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Heather R. DeShon is affiliated with Southern Methodist University in the United States. Their research primarily centers on the Earth and Planetary Sciences, with significant contributions in Geophysics. Other subfields include Artificial Intelligence, Civil and Structural Engineering, Transportation, and Mechanical Engineering.

The scientist's work focuses on topics such as earthquake and tectonic studies, seismic waves and analysis, seismology and earthquake studies, seismic imaging and inversion techniques, geological and geochemical analysis, earthquake and disaster impact studies, and earthquake detection and analysis.

Recent publications include the following papers:

  • "Pore Pressure Threshold and Fault Slip Potential for Induced Earthquakes in the Dallas-Fort Worth Area of North Central Texas" (2021, Geophysical Research Letters)
  • "Spectral Characteristics of Ground Motion from Induced Earthquakes in the Fort Worth Basin, Texas, Using the Generalized Inversion Technique" (2020, Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America)
  • "Structural characterization of potentially seismogenic faults in the Fort Worth Basin" (2020, Interpretation)
  • "Panel Review of the USGS 2023 Conterminous U.S. Time-Independent Earthquake Rupture Forecast" (2023, Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America)
  • "Stress Drop Variations of Induced Earthquakes near the Dallas-Fort Worth Airport, Texas" (2022, The Seismic Record)

Frequent coauthors that have collaborated with Heather R. DeShon include:

  • SeongJu Jeong
  • Brian W. Stump
  • Peter Hennings
  • Elizabeth A. Horne
  • A. Aziz Zanjani

The scientist commonly publishes in the following venues:

  • Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America
  • Abstracts with programs - Geological Society of America
  • The Seismic Record
  • Geophysical Research Letters
  • Interpretation

Best Publications

  • The great Sumatra-Andaman earthquake of 26 December 2004

    Thorne Lay;Thorne Lay;Hiroo Kanamori;Charles J. Ammon;Meredith Nettles

  • Control of seafloor roughness on earthquake rupture behavior

    Susan L. Bilek;Susan Y. Schwartz;Heather R. DeShon

  • Teleseismic Relocation and Assessment of Seismicity (1918–2005) in the Region of the 2004 Mw 9.0 Sumatra–Andaman and 2005 Mw 8.6 Nias Island Great Earthquakes

    E. Robert Engdahl;Antonio Villaseñor;Heather R. DeShon;Clifford H. Thurber

  • Causal factors for seismicity near Azle, Texas

    Matthew J. Hornbach;Heather R. DeShon;William L. Ellsworth;Brian W. Stump

  • A Historical Review of Induced Earthquakes in Texas

    Cliff Frohlich;Heather R. DeShon;Brian Stump;Chris Hayward

  • Geodetic and seismic constraints on some seismogenic zone processes in Costa Rica

    Edmundo Norabuena;Timothy H. Dixon;Susan Schwartz;Heather DeShon;Heather DeShon

  • Correlated transient fluid pulsing and seismic tremor in the Costa Rica subduction zone

    Kevin M. Brown;Michael D. Tryon;Heather R. DeShon;LeRoy M. Dorman

  • Teleseismic double-difference relocation of earthquakes along the Sumatra-Andaman subduction zone using a 3-D model

    J. D. Pesicek;C. H. Thurber;H. Zhang;H. R. DeShon

  • Along-strike variability in the seismogenic zone below Nicoya Peninsula, Costa Rica

    A. V. Newman;S. Y. Schwartz;V. Gonzalez;H. R. DeShon

  • Evidence for serpentinization of the forearc mantle wedge along the Nicoya Peninsula, Costa Rica

    Heather R. DeShon;Heather R. DeShon;Susan Y. Schwartz

  • Seismogenic zone structure beneath the Nicoya Peninsula, Costa Rica, from three-dimensional local earthquake P- and S-wave tomography

    Heather R. DeShon;Susan Y. Schwartz;Andrew V. Newman;Victor González

  • Seismogenic zone structure of the southern Middle America Trench, Costa Rica

    H. R. DeShon;S. Y. Schwartz;S. L. Bilek;L. M. Dorman

  • Mantle subducting slab structure in the region of the 2010 M8.8 Maule earthquake (30–40°S), Chile

    J. D. Pesicek;E. R. Engdahl;C. H. Thurber;H. R. DeShon

  • Ellenburger wastewater injection and seismicity in North Texas

    Matthew J. Hornbach;Madeline Jones;Monique Scales;Heather R. DeShon

  • Complex slab subduction beneath northern Sumatra

    J. D. Pesicek;C. H. Thurber;S. Widiyantoro;E. R. Engdahl

  • Sharpening the tomographic image of the subducting slab below Sumatra, the Andaman Islands and Burma

    J. D. Pesicek;C. H. Thurber;S. Widiyantoro;H. Zhang

  • Injection-Induced Seismicity and Fault-Slip Potential in the Fort Worth Basin, Texas

    Peter H. Hennings;Jens‐Erik Lund Snee;Johnathon L. Osmond;Heather R. DeShon

  • The Dallas-Fort Worth Airport Earthquake Sequence: Seismicity Beyond Injection Period

    Paul O. Ogwari;Heather R. DeShon;Matthew J. Hornbach

  • Onset and Cause of Increased Seismic Activity Near Pecos, West Texas, United States, From Observations at the Lajitas TXAR Seismic Array

    Cliff Frohlich;Cliff Frohlich;Chris Hayward;Julia Rosenblit;Chastity Aiken

  • A Decade of Induced Slip on the Causative Fault of the 2015 Mw 4.0 Venus Earthquake, Northeast Johnson County, Texas

    Monique M. Scales;Heather R. DeShon;M. Beatrice Magnani;Jacob I. Walter

  • Ellenburger wastewater injection and seismicity in North Texas

    M. J. Hornbach;M. Jones;M. M. Scales;H. R. DeShon

  • Geodetic and Seismic Constraints on some Seismogenic Zone Processes in Costa Rica

    T. H. Dixon;E. Norabuena;S. Schwartz;Heather R. DeShon

Frequent Co-Authors

Clifford H. Thurber
Clifford H. Thurber University of Wisconsin–Madison
Susan Y. Schwartz
Susan Y. Schwartz University of California, Santa Cruz
Cliff Frohlich
Cliff Frohlich The University of Texas at Austin
Matthew J. Hornbach
Matthew J. Hornbach Southern Methodist University
LeRoy M. Dorman
LeRoy M. Dorman Scripps Institution of Oceanography
E. R. Engdahl
E. R. Engdahl University of Colorado Boulder
Marino Protti
Marino Protti University of California, Santa Cruz
Timothy H. Dixon
Timothy H. Dixon University of South Florida
Ernst R. Flueh
Ernst R. Flueh GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel
Robert N. Harris
Robert N. Harris Oregon State University

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