Biographical Information : Wayne Thatcher

Education:
Ph.D. (Seismology), California Institute of Technology, Pasadena	1971
B.Sc (Honors in Physics and Geology), McGill University, Montreal	1964

Experience:
Research Geophysicist, U.S. Geological Survey	1971-Present
Visiting Professor, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena	March-June 1998
Visiting Scientist, Centre Nationale d'Etudes Spatiales, Toulouse, France	April-Aug 1996
Visiting Research Fellow, Oxford University, United Kingdom	1992-1993
Chief, Branch of Tectonophysics, US Geological Survey	1984-1989
Program Coordinator, Earthquake Prediction Research,
National Earthquake Hazard Reduction Program,	1984-1989
Visiting Scientist, Earthquake Research Institute, Tokyo University, Japan	1978-1979

Committees to Render Scientific Judgment:
Member, Committee on Geodesy, National Academy of Sciences	1976-1978
Associate Editor, Geophysical Research Letters	1976-1978
Member, Regional Staffing Panel, Geologic Division, US Geological Survey, Menlo Park, CA	1979-1980
Member, Chief Geologist's Scientific Advisory Committee, Geologic Division, US Geological Survey	1979-1982
Member, U. S. - Japan Natural Resources Panel on Earthquake Research	1979-Present
Member, NASA Geodynamics Program Review Panel	1981
Associate Editor, Journal of Geophysical Research	1981-1984
Member, Steering Committee, Active Margins Panel,National Academy of Sciences	1987-1988
Member, National Earthquake Prediction Evaluation Council	1984-1989
Member, California Earthquake Probabilities Working Group	1987 & 1990
Chairman, American Geophysical Union, Earth Observing System, (EOS) Evaluation Panel	1989-1990
Member, American Geophysical Union, Meetings Committee	1989-1990
Member USGS Earthquake Hazards Reduction Program; Goals, Options and Priorities Writing Group('Page Committee Report')	1990
Member, NSF/USGS Review Panel, S. California Earthquake Center	1990-1996
Member, NASA Dynamics of the Solid Earth Program Review Panel	1991
Member, Steering Committee, UNAVCO GPS Consortium	1994-1996
Member, NSF Continental Dynamics Program Review Panel	1998-Present

Membership in Professional Societies:
American Geophysical Union, Member,	1968-Present
President-elect, Tectonophysics Section 1988-90, President,	1990-92
Seismological Society of America, Member,	1968-Present

Honors and Awards:
Editor’s Citation for Excellence in Reviewing, Journal of Geophysical Research, AGU,	1998
Meritorious Service Award, U. S. Geological Survey,	1994
Royal Society Senior Research Fellow, Dept. of Earth Sciences, Oxford University,	1992
Fellow, American Geophysical Union,	1992
Graduate Research Assistantship, California Institute of Technology,	1965-1971
Mobil Oil Scholarship in Geophysics, McGill University,	1963
R.P.D. Graham Scholarship in Geology, McGill University,	1961

Thatcher, W., and P. C. England, Ductile shear zones beneath strike-slip faults:implications for the thermomechanics of the San Andreas fault zone, J. Geophys. Res., 103, 891-906, 1998.

King, N. E., and Thatcher W., The coseismic slip distribution of the 1940 and 1979 Imperial Valley, California, earthquakes and their implications, J. Geophys. Res., 103, in press, 1998.

Thatcher, W., Microplate versus continuum descriptions of active tectonic deformation, J. Geophys. Res., 100, 3885-3994, 1995.

Thatcher, W., Nonlinear strain buildup and the earthquake cycle on the San Andreas fault, J. Geophys. Res., 88, 5893-5902, 1983.

Thatcher, W., and D. Massonnet, Crustal deformation at Long Valley Caldera, eastern California, 1992-1996, inferred from satellite radar interferometry, Geophys. Res. Lett., 20, 2519-2522, 1997.

Sagiya, T., and W. Thatcher, Coseismic slip resolution along a plate boundary megathrust: the Nankai Trough, southwest Japan, J. G. R., in press, 1998.

Thatcher, W., and Rundle, J.B., A viscoelastic coupling model for the cyclic deformation due to periodically repeated earthquakes at subduction zones, J. Geophys. Res.. 89, 7631-7640, 1984.

Thatcher, W., Horizontal crustal deformation from historic geodetic data in southern California, J. Geophys. Res., 84, 2351-2370, 1979.

Thatcher, W., Systematic inversion of geodetic data in central California, J. Geophys. Res., 84, 2283-2295, 1979.

*(abbreviated list--complete bibliography of 65 refereed publications and 9 additional publications is attached below)

1. Thatcher, W., and Brune, J.N., 1969, Higher mode interference and observed anomalous apparent Love wave phase velocities: Journal of Geophysical Research, 74, 6603-6611.

2. Lomnitz, C., Mooser, F., Allen, C.R., Brune, J.N., and Thatcher, W., 1970, Seismicity and tectonics of the northern Gulf of California region, Mexico: preliminary results: Geofisica Internationale, 10, 37-48.

3. Thatcher, W., and Brune, J.N., 1971, Seismic study of an oceanic ridge earthquake swarm in the Gulf of California: Geophysical Journal of the Royal Astronomical Society, 22, 473-489.

4. Allen, C.R., Engen, Hanks, T.C., Nordquist, J.M., And Thatcher, W., 1971, Mainshock and larger aftershocks of the San Fernando earthquake, February 9 through March 1, 1971: U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper 733, 17-20.

5. Thatcher, W., 1972, Regional variations of seismic source parameters in the northern Baja, California area: Journal of Geophysical Research, 77, 1549-1565.

6. Hanks, T.C., And Thatcher, W., 1972, A graphical representation of seismic source parameters: Journal of Geophysical Research, 77, 4393-4405.

7. Thatcher, W., 1973, A note on discrepancies between local magnitude (ML) and microearthquake magnitude scales: Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America, 63, 315-319.

8. Thatcher, W., and Hamilton, R.M., 1973, Aftershocks and source characteristics of the 1969 Coyote Mountain earthquake, San Jacinto fault zone, California: Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America, 63, 647-661.

9. Thatcher, W., and Hanks, T.C., 1973, Source parameters of southern California earthquakes: Journal of Geophysical Research, 78, 8547-8576.

10. Thatcher, W., and Brune, J.N., 1973, Surface waves and crustal structure in the Gulf of California region: Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America, 63, 1689-1698.

11. Thatcher, W., 1974, Strain release mechanism of the 1906 San Francisco earthquake: Science, 184, 1283-1285.

12. Thatcher, W., Hileman, J.A., and Hanks, T.C., 1975, Seismic slip distribution along the San Jacinto fault zone, California, and its implications: Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America, 86, 1140-1146.

13. Hanks, T.C., Hileman, JA, and Thatcher, W., 1975, Seismic moments of the larger earthquakes of the southern California region: Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America, 86, 1131-1139.

14. Thatcher, W., 1975, Strain accumulation on the northern San Andreas fault zone since 1906: Journal of Geophysical Research, 80, 4873-4880.

15. Thatcher, W., 1975, Strain accumulation and release mechanism of the 1906 San Francisco earthquake: Journal of Geophysical Research, 80, 4862-4872.

16. Thatcher, W., 1976, Episodic strain accumulation in southern California: Science, 194, 691-695.

17. Thatcher, W., 1978, Reply to comments by J.C.~Savage on `Strain accumulation and release mechanism of the 1906 San Francisco earthquake': Journal of Geophysical Research, 83, 5490-5492.

18. Thatcher, W., 1979, Horizontal crustal deformation from historic geodetic data in southern California: Journal of Geophysical Research, 84, 2351-2370.

19. Thatcher, W., 1979, Systematic inversion of geodetic data in central California: Journal of Geophysical Research, 84, 2283-2295.

20. Thatcher, W., and Rundle, J.B., 1979, A model for the earthquake cycle at underthrust zones: Journal of Geophysical Research, 84, 5540-5556.

21. Thatcher, W., 1979, Crustal movements and earthquake-related deformation: Reviews of Geophysics and Space Physics, 17, 1403-1411.

22. Rundle, J.B., And Thatcher, W., 1980, Speculations on the nature of the southern California uplift: Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America, 70, 1869-1886.

23. Dunbar, W.S., Boore, D.M., and Thatcher, W., 1980, Pre-, co-, and post-seismic strain changes associated with the 1952 ML=7.2 Kern County, California, earthquake: Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America, 70, 1893-1905.

24. Stein, R.S., and Thatcher, W., 1981, Seismic and aseismic deformation associated with the 1952 Kern County, California, earthquake, and relationship to the Quaternary history of the White Wolf fault: Journal of Geophysical Research, 86, 4913-4928.

25. Thatcher, W., Matsuda, T., Kato, T., and Rundle, J.B., 1980, Lithospheric loading by the 1896 Riku-u earthquake, northern Japan: Implications for plate flexure and asthenospheric rheology: Journal of Geophysical Research, 85, 6429-6435.

26. Thatcher, W., and Matsuda, T., 1981, Quaternary and geodetically measured crustal deformation in the Tokai district, central Honshu, Japan: Journal of Geophysical Research, 86, 9237-9247.

27. Thatcher, W., 1981, Crustal deformation studies and earthquake prediction research, in Earthquake Prediction - An International Review, eds. D.W. Simpson and P.G. Richards, American Geophysical Union, 294-410.

28. Lisowski, M., and Thatcher, W., 1981, Geodetic determination of horizontal deformation associated with the Guatemala earthquake of February 4, 1976: Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America, 71, 845-856.

29. Thatcher, W., and Savage, J.C., 1982, Triggering of large earthquakes by magma-chamber inflation, Izu Peninsula, Japan: Geology, 10, 637-640.

30. Thatcher, W., 1982, Seismic triggering and earthquake prediction, Nature, 299, 12-13.

31. Jachens, R.C., Thatcher, W., Roberts, C.W., And Stein, RS, 1983, Correlation of changes in gravity, elevation, and strain in southern California: Science, 219, 1215-1217.

32. Thatcher, W., 1983, Nonlinear strain buildup and the earthquake cycle on the San Andreas fault: Journal of Geophysical Research, 88, 5893-5902.

33. Thatcher, W., 1984, The earthquake deformation cycle on the Nankai Trough, southwest Japan: Journal of Geophysical Research, 89, 3087-3101.

34. Thatcher, W., and Fujita, N., 1984, Deformation of the Mitaka rhombus: strain buildup following the 1923 Kanto earthquake, central Honshu, Japan: Journal of Geophysical Research, 89, 3102-3106.

35. Thatcher, W., 1984, The earthquake deformation cycle, recurrence, and the time-predictable model: Journal of Geophysical Reserach, 89, 5674-5680.

36. Thatcher, W., and J.B. Rundle, 1984, A viscoelastic coupling model for the cyclic deformation due to periodically repeated earthquakes at subduction zones: Journal of Geophysical Research, 89, 7631-7640.

37. Thatcher, W., 1985, Geodetic measurement of active tectonic processes: in Active Tectonics - Impact on Society, National Research Council, Washington, D.C., 155-163.

38. Thatcher, W., 1986, Cyclic deformation related to great earthquakes at plate boundaries: in Recent Crustal Movements of the Pacific Region, Royal Society of New Zealand Bulletin~24, Wellington, New Zealand, 245-272.

39. Stein, RS, Whalen, C.T., Holdahl, S.R., Strange, W.E., And Thatcher, W., 1986, Saugus-Palmdale, California, field test for refraction error in historical leveling surveys: Journal of Geophysical Research, 91, 9031-9044.

40. Sauber, J., Solomon, S.C., and Thatcher, W., 1986, Geodetic measurements of deformation in the central Mojave desert, California: Journal of Geophysical Research, 91, 12,683-12,693.

41. Thatcher, W., and Lisowski, M., 1987, Long-term seismic potential of the San Andreas fault southeast of San Francisco, California: Journal of Geophysical Research, 92, 4771-4784.

42. Stein, RS, Whalen, CT, Holdahl, SR, Strange, W.E., And Thatcher, W., 1987, Reply to Reilinger: Journal of Geophysical Research, 92, 10,715-10,717.

43. Stein, RS, Whalen, CT, Holdahl, SR, Strange, W.E., And Thatcher, W., 1989, Reply to ``Comment on `Saugus--Palmdale, California, field test for refraction error in historical leveling surveys' by RS Stein, CT Whalen, SR Holdahl, W. Strange, and W. Thatcher'' and ``Comment on ``Further analysis on the 1981 southern California field test for leveling refraction,'' by M.R. Craymer and P. Vanicek: Journal of Geophysical Research, 94, 7673-7677.

44. Thatcher, W., 1989, Earthquake recurrence and risk assessment in circum-Pacific seismic gaps, Nature, 341, 432-434.

45. Thatcher, W., 1990, Order and diversity in the modes of circum-Pacific earthquake recurrence: Journal of Geophysical Research, 95, 2609-2623.

46. Thatcher, W., 1990, Present-day crustal movements and mechanics of cyclic deformation, in R.E. Wallace, editor, The San Andreas Fault System, California: US Geological Survey Professional Paper 1515, 189-205.

47. Marshall, G., Stein, RS, and Thatcher, W., 1991, Faulting geometry and slip from coseismic elevation changes: the October 17, 1989, Loma Prieta, California, earthquake: Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America, 81, 1660-1693.

48. Thatcher, W., and Hill, D.P., 1991, Fault orientations in extensional and conjugate strike-slip environments and their implications: Geology, 19, 1116-1120.

49. Hill, DP, and Thatcher, W., 1992, An energy constraint for frictional slip on misoriented faults: Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America, 82, 883-897.

50. Savage, J.C., And Thatcher, W., 1992, Interseismic deformation at the Nankai Trough, Japan, subduction zone: Journal of Geophysical Research, 97, 11,117-11,135.

51. Thatcher, W., 1993, The earthquake cycle and its role in the long-term deformation of the continental lithosphere: Annales di Geofisica, 36, 13-24.

52. Sauber, J., Thatcher, W., Solomon, SC, and Lisowski, M., 1994, Geodetic slip rate for the eastern California shear zone and the recurrence time of Mojave desert earthquakes, Nature, 367, 264-266.

53. Thatcher, W., and Hill, DP, 1995, A simple model for the fault-generated morphology of slow-spreading mid-ocean ridges, Journal of Geophysical Research, 100, 561-570.

54. Thatcher, W., 1995, Continuum versus microplate models of active continental deformation, Journal of Geophysical Research, 100, 3885-3894.

55. Massonnet, D., W. Thatcher and H. Vadon, Detection of fault zone collapse using satellite radar interferometry, Nature,382, 612-616, 1996.

56. Thatcher, W., G. Marshall, and M. Lisowski, 1997, Resolution of fault slip along the 470-km-long rupture of the great 1906 San Francisco earthquake, Journal of Geophysical Research, 102, p. 5353-5367.

57. Thatcher, Wayne, and Massonnet, Didier, 1997, Crustal deformation at Long Valley Caldera, eastern California, 1992-1996 inferred from satellite radar interferometry, Geophysical Research Letters, v. 24, no. 20, p. 2519-2522.

58. Thatcher, W., and P. C. England, 1998, Ductile shearing beneath strike-slip faults : implications for the thermomechanics of the San Andreas fault, Journal of Geophysical Research, 103, p. 891-905.

59. King, N. E., and W. Thatcher, 1998, The coseismic slip distribution of the 1940 and 1979 Imperial Valley, California, earthquakes and their implications, Journal of Geophysical Research, 103, 18,069-18, 078.

60. Wicks, C., W. Thatcher, and D. Dzurisin, 1999, Migration of magmatic fluids beneath Yellowstone Caldera inferred from satellite radar interferometry, Science, 282, 458-462.

61. Sagiya, T., and W. Thatcher, 1999, Coseismic slip resolution along a plate boundary megathrust: the Nankai Trough, southwest Japan, Journal of Geophysical Research, 104, 1111-1129.

62. Thatcher, W., G. R. Foulger, B. R. Julian, J. Svarc, E. Quilty, G. W. Bawden, 1999, Present day deformation across the Basin and Range Province, western United States, Science, 283, 1714-1718.

63. Thatcher, W., 1999, New strategy needed in earthquake and volcano monitoring, Eos, Trans. Am. Geophys. Union, 80, 330-331.

64. Dzurisin, D., Wicks, C. Jr., and Thatcher, W., 1999, Renewed uplift at the Yellowstone caldera measured by leveling surveys and satellite radar interferometry, Bulletin of Volcanology, 61, 349-355.

65. Lu, Z., C. Wicks, W. Thatcher, J. Freymueller, S. McNutt, D. Mann, 1999, Aseismic Inflation of Westdahl Volcano, Alaska, Revealed by Satellite Radar Interferometry, Geophys. Res. Lett., submitted,

1. Thatcher, W., 1976, How did the 1906 San Francisco earthquake occur? Earthquake Information Bulletin, 8, 8-13.

2. Kaula, W., and others, including Thatcher, W., 1979, Geodesy: Trends and prospects, National Academy of Sciences, Washington, D.C., 86 p.

3. Thatcher, W., 1986, Seismology in Japan (review of Earthquake Prediction, by Kiyoo Mogi): Science, 236, 408-409.

4. Working Group on California Earthquake Probabilities, 1988, Probabilities of large earthquakes occurring in California on the San Andreas fault: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 88-398, 61 p. (Member of committee of 12; J. H. Dieterich and I wrote the report.)

5. Thatcher, W., 1989, Tsunami wave seismology (News and Views article): Nature, 340, 674-675.

6. Thatcher, W., 1990, Volcano eruption forecasting (News and Views article): Nature, 343, 590-591.

7. Working Group on California Earthquake Probabilities, 1990, Probabilities of large earthquakes in the San Francisco Bay region, California, US Geological Survey Circular 1053, 51 p. (Member of committee of 12.)

8. Thatcher, W, 1992, Does the mid-crust flow? (News and Views article): Nature, 358, 454-455.

9. Thatcher, W., et al., 1996, When will the next great quake strike northern California? US Geological Survey Fact Sheet 094-96, 2pp.