Publications:

Mellors, R., and D. Sandwell, 2009, Using a GPU in InSAR Processing to Improve Performance, 3rd ALOS Joint PI Symposium Program, Nov. 9-13, Kona, Hawaii.

Glowacka, E., O. Sarychikhina, F. Suarez, F. Alejandro Nava, and R. Mellors, 2009, Anthropogenic subsidence in the Mexicali Valley, Baja California, Mexico, and slip on the Saltillo fault, 2009, in press, Environ Earth Sci, DOI 10.1007/s12665-009-0137-y.

Sarychikhina, O., E. Glowacka, R. Mellors, R. Vázquez, L. Munguía and M. Guzmá, 2009, Surface displacement and groundwater level changes associated with the 24 May 2006, Mw5.4 Morelia fault earthquake, Mexicali Valley, Baja California, Mexico, in press, Bull. Seismo. Soc. Amer.

Sandwell, D. D. Myer, R. Mellors, M. Shimada, B. Brooks, and J. Foster, 2008, Accuracy and Resolution of ALOS Interferometry: Vector Deformation Maps of the Father's Day Intrusion at Kilauea, IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing, 46, (11), 3524-3534.

Mellors, R, R. Gök, M. Pasaynos, G. Skobeltsyn, U. Teoman, T. Godoladze, and E. Sandvol, 2008, High-resolution seismic velocity and attenuation models of the Caucasus-Caspian region, Proceedings from the 29th Monitoring Research Review: Ground-Based Nuclear Explosion Monitoring Technologies, Portsmouth, VA, Sept. 23-25.

Mellors, R. J., V. Cruz-Atienza, A. Aulia, and Z. Kalmetyeva, 2008, Modeling the 2006 Kochkor, Kyrgyzstan earthquake and waveform propagation in the northern Tien Shan, Proceedings of the Fourth International Symposium, Geodynamics of Intracontinental Orogens, Bishkek, Kyrgzystan, 15-23 June.

Mellors, R., R. Gok, and E. Sandvol, 2007, High-resolution seismic velocity and attenuation models of the Caucasus-Caspian region, Proceedings from the 29th Monitoring Research Review: Ground-Based Nuclear Explosion Monitoring Technologies, Denver, CO, Sept. 25-27.

Mellors, R.J., A. Aulia, and D. Sandwell, 2007, ALOS PALSAR interferometry in the Tien Shan: Detection of the Dec. 26, Kochkorka, Kyrgyzstan earthquake?, The First Joint PI symposium of ALOS Data Nodes for ALOS Science Program in Kyoto, Nov. 19-23, 2007.

Mellors, R., D. Kilb, A. Aliyev, A. Gasonov, and G. Yetirmishli, 2007, Correlations between Earthquakes and Large Mud Volcano Eruptions, Journal of Geophysical Research, v 112, B04304, doi:10.1029/2006JB004489

Mellors, R.J. and B. Panahi, 2005 ,InSAR analysis of the Absheron Peninsula and nearby areas, Azerbaijan, Azerbajian, Mud Volcanoes, Geodynamics and Seismicity Proceedings of the NATO ARW on Mud Volcanism, Geodynamics and Seismicity, Baku, Azerbaijan, from 20 to 22 May 2003. Series: Nato Science Series: IV: Earth and Environmental Sciences, Vol. 51 Martinelli, Giovanni; Panahi, Behrouz (Eds.), 288 pages

Heuze, F., R. Archuleta, F. Bonilla, S. Day, M. Doroudian, A. Elgamal, M. Hoehler, T. Lai, D. Lavallee, B. Lawrence, P-C. Liu, A. Martin, L. Matesic, R. Mellors, B. Minster, D. Oglesby, S. Park, M. Riemer, J. Steidl, F. Vernon, M. Vucetic, J. Wagoner, Z. Yang, 2004, Estimating Site-Specific Strong Earthquake Motions, Soil Dynamics and Earthquake Engineering, 24, 199-223.

Mellors, R. J., H. Magistrale, P. Earle, and A. Cogbill, 2004,Comparison of moderate earthquakes in Southern California using InSAR and seismology, Bull. Seismo. Soc. of Amer.,94, (6), 2004-2025.

Mellors, R. J., E. Riggs, J. Eakins, F.Vernon,and P. Kilburg, 2003, A Real-time Interactive Educational Seismology Exhibit, Seismological Research Letters,74,(5),635-640.

Mellors, R. J., and L. Wald, 2003, Forword to Special Issue on Education and Outreach, Seismological Research Letters, 74, (5), 489-490, 2003.

Mellors, R. J., and A. Boisvert, 2003, Deformation near the Coyote Creek fault, Imperial County, California: tectonic or groundwater-related?, Geochemistry, Geophysics, and Geosystem,4, (2), 1012, doi:10.1029/2001GC000254.

Mellors, R. J., D. T. Sandwell, and L. Sichoix, 2002, Lack of precursory slip to the Hector Mine earthquake as constrained by InSAR, Bull. Seismo. Soc. Of Amer., 92,(4), 1443-1450.

Rodgers, Arthur J., Walter, William R., Mellors, Robert J., Al-Amri, Abdullah M. S., Zhang, Yu-Shen, 1999, Lithospheric structure of the Arabian Shield and Platform from complete regional waveform modeling and surface wave group velocities, Geophysical Journal International, 138, 871-87.

Al-Amri, A. L., R. Mellors, and F. L. Vernon, 1999, Broadband Seismic Noise Characteristics of the Arabian Shield, Arabian Journal of Science and Engineering, King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals, 24, 99-113.

Mellors, R. J., F. L. Vernon, V. E. Camp, A. Al-Amri, and A. Ghalib,1999, Regional waveform propagation in the Saudi Arabian peninsula, Journal of Geophysical Research, 104, p. 20,221-20,232.

Martynov, V., F. Vernon, R. J. Mellors, and G. Pavlis, 1999, High-frequency attenuation in the crust of the northern Tien Shan, 89, 215-238, Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America.

Sandvol, E. D. Seber, M. Barazangi, F. Vernon, R. Mellors, A. Al-Amri, 1998, Lithospheric discontinuities beneath the Arabian Shield, Geophysical Research Letters, 25, 2873-2876.

Mellors, R. J., F. L. Vernon, and D. Thomson,1998, Detection of dispersive signals using multi-taper double coherence, 135, 146-154, Geophysical Journal International.

Mellors, R. J., F. L. Vernon, G. L. Pavlis, G. A. Abers, M. W. Hamburger, S. Ghose, and B. Iliasov, 1997, The Ms=7.3 Suusamyr, Kyrgyzstan earthquake:1: Constraints on fault geometry and source parameters based on aftershocks and body-wave modeling, Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America, 87,11-22.

Ghose, S., R. J. Mellors, A. Korjenkov, M. W. Hamburger, T. L. Pavlis, M. Omuliev, E. Mamyrov, and A. R. Muraliev, 1996. The Ms=7.3 Suusamyr, Kyrgyzstan earthquake in the Tien Shan: 2: Aftershock focal mechanisms and surface deformation, Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America, 87, 23-38.

Mellors, R. J., A. A. Lukk, M. W. Hamburger, G. L. Pavlis, and H. Al-Shukri, 1995, Evidence of a high-velocity slab associated with the Hindu Kush seismic zone, Journal of Geophysical Research, 100, 4067-4078.

Mellors, R. J., J-L. Chatelain, M. Bevis, B. L. Isacks, and G. Hade, 1991, A tilt and seismicity event in the Vanuatu Island Arc, Journal of Geophysical Research, 96, 16,535-16,546.

Older unpublished reports, conference proceedings and thesis

Rigor, A., M. R. Legg, R. J. Mellors, and R. D. Francis, 2003, Using Petroleum Industry 3D Surveys to Improve Understanding of Active Faults: The Palos Verdes Fault in San Pedro Bay, California, Search and Discovery, AAPG online journal, http://www.searchanddiscovery.com/, published 2003.

Mellors, R., B. Minster, W. Walter, D. Harris, and Paul S. Earle, 1999, Location and characterization of mining activity using interferometric synthetic aperture radar, 21st Seismic Research Symposium: Technologies for Monitoring the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty, 21-24 September 1999, Las Vegas, NV.

Minster, B., J. Wagoner, R. Mellors, S. Day, S. Park, S. Elrick, F. Vernon, and F. Heuze, 1999, Initial Source and Site Characterization Studies for the U.C. San Diego Campus, internal report UCRL-ID-134785, July 1999.

Mellors, R., Preliminary noise survey and data report of Saudi Arabian data, 1997, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory internal report, August 2, 1997, UCRL-ID-128949, Office of Scientific and Technical Information, P.O. Box 62, Oak Ridge TN, 37831.

Vernon, F., R. Mellors, J. Berger, A. M. Al-Amri, and J. Zollweg, 1996, Initial results from the deployment of broad-band seismometers in the Saudi Arabian Shield, Proceedings of the 18th Seismic Research Symposium on Monitoring a Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty, p. 108-117, 4-6 September, Annapolis, Maryland, 1996.

Mellors, R., F. Vernon and D. Thomson, Detection of dispersive signals using multi-taper double-frequency coherence, 1996, Proceedings of the 18th Seismic Research Symposium on Monitoring a Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty, p. 745-753, 4-6 September Annapolis, Maryland, 1996.

Vernon, F., R. Mellors, and D. Thomson, 1995, Broadband signal enhancement of seismic array data: application to long-period surface waves and high-frequency wavefields, Proceedings of the 17th Seismic Research Symposium on Monitoring a Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty, p. 807-814, Scottsdale, Arizona, 1995

Mellors, R. J., Two studies in central Asian seismology: A teleseismic study of the Pamir/Hindu Kush seismic zone and analysis of data from the Kyrgyzstan broadband seismic network, Ph.D thesis, Indiana University, 1995. [PDF version, varies slightly from official version. Some illustration missing or of poor quality due to rescanning or reformatting. Higher quality figures available on request.]

Chapter 1 Table of contents and introduction
Chapter 2 Evidence for a high-velocity slab associated with the Hindu Kush seismic zone
Chapter 3 The Kyrgyzstan Broadband seismic network: setting, description, and preliminary results
Chapter 4 The 1992, Suusamyr, Kyrgyzstan earthquake
Appendices: KNET station descriptions and aftershock data processing

Patent Applications

Detection of dispersive signals using multi-taper double coherence, Robert John Mellors (San Diego State University), David J. Thomson (Lucent Technologies), Frank Vernon (University of California, San Diego), submitted 1998.

Abstracts

Ricketts, J. W., Takedatsu, R. J. Mellors, and D. Sandwell, R. Gok, and G. Yetirmishli, Crustal structure of the Caucasus and Caspian region using gravity and receiver functions, Eos Trans. AGU, 89 (53), Fall Meet. Suppl., Abstract T21A-1922, 2008.

Gok, R, M. Pasyanos, E. Sandvol, E, U. Teoman, N. Turkelli, T. Godoladze, T, and G. Yetirmishli, High-resolution seismic velocity model of the Caucasus-Caspian region, Eos Trans. AGU, 89 (53), Fall Meet. Suppl., Abstract T21A-1922, 2008.

Mellors, R. J., R. Takedatsu, R. Gok, G. Yetirmishli, A. Gasonov, and E. Sandvol, Crustal structure of the Kura Depression, Azerbaijan, Seismological Society of America, 2008 Annual meeting, Santa Fe, NM, April 15-18, 2008.

Arifandy, A., R. Mellors, and Z. Kalmetyieva, The 2006 Kochkor earthquake: a moderate but damaging earthquake, Seismological Society of America, 2008 Annual meeting, Santa Fe, NM, April 15-18, 2008.

Glowacka E., Sarychikhina O.,Vazquez R., Nava F.A., Munguia L., Farfan F, Diaz De Cossio B. G., Garcia Arthur M.A, Mellors R., (invited) Slow Aseismic Slip in the Pull-Apart Center of Cerro Prieto (Baja California, Mexico), from Geotechnical Instruments and InSAR observations, Seismological Society of America, 2008 Annual meeting, Santa Fe, NM, April 15-18, 2008.

Mellors, R., A. Aulia, and D. Sandwell, 2007, ALOS PALSAR interferometry in the Tien Shan: Detection of the Dec. 26, Kochkorka, Kyrgyzstan earthquake?, The First Joint PI symposium of ALOS Data Nodes for ALOS Science Program in Kyoto, Nov. 19-23, 2007.

Mellors, R., R. Gok, and E. Sandvol, High-resolution seismic velocity and attenuation models of the Caucasus-Caspian region, 29th Monitoring Research Review: Ground-Based Nuclear Explosion Monitoring Technologies, Denver, CO, Sept. 25-27, 2007.

Van Zandt, A. R. , Mellors, T. K. Rockwell, M. K. Burgess, and M. O'Hare, New insights on Southern Coyote Creek Fault and Superstition Hills Fault, Fall Meeting, American Geophysical Union, San Francisco, 10-14 December,2007.

Sarychikhina, O., E. Glowacka, and R. Mellors, Preliminary results of a surface deformation study, using Differential InSAR technique at the Cerro Prieto Geothermal Field, B.C., Mexico. GRC2007 Annual Meeting, Reno, NV, 2007.

Kilb, D., C. Reif, C. Peach, C.S. Steen, B. Smith, and R.J. Mellors, Development of 3D interactive visual objects using the Scripps Institution of Oceanography's Visualization Center, Eos Trans. AGU, 84(46), Fall Meet. Suppl., Abstract ED51B-1197, 2003.

Mellors, R.J., and B. Panahi, Analysis of mud volcanoes on the Absheron Peninsula, Azerbaijan using InSAR,Eos Trans. AGU, 84(46), Fall Meet. Suppl., Abstract V51J-0400, 2003.

Rojas, O. R. J. Mellors, J. Castillo, and S. Day, Finite-difference modeling of the P-SV wave equation with mimetic methods, Eos Trans. AGU, 84(46), Fall Meet. Suppl., Abstract S41E-0131, 2003.

O. Rojas, R. J. Mellors and J. Castillo,Finite-difference modeling of the P-SV wave equation with mimetic methods, Society of Exploartion Geophysicists, 2003 Annual Meeting, Dallas, Texas, Oct. 24-31., 2003.

Rigor, A., R. J. Mellors, M. Legg, and D. Francis, Quaternary Deformation History of the Palos Verdes Fault in San Pedro Bay using 3D and 2D Seismic data,Eos Trans. AGU, 83(47), Fall Meet. Suppl., Abstract OS71C-0308, 2002

Mellors, R J, T. Bunyapanasarn, and B. Panahi, Preliminary InSAR Analysis of Lokbatan mud Volcano Near Baku, Azerbaijan, Eos Trans. AGU, 83(47), Fall Meet. Suppl., Abstract G51A-0951 , 2002

Whipple, S. R. J. Mellors, J. Sale, and D. Kilb, Using 3D Visualization to Communicate Scientific Results to Non-scientists,Eos Trans. AGU, 83(47), Fall Meet. Suppl., Abstract U52A-02, 2002.

Mellors, R. A., Combining InSAR and seismology with Earthscope, Earthscope workshop: Making and Breaking a Continent, Oct. 9-12, 2001, Snowbird, Utah.

Boisvert, A. and R. Mellors, Deformation near the Coyote Creek fault, Imperial County, California: tectonic or groundwater-related? 2001 Southern California Earthquake Center meeting, Sept. 23-25, 2001, Oxnard, CA.

Mellors, R.J., Comparison of broad-band waveform modeling with INSAR of small earthquakes, 2001 IRIS workshop, Jackson Lake, Wyoming, June 2001.

Mellors, R.J. and L. Sichoix, Observations of co-seismic and post-seismic slip from the Hector Mine earthquake as recorded by INSAR, 2001 Cordilleran Section - 97th Annual Meeting, and Pacific Section, American Association of Petroleum Geologists (April 9-11, 2001) (INVITED)

Mellors, R.J, and A. Boisvert, Comparison of temporal decorrelation and surface features using multi-baseline INSAR,. Eos Trans. AGU, 81 (48), Fall Meet. Suppl., Abstract G61B-13, 2000.

Sichoix, L., and R. Mellors, Bounds on Interseismic Strain along the Lake Lavic/Bullion Faults between the Landers and Hector Mine Events, Eos Trans. AGU, 81 (48), Fall Meet. Suppl., Abstract S61A-10, 2000.

Braile,L., J. Lahr, J. Barker, G. Kroeger, R. Mellors, L. Gee, M. Hall, C. Johnson, Hutt, and C, K. Brown,IRIS: An Example of a Consortium-Based Approach to Building Bridges between Research and Education, ,. Eos Trans. AGU, 81 (48), Fall Meet. Suppl., Abstract ED62A-06, 2000.

Johnson, C., L. Braile, R. Mellors, J. Lahr, J. Barker, G. Kroeger, L. Gee, M. Hall, Addressing the National Science Education Standards using a series of inquiry-based activities - An example from seismology,. Eos Trans. AGU, 81 (48), Fall Meet. Suppl., Abstract PA61A-07, 2000.

Mellors, R. J. and A. Boisvert, Combined interferometric SAR and Landsat analysis of Western Turkmenistan, Fourteenth International Conference on Applied Geologic Remote Sensing, Las Vegas, Nevada, 6-8 November 2000.

Mellors, R. J., and G. Girty, A web-based seismology module for introductory earth science classes, Seismological Society of America meeting, (INVITED) April 10-12, San Diego, CA, 2000.

Gallarano, C. S., N. Reish,, R. Miller, T. Carrasco, R. Mellors, and G. Girty, Dynamics of the Earth: A New Perspective, CSU Symposium on University Teaching, CSU San Marcos, 26 February, 2000.

Mellors, R. J., D. Harris, Paul S. Earle, Characterization of Mining Activity and Test Sites using INSAR, American Geophysical Union 1999 Fall meeting, San Francisco, CA, EOS transactions, 80, F265, 1999.

Mellors, R. J., C. Noland, C. Gallarano, J. Washburn, and M. Legg, The use of 3D seismic reflection data from the Beta field, offshore California for research and education, 11th Annual Incorporated Research Institutions in Seismology (IRIS) workshop, June 9-12, 1999, Yosemite, CA.

Earle, P. S., R. J. Mellors, A. J. Rodgers, P. Goldstein, Regional-waveform polarization across the Arabian platform, IRIS workshop, 1999, Yosemite, CA. Mellors, R. J., B. Minster,W. Walter, D. Harris, P. S. Earle, Location and characterization of mining activity using inteferometric synthetic aperture radar, Technologies for monitoring the Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty, 21-24 September, Las Vegas, Nevada.

Mellors, R. J., V. E. Camp, and F. L. Vernon, Regional waveform propagation in the Saudi Arabian Peninsula: Anomalous mantle under the Arabian Shield?, American Geophysical Union 1998 Fall meeting , EOS, Transactions, American Geophysical Union; Vol. 79, No. 45, supplement, p. F581, 1998.

Sandvol, E. A., D. Seber, M Barazangi, F Vernon, R Mellors, A Al-Amri, Lithospheric Velocity Discontinuities Beneath the Arabian Shield, (, Conference: American Geophysical Union 1998 Spring meeting, Boston, MA, EOS, Transactions, American Geophysical Union; Vol. 79, supplement, 1998.

Mellors, R. J., F. L. Vernon, A. Al-Amri, A. Gharib, Characterization of regional waveform propagation in the Saudi Arabian Peninsula by waveform stacking, American Geophysical Union 1997 Fall meeting, San Francisco, CA, EOS, Transactions, American Geophysical Union; Vol. 78, No. 46, supplement, p. F428,1997.

Martynov, V. G., F. L. Vernon, and R. J. Mellors, On azimuth dependence of S coda waves in the crust and upper mantle of the northern Tien Shan, American Geophysical Union 1997 Fall meeting, EOS, Transactions, American Geophysical Union; Vol. 78, No. 46, supplement, p.F429, 1997.

Wagoner, J., Heuze, F., Minster, J. B., F. L. Vernon, R. Mellors, S. Day, M. Vucetic, M. Daroudian, and A. Martin, Combined geotechnical, geological, and geophysical characterization of an urban site for strong ground motion amplification, American Geophysical Union 1997 Fall meeting, EOS, Transactions, American Geophysical Union; Vol. 78, No. 46, supplement, p. 497, 1997.

Rodgers, A., W. Walter, and R. Mellors, Lithospheric structure of the Middle East from complete waveform modeling, American Geophysical Union 1997 Fall meeting, EOS, Transactions, American Geophysical Union; Vol. 78, No. 46, supplement, p. F495, 1997.

Eakins, J., F. Vernon, G. Pavlis, R. Mellors, The ANZA Broadband Network: Analysis of the 26 July 1997, Ml=4.9 earthquake, (EOS, Transactions, American Geophysical Union; Vol. 78, No. 46, supplement, p. F479) Conference: American Geophysical Union 1997 Fall meeting 1997.

Mellors R. J., F. L. Vernon, and D. Thomson, Surface-wave analysis using double-frequency coherence, (EOS, Transactions, American Geophysical Union; Vol. 77, No. 46, supplement, p. F454) Conference: American Geophysical Union 1996 Fall meeting 1996.

Vernon, F. R. Mellors, J. Berger, A. Edelman, A. Al-Amri, J. Zollweg, and C. Wolfe, Observations from regional and teleseismic earthquakes recorded by a deployment of broadband seismometers in the Saudi Arabian shield, American Geophysical Union 1996 Fall meeting, EOS, Transactions, American Geophysical Union; Vol. 77, No. 46, supplement, p. F478, 1996.

Mellors, R. J. and F. L. Vernon, Near-field observations of small local earthquakes, American Geophysical Union 1995 Fall meeting,EOS, Transactions, American Geophysical Union; Vol. 76, No. 46, supplement, p. 408, 1995.

Mellors, R. J., G. L. Pavlis, F. L. Vernon, F. Y. Yudakhin,and V. Martinov, Initial results from the Kyrgyzstan telemetered broadband network, 87th annual meeting of the Seismological Society of America; abstracts, Seismological Research Letters ; Vol. 63, No. 1, p. 44, 87th annual meeting of the Seismological Society of America, Santa Fe, NM, April 13-15, 1992.

Hamburger, M. W., H. J. Al-Shukri, R. J. Mellors, and G. L. Pavlis, Crustal and upper mantle velocity structure in the Pamir-Tien Shan region, central Asia. Seismological Research Letters; Vol. 63, No. 1, p. 43, Conference: 87th annual meeting of the Seismological Society of America, Santa Fe, NM, April 13-15, 1992.

Mellors, R. J., H. H. Al-Khatib, H. J. Al-Shukri, G. L. Pavlis, F. L. Vernon, and M. W. Hamburger, Preliminary analysis of data from the Kirghizia telemetered broadband seismic network. EOS, Transactions, American Geophysical Union; Vol. 73, No. 14, supplement, p. 210, American Geophysical Union 1992 spring meeting, Montreal, PQ, CAN, May 12-16, 1992.

Mellors, R. J., A. A. Lukk, M. W. Hamburger, H. Al-Shukri and G. Popandopulo, Velocity structure of the crust and upper mantle in the Pamir-Tien Shan region, Soviet Central Asia, EOS, Transactions, American Geophysical Union; Vol. 72, No. 17, p. 203, American Geophysical Union--Mineralogical Society of America 1991 spring meeting, Baltimore, MD, USA. May 28-31, 1991. Mellors, R. J., J-L. Chatelain, M. Bevis, B. L. Isacks, and G. Hade, A correlated tilt and seismicity episode in the Vanuatu island arc. Seismological Research Letters ; Vol. 59, No. 3, p. 106) Conference: 60th annual meeting, Seismological Society of America, Eastern Section, State College, PA, USA, October 12-14, 1988.