Luciana Astiz

Faculty

Room: Revelle Lab 2104

Institute of Geophysics and Planetary Physics,
Scripps Institution of Oceanography,
University of California San Diego,
La Jolla, CA 92093-0225, USA.

Telephone: (858) 534-2976

Email: lastiz@ucsd.edu

Research Interests:

• Seismic noise estimates, data quality issues
• Seismic array design and network operations of real time systems
• Tectonics of Southern California and Middle America
• Tectonis of subduction zones: deep and intermediate depth earthquakes
• Earthquake source studies of large earthquakes
• Temporal variations of stress fields & seismic noise
• Site effects and seismic risk in populated areas

Recent publications: ^†

• Stutzman, E., G. Roult, and L. Astiz, 2000. Seismic Noise Level at Geoscope Stations. Bull. Seis. Soc. Am., 90, p. 690.
• Shearer, P.M., J.L. Hardebeck, L. Astiz, and K.R. Richards-Dinger, 2003. Analysis of similar event clusters in aftershocks of the 1994 Northridge, California, Earthquake. Jour. Geophys. Res., 108, 10.1029/2001JB000685.
• Reif, C., P.M. Shearer, and L. Astiz, 2002. Evaluating the Performance of Global Seismic Stations. Seism. Res. Lett., 73, p. 46-53.
• Rebollar, C., L. Quintanar, R. Castro, S.M. Day, J. Madrid, J.N. Brune, L. Astiz and F.L. Vernon, 2001. Source Characteristics of a 5.5 magnitude Earthquake occurred in the transform fault system of the Delfin Basin in the Gulf of California., Bull. Seis. Soc. Am., 91, p. 781-791.
• Newman, R.L., K.G. Lindquist, F.L. Vernon, G.A. Davis, J.A. Eakins, and L. Astiz, 2007. Web-based tools for real-time assessment of Earthscope’s Transportable Array state-of-health: integration of the Antelope Real Time System, RRDtool, AJAX and PHP. Eos Trans. AGU, 88 (23), Jt. Assem. Suppl., Abstract S23A-03. Abstract
• Lewis, J.L., S.M. Day, H. Magistrale, R. Castro, L. Astiz, C. Rebollar, J. Eakins, F.L. Vernon and J.N. Brune, 2001. Crustal thickness of the Peninsular Ranges and Gulf Extensional Province in the Californias. Jour. Geophys. Res., 106, p. 13599.
• Ebeling, C., L. Astiz, Y. Starovoit, N. Tavener, G. Perez, H.Given, S. Barrientos, M. Yamamoto, M. Hfaeidh, R. Stewart and C. Estabrook, 2002, Low Noise Results from IMS Site Surveys: A Preliminary New High-Frequency Low Seismic Model. 2002 Fall AGU Meeting, San Francisco, CA. Abstract
• Eakins, F.L., F.L.Vernon, V. Martynov, L. Astiz, R.L. Newman, TA.Cox and S. Foley. 2006. The EarthScope USArray Array Network Facility (ANF): Metadata, Network and Data Monitoring, Quality Assurance During the Third Year of Operations. 2006 Fall AGU Meeting, San Francisco, CA. Abstract NEW
• Busby, R. W., Vernon, F.L. Newman, R.L. and L. Astiz. 2006. Earthscope’s Transportable Array: Advancing Eastward. 2006 Fall AGU Meeting, San Francisco, CA. Abstract
• Astiz, Y. Starovoit, N. Tavener, G. Perez, H.Given, S. Barrientos, M. Yamamoto, M. Hfaeidh, R. Stewart and C. Estabrook, 2002, Low Noise Results from IMS Site Surveys: A Preliminary New High-Frequency Low Seismic Model. Presented at the 2002 Fall AGU Meeting in San Francisco, CA. Abstract
• Astiz, L., P. Shearer and D. Agnew, 2000. Precise Relocations and Stress-change Calculations for the Upland Earthquake Sequences in Southern California. Jour. Geophys. Res., 105, p. 2937-2853.
• Astiz, L., F.L.Vernon, J. A. Eakins and V. Martynov, 2007. A Preliminary Performance Assessment of USArray Stations. 2007 Seismological Society of America Meeting, Hawaii. Abstract
• Astiz, L. and P.M. Shearer, 2000. Earthquake Locations in the Inner Continental Borderland, Offshore Southern California. Bull. Seis. Soc. Am.,90, p. 425.
• Astiz, L. and K. C. Creager 1997. Noise Study for the Recently Installed Federation of Digital Seismic Stations. In the FDSN STATION BOOK. published in CD-ROM format and edited by IRIS