Christopher W Johnson

Rio Grande : Los Alamos, NM

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2025

[47] Hsu, Y., R. Burgmann, Z. Jiang, C. Tang, C.W. Johnson, D. Chen, H. Huang, M. Tang, X. Yang (2025). Hydrologically-induced crustal stress changes and their association with seismicity rates in Taiwan. Earth and Planetary Science Letters, Volume 651, 1 February 2025, 119181. Link

[46] Johnson, K. Wank, C. W. & Johnson, P. A. (2025). Automatic speech recognition predicts contemporaneous earthquake fault displacement. Nature Communications, Volume 16, 1, 1069. Link NVIDIA blog

2024

[45] Guyer, R. A., M. Samson, C. Marone, Johnson, P. A. & Johnson, C. W. (2024). On the anatomy of acoustic emission. Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 1 December 2024; 156 (6): 4116–4122. Link

[44] Johnson, C. W. & Johnson, P. A. (2024). Seismic features predict ground motions during repeating caldera collapse sequence. Geophysical Research Letters, 51, e2024GL108288. Link

[43] Ueda, T., Kato, A., Johnson, C. W., & Terakawa, T. (2024). Seasonal modulation of crustal seismicity in northeastern Japan driven by snow load. Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth, 129, e2023JB028217. Link

[42] Coblentz, D., J. van Wijk, J. Carmichael, C. Johnson, A. Delorey, C. Chai, M. Maceira, and R. M. Richardson. (2024). New approaches to an old problem: addressing spatial gaps in the World Stress Map. Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 546(1), SP546-2023. Link

2023

[41] Umlauft, J., Johnson, C. W., Roux, P., Trugman, D. T., Lecointre, A., Walpersdorf, A., et al. (2023). Mapping glacier basal sliding applying machine learning. Journal of Geophysical Research: Earth Surface, 128, e2023JF007280. Link

[40] Euser, B., C.W. Johnson, R. Guyer, R., E. Rougier, C.M. Donahue, G. Guthrie, A. Munjiza, P.A. Johnson, (2023) Straining to Find the Permeability Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 610, 118132 Link

2022

[39] P. A. Johnson and C. W. Johnson, (2022) Probing Seismogenic Faults with Machine Learning IEEE International Conference on Image Processing (ICIP), 2022, pp. 2371-2375, doi: 10.1109/ICIP46576.2022.9897239 Link

[38] Wang, K., C.W. Johnson, K.C. Bennett, P.A. Johnson (2022) Predicting future laboratory fault friction through deep learning transformer models Geophysical Research Letters Link & Code

[37] Chen, K.H., T-C. Yeh, Y. Chen, C.W. Johnson, C-H Lin, Y-C Lai, M-H Shih, P. Gueguen, W-G, Huang, B-S Huang, K-C Chen, C-J Lin, and C-S Ku (2022) Characteristics and impact of environmental shaking in the Taipei metropolitan area Scientific Reports 12, 743 . doi: 10.1038/s41598-021-04528-6 Link

2021

[36] Xue, L., Y. Fu, C.W. Johnson, J.J Otero-Torres, C.K. Shum, and R. Bürgmann (2021) Seasonal seismicity in the Lake Biwa region of central Japan moderately modulated by lake water storage changes Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth, 126, e2021JB023301. doi: 10.1029/2021JB023301 Link

[35] Wang, K., C.W. Johnson, K.C. Bennett, P.A. Johnson, (2021) Predicting Fault Slip via Transfer Learning Nat Commun 12, 7319. doi: 10.1038/s41467-021-27553-5 Link

[34] Delorey, A.A., G.H.R. Bokelmann, C.W. Johnson, and P.A. Johnson, (2021) Estimation of the orientation of stress in the Earth’s crust without earthquake or borehole data. Nature Commun Earth Environ 2, 190. doi: 10.1038/s43247-021-00244-1 Link

[33] Johnson, C.W. and P.A. Johnson, (2021) Learning the low frequency earthquake activity on the central San Andreas Fault Geophysical Research Letters, 48, e2021GL092951. doi: 10.1029/2021GL092951 Link

[32] Meng, H., Ben-Zion, Y., Johnson, C.W. (2021), Analysis of seismic signals generated by vehicle traffic with application to derivation of subsurface Q values. Seismological Research Letters; doi: 10.1785/0220200457 Link

[31] Dutilleul, P.R.L., C.W. Johnson, R. Bürgmann (2021) Periodicity Analysis of Earthquake Occurrence and Hypocenter Depth near Parkfield, California, 1994–2002 versus 2006‐2014. Geophysical Research Letters, 48, e2020GL089673. doi.org/10.1029/2020GL089673 Link

[30] Johnson, C.W., Lau, N., Borsa, A. (2021), An assessment of GPS velocity uncertainty Earth and Space Science, 7, e2020EA001345. doi:10.1029/2020EA001345 Link

2020

[29] Dutilleul, P.R.L., C.W. Johnson, R. Bürgmann (2020) Marked spatio-temporal point patterns, periodicity analysis and earthquakes: an analytical extension including hypocenter depth. Environmental and Ecological Statistics, doi:10.1007/s10651-020-00470-4 Link

[28] Snover, D., Johnson, C.W., Bianco, M.J., Gerstoft, P. (2020) Deep clustering to identify sources of urban seismic noise in Long Beach, CA Seismological Research Letters, 1-12, doi: 10.1785/0220200164. Link

[27] Johnson, C.W., Ben-Zion, Y., Meng, H., Vernon, F.L. (2020), Identifying different classes of seismic noise signals using unsupervised learning Geophysical Research Letters, 47. doi:10.1029/2020GL088353 Link

[26] Cheng, Y., Ben-Zion, Y., Brenguier, F., Johnson, C. W., Li, Z., Share, P., Mordret, A., Boué, P., Vernon F.L. (2020) Automated method for developing catalog of small earthquakes using data of dense seismic array and nearby stations.doi:10.1785/0220200134 Link

[25] Johnson, C.W., D. Kilb, A. Baltay, and F. Veron (2020), Peak ground velocity spatial variability revealed by dense seismic array in southern California Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth, 125. doi:10.1029/2019JB019157 Link

[24] Xue, L., C.W. Johnson, Y. Fu and R. Bürgmann (2020) Seasonal seismicity in the Western Branch of the East African Rift System, Geophys. Res. Lett.,47, doi:10.1029/2019GL085882 Link

[23] Johnson, C. W., Y. Fu, and R. Bürgmann (2020), Hydrospheric modulation of stress and seismicity on shallow faults in southern Alaska. Earth and Planetary Science Letters, doi:10.1016/j.epsl.2019.115904 Link

2019

[22] Brenguier, F., Boué, P., Ben-Zion, Y., Vernon, F., Johnson, C. W., Mordret, A., et al. (2019) Train traffic as a powerful noise source for monitoring active faults with seismic interferometry. Geophysical Research Letters. doi:10.1029/2019gl083438 Link

[21] Meng, H., Y. Ben-Zion, C.W. Johnson (2019) Detection of random noise and anatomy of continuous seismic waveforms in dense array data near Anza California. Geophysical Journal International. doi:10.1093/gji/ggz349 Link

[20] Johnson, C.W., H. Meng, F.L. Vernon, and Y. Ben-Zion (2019) Characteristics of ground motion generated by interaction of wind gusts with trees, structures and other obstacles above the surface. Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth, 124. doi:10.1029/2018jb017151 Link

[19] Qin, L., F.L. Vernon, C.W. Johnson, and Y. Ben-Zion (2019) Spectral characteristics of daily to seasonal ground motions using coherences at the Piñon Flats Observatory.Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America doi: https://doi.org/10.1785/0120190070 Link

[18] Johnson, C.W., F.L. Vernon, N. Nakata, and Y. Ben-Zion (2019) Atmospheric Processes Modulating Noise in Fairfield Nodal 5 Hz Geophones. Seismological Research Letters, https://doi.org/10.1785/0220180383 Link

2018

[17] Xu, W., Wu, S., Materna, K., Nadeau, R., Floyd, M., Funning, G., Chaussard, E., Johnson, C.W., Murray, J.R., Ding, X., Bürgmann, R. (2018) Interseismic ground deformation and fault slip rates in the greater San Francisco Bay Area from two decades of space geodetic data. Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth, 123. https://doi.org/10.1029/2018JB016004 Link

[16] Chen, K. H., Tai, H.‐J., Ide, S., Byrne, T., Johnson, C. W. (2018). Tidal modulation and tectonic implications of tremors in Taiwan. Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth, 123. https://doi.org/10.1029/2018JB015663 Link

[15] Xue, L., R. Bürgmann, D.R. Shelly, C.W. Johnson, T. Taira (2018) Kinematics of the 2015 San Ramon, California earthquake swarm: Implications for fault zone structure and driving mechanisms. Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 489. doi.org/10.1016/j.epsl.2018.02.018 Link

[14] M.T. Ramírez-Herrera, K. Gaidzik, S. Forman, V. Kostoglodov, R. Bürgmann, C.W. Johnson (2018) Relating the long-term and short-term vertical deformation across a transect of the forearc in the central Mexican subduction zone. Geosphere; 14 (2): 419–439. doi: https://doi.org/10.1130/GES01446.1 Link

2017

[13] Johnson, C. W., Y. Fu, and R. Bürgmann (2017), Stress models of the annual hydrospheric, atmospheric, thermal, and tidal loading cycles on California faults: Perturbation of background stress and changes in seismicity, Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth, 122. https://doi.org/10.1002/2017JB014778 Link

[12] Han, L., Z. Peng, C.W. Johnson, F.F. Pollitz, L. Li, B. Wang, J.Wu, Q. Li (2017) Shallow microearthquakes near Chongqing, China triggered by the Rayleigh waves of the 2015 M7.8 Gorkha, Nepal earthquake, EPSL, doi:10.1016/j.epsl.2017.09.024. Link

[11] Johnson, C. W., Y. N. Fu, and R. Burgmann (2017), Seasonal water storage, stress modulation, and California seismicity, Science, 356(6343), 1161-1164, doi:10.1126/science.aak9547. Link

[10] Delbridge, B.G, S. Kita, N. Uchida, C. W. Johnson, T. Matsuzawa, and R. Bürgmann (2017), Temporal variation of intermediate depth earthquakes around the time of to the M 9.0 Tohoku-Oki earthquake, Geophysical Research Letters, doi:10.1002/2017GL072876. Link

2016

[9] Johnson,C.W., E.J.Totten, and R. Bürgmann (2016), Depth migration of seasonally induced seismicity at The Geysers geothermal field, Geophys. Res. Lett., 43,6196–6204, doi:10.1002/2016GL069546. Link

[8] Chaussard, E., C. W. Johnson, H. Fattahi, and R. Bürgmann (2016), Potential and limits of InSAR to characterize interseismic deformation independently of GPS data: application to the southern San Andreas Fault system, Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems. Link

2015

[7] Johnson, C. W., and R. Bürgmann (2015), Delayed dynamic triggering: Local seismicity leading up to three remote M≥6 aftershocks of the 11 April 2012 M8.6 Indian Ocean earthquake, J. Geophys. Res. Solid Earth, 120, doi:10.1002/2015JB012243. Link

[6] Dutilleul, P., C. W. Johnson, R. Bürgmann, Y. Wan, and Z.-K. Shen (2015), Multi-frequential periodogram analysis of earthquake occurrence: An alternative approach to the Schuster spectrum, with two examples in central California, J. Geophys. Res. Solid Earth, 120, doi:10.1002/2015JB012467. Link

[5] Chaussard, E., R. Bürgmann, H. Fattahi, C. W. Johnson, R. Nadeau, T. Taira, and I. Johanson (2015), Interseismic coupling and refined earthquake potential on the Hayward-Calaveras fault zone, J. Geophys. Res. Solid Earth, 120, doi:10.1002/2015JB012230. Link

[4] Chaussard, E, R Bürgmann, H Fattahi, RM Nadeau, T Taira, CW Johnson, and I Johanson (2015), Potential for larger earthquakes in the East San Francisco Bay Area due to the direct connection between the Hayward and Calaveras Faults. Geophys. Res. Lett., 42, 2734–2741. doi: 10.1002/2015GL063575. Link

[3] Johnson, C. W., R. Burgmann, and F. F. Pollitz (2015), Rare dynamic triggering of remote M≥5.5 earthquakes from global catalog analysis, Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth, 120, doi:10.1002/2014JB011788. Link

2013

[2] Lifton, Z.M., A. V. Newman, K. L. Frankel, C.W. Johnson, and T. H. Dixon (2013), Insights into distributed plate rates across the Walker Lane from GPS geodesy, Geophys. Res. Lett., 40, doi:10.1002/grl.50804. Link

2012

[1] Foy, T. A., K. L. Frankel, Z. M. Lifton, C. W. Johnson, M. W. Caffee (2012), Distributed extensional deformation in a zone of right-lateral shear: Implications for geodetic versus geologic rates of deformation in the eastern California shear zone-Walker Lane, Tectonics, 31, TC4008, doi:10.1029/2011TC002930. Link