Exciting news! We're transitioning to the Statewide California Earthquake Center. Our new website is under construction, but we'll continue using this website for SCEC business in the meantime. We're also archiving the Southern Center site to preserve its rich history. A new and improved platform is coming soon!

Robert S. Yeats

Earth Consultants International
Senior Consultant and Partner

Expertise: Active fault geology, blind thrust and active foldsUse of petrolium-gnerated well data and seismic profiles Offshore bathymetry, backsatler, submersible
 
 
About Me Publications
Yeats, R. S., & Gath, E. M. (2002). The role of geology in seismic hazard mitigation. In Y. Bozorgnia, & V. Bertero (Eds.), Earthquake Engineering: Recent Advances and Applications, (in preparation). SCEC Contribution 708
Yeats, R. S. (2012). Active Faults of the World. , : Cambridge University Press. SCEC Contribution 1773
Langenheim, V. E., Wright, T. L., Okaya, D. A., Yeats, R. S., Fuis, G. S., Thygesen, K., & Thybo, H. (2011). Structure of the San Fernando Valley region, California: Implications for seismic hazard and tectonic history. Geosphere, 7(2), 528-572. doi: 10.1130/GES00597.1. SCEC Contribution 1447
Yeats, R. S. (2007). Paleoseismology: Why can't earthquakes keep on schedule?. Geology, 35(9), 863-864. doi: 10.1130/focus092007.1. SCEC Contribution 1140
Plesch, A., Shaw, J. H., Bryant, W. A., Carena, S., Cooke, M. L., Dolan, J. F., Fuis, G. S., Gath, E. M., Grant Ludwig, L. B., Hauksson, E., Jordan, T. H., Kamerling, M. J., Legg, M. R., Lindvall, S. C., Magistrale, H., Nicholson, C., Niemi, N. A., Oskin, M. E., Perry, S. C., Planansky, G., Rockwell, T. K., Shearer, P. M., Sorlien, C. C., Suess, M., Suppe, J., Treiman, J. A., & Yeats, R. S. (2007). Community Fault Model (CFM) for Southern California. Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America, 97(6), 1793-1802. doi: 10.1785/0120050211. SCEC Contribution 1134
Levi, S., Nabelek, J., & Yeats, R. S. (2005). Paleomagnetism-Based Limits on Earthquake Magnitudes in Northwestern Metropolitan Los Angeles, California, USA. Geology, 33(5), 401-404. doi: 10.1130/G21190.1. SCEC Contribution 888
Yeats, R. S., & Gath, E. M. (2004). The role of geology in seismic hazard mitigation. In Y. Bozorgnia, & V. Bertero (Eds.), Earthquake Engineering: From Engineering seismology to performance-based Engineering, (, pp. 23) Boca Raton, FL, : CRC Press SCEC Contribution 886
Yeats, R. S. (2004). Tectonics of the San Gabriel Basin and Surroundings, Southern California. Geological Society of America Bulletin, 116(9), 1158-1182. doi: 10.1130/B25346.1. SCEC Contribution 756
Levi, S., & Yeats, R. S. (2003). Paleomagnetic definition of crustal fragmentation and Quaternary block rotations in the east Ventura basin and San Fernando Valley, southern California. Tectonics, 22(5), 15.1-15.16. doi: 10.1029/2002TC001377. SCEC Contribution 729
Yeats, R. S. (2003). Seismology and Society: A College Course in Why It All Matters. Seismological Research Letters, 74(5), 625-627. SCEC Contribution 695
Yeats, R. S. (2003). Ridge Basin and San Gabriel fault in the Castaic Lowland, southern California. , : Geological Society of America. doi: 10.1130/0-8137-2367-1.131. SCEC Contribution 641
Myers, D. J., Nabelek, J., & Yeats, R. S. (2003). Dislocation Modeling of the Blind Thrusts in the Eastern Los Angeles Basin, California. Journal of Geophysical Research, 108(B9), 2443. doi: 10.1029/2002JB002150. SCEC Contribution 481
Azor Pérez, A., Keller, E. A., & Yeats, R. S. (2002). Geomorphic Indicators of Active Fold Growth: South Mountain - Oak Ridge Anticline, Ventura Basin, Southern California. Geological Society of America Bulletin, 114(6), 745-753. doi: 10.1130/0016-7606(2002)114<0745:GIOAFG>2.0.CO;2. SCEC Contribution 650
Yeats, R. S. (2002). Geology of Earthquakes. Encyclopedia of Physical Science and Technology, Third Edition, (, pp. 649-661) , : doi: 10.1016/B0-12-227410-5/00475-0. SCEC Contribution 643
Bjorklund, T., Burke, K., Zhou, H., & Yeats, R. S. (2002). Miocene Rifting in the Los Angeles Basin: Evidence From the Puente Hills Half-Graben, Volcanic Rocks, and P-Wave Tomography. Geology, 30(5), 451-454. doi: 10.1130/0091-7613(2002)030<0451:MRITLA>2.0.CO;2. SCEC Contribution 642
Lee, J., Chen, Y., Sieh, K., Mueller, K. J., Chen, W., Chu, H., Chan, Y., Rubin, C. M., & Yeats, R. S. (2001). A Vertical Exposure of the 1999 Surface Rupture of the Chelungpu Fault at Wufeng, Western Taiwan: Structural and Paleoseismic Implications for an Active Thrust Fault. Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America, 91(5), 914-929. doi: 10.1785/0120000742. SCEC Contribution 644
Rubin, C. M., Sieh, K., Chen, Y., Lee, J., Chu, H., Yeats, R. S., Mueller, K. J., & Chan, Y. (2001). Surface rupture and behavior of thrust faults probed in Taiwan. Eos, Transactions, American Geophysical Union, 82(47), 565-569. doi: 10.1029/01EO00331. SCEC Contribution 633
Yeats, R. S. (2001). Neogene Tectonics of the East Ventura and San Fernando Basins, California: An Overview. In T. L. Wright, & R. S. Yeats (Eds.), Geology and Tectonics of the East Ventura Basin and San Fernando Valley, (, pp. 9-36) Bakersfield, CA, : San Joaquin Geological Society SCEC Contribution 577
Yeats, R. S., Swanson, B. J., & Dolan, J. F. (2001). Geology and Tectonics of the East Ventura Basin. In T. L. Wright, & R. S. Yeats (Eds.), Geology and Tectonics of the East Ventura Basin and San Fernando Valley, (, pp. 203-224) Bakersfield, CA, : San Joaquin Geological Society SCEC Contribution 576
Yeats, R. S. (2001). Living with Earthquakes in California. , : Oregon State University Press. SCEC Contribution 480
Tsutsumi, H., Yeats, R. S., & Huftile, G. J. (2001). Late Cenozoic Tectonics of the Northern Los Angeles Fault System, California. Geological Society of America Bulletin, 113(4), 454-468. doi: 10.1130/0016-7606(2001)113<0454:LCTOTN>2.0.CO;2. SCEC Contribution 230
Yeats, R. S. (2000). The 1968 Inangahua, New Zealand, and 1994 Northridge, California, Earthquakes: Implications for Northwest Nelson. New Zealand Journal of Geology and Geophysics, 43, 587-599. SCEC Contribution 522
Tsutsumi, H., & Yeats, R. S. (1999). Tectonic Setting of the 1971 Sylmar and 1994 Northridge Earthquakes in the San Fernando Valley, California. Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America, 89(5), 1232-1249. SCEC Contribution 387
Yeats, R. S. (1998). Living with Earthquakes in the Pacific Northwest. , : Oregon State University Press. SCEC Contribution 436
Yeats, R. S., Sieh, K., & Allen, C. R. (1997). The Geology of Earthquakes. New York City, USA: Oxford University Press. SCEC Contribution 246
Huftile, G. J., & Yeats, R. S. (1996). Deformation Rates Across the Placerita (Northridge Mw = 6.7 Aftershock Zone) and Hopper Canyon Segments of the Western Transverse Ranges Deformation Belt. Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America, 86(1B, supplement), S3-S18. SCEC Contribution 225
Schneider, C., Hummon, C., Yeats, R. S., & Huftile, G. J. (1996). Structural Evolution of the Northern Los Angeles Basin, California, Based on Growth Strata. Tectonics, 15(2), 341-355. doi: 10.1029/95TC02523. SCEC Contribution 200
Chan, P., & Yeats, R. S. (1995). Convergence Rates Across a Displacement Transfer Zone in the Western Transverse Ranges Near Ventura, California. Journal of Geophysical Research, 100(B2), 2043-2067. doi: 10.1029/94JB02473. SCEC Contribution 93
Huftile, G. J., & Yeats, R. S. (1995). Cenozoic Structure of the Piru 7 1/2 Minute Quadrangle, California. , : . SCEC Contribution 201
Yeats, R. S., & Huftile, G. J. (1995). The Oak Ridge Fault System and the 1994 Northridge Earthquake. Nature, 373(6513), 418-420. doi: 10.1038/373418a0. SCEC Contribution 127
Dolan, J. F., Sieh, K., Rockwell, T. K., Yeats, R. S., Shaw, B. E., Suppe, J., Huftile, G. J., & Gath, E. M. (1995). Prospects for Larger or More Frequent Earthquakes in the Los Angeles Metropolitan Region. Science, 267(5195), 199-205. doi: 10.1126/science.267.5195.199. SCEC Contribution 119
Yeats, R. S., & Huftile, G. J. (1994). Late Cenozoic Tectonics of the East Ventura Basin, Transverse Ranges, California. American Association of Petroleum Geologists Bulletin, 78(7), 1040-1074. SCEC Contribution 92
Schwartz, D., & Yeats, R. S. (1994). Proceedings of the workshop on Paleoseismology, 18-22 September 1994, Marshall, California. , : . SCEC Contribution 276
Hummon, C., Schneider, C., Yeats, R. S., Dolan, J. F., Sieh, K., & Huftile, G. J. (1994). Wilshire Fault: Earthquakes in Hollywood?. Geology, 22(4), 291-294. doi: 10.1130/0091-7613(1994)022<0291:WFEIH>2.3.CO;2. SCEC Contribution 175
Yeats, R. S. (1993). Tectonics: Converging More Slowly. Nature, 366(6453), 299-301. doi: 10.1038/366299a0. SCEC Contribution 99
Hummon, C., Schneider, C., Yeats, R. S., & Huftile, G. J. (1992). Active Tectonics of the North Los Angeles Basin: An Analysis of Subsurface Data. Presentation at 35th Assoc. of Engineering Geologists National Convention. SCEC Contribution 87

Last updated Jun 16, 2016.