Publications

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*Accardo, N.J.; Gaherty, J.B.; Shillington, D.J.; Hopper, E.; Nyblade, A.A.; Ebinger, C.J.; Scholz, C.A.; Chindandali, P.R.N.; Wambura-Ferdinand, R.; Mbogoni, G.; Russell, J.B.; Holtzman, B.K.; Havlin, C.; Class, C.  Thermo-chemical modification of the Upper Mantle beneath the Northern Malawi Rift Constrained from Shear Velocity Imaging. Geochem., Geophys., Geosys.,  DOI: 10.1029/2019GC008843, 2020.

^Ma, Z., C.A. Dalton, J.B. Russell, J.B. Gaherty, G. Hirth, D.W. Forsyth, Shear attenuation and anelastic mechanisms in the central Pacific upper mantle, Earth Planet. Sci. Lett., 536, 116148, doi: 10.1016/j.epsl.2020.116148, 2020.

Scholz, C.A.; Shillington, D.J., Wright, L.J.M., Accardo, N.J.; Gaherty, J.B.; Chindandali, P.  Intrarift Fault Fabric, S 1 egmentation, and Basin Evolution of the Lake Malawi (Nyasa) Rift, East Africa. Geosphere doi:10.1130/GES02228.1, 2020.

Shillington, D.J., Scholz, C.A.; Chindandali, P.R.N.; Gaherty, J.B.; Accardo, N.J.; Onyango, E.; Ebinger, C.J.; Nyblade, A.A. Controls on rift faulting in the North Basin of the Malawi (Nyasa) Rift, East Africa. Tectonics, 36, doi:10.1029/2019TC005633, 2020.

Lynner, C., H.J.A. Van Avendonk, A. Becel, G.L. Christeson, B. Dugan, J.B. Gaherty, S. Harder, M.J. Hornbach, D. Lizarralde, M.D. Long, M.B. Magnani, D.J. Shillington, K. Aderhold, Z.C. Eilon, L.S. Wagner, The eastern North American Margin community seismic experiment: An amphibious active- and passive-source dataset, Seism. Res. Lett., 91, 533-540, doi: 10.1785/0220190142, 2020.

Gaherty, J.B., W. Zheng, D.J. Shillington, M.E. Pritchard, S.T. Henderson, P.R.N. Chindindali, H. Mdala, A. Shuler, N. Lindsey, S.J. Oliva, S. Nooner, C.A. Scholz, D. Schaff, G. Ekström, and M. Nettles, Faulting processes during early-stage rifting:  seismic and geodetic analysis of the 2009-2010 Northern Malawi earthquake sequence, Geophys. J. Int., 217, 1767-1782, doi: 10.1091/gji/ggz119, 2019.

Till, C.B., A.J.R. Kent, G.A. Abers, H.A. Janiszewski, J.B. Gaherty, and B. Pitcher, Towards assessing the causes of volcanic diversity at the arc scale, Nature Communications, 10, 1350,doi: 10.1038/ s41467-019-09113-0, 2019.

*Janiszewski, H.A., J.B. Gaherty, G.A. Abers, H. Gao, Z.C. Eilon, Amphibious surface-wave phase-velocity measurements of the Cascadia subduction zone, Geophys. J. Int., doi: 10.1093/gji/ggz051, 2019.

*Mark, H.F., D. Lizarralde, J.A. Collins, N.C. Miller, G. Hirth, J.B. Gaherty, R.L. Evans, Seismic anisotropy of 70 Ma Pacific-plate upper mantle, J. Geophys. Res., doi: 10.1029/2018JB016451, 2019.

*Russell, J.B., J.B. Gaherty, P.-Y. Lin, D. Lizarralde, J.A. Collins, G. Hirth, R.L. Evans High-resolution constraints on Pacific upper mantle petrofabric inferred from surface-wave anisotropy, J. Geophys. Res., doi: 10.1029/2018JB016598, 2019.

Ebinger, C.J., Oliva, S.J., Pham, T.-Q., Peterson, K., Chindandali, P.R.N., Illsley-Kemp, F., Drooff, C., Gallacher, R., Shillington, D.J., Accardo, N.J., Mulibo, G., Ferdinand, R.W., Gaherty, J.B., Nyblade, A.A., G. Mulibo, Kinematics of Active Deformation in the Malawi Rift, Africa., Geochem. Geophys. Geosys., 20, 3928–3951, doi: 10.1029/2019GC008354, 2019.

*Eddy, C.L., G. Ekström, M. Nettles, and J.B. Gaherty, Age dependence and anisotropy of surface-wave phase velocities in the Pacific, Geophys. J. Int., 216 (1), 640-658, doi: 10.1093/gji/ggy438, 2018.

*Accardo, N.A., D.J. Shillington, J.B. Gaherty, C.A. Scholz, C.J. Ebinger, A.A. Nyblade, P.R.N. Chindandali, G. Kamihanda, T. McCartney, D. Wood, R.W. Ferdinand, Implications for Growth and Interaction of Large Border Faults in the Malawi Rift from 3D Seismic Refraction Imaging, J. Geophys. Res., 123 (11), 10,003-10,025, doi: 10.1029/2018JB016504, 2018.

*Grijalva, A., A.A. Nyblade, K. Homman, N.J. Accardo, J.B. Gaherty, C.J. Ebinger, D.J. Shillington, P.R.N. Chindandali, G. Mbogoni, R. Wambura Ferdinand, G. Mulibo, J.P. O’Donnell, M. Kachingwe, G. Tepp, Seismic evidence for plume- and craton-influenced upper mantle structure beneath northern Malawi rift and the Rungwe volcanic province, East Africa, G-cubed, 19 (10), 3980-3994, doi: 10.1029/2018GC007730, 2018.

*Borrego, D., A.A. Nyblade, N. Accardo, J.B. Gaherty, C.J. Ebinger, D.J. Shillington, P. Chindandali, G. Mbogoni, R. Wambura Ferdinand, G. Mulibo, J.P. O’Donnell, M. Kachingwe, G. Tepp, Crustal structure surrounding the northern Malawi rift and beneath the Rungwe volcanic province, East Africa, Geophys. J. Int., in press, doi: 10.1093/gji/ggy331, 2018.

*Tepp, G., C.J. Ebinger, H. Zal, N. Accardo, R. Gallacher, D.J. Shillington, J.B. Gaherty, D. Keir, A.A. Nyblade, G.J. Mbogoni, P.R.N. Chindandali, R. Ferdinand-Wambura, G.D. Mulibo, G. Kamihanda, Seismic anisotropy of the upper mantle below magmatic and weakly magmatic sectors of the Western rift, East Africa, J. Geophys. Res., 123, https://doi.org/10.1029/ 2017JB015409, 2018.

*Accardo, N.A., J.B. Gaherty, D.J. Shillington, C.J. Ebinger, A.A. Nyblade, G.J. Mbogoni, P.R.N. Chindandali, R.W. Ferdinand, G.D. Mulibo, G. Kamihanda, D. Keir, C. Scholz, K. Selway, J.P. O’Donnell, G. Tepp, R. Gallacher, K. Mtelela, J. Salima, A. Mruma, Surface-wave imaging of the weakly-extended Malawi Rift from ambient-noise and teleseismic Rayleigh waves from onshore and lake-bottom seismometers, Geophys. J. Int., 209, 1892-1905, doi:10.1093/gji/gg133, 2017.

Shillington, D.J., J.B. Gaherty, C.J. Ebinger, C.A. Scholz, K. Selway, A.A. Nyblade, P.A. Bedrosian, C. Class, S.L. Nooner, M.E. Pritchard, and SEGMeNT team, Acquisition of a unique onshore/offshore geophysical and geochemical dataset in the northern Malawi (Nyasa) rift, Seism. Res. Lett, 87 (6), 1406-1416, doi:10.1785/0220160112, 2016.

`^Lin, P.Y., J.B. Gaherty, G. Jin, J.A. Collins, D. Lizarralde, R.L. Evans, and G. Hirth, High-resolution seismic constraints on flow dynamics in the oceanic asthenosphere, Nature, 535 , 538-541, doi:10.1038/nature18012, 2016.

*Eilon, Z., G.A. Abers, and J.B. Gaherty, A joint inversion for Vs and anisotropy:  The Woodlark Rift, Papua New Guinea”, Geophys. J. Int., doi: 10.1093/gji/ggw177, 2016.

`^Bao, X., C.A. Dalton, G. Jin, J.B. Gaherty, and Y. Shen, Imaging Rayleigh-wave attenuation with USArray, Geophys. J. Int., doi: 10.1093/gji/ggw151, 2016.

Roy, M., S. Gold, A. Johnson, R. Osuna-Orozco, B. Holtzman, and J.B. Gaherty, Macroscopic coupling of deformation and melt migration at continental interiors, with applications to the Colorado Plateau, J. Geophys. Res., doi:  10.1002/2015JB0121492015, 2016.

Abers, G.A., Z. Eilon, J.B. Gaherty, G. Jin, YH. Kim, M. Obrebski, and C. Dieck, Southeast Papuan crustal tectonics: Imaging extension and buoyancy of an active rift, J. Geophys. Res., 121, 951-971, doi: 10.1002/2015JB012621, 2016.

*Eilon, Z., G.A. Abers, G. Jin, and J.B. Gaherty, Imaging Continental Breakup using Teleseismic Body Waves: The Woodlark Rift, Papua New Guinea, Geochem. Geophys. Geosyst, 16, 2529–2548, doi:10.1002/2015GC005835, 2015.

*Jin, G., J.B., Gaherty, G.A. Abers, Y. Kim, Z. Eilon, and R. Buck, Shear Velocity Structure of the D’Entrecasteaux Islands, Papua New Guinea from Rayleigh Wave Tomography, Geochem. Geophys. Geosyst, 16, 3808–3824, doi:10.1002/2015GC005840, 2015.

*Jin, G. and J.B. Gaherty, Surface-wave phase-velocity tomography based on multi-channel cross correlation, Geophys. J. Int., 201, 1383-1398, doi: 10.1093/gji/ggv079, 2015.

*Sarafian, E., R.L. Evans, J.A. Collins, J. Elsenbeck, G.A. Gaetani, J.B. Gaherty, G. Hirth and D. Lizarralde, The electrical structure of the central Pacific upper mantle constrained by the NoMelt experiment, Geochem. Geophys. Geosyst., 16, doi:10.1002/2014GC005709, 2015.

*James, E.J., C.A. Dalton, and J.B. Gaherty, Rayleigh wave phase velocities in the Atlantic upper mantle, Geochem. Geophys. Geosyst. 15, 4305–4324, doi:10.1002/ 2014GC005518, 2014.

*Vidales-Basurto, C.A., R.R. Castro, C.I. Huerta, D.F. Sumy, J.B. Gaherty, and J.A. Collins, An attenuation study of body waves in the south-central region of the Gulf of California, México, Bull. Seism. Soc. Am., 104, 2027-2042, doi: 10.1785/0120140015, 2014.

*Eilon, Z., G.A. Abers, G. Jin, and J.B. Gaherty, Anisotropy beneath a highly extended continental rift, Geochem. Geophys. Geosyst., 15, doi:10.1002/2013GC005092, 2014.

`^Dalton, C. and J.B. Gaherty, Seismic anisotropy in the continental crust of northwestern Canada, Geophys. J. Int., 193, 338-348, doi: 10.1093/gji/ggs108, 2013.

*Wang, Y., D.W. Forsyth, C.J. Rau, N. Carriero, B. Schmandt, J.B. Gaherty, and B. Savage, Fossil Slabs Attached to Unsubducted Fragments of the Farallon Plate, Proc. Nat. Acad. Sci., 110, 14, doi:10.1073/pnas.1214880110, 2013

*Sumy, D., J.B. Gaherty, W.-Y. Kim, T. Diehl, and J. Collins, The mechanisms of earthquakes and faulting in southern Gulf of California, Bull. Seism. Soc. Am., 103, doi: 10.1785/0120120080, 2013.

`^Dalton, C., J. B. Gaherty, and A.M. Courtier, Crustal VS structure in northwestern Canada: Imaging the Cordillera-craton transition with ambient-noise tomography, J. Geophys. Res., doi:10.1029/2011JB008499, 2011.

*Courtier, A.M., J.B. Gaherty, J. Revenaugh, M.G. Bostock, and E.J. Garnero, Seismic anisotropy associated with continental lithosphere accretion beneath the CANOE array, northwestern Canada, Geology, 38, 887–890, doi: 10.1130/G31120.1, 2010.

*Mercier, J.-P., M.G. Bostock, J.F. Cassidy, K. Dueker, J.B. Gaherty, E.J. Garnero, J. Revenaugh, and G. Zandt, Body-wave tomography of western Canada, Tectonophys. 475, 480-492, doi:10.1016/j.tecto.2009.05.030, 2009.

*Hansen, S.E., J.B. Gaherty, S.Y. Schwartz, A.J. Rodgers, and A.M.S. Al-Amri, Seismic velocity structure and depth-dependence of anisotropy in the Red Sea and Arabian Shield from surface-wave analysis, J. Geophys. Res., 113, B10307, doi:10.1029/2007JB005335, 2008.

*Mercier, J.-P., M.G. Bostock, P. Audet, J.B. Gaherty, E.J. Garnero, J. Revenaugh, The teleseismic signature of fossil subduction:  Northwestern Canada, J. Geophys. Res., 113, B04308, doi:10.1029/2007JB005127, 2008.

Gaherty, J.B. and R.A. Dunn, Evaluating hotspot-ridge interaction in the Atlantic from regional-scale seismic observations, Geochem.Geophys.Geosyst.,8, Q05006, doi:10.1029 / 2006GC001533,2007.

*Delorey, A.A., R.A. Dunn, and J.B. Gaherty, Surface Wave Tomography of the Upper Mantle Beneath the Reykjanes Ridge with Implications for Ridge-Hotspot Interaction, J. Geophys. Res., 112, B08313, doi:10.1029/2006JB004785, 2007.

`^Gu, Y.J., S.C. Webb, A. Lerner-Lam, and J.B. Gaherty, Upper-mantle structure beneath the eastern Pacific Ocean ridges, J. Geophys. Res. 110, B06305, doi:10.1029/2004JB003381, 2005.

Gaherty, J.B., D. Lizarralde, J. Collins, G. Hirth, and S.Kim, Mantle deformation during slow seafloor spreading constrained by observations of seismic anisotropy in the western Atlantic, Earth Planet. Sci. Lett., 228, 255-265, 2004.

Lizarralde, D., J.B. Gaherty, J.A. Collins, G. Hirth, and S. Kim, Spreading-rate dependence of melt extraction at mid-ocean ridges from far-offset seismic data, Nature, 432,744-747, 2004.

Gaherty, J.B., A surface-wave analysis of seismic anisotropy beneath eastern North America, Geophys. J. Int., 158,1053-1066, 2004.

Butler, R., Lay, T., Creager, K., Earle, P., Fischer, K., Gaherty, J., Laske, G., Leith, B., Park, J., Ritzwoller, M., Tromp, J. and Wen, L., The Global Seismographic Network Surpasses Its Design Goal, EOS Trans. AGU, 85, 225, 229, 2004.

Gaherty, J.B., Seismic evidence for hotspot-induced buoyant flow beneath the Reykjanes Ridge, Science, 293, 1645-1647, 2001.

`^Freybourger, M., J.B. Gaherty, and T.H. Jordan, Structure of the Kaapval craton from surface waves, Geophys. Res. Lett., 28, 2489-2492, 2001.

*Saltzer, R., J.B. Gaherty, and T.H. Jordan, What does vertical shear-wave splitting measure when the azimuthal anisotropy varies with depth?, Geophys. J. Int., 141, 374-390, 2000.

Gaherty, J.B., Y. Wang, T.H. Jordan, and D.J. Weidner, Testing plausible upper-mantle compositions using fine-scale models of the 410-km discontinuity, Geophys. Res. Lett., 26, 1641-1644, 1999.

Gaherty, J.B., M. Kato, and T.H. Jordan, Seismological structure of the upper mantle:  A regional comparison of seismic layering, Phys. Earth Planet. Inter., 110, 21-41, 1999.

Lay, T., E.J. Garnero, C.J. Young, and J.B. Gaherty, Scale-lengths of shear velocity heterogeneity at the base of the mantle from S wave differential travel times, J. Geophys. Res., 102, 9887-9909, 1997.

Gaherty, J.B., T.H. Jordan, and L.S. Gee, Seismic structure of the upper mantle in a central Pacific Corridor, J. Geophys. Res., 101, 22,291-22,309, 1996.

Gaherty, J.B. and T.H. Jordan, Lehmann Discontinuity as the base of an anisotropic layer beneath continents, Science, 268, 1468-1471, 1995.

Gaherty, J.B. and B.H. Hager, Compositional vs. thermal buoyancy and the evolution of subducted lithosphere, Geophys. Res. Lett., 21, 141-144, 1994.

Gaherty, J.B. and T. Lay, Investigation of laterally heterogeneous shear velocity structure in D” beneath Eurasia, J. Geophys. Res. 97, 417-435, 1992.

Gaherty, J.B., T. Lay, and J.E. Vidale, Investigation of deep slab structure using long-period S waves, J. Geophys. Res. 96, 16349-16367, 1991.