBLISHED JOURNAL PAPERS

Following is a list of published papers. You may obtain off-prints of these articles by contacting me at jonathan.lees@unc.edu.
To read Abstracts of these publications, click on the Abstract link next to each title:

Kim, K. and Lees, J.M., (2011). Finite-difference time-domain modeling of transient infrasonic wavefields excited by volcanic explosions. Geophys. Res. Lett., 38(L06804): 5 doi:10.1029/2010GL046615.

Johnson, J.B., Lees, J.M. and Varley, N., (2011). Characterizing complex eruptive activity at Santiaguito Volcano, Guatemala using infrasound semblance in networked arrays. J. Volc. Geoth. Res., 199(1-2): 1-14, doi:10.1016/j.jvolgeores.2010.08.005.

Garcia-March, J.R., Surge, D., Lees, J.M. and Kersting, D., (2011). Stable isotope ratios in Pinna nobilis shells record ecological information and water mass properties in the Mediterranean. Journal of Geophysical Research Biogeosciences, in press:10.1029/2010JG001461.

Johnson, J.B. and Lees, J.M., (2010). Sound produced by the rapidly inflating Santiaguito lava dome, Guatemala. Geophys. Res. Lett., 37(L22305): 6 doi:10.1029/2010GL045217.

Sanderson, R.W., Johnson, J.B. and Lees, J.M., (2010). Ultra-long period seismic signals and cyclic deflation coincident with eruptions at Santiaguito volcano, Guatemala. J. Volc. Geoth. Res., 198(1-2): 35-44, doi:10.1016/j.jvolgeores.2010.08.007.

Madlazim, K., Santosa, B.J., Lees, J.M. and Utama, W. (2010). Earthquake Source Parameters at the Sumatran Fault Zone: Identification of the Activated Fault Plane, Central European Journal of Geosciences, 1896-1517, DOI: 10.2478/v10085-010-0016-5.

Johnson, J.B., Sanderson, R., Lyons, J., Escobar-Wolf, R., Waite, G.P. & Lees, J.M., 2009. Dissection of a composite volcanic earthquake at Santiaguito, Guatemala, Geophys. Res. Lett., 36, L16308, doi:10.1029/2009GL039370.http://www.agu.org/pubs/crossref/2009/2009GL039370.shtml

Chung, T.W., Lees, J.M., Yoshimoto, K., Fujita, E. & Ukawa, M., 2009. Intrinsic and scattering attenuation of the Mt Fuji Region, Japan, Geophys. J. Int., 177, 1366-1382. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-246X.2009.04121.x

Chung, T.W. and J. M. Lees, 2008, Preparation of topographic maps based on the R package, Mulli-Tamsa, 11, 373-378  (Korean with English Abstract)

Chung, T.W., J. M. Lees, and S. Yoon, 2008, Seismic data analysis using R, Mulli-Tamsa, 11, 378-384 (Korean with English Abstract)

Johnson, J., J. M. Lees, A. Gerst, D. Sahagian, N. Varley, (2008) Long-period earthquake and co-eruptive dome inflation seen with particle image velocimetry, Nature, 456, doi:10.1038/nature07429.

Scharff, L., M. Hort, A.J.L. Harris, M. Ripepe, J.M. Lees, and R. Seyfried, (2008) Eruption dynamics of the SW crater of Stromboli volcano, Italy, J. Volc. Geoth. Res., http://sd.pris.net.cn/scidirimg/clear.gifdoi:10.1016/j.jvolgeores.2008.05.008.

Tang, C., Rial, J.A., and Lees, J.M., 2008 Seismic Imaging of the Geothermal Field at Krafla, Iceland Using Shear-wave Splitting: Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research doi:10.1016/j.jvolgeores.2008.04.017, 2008

Lees, J. M., J. B. Johnson, M. Ruiz, L. Troncoso, M. Welsh, (2008) Reventador Volcano 2005: Eruptive Activity Inferred from Seismo-Acoustic Observation,  Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research doi:10.1016/j.jvolgeores.2007.10.006. Click to see Abstract

Lees, J. M., and M. Ruiz, (2008) Non-linear Explosion Tremor at Sangay, Volcano, Ecuador, Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research http://www.sciencedirect.com/scidirimg/clear.gifdoi:10.1016/j.jvolgeores.2007.08.012. Click to see Abstract

Lees, J.M., (2007) Tomography of Crustal Magma Bodies: Implications for Magmatic Systems, Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research, 167, 37-56. http://www.sciencedirect.com/scidirimg/clear.gifdoi:10.1016/j.jvolgeores.2007.06.008  Click to see Abstract

Lees, J.M., (2007) SeisR & FocR: Earthquake and Seismic Analysis in R, Proceedings of the 2007 useR! Conference, August 8–10. Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa, http://user2007.org/program/presentations/lees.pdf.

Lees, J.M., N. Symons, O. Chubarova, V. Gorelchik, and A. Ozerov, (2007) Tomographic Images of Kliuchevskoi Volcano P-wave Velocity, in in Volcanism and Subduction: The Kamchatka Region, edited by J. Eichelberger, E. Gordeev, M. Kasahara, P. Izbekov and J. M. Lees, pp. 293-302, American Geophysical Union, Washington, D.C.Click to see Abstract

Ruppert, N.A., J.M. Lees, and N.P. Kozyreva, (2007) Seismicity, Earthquakes and Structure along the Alaska-Aleutian and Kamchatka-Kurile Subduction zones: A Review, in Volcanism and Subduction: The Kamchatka Region, edited by J. Eichelberger, E. Gordeev, M. Kasahara, P. Izbekov and J. M. Lees, pp. 129-144, American Geophysical Union, Washington, D.C.Click to see Abstract

Lees, J.M., J. VanDecar, E. Gordeev, A. Ozerov, M. Brandon, J. Park, and V. Levin, (2007) Three Dimensional Images of the Kamchatka-Pacific Plate Cusp, in Volcanism and Subduction: The Kamchatka Region, edited by J. Eichelberger, E. Gordeev, M. Kasahara, P. Izbekov and J. M. Lees, pp. 65-75, American Geophysical Union, Washington, D.C.Click to see Abstract

Chung, T.W., M.-H. Noh, J.-K. Kim, Y.-K. Park, H.-J. Yoo, and J.M. Lees, A Study of the Regional Variation of  Low Frequency QLg-1 Around The Korean Peninsula, Bull. Seism. Soc. Am., Bull. Seism. Soc. Am., 97 (6), 2190-2197, 2007.Click to see Abstract

Fang, W.-C., Kedar, S., Owen, S., Wei, G.-Y., Brooks, D., and Lees, J., (2006), System-on-Chip Architecture Design for Intelligent Sensor Networks, International Conference on Intelligent Information Hiding and Multimedia, Volume iih-msp, p. 579-582.Click to see Abstract

Werner-Allen, G., Lorincz, K., Johnson, J.B., Lees, J.M. and Welsh, M., (2006). Fidelity and Yield in a Volcano Monitoring Sensor Network, Proc. of the 7th Symposium on Operating Systems Design and Implementation (OSDI '06), Seattle, WA, USA, pp. 381-396.Click to see Abstract

Johnson, J.B., Lees, J.M., and Yepes, H., (2006), Volcanoes, lightning, and a waterfall: Differentiating the menagerie of infrasound in the Ecuadorian jungle: Geophysical Research Letters, v. 33, L06308, doi:10.1029/2005GL025515.Click to see Abstract

Werner-Allen, G., Lorincz, K., Ruiz, M.C., Marcillo, O., Johnson, J.B., Lees, J.M., and Welsh, M., (2006), Deploying a wireless sensor network on an active volcano: IEEE Internet Computing, Special Issue on Data Driven Applications in Sensor Networks, v. 10, p. 18-25 doi:http://doi.ieeecomputersociety.org/10.1109/MIC.2006.26. Click to see Abstract

Tang, C., Rial, J.A., and Lees, J.M., (2005), Shear-wave splitting: A diagnostic tool to monitor fluid pressure in geothermal fields: Geophysical Research Letters, v. 32, p. L21317 doi:10.1029/2005GL023551. http://www.agu.org/pubs/crossref/2005/2005GL023551.shtml Click to see Abstract

Johnson, J.B., Ruiz, M.C., Lees, J.M., and Ramon, P., (2005), Poor scaling between elastic energy release and eruption intensity at Tungurahua Volcano, Ecuador: Geophysical Research Letters, v. 32 doi:10.1029/2005GL022847. Click to see Abstract

Ruiz, M, J. M. Lees, and J. B. Johnson (2005), Source constraints of Tungurahua explosion events, Bulletin of Volcanology doi:DOI 10.1007/s00445-005-0023-8 Click to see Abstract

Werner-Allen, G., J. Johnson, M. Ruiz, J. Lees, M. Welsh (2005) Monitoring Volcanic Eruptions with a Wireless Sensor Network. in Proc. Second European Workshop on Wireless Sensor Networks (EWSN'05 #1568945184).. Click to see Abstract

Tang, C., Rial, J.A., Lees, J.M., and Thompson, E., (2005), Seismic Imaging of the geothermal field at Krafla, Iceland, Proceedings, Thirteenth Workshop on Geothermal Reservoir Engineering: Stanford University, Stanford, CA, p. SGP-TR-176. Click to see Abstract

Shalev, E., and J.M. Lees (2004), Three dimensional tomographic analysis of the Loma Prieta region, in USGS Professional Paper 1550-E: The Loma Prieta, California, Earthquake of October 17, 1989 - Geologic Setting and Crustal Structure, edited by R.E. Wells, pp. 127-142, U.S. Geological Survey, Reston, VA. Click to see Abstract

Davaille, A., and J.M. Lees, (2004) Thermal modeling of subducted plates: tear and hot spot at the Kamchatka corner, Earth Planet. Sci. Letts., 226 (3-4), 293-304, DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2004.07.024. Click to See Abstract

McGreger, A.D., and J.M. Lees, (2004). Vent Discrimination At Stromboli Volcano, Italy, J. Volc. Geoth. Res., 137 (1-3), 169-185, DOI: 10.1016/j.jvolgeores.2004.05.007 . Click to See Abstract

Lees, J. M., Gordeev, E. I. & Ripepe, M. (2004) Explosions and periodic tremor at Karymsky volcano, Kamchatka, Russia. Geophysical Journal International,-. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-246X.2004.02239.x Click to See Abstract

Lees, J.M., (2004). Scattering from a fault interface in the Coso geothermal field. Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research, 130(1-2): 61-75. Click to See Abstract

Ozerov, A., I. Ispolatov, and J. Lees, (2003) Modeling Strombolian eruptions of Karymsky volcano, Kamchatka, Russia, J. Volc. Geoth. Res., 122 (3-4), 265-280. Click to See Abstract

Levin, V., J. Park, M. Brandon, J.M. Lees, V. Peyton, E. Gordeev, and A. Ozerov, (2002)Crust and upper mantle of Kamchatka from teleseismic receiver functions, in Tectonophysics, edited by I.M. Artemieva, H. Thybo, W.D. Mooney, and  E. Perchuc, pp. 233-265, Elsevier, Amsterdam,. Click to See Abstract

Park, J., Levin, V., Brandon, M., Lees, J., Peyton, V., Gordeev, E., and Ozerov, A., (2002), A dangling slab, amplified arc volcanism, mantle flow and seismic anisotropy in the Kamchatka Plate Corner, in Stein, S., and Freymuller, J., eds., Plate Boundary Zones, p. 295-324 Click to See Abstract

Johnson, J.B., R.C. Aster, M.C. Ruiz, S.D. Malone, P.J. McChesney, J.M. Lees, and P.R. Kyle, Interpretation and utility of infrasonic records from erupting volcanoes, J. Volc. Geoth. Res., 121 (1-2), 15-63, 2003. Click to See Abstract

Lees, J.M., Three-Dimensional Anatomy of a Geothermal Field, in Geologic Evolution of the Central Mojave Desert and Southern Basin and Range, edited by A. Glazner, J.D. Walker, and  J.M. Bartley, pp. 259-276, Geological Society of America, Boulder, CO., 2002. Click to See Abstract

Bhattacharyya, J., and J.M. Lees, Seismicity, stress and triggering in the Coso/Indian Wells Valley region, in Geologic Evolution of the Central Mojave Desert and Southern Basin and Range, edited by A.G. J., D. Walker, and  J.M. Bartley, pp. 243-258, Geological Society of America, 2002. Click to See Abstract

Yogodzinski, G.M., J.M. Lees, T.G. Churikova, F. Dorendorf, G. Woerner, and O.N. Volynets, (2001): Geochemical evidence for the melting of subducting oceanic lithosphere at plate edges, Nature, 409, 500-504. Click to See Abstract

Lees, J. M., (1999) Geotouch: Software for Three and Four-Dimensional GIS in the Earth Sciences, Computers & Geosciences26(7) 751-761. Click to see Abstract to see full article: Full Article

Lees, J. M., M. Brandon, J. Park, V. Levin, A. Ozerov, E. Gordeev, (2001) Kamchatka: Edge of the Plate, Iris News Letter, 2001(1), 17-19. ARTICLE: Side Edge of Kamchatka Slab

Peyton, V., V. Levin, J. Park, M. Brandon, J. Lees, E. Gordeev, and A. Ozerov (2001) Mantle Flow at a Slab Edge: Seismic Anisotropy in the Kamchatka Region, Geophys. Res. Letts. 28(2), 379-382.  Click to see Abstract

Hough, H. E., J. M. Lees and F. Monastero (1999)Attenuation and source properties at the Coso Geothermal Area, California, Bull. Seismol. Soc. Am. 89(6), 1606-1619. Click to see Abstract

Lees, J. M. and H. Wu (2000), Poisson's ratio and porosity at Coso Geothermal Area, California, J. Volc. Geotherm. Res. 95(1-4), 157-173. http://www.sciencedirect.com/scidirimg/clear.gifdoi:10.1016/S0377-0273(99)00126-2   Click to see Abstract

Johnson, J. B., and J. M. Lees (1999), Plugs and Chugs - Strombolian activity at Karymsky, Russia, and Sangay, Ecuador, J. Volc. Geotherm. Res., 101, 67-82. Click to see Abstract

Lees, J. M., and H. Wu, (1999), P-wave anisotropy, stress, and crack distribution at Coso Geothermal Field, California, J. Geophys. Res. 104(8), 17,955-17,973 Click to see Abstract

Moran, S. C., J. M. Lees, and S. D. Malone,(1999) P wave crustal velocity structure in the greater Mount Rainier area from local earthquake tomography, J. Geophys. Res.104 (10), 10,775-10,786. Click to see Abstract

Wu, H., and J. M. Lees, (1999) Three-dimensional P and S wave velocity structures of the Coso Geothermal Area, California, from microseismic travel time data, J. Geophys. Res. 104, 13,217-13,233, Click to see Abstract

Bhattacharyya, J., S. Grosse, J. M. Lees and M. Hasting (1999): Recent earthquake sequences at Coso: evidence for conjugate faulting and stress loading near a geothermal field, Bull. Seismol. Soc. Am. 89(3), 785-795 Click to see Abstract

Wu, H., and J. M. Lees, (1999) Cartesian Parameterization of Anisotropic traveltime tomography, Geophys. J. Int. 137(1) 64-80. Click to see Abstract

Johnson, J., J. M. Lees and E. Gordeev (1998), Degassing explosions at Karymsky Volcano, Kamchatka, Russia, Geophys. Res. Lett. 25(21), 3999-4002. Click to see Abstract

Lees, J. M. (1998), Multiplet analysis at Coso Geothermal,Bull. Seismol. Soc. Am. 88(5) 1127-1143. Click to see Abstract

Feng, Q., and J. M. Lees, (1998) Microseismicity, Stress, and fracture within the Coso geothermal Field, California. Tectonophysics, 289, 221-238. Click to see Abstract

Shalev, E., and J. M. Lees (1998): Cubic B-Splines Tomography at Loma Prieta, Bull. Seismol. Soc. Am. 88(1), 256-269. Click to see Abstract

Wu, H., and J. M. Lees (1997), Boundary Conditions on a Finite Grid: Applications with Pseudo-spectral Wave Propagation, Geophysics, 62(5), 1544-1557 Click to see Abstract

Iversen, E. S., and J. M. Lees (1996), A statistical technique for validating velocity models, Bull. Seismol. Soc. Am. 86(6), 1853-1862 Click to see Abstract

Wu, H. and J. M. Lees (1996). Attenuation Structure of Coso Geothermal Area, California, from P Wave Pulse Widths, Bull. Seismol. Soc. Am., 86, 1574-1590 Click to see Abstract

Lees, J. M. (1997). Waveform and spatial clustering in high frequency seismograms: in Inverse Problems in Geophysical Applications, Society for the Industrial Applications of Mathematics: 109-130 Click to see Abstract

Mann, M. E., and J. M. Lees (1996). Robust estimation of background noise and signal detection in climatic time series, Climate Change, 33, 409-445.

Lees, J. M. (1995). Xmap8: Three-dimensional GIS for geology and geophysics, Seismological Research Letters: 66, 33-37.

Lees, J. M. (1995): Reshaping spectrum estimates by removing periodic noise: application to seismic spectral ratios, Geophys. Res. Lett., 22(4), 513-516. Click to see Abstract

Lees, J. M. and J. Park (1995). Multiple-taper spectral analysis: A stand-alone C-subroutine: Computers & Geosciences: 21, 199-236.

Ohmi, S. and J. M. Lees (1995): Three-dimensional P and S-wave velocity structure below Unzen Volcano, J. Volc. Geoth. Res., 65, 1-26. Click to see Abstract

Lees, J. M. and G. T. Lindley (1994): Three-dimensional Attenuation Tomography at Loma Prieta: Inverting t* for Q, J. Geophys. Res., 99(B4), 6843-6863. Click to see Abstract

Ligdas, N. and J. M. Lees (1993). Seismic velocity constraints in the Thessaloniki and Chalkidiki areas (Northern Greece) from a 3-D tomographic study: Tectonophysics: 228, 97-121. Click to see Abstract

Fischer, R. and J. M. Lees (1993): Shortest path raytracing with sparse graphs, Geophysics, 58(7), 987-996. Click to see Abstract

Lees, J. M. and C. Nicholson (1993): Three-dimensional tomography of the 1992 Southern California sequence: Constraints on dynamic earthquake ruptures?, Geology, 21(5), 385-480. Click to see Abstract

Lees, J. M. (1992): The magma system of Mount St. Helens: Non-linear high resolution P-wave tomography, J. Volc. Geoth. Res., 53(1-4), 103-116. Click to see Abstract

Lees, J. M. and E. Shalev (1992): On the Stability of P-wave Tomography at Loma Prieta: A Comparison of Parameterizations, Linear and Non-liner Inversions, Bull. Seismol. Soc. Am., 82(4), 1821-1839. Click to see Abstract

Lees, J. M. and M. Ukawa (1992): The South Fossa Magna, Japan, Revealed by High Resolution P and S-Wave Travel Time Tomography, Tectonophysics, 207, 377-396. Click to see Abstract

Nicholson, C. and J. M. Lees (1992): Travel-time tomography in the northern Coachella Valley using aftershocks of the 1986 ML 5.9 North Palm Springs earthquake, Geophys. Res. Lett., 19(1), 1-4. Click to see Abstract

Lees, J. M. and R. S. Crosson (1991): Bayesian ART versus conjugate gradient methods in tomographic seismic imaging: An application at Mount St. Helens, Washington, in Spatial Statistics and Imaging, editted by A. Possolo, Inst. of Math. Statistics, 186-208. Click to see Abstract

Lees, J. M. and J. C. Vandecar (1991): Seismic tomography constrained by Bouguer gravity anomalies: Applications in Western Washington, Pure Appl. Geophys., 135(1), 31-52. Click to see Abstract

Lees, J. M. (1990): Tomographic P-wave velocity images of the Loma Prieta earthquake asperity, Geophys. Res. Lett., 17, 1433-1436. Click to see Abstract

Lees, J. M. and R. S. Crosson (1990): Tomographic imaging of local earthquake delay times for 3-D velocity variation in western Washington, J. Geophys. Res., 95(B4), 4763-4776. Click to see Abstract

Lees, J. M. and P. E. Malin (1990): Tomographic images of P-Wave velocity variation at Parkfield, California, J. Geophys. Res., 95(B13), 21793-21804. Click to see Abstract

Lees, J. M. and R. S. Crosson (1989): Tomographic inversion for three-dimensional velocity structure at Mount St. Helens using earthquake data, J. Geophys. Res., 94(B5), 5716-5728. Click to see Abstract

Contact Address:

Prof. Jonathan M. Lees
Department of Geological Sciences
CB #3315, Mitchell Hall
University of North Carolina
Chapel Hill, NC 27599-3315
(919) 962-0695
FAX (919) 966-4519

jonathan.lees@unc.edu
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