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William R. Walter is affiliated with Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory in the United States. Their research spans Earth and Planetary Sciences with a significant emphasis on Geophysics, supported by a considerable body of work in Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence. Their interdisciplinary approach connects deep learning methods with traditional geophysical analysis techniques.

The scientist's published work focuses notably on seismology and earthquake studies. Key topics in their research include earthquake and tectonic studies, seismic waves and analysis, earthquake detection and analysis, high-pressure geophysics and materials, geophysics and sensor technology, and seismic performance and analysis.

William R. Walter has contributed to various scientific publications, including:

  • Combining Deep Learning with Physics Based Features in Explosion-Earthquake Discrimination, 2022, arXiv (Cornell University)
  • New Opportunities to Study Earthquake Precursors, 2020, Seismological Research Letters
  • A Big Problem for Small Earthquakes: Benchmarking Routine Magnitudes and Conversion Relationships with Coda Envelope-Derived Mw in Southern Kansas and Northern Oklahoma, 2021, Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America
  • Source scaling comparison and validation in Central Italy: data intensive direct Swaves versus the sparse data coda envelope methodology, 2022, Geophysical Journal International
  • Toward Robust and Routine Determination of Mw for Small Earthquakes: Application to the 2020 Mw 5.7 Magna, Utah, Seismic Sequence, 2021, Seismological Research Letters

Their frequent coauthors include:

  • Kevin Mayeda
  • Qingkai Kong
  • Ruijia Wang
  • M. L. Pyle
  • Brandon Schmandt

William R. Walter's work has been published primarily in:

  • Seismological Research Letters
  • Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America
  • arXiv (Cornell University)
  • Abstracts with programs - Geological Society of America
  • Geophysical Journal International

The combination of seismological expertise with contemporary computational methods underscores their contribution to the development of more advanced earthquake detection and analysis techniques. The research integrates high-pressure geophysics with sensor technology, supporting advancements in seismic wave interpretation and earthquake precursor studies.

Best Publications

  • Moment, energy, stress drop, and source spectra of western United States earthquakes from regional coda envelopes

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  • Upper mantle velocity structure beneath the Tibetan Plateau from Pn travel time tomography

    D. E. McNamara;D. E. McNamara;D. E. McNamara;W. R. Walter;T. J. Owens;C. J. Ammon

  • Observations of regional phase propagation across the Tibetan Plateau

    Daniel E. McNamara;Thomas J. Owens;William R. Walter

  • Phase and spectral ratio discrimination between NTS earthquakes and explosions. Part I: Empirical observations

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  • A new spectral ratio method using narrow band coda envelopes: Evidence for non-self-similarity in the Hector Mine sequence

    Kevin Mayeda;Luca Malagnini;William R. Walter

  • Identifying isotropic events using a regional moment tensor inversion

    Sean R. Ford;Sean R. Ford;Douglas S. Dreger;William R. Walter

  • Propagation characteristics of Lg across the Tibetan Plateau

    D. E. McNamara;T. J. Owens;W. R. Walter

  • Lithospheric structure of the Arabian Shield and Platform from complete regional waveform modelling and surface wave group velocities

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  • New signatures of underground nuclear tests revealed by satellite radar interferometry

    Paul Vincent;Shawn Larsen;Devin Galloway;Randell J. Laczniak

  • A multistep approach for joint modeling of surface wave dispersion and teleseismic receiver functions: Implications for lithospheric structure of the Arabian Peninsula

    Hrvoje Tkalcic;Michael E. Pasyanos;Arthur J Rodgers;R GoK

  • Chemical Explosion Experiments to Improve Nuclear Test Monitoring

    Catherine M. Snelson;Robert E. Abbott;Scott T. Broome;Robert J. Mellors

  • A Revised Magnitude and Distance Amplitude Correction (MDAC2) Procedure for Regional Seismic Discriminants: Theory and Testing at NTS

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  • Broad-band Lg attenuation modelling in the Middle East

    Michael E. Pasyanos;Eric M. Matzel;William R. Walter;Arthur J. Rodgers

  • Source analysis of the Memorial Day explosion, Kimchaek, North Korea

    Sean R. Ford;Douglas S. Dreger;William R. Walter

  • Evidence for non‐constant energy/moment scaling from coda‐derived source spectra

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  • A surface wave dispersion study of the Middle East and North Africa for monitoring the comprehensive nuclear-test-ban treaty

    Michael E. Pasyanos;William R. Walter;Shannon E. Hazler

  • Network Sensitivity Solutions for Regional Moment-Tensor Inversions

    Sean R. Ford;Douglas S. Dreger;William R. Walter

  • Crust and upper‐mantle structure of North Africa, Europe and the Middle East from inversion of surface waves

    Michael E. Pasyanos;William R. Walter

  • Spectra of seismic radiation from a tensile crack

    William R. Walter;James N. Brune

  • Source parameters of the June 29, 1992 Little Skull Mountain Earthquake from complete regional waveforms at a single station

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  • Building and Testing an a priori Geophysical Model for Western Eurasia and North Africa

    Michael E. Pasyanos;William R. Walter;Megan P. Flanagan;Peter Goldstein

  • Large-scale seismic signal analysis with Hadoop

    T.G. Addair;D.A. Dodge;W.R. Walter;S.D. Ruppert

  • A Simultaneous Multiphase Approach to Determine P-Wave and S-Wave Attenuation of the Crust and Upper Mantle

    Michael E. Pasyanos;William R. Walter;Eric M. Matzel

  • Regional Attenuation in Northern California: A Comparison of Five 1D Q Methods

    Sean R. Ford;Douglas S. Dreger;Kevin Mayeda;William R. Walter

  • A comparison of methodologies for representing path effects on regional P/S discriminants

    Arthur J. Rodgers;William R. Walter;Craig A. Schultz;Stephen C. Myers

  • EMPIRICAL OBSERVATIONS OF EARTHQUAKE-EXPLOSION DISCRIMINATION USING P/S RATIOS AND IMPLICATIONS FOR THE SOURCES OF EXPLOSION S-WAVES

    William R. Walter;Eric Matzel;Michael E. Pasyanos;David B. Harris

Frequent Co-Authors

Michael E. Pasyanos
Michael E. Pasyanos Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
Douglas S. Dreger
Douglas S. Dreger University of California, Berkeley
Andrew A. Nyblade
Andrew A. Nyblade Pennsylvania State University
Jordi Julià
Jordi Julià Federal University of Rio Grande do Norte
Luca Malagnini
Luca Malagnini National Institute of Geophysics and Volcanology
Thorne Lay
Thorne Lay University of California, Santa Cruz
Paul H.G.M. Dirks
Paul H.G.M. Dirks James Cook University
Cynthia J. Ebinger
Cynthia J. Ebinger Tulane University
Laura M. Wallace
Laura M. Wallace The University of Texas at Austin
Robert B. Herrmann
Robert B. Herrmann Saint Louis University

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