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Chousianitis, K., S. Sboras, V. Özbey, R. McCaffrey, and S. Ergintav, Block kinematics, interseismic coupling and fault slip rates in the Aegean region from GPS and earthquake slip vector data: 1. Upper plate structures, J. Geophys. Res., 2026.
Chousianitis, K., V. Özbey, S. Sboras, R. McCaffrey, and S. Ergintav, Block kinematics, interseismic coupling and fault slip rates in the Aegean region from GPS and earthquake slip vector data: 2. Hellenic subduction system, J. Geophys. Res., 2026.
Lisowski, M., R. McCaffrey, C.W. Wicks, and D. Dzurisin, Geodetic constraints on a 25-year magmatic inflation episode near Three Sisters, central Oregon, J. Geophys. Res., 126, https://doi.org/10.1029/2021JB022360, 2021. (PDF)(Supplement)
Cosenza-Muralles, B., C. DeMets, B. Marquez-Azua, O. Sanchez, J. Stock, E. Cabral-Cano, and R. McCaffrey, GPS-derived interseismic fault locking along the Jalisco-Colima segment of the Mexico subduction zone, Geophys. J. Int., https://doi.org/10.1093/gji/ggab436, 2021.
Cosenza-Muralles, B., C DeMets, B. Marquez-Azua, O. Sanchez, J. Stock, E. Cabral-Cano, and R. McCaffrey, Coseismic and postseismic deformation for the 1995 Colima-Jalisco and 2003 Tecomán thrust earthquakes, Mexico subduction zone, from modelling of GPS data, Geophys. J. Int., https://doi.org/10.1093/gji/ggab435, 2021.
Özbey, V.. M. S. Ozeren, P. Henry, E. Klein, G. Galgana, H. Karabulut, D. Lange and R. McCaffrey, Kinematics of the Marmara Region: a fusion of continuum and block models, Mediterranean Geoscience Reviews, https://doi.org/10.1007/s42990-021-00051-y, 2021.
Ellis, A., DeMets, C., McCaffrey, R., & 16 others, GPS constraints on deformation in northern Central America from 1999 to 2017, Part 2: Block rotations and fault slip rates, fault locking, and distributed deformation, Geophys. J. Int., 218, 729--754, 2019.
Ellis, A., et al., GPS constraints on deformation in northern Central America from 1999 to 2017, Part I - Time-dependent modelling of large regional earthquakes and their post-seismic effects, Geophys. J. Int. 214, 2177-2194, 2018. (PDF)
Li, S., J. Freymueller, and R. McCaffrey, Slow slip events and time-dependent variations in locking beneath Lower Cook Inlet of the Alaska-Aleutian subduction zone, J. Geophys. Res., 121, doi:10.1002/2015JB012491, 2016. (PDF)
McCaffrey, R., R. W. King, R. E. Wells, M. Lancaster and M. M. Miller, Contemporary deformation in the Yakima fold and thrust belt estimated with GPS, Geophys. J. Int., 207, doi:10.1093/gji/ggw252, 2016. (PDF)(Supplement)
Graham, S. E., C. DeMets, E. Cabral-Cano, V. Kostoglodov, B. Rousset, A. Walpersdorf, N. Cotte, C. Lasserre, R. McCaffrey and L. Salazar-Tlaczani, Slow slip history for the MEXICO subduction zone: 2005 through 2011, Pure Appl. Geophys., doi 10.1007/s00025-015-1211-x, 2015. (PDF)
McCaffrey, R., Interseismic locking on the Hikurangi subduction zone: Uncertainties from slow-slip events, J. Geophys. Res., 119, doi:10.1002/2014JB010945, 2014. (PDF)
Dixon, T.H., Y. Jiamg, R. Malseversi, R. McCaffrey, N. Voss, M. Protti and V. Gonzalez, Earthquake and tsunami forecasts: Relation of slow slip events to subsequent earthquake rupture, PNAS, www.pnas.org/cgi/doi/10.1073/pnas.1412299111, 2014.
Schmalzle, G. M., R. McCaffrey, and K. Creager, Central Cascadia Subduction Zone Creep, Geophysics, Geochemistry, Geosystems, doi: 10.1002/2013GC005172, 2014. (PDF)
Graham, S. E., C. DeMets, E. Cabral-Cano, V. Kostoglodov, A. Walpersdorf, N. Cotte, M. Brudzinski, R. McCaffrey, L. Salazar-Tlaczani, GPS constraints on the 2011-2012 Oaxaca slow slip event that preceded the 2012 March 20 Ometepec earthquake, southern Mexico, Geophys. J. Int. 197, 1593-1607, doi: 10.1093/gji/ggu019, 2014. (PDF)
Graham, S. E., C. DeMets, E. Cabral-Cano, V. Kostoglodov, A. Walpersdorf, N. Cotte, M. Brudzinski, R. McCaffrey, L. Salazar-Tlaczani, GPS constraints on Mw = 7.5 Ometepec earthquake sequence, southern Mexico: coseismic and postseismic deformation, Geophys. J. Int. 197, doi: 10.1093/gji/ggu167, 2014. (PDF)
Pearson, C. F., R. S. Snay, R. McCaffrey, Towards an integrated model of the interseismic velocity field along the western margin of North America, in C. Rizos and P. Willis (eds.), Earth on the Edge: Science for a Sustainable Planet, International Association of Geodesy Symposia 139, DOI 10.1007/978-3-642-37222-3_20, 2014.
Petersen, M. D., Y. Zeng, K. M. Haller, R. McCaffrey, W. C. Hammond, P. Bird, M. Moschetti, Z.-K. Shen, J. Bormann and W. Thatcher, Geodesy- and geology-based slip-rate models for the Western United States (excluding California) national seismic hazard maps: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2013-1293, 80 p., 2014. (PDF)
Parsons, T., K. M. Johnson, P. Bird, J.M. Bormann, T.E. Dawson, E.H. Field, W.C. Hammond, T.A. Herring, R. McCaffrey, Z.-K. Shen, W.R. Thatcher, R.J. Weldon II, and Y. Zeng, Appendix C-Deformation models for UCERF3, USGS Open-File Report, v. 2013-1165, 66 pp., 2013. (PDF)
Wells, R., and R. McCaffrey, Rotation of the Cascade Arc, Geology, 41, 1027-1030, doi: 10.1130/G34514.1 2013. (PDF)
Payne, S. J., R. McCaffrey, and S. A. Kattenhorn, Extension Driven Right-lateral Shear in the Centennial Shear Zone Adjacent to the Eastern Snake River Plain, Idaho, Lithosphere, doi: 10.1130/L200.1, 2013. (PDF)
McCaffrey, R., R. W. King, S. J. Payne, and M. Lancaster, Active Tectonics
of Northwestern US inferred from GPS-derived Surface
Velocities, J. Geophys. Res., 118, doi:10.1029/2012JB009473, 2013.
(PDF,
Velocity field)
Zhang, Z., R. McCaffrey, and P. Zhang, Relative motion across the eastern Tibetan plateau: contributions from faulting, internal strain rates and rotation, Tectonophysics, 584, 240-256, 2013. (PDF)
Payne, S. J., R. McCaffrey, R.W. King, and S. A. Kattenhorn, A new interpretation of deformation rates in the Snake River Plain and adjacent basin and range regions based on GPS measurements, Geophys. J. Int., doi:10.1111/j.1365-246X.2012.05370.x, 2012. (PDF)
McCaffrey, R., Earthquakes and Crustal Deformation, in Harsh K. Gupta (ed.), Encyclopedia of Solid Earth Geophysics, DOI 10.1007/978-90-481-8702-7, Springer Science+BusinessMedia B.V., p. 218-226, 2011.
Prawirodirdjo, L., R. McCaffrey, C. D. Chadwell, Y. Bock, and C. Subarya, Geodetic observations of an earthquake cycle at the Sumatra subduction zone: The role of interseismic strain segmentation, J. Geophys. Res.,115, B03414, doi:10.1029/2008JB006139, 2010. (PDF)
Pearson, C., R. McCaffrey, J. L. Elliott, R. Snay, HTDP 3.0: Software for coping with the coordinate changes associated with crustal motion, Journal of Survey Engineering, 136, 2, 80-90, 2010.
McCaffrey, R., Time-dependent inversion of three-component continuous GPS for steady and transient sources in northern Cascadia, Geophys. Res. Lett., 36, L07304, doi:10.1029/2008GL036784, 2009. (PDF) (Supplement Part 1 [9MB]; Part 2 [Fig. A8; 23MB]).
McCaffrey, R., The tectonic framework of the Sumatran subduction zone, Annual Reviews of Earth and Planetary Sciences, 37, 345-366, 2009. (PDF)
Petersen, T., J. Beavan, P. Denys, M. Denham, B. Field, C. Francois-Holden, R. McCaffrey, N. Palmer, M. Reyners, J. Ristau, S. Samsonov, and The GeoNet team, The Mw 6.7 George Sound earthquake of October 15, 2007: Response and preliminary results, Bulletin of the New Zealand Society for Earthquake Engineering, 42, 129-141 2009. (PDF)
Wallace, L. and 21 others, Characterizing the seismogenic zone of a major plate boundary subduction thrust: Hikurangi Margin, New Zealand, Geochemisrty Geophysics Geosystems, 10, Q10006, doi:10.1029/2009GC002610, 2009. (PDF)
Wallace, L. M., J. Beavan, S. Miura, and R. McCaffrey, Using global positioning system data to assess tectonic hazards, in eds C. B. Connor, N. A. Chapman, and L. J. Connor, Volcanic and tectonic hazard assessment for nuclear facilities, Cambridge University Press, p. 156-175, 2009.
McCaffrey, R., L.M. Wallace, and J. Beavan, Slow slip and frictional transition at low temperature at the Hikurangi subduction zone, Nature Geoscience, 1, 316-320, 2008. (PDF)
McCaffrey, R., Global frequency of magnitude 9 earthquakes, Geology, 36, 263-266, 2008. (PDF)
Payne, S. J., R. McCaffrey, and R.W. King, Strain rates and contemporary deformation in the Snake River Plain and surrounding Basin and Range from GPS and seismicity, Geology, 36, 647-650, 2008. (PDF)
Francois-Holden, C., and 10 others, The Mw 6.6 Gisborne earthquake of 2007: records and general source analysis, Bulletin of the New Zealand Society for Earthquake Engineering, 41, 266-277, 2008. (PDF)
McCaffrey, R., The Next Great Earthquake, Science, 315, 1675-1676, 2007. (PDF)
Galgana, G., M. Hamburger, R. McCaffrey, E. Corpuz, and Q. Chen, Crustal deformation in Luzon Island, Philippines using terrain models, geodetic observations and focal mechanisms, Tectonophysics, 432, 63-87, 2007. (PDF)
McCaffrey, R., A. I. Qamar, R. W. King, R. Wells, G. Khazaradze, C. A. Williams, C. W. Stevens, J. J. Vollick, and P. C. Zwick, Fault locking, Block Rotation and Crustal Deformation in the Pacific Northwest, Geophys. J. Int., v. 169, p. 1315-1340, doi:10.1111/j.1365-246X.2007.03371.x, 2007. (PDF; Velocity field; Supplement).
Subarya, C., M. Chlieh, L. Prawirodirdjo, J.-P. Avouac, Y. Bock, K. Sieh, A. J. Meltzner, D. H. Natawidjaja, and R. McCaffrey, Plate-boundary deformation of the great Aceh-Andaman earthquake, Nature 440, p. 46-51, doi10.1038, 2006. (PDF) (Supplement)
Wallace, L.M., J. Beavan, R. McCaffrey, K. Berryman, and P. Denys, Balancing the plate motion budget in the South Island, New Zealand using GPS, geological and seismological data, Geophys. J. Int., doi:10.1111/j.1365-246X.2006.03183.x, 2006. (PDF)
Socquet, A., W. Simons, C. Vigny, R. McCaffrey, C. Subarya, D. Sarsito, B. Ambrosius, and W. Spakman, Microblock rotations and fault coupling in SE Asia triple junction (Sulawesi, Indonesia) from GPS and earthquake slip vector data, J. Geophys. Res., 111, B08409, doi:10.1029/2005JB003963, 2006. (PDF)
McCaffrey, R., Block kinematics of the Pacific - North America plate boundary in the southwestern US from inversion of GPS, seismological, and geologic data, J. Geophys. Res. 110, B07401, doi:10.1029/2004JB003307, 2005. (PDF and Supplemental data).
Wallace, L.M., R. McCaffrey, J. Beavan, and S. Ellis, Rapid microplate rotations and backarc rifting at the transition between collision and subduction, Geology 33, 857-860, 2005. (PDF)
Wallace, L.M., C. W. Stevens, E. Silver, R. McCaffrey, W. Loratung, S. Hasiata, R. Curley, R. Rosa, J. Taugaloidi, and H. Davies, GPS constraints on active tectonics and arc-continent collision in Papua New Guinea: evidence for edge-driven microplate rotations, J. Geophys. Res. 109, B05404, doi:10.1029/2003JB002481, 2004. (PDF)
Wallace, L. M., J. Beavan, R. McCaffrey, and D. Darby, Subduction zone coupling and tectonic block rotations in the North Island, New Zealand, J. Geophys. Res. 109, B12406, doi:10.1029/2004JB003241, 2004. (PDF)
Bock, Y., L. Prawirodirdjo, J. F. Genrich, C. W. Stevens, R. McCaffrey, C. Subarya, S. S. O. Puntodewo, and E. Calais, Microplate tectonics of Indonesia from Global Positioning System measurements, 1989-1994, J. Geophys. Res., 108, 2367, doi:10.1029/2001JB000324, 2003. (PDF)
McCaffrey, R., Crustal block rotations and plate coupling, in Plate Boundary Zones, S. Stein and J. Freymueller, editors, AGU Geodynamics Series 30, 101-122, 2002. (PDF)
Stevens, C. W., R. McCaffrey, Y. Bock, J. F. Genrich, M. Pubellier, and C. Subarya, Evidence for Block Rotations and Basal Shear in the World's Fastest Slipping Continental Shear Zone in NW New Guinea, in Plate Boundary Zones, S. Stein and J. Freymueller, editors, AGU Geodynamics Series 30, 87-99, 2002. (PDF)
Vigny, C., H. Perfettini, A. Walpersdorf, W. Simons, D. van Loon, B. Ambrosius, C. W. Stevens, R. McCaffrey, Y. Bock, P. Morgan, C. Subarya, P. Manurung, J. Kahar, H. z. Abidin, and S. H. Abu, Migration of seismicity and earthquake interactions monitored by GPS in SE Asia triple junction, Sulawesi, Indonesia, J. Geophys. Res., 107, 2231, doi:10.1029/2001JB000377, 2002. (PDF)
Williams, C. A., and R. McCaffrey, Stress rates in the central Cascadia subduction zone inferred from an elastic plate model, Geophys. Res. Lett., 28, 2125-2128, 2001. (PDF)
Masturyono, R. McCaffrey, D. A. Wark, S. W. Roecker, Fauzi, G. Ibrahim, and Sukhyar, Distribution of magma beneath Toba Caldera, North Sumatra, Indonesia, Constrained by 3-dimensional P-wave velocities, seismicity, and gravity data, Geochemistry, Geophysics & Geosystems,vol. 2, 2001. (PDF)
McCaffrey, R., M. D. Long, C. Goldfinger, P. Zwick, J. Nabelek, and C. Smith, Rotation and plate locking at the southern Cascadia subduction zone, Geophys. Res. Lett., 27, 3117-3120, 2000. (PDF)
McCaffrey, R., P. Zwick, Y. Bock, L. Prawirodirdjo, J. Genrich, C. W. Stevens, S. S. O. Puntodewo, and C. Subarya, Strain partitioning during oblique plate convergence in northern Sumatra: Geodetic and seismologic constraints and numerical modeling, J. Geophys. Res., 105, 28,363-28,376, 2000. (PDF)
Genrich, J.F., Y. Bock, R. McCaffrey, L. Prawirodirdjo, C.W. Stevens, S.S.O. Puntodewo, C. Subarya, and S. Wdowinski, Distribution of slip at the northern Sumatra fault System, J. Geophys. Res., 105, 28,327-28,341, 2000. (PDF)
Stevens, C., R. McCaffrey, Y. Bock, J. Genrich, C. Vigny, C. Subarya, S.S.O. Puntodewo, and Fauzi, GPS evidence for rapid rotations about a vertical axis in a collisional setting: the Palu fault of Sulawesi, Indonesia, Geophys. Res. Lett., 26, 2677-2680, 1999. (PDF)
McCaffrey, R., and J. Nabelek, Role of oblique convergence in the active deformation of the Himalayas and southern Tibet plateau, Geology, 26, 691-694, 1998. (PDF)
Stevens, C., R. McCaffrey, E. Silver, Z. Sombo, P. English, and J. van der Kevie, Mid-crustal detachment and ramp faulting in the Markham Valley, Papua New Guinea, Geology, 26, 847-850, 1998. (PDF)
McCaffrey, R., Influences of recurrence times and fault zone temperatures on the age-rate dependence of subduction zone seismicity, J. Geophys. Res., 102, 22839-22854, 1997. (PDF)
McCaffrey, R., Statistical significance of the seismic coupling coefficient, Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America, 87, 1069-1073, 1997. (PDF)
Prawirodirdjo, L., Y. Bock, R. McCaffrey, J. Genrich, E. Calais, C. Stevens, S. S. O. Puntodewo, C. Subarya, and J. Rais, Geodetic observations of interseismic strain segmentation at the Sumatra subduction zone, Geophys. Res. Lett., 2601-2604, 1997. (PDF)
McCaffrey, R., Estimates of modern arc-parallel strain rates in fore arcs, Geology 24, 27-30, 1996. (PDF)
Fauzi, R. M., R. McCaffrey, D. Wark, P.Y. Prih Haryadi, and Sunarjo, Lateral variation in slab orientation beneath Toba caldera, northern Sumatra, Geophys. Res. Lett., 23, 443-446, 1996. (PDF)
Genrich, J., Y. Bock, R. McCaffrey, E. Calais, C. Stevens, and C. Subarya, Accretion of the southern Banda arc to the Australian plate margin determined by Global Positioning System measurements, Tectonics, 15, 288-295, 1996. (PDF)
McCaffrey, R., Slip partitioning at convergent plate boundaries of SE Asia, in Tectonic Evolution of SE Asia Symposium, Geol. Soc. Special Publication No. 106, 3-18, 1996.
McCaffrey, R., and C. Goldfinger, Forearc deformation and great subduction earthquakes: Implications for Cascadia offshore earthquake potential, Science 267, 856-859, 1995. (PDF)
Abers, G.A., and R. McCaffrey, Active arc-continent collision: Earthquakes, gravity anomalies and fault kinematics in the Huon-Finisterre collision zone, Papua New Guinea, Tectonics 13, 227-245, 1994. (PDF)
McCaffrey, R., Global variability in subduction thrust zone - forearc systems, Pure & Applied Geophysics 142(1), 173-224, 1994.
Tregoning, P., F. Brunner, Y. Bock, S.S.O. Puntodewo, R. McCaffrey, E. Calais, J. Genrich, J. Rais, and C. Surbarya, First geodetic measurement of convergence across the Java trench, Geophys. Res. Lett. 21, 2135-2138, 1994. (PDF)
McCaffrey, R., Dependence of earthquake size distributions on convergence rates at subduction zones, Geophys. Res. Lett. 21, 2327-2330, 1994. (PDF)
Puntodewo, S.S.O., R. McCaffrey, E. Calais, Y. Bock, J. Rais, C. Subarya, R. Poewariardi, C. Stevens, Fauzi, J. Genrich, and P. Zwick, GPS measurements of crustal deformation within the Pacific-Australia plate boundary zone in Irian Jaya, Indonesia, Tectonophysics 237, 141-153, 1994. (PDF)
McCaffrey, R., On the role of the upper plate in great subduction zone earthquakes, J. Geophys. Res. 98, 11,953-11,966, 1993. (PDF)
Kulig, C., R. McCaffrey, G. Abers, and H. Letz, Shallow seismicity of arc-continent collision near Lae, Papua New Guinea, Tectonophysics 227, 81-93, 1993.
McCaffrey, R., Oblique plate convergence, slip vectors, and forearc deformation, J. Geophys. Res. 97, 8905-8915, 1992. (PDF)
McCaffrey, R., Earthquakes and ophiolite emplacement in the Molucca Sea collision zone, Indonesia, Tectonics, 10, 433-453, 1991. (PDF)
McCaffrey, R., and G.A. Abers, Orogeny in arc-continent collision: the Banda arc and western New Guinea, Geology 19, 563-566, 1991. (PDF)
McCaffrey, R., Slip vectors and stretching of the Sumatran fore arc, Geology 19, 881-884, 1991. (PDF)
McCaffrey, R., Teleseismic investigation of the January 22, 1988 Tennant Creek, Australia, earthquakes, Geophys. Res. Lett., 16, 413-416, 1989. (PDF)
Wu, F.T., K-C Chen, J.H. Wang, R. McCaffrey, and D. Salzberg, Focal mechanisms of recent large earthquakes and the nature of faulting in the Longitudinal Valley of eastern Taiwan, Proceedings Geological Society China, 32, 157-177, 1989.
McCaffrey, R., Seismological constraints and speculations on Banda arc tectonics, Proc. Snellius-II Symp., Netherlands Journal Sea Research, 24, (2/3), 141-152, 1989.
Abers, G.A., C. Bryan, S. Roecker, and R. McCaffrey, Thrusting of the Hindu Kush over the Tadjik Basin, Afghanistan: Evidence from two large earthquakes, Tectonics, 7, 41-56, 1988. (PDF)
Fredrich, J., R. McCaffrey, and D. Denham, Source parameters of seven large Australian earthquakes determined by body waveform inversion, Geophysical Journal, 95, 1-13, 1988.
Abers, G., and R. McCaffrey, Active deformation in the New Guinea fold-and-thrust belt: Seismological evidence for strike-slip faulting and basement-involved thrusting, J. Geophys. Res., 93, 13,332-13,354, 1988. (PDF)
McCaffrey, R., Active tectonics of the eastern Sunda and Banda arcs, J. Geophys. Res., 93, 15,163-15,182, 1988. (PDF)
McCaffrey, R., and J. Nabelek, Earthquakes, gravity and the origin of the Bali Basin: An example of a nascent continental fold-and-thrust belt, J. Geophys. Res., 92, 441-460, 1987. (PDF)
Nelson, M.R., R. McCaffrey, and P. Molnar, Source parameters for 11 earthquakes in the Tien Shan, Central Asia, determined by P and SH waveform inversion, J. Geophys. Res., 92, 12,629-12,648, 1987. (PDF)
Denham, D., L.G. Alexander, I.B. Everingham, P.J. Gregson, R. McCaffrey and J.R. Enever, The 1979 Cadoux earthquake and intraplate stress in Western Australia, Australian Journal Earth Science, 34, 507-21, 1987.
McCaffrey, R., and J. Nabelek, Seismological evidence for shallow thrusting north of the Timor Trough, Geophysical Journal Royal Astronomical Society, 85, 365-381, 1986.
McCaffrey, R., P. Molnar, S. Roecker, and Y. Joyodiwiryo, Microearthquake seismicity and fault plane solutions related to arc-continent collision in the eastern Sunda arc, Indonesia, J. Geophys. Res., 90, 4511-4528, 1985. (PDF)
McCaffrey, R., H. Lyon-Caen, P. Molnar, S. Roecker, J.L. Chatelain, K. Hardjawidjaksana, Y. Joyodiwiryo, E. Kertapati, T. Kuntoro, J. Nasution, A. Sukarna, J. Kartusuwita, S. Patmowidodo, P.Y. Prih Haryadi, M. Riyadi, and D. Reed, Preliminary results of the 1982 microearthquake survey in Nusa Tenggara Timur, Indonesia, Bulletin of the Geological Research and Development Centre, Indonesia, 10, 1-9, 1984.
McCaffrey, R., and J. Nabelek, The geometry of backarc thrusting along the eastern Sunda Arc, Indonesia: Constraints from earthquake and gravity data, J. Geophys. Res., 89, 6171-6179, 1984. (PDF)
McCaffrey, R., R. Sutardjo, R. Susanto, R. Buyung, B. Sukarman, M. Husni, Suciono, D. Satuju, and E. Sukamto, Local earthquake surveys of the Molucca Sea and Sulawesi, Indonesia, Bulletin of the Geological Research and Development Centre, Indonesia, 7, 13-23, 1983.
McCaffrey, R., Seismic wave propagation beneath the Molucca Sea arc-arc collision zone, Indonesia, Tectonophysics, 96, 45-57, 1983.
Silver, E.A., D.R. Reed, R. McCaffrey and Y. Joyodiwiryo, Backarc thrusting in the eastern Sunda Arc, Indonesia: A consequence of arc-continent collision, J. Geophys. Res., 88, 7429-7448, 1983. (PDF)
Silver, E.A., R. McCaffrey and R.B. Smith, Collision, rotation, and the initiation of subduction in the evolution of Sulawesi, Indonesia, J. Geophys. Res., 88, 9407-9418, 1983. (PDF)
Silver, E.A., R. McCaffrey, Y. Joyodiwiryo and S. Stevens, Ophiolite emplacement by collision between the Sula platform and the Sulawesi island arc, Indonesia, J. Geophys. Res., 88, 9419-9435, 1983. (PDF)
Stanley, R. G. and R. McCaffrey, Extent and offset history of the Ben Lomond fault, Santa Cruz County, California, in Tectonics and Sedimentation Along Faults of the San Andreas Fault System, edited by D.W. Andersen and M.J. Rymer, Pacific Section, Society of Economic Paleontologists and Mineralogists., 79-90, 1983. (PDF)
McCaffrey, R., Lithospheric deformation within the Molucca Sea arc-arc collision zone: Evidence from shallow and intermediate earthquake activity, J. Geophys. Res., 87, 3663-3678, 1982. (PDF)
McCaffrey, R. and R. Sutardjo, Reconnaissance microearthquake survey of Sulawesi, Indonesia, Geophys. Res. Lett., 9, 739-796, 1982. (PDF)
McCaffrey, R., E.A. Silver and R.W. Raitt, Seismic refraction studies in the East Arm, Sulawesi-Banggai Islands region of eastern Indonesia, in The Geology and Tectonics of Eastern Indonesia, edited by A.J. Barber and S. Wiryosujono, Geological Research and Development Centre, Indonesia, Spec. Publ. No. 2, 321-325, 1981. (PDF)
McCaffrey, R., E.A. Silver and R.W. Raitt, Crustal structure of the Molucca Sea collision zone, Indonesia, in The Tectonic and Geologic Evolution of Southeast Asian Seas and Islands, Geophys. Monogr. 23, edited by D.E. Hayes, 161-178, AGU, Washington, D.C., 1980. (PDF)
Silver, E.A., Y.S. Joyodiwiryo and R. McCaffrey, Gravity results and emplacement geometry of the Sulawesi ultramafic belt, Indonesia, Geology, 6, 527-531, 1978.