Robert B. Herrmann, Ph.D.
Paul C. Reinert Chair of Natural Sciences
Department of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences
Courses Taught
Introduction to Earthquakes; Introduction to Earthquake Seismology I; Advanced Seismology I; Seismic Instrumentation; Potential Theory; Seminar in Seismology - High Frequency Ground Motion
Education
Ph.D., Saint Louis University, 1974
B.S., Xavier University, 1967
Publications and Media Placements
1.Energy transfer in one-dimensional collisions of many objects (with J. B. Hart),
American Journal of Physics 36, 46-49, 1968.
2.Herrmann, R. B. (1969). The structure of the Cincinnati Arch as determined by short
period Rayleigh waves, Bull. Seism. Soc. Am. 59, 399-407.
3.The south central Illinois earthquake of November 9, 1968: Macroseismic studies
(with D. W. Gordon, T. J. Bennett, and A. M. Rogers), Bull. Seism. Soc. Am. 60, 953-972,
1970.
4.Herrmann, R. B. (1973). Some aspects of band-pass filtering of surface waves, Bull.
Seism. Soc. Am. 63, 703-711.
5.Herrmann, R. B. (1973). Surface wave generation by the south central Illinois earthquake
of November 9, 1968, Bull. Seism. Soc. Am. 63, 2121-2134, 1973.
6.Street, R. L., R. B. Herrmann and O. W. Nuttli (1974). Earthquake mechanics in the
central United States Science 184, 1285-1287, 1974.
7.Herrmann, R. B. and O. W. Nuttli (1975). Ground motion modeling in a continental
interior, I. Theory and observations International Journal of Earthquake Engineering
and Structural Dynamics 4, 49-58, 1975.
8.Herrmann, R. B. and O. W. Nuttli (1975). Ground motion modeling in a continental
interior, II. Effect of focal depth, azimuth, and attenuation, International Journal
of Earthquake Engineering and Structural Dynamics 4, 59-72, 1975.
9.R. L. Street, R. B. Herrmann and O. W. Nuttli (1975). Spectral characteristics of
the Lg wave generated by central United States earthquakes, Geophysical Journal of
the Royal Astronomical Society 41, 51-63, 1975.
10.Herrmann, R. B. (1975). The use of duration as a measure of seismic moment and
magnitude, Bull. Seism. Soc. Am. 65, 899-913.
11.Herrmann, R. B. and B. J. Mitchell (1975). Statistical analysis and interpretation
of surface wave anelastic attenuation data for the stable interior of North America
Bull. Seism. Soc. Am. 65, 1115-1128, 1975.
12.Herrmann, R. B. (1975). A student's guide to the use of P and S wave data for focal
mechanism determination, Earthquake Notes 46, 29-40, 1975. EQNOTES_46_4_29-39.pdf
13.Herrmann, R. B. (1976). Some more complexity in S-wave particle motion, Bull. Seism.
Soc. Am. 66, 625-630.
14.Herrmann, R. B. (1976). Focal depth determination from the signal character of
long-period P-waves, Bull. Seism. Soc.
Am. 66, 1221-1232.
15.Mitchell, B. J., L. W. B. Leite, Y. K. Yu and R. B. Herrmann (1976). Attenuation
of Love and Rayleigh waves across the Pacific at periods between 15 and 110 seconds,
Bull. Seism. Soc. Am. 66, 1189-1202.
16.Street, R. L., and R. B. Herrmann (1976). Problems with using magnitude scales
for eastern North American earthquakes, Earthquake Notes 47, 37-45, 1976. EQNOTES_47_3_37-45.pdf.
17.Herrmann, R. B. (1977). Earthquake Generated SH Waves in the Near Field and Near-Regional
Field, Final Report Contract DACW 39-76-C-0058, U. S. Army Engineer Waterways Experiment
Station, Vicksburg, Mississippi, 94 pages, August.
18.Herrmann, R. B. and S. F. Schaefer (1977), Seismic risk analysis applied to the
central United States, Earthquake Notes 48, 35-43. EQNOTES_48_4_35-43.pdf.
19.Herrmann, R. B. (1977). Analysis of Strong Motion Data from the New Madrid Seismic
Zone: 1975-1976, Department of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, Saint Louis University,
August 1977 (NTIS PB\ 280\ 148/AS).
20.Herrmann, R. B., G. W. Fischer and J. E. Zollweg (1977). The June 13, 1975 earthquake
and its relationship to the New Madrid Seismic Zone, Bull. Seism. Soc. Am. 67, 209-218.
21.Herrmann, R. B. (1977). On the determination of the impulse response of seismograph
systems with emphasis on
the SRO system, Earthquake Notes 48, 3-23 EQNOTES_48_1-2_3-23.pdf.
22.Herrmann, R. B. (1977). A method for the synthesis of the seismic coda of local
earthquakes, J. Geophys. 43, 341-350.
23.Herrmann, R. B. (1977). Recurrence relations, Earthquake Notes 48, 47-49 EQNOTES_48_1-2_47-49.pdf.
24.Herrmann, R. B. (1978). A note on causality problems in the numerical synthesis
of elastic wave propagation in cylindrical coordinate systems, Bull. Seism. Soc. Am.
68, 117-123.
25.Herrmann, R. B. and G. W. Fischer (1978). Theoretical seismogram constraints on
some crustal velocity models in the central United States PAGEOPH 116, 1250-1261.
26.Herrmann, R. B. (1978). A seismological study of two Attica, New York earthquakes,
Bull. Seism. Soc. Am. 68, 641-651.
27.Herrmann, B. B. and J. A. Canas( 1978). Focal mechanism studies in the New Madrid
Seismic Zone, Bull. Seism. Soc. Am. 68, 1095-1102.
28.Herrmann, R. B. (1978). Computer Programs in Earthquake Seismology, Volume 1: General
Programs, edited by R. B. Herrmann, Department of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences,
Saint Louis University, November 1978 (NTIS PB\ 292\ 462).
29.Herrmann, R. B. (1978). Computer Programs in Earthquake Seismology, Volume 2: Surface
Wave Programs, Department of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, Saint Louis University,
November 1978 (NTIS PB\ 292\ 463).
30.Herrmann, R. B., S. H. Cheng and O. W. Nuttli (1978). Archaeoseismology applied
to the New Madrid earthquakes of 1811-1812, Bull. Seism. Soc. Am. 68, 1751-1759.
31.Herrmann, R. B. (1979). SH wave generation by dislocation sources - A numerical
study, Bull. Seism. Soc. Am. 69, 1-16.
32.Herrmann, R. B. (1979). Surface wave focal mechanisms for eastern North American
earthquakes with tectonic implications, J. Geophys. Res. 84, 3543-3552.
33.Mitchell, B. J., and Herrmann, R. B. (1979). Shear velocity in the Eastern United
States from the inversion of surface wave group and phase velocities, Bull. Seism.
Soc. Am. 69, 1133-1148.
34.Nuttli, O. W. and Herrmann, R. B. (1978). Credible Earthquakes for the Central
United States, State-of-the-Art for Assessing Earthquake Hazards in the United States,
Miscellaneous Paper, U. S. Army Engineer Waterways Experiment Station, Vicksburg,
Mississippi, 100pp., 16 fig., December 1978.
35.Herrmann, R. B., and C. Y. Wang (1979). SH - A Computer Program for Generating
Far-field Tangential Time Histories for Point Earthquake Sources, Department of Earth
and Atmospheric Sciences, Saint Louis University, January 1979 (NTIS PB 296 455).
36.Herrmann, R. B. (1979). FASTHYPO -- A hypocenter location program, Earthquake Notes
50, No. 2., 25-37 EQNOTES_50_2_25-37.pdf.
37.Herrmann, R. B. and J. A, Voss (1980). A surface wave study of the June 16, 1978
Texas earthquake, Earthquake Notes 51, 3-14 EQNOTES_51_1_3-14.pdf.
38.Wang, C. Y., and R. B. Herrmann (1980). A numerical study of P, SV and SH wave
generation in a plane layered medium, Bull. Seism. Soc. Am. 70, 1015-1036.
39.Herrmann, R. B. (1980). Q estimates using the coda of local earthquakes, Bull.
Seism. Soc. Am. 70 447-468.
40.Herrmann, R. B., J. Dewey and S.-K. Park (1980). The Dulce, New Mexico earthquakes
of January, 1966, Bull. Seism.
Soc. Am. 70, 2171-2183.
41.Herrmann, R. B., W. Stauder, C. Nicholson, S. Singh, M. Woods, C. Kim, R. Perry,
S. Morrissey and E. Haug (1980). Central Mississippi Valley earthquakes - 1978 Earthquake
Notes 51, 22-24.
42.Herrmann, R. B., W. Stauder, S. Singh, C. Nicholson, D. Reidy, R. Perry, S. Morrissey
and E. Haug (1980). Central Mississippi Valley earthquakes - 1979 Earthquake Notes
52, 26-31.
43.Eberhart-Phillips, D., , R. M. Richardson, M. L. Sbar and R. B. Herrmann (1981).
Analysis of the 4 February 1976 Chino Valley, Arizona Earthquake, Bull. Seism. Soc.
Am. 71 787-802.
44.Herrmann, R. B. and M. J. Goertz (1981). A numerical study of peak ground motion
scaling, Bull. Seism. Soc. Am. 71, 1963-1979.
45.Herrmann, R. B., S.-K. Park and C. Y. Wang (1981). The Denver earthquakes of 1967-1968,
Bull. Seism. Soc. Am. 71, 731-746.
46.Herrmann, R. B., and O. W. Nuttli (1982). Magnitude: The relation of ML to mbLG
, Bull. Seism. Soc. Am. 72, 389-397.
47.Herrmann, R. B., C. A. Langston and J. E. Zollweg (1982). The Sharpsburg, Kentucky
earthquake of July 27, 1980, Bull Seism. Soc. Am. 72, 1219-1239.
48.Dwyer, J. J., R. B. Herrmann and O. W. Nuttli (1983). Spatial attenuation of the
Lg wave in the central United States Bull. Seism. Soc. Am. 73, 781-796.
49.Herrmann, R. B. (1982). Digital processing of regional network data, Bull. Seism.
Soc. Am. 72, S377-S392.
50.Singh, S., and R. B. Herrmann (1983). Regionalization of crustal Q in the continental
United States, J. Geophys. Res.
88 527-538.
51.Herrmann, R. B., and A. Kijko (1983). Modeling some empirical Lg relations, Bull.
Seism. Soc. Am. 73, 157-171.
52.Herrmann, R. B. and A. Kijko (1983). Short-period Lg magnitudes: Instrument, attenuation
and source effects, Bull. Seism. Soc. Am. 73, 1835-1850.
53.Herrmann, R. B. (1982). The relevance of regional networks for the siting of critical
facilities, Earthquake Notes 53, 37-48 EQNOTES_53_4_37-48.pdf.
54.Nuttli, O. W., and R. B. Herrmann (1982). Earthquake magnitude scales, J. Geotech.
Engineering Div., Proc. A. S. C. E. 108, 783-786.
55.Herrmann, R. B., W. Stauder, S. Singh, R. Perry, R. Dwyer, M. Meremonte, V. Masih,
L. Himes, E. Haug, S. Morrissey, L. Hausmann and M. Whittington (1982). Central Mississippi
Valley earthquakes - 1980, Earthquake Notes 53, 53-56.
56.Nuttli, O. W., and R. B. Herrmann (1982) Ground Motion of Mississippi Valley Earthquakes,
J. Technical Topics in Civil engineering, A. S. C. E. 108, 54-69.
57.Herrmann, R. B., and C.-Y. Wang (1985). A comparison of synthetic seismograms,
Bull. Seism. Soc. Am. 75 41-56.
58.Herrmann, R. B. (1985). An extension of random vibration theory estimates of strong
ground motion to large distances, Bull. Seism. Soc. Am. 75 1447-1453.
59.Saikia, C. K. and R. B. Herrmann (1985). Application of waveform modeling to determine
focal mechanisms of four 1982 Miramichi aftershocks, Bull. Seism. Soc. Am. 75, 1021-1040.
60.Rogers, A. M., S. C. Harmsen, R. B. Herrmann and M. Meremonte (1987). A study of
ground motion attenuation in the southern Great Basin, California-Nevada using several
techniques, J. Geophys. Res. 92 3527-3540.
61.Shin, T.-C. and R. B. Herrmann (1987). Lg attenuation and source studies using
1982 Miramichi data, Bull. Seism. Soc. Am. 77, 384-397.
62.Peters, K. and R. B. Herrmann (eds) (1986). A collection of historical documents
pertaining to the 1886 Charleston, South Carolina earthquake, Bulletin 41, South Carolina
Geological Survey, 1986, 116 pp.
63.Herrmann, R. B. (1986). Surface-wave studies of some South Carolina earthquakes,
Bull. Seism. Soc. Am. 76, 111-121.
64.Saikia, C. K. and R. B. Herrmann (1986). Moment-tensor solutions for three 1982
Arkansas swarm earthquakes by waveform modeling, Bull. Seism. Soc. Am. 76, 709-723.
65.Saikia, C. K. and R. B. Herrmann (1987). Determination of focal mechanisms of some
earthquakes at Monticello, South Carolina, and earth structure by waveform modeling,
Geophys. J. 90, 669-691.
66.Chulick, J. A. and R. B. Herrmann (1986). The relation of mLg to ML for California
earthquakes: observations and modeling, Earthquake Notes 57, 95-102 EQNOTES_57_3_95-102.pdf.
67.Herrmann, R. B. and B. Mandal (1986). A study of wavenumber integration techniques,
Earthquake Notes 57, 33-40 EQNOTES_57_2_33-40.pdf.
68.Nuttli, O. W., G. A. Bollinger and R. B. Herrmann (1986). The 1886 Charleston,
South Carolina, Earthquake - A 1986 Perspective U. S. Geological Survey Circular 985,
52 pp.
69.Woods, M. T. and R. B. Herrmann (1989). A surface wave reconnaissance of the Ozark
Uplift and Illinois Basin, Seism. Res. Letters 60, 111-118 SRL_60_3_111-118.pdf.
70.Wang., C.-Y. and R. B. Herrmann (1988). Synthesis of Coda Waves in Layered Media,
PAGEOPH 128, 7-42.
71.Mokhtar, T. A., R. B. Herrmann, and D. R. Russell (1988). Seismic velocity and
Q model for the shallow structure of the Arabian shield from short period Rayleigh
waves, Geophysics 53, 1379-1387.
72.Burger, R. W., P. G. Somerville, J. S. Barker, R. B. Herrmann and D. V. Helmberger
(1987). The effect of crustal structure on strong ground motion attenuation relations
in eastern North America, Bull. Seism. Soc. Am. 77, 420-439.
73.Herrmann, R. B. (1987). Broadband Lg magnitude, Seism. Res. Letters 58, 125-133
SRL_58_4_125-133.pdf.
74.Russell, D. R., R. B. Herrmann and H.-J. Hwang (1988). Application of frequency
variable filters to surface wave amplitude analysis, Bull. Seism. Soc. Am. 78, 339-354.
75.Herrmann, R. B., and M. Jost (1988). Simulation of long period ground motions for
a large New Madrid earthquake, in Seismic Design and Construction of Complex Civil
Engineering Systems, M. A. Cassaro and J. D. Cooper (ed), Amer. Soc. Civ. Engr, New
York, pp 1-15.
76.Mitchell, B. J., O. W. Nuttli, R. B. Herrmann, and W. Stauder (1989).Seismotectonics
of the Central United States, in DNAG Neotectonics of North America, D. B. Slemmons,
E. R. Engdahl, M. D. Zoback and D. D. Blackwell, eds., Geological Society of America,
Boulder, pp 245-260.
77.Himes, L., W. Stauder and R. B. Herrmann (1988). Indication of active faults in
the New Madrid Seismic Zone from precise location of hypocenters, Seism. Res. Letters
59, 123-132.
78.Taylor, K. B., R. B. Herrmann, M. W. Hamburger, G. L. Pavlis, A. Johnston, C. Langer
and C. Lam (1989). The southeastern Illinois earthquake of 10 June 1987, Seism. Res.
Letters 60, 101-110. SRL_60_3_101-110.pdf.
79.Nuttli, O. W., M. L. Jost, R. B. Herrmann and G. A. Bollinger, Numerical models
of the rupture mechanics and far-field ground motion of the 1886 South Carolina earthquake,
(unpublished manuscript).
80.Hasegawa, H. S., and R. B. Herrmann (1989). A comparison of the source mechanisms
of the 1975 Laurentian Channel earthquake and the Tsunamigenic 1929 Grand Banks event,
in Earthquakes at North-Atlantic Passive Margins:
Neotectonics and Postglacial Rebound, S. Gregersen and P. W. Basham, eds., Kluwer
Academic, Dordrecht, 547-562.
81.Jost, M. L., and R. B. Herrmann (1989). A student's guide to and review of moment
tensors, Seism. Res. Letters 60, 37-57. SRL_60_2_37-57.pdf
82.Herrmann, R. B., and D. R. Russell (1990). Ground roll: rejection using adaptive
phase matched filters, Geophysics 55, 776-781.
83.Shieh, C.-F., and R. B. Herrmann (1990). Ground roll: rejection using polarization
filters, Geophysics 55, 1216-1222.
84.Ou, G.-B. and R. B. Herrmann (1990). Estimation theory for strong ground motion,
Seism. Res. Letters 61, 99-107 SRL_61_2_99-107.pdf.
85.Ou, G.-B. and R. B. Herrmann (1990). A statistical model for peak ground motion
from local to regional distances, Bull. Seism. Soc. Am. 80, 1397-1417.
86.Pujol, J., and R. B. Herrmann (1990). A student's guide to point sources in homogeneous
media, Seism. Res. Letters 61, 209-224 SRL_61_3-4_209-224.pdf.
87.Xie, J., Z. Liu, R. B. Herrmann, and E. Cranswick (1991). Source processes of three
aftershocks of the 1983 Goodnow, New York earthquake: High resolution images of small,
symmetric ruptures, Bull. Seism. Soc. Am. 81, 818-843.
88.Liu, Z., R. B. Herrmann, J. Xie, and E. D. Cranswick (1991). Waveform characteristics
and focal mechanisms of five aftershocks of the 1983 Goodnow, New York, earthquake
by polarization analysis and waveform modeling, Seism. Res. Letters 62, 123-133. SRL_62_2_123-133.pdf.
89.Herrmann, R. B., and G. Al-Eqabi (1991). Surface waves: Inversion for shear wave
velocity, in Shear Waves in Marine Sediments, Hovem et al (eds), Kluwer, Dordrecht,
pp 545-556.
90.Herrmann, R. B. (1992). A Student's introduction to wave propagation in a homogeneous
fluid sphere, Seism. Res. Letters 63, 161-167 SRL_63_2_161-167.pdf.
91.Al-Eqabi, G. I., and R. B. Herrmann (1993). Ground-roll: a potential tool for constraining
shallow shear-wave structure, Geophysics 58, 713-719.
92.Al-Eqabi, G. I., and R. B. Herrmann (1992). Geophysical techniques for characterizing
shallow velocity-attenuation models, SAGEEP Conference, Chicago.
93.Toro, G. R., W. J. Silva, R. K. McGuire and R. B. Herrmann (1992). Probabilistic
seismic hazard mapping of the Mississippi Embayment, Seism. Res. Letters 63, 449-475
SRL_63_3_449-475.pdf.
94.Nguyen, B. V., and R. B. Herrmann (1992). Determination of source parameters for
central and eastern North American earthquakes (1982-1986), Seism. Res. Letters 63,
567-586. SRL_64_4_567-586.pdf.
95.Boore, D. M., K. W. Campbell, and R. B. Herrmann (1993). Estimation of Ground Motion
in Eastern North America, Chapter 3 in Hazard Assessment, Central United States Earthquake
Consortium Monograph 1, 81-129.
96.Liu, Z., M. Wuenscher and R. B. Herrmann (1994). Attenuation of body waves in the
central New Madrid seismic zone, Bull. Seism. Soc. Am. 84, 1112-1122.
97.Herrmann, R. B. (1993). New Madrid earthquake catalog display, Saint Louis University,
31pp plus floppy disk.
98.Spence, W., R. B. Herrmann, A. C. Johnston, and G. Reagor (1993). Responses to
Iben Browning's prediction of a 1990 New Madrid, Missouri, earthquake, U. S. Geological
Survey Circular 1083, Washington, D.C., 248pp.
99.Hutchenson, K. D., and R. B. Herrmann (1993). Spectral examination of the 16 June
1992 earthquake and quarry blast near Evansville, Indiana, Seism. Res. Letters 64,
169-184 SRL_64_2_169-184.pdf.
100.Malagnini, L., R. B. Herrmann, G. Biella, and R. de Franco (1995). Rayleigh waves
in Quaternary alluvium from explosive sources: determination of shear-wave velocity
and Q structure, Bull. Seism. Soc. Am. 85, 900-922.
101.Herrmann, R. B. (1995). Broadband seismology and small regional seismic networks
in, K. M. Shedlock and A. C. Johnston, eds., Investigations of the New Madrid Seismic
Zone, U. S. Geological Survey Prof. Paper 1538 pp S1-15.
102.Malagnini, L., P. Tricarico, A. Rovelli, R. B. Herrmann, S. Opice, and G. Biella
(1996). Explosion, earthquake and ambient noise recordings in a Pliocene sediment-filled
valley: Inferences on seismic response properties by reference- and non reference-site
techniques, Bull. Seism. Soc. Am. 86, 670-682.
103.Yamamoto, J., L. Quintanar, R. B. Herrmann, and C. Fuentes (1995). Lateral variations
of Lg coda in southern Mexico, PAGEOPH 149, No. 3, 575-599.
104.Ammon, C. J., R. B. Herrmann, C. A. Langston, and H. Benz (1998). Source parameters
of the January 16, 1994 Wyomissing Hills, Pennsylvania earthquakes, SSeism. Res. Letters
69, No. 3, 261-269. SRL_69_3_261-269.pdf.
105.Malagnini, L., R. B. Herrmann, A. Mercuri, S. Opice, G. Biella, and R. de Franco
(1997). Shear-wave velocity structure of sediments from the inversion of explosion-induced
Rayleigh waves: comparison with cross-hole measurements, Bull. Seism. Soc. Am. 87,
1413-1421.
106.Herrmann, R. B., and C. J. Ammon (1997). Faulting parameters of earthquakes in
the New Madrid, Missouri region, Engineering Geology 46, 299-311.
107.Campillo, M., S. K. Singh, N. Shapiro, J. Pacheco, and R. B. Herrmann (1996).
Crustal structure south of the Mexican volcanic belt, based on group velocity dispersion,
Geofisica Internacional 35, No. 4, 361-370.
108.Xie, J., Z. Liu, L. Cong, R. B. Herrmann and J.-M., Chiu (1997). Rupture properties
of clustered microearthquakes near intersecting intraplate faults of New Madrid Seismic
Zone: Implication on fault weakening J. Geophys. Res. 102, 8187-8202.
109.Missouri Seismic Safety Commission (1997) A Strategic Plan for Seismic Safety
in Missouri. 76 pages ( R. B. Herrmann, chair and editor of report).
110.Pujol, J., R. Herrmann, S. Chiu, and J. Chiu (1998). Constrained joint location
of New Madrid seismic zone earthquakes, Seism. Res. Letters 69, 56-68. SRL_69_1_56-68.pdf.
111.Raoof, M., R. B. Herrmann and L. Malagnini (1999). Attenuation and excitation
of three-component ground motion in southern California, Bull. Seism. Soc. Am. 89,
888-902.
112.Malagnini, L., R. B. Herrmann, and K. Koch (2000). Ground motion scaling in Germany,
Bull. Seism. Soc. Am. 90, 1052-1061.
113.Malagnini, L., R. B. Herrmann and M. Di Bona (2000). Ground motion scaling in
the Apennines (Italy), Bull. Seism. Soc. Am. 90, 1062-1081.
114.Malagnini, L., and R. B. Herrmann (2000). Ground motion scaling in the region
of the 1997 Umbria-Marche earthquake (Italy), Bull. Seism. Soc. Am. 90, 1041-1051.
115.Julia, J., C. J. Ammon, R. B. Herrmann and Am. M. Correig (2000). Joint inversion
of receiver function and surface-wave dispersion observations, Geophys. J. Int. 143,
99-112.
116.Mokhtar, T.A., Ammon, C.J., Herrmann, R.B., and Ghalib, H.A.A. (2001). Surface
wave velocities across Arabia. PAGEOPH 158, No. 8, pp. 1425-1444.
117.Missouri Seismic Safety Commission, December, 1999. Earthquakes and Missouri:
1999 Report to the Governor, (editor).
118.Missouri Seismic Safety Commission, May, 1998. Earthquakes and Missouri: 1998
Report to the Governor, (editor).
119.Maceira, M., C. J. Ammon and R. B. Herrmann (2000). Faulting parameters of the
September 25, 1998 Pymatuning, Pennsylvania earthquake, Seism. Res. Letters 71, No.
6, pp 742-752. SRL_71_6_742-752.pdf.
120.Akinci, A., L. Malagnini, R. B. Herrmann, N. A. Pino, L. Scognamiglio, and H.
Eyidogan (2001). High-frequency ground motion in the Erzincan Region, Turkey: Inferences
from small earthquakes, Bull. Seism. Soc. Am. 91, 1446-1455.
121.Herrmann, R. B. (2002). Comment on "Attenuative Dispersion of P waves in and near
the New Madrid Seismic Zone" by L. Cong, J. Mejia, and B. J. Mitchell, Bull. Seism.
Soc. Am. 92, 2049-2053.
122.Malagnini, L., A. Akinci, R. B. Herrmann, N. A. Pino and L. Scognamiglio (2002).
Characteristics of the ground motion in northeastern Italy, Bull. Seism. Soc. Am.
92, 2186-2204.
123.Mancilla, F., C. J. Ammon, R. B. Herrmann and J. Morales (2003). Faulting parameters
of the 1999 Mula earthquake, southeastern Spain, Tectonophysics 354 No (1-2) 139-155.
124.Julia, J. C. J. Ammon and R. B. Herrmann (2003). Lithospheric structure of the
Arabian Shield from the joint inversion of receiver functions and surface-wave group
velocities, Tectonophysics, 371, 1-21.
125.Ortega, R., R. B. Herrmann and L. Quintinar (2003).High frequency earthquake ground
motion scaling in central Mexico between 0.7 and 7.0 Hz, Bull. Seism. Soc. Am. 93,
397-413.
126.Jeon, Y.-S., and R. B. Herrmann (2004). Vertical component high frequency earthquake
ground motion scaling in Utah and Yellowstone, Bull. Seism. Soc. Am. 94, 1644-1657.
127. Herrmann, R. B. and L. Malagnini (2006). Interpretation of high frequency ground
motion from regional seismic network observations, Bull. Seism. Soc. Am. 94 (in revision).
128.Julia, J. C. J. Ammon and R. B. Herrmann (2003). Lithospheric structure of the
Arabian Shield from the joint inversion of receiver functions and surface-wave group
velocities, Tectonophysics, 371, 1-21.
129.Julia, J., R. B. Herrmann, A. Akinci, and C. J. Ammon (2004). Evaluation of Deep
Sediment Velocity Structure in the New Madrid Seismic Zone, Bull. Seism. Soc. Am 94,
334 – 340
130.Jeon, Y. S., R. B. Herrmann and D. K. Lee (2006). High frequency earthquake ground
motion scaling for the Korean Peninsula, Bull. Seism. Soc. Am., (in review).
131.Akinci, A., L. Malagnini, R. B. Herrmann, R. Gok, and M. B. Sorensen (2006). Ground
motion scaling in the Marmara Region,Turkey, Geophys. J. Int. 166, 635-651.
132. Morasca, P., L. Malagnini, A. Akinci, D. Spallarossa and R. B. Herrmann (2006).
Ground-motion scaling in the western Alps, J. Seismology 10, 315-333, doi: 10.1007/s10950-006-9019-x
133.Bonner, J. L., D. R. Russell, D. R. Harkrider, D. T. Reiter and R. B. Herrmann
(2006). Magnitude measurement procedure for application at regional and teleseismic
distances, Bull. Seis. Am. 96, 678 - 696.
134.Cho, K. H., R. B. Herrmann, C. J. Ammon and K. Lee (2007). Imaging the upper crust
of the Korean peninsula by surface-wave tomography, Bull. Seism. Soc. Am. 97, 198-207
135.Yoo, H. J., R. B. Herrmann, K. H. Cho and K. Lee (2007). Imaging the three-dimensional
crust of the Korean peninsula by joint inversion of surface-wave dispersion and teleseismic
receiver functions, Bull. Seism. Soc. Am. 97, 1002-1011.
136.Zhou, R. M., B. W. Stump, R. B. Herrmann, Y.-T. Chen and Z.-X. Yang (2009). Teleseismic
Receiver Function and Surface Wave Study of Velocity Structure Beneath the Yanqing-Huailai
Basin, NW of Beijing, Bull. Seism. Soc. Am. 99, 1937-1952.
137.Williams, R. A., J. K. Odum, W. J. Stephenson, and R. B. Herrmann (2007). Shallow
P- and S-wave Velocities and Site Resonances in the St. Louis Region, Missouri-Illinois,
Earthquake Spectra 23, 711-726.
138.Malagnini, L., K. Mayeda, R. Urhammer, A. Akinci and R. B. Herrmann (2007). A
regional ground motion excitation/attenuation model for the San Francisco region,
Bull. Seism. Soc. Am 97, 843-862.
139.Fatehi, A., and R. B. Herrmann (2008). High frequency ground motion scaling in
the Pacific Northwest, Northern and Central California, Bull. Seism. Soc. Am. 98,
709-721.
140.Mancilla, F., R. B. Herrmann, J. Morales and D. Stich (2008). Vertical ground
motion in southern Spain, Bull. Seism. Soc. Am. 98, 733-745.
141.Koper, K. D., R. B. Herrmann and H. Benz (2007). Overview of Open Seismic Data
from the North Korea Event of 9 October 2006, Seism. Res. Letters 79, 178-185.
142.Xu, Y., D. Crossley and R. B. Herrmann (2008). Amplitude and Q of 0S0 from the
Sumatra earthquake as recorded on superconducting gravimeters and seismometers, Seism.
Res. Letters 79, 797-805.
143.Bonner, J., R. B. Herrmann and D. Harkrider (2008). the surface wave magnitude
for the 09 October 2006 North Korean nuclear explosion, Bull. Seism. Soc. Am. 98,
2498-2506.
144.Herrmann, R. B, M. Withers and H. Benz (2008). The April 18, 2008 Illinois earthquake
– an ANSS monitoring success, Seism. Res. Letters 79, 830-843.
145.Xu, Y., R. B. Herrmann and K. D. Koper (2010). Source parameters of regional small-to-moderate
earthquakes in Yunnan-Sichuan region, China, Bull. Seismo. Soc. Am. 100, 2518-2531.
146.Xu, Y., R. B. Herrmann, C.-Y. Wang, and S. Cai (2010). High frequency ground motion
scaling in Yunnan and Sichuan, China, Bull. Seism. Soc. Am. 100, 2508-2517.
147. D'Amico S., Orecchio B., Presti D., Zhu L., Herrmann R. B., Neri G., )2010).
Broadband waveform inversion of moderate earthquakes in the Messina straits, Southern
Italy, Physics of Earth and Planetary Interiors, 179, 97-106, doi:
10.1016/j.pepi.2010.01.012
148.D'Amico S., Koper K. D., Herrmann R. B., Akinci A., Malagnini L. (2010) Imaging
the rupture of the Mw 6.3 April 6, 2009 L'Aquila, Italy earthquake using back-projection
of teleseismic P-waves.m Geophysical Research Letters, 37, L03301, doi:10.1029/2009GL042156
149.Bonner, J., R. Herrmann and H. Benz (2010). Variable-period surface wave magnitudes:
a rapid and robust estimator of seismic moments, Bull. Seism. Soc. Am. 100, 2301-2309.
150.Malagnini, L., A. Akinci, K.Mayeda, I. Munafò, R. B. Herrmann and A. Mercuri (2011).
Characterization of earthquake-induced ground motion from the L'Aquila seismic sequence
of 2009, Italy, Geophys. J. Int. 184, 325-337.
151.Herrmann, R. B. . L. Malagnini and I. Munafò (2011). Regional moment tensors of
the 2009 L'Aquila earthquake sequence, Bull. Seism. Soc. Am. 101, 975-993.
152.Herrmann, R. B., H. Benz, and C. J. Ammon (2011). Monitoring the earthquake process
in North America, Bull. Seism. Soc. Am. 101, 2609-2625, doi:10.1785/0120110095 .
153.Herrmann, R. B. (2013) Computer programs in seismology: An evolving tool for instruction
and research, Seism. Res. Lettr. 84, 1081-1088, doi:10.1785/0220110096
154.D'Amico S., Orecchio B., Presti D., Gervasi A., Guerra I., Neri G., Zhu L., Herrmann
R. B. (2011). Testing the stability of moment tensor solutions for small and moderate
earthquakes in the Calabrian -Peloritan arc region. Boll. Geo. Teor.
Appl., 52, 283-298 doi:10.4430/bgta0009
155.Qiao, L., R. B. Herrmann, and Z. Pan (2013). Parameter uncertainty reduction for
SWAT using GRACE, streamflow and groundwater table data for Lower Missouri River basin,
J. Amer. Water Res. Assoc 49, 343-358 April 2013, DOI: 10.1111/jawr.12021
156.Malagnini, L., R. B. Herrmann, I. Munafó, M. Buttinelli, M. Anselmi, A. Akinci
and E. Boschi (2013), Earthquake source, crustal structure, and seismic hazards of
the 2012 Ferrara seismic sequence, Geophys. Res. Letters 39, L19302 6pp, doi:10.1029/2012GL053214
157.Benz, H., and R. Herrmann (2014). Rapid estimates of the source-time function
and Mw using empirical green's function deconvolution, Bull. Seism. Soc. Am. 104,
1812-1819, doi:10.1785/0120130325
158.Jordan, Y. C., A. Ghulan and R. B. Herrmann (2012). Floodplain ecosystem response
to climate variability and land-cover and land-use in Lower Missouri River basin,
Landscape Ecol. 27, 843-857, DOI 10.1007/s10980-012-9748-x
159.D'Amico, S., B. Orecchio, D. Presti, G. Neri, W.-N. Wu, I. Sandu, L. Zhu and R.
B. Herrmann (2013). Source parameters of small and moderate earthquakes in the area
of the 2009 L"Aquila earthquake sequence (Central, Italy), Phys. And Chemistry of
the Earth, 63, 77-91, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.pce.2013.02.005
160. Akinci, A., L. Malagnini and R. B. Herrmann (2014). High-frequency attenuation
in the Van Lake region, eastern Turkey, Bull. Seism. Soc. Am., 104, 1400-1409, doi:10.1785/0120130102.
161.Rigsby, C., R. B. Herrmann and H. Benz (2013). An investigation of mb_Lg vs Mw
for Eastern North America, Seism. Res. Letters, 85, 625-630, do1:10.1785/0220130138.
162. McNamara, D. E., H. M. Benz, R. B. Herrmann, E. A. Bergman and M. Chapman (2014).
The Mw5.8 Mineral, Virginia earthquake of 23 August 2011 and aftershock sequence:
Constraints on earthquake source parameters and fault geometry, Bull. Seism. Soc.
Am. 104, 40-54, doi:10.1785/0120130058
163. Qiao, L., Z. Pan, R. Herrmann, Y. Hong (2013). Hydrological variability and uncertainty
in the Lower Missouri River Basin based on NARCCAP simulations and SWAT model, J.
Amer. Water Resources Assoc, 50, 246-260, 8 Oct 2013 DOI: 10.1111/jawr.12126
164. Herman, M. W., R. B. Herrmann, H. M. Benz and K. P. Furlong (2014). Using Regional
Moment Tensors to Constrain the Kinematics and Stress Evolution of the 2010-2013 Canterbury
Earthquake Sequence, South Island, New Zealand, Tectonophysics 633, 1-15, October
21, 2014 doi: 10.1016/j.tecto.2014.06.019
165. Sosa, A., Thompson, L., Velasco, A.A., Romero, R., Herrmann, R.B., 2014. 3-D
structure of the Rio Grande Rift from 1-D constrained joint inversion of receiver
functions and surface wave dispersion, Earth Planet. Sci. Lett. 402, 127-137,
15 September 2014 http://dx.doi.org/ 10.1016/j.epsl.2014.06.002.
166.Chai, C., C. J. Ammon, M. Maceira and R. B. Herrmann (2014). Inverting interpolated
receiver functions with surface-wave dispersion and gravity – Application to the western
US and adjacent Canada and Mexico, Geophys. Res. Ltrs (submitted)
167. Frohlich, C., W. Gan and R. B. Herrmann (2014). Two deep earthquakes in Wyoming,
Seismological Research Letters (submitted)
168. McNamara, D., H, M. Benz, R. B. Herrmann, A. Gassner, E. A. Bergman, P. Earle,
R. Baldwin and A. Holland (2015). Earthquake source parameters in Central Oklahoma,
Seismological Research letters (submitted)
Honors and Awards
- Jesuit Seismological Association Award of Eastern Section, Seismological Society of America, 1997.
- Otto Nuttli Professorship Saint Louis University,. 2004
Professional Organizations and Associations
- Editorial Committee Earthquake Notes (1977-1981)
- Secretary, Eastern Section Seismological Society of America (1981-1983)
- Vice Chairman, Eastern Section Seismological Society of America (1983-1985)
- Chairman, Eastern Section Seismological Society of America (1985-1987)
- Fifth Member, Eastern Section Seismological Society of America (1987-1989)
- Board of Directors, Seismological Society of America (1982-1988)
- Typesetting Editor, Eastern Section, Seismological Society of America (1986-92)
- N.R.C. Committee of Seismology Panel on Local, Regional and National Networks (1978-1979)
- N. R. C. Committee of Seismology Panel on Regional Seismic Networks(1988-)
- Committee of Seismology, National Research Council (1983-1985 )
- AFTAC Seismic Review Panel (1988-present)
- National Earthquake Hazards Reduction Advisory Committee (2012- )
- Appointed Member, Seismic Safety Commission, State of Missouri (1995-2008)