Publications

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Journal Articles

• Oblique collision and tectonic wedging of the South American continent and Caribbean terranes,
  Russo, R. M., and R. C. Speed,
  Geology, vol. 20, pp. 447-450, May 1992.
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• Historical seismicity of the southeastern Caribbean and tectonic implications,
  Russo, R. M., E. A. Okal, and K. C. Rowley,
  Pure and Applied Geophysics, vol. 139, no. 1, pp. 87-120, 1992.
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• Seismicity and tectonics of the southeastern Caribbean, Journal of Geophysical Research, vol. 98,
  Russo, R. M., R. C. Speed, E. A. Okal, J. B. Shepherd, and K. C. Rowley,
  Journal of Geophysical Research, vol. 98, pp. 14,299-14,319, 1993.
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• Trench-parallel mantle flow beneath the Nazca Plate: Results from seismic anisotropy,
  Russo, R. M., and P. G. Silver,
  Science, vol. 263, no. 5150, pp. 1105-1111, 1994.
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• Spectral analysis of gravity anomalies and the architecture of tectonic wedging, NE Venezuela and Trinidad,
  Russo, R. M., and R. C. Speed,
  Tectonics, vol. 13, pp. 613-522, 1994.
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• The 1946 Hispaniola earthquakes and the tectonics of the North America-Caribbean plate boundary zone, northeastern Hispaniola
  Russo, R. M., and A. Villaseñor,
  Journal of Geophysical Research, vol. 100, 6,265-5,280, 1995.
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• Shear wave splitting in Northeast Venezuela, Trinidad, and the eastern Caribbean,
  Russo, R. M., P. G. Silver, M. Franke, W. B. Ambeh, and D. E. James,
  Physics of the Earth and Planetary Interiors, vol. 95, pp. 251-275, 1996.
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• Finite element modeling of crustal deformation in the North America-Caribbean plate boundary zone,
  Lundgren, P. R., and R. M. Russo,
  Journal of Geophysical Research, vol. 101, pp. 11,317-11,327, 1996.
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• Cordillera Formation, Mantle Dynamics, and the Wilson Cycle,
  Russo, R. M., and P. G. Silver,
  Geology, vol. 24, pp. 511-514, 1996.
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• Seismic anisotropy in ocean basins: Resistive drag of the sublithospheric mantle?,
  Tommasi, A., A. Vauchez, and R. M. Russo,
  Geophysical Research Letters, vol. 23, pp. 2,991-2,994, 1996.
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• Reply to comment on The 1946 Hispaniola earthquakes and the tectonics of the North America-Caribbean plate boundary zone, northeastern Hispaniola by J. Dolan and D. Wald,
  Russo, R. M., and A. Villaseñor,
  Journal of Geophysical Research, vol. 102, pp. 793-802, 1997.
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• Source-side splitting of S waves from Hindu Kush-Pamir earthquakes,
  Schoenecker, S. C., R. M. Russo, and P. G. Silver,
  Tectonophysics, vol. 279, pp. 149-159, 1997.
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• The coupling of South American and African plate motion and plate deformation,
  Silver, P. G., R. M. Russo, and C. Lithgow-Bertelloni,
  Science, vol. 279, no. 5347, pp. 50-53, 1998.
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• Shear wave splitting in French Polynesia: Evidence for small-scale heterogeneity related to the Society hotspot,
  Russo, R. M., and E. A. Okal,
  Journal of Geophysical Research, vol. 103, pp. 15,089-15,107, 1998.
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• A geodynamic framework for eastern Mediterranean kinematics,
  Lundgren, P., D. Giardini, and R. M. Russo,
  Geophysical Research Letters, vol. 25, pp. 4007-4010, 1998.
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• Seismic Anisotropy in the Region of the Chile Margin Triple Junction,
  Murdie, R. E., and R. M. Russo,
  Journal of South American Earth Sciences, vol. 12, pp. 261-270, 1999.
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• Evidence for a rheologically strong chemical mantle root beneath the Ontong-Java Plateau,
  Klosko, E. R., R. M. Russo, E. A. Okal, and W. P. Richardson,
  Earth and Planetary Science Letters, vol. 186, pp. 347-361, 2001.
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• Project Targets Mantle Dynamics and Tethyan Hazard Mitigation,
  Martin Flower, Ma Zongjin, Victor Mocanu, Ray Russo, Nguyen Trong Yem, Cung Thuong Chi, Nguyen Quoc Cuong, Deng Jinfu, Yildrim Dilek, Coneliu Dinu, Liu Futian, Mian Liu, Nguyen Hoang, Paul Robinson, Mo Xuanxei, Ray Punongbayan, Friedemann Wenzel, Graciano Yumul, Elisabeth Widom
  Eos, Transactions, American Geophysical Union, vol. 81, no. 49, pp. 593, 600-601, 2000.
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• Mantle contamination and the Izu-Bonin-Mariana (IBM) high-tide mark: Evidence for mantle extrusion caused by Tethyan closure,
  Flower, M.F.J., R. M. Russo, K. Tamaki, and N. Hoang,
  Tectonophysics, vol. 333, pp.. 9-34, 2001.
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• Inversion of body-wave delay times for mantle structure beneath the Hawaiian islands: results from the PELENET experiment,
  Wolfe, C. J., S. C. Solomon, P. G. Silver, J. C. VanDecar, and R. M. Russo,
  Earth and Planetary Science Letters, vol. 198, pp. 129-145, 2002.
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• Aseismic continuation of the Lesser Antilles slab beneath northeastern Venezuela,
  VanDecar, J. C., R. M. Russo, D. E. James, D. E., W. B. Ambeh, and M. Franke,
  Journal of Geophysical Research, vol. 108, paper no. 2043, doi:10.1029/2001JB000884, 2003.
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• Mantle-driven deformation of orogenic zones and clutch tectonics,
  Tikoff, B., R. M. Russo, C. Teyssier, A. Tommasi,
  In: Grocott, J., K. McCaffrey, G. Taylor, B. Tikoff (eds.), Vertical Coupling and Decoupling in the Lithosphere, Geol. Soc. London Spec. Pub. 227, pp. 41-64, 2004.
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• Relocated aftershocks of the March 10, 1988 Trinidad earthquake: Normal faulting, slab detachment, and extension at upper mantle depths,
  Marshall, J. L., and R. M. Russo,
  Tectonophysics, vol. 398, pp. 101-114, 2005.
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• Seismic Attenuation in the Carpathian Bend Zone and Surroundings,
  Russo, R. M., V. Mocanu, M. Radulian, M. Popa, and K. Bonjer,
  Earth and Planetary Science Letters, vol. 237, pp. 695-709, 2005.
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• Subducted oceanic asthenosphere and upper mantle flow beneath the Juan de Fuca slab,
  Russo, R. M.,
  Lithosphere, vol. 1, pp. 195-205, 2009.
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• Source-Side Shear Wave Splitting and Upper Mantle Flow in the Romanian Carpathians and Surroundings,
  Russo, R. M., and V. I. Mocanu,
  Earth and Planetary Science Letters, vol. 287, pp. 205-216, doi: 10.1016/j/epsl.2009.08.028, 2009.
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• Source-Side Shear Wave Splitting in the Carpathian Bend Zone, Romania, and Surroundings: Supplement
  Russo, R. M., and V. I. Mocanu
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• Subduction of the Chile Ridge: Upper Mantle Structure and Flow,
  Russo, R. M., J.C. VanDecar, D. Comte, V.I. Mocanu, A. Gallego, and R.E. Murdie,
  GSA Today, vol. 20, no. 9, pp. 4-10, doi: 10.1130/GSATG61A.1, 2010.
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• Aysen seismic swarm (January 2007) in southern Chile: Analysis using joint hypocenter determination,
  Mora, C., D. Comte, R. M. Russo, A. Gallego, and V. Mocanu,
  Journal of Seismology, vol. 14, pp. 683-691, doi 10.1007/s10950-010-9190-y, 2010.
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• Source-side shear wave splitting and upper mantle flow in the Chile Ridge subduction region,
  Russo, R. M., A. Gallego, D. Comte, V. Mocanu, R.E. Murdie, and J.C. VanDecar,
  Geology, vol. 38, pp. 707-710, doi: 10.1130/GE30920.1, 2010.
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• Seismic noise tomography in the Chile Ridge Subduction region,
  Gallego, A., R. M. Russo, D. Comte, V. Mocanu, R. Murdie, and J. VanDecar,
  Geophysical Journal International, vol. 182, pp. 1,478-1,492, doi: 10.1111/j.1365-246X.2010.04691.x, 2010.
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• Triggered seismic activity in the Liquine-Ofqui fault zone, southern Chile, during the 2007 Aysen seismic swarm,
  Russo, R. M., A. Gallego, D. Comte, V. I. Mocanu, R. E. Murdie, C. Mora and J.C. VanDecar,
  Geophysical Journal International, vol. 184, pp. 1317-1326, doi: 10.1111/j.1365-246X.2010.04908.x, 2011.
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• Azimuthal anisotropy in the Chile Ridge subduction region retrieved from ambient noise,
  Gallego, A., M. Panning, R. M. Russo, D. Comte, V. Mocanu, R. Murdie, and J. VanDecar,
  Lithosphere, vol. 3, pp. 393-400, doi: 10.1130/L139.1, 2011.
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• Terremoto de Cariaco del 9 de Julio 1997: Evaluación del Parámetro Vp/Vs,
  Montilla, A., R. Figueroa, and R. M. Russo,
  Geominas, vol. 39, no. 54, pp. 7-11, 2011.
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• Source-side shear wave splitting and upper mantle flow beneath the Arakan slab, India-Asia-Sundaland triple junction region,
  Russo, R. M.,
  Geosphere, vol. 8, pp. 158-178, doi: 10.1130/GES00534.1, 2012.
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• Tidal modulation of non-volcanic seismic tremor in the Chile triple junction region,
  Gallego, A., R. M. Russo, D. Comte, V. Mocanu, R. Murdie, J. C. VanDecar,
  Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems, vol. 14, doi:10.1002/ggge.20091, 2013.
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• Shear-wave splitting within the Southeastern Carpathian Arc, Transylvania Basin, Romania,
  Stanciu, A.C., R. M. Russo, V.I. Mocanu, and L. Munteanu,
  Journal of Geodynamics, vol. 70, pp. 61-69, 2013.
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• USArray shear wave splitting shows seismic anisotropy from both lithosphere and asthenosphere,
  Hongresawat, S., M.P. Panning, R. M. Russo, D. A. Foster, V. Monteiller, and S. Chevrot,
  Geology, vol. 43, pp. 667-670, 2015.
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• Advancing Subduction Zone Science After a Big Quake,
  S. Beck, A. Rietbrock, F. Tilmann, S. Barrientos, A. Meltzer, O. Oncken, K. Bataille, S. Roecker, J.-P. Vilotte, and R.M. Russo,
  Eos, vol. 95, no. 23, 2014.
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• Crustal structure beneath the Blue Mountains terranes and cratonic North America, eastern Oregon, and Idaho, from teleseismic receiver functions,
  Stanciu, A.C., R. M. Russo, V.I. Mocanu, P.M. Bremner, S. Hongsresawat, M.E. Torpey, J.C. VanDecar, D.A. Foster, and J.A. Hole,
  Journal of Geophysical Research, vol. 121, doi:10.1002/2016JB012989, 2016
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• A strong contrast in crustal architecture from accreted terranes to craton, constrained by controlled-source seismic data in Idaho and eastern Oregon – PART 1,
  Davenport, K.K., J.A. Hole, B. Tikoff, R. M. Russo, and S.H. Harder,
  Lithosphere, vol. 9, pp. 325-340, doi:10.1130/L553.1, 2017.
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• A strong contrast in crustal architecture from accreted terranes to craton, constrained by controlled-source seismic data in Idaho and eastern Oregon – PART 2,
  Davenport, K.K., J.A. Hole, B. Tikoff, R. M. Russo, and S.H. Harder,
  Lithosphere, vol. 9, pp. 325-340, doi:10.1130/L553.1, 2017.
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• Hydrostratigraphy characterization of the Floridan aquifer system using ambient seismic noise,
  James, S.R., E.J. Screaton, R. M. Russo, M.P. Panning, P.M. Bremner, A.C. Stanciu,
  M.E. Torpey, and S. Hongsresawat,
  Geophysical Journal International, vol. 209, pp. 876-889, doi:10.1093/gji/ggx064, 2017.
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• Introduction: EarthScope IDOR project (deformation and magmatic modification of a steep continental margin, western Idaho-eastern Oregon) themed issue,
  Tikoff, B., J. Vervoort, J.A. Hole, R. M. Russo, R. Gaschnig, and A. Fayon,
  Lithosphere, vol. 9, pp.151-156, doi:10.1130/L628.1, 2017.
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• Crustal shear wave velocity structure of central Idaho and eastern Oregon from ambient seismic noise: Results from the IDOR project,
  Bremner, P.M., M. P. Panning, R. M. Russo, V. Mocanu, A.C. Stanciu, M. Torpey, S. Hongsresawat, J.C. VanDecar, T.A. LaMaskin, and D.A. Foster,
  Journal of Geophysical Research, vol. 124, doi: 10.1029/2018JB016350, 2019.
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• The Central Mongolia seismic experiment: Multiple applications of temporary broadband seismic arrays,
  Meltzer, A., J.C. Stachnik, B. Sodnomsambuu, U. Munkhuu, B. Tsagan, M. Dashdondong, and R.M. Russo,
  Seismological Research Letters, vol. 90, pp. 1364-1376, doi: 10.1785/0220180360, 2019.
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  Supplemental Content

  This supplemental content includes a table and two figures. Table S1 contains station information for each station including station location, recording dates, percent uptime, sensor orientation, data quality, and site characteristics. Figure S1a–c includes stations and station names from each of the three subarrays plotted on Google Earth. Figure S2 includes a plot of senor orientation and histogram of uncertainty.

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  Table

  Table S1. Station location, sensor type, data range and recovery, sensor orientation, data quality, and site characteristics. Data quality listed in three period bands; 0.1–1, 1–10, and 10–100 s. HN, high noise levels; INT, intermediate noise levels; LN, low noise levels.

  Table_S1.xlsx

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  Figures

  Figure S1. Subarrays and station names of the central Mongolia seismic experiment plotted on Google Earth. (a) Khövsgöl subarray, (b) Hangay subarray, and (c) Gobi-Altai subarray.

  

  

  

  Figure S2. (a) Polar histogram of sensor orientations (Table S1) from analysis of teleseismic surface waves (Stachnik et al., 2012). Histogram is binned every 2.5°. (b) Histogram of sensor orientation uncertainty binned in 0.5° increments.

  

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  Reference

  Stachnik, J. C., A. F. Sheehan, D. W. Zietlow, Z. Yang, J. Collins, and A. Ferris (2012). Determination of New Zealand ocean bottom seismometer orientation via Rayleigh-wave polarization, Seismol. Res. Lett. 83, no. 4, 704–713, doi: 10.1785/0220110128.

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• The nature of the subduction wedge in an erosive margin: Insights from the analysis of aftershocks of the 2015 Mw 8.3 Illapel earthquake beneath the Chilean Coastal Range, Earth & Planetary,
  Comte, D., M. Farias, S. Roecker, and R.M. Russo,
  Science Letters, vol. 520, pp. 50-62, doi: 10.1016/j.epsl.2019.05.033, 2019.
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• Crustal structure of southern Chile from teleseismic receiver functions: Responses to ridge subduction and assembly of the Patagonian microplate,
  Rodriguez, E.E., and R. M. Russo,
  Geosphere, vol. 16, doi.org/10.1130/GES01692.1. 2019.
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• A recent increase in megathrust locking in the southernmost rupture area of the giant 1960 Chile earthquake,
  Luo, H., B. A. C. Ambrosius, R. M. Russo, Mocanu, V. I., K. Wang, M. Bevis, and R. Fernandes,
  Earth & Planetary Science Letters, vol. 537, 116200, 2020.
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• Lateral variation in slab window viscosity revealed by GNSS-observed uplift due to recent mass loss at Patagonia icefields,
  Russo, R. M., H. Luo, K. Wang, B. Ambrosius, V. Mocanu, J. He, T. James, M. Bevis, and R. Fernandes,
  Geology, vol. 50, pp. 111-115, doi.org/10.1130/G49388.1, 2021.
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• Supplemental Material: Lateral variation in slab window viscosity revealed by GNSS-observed uplift due to recent mass loss at Patagonia icefields
  Russo, R. M., H. Luo, K. Wang, B. Ambrosius, V. Mocanu, J. He, T. James, M. Bevis, and R. Fernandes,
  Geology, doi.org/10.1130/G49388.1
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• Mantle flow patterns associated with the Patagonian slab window determined from azimuthal anisotropy,
  Ben-Mansour, W., D.A. Wiens, H.F. Mark, R.M. Russo, A. Richter, E. Marderwald, and S. Barrientos,
  Geophysical Research Letters, vol. 49, e2022GL099871, doi.org/10.1029/2022GL099871, 2022.
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