Larry's Research Stuff

Some Recent Published Papers (Fall 1995 to present):

• Tanioka, Y., K. Satake, and L. Ruff, Seismotectonics of the April 25, 1992, Petrolia earthquake and the Mendocino triple junction region, Tectonics, Vol. 14, no. 5 (October), pp. 1095-1103, 1995.
  Click to go to Yuichiro's web page for abstract
• Nomanbhoy, N., and L. Ruff, A simple discrete element system to model large multiplet earthquakes, Journal of Geophysical Research, Vol. 101, pp. 5707-5723, 1996.
  Click to go to Nazli's web pages for more details
• Larry Ruff, "What to do with unexpected large earthquakes", (invited Opinion note), Seismological Research Letters, Vol. 67, no. 2 (March/June), pp. 3-4, 1996.
  
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• Tanioka, Y., L. Ruff, and K. Satake, The Sanriku-oki, Japan, earthquake of December 28, 1994 (Mw 7.7): Rupture of a different asperity from a previous earthquake, Geophys. Research Letters, Vol. 23, no. 12 (June 1), pp. 1465-1468, 1996.
  Click to go to Yuichiro's web page for abstract
• Rea, D.K., and L.J. Ruff, Composition and mass flux of sediment entering the world's subduction zones: Implications for global sediment budgets, great earthquakes, and volcanism, Earth & Planet. Sci. Letters, Vol. 140, pp. 1-12, 1996.
  
• Ruff, L.J., Large Earthquakes in Subduction Zones: Segment Interaction and Recurrence Times in: Subduction: Top to Bottom , AGU Geophysical Monograph Volume 96, edited by Gray E. Bebout, David W. Scholl, Stephen H. Kirby, and John P. Platt , pp. 91-104, 1996.
• Larry J. Ruff and Bart W. Tichelaar, What Controls the Seismogenic Plate Interface in Subduction Zones?in: Subduction: Top to Bottom , AGU Geophysical Monograph Volume 96, edited by Gray E. Bebout, David W. Scholl, Stephen H. Kirby, and John P. Platt, pp. 105-111, 1996.

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