BOOKS:
Foulger, G.R., Hamilton, L.C., Jurdy, D.M., Stein, C.A., Howard, K.A., and Stein, S. (eds), In the Footsteps of Warren B. Hamilton: New Ideas in Earth Science: Geological Society of America Special Paper 553, 2021.
Morra, G., D.A.Yuen, S.D. King, S.M. Lee, and S. Stein (eds), Subduction Dynamics: From Mantle Flow to Mega Disasters, American Geophysical Union Monograph 211, 2016
Landgraph, A., S. Kubler, E. Hintersberger and S. Stein (eds), Seismicity, Fault Rupture and Earthquake Hazards in Slowly Deforming Regions,
Geological Society of London, Special Publications series, volume 432, 2015.
Stein, S. and J. Stein, Playing Against Nature: Integrating Science and Economics to Mitigate Natural Hazards in an Uncertain World, Wiley/AGU, 2014.
Stein, S., Disaster Deferred: How New Science is Changing our View of Earthquake Hazards in the Midwest, Columbia University Press, 2010.
Stein, S. and S. Mazzotti (eds), Continental Intraplate Earthquakes: Science, Hazard, and Policy Issues, Geological Society of America Special Paper 425, 2007.
Pinter, N., G. Grenerczy, J. Weber, S. Stein, and D. Medak (eds), The Adria Microplate: GPS Geodesy, Tectonics and Hazards, Nato Science Series, Springer, 2005.
Stein, S. and M. Wysession, Introduction to Seismology, Earthquakes, and Earth Structure, Blackwell Publishing, 2003.
Stein, S. and J. Freymueller (eds), Plate Boundary Zones, American Geophysical Union, 2002.
Pringle, M., W. Sager, W. Sliter, and S. Stein (eds), The Mesozoic Pacific, American Geophysical Union, 1993.
ARTICLES:
Neely, J., Salditch, L., Spencer, B.D., and Stein, S., The generalized long-term fault memory model and applications to paleoseismic records, Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America, doi: 10.1785/0120230185 , 2024. Click here for reprint
Rösler, B., Stein, S., Ringler, A., Vackář, J., Apparent non-double-couple components as artifacts of moment tensor inversion, Seismica, 3(1), 2024. Click here for link
Rösler, B., B. Spencer, Stein, S., Which global moment tensor catalog provides the most precise non-double-couple components?, Seismological Research Letters, doi: 10.1785/ 0220230372, 2024. Click here for link
Neely, J., Salditch, L., Spencer, B.D., and Stein, S., A more realistic earthquake probability model using long-term fault memory, Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America, https://doi.org/10.1785/0120220083, 2023. Click here for link or reprint.
Lucas, M., Hough, S. Stein, Salditch, L., Gallahue, M., Neely, J., and Abrahamson, N., Uncertainties in intensity‐based earthquake magnitude estimates. Seismological Research Letters, doi: https://doi.org/10.1785/0220230030, 2023. Click here for link
Gallahue, M., Salditch, L., Hough, S., Lucas, M., Neely, J., Stein, S., and Abrahamson, N., Exploring the effect of minimum magnitude on California seismic hazard maps, Seismica, 2, https://doi.org/10.26443/seismica.v2i1.212, 2023. Click here for link
Wysession, M., Aleqabi, G., Wiens, D., Shen, W., van der Lee, S., Darbyshire, F. Frederiksen, A., Jurdy, D., Revenaugh, J., Stein, S., Joint Inversion of SPREE receiver functions and surface wave dispersion curves for 3-d crustal and upper mantle structure beneath the U.S. Midcontinent Rift, Journal of Geophysical Research, 128 (12), doi.org/10.1029/2023JB026771, 2023. Click here for link
Brown, E., Rooney, T., Moucha, R., Stein, S., and Stein, C., Temporal Evolution of mantle temperature and lithospheric thickness beneath the ~1.1 Ga Midcontinent Rift, North America: implications for rapid motion of Laurentia, Earth and Planetary Science Letters, doi.org/10.1016/j.epsl.2022.117848, 2022. Click here for link.
Rösler, B., Stein, S., and Spencer, B., When are non-double-couple components of seismic moment tensors reliable?, Seismica, 2(1), 2022. Click here for link.
Gallahue, M., Salditch, L., Lucas, M., Neely, J., Stein, S., Abrahamson, N., Williams, T., and Hough, S., On the effect of site response for California seismic hazard map assessment, Frontiers in Earth Science, doi.org/10.3389/feart.2022.931340, 2022. Click here for link.
Rösler, B., Stein, S., and Hough, S., On the documentation, independence, and stability of widely used seismological data products, Frontiers in Earth Science, doi.org/10.3389/feart.2022.988098, 2022. Click here for link
Elling, R., Stein, S., Stein, C.A., and Gefeke, K., Three major failed rifts in central North America: similarities and differences, GSA Today, 2022. Click here for pdf.
Rösler, B., and Stein, S., Consistency of non-double-couple components of seismic moment tensors with earthquake magnitude and mechanism, Seismological Research Letters, doi: 10.1785/ 0220210188, 2022. Click here for pdf.
Prasanna M., Moucha, R., Rooney, T., Stein, S., and Stein, C., North America’s Midcontinent Rift magma volume: A coincidental rendezvous of a plume with a rift, Geology, doi: https://doi.org/10.1130/G49913.1, 2022. Click here for link.
Davis, W.R., Collins, M., Rooney, T., Brown, E., Stein, C., Stein, S., and Moucha, R., Geochemical, petrographic, and stratigraphic analyses of the Portage Lake volcanics: implications for the evolution of main stage volcanism in continental flood basalt provinces, Geological Society, London, Special Paper, vol. 518, issue 1, pp. 67-100, doi 10.1144/SP518-2020-221, 2022. Click here for link.
Rooney, T., Konter, J., Finlayson, V., LaVigne, A., Brown, E., Stein, C., Stein, S., and Moucha, R., Constraining the isotopic endmembers contributing to 1.1 Ga Keweenawan large igneous province magmatism, Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology, 177, 49 ,https://doi.org/10.1007/s00410-022-01907-8 , 2022.
Rösler, B., Stein, S., and Spencer, B.D., Uncertainties in seismic moment tensors inferred from differences between global catalogs. Seismological Research Letters, doi: 10.1785/0220210066.2021. Click here for pdf.
Rundle, J., Stein, S., Donnellan, A., Turcotte, D.L., Klein, W. and Saylor, C. The complex dynamics of earthquake fault systems: new approaches to forecasting and nowcasting of earthquakes. Reports on progress in physics, 2021. Click here for pdf.
Stein, C.A., Stein, S., Gallahue, M., and Elling, R., Revisiting hotspots and continental breakup – Updating the classical three-arm model, Foulger, G.R., Hamilton, L.C., Jurdy, D.M., Stein, C.A., Howard, K.A., and Stein, S., eds., In the Footsteps of Warren B. Hamilton: New Ideas in Earth Science: Geological Society of America Special Paper 553, p. 1–17, https://doi.org/10.1130/2021.2553(05), 2021. Click here for pdf. Click here for link.
Neely, J.S., and Stein, S., Why do continental normal fault earthquakes have smaller maximum magnitudes?, Tectonophysics, 809, 2020. Click here for pdf.
Gallahue, M., Stein, S., Stein, C.A., Jurdy, D., Barklage, M., and Rooney, T., A compilation of igneous rock volumes at volcanic passive continental margins, Marine and Petroleum Geology, 2020. Click here for link. Click here for pdf.
Salditch, L., Gallahue, M. M., Lucas, M.C, Neely, J.S., Hough, S.E., and Stein, S., California Historical Intensity Mapping Project (CHIMP): A consistently reinterpreted dataset of seismic intensities for the past 162 years and implications for seismic hazard map, Seismological Research Letters, 2020. Click here for pdf.
Malone, D., Stein., C., Craddock, J., Stein, S., and Malone, J., Neoproterozoic sedimentation and tectonics of the Laurentian midcontinent: Detrital zircon provenance of the Jacobsville Sandstone, Lake Superior Basin, USA and Canada, Terra Nova, 2020. Click here for pdf
Neely, J.S., Stein, S., and Spencer, B.D., Large uncertainties in earthquake stress drop estimates and their tectonic consequences, Seismological Research Letters, 2020. Click here for link.
Elling, R, Stein, S., Stein, C.A., and Keller, R., Tectonic implications of the gravity signatures of the Midcontinent Rift and Grenville Front. Tectonophysics, 2020. Click here for pdf. Click here for link
Salditch, L., Stein, S., Neely, J., Spencer, B.D., Brooks, E.M., Agnon, A. and Liu, M., Earthquake supercycles and long-term fault memory, Tectonophysics, 774, 5 January 2020, 228289. Click here for link.
Brooks, E.M., Neely, J., Stein, S., Spencer, B.D., and Salditch, L., Assessments of the performance of the 2017 one-year seismic hazard forecast for the Central and Eastern United States via simulated earthquake shaking data, Seismological Research Letters, 90, 1155-1167, 2019.C Click here for link.
Neely, J.S., Stein, S., Merino, M., and Adams, J., Have we seen the largest earthquakes in eastern North America?, Physics of the Earth and Planetary Interiors, 284, November 2018, Pages 17-27, 2018. Click here for link.
Stein, S., McDonnell, J., and Miller, M.M., Discussing scientific ethics: what would you do?, Astronomy & Geophysics, 59, 4, 1 August 2018, Page 4.12, 2018. Click here for link
Salditch, L., Hough, S.E., Stein, S., Spencer, B.D., Brooks, E.M., Neely, J.S. and Lucas, M.C. The 1952 Kern County, California earthquake: A case study of issues in the analysis of historical intensity data for estimation of source parameters. Physics of the Earth and Planetary Interiors, 283, 140-151, 2018. Click here for link
Stein, S., Stein, C.A., Elling, R., Kley, J., Keller, R., Wysession, M., Rooney, T., Frederiksen, A. and Moucha, R.. Insights from North America’s failed Midcontinent Rift into the evolution of continental rifts and passive continental margins. Tectonophysics, July 2018. Click here for pdf. Click here for link
Steckler, M. S., S. Stein, S. H. Akhter, and L. Seeber, The wicked problem of earthquake hazard in developing countries, Eos, 99, 2018. Click here for pdf
Stein, C.A., Stein, S., Elling, R., Keller, G.R. and Kley, J. Is the “Grenville Front” in the central United States really the Midcontinent Rift?. GSA Today, 28(5, 2018). Click here for link
Brooks, E.M., Stein, S., Spencer, B.D., Salditch, L., Petersen, M.D. and McNamara, D.E. Assessing earthquake hazard map performance for natural and induced seismicity in the central and eastern United States. Seismological Research Letters, 89(1), pp.118-126, 2018. Click here for link
Vanneste, K., Stein, S., Camelbeeck, T. and Vleminckx. Insights into earthquake hazard map performance from shaking history simulations. Scientific reports, 8(1), p.1855, 2018. Click here for pdf
Salaree, A., Stein, S., Saloor, N. and R. Elling, Turn your smartphone into a geophysics lab, Astronomy and Geophysics, December 2017, Vol. 58. Click here for pdf
Stein, S., Salditch, L., Brooks, E., Spencer, B. and M. Campbell, Is the coast toast? Exploring Cascadia earthquake probabilities, GSA Today 27, Nov. 2017, 6-7. Click here for pdf
Stein, S., Brooks, E., Spencer, B. and M. Liu, Should all of Nepal be treated as having the same earthquake hazard? in J.H. Kruhl et al. (eds.), Living Under the Threat of Earthquakes, Springer Natural Hazards, https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-68044-6_2. Click here for pdf
Grenerczy, G., Jambor, T., Stein, S., Farkas, P. and M. Ferenc, Towards global space geodetic mapping of the dynamic deformation field after great earthquakes, Terra Nova. 2017; 1–7. Click here for pdf
Stein, S., Brooks, E., Spencer, Vanneste, K., Camelbeeck, T. and B. Vleminckx. Assessing how well earthquake hazard maps work: Insights from weather and baseball. Earth magazine, March 2017, 36-41. Click here for pdf
Brooks, E., S. Stein, and B. Spencer, Investigating the effects of smoothing on the performance of earthquake hazard maps, J. Earthquake and Impact Engineering, 2017. Click here for pdf
Iaffaldano, G. and Stein, S., 2017. Impact of uncertain reference-frame motions in plate kinematic reconstructions: A theoretical appraisal. Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 458, pp.349-356. Click here for pdf
Stein, S., Peresan, A. and E. Brooks, Italy’s chain of earthquakes poses a forecasting challenge, Physics Today, 07 December 2016. Click here for pdf
Liu, M. and S. Stein, Mid-continental earthquakes: Spatiotemporal occurrences, causes, and hazards, Earth-Science Reviews 162, 364 – 386, 2016. Click here for pdf
Stein, S., C. Stein, J. Kley, R. Keller, M. Merino, E. Wolin, D. Jurdy, D. Wiens, M. Wysession, G. Al-Equabi, W. Shen, A. Frederiksen, F. Darbyshire, G. Waite, W. Rose, E. Vye, T. Rooney, R. Moucha, and E. Brown, New insights into North America’s Midcontinent Rift, EOS, 97, doi:10.1029/2016EO056659. 04 August 2016. Click here for pdf
Malone, D., C. Stein, J. Craddock, J. Kley, S. Stein, and J. Malone, Maximum depositional age of the Neoproterozoic Jacobsville Sandstone, Michigan: Implications for the evolution of the Midcontinent Rift. Geosphere, doi:10.1130/GES01302.1., 12, 4, 2016. Click here for pdf
Vanneste, K., B. Vleminckx, S. Stein, and T. Camelbeeck, Could Mmax be the same for all continental interiors? Seism. Res. Lett., 87,5, 2016. Click here for pdf
Calais, E., Camelbeeck, T., Stein, S., Liu, M. and Craig, T.J. A new paradigm for large earthquakes in stable continental plate interiors. Geophysical Research Letters, 43(20), 2016. Click here for link
Stein, S., Assessing and mitigating natural hazards in a very uncertain world, in Routledge Handbook of Risk Studies, A. Burgess, A. Alemanno and J. Zinn (eds), 2016. Click here for pdf
Stein, C., J. Kley, S. Stein, D. Hindle, and G.R. Keller, North America’s Midcontinent Rift: when rift met LIP, Geosphere, 11, 5, 1607-1616, 2015. Click here for pdf
Stein, S., M. Liu, T. Camelbeeck, M. Merino, A. Landgraph, E. Hintersberger and S. Kubler, Challenges in assessing seismic hazard in intraplate Europe, in Seismicity, Fault Rupture and Earthquake Hazards in Slowly Deforming Regions, A. Landgraph, S. Kubler, E. Hintersberger and S. Stein (eds), Geological Society of London, Special Publications series, volume 432, 2015. Click here for pdf
Landgraph, A., S. Kubler, E. Hintersberger and S. Stein, Active tectonics, earthquakes and palaeoseismicity in slowly deforming continents, in Seismicity, Fault Rupture and Earthquake Hazards in Slowly Deforming Regions, A. Landgraph, S. Kubler, E. Hintersberger and S. Stein (eds), Geological Society of London, Special Publications series, volume 432, 2015.
Stein, S., C. Stein, E. Blavascunas, and J. Kley, Using Lake Superior parks to explain the Midcontinent Rift, Park Science, 32, 1, 19-29, 2015. Click here for pdf
Stein, S., M. Liu, B. Spencer, and E. Brooks, Promise and paradox: why improved knowledge of plate tectonics hasn’t yielded correspondingly better earthquake hazard maps, in Plate Boundaries and Natural Hazards, Geophysical Monograph 219, First Edition. Edited by Joao C. Duarte and Wouter P. Schellart Plate Boundaries and Natural Hazards, Amer. Geophys. Un. monograph 2016. Click here for pdf
Brooks, E., M. Diggory, E. Gomez, A. Salaree, M. Schmid, N. Saloor, and S. Stein, Should Fermi have secured his water heater?, Seism. Res. Lett., 87, 2A, 2016. Click here for pdf
Brooks, E., S. Stein, and B. Spencer, Comparing the performance of Japanese earthquake hazard maps to uniform and randomized maps, Seism. Res. Lett.,87, 1, 2016. Click here for pdf
Ola, O., Frederiksen, A. W., Bollmann, T., van der Lee, S., Darbyshire, F., Wolin, E., Revenaugh, J., Stein, C., Stein, S., and Wysession, M., Anisotropic zonation in the lithosphere of Central North America: Influence of a strong cratonic lithosphere on the Mid-Continent Rift, Tectonophysics, 683, 367-381, 2016. Click here for link
Stein, S., B. Spencer, and E. Brooks, Metrics for assessing earthquake hazard map performance, Bull. Seism. Soc. Amer., 105, 2015. Click here for pdf
Stein, C., and S. Stein, Are large oceanic depth anomalies caused by thermal perturbations?, in GSA Special Paper 514: The Interdisciplinary Earth: A Volume in Honor of Don L. Anderson, doi:10.1130/2015.2514(12), 2015. Click here for pdf
Stein, S., J. Kley, D. Hindle, and A. Friedrich, Exploring natural hazard policies with bike helmets and bus fares, EOS, 96, doi:10.1029/2015EO027187, 31 March 2015. Click here for pdf
Stein, S., B. Spencer, and E. Brooks, Bayes and BOGSAT: issues in when and how to revise earthquake hazard maps, Seism. Res. Lett., 86, 6-10, 2015. Click here for pdf
Stein, C., Stein, S., Merino, M., Keller, G.R., Flesch, L. and D. Jurdy, Was the Mid-Continent Rift part of a successful seafloor-spreading episode? Geophys. Res. Lett., 10.1002/2013GL059176, 2014. Click here for pdf
Liu, M., G. Luo, H. Wang and S. Stein, Long aftershock sequences in North China and Central U.S.: implications for hazard assessment in mid-continents,Earthquake Science, 27, 27-35, 2014 .Click here for pdf
Stein, S. and A. Friedrich, How much can we clear the crystal ball?, Astronomy and Geophysics, 55, 2.11-2.17, 2014. Click here for pdf
Stein, J.L. and S. Stein, Formulating natural hazard policies under uncertainty, SIAM/ASA J. on Uncertainty Quantification, 1, 42-50, 2013. Click here for pdf
Stein, S. and J.L. Stein, How good do natural hazard assessments need to be?, GSA Today, 23, no. 4/5, doi: 10.1130/GSATG167GW.1 (April/May), 2013. Click here for pdf
Stein, S. and J.L. Stein, Shallow versus deep uncertainties in natural hazard assessments, EOS, 94, 4, 133-140 (2 April), 2013. Click here for pdf
Merino, M., Keller, G.R., Stein, S. and Stein, C., Variations in Mid-Continent Rift magma volumes consistent with microplate evolution, Geophys. Res. Lett., 40, 1513-1516, doi:10.1029/2011GL050310, 2013. Click here for pdf
Wolin, E., S. Stein, F. Pazzaglia, A. Meltzer, A. Kafka, and C. Berti, Mineral, Virginia, earthquake illustrates seismicity of a passive-aggressive margin, Geophys. Res. Lett., 39, L02305, doi:10.1029/2011GL050310, 2012. Click here for pdf
Stein, S., R. Geller, and M. Liu, Why earthquake hazard maps often fail and what to do about it, Tectonophysics, 562-563, 1-25, 2012. Click here for pdf
Stein, J.L. and S. Stein, Rebuilding Tohoku: a joint geophysical and economic framework for hazard mitigation GSA Today, 22(9) 2012. Click here for pdf
Stein, S. and R.J. Geller, Communicating uncertainties in natural hazard forecasts, EOS, 93, 361-362, 2012. Click here for pdf
Stein, J.L. and S. Stein, Gray Swans: comparison of natural and financial hazard assessment and mitigation, Natural Hazards, doi 10.1007/s11069-012-0388-x, 2012. Click here for pdf
Stein, J.L. and S. Stein, Formulating Natural Hazard Policies Under Uncertainty, SIAM News, 45/10, 6-7, 2012. Click here for pdf
Ebeling, C., and S. Stein, Seismological identification and characterization of a large hurricane, Bull. Seism. Soc. Am., 101, 2011. Click here for pdf
Chang, S.-J., M. Merino, S. Van der Lee, S. Stein, and C. Stein, Mantle flow beneath Arabia offset from the opening Red Sea, Geophys. Res. Lett., 38, L04301, doi:10.1029/2010GL045852, 2011. Click here for pdf, Click here for supplemental material pdf
Liu, M., S. Stein, and H. Wang, 2000 years of migrating earthquakes in North China: How earthquakes in mid-continents differ from those at plate boundaries, Lithosphere, 3, doi: 10.1130/L129, 2011. Click here for pdf
Hubenthal, M., Stein, S. and J. Taber, A big squeeze: examining and modeling the causes of intraplate earthquakes in the earth science classroom, The Earth Scientist, 27, 33-39, 2011. Click here for pdf
Stein, S., S. van der Lee, D. Jurdy, C. Stein, D. Wiens, M. Wysession, J. Revenaugh, A. Frederiksen, F. Darbyshire, T. Bollmann, J. Lodewyk, E. Wolin, M. Merino, and K. Tekverk, Learning from failure: the SPREE Mid-Continent Rift Experiment, GSA Today, 21, 9, pp 5-7, September 2011. Click here for pdf
Stein, S. and E. Okal, The size of the 2011 Tohoku earthquake needn’t have been a surprise, EOS, 92, 227-228, 2011. Click here for pdf
Stein, S., R. Geller, and M. Liu, Bad assumptions or bad luck: why earthquake hazard maps need objective testing, Seis. Res. Lett., 82, 623-626, 2011. Click here for pdf
Calais, E., A. Freed, R. Van Arsdale, and S. Stein, Triggering of New Madrid seismicity by late Pleistocene erosion, Nature, 466, 608-611, 2010. Click here for pdf
Merino, M., S. Stein, M. Liu, and E. Okal, Comparison of seismicity rates in the New Madrid and Wabash Valley seismic zones, Seis. Res. Lett., 81, 951-954, 2010. Click here for pdf
Stein, S., M. Liu, E. Calais, and Q. Li, Midcontinent earthquakes as a complex system, Seis. Res. Lett., 80, 551-553, 2009. Click here for pdf
Stein, S., Understanding earthquake hazard maps, Earth, January 2009. Click here for pdf
Stein, S. and M. Liu, Long aftershock sequences within continents and implications for earthquake hazard assessment, Nature, 462, 87-89, 2009. Click here for pdf
Okal, E. and S. Stein, S., Observations of ultralong period normal modes from the December 2004 Sumatra-Andaman earthquake, Phys.Earth. Planet Int., 175 53-62, 2009. Click here for pdf
Stein, S. and J. Hebden, Time-dependent seismic hazard maps for the New Madrid seismic zone and Charleston, South Carolina areas, Seis. Res. Lett., 80, 12-20, 2009. Click here for pdf
Schramm, K. and S. Stein, Apparent slow oceanic transform earthquakes due to source mechanism bias, Seis. Res. Lett., 80, 102-107, 2009. Click here for pdf
Li, Q., M. Liu and S. Stein, Spatial-temporal complexity of continental intraplate seismicity: insights from geodynamic modeling and implications for seismic hazard estimation, Bull. Seism. Soc. Am., 99, 52-60, 2009. Click here for pdf
Blewitt, G., W. C. Hammond, C. Kreemer, H.-P. Plag, S. Stein, and E. Okal, GPS for real-time earthquake source determination and tsunami warning systems, J. Geod., 83, S335-343, 2009. Click here for pdf
Calais, E. and S. Stein, Time-variable deformation in the New Madrid seismic zone, Science, 5920, 1442, 2009. Click here for pdf, Click here for supplemental material pdf
Jeanloz, R. S. Beck, M. Lisowski, J. Lorenzo, C. Mora, J. Rimstidt, S. Shirey, S. Stein and K. Wirth, Big science, little science: Review of NSF’s Earth Science Instrumentation and Facilities Program, EOS, 89 61-62, 2008.
Stein, S. and E. Okal, Ultralong period seismic study of the December 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake and implications for regional tectonics and the subduction process, Bull. Seism. Soc. Am., 97, S279-S295, 2007. Click here for pdf
Stein, S. Education, outreach, and marketing, EOS, 88, 39-40, 2007. Click here for pdf
Stein, S. New Madrid GPS: much ado about nothing?, EOS, 88, 58-60, 2007. Click here for pdf
Sella, G., S. Stein, T. Dixon, M. Craymer, T. James, S. Mazzotti and R. Dokka, Observations of glacial isostatic adjustment in stable North America with GPS, Geophys. Res. Lett., 34, L02306, doi:10.1029/2006GL027081, 2007. Click here for pdf
Stein, S., Approaches to continental intraplate earthquake issues, in Continental Intraplate Earthquakes, Special Paper 425, 1-16, S. Stein and S. Mazzotti, eds., GSA, Boulder, CO, 2007. Click here for pdf
Swafford, L. and S. Stein, Limitations of the short earthquake record for seismicity and seismic hazard studies, in Continental Intraplate Earthquakes, Special Paper 425, 49-58, S. Stein and S. Mazzotti, eds., GSA, Boulder, CO, 2007. Click here for pdf
McKenna, J., S. Stein, and C. Stein, Is the New Madrid Seismic Zone hotter and weaker than its surroundings? in Continental Intraplate Earthquakes, Special Paper 425, 167-175, S. Stein and S. Mazzotti, eds., GSA, Boulder, CO, 2007. Click here for pdf
Lopez, A., S. Stein, T. Dixon, G. Sella, E. Calais, P. Jansma, J. Weber, and P. LaFemina, Is there a Northern Lesser Antilles Forearc block?, Geophys. Res. Lett., 33, L07313, doi:10.1029/2005GL025293, 2006. Click here for pdf
Stein, S., Limitations of a young science, Seis. Res. Lett., 77, 351-353, 2006. Click here for pdf
Blewitt, G., C. Kreemer, W. Hammond, H. Plag, S. Stein, and E. Okal, Rapid determination of earthquake magnitude by GPS for tsunami warning systems,Geophys. Res. Lett., 33, L11309, doi:10.1029/2006GL026145, 2006. Click here for pdf
Dye, S. and S. Stein, Exploring Earth’s composition and energetics with geoneutrinos, EOS, 87, 253-260, 2006. Click here for pdf
Stein, S. and G. Sella, Pleistocene change from convergence to extension in the Apennines as a consequence of Adria microplate motion, in The Adria Microplate: GPS Geodesy, Tectonics and Hazards, Nato Science Series, 21-34, edited by Pinter, N., G. Grenerczy, J. Weber, S. Stein, and D. Medak, Springer, 2005. Click here for pdf
Stein, S. and E. Okal, Size and speed of the Sumatra earthquake, Nature, 434, 581-582, 2005. Click here for pdf
Stein, S. and E. Okal, Sumatra earthquake – what happened and why The Earth Scientist, 21, 6-11, 2005. Click here for pdf
Park, J., T.-R. A. Song, J. Tromp, E. Okal, S. Stein, et al., Earth’s free oscillations excited by the 26 December 2004 Sumatra-Andaman earthquake, Science, 308, 1139-1144, 2005. Click here for pdf
Stein, S., A. Friedrich, and A. Newman, Dependence of possible characteristic earthquakes on spatial sampling: illustration for the Wasatch seismic zone, Utah, Seis. Res. Lett., 76, 432-436, 2005. Click here for pdf
DeLaughter, J., C. A. Stein, and S. Stein, Hotspots: a view from the swells, in Foulger, G. R., J. Natland, D. C. Presnall, and D. L. Anderson (eds.), Plates, plumes, and paradigms, Geol. Soc. Am. Sp. Paper 388, 257-278, doi: 10.1130/2005.2388(16), 2005. Click here for pdf
Grenerczy, G., G. Sella, S. Stein, and A. Kenyeres, Tectonic implications of the GPS velocity field in the northern Adriatic region, Geopys. Res. Lett., 32, doi10.1029/2005GL022947, 2005. Click here for pdf
Calais, E.,G. Mattioli, C. DeMets, J.-M.Nocquet, S. Stein, A. Newman, and P. Rydelek, Tectonic strain in plate interiors? Nature 438, doi: 10.1038/nature04428, 2005. Click here for pdf
Stein, S. and A. Newman, Characteristic and uncharacteristic earthquakes as possible artifacts: applications to the New Madrid and Wabash seismic zones, Seis. Res. Lett., 75, 173-187, 2004. Click here for pdf
Stein, S., No free lunch, Seis. Res. Lett., 75, 555-556, 2004. Click here for pdf
Stein, C. and S. Stein, Mantle plumes: heat flow near Iceland Astronomy and Geophysics, 44, 8-10, 2003. Click here for pdf
Stein, S., J. Tomasello, and A. Newman, Should Memphis Build for California’s Earthquakes? EOS, 84, 177,184-185, 2003. Click here for pdf, Click here for discussion pdf
Yang, Y., M. Liu and S. Stein, A 3-D geodynamic model of lateral crustal flow during Andean mountain building, Geophys. Res. Lett., 30(21), 10.1029/2001GL018308, 2003. Click here for pdf
Ware, R., D. Fulker, S. Stein, D. Anderson, S. Avery, R. Clark, K. Droegemier, J. Kuettner, J. Minster, and S. Sorooshian, Real-time national GPS networks for atmospheric sensing, J. Atmospheric and Solar-Terrestrial Physics, 63, 1315-1330, 2001.
Stein, S. and E. Klosko, Earthquake mechanisms and plate tectonics, in W. Lee, H. Kanamori, and P. Jennings (eds.) Handbook of Earthquake and Engineering Seismology , 2002.
Hindle, D., J. Kley, E. Klosko, S. Stein, T. Dixon, and E. Norabuena, Consistency of geologic and geodetic displacements during Andean orogenesis,Geophys. Res. Lett., 29(7), 10.1029/2001GL013757, , 2002. Click here for pdf
Stein, S., G. Sella, and E. Okal, The January 26, 2001 Bhuj earthquake and the diffuse western boundary of the Indian plate, in Plate Boundary Zones, edited by S. Stein and J. Freymueller, Geodynamics Series 30, AGU, Washington, D. C., 243-254, 2002. Click here for pdf
Klosko, E. R., S. Stein, D. Hindle, T. Dixon, and E. Norabuena, Comparison of geodetic, geologic, and seismological observations in the Nazca-South American plate boundary zone, in Plate Boundary Zones, edited by S. Stein and J. Freymueller, Geodynamics Series 30, AGU, Washington, D. C., 123-134, 2002. Click here for pdf
Liu, M., Y. Yang, S. Stein, and E. Klosko, Crustal shortening and extension in the Andes from a viscoelastic model, in Plate Boundary Zones, edited by S. Stein and J. Freymueller, Geodynamics Series 30, AGU, Washington, D. C., 325-340, 2002. Click here for pdf
Stein, S. and G. Sella, Plate boundary zones: concept and approaches, in Plate Boundary Zones, edited by S. Stein and J. Freymueller, Geodynamics Series 30, AGU, Washington, D. C., 1-26, 2002. Click here for pdf
A. Newman, J. Schneider, S. Stein, and A. Mendez, Uncertainties in seismic hazard maps for the New Madrid Seismic Zone and implications for seismic hazard communication, Seis. Res. Lett., 72, 653-667, 2001. Click here for pdf
Bina, C., S. Stein, F. Marton, and E. VanArk, Implications of slab mineralogy for subduction dynamics, Phys. Earth Planet. Int., 127, 51-66, 2001.
Stein, S., M. Hamburger, C. Meertens, T. Dixon, and S. Owen, UNAVCO Conference discusses advances in volcano geodesy, EOS, 81, 121-126, 2000. Click here for pdf
Klosko, E., J. DeLaughter, and S. Stein, Technology in introductory geophysics: the high-low mix, Computers and Geosciences, 26, 693-698, 2000.
Ware, R., D. Fulker, S. Stein, D. Anderson, S. Avery, R. Clark, K. Droegemier, J. Kuettner, J. Minster, and S. Sorooshian, SUOMINET: A real-time national GPS network for atmospheric research and education, Bull. Amer. Meteorol. Soc., 81, 677-694, 2000.
Liu, M., Y. Yang, S. Stein, Y. Zhu, J. Engeln, Crustal shortening in the Andes: Why do GPS rates differ from geological rates? Geophys. Res. Lett., 27, 3005-3008, 2000. Click here for pdf
Marton, F., C. Bina, S. Stein, and D. Rubie, Effects of slab mineralogy on subduction rates, Geophys. Res. Lett., 26, 119-122, 1999.
Newman, A., S. Stein, J. Weber, J. Engeln, A. Mao, and T. Dixon, Slow deformation and low seismic hazard at the New Madrid seismic zone, Science, 284,619-621, 1999. Click here for pdf
Stein, S. and D. Rubie, Deep earthquakes in real slabs, Science, 286 909-910, 1999. Click here for pdf
Norabuena, E., T. Dixon, S. Stein, and C. Harrison, Decelerating Nazca-South America convergence and Nazca-Pacific spreading, Geophys. Res. Lett., 26,3405-3408, 1999. Click here for pdf
DeLaughter, J., S. Stein, and C. Stein, Extraction of the lithospheric aging signal from satellite geoid data, Earth. Planet Sci. Lett., 174, 173-181, 1999. Click here for pdf
Norabuena, E., L. Leffler-Griffin, A. Mao, T. Dixon, S. Stein, I. S. Sacks, L. Ocala and M. Ellis, Space geodetic observations of Nazca-South America convergence along the Central Andes, Science, 279, 358-362, 1998. Click here for pdf
Weber, J., S. Stein, and J. Engeln, Estimation of intraplate strain accumulation in the New Madrid Seismic Zone from repeat GPS surveys Tectonics, 17, 250-266, 1998.
Stein, S. and T. Dixon, Looking for bears: space geodesy for earthquake studies, Seis. Res. Lett., 69, 377-379, 1998.
DeLaughter, J., S. Stein, C. Stein, and K. Bain, Preconceptions about earth science among students in an introductory course, EOS, 79, 429, 1998. Click here for pdf
Silver, P., Y. Bock, D. Agnew, T. Henyey, A. Linde, T. McEvilly, J.-B. Minster, B. Romanowicz, I. Sacks, R. Smith, S. Solomon, and S. Stein, A plate boundary observatory, IRIS Newsletter, 16, 2, 3-7, 1998.
Stein, S., and C. Stein, Ocean depths and the Lake Wobegone Effect, Science, 275, 1613-1614, 1997. Click here for pdf
Leffler, L., A. Mao, T. Dixon, S. Stein, and M. Ellis, Constraints on the present-day shortening rate across the Central Eastern Andes from GPS measurements, Geophys. Res. Lett., 24, 1031-1034, 1997.
Stein, S., Hot-spotting in the Pacific, Nature, 387, 345-346, 1997.
Stein, C., and S. Stein, Estimation of lateral hydrothermal flow distance from spatial variations in oceanic heat flow, Geophys. Res. Lett., 24, 2323-2326, 1997. Click here for pdf
Stein, S. and J. DeLaughter, Upgrading a beginning geophysics course: taking a “small-is-beautiful” approach, EOS, 78, 521-532, 1997.
Seno, T., T. Sarkuri, and S. Stein, Can the Okhotsk plate be discriminated from the North American plate?, J. Geophys. Res., 101, 11305-11316, 1996. Click here for pdf
Kirby, S., S. Stein, D. Rubie, and E. Okal, Deep earthquakes and metastable phase changes in subducting oceanic lithosphere, Rev. Geophys., 34, 261-306, 1996. Click here for pdf
Stein, S., and C. Stein, Thermo-mechanical evolution of oceanic lithosphere: implications for the subduction process and deep earthquakes, in: Subduction: Top to Bottom, Geophysical Monograph 96 edited by G. Bebout, D. School, and S. Kirby, Am. Geophys. Un., Washington, D.C., 1-17, 1996. Click here for pdf
Stein, S., Launching an environmental science major: experience at Northwestern, GSA Today, 38-39, March, 1996. Click here for pdf
Dixon, T. H., A. Mao, and S. Stein, How rigid is the stable interior of the North American plate?, Geophys. Res. Lett., 23, 3035-3038, 1996. Click here for pdf
Stein, C. and S. Stein, Modeling heat flow and hydrothermal circulation in young crust, Ridge Events, 6, 1, 9-11, 1995.
Stein, C., S. Stein, and A. Pelayo, Heat flow and hydrothermal circulation, in: Physical, chemical, biological and geological interactions within hydrothermal systems, AGU Mono., edited by Humphris, S., L. Mullineaux, R. Zierenberg and R. Thomson, Am. Geophys. Un., Washington, D.C., 425-445, 1995. Click here for pdf
Stein, S., Deep earthquakes: a fault too big?, Science, 268, 49-50, 1995. Click here for pdf
Richardson, P., S. Stein, C. Stein, and M. Zuber, Geoid data and the thermal structure of oceanic lithosphere, Geophys. Res. Lett., 22, 1913-1916, 1995. Click here for pdf
Shoberg, T., and S. Stein, Investigation of spreading center evolution by joint inversion of seafloor lineation and magnetic data, Earth Planet Sci. Lett., 122 195-206, 1994. Click here for pdf
Pelayo, A., S. Stein, and C. Stein, Estimation of oceanic hydrothermal heat flux from the depths of midocean ridge seismicity and magma chambers and heat flow data, Geophys. Res. Lett., 21, 713-716, 1994. Click here for pdf
Stein, C. and S. Stein, Comparison of plate and asthenospheric flow models for the evolution of oceanic lithosphere, Geophys. Res. Lett., 21, 709-712, 1994. Click here for pdf
DeMets, C., R. G. Gordon, D. F. Argus, and S. Stein, Effect of recent revisions to the geomagnetic reversal time scale on estimates of current plate motion,Geophys. Res. Lett., 21, 2191-2194, 1994. Click here for pdf
Stein, C. and S. Stein, Constraints on hydrothermal flux through the oceanic lithosphere from global heat flow, J. Geophys. Res, 99, 3081-3095, 1994. Click here for pdf
Shoberg, T., C. Stein, and S. Stein, Constraints on lithospheric thermal structure for the Indian Ocean basin from depth and heat flow data, Geophys. Res. Lett., 20, 1095-1098, 1993.
Stein, C. and S. Stein, Constraints on Pacific midplate swells from global depth-age and heat flow-age models, in Pringle, M., W. Sager, W. Sliter, and S. Stein (eds), The Mesozoic Pacific, Geophysical Monograph 76, 53-76, American Geophysical Union, 1993. Click here for pdf
Seno, T., S. Stein, and A. Gripp, A model for the motion of the Phillipine Sea Plate consistent with NUVEL-1 and geological data, J. Geophys. Res, 98, 17941-17948, 1993. Click here for pdf
Stein, S., Space geodesy and plate motions, Contributions of Space Geodesy to Geodynamics, American Geophysical Union Geodynamics Series 23, 5-20, 1993. Click here for pdf
Helffrich, G. and S. Stein, Study of the structure of the slab/mantle interface using reflected and converted seismic waves, Geophys. J. Int., 115, 14-40, 1993.
Stein, S., Seismic gaps and grizzly bears, Nature, 356, 387-388, 1992.
Gordon, R. G. and S. Stein, Global tectonics and space geodesy, Science, 256, 333-342, 1992.
Stein, C. and S. Stein, A model for the global variation in oceanic depth and heat flow with lithospheric age, Nature, 359, 123-128, 1992. Click here for pdf
Shoberg, T., S. Stein and J. Karsten, Constraints on rift propagation history at the Cobb Offset, Juan de Fuca ridge, from numerical modeling of tectonic fabric, Tectonophysics, 197, 295-308, 1991. Click here for pdf
D. Naar, F. Martinez, R. Hey, T. Reed IV, and S. Stein, Pito Rift: how a large-offset rift propagates, Mar. Geophys. Res., 13, 287-310, 1991.
Stein, S. and A. Pelayo, Seismological constraints on stress in the oceanic lithosphere, Phil. Trans. R. Soc. Lond. A., 337, 53-72, 1991. Click here for pdf
DeMets, C., R. G. Gordon, D. F. Argus, and S. Stein, Current plate motions, Geophys. J., 101, 425-478, 1990. Click here for pdf
DeMets, C. and S. Stein, A present-day kinematic model for the Rivera plate and tectonics of Southwestern Mexico, J. Geophys. Res., 95, 21931-21948, 1990. Click here for pdf
Helffrich, G., S. Stein, and B. J. Wood, Implications for subduction zone thermal structure and mineralogy for seismic wave reflections and conversions at the downgoing slab/mantle interface, J. Geophys. Res., 94, 753-763, 1989.
Stein, S., S. Cloetingh, N. Sleep and R. Wortel, Passive margin earthquakes, stresses, and rheology, in S. Gregerson and P. Basham (eds) Earthquakes at North Atlantic Passive Margins, 231-259, Kluwer, 1989. Click here for pdf
Argus, D. F., R. G. Gordon, C. DeMets, and S. Stein, Closure of the Africa-North America-Eurasia plate circuit and tectonics of the Gloria fault, J. Geophys. Res., 94, 5585-5602, 1989.
Stoddard, P. R., and S. Stein, A kinematic model of zero-offset and very-long-offset transforms, Mar. Geophys. Res., 3-4, 181-190, 1989. Click here for pdf
Spakman, W., S. Stein, R. van der Hilst, and R. Wortel, Resolution experiments for NW Pacific subduction zone tomography, Geophys. Res. Lett., 16, 1097-1100, 1989. Click here for pdf
Stein, S., C. DeMets, R. G. Gordon, J. Brodholt, J. F. Engeln, D. A. Wiens, D. Argus, P. Lundgren, C. Stein, and D. F. Woods, A test of alternative Caribbean plate relative motion models, J. Geophys. Res., 93, 3041-3050, 1988.
Engeln, J., S. Stein, J. Werner and R. Gordon, Microplate and shear zone models for oceanic spreading center reorganizations, J. Geophys. Res., 93, 2839-2856, 1988. Click here for pdf
Brodholt, J., and S. Stein, Rheological control on the distribution of Wadati-Benioff seismicity, Geophys. Res. Lett., 15, 1081- 1077, 1988. Click here for pdf
Lundgren, P. R., E. A. Okal, and S. Stein, Body wave deconvolution for variable source parameters; application to the December 6, 1987 Kuriles earthquake, Geophys. J., 94, 171-180, 1988.
Acton, G., S. Stein, and J. Engeln, Formation of curved seafloor fabric by changes in rift propagation velocity and spreading rate: application to the 95.5°W Galapagos propagator, J. Geophys. Res., 93, 11845-11861, 1988. Click here for pdf
Acton, G., S. Stein, and J. Engeln, Block rotation and continental extension in Afar: a comparison to oceanic microplate systems, Tectonics, 10, 501-526, 1991. 587-590, 1987. Click here for pdf
Stein, S., S. Cloetingh, D. Wiens and R. Wortel, Why does near ridge extensional seismicity occur primarily in the Indian Ocean?, Earth Planet. Sci. Lett., 82, 107-113, 1987. Click here for pdf
Schlanger, S. O. and S. Stein, Charles Darwin and Captain Moresby on the sudden drowning of the Great Chagos Bank: A 19th century discovery of the seismicity of `aseismic’ ridges and the `intraplate’ tectonics of the Indian Ocean, EOS, 68, 140-141, 1987.
Okal, E. A. and S. Stein, The 1942 Southwest Indian Ocean Ridge earthquake: the largest known transform event, Geophys. Res. Lett., 14, 147-150, 1987.
Gordon, R., S. Stein, C. DeMets, D. Argus, and D. Woods, Statistical tests for closure of plate motion circuits, Geophys. Res. Lett., 14, 587-590, 1987. Click here for pdf
Shudofsky, G., S. Cloetingh, S. Stein, and R. Wortel, Unusually deep earthquakes in East Africa: constraints on the thermo-mechanical structure of a continental rift system, Geophys. Res. Lett., 14, 741-744, 1987.
DeMets, C., R. Gordon, S. Stein, and D. Argus, A revised estimate of Pacific-North America motion and implications for western North America plate boundary zone tectonics, Geophys. Res. Lett., 14, 911-914, 1987.
Stein, S., E. Okal and D. Wiens, Application of modern techniques to analysis of historical earthquakes, in: Historical Seismograms and Earthquakes of the World, edited by W.H.K. Lee, H. Meyers and K. Shimazaki, 85-104, Academic Press, London, 1987.
Anderson-Fontana, S., J. F. Engeln, P. Lundgren, R. L. Larson, and S. Stein, Tectonics of the Nazca-Antarctica plate boundary, Earth Planet. Sci. Lett., 86, 46-56, 1987.
Stein, S., D. Wiens, J. Engeln and K. Fujita, Comment on “Subduction of aseismic ridges beneath the Caribbean plate” by W. McCann and L. Sykes, J. Geophys. Res., 91, 784-786, 1986.
Engeln, J., D. Wiens and S. Stein, Mechanisms and depths of Atlantic transform fault earthquakes, J. Geophys. Res., 91, 548-578, 1986.
Stein, S. and E. Okal, Seismological studies of the deformation of the oceanic lithosphere, in Anderson, A. and A. Cazenzve (eds), Space Geodesy and Geodynamics, Academic Press, London, 1986.
Anderson-Fontana, S., J. Engeln, P. Lundgren, R. Larson and S. Stein, Tectonics and evolution of the Juan Fernandez microplate at the Pacific – Antarctic – Nazca triple junction, J. Geophys. Res., 91, 2005-2018, 1986.
Stein, S. and D. A. Wiens, Depth determination for shallow teleseismic earthquakes: methods and results, Rev. Geophys., 24, 806-832, 1986.
Stein, S., J. Engeln, C. Demets, R. Gordon, D. Woods, D. Argus, P. Lundgren, C. Stein, and D. Wiens, The Nazca-South America convergence rate and the recurrence of the great 1960 Chilean earthquake, Geophys. Res. Lett., 13, 713-716, 1986. Click here for pdf
Wiens, D., S. Stein, C. Demets, R. Gordon and C. Stein, Plate tectonic models for Indian Ocean “intraplate” deformation, Tectonophysics, 132, 37-48, 1986.
Wiens, D. and S. Stein, Implications of oceanic intraplate seismicity for plate rheology, stresses and driving forces, Tectonophysics, 116, 143-162, 1985. Click here for pdf
Wiens, D., C. Demets, R. Gordon, S. Stein, D. Argus, J. Engeln, P. Lundgren, D. Quible, C. Stein, S. Weinstein and D. F. Woods, A diffuse plate boundary model for central Indian Ocean tectonics, Geophys. Res. Lett., 12, 429-423, 1985. Click here for pdf
Engeln, J. and S. Stein, Tectonics of the Easter Plate, Earth Planet. Sci. Lett., 68, 259-270, 1984. Click here for pdf
Stein, S. and R. Gordon, Statistical tests of additional plate boundaries from plate motion inversions, Earth Planet. Sci. Lett., 69, 400-412, 1984. Click here for pdf
Wiens, D. and S. Stein, Intraplate seismicity and stresses in young oceanic lithosphere, J. Geophys. Res., 89, 11442-11464, 1984.
Wiens, D. and S. Stein, Age dependence of oceanic intraplate seismicity and implications for lithospheric evolution, J. Geophys. Res., 88, 6455-6468, 1983. Click here for pdf
Stein, S., J. Engeln, D. Wiens, R. Speed and K. Fujita, Slow subduction of old lithosphere in the Lesser Antilles, Tectonophysics, 99, 139-148, 1983. Click here for pdf
Stein, S., J. Mills and R. Geller, Data space inversion of fundamental spheroidal mode attenuation measurements, in Stacey et al. (eds), Anelasticity in the Earth, Geodynamics Series 4, 39-53, AGU, Washington, 1982.
Stein, S., D. Wiens and K. Fujita, The 1966 Kremasta Reservoir earthquake sequence, Earth Planet. Sci. Lett., 59, 49-60, 1982.
Stein, S., J. Engeln, D. Wiens, K. Fujita and R. Speed, Subduction seismicity and tectonics in the Lesser Antilles arc, J. Geophys. Res., 87, 8642-8664, 1982. Click here for pdf
Sleep, N., R. Geller and S. Stein, A constraint on the earth’s lateral heterogeneity from the scattering of spheroidal mode Q-1 measurements, Bull. Seism. Soc. Am., 71, 183-198, 1981.
Stein, S. and J. Nunn, Analysis of split normal modes for the 1977 Indonesian earthquake, Bull. Seism. Soc. Am., 71, 1031-1047, 1981.
Stein, S. and G. Kroeger, Estimating earthquake source parameters from seismological data, in Nemat-Nassar (ed), Solid Earth Geophysics and Geotechnology, AMD 42, 61-71, Am. Soc. Mech. Eng., New York, NY, 1980.
Stein, S., Intraplate seismicity on bathymetric features: the 1968 Emperor Trough earthquake, J. Geophys. Res., 84, 4763-4768, 1979.
Stein, S., N. Sleep, R. Geller, S. Wang and G. Kroeger, Earthquakes along the passive margin of eastern Canada, Geophys. Res. Lett., 5, 537-540, 1979. Click here for pdf
Wang, S.-C., R. Geller, S. Stein and B. Taylor, Intraplate thrust faulting earthquakes in the South China Sea, J. Geophys. Res., 84, 5267-5631, 1979.
Geller, R. and S. Stein, Time domain attenuation measurements for fundamental spheroidal modes (0S6-0S28) for the 1977 Indonesian earthquake, Bull. Seism. Soc. Am., 69, 1671-1691, 1979. Click here for pdf
Sleep, N., S. Stein, R. Geller and R. Gordon, Comment on “The use of the minimum dissipation principle in tectonophysics,” Earth Planet. Sci. Lett., 45, 218-220, 1979.
Stein, S. and R. Geller, Time domain observation and synthesis of split spheroidal and torsional free oscillations of the 1960 Chilean earthquake: preliminary results, Bull. Seism. Soc. Am., 68, 325-332, 1978. Click here for pdf
Stein, S. and E. Okal, Seismicity and tectonics of the Ninetyeast Ridge area: evidence for internal deformation of the Indian plate, J. Geophys. Res., 83, 2233-2246, 1978. Click here for pdf
Geller, R. and S. Stein, Normal modes of a laterally heterogeneous body: a one dimensional example, Bull. Seism. Soc. Am., 68, 103-116, 1978. Click here for pdf
Miller, W., R. Geller and S. Stein, Use of a bubble tiltmeter as a horizontal seismometer, Geophys. J., 54, 661-668, 1978.
Stein, S., A model for the relation between spreading rate and oblique spreading, Earth Planet. Sci. Lett., 39, 313-318, 1978.
Stein, S., An earthquake swarm on the Chagos-Laccadive Ridge and its tectonic implications, Geophys. J., 55, 577-588, 1978.
Stein, S. and R. Geller, Attenuation measurements of split normal modes for the 1960 Chilean and 1964 Alaskan earthquakes, Bull. Seism. Soc. Am., 68, 1595-1612, 1978.
Geller, R. and S. Stein, Split free oscillation amplitudes for the 1960 Chilean and 1964 Alaskan earthquakes, Bull. Seism. Soc. Am., 67, 651-660, 1977.
Stein, S., H. Melosh and J. Minster, Ridge migration and asymmetric seafloor spreading, Earth Planet. Sci. Lett., 36, 51-62, 1977.
Stein, S. and R. Geller, Amplitudes of the earth’s split normal modes, J. Phys. Earth, 25, 117-142, 1977. Click here for pdf
Dainty, A., N. Toksoz and S. Stein, Reply to comments on `Variation …’, Geophys. Res. Lett., 3, 405-406, 1976.
Dainty, A., N. Toksoz and S. Stein, Seismic investigation of the lunar interior, Proc. Lunar Sci. Conf., 7, 3057-3075, 1976.
Dainty, A., S. Stein and N. Toksoz, Variation in the number of meteoroid impacts on the moon with lunar phase, Geophys. Res. Lett., 2, 273-276, 1975.
OTHER:
Hwang, D., M. Francis, B. Choi, J. Singh, S. Stein, J. Borrero, H. Thio, C. Ratti and D. Bergado, Mitigating the risk from coastal hazards: Strategies and concepts for recovery from the December 26, 2004 tsunami Univ. Hawaii Sea Grant report, 2005.
Stein, S. and C. Stein, Energy flows in the lithosphere, in Encyclopedia of Energy, Elsevier, 2004.
Stein, S. and J. Tomasello, When safety costs too much, New York Times, January 10, 2004. Click here for pdf
Stein, S. and E. Klosko, Earthquake mechanisms and plate tectonics, in W. Lee, H. Kanamori, and P. Jennings (eds.) Handbook of Earthquake and Engineering Seismology 69-78, Academic Press, 2002.
Stein, S., The media and the quake that wasn’t: reflections on news coverage of the December 1990 Midwest earthquake prediction, Chicago Journalist, October 1991.
Stein, S. and D. F. Woods, Earthquake mechanisms and plate tectonics, in D. James (ed.) Encyclopedia of Solid Earth Geophysics, 245-260, Van Nostrand, New York, 1989.
Stein, S. and D. F. Woods, Midocean ridge seismicity, in D. James (ed) Encyclopedia of Solid Earth Geophysics, 1050-1054, Van Nostrand, New York, 1989.
Stein, S., Fault plane solutions, in C. Seyfert (ed.) Encyclopedia of Structural Geology and Plate Tectonics, 223-228, Van Nostrand, New York, 1988.
BOOK REVIEWS:
Review of “The Earth in Turmoil: earthquakes, volcanoes, and their impact on humankind” by K. Sieh and S. LeVay, EOS, 81, 68, 2000.
Review of “Earthquake Fears, Predictions, and Preparations in Mid-America”, by John E. Farley, Science, 282, 247 (Oct. 9) 1998.
Review of “Exploration Seismology,” by R. Sheriff and L. Geldart, Am. Sci., 72, 627, 1984.
Review of “The Interior of the Earth,” by M.H.P. Bott, J. Geol., 92, 351-352, 1984.
Review of “Inside the Earth” by B. Bolt, Am. J. Sci., 283, 192, 1983.
FIELD PROGRAMS:
R/V Moana Wave Sea Marc survey of the Easter Microplate, East Pacific Rise, 1989
GPS survey, Hebgen Lake region, 1991
Principal investigator, GPS survey of strain accumulation in the New Madrid, Missouri seismic zone, 1991-1997
Principal investigator, GPS survey of South America – Nazca plate convergence zone 1994-2002