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2026

Dixon, T. H. (2026). Natural hazard mitigation in a rapidly changing world: Louisiana as a 'canary in the coal mine' for coastal flooding. International Geology Review, 1â€“18. https://doi.org/10.1080/00206814.2026.2621969

Dixon, T. H. (2026). Natural hazard mitigation in a rapidly changing world: Louisiana as a 'canary in the coal mine' for coastal flooding (Supplement). International Geology Review, 1â€“18. https://doi.org/10.1080/00206814.2026.2621969

2025

Sadeghi Chorsi, T., Gallant, E., Forster, L., Dixon, J. E., & Dixon, T. H. (2025). Small intrusions may help maintain Kilaueaï¿½s lava lake. Bulletin of Volcanology, 87(8), 62. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00445-025-01847-8

Murawski, S. A., Gilbert, S., Hommeyer, M., Liu, Y., Lembke, C., Grasty, S., ... & Sadeghi Chorsi, T. (2025). Bathymetric Mapping in the Coastal Zone: Approaches, Challenges, and Opportunities. Marine Technology Society Journal, 59(2), 62-77. https://doi.org/10.4031/MTSJ.59.2.6

2024

Van Alphen, R., Rains, K. C., Rodgers, M., Malservisi, R., & Dixon, T. H. (2024). UAV-Based Wetland Monitoring: Multispectral and Lidar Fusion with Random Forest Classification. Drones, 8(3), 113. https://doi.org/10.3390/drones8030113

Sadeghi Chorsi, T., Meyer, F. J., & Dixon, T. H. (2024). Toward long-term monitoring of regional permafrost thaw with satellite interferometric synthetic aperture radar. The Cryosphere, 18(8), 3723-3740. https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-18-3723-2024

2022

Sadeghi Chorsi, T., Braunmiller, J., Deng, F., and Dixon, T. H. (2022). Afterslip from the 2020 M 6.5 Monte Cristo Range, Nevada earthquake. Geophysical Research Letters, 49, e2022GL099952. https://doi.org/10.1029/2022GL099952

Zumberge, M. A., Xie, S., Wyatt, F. K., Steckler, M. S., Li, G., Hatfield, W., et al. (2022). Novel integration of geodetic and geologic methods for high-resolution monitoring of subsidence in the Mississippi Delta. Journal of Geophysical Research: Earth Surface, 127, e2022JF006718. https://doi.org/10.1029/2022JF006718

Mejia, J.Z., Gulley, J.D., Trunz, C., Covington, M.D., Bartholomaus, T.C., Breithaupt, C., Xie, S. and Dixon, T.H., (2022). Moulin Density Controls the Timing of Peak Pressurization Within the Greenland Ice Sheet's Subglacial Drainage System. Geophysical Research Letters, p.e2022GL100058.8

2021

Xie, S., J. Chen, T. H. Dixon, R. H. Weisberg, M. A. Zumberge (2021) Offshore sea levels measured with an anchored spar-buoy system using GPS interferometric reflectometry. Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans. https://doi.org/10.1029/2021JC017734

Rodgers, M., Deng, F., Dixon, T.H., Glennie, C.L., James, M.R., Malservisi, R., Van Alphen, R. and Xie, S., (2021) Geodetic Applications to Geomorphology. Reference Module in Earth Systems and Environmental Sciences. https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-12-818234-5.00084-5

Hastings, M. S., Connor, C. B., Wetmore, P., Malservisi, R., Connor, L. J., Rodgers, M., and La Femina, P. C. (2021). Large-Volume and shallow magma intrusions in the Blackfoot Reservoir volcanic field (Idaho, USA). Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth, e2021JB022507. https://doi.org/10.1029/2021JB022507

Sadeghi Chorsi, T., Braunmiller, J., Deng, F., Mueller, N., Kerstetter, S., Stern, R. J., and Dixon, T. H. (2021). The May 15, 2020 M 6.5 Monte Cristo Range, Nevada, earthquake: eyes in the sky, boots on the ground, and a chance for students to learn. International Geology Review, 1-20. https://doi.org/10.1080/00206814.2021.2000507

Sadeghi Chorsi, T., Braunmiller, J., Deng, F., Mueller, N., Kerstetter, S., Stern, R. J., and Dixon, T. H. (2021). The May 15, 2020 M 6.5 Monte Cristo Range, Nevada, earthquake: eyes in the sky, boots on the ground, and a chance for students to learn (Supplement). International Geology Review, 1-20. https://doi.org/10.1080/00206814.2021.2000507

MejÃa, J. Z., Gulley, J. D., Trunz, C., Covington, M. D., Bartholomaus, T. C., Xie, S., and Dixon, T. H. (2021). Isolated cavities dominate Greenland ice sheet dynamic response to lake drainage. Geophysical Research Letters, 48(19), e2021GL094762., https://doi.org/10.1029/2021GL094762

Afra, M., Shirzad, T., Farrokhi, M., Braunmiller, J., Hatami, M. R., Naghavi, M., ... and Saadat, S. A. (2021). Three-dimensional P-wave tomography in the Central Alborz, Iran. Physics of the Earth and Planetary Interiors, 315, 106711, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pepi.2021.106711

2020

Xie, S., T. H. Dixon, R. Malservisi, Y. Jiang, M. Protti, C. Muller (2020) Slow slip and inter-transient locking on the Nicoya megathrust in the late and early stages of an earthquake cycle. Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth, 125, doi.org/10.1029/2020JB020503

Makan A. Karegar., Kristine M. Larson., Jurgen Kusche. and Timothy H. Dixon. (2020), Novel Quantification of Shallow Sediment Compaction by GPS Interferometric Reflectometry and Implications for Flood Susceptibility. Geophysical Research Letters, https://doi.org/10.1029/2020GL087807

McCormack, K., Hesse, M. A., Dixon, T. H. and Malservisi, R. (2020), Modeling the contribution of poroelastic deformation to postseismic geodetic signals. Geophysical Research Letters, 47(8), https://doi.org/10.1029/2020GL086945

Deng, F., Dixon, T. H. and Xie, S. (2020), Surface deformation and induced seismicity due to fluid injection and oil and gas extraction in western Texas. Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth, 125, https://doi.org/10.1029/2019JB018962

Gallant, E., Deng, F., Connor, C. B., Dixon, T. H., Xie, S., Saballos, J. A., Guitierrez, C., Myhre, D., Connor, L. J., Zayac, J. M., LaFemina, P., Charbonnier, S., Richardson, J., Malservisi, R. and Thompson, G. (2020), Deep and rapid thermo-mechanical erosion by a small-volume lava flow. Earth and Planetary Science Letters.

Vasco, D. W., Dixon, T. H., Ferretti, A. and Samsonov, S. V. (2020), Monitoring the fate of injected CO2 using geodetic techniques. The Leading Edge, 39(1), pp.29-37.

2019

Parizek, B. P., K. Christianson, K., R. B. Alley, D. Voytenko, I. VaÅˆkovÃ¡, T. H Dixon, R. T. Walker, D. M. Holland (2019) Ice-cliff failure via retrogressive slumping. Geology, 447, 449-452.

Xie, S., Law, J., Russell, R., Dixon, T. H., Lembke, C., Malservisi, R., Rodgers, M., Iannaccone, G., Guardato, S., Naar, D. F., Calore, D., Fraticelli, N., Brizzolara, J., Gray, J. W., Hommeyer, M., Chen, J. (2019), Seafloor geodesy in shallow water with GPS on an anchored spar buoy, Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth, https://doi.org/10.1029/2019JB018242.

Deng, F., Rodgers, M., Xie, S., Dixon, T. H., Charbonnier S., Gallant E. A., LÃ³pez VÃ©lez, C. M., OrdoÃ±ez, M., Malservisi, R., Voss, N. K., and Richardson J. A.(2019), High-resolution DEM generation from spaceborne and terrestrial remote sensing data for improved volcano hazard assessment - A case study at Nevado del Ruiz, Colombia, Remote Sensing of Environment, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rse.2019.111348.
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Xie, S., Dixon, T. H., Holland, D. M., Voytenko, D. and VaÅˆkovÃ¡ I. (2019), Rapid iceberg calving following removal of tightly packed pro-glacial mÃ©lange, Nature communications, https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-019-10908-4.

2018

Voss, N., Dixon, T. H., Liu, Z., Malservisi, R., Protti, M. and Schwartz, S. (2018). Do slow slip events trigger large and great megathrust earthquakes? Science advances, 4(10), p.eaat8472, DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.aat8472.

Xie, S., Gallant,E., Wetmore, P. H., Figueiredo, P. M., Owen, L. A., Rasmussen, C., Malservisi, R., and Dixon, T. H. (2018), A new geological slip rate estimate for the Calico Fault, eastern California: implications for geodetic versus geologic rate estimates in the Eastern California Shear Zone, International Geology Review. https://doi.org/10.1080/00206814.2018.1531272.
Supporting information

VaÅˆkovÃ¡, I., Voytenko, D., Nicholls, K. W., Xie, S., Parizek, B. R., and Holland, D. M. (2018), Vertical Structure of Diurnal Englacial Hydrology Cycle at Helheim Glacier, East Greenland, Geophysical Research Letters, 45. https://doi.org/10.1029/2018GL077869.

Dixon, T. H., Xie, S. (2018), A kinematic model for the evolution of the Eastern California Shear Zone and Garlock Fault, Mojave Desert, California, Earth and Planetary Science Letters, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.epsl.2018.04.050.

Karegar, M. A., Dixon, T. H., Kusche, J., Chambers, D. P. (2018), A New Hybrid Method for Estimating Hydrologically - Induced Vertical Deformation from GRACE and a Hydrological Model: An Example from Central North America, Journal of Advances in Modeling Earth Systems, https://doi.org/10.1029/2017MS001181.

Xie, S., Dixon, T. H., Voytenko, D., Deng, D., Holland, D. M. (2018), Grounding line migration through the calving season at Jakobshavn IsbrÃ¦, Greenland, observed with terrestrial radar interferometry, Cryosphere, 12(4): 1387 - 1400.

2017

Deng, F., Connor, C.B., Malservisi, R., Connor, L.J., White, J.T., Germa, A. and Wetmore, P.H. (2017), A geophysical model for the origin of volcano vent clusters in a Colorado Plateau volcanic field, Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth, doi: 10.1002/2017JB014434.
Supporting information

Karegar, M.A., T.H. Dixon, R. Malservisi, J. Kusche, S.E. Engelhart (2017), Nuisance flooding and relative sea-level rise: the importance of present-day land motion, Scientific reports, 7: 11197, doi:10.1038/s41598-017-11544-y.

Voss, N.K., R. Malservisi, T.H. Dixon, M. Protti (2017), Slow slip events in the early part of the earthquake cycle, Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth, 122, doi:10.1002/2016JB013741.

Voytenko, D., T.H. Dixon, D.M. Holland, R. Cassotto, T.M. Howat, M.A. Fahnestock, M. Truffer, S. de la PeÃ±a (2017), Acquisition of a 3 min, two-dimensional glacier velocity field with terrestrial radar interferometry, Journal of Glaciology, doi: https://doi.org/10.1017/jog.2017.28.

Jiang, Y., Z. Liu, E.E. Davis, S.Y. Schwartz, T.H. Dixon, N. Voss, R. Malservisi, M. Protti (2017), Strain release at the trench during shallow slow slip: The example of Nicoya Peninsula, Costa Rica, Geophysical Research Letters, doi: 10.1002/2017GL072803.

2016

Holland, D.M., D. Voytenko, K. Christianson, T.H. Dixon, M.J. Mei, B.R. Parizek, I. VaÅˆkovÃ¡, R.T. Walker, J.I. Walter, K. Nicholls, and D. Holland (2016), An intensive observation of calving at Helheim Glacier, East Greenland, Oceanography 29(4): 46-61, doi: https://doi.org/10.5670/oceanog.2016.98.

Xie, S., T.H. Dixon, D. Voytenko, D.M. Holland, D. Holland, T. Zheng (2016), Precursor motion to iceberg calving at Jakobshavn IsbrÃ¦ Greenland, observed with terrestrial radar interferometry, Journal of Glaciology, 62(236), 1134-1142, doi: 10.1017/jog.2016.104
Supplementary Materials

Karegar, M.A., T.H. Dixon, S.E. Engelhart (2016), Subsidence along the Atlantic Coast of North America: Insights from GPS and late Holocene relative sea level data, Geophys. Res. Lett. doi: 10.1002/2016GL068015

Yang, Q., T.H., Dixon, P.G., Myers, J. Bonin, D. Chambers, M.R., van den Broeke (2016), Recent increases in Arctic freshwater flux affects Labrador Sea convection and Atlantic overturning circulation, Nat. Commun. 7:10525 doi: 10.1038/ncomms10525

2015

Plattner, C., H. Fatthi, R. Malservisi, F. Amelung, A. Verdecchia, T.H. Dixon (2015), Earthquake cycle deformation at the Ballena transform, Gulf of California, Mx, from InSar and GPS measurements, In Proceedings of FRINGE?5: Advances in the Science and Applications of SAR Interferometry and Sentinel-1 InSAR Workshop, Frascati, Italy, 23-27 March 2015, Ouwehand L., Ed., ESA Publication SP-731. doi:10.5270/Fringe2015.366.

Njoroge, M., R. Malservisi, D. Voytenko, M. Hackl (2015), Is Nubia Plate Rigid? A geodetic study of the relative motion of different cratonic areas within Africa, International Association of Geodesy Symposia, p 1-9, doi:10.1007/1345_2015_212.

Dixon, T. H. (2015), Ten years after Katrina: What have we learned? Eos, 96, doi:10.1029/2015EO034703

Plattner, C., R. Malservisi, F. Amelung, T.H. Dixon, M. Hackl, A. Verdecchia, P. Lonsdale, F. Suarez-Vidal, and J. Gonzalez-Garcia (2015), Space geodetic observation of the deformation cycle across the Ballenas Transform, Gulf of California, J. Geophys. Res. Solid Earth, 120, doi:10.1002/2015JB011959

Karegar, M.A., T.H. Dixon, R. Malservisi, Q. Yang, S.A. Hossaini, S.D. Hovorka (2015), GPS-based monitoring of surface deformation associated with CO2 injection at an enhanced oil recovery site, Int. J. Greenhouse Gas Control, doi: 10.1016/j.ijggc.2015.07.006

Malservisi, R., S.Y. Schwartz, N. Voss, M. Protti, V. Gonzales, T.H. Dixon, Y. Jiang, A.V. Newman, J.A. Richardson, J.I. Walter, D. Voytenko (2015), Multiscale postseismic behavior on a megathrust: the 2012 Nicoya earthquake, Costa Rica, Geochem. Geophys. Geosyst., 16, doi:10.1002/2015GC005794

Yang, Q., W.L. Zhao, T.H. Dixon, F. Amelung, W.S. Han, P. Li (2015), InSAR monitoring of ground deformation due to CO2 injection at an enhanced oil recovery site, West Texas, Int. J. Greenh. Gas. Con., 41, 20-28, doi:10.1016/j.ijggc.2015.06.016

Karegar, M.A., T.H. Dixon, R. Malservisi (2015), A three-dimensional surface velocity field for the Mississippi Delta: Implications for coastal restoration and flood potential, Geology, doi:10.1130/G36598.1

Voytenko, D., T.H. Dixon, I.M. Howat, N. Gourmelen, C. Lembke, C.L. Werner, S.L. Pena, B. Oddsson (2015), Multi-year observations of Breioamerkurjokull, a marine-terminating glacier in southeastern Iceland, using terrestrail radar interferometry, Journal of Glaciology, 61 (225), doi: 10.3189/2015JoG14J099

Voytenko, D., A. Stern, D.M. Holland, T.H. Dixon, K. Christianson, R.T. Walker (2015), Tidally driven ice speed variation at Helheim Glacier, Greenland, observed with terrestrial radar interferometry, Journal of Glaciology, 61 (226), doi: 10.3189/2015JoG14J173

Voytenko, D., T.H. Dixon, M. E. Luther, C. Lembke, I.M. Howat, S. d.l. Pena (2015), Observations of inertial currents in a lagoon in southeastern iceland using terrestrial radar interferometry and automated iceberg tracking, Computers & Geosciences, 82, 23-30, doi:10.1016/j.cageo.2015.05.012

White, J.T., A. Karakhanian, C.B. Connor, L. Connor, J.D. Hughes, and R. Malservisi, P. Wetmore (2015). Coupling geophysical investigation with hydrothermal modeling to constrain the enthalpy classification of a potential geothermal resource, J. Volc. Geotherm. Res., 298, 59-70, doi:10.1016/j.jvolgeores.2015.03.020

2014

Dixon, T., Y. Jiang, R. Malservisi, R. McCaffrey, N. Voss, M. Protti, V. Gonzalez (2014), Earthquake and tsunami forecasts: relation of slow slip events to subsequent earthquake rupture, Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci., 111 (48), 17039-17044, doi: 10.1073/pnas.1412299111.

Osmanolglu, B., T.H. Dixon, S. Wdowinski (2014), Three-Dimensional Phase Unwrapping for Satellite Radar Interferometry, I: DEM Generation IEEE Trans Geosci Remote Sensing, vol. 52, p. 1059-1075

Saballos, J.A., V. Conde, R. Malservisi, C.B. Connor, J. Alvarez, and A. Munoz (2014), Relatively short-term correlation among deformation, degassing, and seismicity: a case study from ConcepciÃ³n volcano, Nicaragua, Bull. Volc., 76:843, doi:10.1007/s00445-014-0843-5

Zhao, W., F. Amelung, T.H. Dixon, S. Wdowinski, and R. Malservisi (2014), A method for estimating ice mass loss from relative InSAR observations: Application to the VatnajÃ¶kull ice cap, Iceland, Geochem. Geophys. Geosyst., 15, doi:10.1002/2013GC004936

2013

Hackl, M., R. Malservisi, U. Hugentobler, and Y. Jiang (2013). Velocity covariance in the presence of anisotropic time correlated noise and transient events in GPS time series, J. of Geodyn., 72, 36-45. doi:10.1016/j.jog.2013.08.007

Malservisi, R., U. Ugentobler, R. Wonnacott, and M. Hackl (2013), How rigid is a rigid plate? Geodetic constraint from the TrigNet CGPS network, South Africa , Geophys J. Int., doi: 10.1093/gji/ggs081

Protti, M., V. Gonzales, A.V. Newman, T.H. Dixon, S.Y. Schwartz, J.S. Marshall, L. Feng, J.I. Walter, R. Malservisi, and S. Owen (2013), Nicoya earthquake rupture anticipated by geodetic measurement of the locked plate interface, Nature Geoscience,doi:10.1038/ngeo2038

Saballos, J.A., R. Malservisi, C.B. Connor, P.C. La Femina, and P.H. Wetmore (2013), Gravity and Geodesy of ConcepciÃ³n volcano, Nicaragua,Geological Society of America Special Papers 498, 77-88, doi:10.1130/2013.2498(05)

Sang-Wan Kim; Wdowinski, S.; Amelung, F.; Dixon, T.H.; Joong-Sun Won, "Interferometric Coherence Analysis of the Everglades Wetlands, South Florida," Geoscience and Remote Sensing, IEEE Transactions on , vol.51, no.12, pp.5210,5224, Dec. 2013 doi: 10.1109/TGRS.2012.2231418

Yang, Q., S. Wdowinski, and T.H. Dixon (2013), Annual Variation of Coastal Uplift in Greenland as an Indicator of Variable and Accelerating Ice Mass Loss, Geochem. Geophys., Geosys, v. 14, no.5, doi:10.1002/ggge.20089

Yue, H., T. Lay, S. Y. Schwartz, L. Rivera, M. Protti, T. H. Dixon and S. Owen (2013) The 5 September 2012 Costa Rica Mw 7.6 earthquake rupture process from joint inversion of high-rate GPS, strong-motion, and teleseismic P wave data and its relationship to adjacent plate boundary interface properties. Journal of Geophysical Research, 118, 5453-5466.

Dixon, T. H., S. Schwartz, M. Protti, V. Gonzalez, J. Marshall, J. Spotilla (2013) Detailed data available for recent Costa Rica Earthquake. Eos: Trans. Ame Geophys. Union, 94, 17-18.

Lifton, Z.M., K.L. Frankel, A.V. Newman, C.W. Johnson, T.H. Dixon (2013) Insights into distributed plate rates across the Walker Lane from GPS geodesy: Geophysical Research Letters 40(17), 4620-4624, doi:10.1002/grl.50804

2012

Feng, L., A. V. Newman, M. Protti, V. GonzÃ¡lez, Y. Jiang, and T. H. Dixon (2012), Active deformation near the Nicoya Peninsula, northwestern Costa Rica, between 1996 and 2010: Interseismic megathrust coupling, J. Geophys. Res., 117, B06407, doi:10.1029/2012JB009230.

Jiang, Y., S. Wdowinski, T. H. Dixon, M. Hackl, M. Protti, and V. Gonzalez (2012), Slow slip events in Costa Rica detected by continuous GPS observations, 2002?011, Geochem. Geophys. Geosyst., 13, Q04006, doi:10.1029/2012GC004058.

Dixon, T. H., D.Voytenko, C.Lembke, S.de laPeÃ±a, I.Howat, N.Gourmelen, C.Werner and B.Oddsson, (2012), Emerging technology monitors ice-sea interface at outlet glaciers, Eos Trans. AGU, 93(48), 497.

Saballos, Jose A., Rocco Malservisi, Charles B. Connor, Peter C. La Femina, Paul H. Wetmore, Gravity and Geodesy of ConceptÃon volcano, Nicaragua, (in press GSA special publications).

2011

Cigna F., Osmanoglu B., Cabral-Cano E., Dixon T.H., Ãvila-Olivera J.A., GarduÃ±o-Monroy V.H., DeMets C., Wdowinski S. (in press) - Monitoring land subsidence and its induced geological hazard with Synthetic Aperture Radar Interferometry: a case study in Morelia, Mexico. Remote Sensing of Environment (2011), DOI: 10.1016/j.rse.2011.09.005.

Gourmelen N, T. Dixon,F. Amelung,G. Schmalzle, Acceleration and evolution of faults: An examples from Hunter Mountian-Panamint Valley fault zone, Eastern California , Earth and Planetary Science Letters, V. 301, 2011 402-406

Osmanoglu, B., T. H. Dixon, S. Wdowinski, E. Cabral-Cano, and Y. Jiang, Mexico City subsidence observed with Persistent Scatterer InSAR, International Journal of Applied Earth Observation and Geoinformation, doi:10.1016/j.jag.2010.05.009, 2011.

Osmanoglu,B., T. H. Dixon, S. Wdowinski, and E. Cabral-Cano, On the Importance of Path for Phase Unwrapping in Synthetic Aperture Radar Interferometry, Applied Optics, Applied Optics, Vol. 50, Issue 19, pp. 3205-3220, doi:10.1364/AO.50.003205, 2011

Hackl, Matthias, Rocco Malservisi, Urs Ugentobler, Richard Wonnacott (2011),Estimation of velocity uncertainties from GPS time series: Examples from the analysis of the South African Trignet network, J. Geophys. Res. Solid Earth, (in press).

2010

Calais E., A. Freed, G. Mattioli, F. Amelung,S. Jonsson, P. Jansma, S-H. Hong. T.H. Dixon, C. Prepetit and R. Momplaisir, Transpressional rupture of an umapped fault during the 2010 Haiti earthquake, Nature Geosicence, V. 3, November 2010, doi:10.1038/NGEO992

Biggs, J., P Mothes, M. Ruiz, F. Amelung, T.H. Dixon, S. Baker and S-H. Hong, Stratovolcano growth by co-eruptive intrusion: The 2008 eruption of Tungurahua Ecuador, Geophys. Res. Lett, V. 37, 2010, L212302, doi:10.1029/2010GL044942

Fulton P.M., G. Schmalzle, R. N. Harris, T. Dixon, Reconciling patterns of interseismic strain accumulation with thermal observations across the Carrizo segment of the San Andreas Fault, Earth and Planetary Science Letters, V. 3000, 2010 402-406

Plattner C., S. Wdowinski, T. Dixon, and J Biggs, Surface subsidence induced by the Crandall Canyon Mine(Utah)collapse: InSAR observations and elasto-plastic modelling, Geophysical Journal International, doi:10.1111/j.1365X.2010.4803.x, 2010

Kim, S-W, S. Wdowinski, F. Amelung, T. Dixon, S-J Won, and J-W Kim, Measurements and predictions of subsidence induced by soil consolidation using permanent scatterer InSAR and hyperbolic model, Geophysical Research Letters, V. 37, L05304, doi:10.1029/2009GL041644, 2010a

Jiang Y., T.H. Dixon, S. Wdowinski, Accelerating uplift in the North Atlantic region as an Indicator of ice loss, Nature Geoscience, Epub 16 May (2010).

OuterBridge K. C., T.H. Dixon, S.Y. Schwartz, J.I. Walter, Marino Protti, V. Gonzalez, J. Biggs, M. Thorwart, W. Rabbel, A Tremor and Slip Event on the Cocos-Caribbean Subduction zone as measured by a GPS and Seismic Network on the Nicoya Peninsula, Costa Rica,Journal of Geophysical Resreach, accepted for publication May (2010).

Weber, M. Vrabec, P. PavlovÄiÄ-PreÅ¡eren, T. H. Dixon, Y. Jiang, B. Stopar, GPS-derived motion of the Adriatic microplate from Istria Peninsula and Po Plain sites, and geodynamic implications, Tectonophysics, 483, 214-222 (2010).

Plattner, Christina, Rocco Malservisi, Kevin Furlong, and Rob Govers (2010), Development of the Eastern California Shear Zone ? Walker Lane belt: The effects of microplate motion and pre-existing weakness in the Basin and Range, Tectonophysics, 485(1), 78-84. doi:10.1016/j.tecto.2009.11.021

2009

LaFemina P, Dixon TH, Govers R, et al., Fore-arc motion and Cocos Ridge collision in Central America ,Geochem Geophys Geosys, 10, 1525-2027, 2009

Weber, J. C., J. Saleh, S. Balkaransingh, T. Dixon, W. Ambeh, T. Leong, A. Rodriguez, K. Miller, Triangulation-to-GPS and GPS-to-GPS geodesy in Trinidad, West Indies: Neotectonics, seismic risk, and geologic implications, Marine and Petroleum Geology (2009)

Biggs, J., David P. Robinson, Timothy H. Dixon, The 2007 Pisco, Peru earthquake(M8.0):seismology and geodesy, Geophys. J. Int., v.176, p.657-669, 2009.

Schaber, K., H.-P Bunge, B. Schuberth, R. Malservisi, and A. Horbach (2009), Stability of the rotation axis in high-resolution mantle circulation models: Weak polar wander despite strong core heating, Geochem. Geophys. Geosyst., 10, doi:10.1029/2009GC002541.

Plattner, Christina, Rocco Malservisi, and Rob Gover (2009), On the plate boundary forces that drive and resist the Baja California motion, Geology, 37(4), 359-362, doi:10.1130/G25360A.1.

Hackl, M., R. Malservisi, and S. Wdowinski (2009), Strain patterns from dense GPS networks, Natural Hazards and Earth System Sciences, 9(4), 1177-1187.doi:10.5194/nhess-9-1177-200

2008

Dixon, T. H. and R. K. Dokka, Earth scientists and public policy: have we failed New Orleans? EOS: Trans. Am. Geophys. Union v. 89, #10, p. 96, 2008.

2007

Giovanni F. Sella, Seth Stein, Timothy H. Dixon, Michael Craymer, Thomas S. James, Stephane Mazzotti, and Roy K. Dokka, Observation of glacial isostatic adjustment in ``stable'' North America with GPS,GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH LETTERS, VOL. 34, L02306, doi:10.1029/2006GL027081, 2007

Henry L. Turner III, Peter La Femina, Armando Saballos, Glen S. Mattioli, Pamela E. Jansma, and Timothy Dixon,Kinematics of the Nicaraguan forearc from GPS geodesy, GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH LETTERS, VOL. 34, L02302, doi:10.1029/2006GL027586, 2007

Plattner, C., R. Malservisi, T.H. Dixon, G.F. Sella, P. Lafemina, J. Fletcher, and F. Suarez-Vidal (2007), New constraints on relative motion between the Pacific plate and Baja California microplate (Mexico) from GPS measurements., Geophys. J. Int., 1, doi:10.1111/j.1365-246X.2007.03494.x.i

Scharrer, K., R. Malservisi, C. Mayer, O. Spieler, and U. MÃ¼nzer (2007), Monitoring subglacial volcanic activity using a SAR updated GIS - Recent results from VatnajÃ¶kull ice cap, Nat. Hazard Earth Sys., 7, 717-722. doi:10.5194/nhess-7-717-200

2006

Lopez A.M., S. Stein, T. Dixon, G. Sella, E. Calais, P. Jansma, J. Weber, and P. La Femina, Is there a northern Lesser Antilles forearc block?, GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH LETTERS, VOL. 33, L7313,doi:10.1029/2005GL025293, 2006

Roy K. Dokka, Giovanni F. Sella, and Timothy H. Dixon, Tectonic control of subsidence and southward displacement of southeast Louisiana with respect to stable North America, GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH LETTERS, VOL. 33, L23308, doi:10.1029/2006GL027250, 2006

Dixon, T. H., F. Amelung, A. Ferretti, F. Novali, F. Rocca, R. Dokka, G. Sella, Sang-Wan Kim, S. Wdowinski, Dean Whitman, New Orleans subsidence and relation to flooding after Hurricane Katrina as measured by space geodesy, Nature, 2006, v.441, p.587-588.

Dixon TH, Pivirotto TJ, Chapman RF, et al.,: A range-gated laser system for ocean floor imaging (Reprinted from Marine Technology Society Journal, vol 17, 1983), Marine Tech Soc J, 40, 126-133, 2006.

Dixon, T. H., F. Amelung, A.Ferretti, F. Novali, F. Rocca, R. Dokka, G. Sella, Sang-Wan Kim, S. Wdowinski, Dean Whitman, New Orleans subsidence and relation to flooding after Hurricane Katrina as measured by space geodesy (Supplemental Information), Nature, 2006.

Iaffaldano, G., H. P. Bunge, T. H. Dixon, Feedback between mountain belt growth and plate convergence, Geology, 2006, v.34, p.893-896.

Schmalzle, G., T. H. Dixon, R. Malservisi, R. Govers, Strain accumulation across the Carrizo Segment of the San Andreas Fault, California: Impact of laterally varying crustal properties, J. Geophys. Res., 111, B5.

Newman, A. V., T. H. Dixon, N. Gourmelen, A four-dimensional viscoelastic deformation model for Long Valley Caldera, California, between 1995-2000, J. Volc. Geotherm Res., 150, 244-269.

2005

LaFemina, P. C., T.H. Dixon, R. Malservisi, T. ÃrnadÃ³ttir, E. Sturkell, F. Sigmundsson, P. Einarsson, Geodetic GPS measurements in South Iceland: strain accumulation and partitioning in a propagating ridge system, J. Geophys. Res., 110, B11405, doi 1029/2005/JB003675.

Malservisi, R., C. Gans, and K.P. Furlong (2005), Microseismicity and Creeping Faults: Hints from Modeling the Hayward Fault, California (USA), Earth Plan. Sci. Lett., 234(3-4), 421-435, doi:10.1016/j.epsl.2005.02.039.

2004

Dixon, J. E., T. H. Dixon, D. Bell, R. Malservisi, Lateral variation in upper mantle viscosity: role of water, Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 222, 451-467.

Norabuena, E. T. H. Dixon, S. Schwartz, H. DeShon, A. Newman, M. Protti, V. Gonzalez, L. Dorman, E. Flueh, P. Lundgren, F. Pollitz, D. Sampson, Geodetic and seismic constraints on some seismogenci zone processes in Costa Rica, J. Geophys. Res., 109, B11403, doi:10.1029/2003JB002931.

Wdowinski, S., F. Amelung, F. Miralles-Wilhelm, T. H. Dixon, R. Carande, Space-based measurements of sheet flow characteristics in the Everglades, wetland, Florida, Geophys. Res. Lett., 30, 1673, doi:10.1029/2003GL017408.

Wang, K., and T. H. Dixon, Coupling semantics and science in earthquake research, EOS, 85, no. 18, 180-181, 2004.

Furlong, KP, R Malservisi, and C Gans (2004), Imaging patterns of fault creep; implications for earthquake on the Hayward Fault, in Open-File Report - U. S. Geological Survey, Report: OF 2004-1424, edited by Mary Lou Zoback, U. S. Geological Survey, USA, (United States), ISBN: 0196-1497.

Gans, C.R., K.P. Furlong, and R. Malservisi (2004), Fault creep and microseismicity on the Hayward fault, California: Implications for asperity size, Geophys. Res. Lett., 30(19), doi:10.1029/2003GL017904.

2003

Malservisi, R. T. Dixon, P. LaFemina, Holocene slip rate of the Wasatch fault zone, Utah, from geodetic data, Geophys. Res. Lett., 30, 1673, doi10.1029/2003GL017408.
Dixon, T. H., E. Norabuena, L. Hotaling, Paleoseismology and GPS: earthquake cycle effects and geodetic vs geologic fault slip rates in the eastern California shear zone, Geology, v. 31, 55-58.

Furlong, KP, C Gans, and R Malservisi (2003), Modeling fault creep on the Hayward Fault and implications of seismicity for defining patterns of fault creep, in Open-File Report - U. S. Geological Survey, Report: OF 03-0485, edited by D A Ponce, R Burgmann, R W Graymer, J J Lienkaemper, D E Moore and D P Schwartz, U. S. Geological Survey, Menlo Park, CA, United States (USA), ISBN: 0196-1497.

Malservisi, R., K.P. Furlong, and H. Anderson (2003), Dynamic uplift in a transpressional regime: numerical model of the subduction area of Fiordland, New Zealand, Earth Plan. Sci. Lett., 206(3-4), 349-364, doi:10.1016/S0012-821X(02)01100-7.

Malservisi, R., C. Gans, and K.P. Furlong (2003), Numerical modeling of strike-slip creeping faults and implications for the Hayward fault, Californiai, Tectonophysics, 361(1-2), 121-137, doi:10.1016/S0040-1951(02)00587-5

2002

Dixon, T. H., J. Decaix, F. Farina, K. Furlong, R. Malservisi, R. Bennett, F. Suarez-Vidal, J. Fletcher, J. Lee, Seismic cycle and rheological effects on estimation of present-day slip rates for the Agua Blanca and San Miguel-Vallecitos faults, northern Baja California, Mexico, J. Geophys. Res., 107, B10, 10.1029/2000JB000099.

Sella, G.F., T. H. Dixon, A. Mao, REVEL: A model for Recent plate velocities from space geodesy, J. Geophys. Res., 107, B4, 10.1029/2000JB000033.

LaFemina, P. C., T. H. Dixon, W. Strauch, Bookshelf faulting in Nicaragua, Geology, 30, 751-754, 2002.

Malservisi, R. (2002), Numerical Models of the Dynamics of Lithospheric Deformation at Complex Plate Boundaries, PhD Thesis, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA, USA.

Hindle, D., J. Kley, E. Klosko, S. Stein, T. Dixon, E. Norabuena, Consistency of geologic and geodetic displacements during Andean orogenesis, Geophys. Res. Letters, v. 29, No 8, 10.1029/2001GL013757, 2002.

Klosko, E., S. Stein, D. Hindle, J. Kley, E. Norabuena, T. Dixon, M. Liu, Comparison of GPS, seismological and geological observations of Andean mountain building, in: S. Stein and J. Freymueller, eds, Plate Boundary Zones, AGU Geodynamics Series, v. 30, Washington DC, 123-133.

2001

Weber, J. C., T. H. Dixon, C. DeMets, W. Ambeh, P. Jansma, G. Mattioli, J. Saleh, G. Sella, R. Bilham, GPS estimate of relative motion between the Caribbean and South American plates, and geologic implications for Trinidad, Geology, v. 29, p. 75-78.

Newman, A., T. Dixon, G. Ofeagbu, J. Dixon, Geodetic and seismic constraints on recent activity at Long valley caldera, California: evidence for viscoelastic rheology, J. Volc. Geotherm. Res., v. 105, p. 183-206.

Furlong, K.P., S.D. Sheaffer, and R. Malservisi (2001), Thermo-rheological controls on deformation within oceanic transform, in The Nature and Tectonic Significance of Fault Zone Weakening, vol. 186(Special Publications), edited by R.E. Holdsworth, R.A. Strachan, J.F. Magloughlin and R.J. Knipe, pp. 65-84, Geological Society, London.

Miller, M., D. Johnson, T. H. Dixon, R. K. Dokka, Refined kinematics of the eastern California shear zone from GPS observations, 1993-198, J. Geophys. Res., v. 106, p. 2245-2263.

Malservisi, R., K. Furlong, T. H. Dixon, Influence of the earthquake cycle and lithospheric rheology on the dynamics of the eastern California shear zone, Geophys. Res. Lett., v. 28, p. 2731-2734.

2000

Dixon, T. H., M. Miller, F. Farina, H. Wang, and D. Johnson, Present-day motion of the Sierra Nevada block and some tectonic implications for the Basin and Range province, North America Cordillera, Tectonics, v. 19, p. 1 - 24.

DeMets, C., P. E. Jansma, G. S. Mattioli, T. H. Dixon, F. Farina, R. Bilham, E. Calais, and P. Mann, GPS geodetic constraints on Caribbean-North America plate motion, Geophys. Res. Lett., v. 27, p. 437-440.

T. H., Dixon, F. Farina, C. deMets, F. Suarez Vidal, J. Fletcher, B. Margquez-Azua, M. Miller, O. Sanchez, P. Umhoefer, New kinematic models for Pacific-North America motion from 3 Ma to present, II: evidence for a Baja California shear zoneâ€, Geophys. Res. Letters, v. 27, 3961-3964.

P. E. Jansma, G. S. Mattioli, A. Lopez, C. DeMets, T. H. Dixon, P. Mann, E. Calais, Neotectonics of Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands, northeastern Caribbean, from GPS geodesy, Tectonics, v. 19, 1021-1037.

1999

C. DeMets and T. H. Dixon, New kinematic models for Pacific-North America motion from 3 Ma to present, 1: evidence for steady motion and biases in the NUVEL-1A model, Geophys. Res. Letters, v. 26, 1921-1924.

A. Mao, C.G.A. Harrison, and T.H. Dixon, Noise in GPS coordinate time series, J. Geophys. Res., v. 104, p. 2797 - 2816.

J.L. Masaferro, J. Poblet, M. Bulnes, G.P. Eberli, T.H. Dixon, and K. McClay, Palaeogene-Neogene/present day (?) growth folding in the Bahamian foreland of the Cuban fold and thrust belt, J. Geol. Soc., v. 156, p. 617 - 631.

A. Newman, S. Stein, J. Weber, J. Engeln, A. Mao, and T.H. Dixon, Slow deformation and lower seismic hazard at the New Madrid seismic zone, Science, v. 284, p. 619 - 621.

E. Norabuena, T.H. Dixon, S. Stein, and C.G.A. Harrison, Decelerating Nazca-South America and Nazca-Pacific plate notions, Geophys. Res. Letters, v. 26, p. 3405-3408, 1999.

1998

Mattioli, G.S., Dixon, T.H., Farina, F., Howell, E.S., Jansma, P.E., and A.L. Smith, GPS measurement of surface deformation around Soufriere Hills volcano, Montserrat from October 1995 to July 1996, Geopys. Res. Lett., v. 24, p. 3417-3420.

E. Norabuena, L. Leffler-Griffin, A. Mao, T.H. Dixon, S. Stein, I.S. Sacks, L. Ocola, and M. Ellis, Space geodetic observations of Nazca-South America convergence across the central Andes, Science, v. 279, p. 358.

F.F. Pollitz, and T.H. Dixon, GPS measurements across the northern Caribbean plate boundary zone: Impact of postseismic relaxation following historic earthquakes, Geophys. Res. Lett., v. 25, p. 2233 - 2236.

T.H. Dixon, F. Farina, C. DeMets, P. Jansma, P. Mann, E. Calais, Relative motion between the Caribbean and North American plates based on a decade of GPS observations, J. Geophys. Res., v. 103, p. 15157 - 15182.

1997

T.H. Dixon, A. Mao, M. Bursik, M. Heflin, J. Langbein, R. Stein, F. Webb, Continuous monitoring of surface deformation at Long Valley Caldera with GPS. J. Geophys. Res., v. 102, 12,017 - 12,034, 1997.

M. Hagerty, S.Y. Schwartz, M. Protti, M. GarcÃ©s, and T.H. Dixon, Observations at Costa Rican volcano offer clues to causes of eruptions, EOS, v. 78, no. 49, p. 565, 570.

T. H. Dixon and A. Mao, A GPS estimate of relative motion between North and South America, Geophys. Res. Lett., v.24, 535 â€“ 538.

L. Leffler, S. Stein, A. Mao, T. Dixon, M. Ellis, L. Ocola, S. Sacks, Constraints on present-day shortening rate across the central eastern Andes from GPS data, Geophys. Res. Lett., v. 24, 1031 â€“ 1034.

1996

M. Reheis, and T.H. Dixon, Slip transfer from Owens and Saline Valley Fault Zones to Fish Lake Valley Fault Zone: Implications for kinematics of the Eastern California shear zone, Geology, 24, 339 â€“ 342.

T.H. Dixon, A. Mao and S. Stein, How rigid is the stable interior of the North America plate? Geophys. Res. Lett., v. 23, p. 3035 - 3038.

1995

T. H. Dixon, S. Robaudo, J. Lee, and Reheis, Constraints on present-day basin and range deformation from Space Geodesy, Tectonics, v. 14, p. 755-772.

T. H. Dixon, F. Farina, A. Mao, F. Webb, and M. Bursik, GPS monitoring data for active volcanoes available on Internet, EOS, Trans. A.G.U., v. 76, p. 2.

Webb, F. M. Bursik, T. Dixon, F. Farina, G. Marshall, Inflation of Long Valley caldera from one year of continuous GPS measurements, Geophys. Res. Letters, 22, 195-198, 1995.

Malservisi, R. (1995), Modelli Dinamici della Terra Per il Geoide Associato a Contrasti di Densita' Interni (Dynamical Models of the Earth for the Geoid associated to Internal Contrast of Densities), Tesi di Laurea (Master Thesis), Universita' di Bologna Faculty of Sciences, Bologna, Italy. In Italian.

1994

H.A. Zebker, T.G. Farr, R.P. Salazar, T.H. Dixon, Mapping the world's topography using radar interferometry: the Topsat mission, IEEE Proceedings, v. 82, p. 1774-1786.

1993

T.H. Dixon, M. Bursik, S.K. Wolfe, M. Heflin, F. Webb, F. Farina, S. Robaudo, Constraints on deformation of the resurgent dome, Long Valley Caldera from space geodesy, in: Space Geodesy and Geodynamics, D. Smith and D. Turcotte (eds), Am. Geophys. Union Geodynamics Series, v. 23, p. 193-213.

T.H. Dixon, GPS measurement of relative motion of the Cocos and Caribbean plates and strain accumulation across the Middle America Trench, Geophys. Res. Lett., v. 20, p. 2167-2170.

1992

Miller MM, Dixon TH , LATE PROTEROZOIC EVOLUTION OF THE NORTHERN PART OF THE HAMISANA ZONE, NORTHEAST SUDAN - CONSTRAINTS ON PAN-AFRICAN ACCRETIONARY TECTONICS, J Geophys Soc, v. 149, p. 743.

1991

T.H. Dixon, An Introduction to the Global Positioning System and Some Geological Applications, AGU - Review of Geophysics, p. 249-276.

Dixon, T. H., G. Gonzalez, S.M. Lichten, D.M. Tralli, G. Ness, P. Dauphin, (1991) A preliminary determination of Pacific-North America relative motion in the southern Gulf of California using the Global Positioning System, Geophys. Res. Lett., v. 18, 861-864.

1990

Kornriech Wolf, S., T.H. Dixon and J. Freymueller (1990) The effect of tracking network configuration on GPS baseline estimates for the CASA UNO experiment, Geophys.Res. Lett., v. 17, p.647-650.

Dixon, T. H., and S. Kornreich Wolf (1990) Some tests of wet tropospheric calibration for the CASA UNO Global Positioning System experiment, Geophys. Res. Lett., v.17, p.203-206.

Dixon, T. H., G. Blewitt, K. Larson, D. Agnew, B. Hager, W. Prescott and W. Strange (1990) Global Positioning System measurements of crustal deformation in southern California: some constraints on performance. EOS: Trans. Am. Geophys. Union, v.71, p.1051-1056.

Ivins, E.R., Dixon, T.H. and Golombek, M.P. (1990). Extensional reactivation of an abandoned thrust: a bound on shallowing in the brittle regime. Journal of Structural Geology, 12(3), pp.303-314.

Selected papers before 1990

Tralli, D. M., Dixon, T. H., and Stephens, S. A. (1988). Effect of wet tropospheric path delays on estimation of geodetic baselines in the Gulf of California using the Global Positioning System. Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth, 93(B6), pp.6545-6557.

T. H. Dixon, T. J. Pivirotto, R.F. Chapman, & R.C. Tyce (1983). A range-gated laser system for ocean floor imaging. Marine Technology Society Journal, 17(4), 5-12.

T.H. Dixon, M.E. Parke (1983). Bathymetry estimates in the southern oceans from Seasat altimetry. Nature, 304(5925), pp.406-411.

T.H. Dixon, M. Naraghi, M.K. McNutt, and S.M. Smith (1983). Bathymetric prediction from Seasat altimeter data. Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans, 88(C3), pp.1563-1571.