Our papers on the Bay Area:

T. Parsons,

Post-1906 stress recovery of the San Andreas fault system from 3-D finite element analysis, J. Geophys. Res., in press, 2002.

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J. A. Hole, T. M. Brocher, S. L. Klemperer, T. Parsons, H. M. Benz and K. P. Furlong,

Three-dimensional seismic velocity structure of the San Francisco Bay area, J. Geophys. Res., 105, pp. 13,859-13,874, 2000.

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P. A. Reasenberg, R. W. Simpson, M. V. Matthews, W. L. Ellsworth and T. Parsons,

Recurrence models and fault interactions: an example based on the 1868 Hayward, California, earthquake, Bull. Seismol. Soc. Amer., submitted, pp. 1999.

H. Perfettini, R. S. Stein, R. W. Simpson and M. Cocco,

Stress Transfer by the 1988-89 M=5.3, 5.4 Lake Elsman Foreshocks to the Loma Prieta Fault: Unclamping at the Site of Peak Mainshock Slip, J. Geophys. Res., 104, pp. 20,169-20,182, 1999.

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T. Parsons and P. E. Hart,

Dipping San Andreas and Hayward faults revealed beneath San Francisco Bay, California, Geology, 27, pp. 839-842, 1999.

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T. Parsons, R. S. Stein, R. W. Simpson and P. A. Reasenberg,

Stress sensitivity of fault seismicity: A comparison between limited-offset oblique and major strike-slip faults, J. Geophys. Res., 104, pp. 20,183-20,202, 1999.

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T. Parsons,

Seismic-reflection evidence that the Hayward fault extends into the lower crust of the San Francisco Bay area, California, Bull. Seismol. Soc. Amer., 88, pp. 1,212-1,223, 1998.

W. Thatcher, G. Marshall and M. Lisowski,

Resolution of fault slip along the 470-km-long rupture of the great 1906 San Francisco earthquake and its implications, J. Geophys. Res., 102, pp. 5,353-5,367, 1997.

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T. Parsons and M. L. Zoback,

Three-dimensional upper crustal velocity structure beneath San Francisco Peninsula, California, J. Geophys. Res., 102, pp. 5,473-5,490, 1997.

G. A. Marshall and R. S. Stein,

Elevation changes associated with the earthquake and their use to infer fault-slip geometry, in P. A. Spudich (Eds.), The Loma Prieta, California, earthquake of October 17, 1989: Earthquake occurrence,, pp. 105-146, 1996.

G. A. Marshall, R. S. Stein and W. Thatcher,

Faulting Geometry and slip from coseismic elevation changes: The 18 October 1989, Loma Prieta, California, earthquake, Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America, 81, pp. 1660-1693, 1991.

W. Thatcher and M. Lisowski,

Long-term seismic potential of the San Andreas fault southeast of San Francisco, California, J. Geohys. Res., 92, pp. 4771-4784, 1987.

W. Thatcher,

Reply to comments by J.C.~Savage on `Strain accumulation and release mechanism of the 1906 San Francisco earthquake', J. Geohys. Res., 83, pp. 5490-5492, 1978.

W. Thatcher,

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

W. Thatcher,

Strain accumulation on the northern San Andreas fault zone since 1906, J. Geohys. Res., 80, pp. 4862-4872, 1975.

W. Thatcher,

Strain accumulation on the northern San Andreas Fault zone since 1906, Journal of Geophysical Research, 80, pp. 4873-4880, 1975.

W. Thatcher,

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

W. Thatcher,

Strain release mechanism of the 1906 San Francisco earthquake, Science, 184, pp. 1283-1285, 1974.

W. Thatcher,

Strain release mechanism of the 1906 San Francisco earthquake, Science, 184, pp. 1283-1285, 1974.