January 2008
RALPH ARCHIBALD STEPHEN
Marine Geophysicist
Senior Scientist
Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution - MS24
360 Woods Hole Road
Woods Hole, MA 02543-1542
(508) 289-2583
FAX: (508) 457-2150
E-mail: rstephen@whoi.edu
Birth: February 18, 1951, Toronto, Canada
Citizenship: USA, Naturalized, 1989
B.A.Sc. (Hon) University of Toronto, 1974, Engineering Science
Ph.D. University of Cambridge, 1978
Assistant Scientist, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, June 1978 - May 1982
Associate Scientist, June 1982 to May 1986
Associate Scientist with tenure, June 1986 to November 1990
Senior Scientist, November 1990 to present
Research Interests:
Marine seismology and geoacoustics
Seismic structure of oceanic crust
Seismic wave propagation in heterogeneous media
Borehole seismic experiments
Finite difference synthetic seismograms
VLF and ULF ambient noise in the ocean bottom
Broadband seismology
Seismometry
Professional Societies:
Acoustical Society of America, 1987-present
American Geophysical Union, 1977-present
Royal Astronomical Society, 1980-present
Society of Exploration Geophysicists, 1977-present
Seismological Society of America, 1983-present
Awards:
Roy Jarvis Henry Admission Scholarship, 1970
Ontario Scholarship, 1970
Samuel Beatty Scholarship in Mathematics, 1970
Don Salt Memorial Fellowship, 1973
Shell Canada Postgraduate Scholarship, 1974-1978
Mellon Independent Study Awards, 1995, 1998, 2001
Fellow of the Acoustical Society of America, Awarded 2006.
Edward W. and Betty J. Scripps Chair for Excellence in Oceanography, 2008-2012
Committees:
JOIDES Ocean Crust Panel, November 1979 to August 1983
Ocean Margin Drilling Program, Downhole Measurements Committee
Ocean Margin Drilling Program, Ships Space Committee
Associate Editor, Reviews of Geophysics - June 1985 - December 1988
JOIDES Downhole Measurements Panel - June 1986 - December 1988
JOIDES East Pacific Rise Working Group - February 1988 - August 1990
ASA Technical Committee - Acoustical Oceanography - May 1997 - April 2000, May
2004 - April 2007
ASA Technical Committee - Underwater Acoustics - May 1993 - April 1996, May
1997 - April 2009
ASA Committee on Education in Acoustics - May 1999 - April 2008
ASA Specialty Subcommittee on Integrated Acoustic Systems for Ocean Observatories
(IASOO) - December 2002 - present
Ocean Seismic Network Steering Committee - December 1995 - present
International Ocean Networks (ION - participant) - June 1993 - present
IRIS Board of Directors - February 1996 - present
LDEO-Borehole Research Group Board - December 1998 - October 2003
AGU Meetings Committee - July 2000 - June 2004
Associate Editor, Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, January 2002 - present
Editor, Studia Geophysica et Geodaetica, September 2005 - present
Chairman of the IODP-Industry Science Program Planning Group, November 2005 -
present
Chairman of the Science Advisory Panel for the Marine Metadata Interoperability Project,
September 2006 - present
Cruises:
R/V ATLANTIS II - September 1975 - Leg 92A - Visiting Scientist - OBH deployment
in the Western Atlantic
R/V KNORR - March 1976 - Visiting Scientist - Aborted borehole seismic experiment
RRS JOHN MURRAY - May 1976 - Assistant Scientist - PUSS deployment in North Sea
D/V GLOMAR CHALLENGER - February/April 1977 - DSDP Leg 52 - Geophysicist -
First deep sea borehole seismic experiment (at Site 417)
D/V GLOMAR CHALLENGER - March 1979 - DSDP Leg 65 - Geophysicist - Borehole
seismic experiment (at Site 483)
R/V GILLISS - December 1979 - (in conjunction with D/V GLOMAR CHALLENGER,
DSDP Leg 70) - Chief Scientist - Borehole seismic experiment (at Site 504)
R/V OCEANUS - June 1981 - Assistant Scientist - Multi-ship multi-channel seismics
(Large Aperture Seismic Experiment - LASE)
D/V GLOMAR CHALLENGER - August - September 1982 - DSDP Leg 88 - Co-Chief
Scientist - MSS and OSS borehole seismic experiments (at Site 584)
R/V ELLEN B. SCRIPPS - April 1983 - (in conjunction with D/V GLOMAR
CHALLENGER, DSDP Leg 92) - Chief Scientist - Borehole seismic experiment
(at Site 504)
R/V FRED H. MOORE - March/April 1985 - (in conjunction with D/V SEDCO/BP 471 -
ODP Leg 102) - Chief Scientist - Borehole seismic experiment (at Site 418)
NADIR - July/August 1988 - Visiting Scientist - Submersible re-entry at DSDP Hole 395
Cruises, contÕd:
R/V MELVILLE - May 1989 - Visiting Scientist - Attempted wireline re-entry at DSDP
Holes 417 and 418
R/V MELVILLE - August 1989 - Co-chief Scientist - LFASE deployment (at Site 534)
R/V MELVILLE - September 1989 - Co-chief Scientist - LFASE recovery (at Site 534)
R/V CORY CHOEST - July 1993 - Scientist - ARSRP Acoustics Cruise
R/V ROGER REVELLE - August 1997 - Chief Scientist - Survey of Hawaii-2 cable
D/V JOIDES RESOLUTION - October/December 1997 - ODP Leg 176 - VSP and
Physical Properties Specialist - Southwest Indian Ridge (at Site 735)
R/V THOMAS THOMPSON - January/February 1998 - Chief Scientist - OSN Pilot
Experiment Deployment Cruise
R/V MELVILLE - June 1998 - Chief Scientist - OSN Pilot Experiment Recovery Cruise
D/V JOIDES RESOLUTION - December 2001/January 2002 - ODP Leg 200 - Co-Chief
Scientist - Nuuanu Landslide (Site 1223) and Hawaii-2 Observatory (Site 1224)
KAIREI - October 2002 - Visiting Scientist - Data recovery cruise to WP-1 (Philippine
Sea)
In-House Activities:
Journal Club - member - January, 1981 - September 1983, Chairman - July, 1981 -
September 1982
MIT-WHOI Joint Program Admissions Committee - January 1981 - December 1982
MIT-WHOI Joint Committee for Marine Geology and Geophysics, Sept/83 - Mar/86
Chairman, Promotion Committee for Dr. J. Lynch - July 1985 - January 1986
RSVP Computer Committee - July 1985 - December 1986
Chairman, Promotion Committee for Dr. J. Jaffe - October 1987 - January 1988
G & G ad Hoc Space Committee - July 1987 - December 1988
G & G ad Hoc Recruitment Committee - June 1988 - August 1990
Henry Bryant Bigelow Award Committee - January - May, 1992
Chairman, Promotion Committee for Dr. S. Rajan - September 1992 - February 1993
Computer Revolutionary Committee - May - August 1993
Science Advisory Committee for Computer Services and Advisory Committee for
Computing - September 1993 - August 1996
Chairman, Promotion Committee for Dr. D.J. Tang - March - April 1996
Web Advisory Committee - February 1996 - August 1996
Retirement Plan Task Force - February 1997 - November 1998
Chairman, CIS Director Search Committee - January 1999 - June 1999
Senior/Tenured Scientist Executive Committee - 8/1998 - 10/2001, Chair - 8/2000 - 8/2001
Associate Scientist Review Committee for John Collins - May 2001
Partnerships Program - 1995 - 2001, 2006 - present
Retirement Committee - August 2000 - March 2004
Ad Hoc Task Force on Alternatives for Medical Coverage for 2002 - October 2001
Associate Scientist Review Committee for Rob Sohn - December 2005.
Information Technology Advisory Committee - Chair - January 2001 - March 2007.
Associate Scientist Review Committee for Jeff McGuire - September 2007.
WHOI Rep. to RPSEA (Research Partnership to Secure Energy for America) - 7/2007-pres.
G&G Department Space Committee - November 2007 - present
Educational Program:
Advisor for Joint Program Students: W. Loy, N. Bird, G. Duckworth,
M. Dougherty, R. Fricke, C. Bradley and R. Greaves
Examination Committee Member for: A. Merab, F. Pardo-Casis (MIT), D. Burns (MIT),
H. Kawahara, P. Dahl, J. Snow, N. Cheng (MIT), M. Imhof (MIT),
V. Lupien (MIT) and L. Souza (MIT)
Supervised papers for: S. Little, L. Kong, A. Gunstensen (MIT), L. Li and C. Williams
Supervised Summer Student Fellows: W. Schmidt, A. Harding, M. Burton, S. Childress,
M. Holzrichter, J. Walter. and S. Nag
Supervised Summer Guest Students: I. Zeldenrust, S. Buenz,
Courses Taught (MIT-WHOI Joint Program):
12.77 Marine Geophysics, Spring 1980 (with C. Denham and other geophysics staff)
12.78 Marine Geophysics II, Fall 1982 (with C. Bowin and M. Purdy)
12.77 Introduction to Marine Geophysics, Fall 1983 (with T. Brocher)
12.712 Advanced Marine Seismology, Fall 1984 (with T. Brocher), Spring 1989 (with P.
Shaw), Fall 1991, Fall 1992 and Spring 1995 (with R. Detrick), Spring 1997,
Spring 2000
12.711 Introduction to Marine Geophysics, Fall 1985, 1986, 1987, 1989 (with R. Von
Herzen), Spring 1992 (with M.Tivey)
12.504/711 Introduction to Marine Geophysics, Spring 1993 (with M. McNutt)
12.710/711 Marine Geology and Geophysics, Fall 1993/Spring 1994 (with R. Detrick, N.
Shimizu and W. Curry), Fall 1994/Spring 1995
12.710 Marine Geology and Geophysics, Fall 1995 (with R. Detrick, G. Giese and M.
Raymo), Fall 1996 (with G. Giese and M. Raymo)
12.571 Seismology Seminar: Numerical Wave Propagation, Fall 2000 (with N. Toksoz
and V. Cormier)
Sabbatical Leave:
Hawaii Institute of Geophysics, Honolulu, Hawaii, December 1984 to February 1985
SACLANT Undersea Research Center, La Spezia, Italy, September 1990 to August 1991
Earthquake Research Institute, University of Tokyo, October 2002 to March 2003
Author or co-author of over two hundred scientific papers.
BIBLIOGRAPHY
R.A. STEPHEN
PUBLICATIONS
Stephen, R.A., 1977. Synthetic seismograms for the case of the receiver within the reflectivity zone. Geophys. J. R. astr. Soc., 51, 169-181.
Stephen, R.A., 1978. The Oblique Seismic Experiment in Oceanic Crust. Ph.D. Thesis. University of Cambridge, Cambridge, U.K.
Stephen, R.A., 1979. The Oblique Seismic Experiment in Oceanic Crust - Equipment and Technique. Mar. Geophys. Res., 4, 213-226.
Salisbury, M. H., Stephen, R.A., Hamano, Y., Johnson, D., Donnelly, M., Francheteau, J., and Christensen, N., 1979. The physical state of the upper levels of Cretaceous oceanic crust from the results of logging, laboratory studies and the Oblique Seismic Experiment at DSDP Sites 417 and 418. In: Talwani, M. et al., Deep Drilling Results in the Atlantic Ocean: Ocean Crust, American Geophysical Union, Washington, D.C., 113-134.
Salisbury, M. H., Stephen, R.A., Christensen, N., Francheteau, J., Hamano, Y., Hobart, M., and Johnson, D., 1979. The physical state of the upper levels of Cretaceous oceanic crust from the results of logging, laboratory studies and the Oblique Seismic Experiment at DSDP Sites 417 and 418. Maurice Ewing Series.
Stephen, R.A., Louden, K.E., and Matthews, D.H., 1980. The Oblique Seismic Experiment on DSDP Leg 52. Geophys. J.R. astr. Soc., 60, 289-300.
White, R.S., and Stephen, R.A., 1980. Compressional to shear wave conversion in oceanic crust. Geophys. J. R. astr. Soc., 63, 547-565.
Stephen, R.A., 1981. Seismic anisotropy observed in upper oceanic crust. Geophys. Res. Lett., 8, 865-868.
Stephen, R.A., 1982. Travel-time curves for a simple sea floor model. Marine Geophysical Researches, 5, 315-326.
Crampin, S., Stephen, R.A., and McGonigle, R., 1982. The polarizations of P-waves in anisotropic media. Geophys. J.R. astr. Soc., 68, 477-485.
*Emerman, S.H., Schmidt, W., and Stephen, R.A., 1982. An implicit finite-difference formulation of the elastic wave equation. Geophysics, 47, 1521-1526.
Stephen, R.A., 1983. The Oblique Seismic Experiment on DSDP Leg 70. In: Cann, J.R., Langseth, M.G., Honnorez, J., Von Herzen, R.P., White, S.M., et al., Init. Repts. DSDP, 69: Washington, D.C. (U.S. Government Printing Office), 301-308.
Stephen, R.A., 1983. A comparison of finite difference and reflectivity seismograms for marine models. Geophys. J. R. astr. Soc., 72, 39-57.
Stephen, R.A., and Harding, A.J., 1983. Travel time analysis of borehole seismic data. J. Geophys. Res., 88, 8289-8298.
Stephen, R.A., Johnson, S., and Lewis, B.T.R., 1983. The Oblique Seismic Experiment on DSDP Leg 65. In: Lewis B.T.R., Robinson, P., et al, Init. Repts. DSDP, 65: Washington (U.S. Government Printing Office), 319-326.
*Emerman, S.H., and Stephen, R.A., 1983, Comment on "Absorbing boundary conditions for acoustic and elastic wave equations" by R. Clayton and B. Engquist. Bull. seism. soc. Am., 73, 661-666.
Stephen, R.A., 1984a. Finite difference seismograms for laterally varying marine models. Geophys. J.R. astr. Soc., 79, 184-198.
Stephen, R.A., 1984b. Synthetic vertical seismic profiles by the method of finite differences. In: Toksoz, M.N. and Stewart, R.R., Vertical Seismic Profiling, Part B: Advanced Concepts, Geophysical Press, Amsterdam, 63-79.
Stephen, R.A., 1984c. Borehole seismic experiments and the structure of oceanic crust. In: Toksoz, M.N. and Stewart, R.R., Vertical Seismic Profiling, Part B: Advanced Concepts, Geophysical Press, Amsterdam, 351-374.
Stephen, R.A., 1985. Finite difference synthetic acoustic logs with sharp, rough interfaces. Full Waveform Acoustic Logging Consortium Annual Report, Earth Resources Laboratory, MIT, 101-123.
Stephen, R.A., 1985. Seismic anisotropy in the upper oceanic crust. J. Geophys. Res., 90, 11,383-11,396.
Stephen, R.A., and Bolmer, S.T., 1985. The direct wave root in marine seismology. Bull. seism. Soc. Am., 75, 57-67.
Stephen, R.A., Pardo-Casas, F. and Cheng, C.H., 1985. Finite difference synthetic acoustic logs. Geophysics, 50, 1588-1609.
Salisbury, M.H., Scott, J.H., Auroux, C., Becker, K., Bosum, W., Broglia, C., Carlson, R.L., Fisher, A., Gieskes, J.M., Holmes, M., Hoskins, H., Legrand, J., Moos, D., Rio, D., Stephen, R., and Wilkens, R., 1985. Ocean Drilling Program; looking down an old hole. Nature (London), 316, 682.
*Kong, L., Brocher, T.M., and Stephen, R.A., 1985. Spreading rate independence of oceanic seismic layer 2. Geophys. Res. Lett., 12, 219-222.
*Little, S.A., and Stephen, R.A., 1985. Costa Rica Rift Borehole Seismic Experiment, Deep Sea Drilling Project Hole 504B, Leg 92. In: Anderson, R.N., Honnorez, J., Becker, K. et al., Init Repts. DSDP, 83, Washington (U.S. Govt. Printing Office), 517-528.
Stephen, R.A., 1986. Synthetic acoustic logs over bed boundaries and horizontal fissures, Full Waveform Acoustic Logging Consortium Annual Report, Earth Resources Laboratory, MIT, 365-413.
Stephen, R.A., 1987. A finite difference formulation of Biot's equations for vertically heterogeneous full waveform acoustic logging problems. Full Waveform Acoustic Logging Consortium Annual Report, Earth Resources Laboratory, MIT, 115-123.
Stephen, R.A., Duennebier, F.K., Bellows, D.R., and Inderbitzen, A., 1987. Wireline re-entry test on DSDP Leg 88. In: Duennebier, F.K., Stephen, R.A., Gettrust, J.F., et al., Init. Repts. DSDP, 88: Washington (U.S. Government Printing Office), 59-63.
*Dougherty, M.E., and Stephen, R.A., 1987. Geoacoustic scattering from seafloor features in the ROSE area. J. acoust. Soc. Am., 82, 238-256.
Stephen, R.A., 1988a. Lateral heterogeneity in the upper oceanic crust at DSDP Site 504. J. Geophys. Res., 93, 6571-6584.
Stephen, R.A., 1988b. A review of finite difference methods for seismo-acoustic problems at the sea floor. Reviews of Geophysics, 26, 445-458.
Stephen, R.A., 1988c. Finite difference methods for bottom-interaction problems. In: Lee, D., Sternberg, R.L. and Schultz, M.H. (Editors), Computational Acoustics: Wave Propagation. Elsevier Science Publishers B.V., 225-238.
*Dougherty, M.E., and Stephen, R.A., 1988. Seismic energy partitioning and scattering in laterally heterogeneous ocean crust. Pure Appl. Geophys., 128, 195-229.
*Senske, D.A., and Stephen, R.A., 1988. A seismic reflection survey of DSDP Sites 417 and 418. Proc. O.D.P., Vol. 102. (Scientific Results), 3-17.
Swift, S.A., Stephen, R.A., and Hoskins, H., 1988. Structure of upper oceanic crust from an Oblique Seismic Experiment at site 418A, Western North Atlantic. Proc. O.D.P. Vol. 102 (Scientific Results), 97-113.
Legrand, J., Echardour, A., Floc'h, H., Floury, L., Gieskes, J., Harmegnies, F., Loaec, G., Pozzi, J.-P., Raer, Y., and Stephen, R.A., 1989. CAMPAGNE FARE: Wireline re-entry of DSDP Hole 396B using the NADIA system. Eos, Transactions, American Geophysical Union, 70, 729 - 730 and 741.
Swift, S.A., and Stephen, R.A., 1989. Lateral heterogeneity in the seismic structure of upper oceanic crust, western North Atlantic. J. Geophys. Res., 94, 9303 -9322.
Worthington, P.F., Anderson, R.N., Jarrard, R.D., Becker, K., Bell, J.S., Salisbury, M.H., and Stephen, R.A., 1989. Scientific applications of downhole measurements in the ocean basins. Basin Research, 1, 223-236.
Stephen, R.A., 1990. Solutions to range-dependent benchmark problems by the finite difference method. J. Acoust. Soc. Am., 87, 1527-1534.
Burns, D.R. and Stephen, R.A., 1990. Three dimensional numerical modelling of geoacoustic scattering from seafloor topography. J. Acoust. Soc. Am., 88, 2338-2345.
Koelsch, D.E., Goldsborough, R. G., Berteaux, H., and Stephen, R. A., 1990. A multi-node three component seismic system for Deep Sea Drilling Project (DSDP) boreholes. Proceedings of the Marine Technology Society Marine Instrumentation '90 Meeting, San Diego, California, 104-109.
Swift, S.A., Dougherty, M. E., and Stephen, R. A., 1990. Finite difference seismic modelling of axial magma chambers. Geophys. Res. Lett., 17, 2105-2108.
Stephen, R.A., 1991. Finite difference modelling of shear waves. In: Hovem, J.M., Richardson, M.D., and Stoll, R.D. Shear waves in marine sediments, Kluwer Academic Publishers, Dordrecht, The Netherlands, 471-478.
Stephen, R.A. and Swift, S.A., 1991. LFASE Progress Report - March 1991. WHOI document #697-S-91, 50pp.
*Dougherty, M. E. and Stephen, R. A., 1991. Seismo/acoustic propagation through rough seafloors. J. Acoust. Soc. Am., 90, 2637-2651.
Swift, S.A., Hoskins, H., and Stephen, R.A., 1991. Seismic stratigraphy in a transverse ridge, Atlantis II fracture zone. In: Von Herzen,R.P., Robinson,P.T., et al., 1991. Proc. ODP, Sci. Results, 118: College Station,TX (Ocean Drilling Program), 219-226.
Lowell, R.P. and Stephen, R.A., 1991. Heat flow and lateral seismic velocity heterogeneities near DSDP Site 504. Geology, 19, 1141-1144.
Bolmer, S.T., Buffler, R.T., Hoskins, H., Stephen, R.A., and Swift, S.A., 1992. Vertical seismic profile at Site 765 and seismic reflectors in the Argo Abyssal Plain. In: Gradstein, F.M., Ludden, J.N., et al., Proc. ODP, Sci. Results, 123, College Station, TX (Ocean Drilling Program), 583-600.
Swift, S.A. and Stephen, R.A., 1992. How much gabbro is in ocean seismic layer 3? Geophys. Res. Lett., 19, 1871-1874.
Stephen, R.A., 1993. A numerical scattering chamber for studying reverberation in the seafloor. In: Ellis, D.D., Preston, J.R. and Urban, H.G. (Editors), Ocean Reverberation, Kluwer Academic Press, Dordrecht, The Netherlands, 227-232.
Stephen, R. A. and Dougherty, M. E., 1993. Canonical seafloor models and the finite difference method for low-angle acoustic backscatter. In: Lau, R.L., Lee, D. and Robinson, A.R. (Editors), Computational Acoustics - Volume 1, Elsevier Science Publishers B.V. (North Holland), 227-246.
Ellis, D.D., Kampanis, N.A. and Stephen, R.A., 1993. Calculations of ocean bottom and sub-bottom backscattering using a time-domain finite-difference code. In: Ellis, D.D., Preston, J.R. and Urban, H.G. (Editors), Ocean Reverberation, Kluwer Academic Press, Dordrecht, The Netherlands, 125-130.
Stephen, R.A. and Swift, S.A., 1994. Finite difference modeling of geoacoustic interaction at anelastic seafloors. J.acoust. Soc. Am., 95, 60-70.
Stephen, R.A. and Swift, S.A., 1994. Modeling seafloor geoacoustic interaction with the numerical scattering chamber. J.acoust. Soc. Am., 96, 973-990.
Stephen, R.A., Koelsch, D., Berteaux, H., Bocconcelli, A., Bolmer, S., Cretin, J., Etourmy, N., Fabre, A., Goldsborough, R., Gould, M., Kery, S., Laurent, J., Omnes, G., Peal, K., Swift, S., Turpening, R. and Zani, C., 1994. The Seafloor Borehole Array Seismic System (SEABASS) and VLF ambient noise. Marine Geophysical Researches, 16, 243-286.
Detrick, R., Collins, J., Stephen, R. and Swift, S., 1994. In situ evidence for the nature of the seismic layer 2/layer 3 boundary in oceanic crust. Nature, 370, 288-290.
Swift, S.A. and Stephen, R.A., 1994. The scattering of a low-angle pulse beam by seafloor volume heterogeneities. J.acoust. Soc. Am., 96, 991-1001.
Dougherty, M.E., Vincent, R.J., Swift, S.A. and Stephen, R.A., 1995. Anisotropic seismic scattering in old Atlantic crust at Ocean Drilling Program Site 418A. J.geophys.Res., 100, 10,095-10,106.
Stephen, R.A., 1996. Modeling sea surface scattering by the finite difference method. J.acoust.Soc.Am., 100, 2070-2078.
*Bradley, C.R. and Stephen, R.A., 1996. Modeling of seafloor wave propagation and acoustic scattering in 3-D heterogeneous media. J.acoust. Soc. Am., 100, 225-236.
Holbrook, W.S., Hoskins, H., Wood, W.T., Stephen, R.A., Lizarralde, D., and the Leg 164 Science Party, 1996. Methane hydrate and free gas on the Blake Ridge from vertical seismic profiling. Science, 273, 1840-1842.
Kent, G.M., Swift, S.A., Detrick, R.S., Collins, J.A. and Stephen, R.A., 1996. Evidence for active normal faulting on 5.9My old crust near Hole 504B on the southern flank of the Costa Rica Rift. Geology, 24, 83-86.
Swift, S.A., Hoskins, H., and Stephen, R.A., 1996. Vertical seismic profile into upper oceanic crust in Hole 504B. Proc. ODP, Sci. Results, 148, College Station, TX (Ocean Drilling Program), 339-347.
Stephen, R.A., 1997. Time domain finite difference methods for range dependent Biot media. In: Pace, N.G., Pouliquen, E., Bergam, O. and Lyons, A.P., Eds. High Frequency Acoustics in Shallow Water, SACLANTCEN Conference Proceedings Series CP-45, 501-508.
*Bradley, C.R., Stephen, R.A., Dorman, L.M. and Orcutt, J.A., 1997. Very low-frequency (0.2-10.0Hz) seismoacoustic noise below the seafloor. J.geophys.Res., 102, 11,703-11,718.
*Greaves, R.J. and Stephen, R.A., 1997. Seafloor acoustic backscattering from different geological provinces in the Atlantic Natural Laboratory. J.acoust.Soc.Am., 101, 193-208.
Pecher, I.A., Holbrook, W.S., Stephen, R.A., Hoskins, H., Lizarralde, D., Hutchinson, D.R., and Wood, W.T., 1997. Offset-vertical seismic profiling for marine gas hydrate exploration - is it a suitable technique? First results from ODP Leg 164. Proceedings of the 19th Offshore Technology Conference, Houston, 5-8 May, 1997, OTC-8295, 193-200.
Swift, S.A., Lizarralde, D., Hoskins, H. and Stephen, R.A., 1998. Velocity structure in upper ocean crust at Hole 504B from vertical seismic profiles. J. geophys. Res., 103, 15,361-15,376.
Swift, S.A., Kent, G.K., Detrick, R.S., Collins, J.A., and Stephen, R.A., 1998. Oceanic basement structure, sediment thickness, and heat flow near Hole 504B. J. geophys. Res., 103, 15,377-15,391.
Swift, S.A., Lizarralde, D., Hoskins, H. and Stephen, R.A., 1998. Seismic attenuation in upper oceanic crust at Hole 504B. J. geophys. Res., 103, 27,193-27,206.
Stephen, R.A., 2000. Optimum and standard beam widths for numerical modeling of interface scattering problems. J. acoust. Soc. Am., 107, 1095-1102.
Dick, H.J.B., Natland, J.H., Alt, J.C., Bach, W., Bideau, D., Gee, J.S., Haggas, S.,Hertogen, J.G.H., Hirth, G., Holm, P.M., Ildefonse, B., Iturrino, G.J., John, B.E., Kelley, D.S., Kikawa, E., Kingdon, A., LeRoux, P.J., Maeda, J., Meyer, P.S., Miller, D.J., Naslund, H.R., Niu, Y.-L., Robinson, P.T., Snow, J., Stephen, R.A., Trimby, P.W., Worm, H.-U., and Yoshinobu, A., 2000. A long in-situ section of the lower ocean crust: results of ODP Leg 176 drilling at the Southwest Indian Ridge. Earth. Planet. Sci.Letts., 179, 31-51.
*Greaves, R.J. and Stephen, R.A., 2000. Low-grazing-angle monostatic acoustic reverberation from rough and heterogeneous seafloors. J. acoust. Soc. Am., 108, 1013-1025.
Collins, J.A., Vernon, F.L., Orcutt, J.A., Stephen, R.A., Peal, K.R., Wooding, F.B., Spiess, F.N. and Hildebrand, J.A., 2001. Broadband seismology in the oceans: Lessons from the Ocean Seismic Network Pilot Experiment. Geophys. Res. Lett., 28, 49-52.
Stephen, R.A., 2001. FermatÕs principle for anisotropic elastic media, In: Hood. J.A. (Ed), Advances in anisotropy: Selected theory, modeling and case studies. Proceedings of the 7th International Workshop on Seismic Anisotropy (7IWSA), Society of Exploration Geophysics, Tulsa, 255-270.
Collins, J.A., Vernon, F.L., Orcutt, J.A. and Stephen, R.A., 2002. Upper mantle structure beneath the Hawaiian swell: Constraints from the ocean seismic network pilot experiment. Geophys. Res. Lett., 29 (11), doi: 10.1029/2001GL013302.
Stephen, R.A., Kasahara, J., Acton, G.D. et al., 2003. Proc. ODP, Init. Repts., 200, [CD-ROM]. Available from: Ocean Drilling Program, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX 77845-9547 and Available from World Wide Web: <http://www-odp.tamu.edu/publications/200_IR/200ir.htm>. [Cited 2003-02-22]
Stephen, R.A., Spiess, F.N., Collins, J.A., Hildebrand, J.A., Orcutt, J.A., Peal, K.R., Vernon, F.L. and Wooding, F.B., 2003. Ocean seismic network pilot experiment. Geochem. Geophys. Geosyst., 4 (10), 1092, doi: 10.1029/2002GC000485.
*Greaves, R.J. and Stephen, R.A., 2003. The influence of large-scale seafloor slope and average bottom velocity on low-grazing-angle monostatic acoustic reverberation. J. acoust. Soc. Am., 113, 2548-2561.
Pecher, I.A., Holbrook, W.S., Sen, M.K., Lizarralde, D., Wood, W.T., Hutchinson, D.R., Dillon, W.P., Hoskins, H., and Stephen, R.A., 2003. Seismic anisotropy in gas-hydrate- and gas-bearing sediments on the Blake Ridge - results from a walkaway vertical seismic profile. Geophys. Res. Lett., 30 (14), 1733, doi: 10.1029/2003GL017477.
Sutherland, F.H., Vernon, F.L., Orcutt, J.A., Collins, J.A. and Stephen, R.A., 2004. Results from OSNPE: Improved teleseismic earthquake detection at the seafloor. Bull. seism. Soc. Am., 94, 1868-1878.
Bromirski, P.D., Duennebier, F.K., and Stephen, R.A., 2005. Mid-ocean microseisms. Geochem. Geophys. Geosyst. 6: doi:10.1029/2004GC000768.
Stephen, R.A., Duennebier, F.K., Harris, D., Jolly, J., Bolmer, S.T., and Bromirski, P.D., 2006. Data report: Broadband seismic observations at the Hawaii-2 observatory, ODP Leg 200. In Kasahara, J., Stephen R.A., Acton, G. and Frey, F.A. (Eds.), Proc. ODP., Sci. Results, 200, [Online]. Available from World Wide Web: <http://www-odp.tamu.edu/publications/200_SR/003/003.htm>. [Cited 2006-06-27]
Bolmer, S.T., Hoskins, H., and Stephen, R.A., 2006. Data Report: 4-kHz profiling with vertically separated source and receiver: A mini reflection survey around a deepwater drill hole. In Kasahara, J., Stephen R.A., Acton, G. and Frey, F.(eds.), Proc. ODP., Sci. Results, 200, 1-05 [Online]. Available from World Wide Web: <http://www-odp.tamu.edu/publications/200_SR/VOLUME/CHAPTERS/005.PDF>. [Cited 2006-04-10]
Crawford, W., Stephen, R.A. and Bolmer, S.T., 2006. A second look at low-frequency marine vertical seismometer data quality at the OSN-1 site for seafloor, buried, and borehole emplacements. Bull.seism.Soc.Am., 96, 1952-1960.
Kasahara, J., Stephen, R.A., Acton, G.D., and Frey, F.A. (Eds.), 2006. Proc. ODP, Sci. Results, 200 [Online]. Available from World Wide Web: http://www -odp.tamu.edu/publications/200_SR/200sr.htm. [Cited 2006-09-11]
Kasahara, J. and Stephen, R.A., 2006. Leg 200 synthesis: A broadband seismic station in oceanic crust at the Hawaii-2 observatory and coring into the Nuuanu landslide, In: Kasahara, J., Stephen, R.A., Acton, G.D., and Frey, F.A. (Eds.), 2006. Proc. ODP, Sci. Results, 200 [Online]. Available from World Wide Web: http://www - odp.tamu.edu/publications/200_SR/200sr.htm. [Cited 2006-09-11]
Sun, Y.F., Kasahara, J., Stephen, R.A., Bachle, G.T., Eberli, G.P., Hoskins, H., Nakamura, M. and Teng, Y.C., 2006. Shallow seismic structure of Eastern Pacific ocean crust at ODP Site 1224. In Kasahara, J., Stephen R.A., Acton, G. and Frey, F.(eds.), Proc. ODP., Sci. Results, 200, 1-06 [Online]. Available from World Wide Web: <http://www-odp.tamu.edu/publications/200_SR/VOLUME/CHAPTERS/006.PDF>. [Cited 2006-04-10]
Suyehiro, K., Montagner, J.-P., Stephen, R.A., Araki, E., Kanazawa, T., Orcutt, J.A., Romanowicz, B., Sacks, S. and Shinohara, M., 2006. Seismic observatories. Oceanography, 19, 144-149.
*Williams, C.M., Stephen, R.A., and Smith, D.K., 2006. Hydroacoustic events located at the intersection of the Atlantis (30¼N) and Kane (23¼40ÕN) Transform Faults with the Mid-Atlantic Ridge. Geochem. Geophys. Geosyst., 7, Q06015, doi:10.1029/2005GC001127.
Mercer, J.A., Colosi, J.A., Howe, B.M., Dzieciuch, M.A., Stephen, R.A. and Worcester, P.F., submitted. LOAPEX: The long-range ocean acoustic propagation experiment. IEEE J. Oceanic Eng.
* - Graduate Student, Summer Student Fellow, or Student Employee under my supervision
OTHER PUBLICATIONS
Stephen, R.A., 1977. Synthetic seismograms for the case of the receiver within the medium. Publ. Inst. Geophys. Pol. Acad. Sc., A-4 (115), 249-265.
Bryan, W.B. et al, 1977. Studying oceanic layer 2. Geotimes, 22, 22-26.
Stephen, R.A., Louden, K.E., and Matthews, D. H., 1979. The Oblique Seismic Experiment on DSDP Leg 52. In: Donelly, T., Francheteau, J. Bryan, W., Robinson, P., Flower, M., Salisbury, M., Init Repts. DSDP, 51, 52, 53, Part 1: Washington (U.S. Government Printing Office), 675-704.
Salisbury, M.H., Stephen, R.A., Hamano, Y., Johnson, D., Donnelly, M., Francheteau, J., and Christensen, N., 1979. The physical state of the upper levels of Cretaceous oceanic crust from the results of logging, laboratory studies and the Oblique Seismic Experiment at DSDP Sites 417 and 418. In: Donnelly, T., Francheteau, J., Bryan, W., Robinson, P., Flower, M., Salisbury, M., Init. Repts. DSDP, 51, 52, 53, Part 2: Washington (US Government Printing Office), 1579-1597.
Donnelly, T.W. et al., 1979. Site 417. In: Donnelly, T., Francheteau, J., Bryan, W., Robinson, P., Flower, M., Salisbury, M. et al., Init. Repts. DSDP, 51, 52, 53 Part 1: Washington (U.S. Government Printing Office), 23-350.
Donnelly, T.W. et al., 1979. Site 418. In: Donnelly, T., Francheteau, J., Bryan, W., Robinson, P., Flower, M., Salisbury, M. et al., Init. Repts. DSDP, v. 51, 52, 53, Part 1: Washington (U.S. Government Printing Office), 351-626.
Stephen, R.A., Duennebier, F., et al., 1983. Borehole seismometer deployed. Geotimes, 28, 16.
Stephen, R.A., Pardo-Casas, F., and Cheng, C.H., 1983. Finite difference synthetic acoustic logs. Full Waveform Acoustic Logging Consortium Annual Report, Earth Resources Laboratory, MIT, 4-1-4-26.
Hunt, M.M., Gove, L.A., and Stephen, R.A., 1983. Findif: A software package to create synthetic seismograms by finite differences. Woods Hole Oceanog. Inst. Tech. Memo, WHOI-83-42.
Leinen, M., Rea, D.K., et al., 1983. Advection in the East Pacific. Nature, 304, 16.
Lewis, B.T.R. et al., 1983, Site 482. In: Lewis, B.T.R., Robinson, P. et al., Init. Repts. DSDP, 65: Washington (U.S. Government Printing Office), 21-126.
Lewis, B.T.R. et al., 1983, Site 483. In: Lewis, B.T.R., Robinson, P. et al., Init. Repts. DSDP, 65: Washington (U.S. Government Printing Office), 137-230.
Lewis, B.T.R. et al., 1983, Site 484. In: Lewis, B.T.R., Robinson, P. et al., Init. Repts. DSDP, 65: Washington (U.S. Government Printing Office), 231-248.
Lewis, B.T.R. et al., 1983, Site 485. In: Lewis, B.T.R., Robinson, P. et al., Init. Repts. DSDP, 65: Washington (U.S. Government Printing Office), 249-306.
Stephen, R.A., and Pardo-Casas, F., 1984. Application of finite difference synthetic acoustic logs. Full Waveform Acoustic Logging Consortium Annual Report, Earth Resources Laboratory, MIT, 135-165.
*Pardo-Casas, F., Cheng, C.H., and Stephen, R.A., 1984. The study of wave propagation in a borehole using the finite difference method. Full Waveform Acoustic Logging Consortium Annual Report, Earth Resources Laboratory, MIT, 103-134.
O.D.P. Leg 102 Scientific Party, 1985. Old hole yields new information. Geotimes, 30, 13-15.
Stephen, R.A., 1986. Seismic anisotropy in the uppercrust at DSDP site 504 B. In: Akal, T. and Berkson, J.M., Ocean Seismo-acoustics, Plenum Press, New York, 599-607.
Auroux, C., and Stephen, R.A., 1986. Geophysical Profiling, O.D.P. Leg 102. Proc., Init. Repts. (Pt. A). ODP, 102, 7-91.
Leg 92 Shipboard Scientific Party, 1986. Site 504. In: Leinen, M., Rea, D.K., et al., Init.Repts. DSDP, 92: Washington, D.C. (U.S. Government Printing Office), pages 190-192.
Leg 102 Shipboard Scientific Party, 1986. Site 418: Bermuda Rise, Init. Repts. (Pt. A). ODP, 102, 95-235.
Hunt, M.M., and Stephen, R.A., 1986. A user's manual for finite difference synthetic seismogram codes on the Cyber 205 and Cray XMP-12. Woods Hole Oceanog. Inst. Tech. Memo, WHOI-4-86.
Stephen, R.A., 1987. Hybrid finite difference codes for long range propagation in laterally varying media. RASCON Associates, P. O. Box 567, West Falmouth, MA 02574.
Stephen, R.A., 1987. Borehole seismology. WHOI Annual Report.
Stephen, R.A., Swift, S.A., and Bolmer, S.T., 1987. Ambient noise analysis and finite difference modeling of VLF borehole seismic data. Woods Hole Oceanog. Inst. Tech. Memo, WHOI-4-87.
Ali, H.B., Bibee, L.D., Stephen, R.A., Authement, M., and Beckleheimer, J., 1987. Low frequency seismo-acoustic propagation in a sloping ocean environment: measured results and numerical predictions. In: Acoustics and the Ocean Bottom, the proceedings of the II Federation of Acoustical Societies of Europe Conference (F.A.S.E.), Madrid, June, 1987.
Duennebier, F.K., Stephen, R.A., Gettrust, J. et al., 1987. Init. Repts. DSDP 88: Washington (U.S. Government Printing Office).
Hunt, M.M., and Stephen, R.A., 1987. Synthetic acoustic well-logging code (SYNACL). Full Waveform Acoustic Logging Consortium Software Package V, Earth Resources Laboratory, MIT, 63-96.
Leg 88 Shipboard Scientific Party, 1987. Site 581: Downhole seismometer experiment in the Northwest Pacific. In: Duennebier, F.K., Stephen, R.A., Gettrust, J. et al., Init Repts. DSDP, 88: Washington (U.S. Government Printing Office), 9-36.
Leg 88 Shipboard Scientific Party, 1987. Introduction. In: Duennebier, F.K., Stephen, R.A., Gettrust, J. et al., Init. Repts. DSDP, 88: Washington (U.S. Government Printing Office), 5-8.
Worthington, P.F., Anderson, R.N., Becker, K., Bell, J.S., Jarrard, R.D., Salisbury, M.H., and Stephen, R.A., 1987. Downhole measurements for the Ocean Drilling Program. In: Report of the Second Conference on Scientific Ocean Drilling, European Science Foundation, Strasbourg, France, 131-136.
*Dougherty, M.E., and Stephen, R.A., 1988. Seismic energy partitioning and scattering in laterally heterogeneous ocean crust. In: Scattering and attenuation of seismic waves, Part 1, ed. by Keiiti Aki and Ru-Shan Wu, Bickhauser Verlag, Boston, 447p.
Salisbury, M.H. et al., 1988. Old oceanic crust: Synthesis of logging, laboratory, and seismic data from Leg 102. Proc. ODP, Vol. 102 (Scientific Results), 155-180.
Stephen, R. A., 1989. Finite difference modelling of seismic wave propagation at the seafloor. RASCON Associates, P.O. Box 567, West Falmouth, MA 02574.
Stephen, R.A., 1989. Ambient noise in the seafloor. WHOI Annual Report.
Spiess, F. N., Stephen, R. A., Beckleheimer, J., Farrell, W. E., Kent, G., and Pattee, A. W., 1989. LFASE-Quick look report. Johns Hopkins University, Applied Physics Laboratory.
Swift, S.A., Bolmer, S.T., and Stephen, R.A., 1989. Site synthesis report of DSDP Sites 417 and 418. Woods Hole Oceanog. Inst. Tech. Memo, WHOI - 89 - 20.
Stephen, R.A., 1990. A comparison of finite difference and reflectivity seismograms for marine models. Reprinted in: Kelly.K.R. and Marfurt, K.J. (eds.), Numerical modelling of seismic wave propagation, Society of Exploration Geophysicists, Tulsa, OK, 391-409.
Stephen, R.A., 1990. Ocean seismo-acoustic propagation in range-dependent environments - OSPREY - User's Manual. RASCON Associates, P. O. Box 567, West Falmouth, MA, 02574.
Stephen, R.A., 1990. Ocean seismo-acoustic propagation in range-dependent environments - OSPREY - Analysis Summary. RASCON Associates, P. O. Box 567, West Falmouth, MA, 02574.
Berteaux, H., Bocconcelli, A., Koelsch, D., and Stephen, R., 1990. A sea floor winch system for wire line re-entry of deep sea boreholes. Woods Hole Oceanog. Inst. Tech. Memo, WHOI-05-90.
*Emerman, S.H., and Stephen, R.A., 1990, Comment on "Absorbing boundary conditions for acoustic and elastic wave equations" by R. Clayton and B. Engquist. Reprinted in: Kelly.K.R. and Marfurt, K.J. (eds.), Numerical modelling of seismic wave propagation, Society of Exploration Geophysicists, Tulsa, OK, 463-467.
Little, S., Bolmer, S.T., and Stephen, R.A., 1990. LFASE data processing system overview, Woods Hole Oceanog. Inst. Tech. Memo, WHOI-3-90.
Stephen, R.A., Bibee, D., Farrell, W.E., Pattee, W., Spiess, F.N., and Orcutt, J., 1991. Ambient noise beneath the seafloor. Trans. Am. Geophys. Union (EOS), 72, 161.
Allen, J. and Stephen, R.A., 1991. Benchmarking the two-dimensional finite difference synthetic seismogram code. Woods Hole Oceanog. Inst. Tech. Report, 91-31.
Bocconcelli, A., Berteaux, H. and Stephen, R.A., 1991. Bottom array specifications for the Low Frequency Acoustic Seismic Experiment (LFASE). Woods Hole Oceanog. Inst. Tech. Memo, WHOI-05-91.
Bolmer, S.T., Swift, S.A. and Stephen, R.A., 1991. LFASE borehole array data acquisition and reduction summary. Woods Hole Oceanog. Inst. Tech. Memo, WHOI-04-91.
Stephen, R.A., 1992. User's Guide for FINDIF at SACLANTCEN. Woods Hole Oceanog. Inst. Tech. Memo, WHOI-07-92, 32 pages.
Koelsch, D.E. and Stephen, R.A., 1992. Instrumentation quality shake table - a search in the United States. Woods Hole Oceanog. Inst. Tech. Memo, WHOI-06-92, 25 pages.
Stephen, R.A., Koelsch, D., Berteaux, H., Bocconcelli, A., Bolmer, S., Cretin, J., Etourmy, N., Fabre, A., Goldsborough, R., Gould, M., Kery, S., Laurent, J., Omnes, G., Peal, K., Swift, S., Turpening, R. and Zani, C., 1993. The seafloor borehole array seismic system (SEABASS). Woods Hole Oceanog. Inst. Tech. Memo, WHOI-01-93, 116 pages.
Orcutt, J.A. and Stephen, R.A., 1993. OSN seismograph system is underway. Seismic Waves (OSN Newsletter, JOI, Inc. Washington), 2, 3-5.
Scientific Party, 1993. ARSRP - Initial report - Acoustics experiment - R/V Cory Chouest - 5-26 July, 1993. Office of Naval Research, Washington, D.C. (395 pages).
Caruthers, J.W., Fricke, R., and Stephen, R., 1994. Acoustic reverberation at selected sites in the mid-Atlantic ridge region. 1994 NRL Review, 118-122.
Vernon, F., Orcutt, J. and Stephen, R., 1994. Scientists conduct wet-hole experiment at Pinon Flat. Seismic Waves (OSN Newsletter, JOI, Inc. Washington), 3, 1-3.
Stephen, R.A., 1995. Are borehole seismometers 'better' than seafloor or shallow buried seismometers? In: Broadband seismology in the oceans: Towards a five year plan. JOI, Inc. Washington, 60-65.
Stephen, R.A., Koelsch, D.E., Peal, K.R., Vernon, F., Orcutt, J., Bradley, C.R. and Spiess, F.N., 1995. SEABASS: A deployment and recording system for broadband seafloor seismology. In: Montagner, J.-P., and Lancelot, Y. (eds.) Multidisciplinary observatories on the deep seafloor. JOI, Inc. Washington, 200-218.
Little, W.S. and Stephen, R.A., 1995. AFRAME: A video animation capability for displaying FINDIF numerical model output. Woods Hole Oceanog. Inst. Tech. Memo, WHOI-02-95.
Swift, S.A., Little, W.S., and Stephen, R.A., 1995. Signal and noise levels in numerical scattering chamber snapshots. Woods Hole Oceanog. Inst. Tech. Memo., WHOI-01-95.
Stephen, R.A., 1996. Porosity and scale issues in seafloor structure. In: BOREHOLE: A plan to advance post-drilling sub-seafloor science. JOI, Inc., Washington, 78.
Stephen, R.A., 1996. Very low frequency ambient noise beneath the seafloor. In: BOREHOLE: A plan to advance post-drilling sub-seafloor science. JOI, Inc., Washington, 12-14.
Stephen, R.A., 1996. Modeling sea surface scattering by the finite difference method. In: King, D.B., Chin-Bing, S.A., Davis, J.A., and Evans, R.B. (eds.) Benchmark solutions in reverberation and scattering: Proceedings of the reverberation and scattering workshop, May 2-5, 1994. Naval Research Laboratory Book Contribution NRL/BE/7181-96-001 (U.S. Government Printing Office).
Stephen, R.A., 1996. Notes on CORK design. In: Cann, J. (ed.) Event detection and response and a ridge-crest observatory. Proceedings of the InterRidge Active Processes Working Group Workshop, Paris, France, January 16-18, 1995, page 48.
Stephen, R.A., Peal, K.R., Bolmer, S.T., Gould, M.R., Koelsch, D.E., Orcutt, J.A., Vernon, F., Offield, G., Willoughby, D., Hollinshead,C., Spiess, F.N., Hildebrand, J.A., Zimmerman, R. and Austin, G., 1996. Progress report on the development of the seafloor borehole array seismic system (phase II) - July 14, 1992 to January 31, 1996. Woods Hole Oceanog. Inst. Tech. Memo., WHOI-01-96, 331 pages.
Stephen, R.A., Butler, R., Chave, A., de Moustier, C.P., Hildebrand, J.A., Nagihara, S., and Von Herzen, R.P., 1996. Drilling at the H2O long term seafloor observatory. In: Dick, H. and Mˇvel, C. (eds.), The oceanic lithosphere and scientific drilling into the 21st century. Proceedings of ODP-InterRidge-IAVCEI Workshop, Woods Hole, MA, 26-29 May, 1996.
Stephen, R.A., Natland, J.H., Butler, R., Becker, K., Chave, A.D., Duennebier, F.K. and Bradley, C.R., 1997. Deep sea drilling at the H2O observatory site. Proceedings of the International Workshop on Scientific Use of Submarine Cables, Okinawa, Japan, 25-28 February, 1997, pages 147-152.
Stephen, R.A. and Bradley, C.R., 1997. SEABASS and seismoacoustic noise below the seafloor. JAMSTEC Journal of Deep Sea Research, Special Volume: Deep Sea Research in Subduction Zones, Spreading Centers and Backarc Basins. JAMSTEC, Tokyo, pages 131-140.
Stephen, R.A., Orcutt, J.A., Peal, K.R., Vernon, F., Austin, G., Bolmer, S.T., Gould, M.R., Hollinshead, C., Koelsch, D.E., Offield, G. and Willoughby, D.F., 1997. Tests of the broadband borehole seismic system (B3S2) at Scripps IGPP and the Pinon Flat Observatory - October 1994 to June 1995. WHOI Tech. Memo., WHOI-02-97.
Stephen, R.A., Swift, S.A. and Greaves, R., 1997. Bathymetry and sediment thickness survey of the Hawaii-2 Cable. WHOI Tech. Memo., WHOI-03-97.
Stephen, R.A. and Bradley, C.R., 1997. Seismoacoustic noise below the seafloor. In : ODP's Greatest Hits - Abstracts, JOI, Inc., Washington, D.C.
http://www.joi-odp.org/USSSP/Pubs/GreatHits/Abstracts1.html
Swift, S.A., Stephen, R.A., Lizzarralde, D., and Hoskins, H., 1997. The velocity structure in upper oceanic crust at Hole 504B from vertical seismic profiles. In : ODP's Greatest Hits - Abstracts, JOI, Inc., Washington, D.C.
http://www.joi-odp.org/USSSP/Pubs/GreatHits/Abstracts1.html
Stephen, R.A., 1998. Ocean seismic network seafloor observatories. Oceanus 41, 33-37 ( http://oceanusmag.whoi.edu/v41n1/stephen.html ).
Stephen, R.A., Austin, G.L., Bolmer, S.T., Chadwell, C.D., Collins, J.A., Jabson, D.M., Jonke, P., Goldsborough, R.G., Gould, M.R., Hildebrand, J.A., Hollinshead, C.B., Offield, D.G., Orcutt, J.A., Peal, K.R., Price, D.V., Rosenblad, S.G., Spiess, F.N., Vernon, F.L., Willoughby, D.F., and Wooding, F.B. 1998. The Ocean Seismic Network Pilot Experiment Deployment Cruise. WHOI Tech. Memo., WHOI-02-98.
Goldsborough, R.G., Austin, G.L., Bolmer, S.T., Jabson, D.M., Jonke, P., Gould, M.R., Hildebrand, J.A., Hollinshead, C.B., Offield, D.G., Orcutt, J.A., Peal, K.R., Spiess, F.N., Stephen, R.A., Vernon, F.L., Willoughby, D.F., and Zimmerman, R., 1998. Broadband borehole seismic system integration tests: Report of the system integration tests at MPL/SIO, November 17-25, 1997. WHOI Tech. Memo., WHOI-03-98.
Natland, J.H., Dick, H.J.B., Miller, D.J., Alt, J.C., Bach, W., Bideau, D., Gee, J.S., Haggas, S., Hertogen, J.G.H., Hirth, G., Holm, P.M., Ildefonse, B., Iturrino, G.J., John, B.E., Kelley, D.S., Kikawa, E., Kingdon, A., LeRoux, P.J., Maeda, J., Meyer, P.S., Naslund, H.R., Niu. Y.-L., Robinson, P.T., Snow, J., Stephen, R.A., Trimby, P.W., Worm, H.-U., and Yoshinobu, A. 1998. A long gabbro section in the oceanic crust; results of Leg 176 drilling, Southwest Indian Ridge. JOIDES Journal, 24.
Stephen, R.A., Collins, J.A., Peal, K.R., Hildebrand, J.A., Orcutt, J.A., Spiess, F.N., and Vernon, F.L., 1999. Seafloor seismic stations perform well in study. Trans. AGU (EOS), 80, 592.
Stephen, R.A., Austin, G.L., Babcock, J., Bolmer, S.T., Collins, J.A., Gieskes, J.M., Gould, M.R., Hildebrand, J.A., Hollinshead, C.B., Jabson, D.M., Jonke, P., Orcutt, J.A., Peal, K.R., Price, D.V., Spiess, F.N., and Vernon, F.L., 1999. The Ocean Seismic Network Pilot Experiment Recovery Cruise. WHOI Tech. Memo., WHOI-03-99.
Stephen, R.A., Cain, B., Faber, K., Gannon, J. and Maxwell, P., 1999. Advantages and limitations of VectorSeis accelerometers versus geophones. Input/Output Internal Report, Input/Output, Inc., Stafford, Texas.
Stephen, R.A., Cain, B., Faber, K., Kappius, R., Maxwell, P., Roche, S. and Tessman, J., 1999. Single-point versus multi-element string seismic measurements. Input/Output Internal Report, Input/Output, Inc., Stafford, Texas.
Dick, H.J.B., Natland, J.H., Miller, D.J., Alt, J.C., Bach, W., Bideau, D., Gee, J.S., Haggas, S.,Hertogen, J.G.H., Hirth, G., Holm, P.M., Ildefonse, B., Iturrino, J., John, B.E., Kelley, D.S., Kikawa, E., Kingdon, A., LeRoux, P.J., Maeda, J., Meyer, P.S., Naslund, H.R., Niu, Y.-L., Robinson, P.T., Snow, J., Stephen, R.A., Trimby, P.W., Worm, H.-U., and Yoshinobu, A., 1999. Proc. ODP, Init. Repts., 176 [CD-ROM]. Available from: Ocean Drilling Program, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX 77845-9547, USA.
Shipboard Scientific Party, 1999. Leg 176 Summary. In Dick, H.J.B., Natland, J.H., Miller, D.J., et al., Proc. ODP, Init. Repts., 176: College Station, TX (Ocean Drilling Program), 1-70.
Shipboard Scientific Party, 1999. Site 735. In Dick, H.J.B., Natland, J.H., Miller, D.J., et al., Proc. ODP, Init. Repts., 176, 1-314 [CD-ROM]. Available from: Ocean Drilling Program, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX 77845-9547, USA.
Stephen, R.A., Bolmer, S.T., Collins, J.A., Hildebrand, J.A., Orcutt, J.A., Peal, K.R., Spiess, F.N., and Vernon, F.L., 2000. The time dependence of ambient noise beneath the deep sea floor. In: "Exploring the earth at high resolution: the IRIS Proposal, July 1, 2001 to June 30, 2006, Incorporated Research Institutions for Seismology, Washington, August 2000, I-39.
Stephen, R.A., 2000. Ambient seismic noise beneath the deep sea floor. The Leading Edge. 19, 276-281.
Stephen, R.A., 2000. Notes on amplitude and phase response of pendulum seismometers and accelerometers. Input/Output Internal Report, Input/Output, Inc., Stafford, Texas.
Stephen, R.A., Gannon, J. and Cain, B., 2000. Specifications of micro-machined accelerometers for seismology. Input/Output Internal Report, Input/Output, Inc., Stafford, Texas.
Stephen, R.A., 2000. Notes on minimum phase wavelets and transfer functions. Input/Output Internal Report, Input/Output, Inc., Stafford, Texas.
Stephen, R.A., 2000. Notes on strike and dip as descriptors for geophone orientations. Input/Output Internal Report, Input/Output, Inc., Stafford, Texas.
Stephen, R.A., 2000. Notes on time series and spectra for geophones and accelerometers. Input/Output Internal Report, Input/Output, Inc., Stafford, Texas.
Stephen, R.A., Gannon, J., Cain, B., Faber, K., Kappius, R., Maxwell, P., Roche, S. and Tessman, J., 2000. Quantifying vector fidelity. Input/Output Internal Report, Input/Output, Inc., Stafford, Texas.
Collins, J.A., Vernon, F.L., Orcutt, J.A., and Stephen, R.A., 2000. Broadband seismology in the oceans: Lessons from the Ocean Seismic Network Pilot Experiment. In: "Exploring the earth at high resolution: the IRIS Proposal, July 1, 2001 to June 30, 2006, Incorporated Research Institutions for Seismology, Washington, August 2000, I-38.
Stephen, R.A., 2001. Data report: Physical properties measurements in ODP Hole 735B. In Natland, J.H., Dick, H.J.B., Miller, D.J., and von Herzen, R.P. (eds.), Proc. ODP., Sci. Results, 176, [Online]. Available from World Wide Web:
<http://www-odp.tamu.edu/publications/176_SR/chap_02/chap_02.htm>.
Stephen, R.A., Bolmer, S.T., Collins, J.A., Peal, K.R., Hildebrand, J.A., Orcutt, J.A., Spiess, F.N., and Vernon, F.L., 2001. The time dependence of ambient noise beneath the deep sea floor. In: Romanowicz, B., Suyehiro, K., and Kawakatsu, H. OHP/ION Joint Symposium, Long-term observations in the oceans: current status and perspectives for the future, January 21-27, Yamanashi, Japan, 84-87.
Stephen, R.A., Natland, J.H., Butler, R., Becker, K., Chave, A.D., Duennebier, F.K., 2001. Drilling at the H2O long term seafloor observatory. WHOI Technical Memorandum, WHOI-01-2001.
Stephen, R.A., 2001. Notes on calibrating spectra at Input/Output. Input/Output Internal Report, Input/Output, Inc., Stafford, Texas.
Stephen, R.A., 2001. More notes on spectra. Input/Output Internal Report, Input/Output, Inc., Stafford, Texas.
Stephen, R.A., 2001. The frequency dependence of dynamic range for geophones and VectorSeis modules. Input/Output Internal Report, Input/Output, Inc., Stafford, Texas.
Kasahara, J., Stephen, R.A., Baldauf, J., and Acton, G.D., 2001. Leg 200 scientific prospectus: Drilling at the H2O long-term seafloor observatory. Available from: Ocean Drilling Program, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX 77845-9547, USA.
Stephen, R.A., Kasahara, J., Acton, G.D., and the Leg 200 Scientific Party, 2002. ODP Leg 200: Drilling at the Hawaii-2 Observatory (H2O) and the Nuuanu Landslide. JOIDES Journal, JOI, Inc., Washington, D.C. 18-23.
Stephen, R.A., Bolmer, S.T., Collins, J.A., Peal, K.R., Hildebrand, J.A., Orcutt, J.A., Spiess, F.N. and Vernon, F.L., 2002. The Ocean Seismic Network Pilot Experiment. In : ODP's Greatest Hits 2, JOI, Inc., Washington, D.C. http://www.joiscience.org/greatesthits2/pdfs/stephen.pdf
Stephen, R.A., 2002. Ocean seismic network seafloor observatories. FATHOM Learning Center. http://www.fathom.com/feature/122132/ .
Shipboard Scientific Party, 2002. Leg 200 Preliminary Report: Drilling at the Hawaii-2 Observatory (H2O) and the Nuuanu landslide. Available from: Ocean Drilling Program, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX 77845-9547, USA. and Available from World Wide Web: <http://www-odp.tamu.edu/publications/prelim/200_prel/200PREL.PDF>. [Cited 2003-02-22]
Shipboard Scientific Party, 2002. Leg 200: Drilling at the Hawaii-2 Observatory (H2O) and the Nuuanu landslide - Downhole Logging Summary. Available from: Ocean Drilling Program, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX 77845-9547, USA. and Available from World Wide Web: <http://www.ldeo.columbia.edu/BRG/ODP/ODP/LEG_SUMM/200/leg200.html>. [Cited 2003-02-22]
Stephen, R.A., Kasahara, J., Acton, G.D. and the ODP Leg 200 Scientific Party, 2003. Ocean crustal drilling at the Hawaii-2 Observatory. The third international workshop on Scientific Use of Submarine Cables and Related Technologies, Komaba Campus, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan, June 25-27, 2003 (IEEE Catalog Number: 03EX660, SEIKEN Symposium 35).
Butler, R., Duennebier, F.K., Filloux, J.H., Harris, D., Mandea, M., Orcutt, J.A., Smith, K.D., Stephen, R.A., Tarits, P., Vernon, F.L. and Wooding, F.B. (2003). "2003-2004 upgrades and additions to the Hawaii-2 Observatory, in Proceedings of the 3rd International Workshop on Scientific Use of Submarine Cables and Related Technologies." IEEE Catalog Number 03EX660 315: 14-18.
Kasahara, J., S. Haraguchi, M. Nakamura, R. Stephen and Leg 200 Shipboard Party, 2003. Leg 200: Drilling at the Hawaii-II observatory (H2O) site and Nuuanu Landslide site, Monthly Chikyu, Special Vol., 40, 172-179, 2003 (In Japanese).
Odom, R.I. and Stephen, R.A., 2004. Proceedings, Seismo-acoustic applications in marine geology and geophysics workshop, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, 24-26 March 2004. Applied Physics Laboratory University of Washington Technical Report, APL-UW TR 0406. (Print and CD versions.)
Araki, E., Shinohara, M., Kanazawa, T., Suyehiro, K. and Stephen, R.A., 2005. T-phase dynamics in the Western Pacific. In: Papadakis, J.S. and Bjorno, L. (Eds), Proceedings of the International Conference on Underwater Acoustics Measurements, Heraklion, Greece, June 28-July 1, 2005.
Stephen, R.A. and Bolmer, S.T., 2006. Notes for Geoacoustic_TDFD. WHOI Technical Report, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Woods Hole, MA. WHOI-2006-03.