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DAVIS, PETER

Specialist

Degrees:

• B.S., Lehigh University, Pennsylvannia
• M.A., Princeton University, New Jersey
• Ph.D., Princeton University, New Jersey

Research Interests:

• Seismic velocity structure of the mantle
• Topography of mantle discontinuities
• Time series analysis
• Sensor calibration and performance

Honors and Awards:

• Alexander von Humboldt Fellowship, 1988-1989
• Postdoctoral Fellowship, Carnegie Institution of Washington, Department of Terrestrial Magnetism, 1986-1987
• Phi Beta Kappa, Lehigh University, 1979

Mentoring:

• Widmer-Schnidrig, Rudolf (Post Doc; 1998-1999)

Davis, P., and J. Berger, Initial impact of the GSN quality initiative on metadata accuracy, Seis. Res. Lett., 83 (4), 697-703, 2012.

Davis, P., and J. Berger, Calibration of the Global Seismographic Network using tides, Seis. Res. Lett., 78, 454-459, 2007.

Davis, P., M. Ishii and G. Masters, An assessment of the accuracy of GSN sensor response information, Seis. Res. Lett., 76, 678-683, 2005.

Park, J., R. Butler, K. Anderson, J. Berger, H. Benz, P. Davis, C.R. Hutt, C.S. McCreery, T. Ahern, G. Ekström, and R. Aster, Performance review of the Global Seismographic Network for the Sumatra-Andaman megathrust earthquake, Seis. Res. Lett., 76, 331-343, 2005.

Park, J., T.-R. Song, J. Tromp, E. Okal, S. Stein, G. Roult, E. Clevede, G. Laske, H. Kanamori, P. Davis, J. Berger, C. Braitenberg, M. Van Camp, X. Lei, H. Sun, H. Xu and S. Rosat, Earth’s free oscillations excited by the 26 December 2004 Sumatra-Andaman earthquake, Science, 308, 1140-1144, 2005.

Berger, J., P. Davis, and G. Ekstrom, Ambient Earth Noise: a survey of the Global Seismic Network, J. Geophys. Res., 109, B11307, 2004.

Al-Amri, A.M., P. Davis, M.S. Al-Amri, A.A. Gharib and J. Berger, Seismic characteristics of RAYN/GSN Station, Saudi Arabia, J. King Saud Univ. 11, 81 – 92, 1999.

Barker, B., M. Clark, Peter Davis, M. Fisk, M. Hedlin, H. Israelsson, V. Khalturin, W.Y. Kim, K. McLaughlin, C. Meade, J. Murphy, R. North, J. Orcutt, C. Powell, P.G. Richards, R. Stead, J. Stevens, F. Vernon and T. Wallace, Monitoring nuclear tests, Science 281, 1967-1968, 1998.

Weber, Michael, J. Peter Davis, Christine Thomas, Frank Krueger, Frank Scherbaum, Joerg Schlittenhardt, and Martin Koernig, The structure of the lowermost mantle as determined using seismic arrays, Seismic Modelling of Earth Structure, Enzo Boschi, Goran Ekstrom, and Andrea Morelli, eds., Editrice Compositori, 339-442, 1996.

Weber, Michael and J. Peter Davis, Evidence of a laterally inhomogeneous lower mantle structure from P- and S-waves, Geophys. J. Internat. 103, 231-255, 1990.

Davis, J. Peter, Free oscillations of the Earth, Encyclopedia of Solid Earth Geophysics, David E. James, ed., Van Nostrand Reinhold, 431--441, 1989.

Davis, J. Peter, I. Selwyn Sacks, and Alan T. Linde, Source complexity of small earthquakes near Matsushiro, Japan , Tectonophysics 166, 175--187, 1989.

Davis, J. Peter, Rainer Kind and I. Selwyn Sacks, Precursors to P’P’ re-examined using broadband data (1989), Geophys. J. Internat. 99, 595--604, 1989.

Davis, J. Peter and Michael Weber, Lower mantle velocity inhomogeneity observed at GRF array (1989), Geophys. Res. Lett. 17, 187--190, 1989.

Davis, J. Peter, Local eigenfrequency and its uncertainty inferred from fundamental spheroidal mode frequency shifts (1987), Geophys. J. R. Astr. Soc. 88, 693--722, 1987.

Davis, J. Peter and Ivan H. Henson, Validity of the great circular average approximation for inversion of normal mode measurements , Geophys. J. R. Astr. Soc. 85, 69--92, 1986.

Davis, J. Peter, Variations in apparent attenuation of the Earth's normal modes due to lateral inhomogeneity, Geophys. Res. Lett. 12, 141--144, 1984.

Crampin, Stuart, J. Russell Evans, Mark Doyle and J. Peter Davis, Comments on papers about shear-wave splitting in dilatancy-induced anisotropy by I. N. Gupta, A. Ryall and W. U. Savage, Bull. Seis. Soc. Am. 71, 375--377, 1980.

Crampin, Stuart, J. Russell Evans, Balamir Ucer, Mark Doyle, J. Peter Davis, G. Yegorkina and Alistair Miller, Observations of dilatancy-induced polarization anomalies and earthquake prediction, Nature 286, 874--877, 1980.