PUBLICATIONS

2017

Bilham, R., D Mencin, R Bendick and R Burgmann (2016), Implications for elastic energy storage in the Himalaya from the Gorkha 2015 earthquake and other incomplete ruptures of the Main Himalayan Thrust, 10.1016/j.quaint.2016.09.055[ Quaternary International Special Issue Himalayan Active Tectonics Edited by R. Jayangondaperumal, Tina Niemi and Naresh Kumar.]

Szeliga, W., and R. Bilham, New constraints on the mechanism and rupture area for the M7.8 Kangra 1905 earthquake, NW Himalaya, Bull. Seism. Soc Amer, in press

 

2016

Bilham, R., H. Ozener, D. Mencin, A. Dogru, S. Ergintav, Z. Cakir, A. Aytun, B. Aktug, O. Yilmaz, W. Johnson and G. Mattioli (2016). Surface Creep on the North Anatolian Fault at Ismetpasa, Turkey, 1944-2016, J. Geophys. Res. doi: 10.1002 /2016JB01 3 394 pdf

Bilham, R., The Gorkha earthquake and the Tehri dam, Nepal Engineer's Ass. Tech. J. 43, 39-48, 2016. pdf

Mencin D, R Bendick, B Upreti, D Adhikari, A Gajurel,R Bhattarai, H Shrestha, T Bhattarai, N Manandhar, J Galetzka, E Knappe, B Pratt-Sitaula, A Aoudia, and R Bilham (2016), Himalayan strain reservoir inferred from limited afterslip following the Gorkha earthquake, Nature Geoscience, article.. ..data_supplement 13 June 2016 DOI:10.1-38/NGEO2734.

Bilham, R., T. Niebauer, C. Pearson & P. Molnar (2016), Changes in absolute Gravity 2000-2015, South Island, New Zealand, New Zealand Journal of Geology and Geophysics, 59(1), 176-186. 10.1080/00288306.2015.1108922. pdf ,e-supplement

Chan, A., Goff, J., Chague-Goff, C., Gadd, P., Bilham, R., Yamada, M. and James, I. (2016). Previously undocumented widespread subsidence on the western side of the Alpine Fault, New Zealand. Abstract No. 3020. 35th International Geological Congress, Cape Town, South Africa. 27 August-4 September

2015

England, P., and R. Bilham (2015), The Shillong Plateau and the Great 1897 Earthquake, Tectonics, 34, doi:10.1002/2015TC003902. pdf correction toTable 2

Bendick., R, S.F. Khan, R. Burgmann, F, Jouanne, P. Banerjee, M. A. Khan, and R. Bilham, (2015) Postseismic relaxation in Kashmir and lateral variations in crustal architecture and materials, Geophys. Res. Lett., 42, doi.10 100/2015/2015GL064670.pdf Bendick et al

Wei, M., Y. Liu, Y. Kaneko, J. McGuire & R. Bilham (2015), Dynamic triggering of creep events in the Salton Trough, Southern California by regional M>5.4 earthquakes constrained by geodetic observations and numerical simulations, Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 427 (1 Nov 2015) pdf

Amoruso, A., L. Crescentini, R. Scarpa, R. Bilham, A. T. Linde, and I. S. Sacks (2015) Abrupt magma chamber contraction and microseismicity at Campi Flegrei, Italy: cause and effect determined from strainmeters and tiltmeters, J. Geophys.Res. 120, 1-12, doi 10.1002/2015JB012085. pdf

Bilham, R., Raising Kathmandu, (2015) Nature Geoscience, 8, 582-4.pdf

Bilham,R., Subterranean shifts (2015), Disaster Politics, Himal Magazine 28(2), 44-58,15 August 2015.pdf

2014

Bilham, R., (2015) Mmax-Ethics of the maximum credible earthquake, Ch.11, 119-140 in Geoethics: Ethical Challenges and Case Studies in the Earth Sciences, ed. M. Wyss, and S. Peppolini, Elsevier. http://dx.doi.org/10.10106/B978-0-12-799935-7.00011-3

Vernant, P., R. Bilham,W. Szeliga, D. Drupka, S. Skalita, A.Bhattacharyya, and V. K. Gaur, Clockwise Rotation of the Brahmaputra valley: tectonic convergence in the eastern Himalaya, Naga Hills and Shillong Plateau, J. Geophys. Res. 119(8), 6558–6571, August 2014. DOI: 10.1002/2014JB011196

Syvitski J.P.M, A J. Kettner, I. Overeem, L. Giosan,G. R. Brakenridge, M. Hannon and R. Bilham, Anthropocene Metamorphosis of the Indus Delta and Lower Floodplain, Anthropocene on line (2014) Anthropocene, 3, 24-35. DOI: 10.1016/j.ancene.2014.02.003

Bilham, R., & B. S. Bali, (2013) A Ninth Century Earthquake-Induced Landslide and Flood in the Kashmir Valley, and Earthquake Damage to Kashmir's Medieval Temples, Bull. Earthquake Eng.12(1) 79-109, (DOI) 10.1007/s10518-013-9504-x. Springer Open Access

Bilham, R., Aggravated Earthquake Risk in South Asia: Engineering vs. human nature, Ch.4, 103-141, in Earthquake Hazard, Risk and Disasters, ed M. Wyss, Elsevier June 2014.

Barnhart, W.D., Hayes, G.P., Briggs, R.W., Gold, R.D., and R. Bilham, Ball-and-socket tectonic rotation during the 2013 Mw7.7 Balochistan earthquake, Earth and Planet. Sci. Lett. 403, 210-216, 2014, DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2014.07.001

Lindsey, E. O., Y. Fialko, Y. Bock, D.T. Sandwell and R. Bilham, Localized and distributed creep along the southern San Andreas Fault, J. Geophys Res., 119(10), 7909-7922, 2014, DOI: 10.1002/2014JB011275

Bilham, R., Foreword, to Berberian, M., Earthquakes and Coseismic surface faulting on the Iranian Plateau, Elsevier, 2014.

2013

 

Bilham R., and V. Gaur (2013) Buildings as Weapons of Mass Destruction: Earthquake risk in South Asia, Science, 341, 618-619 Summary article

Bilham, R., B.S. Bali, S. Ahmad & C. Schiffman (2013) Oldham's Lost Fault, Seismological Research Letters, 84(4), 1-8. doi: 10.1785/0220130036

Hauksson, E., J. Stock, R. Bilham, M. Boese, X. Chen, E. J.Fielding, J. Galetzka, K. W. Hudnut, K. Hutton, L.M. Jones, H. Kanamori, P.M. Shearer, J. Steidl, J.Treiman, S.Wei, W.Yang, (2013), Report on the August 2012 Brawley Earthquake Swarm in Imperial Valley, Southern California, Seismological Research Letters, 84(2), 177-189, March/April 2013.

Bilham R., and E. Fielding, (2013), Remote Sensing and the Search for Surface Rupture, Haiti 2010 Natural Hazards, 68(1), 213-217, Special Issue: Remote Sensing contributing to mapping earthquake vulnerability and effects, 68(1), 213-218, DOI: 10.1007/s11069-013-0550-0 Published on line 13 Jan 2013

Nicholas Ambraseys 1929-2012, In Memoriam: Seismological Research Letters, 84(2), 173-176, March/April 2013, Journal of Earthquake Engineering, 17, 301-303, 2013 doi:10.1080/13632469.2013.772011. Journal of Seismology, 17(3), 839-840 (25 May 2013) DOI: 10.1007/s10950-013-9368-1, International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction, 2013, 4, ii-1v. doi.10.1016/j.ijdrr.2013.02.0 01 Imperial Engineer,4,1-6,(2013) . Access to Nick Ambraseys' publications

John Beavan (1950–2012), L. Wallace, R. Bilham and D. Darby, EOS Trans. Amer. Geophys Un. 29 January 2013, 94(5), 55. DOI: 10.1002/2013EO050006

Bilham, R., Book review. Disaster management: Preparing for the worst, Nature 502, 438–439 (24 October 2013) doi:10.1038/502438a abstract

Schiffman, C., B.S. Bali, W. Szeliga, and R. Bilham, Seismic slip deficit in the Kashmir Himalaya from GPS observations, Geophys. Res. Lett., 40, 5642-5645 (2013) DOI: 10.1002/2013GL057700 abstract, article and supplement.

He, Jiankun, Philippe Vernant Jean Chéry, Weimin Wang Shuangjiang Lu , Wenfei Ku , Wenhai Xia , Roger Bilham. Nailing down the slip rate of the Altyn Tagh fault. Geophys. Res Lett. (2013), DOI: 10.1002/2013GL057497

 

2012

Szeliga, W., R. Bilham, D. M. Kakar, and S. H. Lodi (2012), Interseismic strain accumulation along the western boundary of the Indian subcontinent, J. Geophys. Res., 117, B08404, doi:10.1029/2011JB008822

Drukpa, D., P. Pelgay A. Bhattacharya, P. Vernant, W. Szeliga ,R. Bilham , (2012) . GPS constraints on Indo-Asian convergence in the Bhutan Himalaya: Segmentation and potential for a 8.2<Mw<8.8 earthquake. HKT meeting, Kathmandu, Nepal November 2012. J. Nepal Geol. Soc, 45, Special Issue, 43-44.

Gaur, V. K. and R. Bilham, Discussion of seismicity near Jaitapur, 10 December 2012 Current Science, 103(11), 1273-1278 pdf

Roger Bilham, Societal and Observational Problems in Earthquake Risk Assessments and their Delivery to those most at Risk, Tectonophysics, 10.1016/j.tecto.2012.03.023 2012.

Satyabala, S. P. Zhaohui Yang and Roger Bilham, Stick-slip advance of the Kohat plateau Pakistan Nature Geoscience (2012) doi:10.1038/ngeo1373 electronic supplement

Ambraseys, N. and Bilham, R, The Sarez-Pamir Earthquake and Landslide of 18 February 1911 Seism. Res. Lett. March, 83(2),294-394, (2012) doi:10.1785/gssrl.83.2.294

Lienkaemper, J. L, Forrest S. McFarland, Robert W. Simpson, Roger Bilham, David A. Ponce, John J. Boatwright and S. John Caskey. Hayward Fault: Long-term Creep Rates Suggest a Large Locked Patch Controls the Size and Frequency of its Large Earthquakes. Bull. Seism. Soc. Amer., 102-1, February 2012 BSSA-D-11-00033R3

Rymer, M. J., Jerome A. Treiman, Katherine J. Kendrick, James J. Lienkaemper, Ray J. Weldon, Roger Bilham, Meng Wei, Eric J. Fielding, Janis L. Hernandez, Brian P. E. Olson, Pam Irvine, Nichole Knepprath, Robert R. Sickler, Xiaopeng Tong, and Martin E. Siem, Triggered Surface Slips in Southern California Associated with the 2010 El Mayor-Cucapah, Baja California, Mexico, Earthquake, U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2010-1333 and California Geological Survey Special Report 221,

2011

Roger Bilham and Vinod Gaur, Historical and Future Seismicity near Jaitapur, India (2011). Current Science,101(10) 1275-1281. correction 3 Feb 2012, Current Science102(3), 499

Ambraseys, N and Bilham, R. (2011) Corruption Kills, Nature 469, 143-145. 13 Jan 2011. A. 20 Page electronic supplement. B Table: Global list of Earthquake fatalities considered since 1980

Wei, M., D. Sandwell, Y. Fialko, and R. Bilham (2011), Slip on faults in the Imperial Valley triggered by the 4 April 2010 Mw 7.2 El Mayor-Cucapah earthquake revealed by InSAR, Geophys. Res. Lett., 38, 27 LXXXXX, doi:10.1029/2010GL045235. pdf

Perez, O. J., R Bilham, M. Sequera, L. Molina, P. Gavotto, H. Codallo, C. Moncaya, C. Rodriguez, R. Velandia, M. Guzman and P. Molnar (2011), Campo de velocidades GPS en el occidente de Venezuela: Componente lateral derecha associada a la falla Bocono y componente convergente perpendicular a los Andes, Intercienzia, 36(1) 39-44. pdf

2010

Bilham, R., Invisible faults under shaky ground Nature Geoscience (3)11, 743-745, November 2010, doi:10.1038/ngeo1000

Bilham, R., and S. Lodi, (2010).The door knockers of Mansurah,: Strong shaking in a region of low perceived seismic risk, Sindh, Pakistan. Geological Society of America Special Paper 471, 29-37 on Ancient earthquakes, (edited by Manuel Sintubin, Iain S. Stewart, Tina M. Niemi, and Erhan Altunel). doi 10.1130/2010.2471(03)?

Bilham, R., B. Singh, I. Bhat and S. Hough, (2010). Historical earthquakes in Srinagar, Kashmir: Clues from the Shiva Temple at Pandrethan, GSA Special Paper 471 on Ancient earthquakes, 471, 107-117. (edited by Manuel Sintubin, Iain S. Stewart, Tina M. Niemi, and Erhan Altunel).doi 10.1130/2010.2471(10)?

Szeliga, W,, S. Hough, S. Martin and R. Bilham, (2010) Intensity, magnitude, location and attenuation in India for felt earthquakes since 1762. Bull. Seism. Soc. Amer. 100, 2, 570-584, 2010. This article analyzes data from Martin. S., and W. Szeliga, “A catalog of felt intensity data for 589 earthquakes in India, 1636-2009”, Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America, Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America, 100, 2, pp. 536-569, 2010 List of earthquakes Table 2 list of intensity data

Bilham, R., Why we cannot predict earthquakes, Book Review, Nature, 463, 735 (11 February 2010) doi:10.1038/463735a http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/v463/n7282/pdf/463735a.pdf

Bilham, R., Lessons from the Haiti earthquake, Nature 463, 878-879 (18 February 2010) doi:10.1038/463878a http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/v463/n7283/pdf/463878a.pdf

Mohadjer, S., R. Bendick, A. Ischuk, S. Kuzikov, A. Kostuk, U. Saydullaev, S. Lodi, D. M. Kakar, A. Wasy, M. A. Khan,P. Molnar, R. Bilham and A. V. Zubovich, Partitioning of India-Eurasia convergence in the Pamir-Hindu Kush from GPS measurements, (2010). Geophs. Res. lett., 37, L04305, doi:10.1029/2009GL041737, 2010.

Khan, M. A., R. Bendick, I.M. Bhat, R. Bilham, D.M. Kakar. S. F. Khan, S. H. Lodi, M. S. Qazi, B. Singh, W. Szeliga amd A. Wahab, Preliminary geodetic constraints on plate boundary deformation on the western edge of the Indian Plate from TriGGNnet, J. Himalayan Earth Sciences, 41 (2008), 71-87). Peshawar 2010.

Bilham, R., (2010) Building better can reduce catastrophic earthquakes, Science News, 178(6), 32.

Bilham, R., (2010). Killer quakes on rise with cities on fault lines, Bloomberg syndicated column 15 April 2010

2009

Bilham, R., The Seismic Future of Cities, Twelth Annual Mallet-Milne Lecture., Bull. Earthquake. Engineering 2009, 1-49, 10.1007/s10518-009-9147-0 pdf

Bilham, R. (2009) Next Year's Earthquake vs. Last Year's Disaster vis-à-vis Engineered Action vs. Societal Reaction, Journal of South Asia Disaster Studies, 2(1), 181-196.

Szeliga, W., R. Bilham, D. Schelling, D. M. Kakar and S. Lodi, (2009) Fold and thrust partitioning in a contracting fold belt: Evidence from the 1931 Mach Earthquake in Baluchistan. Tectonics, doi:10.1029/2008TC002265http://www.agu.org/journals/tc/tc0905/2008TC002265/

Ambraseys N. and R. Bilham, (2009)The tectonic setting of Bamiyan and seismicity in and near Afghanistan for the past twelve centuries. UNESCO Special Publication: The Destruction of the Giant Buddha Statues in Bamiyan, Central Afghanistan, UNESCO's emergency activities for the recovering and rehabilitation of cliff and niches. Ed. Claudio Margottini ISBN 978-448-0375-5. pp158 . Chapter 7, pages 67-94.

Hough, S., and R. Bilham, (2008). Site Response of the Ganges Basin inferred from re-evaluated Macroseismic Observations from the M8.1 Shillong 1897, M7.8 Kangra 1905 and 1934 Nepal M8.1 earthquakes. Journal of Earth System Science. 117, S2, 773-782.. (springer link)

Hough, S. E., R. Bilhan and I. Bhat (2009) On shaky ground- megaquakes in Kashmir, American Scientist, 97(1), 42-49.

 

2008

Bilham, R., and W. Szeliga, (2008). Interaction Between the Himalaya and the Flexed Indian Plate - Spatial Fluctuations in Seismic Hazard in India in the Past Millennium? 2008 Seismic Enginering Conference Commemorating the 1908 Messina and Reggio Calabria earthquake, ed A. Santini and N. Moraci, American Inst. of Physics Conf. Proc., 224-231, 978-0-7354-4/08/ 1020(1), 224-231, (978-0-7354-0542-4/08).

Bilham, R., (2008) Tom LaTouche and the Great Assam Earthquake of 12 June 1897; letters from the epicenter. Seis. Res. Lett. 79(3), 426-437.

Electronic supplement: Transcriptions of LaTouche's letters 1882-1913 illustrated by archival photographs from Calcutta and London.2008.

Bilham, R., Tsunamigenic Middle Earth, (2008). Nature Geoscience, 1, 211-212, 2008

Clark, M., and R. Bilham, Miocene rise of the Shillong Plateau and the Beginning of the end for the Eastern Himalaya, Earth Planet. Sci. Lett., 269(3), 337-351. doi: 10.1016/j. epsl. 2008.01.045

 

2007

Bilham, R. S. Lodi, S. Hough, S. Bukhary, Abid Murtaza Khan, and S.F.A. Rafeeqi, (2007) Seismic Hazard in Karachi, Pakistan: Uncertain Past, Uncertain Future, Seism. Res. Lett.78(6), 601-631.

Paul, J.,  A. R. Lowry, R. Bilham, S. Sen, and R. Smalley Jr., Postseismic deformation of the Andaman Islands following the 26 December, 2004 Great Sumatra–Andaman earthquake, Geophys. Res. Lett.,  34, LXXXXX, doi:10.1029/2007GL031024, 2007

Ambraseys N. and R. Bilham, The tectonic setting of Bamiyan and seismicity in and near Afghanistan for the past twelve centuries . [Published in book form in2009] Report to UN, 2007. pdf

 

2006

Feldl, N., and R Bilham, (2006) Great Himalayan Earthquakes and the Tibetan Plateau, Nature, 444, 165-170 (9 November 2006) | doi:10.1038/nature05199; Supplementary details Nature Abstraction

Bendick, R., R. Bilham, M. Asif Khan, S. Faisal Khan, (2006). Slip on an active wedge thrust from geodetic observations of the 8 October 2005 Kashmir earthquake, Geology, 35(3), 267-270.

Bendick, R., S. McClusky, R. Bilham, L. Asfaw, S. Klemperer, Distributed Nubia-Somalia relative motion and dike intrusion in the Main Ethiopian Rift, Geophys. J. Int. 165(1), 303-310.

Wallace, K., R. Bilham, F. Blume, V. K. Gaur, and V. Gahalaut (2006), Geodetic constraints on the Bhuj 2001 earthquake and surface deformation in the Kachchh Rift Basin, Geophys. Res. Lett., 33, L10301, doi:10.1029/2006GL025775

Satyabala, S. P., and R. Bilham (2006), Surface deformation and subsurface slip of the 28 March 1999 Mw = 6.4 west Himalayan Chamoli earthquake from InSAR analysis, Geophys. Res. Lett., 33, L23305, doi:10.1029/2006GL027422

Bilham, R., (2006) Moving Mountains, 132-137,  in Himalaya,  R.C. Blum, E. Stone and B. Coburn, ed.,  pp 255. National Geographic Society. ISBN-10: 0-7922-6192-5.

Bilham R. and S. E. Hough, 2006, Future earthquakes on the Indian Continent: Inevitable hazard, preventable risk. South Asia Journal , 12,1-9, April-June 2006 pdf

Bilham, R. (2006). Dangerous Tectonics, Fragile Buildings, and Tough Decisions, Science 31 March 2006: (311)5769, 1873 - 1875 DOI: 10.1126/science.1125176

Bilham, R. (2006), Comment on “Interpreting the style of faulting and paleoseismicity associated with the 1897 Shillong, northeast India, earthquake” by C. P. Rajendran et al., Tectonics, 25, TC2001, doi:10.1029/2005TC001893.

Bilham, R., (2006), Citation Harry Fielding Reid Medal to N.N. Ambraseys, Seism. Res. Lett. 77(5), 599-602.

Bilham, R., (2006), book review Bracing for Disaster: Earthquake Resistant Architecture and Engineering in San Francisco, 1838–1933 Stephen Tobriner, Heyday Books, Berkeley 2006. Seism. Res Lett. Dec 2006

2005

Bilham R and K Wallace, (2005), Future Mw>8 earthquakes in the Himalaya: implications from the 26 Dec 2004 Mw=9.0 earthquake on India's eastern plate margin, Geol. Surv. India Spl. Pub. 85, 1-14.

Hough, S. E., R. Bilham, N. Ambraseys and N. Feldl, (2005)., The 1905 Kangra and Dehra Dun earthquakes, Geol. Surv. India Spl. Pub. 85, 15-22.

Bilham, R., E. R. Engdahl,  N. Feldl and S. P. Satyabala. 2005 Partial and Complete Rupture of the Indo-Andaman plate boundary 1847-2004, Seism Res. Lett, 76(3), 299-311. June 2005. html version viewable in html

Bilham, R. (2005)A flying start followed by slow slip. Science, 308(5725),1126.

Hough S. E., R. Bilham, N. Ambraseys, and N. Feldl, Revisiting the 1897 Shillong and 1905 Kangra earthquakes in northern India:  Site Response, Moho reflections and a Triggered Earthquake,Current Science,88(10), 1632-8, 2005.

Hough, S.E., R. Bilham, K. Mueller, W. Stephenson, R. Williams and J. Odum.  Wagon loads of Sand Blows in White County, Seism. Res. Lett, 76(3), 373-386.

Schulte-Pelkum, V., G. Monsalve, A. Sheehan, M.R. Pandeyu, S. Sapkota, R. Bilham F. Wu, Imaging the Indian Subcontinent beneath the Himalaya, Nature, 435, 1222-1225, 30 June 2005

Hough S. E. and R. Bilham, 2005, After the Earth Quakes. Oxford University Press. pp. 366 (November 24, 2005) ISBN: 0195179137 see Review in Geotimes

Wallace, K.; Bilham, R.; Blume, F.; Gaur, V. K.; Gahalaut, V.,(2005) Surface deformation in the region of the 1905 Kangra Mw = 7.8 earthquake in the period 1846–2001, Geophys. Res. Lett.,  Vol. 32,  No. 15,  L15307, 10.1029/2005GL022906 pdf

Bilham, R., Co-seismic strain and the Transition to Surface Afterslip recorded by Creep-meters near the 2004 Parkfield epicenter Seism Res. Lett 2005. pdf

2004

Bilham R, N, Suszek and S.Pinkney, California Creepmeters, Seism. Res. Lett. 75(4), 481-492. August 2004, or download pdf or download word.doc

Bilham, R., Earthquakes in India and the Himalaya: tectonics, geodesy and history, (2004)Annals of Geophysics, 47(2), 839-858.html or download.pdf

Bilham R, and N. Ambraseys, Apparent Himalayan slip deficit from the summation of seismic moments for Himalayan earthquakes, 1500-2000, Current Science 2004 (download 3.5Mb pdf) (download compressed 272k file)

Bilham, R., (2004) Urban earthquake fatalities: A safer world or worse to come? Seism. Res. Lett., December 2004. (pdf)

Mueller, K., S. Hough, and R. Bilham, Investigating historic New Madrid earthquakes with instrumentally-recorded aftershocks, Nature, 429(6989), 284-287, May 20, 2004

Wallace, K, G Yin and R. Bilham, Inescapable slow slip on the Altyn Tagh Fault, submitted to Geophys. Res. Lett.. 2004

2003

Ambraseys, N., and R. Bilham, (2003)  Reevaluated intensities for the Great Assam Earthquake of 12 June 1897, Shillong India., Bull. Seism Soc. Am. 93 (2) 655-673.

Ambraseys, N., and R. Bilham (2003), Earthquakes in Afghanistan, Seism. Res. Lett., 74(2), 107-123. Text.pdf Narrative description of Historical earthquakes

Ambraseys, N., and R. Bilham, (2003),   Earthquakes and crustal deformation in northern Baluchistan, Bull. Seism Soc. Am. 93 (4), 1573-160,   2003

Bilham, R., R. Bendick, and K. Wallace, (2003). Flexure of the Indian Plate and intraplate earthquakes, Proc. Indian Acad. Sci. (Earth Planet Sci.),112(3) 1-14 (download 1.7Mb pdf).

Bilham, R, (2003) Moving Mountains, In Everest 1953-2003. Geographical Magazine, 75 (5), 68-69.

d'Ayala,D., M. Free, R. Bilham, P. Doyle, R.Evans, P. Greening, R. May, A. Stewart, B. Teymur, D. Vince, The Koacaeli, Turkey, Earthquake of 17 August 1999, A field report by EEFIT, (2003) The Kocaeli, Turkey Earthquake of 17 August 1999: a field report by EEFIT. London: Earthquake Engineering Field Investigation Team, Institution of Structural Engineers.ISBN 0 901279283 pp. 195

Kostoglodov, V., K. Larson, S.K. Singh, A. Lowry, J.A. Santiago, S.I. Franco, and R. Bilham, A large silent earthquake in the Guerrero seismic gap, Mexico, Geophys. Res. Lett, 2003, ms # 2003GL017219

Dunbar, P. K., R. G. Bilham and M. J. Laituri, (2003) Earthquake loss estimation for India based on macroeconomic indicators, in Risk Science and Sustainability: Science for Reduction of Risk and Sustainable Development of Society, edited by T. Beer and A. Ismail-Zadeh. (400k pdf)

Ortiz, M., and R. Bilham, source area and rupture parameters of the 31 Dec. 1881 Mw 7.9 Car Nicobar earthquake estimated from Tsunamis recorded in the Bay of Bengal, J. Geophys. Res., 108 (B4) 23 April 2003 [2002JB001941RR 2003. ]

Hough, S.E., S. Martin, R. Bilham and Gail M Atkinson (2003). A media based assessment of damage and ground motions from the 26 January 2001 M7.6 Bhuj, India, earthquake. J. Ind Inst of Sci., 112(3), 353-356.

Hough, S and R. Bilham, (2003) Shaken to the Core, Natural History Magazine , 112 (1),42-48.

Sri Devi Jade and 12 other authors, Pre-seismic, co-seismic and post seismic displacements associated with the Bhuj earthquake derived from recent and historic geodetic data. J. Ind Inst of Sci. 112 (3), 331-346, 2003. (download 500k pdf)

2002

Kostoglodov, V., R. Bilham, J. A. Santiago, V. Manea, M. Manea, V. R. Hernandez,   Long baseline tiltmeter for seismotectonic studies of the Mexican Subduction zone.   Geofisica International, 41(1), 11-25, 2002.

Hough, S. E., S. Martin, R. Bilham and G. Atkinson, The January 26 2001, Bhuj India earthquake: Observed and predicted Ground Motions, Seism. Soc. Am. 92(6), 2061-2079,   2002.

2001

Bendick, R., R. Bilham, E. Fielding, V. K. Gaur, S. Hough, G. Kier, M. N. Kulkarni, S. Martin, K. Mueller and M. Mukul, The January 26, 2001 "Republic Day" Earthquake, India. Seism. Res. Lett., 72(3), 328-335, 2001. (download 484k PDF file)

Bendick, R., and R. Bilham, How perfect is the Himalayan Arc? Geology, 29,791-794, 2001.

Bilham, R., Slow tilt reversal of the Lesser Himalaya between 1862 and 1992 at 78°E, and bounds to the southeast rupture of the 1905 Kangra earthquake, Geophys. J. Int (2001) 144, 1-23. (465kpdf)

Bilham, R. and P. England, Plateau pop-up during the great 1897 Assam earthquake. Nature 410, 806 - 809 (2001)

Bilham,R, V.K. Gaur, and P. Molnar, Himalayan Seismic Hazard, Science, 293, 1442-4, 2001

Lowry, A. R., K. Larson, V. Kostoglodov, and R. Bilham,   Transient fault slip in Guerrero, south Mexico,   Geophys. Res Lett. 28( 19), 3753-3757, 2001.

Pérez,O. J.,   R. Bilham, R. Bendick, J. R. Velandia, N. Hernández, C. Moncayo, M. Hoyer, ma Kozuch,   Velocity Field across the southern Caribbean Plate Boundary and estimates of Caribbean/S. American Plate Motion using GPS Geodesy 1994-2000.   Geophys. Res. Lett.,    28 (15),2987-2991,   2001.

Paul, J., Burgmann, R., Gaur, V. K., Bilham, R. Larson, K. M., Ananda, M. B., Jade, S., Mukal, M., Anupama, T. S.. Satyal, G., Kumar, D. 2001 The motion and active deformation of India Geophys. Res. Lett. Vol. 28 , No. 04 , 647-651 2001.

2000

Acton, D., A. Tessema, M. Jackson, and R. Bilham,    The tectonic and geomagnetic significance of paleomagnetic observations from volcanic rocks from Afar, Africa.    Earth. Planet. Sci. Lett. , 180 , 225-242, 2000.

Ambraseys, N., and R. Bilham, A note on the Kangra Ms=7.8 earthquake of 4 April 1905. Current Science, 79, 101-106, 2000.

Bilham, R., and V. K Gaur, The geodetic contribution to Indian seismotectonics, Current Science 79, 2000. or 256kPDF

Bilham, R., and Ting-To Yu, The Morphology of Thrust Faulting in the 21 September 1999, Chichi, Taiwan Earthquake ,   J. Asian Earth Sciences 18 (3) 1-17, 2000.

Bendick, R,    R. Bilham, J. Freymueller K. Larson, G. Peltzer   & Guanghua Yin, Geodetic Evidence for a low slip rate in the Altyn Tagh Fault and Constraints on Asian Deformation.,   Nature , 404, 69-72, 2000.

DeMets, C., Jansma, P. E.,   Mattioli, G. S.,   Dixon, T. H.,   Farina, F.,   Bilham, R.,   Calais, E., Mann, P., GPS geodetic constraints on Caribbean-North America plate motion , Geophys. Res. Lett.   27 , No. 3 , p. 437 (2000).

Searle, M. P., B. R. Hacker, and R. Bilham, The Hindu Kush seismic zone as a paradigm for the creation of ultra-high pressure diamond and coesite-bearing continental rocks, Journal of Geology, 109, 143-153, 2000.

Weber, J., Dixon T DeMets, C., Ambeh, W., Jansma. P., Matioli G., Bilham R., and Saleh, J and Perez O. A GPS estimate of therelative motion between the Caribbean and the South American plates, and geologic implications, Geology, 29, 75-78, 2001.

1994-2000

Bodin. P., R. Bilham, J. Behr, J. Gomberg, and K Hudnut, Slip Triggered on Southern California Faults by the Landers, Earthquake Sequence . Bull. Seism. Soc. Amer. 84(3), 806-816, 1994.

Behr. J., Bilham R and P. Bodin, Eureka Peak Afterslip following the June 28, 1992 Landers Earthquake. Bull. Seism. Soc. Amer., 84(3), 826-834, 1994.

Jackson, M., and R. Bilham, Constraints on Himalayan Deformation inferred from Vertical Velocity Fields in Nepal and Tibet,   J. Geophys. Res., 99(B7), 13897-13912,   1994

Bilham, R., (1994) The 1737 Calcutta Earthquake and Cyclone Evaluated, Bull. Seism. Soc. Amer. 84(5), 1650-1657. see discussion

Sturkell, E., Sigmundsson, F., P. Einarsson, and R. Bilham, Strain accumulation 1986-1992 across the Reykjanes Peninsula Plate Boundary, Iceland, determined from GPS measurements, Geophys. Res. Lett ., 21(2), 125-128, 1994.

Bodin, P., and R. Bilham, 3-D Geometry at Transform Plate Boundaries: Implications for seismic rupture,Geophys. Res. Lett.  21(23), 2523-2526, 1994 10.1029/94GL02279, 1994.

Jackson, M. and R. Bilham, Epoch GPS measurements across the Nepal Himalaya, Geophysical Research Letters , 21(12), 1169-1172, 1994.

Bilham, R., Earthquakes and Megacities, in   B. Tucker, ed . Uses of Earthquake Damage Scenarios ,   GeoHazards International, San Francisco, 15-25, 1994.

Bilham, R., The Next Great Earthquake in the Nepal Himalaya, Himal Magazine , 7(3), 26-30, 1994

Linde, A.T., I. Selwyn Sacks, M. J. S. Johnston, D. P. Hill and R. G. Bilham, Increased pressure from rising bubbles as a mechanism for remotely triggered seismicity, Nature(Lond), 371, 408-410,   1994.

Bilham, R. and G. Sasagawa, US Geoscience Community Gains an Absolute Gravimeter.   Eos. Trans. Am. Geophys Un . 75 (49), 569-570, 1994

Bodin P. and R. Bilham, Cumulative slip along the Peninsular Section of the San Andreas Fault California, estimated from two dimensional boundary element models of historical rupture. U.S. Geol. Survey Professional Paper , The Loma Prieta, California, Earthquake of October 17 1989 -Tectonic Processes and Models, 1550-F 91-101, 1994

Bilham, R., P. Bodin, M. Jackson, (1995) Entertaining a Great Earthquake in Western Nepal:Historic Activity and Geodetic Tests for the Development of Strain, J. Geol.Soc. Nepal, 11, 73-88. (download a 380 k PDF file)

Bilham, R. (1995) Location and magnitude of the 1833 Nepal earthquake and its relation to the rupture zones of contiguous great Himalayan earthquakes, Current Science, 69(2), 155-187. (download a 440k PDF file)

Johnston, M. J. S., D. P. Hill, A. T. Linde, J. Langbein, and R. Bilham. Transient Deformation during Triggered Seismicity from the 28 June 1992 Mw=7.3 Landers Earthquake at Long Valley Volcanic Caldera, California.   Bull. Seism. Soc. Am. 85, 787-795, 1995.

Sigmundsson, F., P. Einarsson, R. Bilham and E. Sturkell, Rift Transform kinematics in south Iceland: Deformation from Global Positioning System Measurements 1986-1992. J. Geophys. Res. , 6235-6248, 1995

Hill, D., A.M. Johnston, J. Langbein, and R. Bilham, Response of the Long Valley Caldera to the Mw 7.3 Landers California Earthquake, J. Geophys. Res. , 100, 12985-13005, 1995.

Bilham, R. Global Fatalities from Earthquakes in the past 2000 years: prognosis for the next 30. In Reduction and Predictability of Natural Disasters , Eds. Rundle, J,   F. Klein and D. Turcotte.   Santa Fe Institute Studies in the Sciences of Complexity, Vol. XXV, Addison Wesley,  pp. 19-31, 1995. 1 Mb pdf . Original article: http://www.santafe.edu/sfi/publications/Bookinforev/nhrnew.html

Paul, J.,   R. Bilham, & 9 authors, Microstrain Stability of Peninsula India 1864-1994,   Proc. Indian Acad.Sci.(Earth Planet. Sci.) 104(1), March 1995.

Freymueller, R. Bilham R. Bürgmann and K. Larson, Global Positioning System measurements of Indian Plate motion and convergence across the Lesser Himalaya, Geophys. Res. Lett . 23 (22), 3107-3110 .   1996

Robertson, D., G. Sasagawa, F. Klopping and R. Bilham,   The use of differencing to eliminate environmental effects in the intercomparison of absolute gravimeters, Geophys. Res. Lett.,   23 (3), 245-248, 1996

Linde, A. T. M T Gladwin, M J S Johnston, R L Gwyther and R G Bilham,   A slow earthquake sequence on the San Andreas fault, Nature(Lond). , 383 , 65-68. 1996.

Bilham, R.,   K. Larson, J. Freymueller and Project Idylhim members, GPS measurements of present-day convergence across the Nepal Himalaya, Nature(Lond)., 386, 61-64 1997.

Bilham, R., and S. Whitehead. Subsurface Creep on the Hayward Fault, Fremont California, Geophys. Res. Lett. 24 , 1307-1310. 1997.

Dickey, J., C.R. Bentley, R. Bilham, J.A. Carton, R.J.Eanes, T.A. Herring. W. M. Kaula, G.S. E. Lagerhof, S. Rojstaczer, W.H.F. Smith, H M. van den Dool, J. M. Wahr and M. Zuber,   Satellite Gravity and the Geosphere: Contributions to the Study of the Solid Earth and Its Fluid Earth, Global Change and Natural Hazards Research, National Academy Committee on Earth Gravity from Space .   Natl. Acad. Press, Washington, D.C.,   1997 , 112 pp

Bilham, R., The elusive height of Mount Everest. in Everest, 26-27, National Geographic Society, 1997.

Behr. J., Bilham R. K. Breckenridge, P. Bodin and A. Sylvester , Afterslip on the San Andreas fault followng the Loma Prieta earthquake. USGS Professional Paper, 210-231, August 1997

Bilham, R. Measurements of Surface Stability of Engineered Geodetic Control Points, in The Global Positioning System for the Earth Sciences,   202-210, Nat. acad. Press   Washington D.C. 1997   pp. 239.

Dickey, J., C. R. Bentley, R. Bilham, J. A. Carton, R.J.Eanes, T.A. Herring. W. M. Kaula, G.S. E. Lagerhof, S. Rojstaczer, W.H.F. Smith, H M. van den Dool, J. M. Wahr and M. Zuber,   Satellite Gravity: Insights into the Solid Earth and its envelope. Eos Transactions Am. Geophys. Un , 79, 242-243, 1998.

Dickey, J., C. R. Bentley, R. Bilham, J. A. Carton, R.J.Eanes, T.A. Herring. W. M. Kaula, G.S. E. Lagerhof, S. Rojstaczer, W.H.F. Smith, H M. van den Dool, J. M. Wahr and M. Zuber,   Satellite Gravity and the geosphere: Contributions to hydrology . GEWEX News , 8(2), 4-6, 1998

Bilham. R., F. Blume, R. Bendick and V. K. Gaur (1998) . Geodetic constraints on the Translation and Deformation of India: implications for future great Himalayan earthquakes, Current Science, 74,(3), 213-229. (dowload 1.3 Mb PDF file)

Bilham, R., Slip parameters for the Rann of Kachchh, India, 16 June 1819, earthquake, quantified from contemporary accounts (1998) In Stewart, I. S. & Vita-Finzi, C. (Eds) Coastal Tectonics. Geological Society London, 146, 295-318. (Download a 964k PDF file)

Larson, K., R. Bürgmann, R. Bilham, J. Freymueller, Kinematics of the India-Eurasia Collision Zone from GPS measurements. J. Geophys. Res. 104, 1177-1093, 1999.

Bilham, R., Millions at Risk as big cities grow apace in earthquake zones, Nature 401, 738, 1999

_________Old Stuff 1969-1993_________

Bendick, R. and R. Bilham (1999)  Search for buckling of the southwest Indian coast related to Himalayan collision. In Himalaya and Tibet: mountain roots to mountain tops.  Ed. A. Macfarlane, R. Sorkhabi, and J. Quade.  Geological Society of America  Special Paper 328.  pp.313-323.

King, G.C.P., R.G. Bilham, V.B. Gerard, D. Davis and P.H. Sydenham,   New strainmeters for Geophysics, Nature(Lond), 223, 818-819, 1969.

Bilham, R.G. and G.C.P. King, Strain gauges for geophysics, Assemblee Generale de la Commission Seismologique European, Luxembourg, Observatoire Royale de Belgique Comm., Serial No. 13, Serie Geophysique, 101, 258-278, 1970.

Bilham, R., The location of Earth Strain Instrumentation, Phil. Trans. R. Soc. Lond., A 274, 429-4533, 1970.

Bilham, R.G., The measurement of earth strain, Ph.D. Thesis, Cambridge University, 1970.

Bilham, R.G., R. Evans, G.C.P. King, A. Lawson and D. McKenzie., Earth strain tides observed in Yorkshire, England with a simple wire strainmeter, Geophysical Journal of the Royal Astronomical Society, 29, 473-485, 1972.

Bilham, R.G. and G.C.P. King, 1972, Local anomalies in strain measurement, 13th General Assembly of the European Seismological Commission, Brasov, Roumania, September 1972, Brasov Geological Institute of Technical and Economic Studies, D. Series Geophysical Prospecting, No. 10, Bucharest, 173-178, (1974).

King, G.C.P. and R.G. Bilham, Strain measurement instrumentation and technique, Philosophical transactions of the Royal Society of London, A 274, 209-217, 1973.

King, G.C.P. and R.G. Bilham, Tidal tilt measurement in Europe, Nature (Lond), 253, 5402, 74-75, 1973

Bilham, R.G., G.C.P. King and D. Emter, Kilometre and centimetre earth strainmeters, Nature (Lond), 249, 3452, 25-26, 19

Bilham, R.G., G.C.P. King and D.P. McKenzie, Inhomogeneous tidal strains in Queensbury tunnel, Yorkshire, Geophysical Journal of the Royal Astronomical Society, 37, 2, 217-227, 1974.

Itseuli, U.J., R.G. Bilham, N.R. Goulty and G.C.P. King, Tidal strain enhancement across a tunnel, Geophysical Journal of the Royal Astronomical Society, 42, 555-556, 1985.

King, G.C.P., R.G. Bilham, J.W. Campbell, D.P. McKenzie and M. Niazi, Elastic strain fields due to fault creep events observed by invar wire strainmeters in Iran, Nature (Lond), 253, 1975.

Goodman, D., A. Allan and R. Bilham, Wire strainmeters on ice, Nature (Lond), 255, 5503-5505, 1974.

King, G.C.P. and R.G. Bilham, A geophysical wire strainmeter, Seism. Soc. Amer. Bull., 66, v.6, 2039-2047, 1976.

Beavan, R.J. and R. Bilham, Thermally induced errors in fluid tiltmeters, J. Geophys. Res., 82, 5699-5704, 1976.

Bilham, R., A sea level recorder for tectonic studies, Geophys. J. R. Astr. Soc., 48, 307-314, 1977.

Bilham, R. and R. Beavan, Tilt measurements on a small tropical island, U.S. Geol. Survey Open File Report 79-370, 43-83, 1979.

Plumb, R., R. Bilham and R.J. Beavan, A stable long-baseline fluid tiltmeter for tectonic studies, U.S. Geol. Survey Open File Report 79-370, 43-83, 1979.

Evans, R., J. Beavan, R.G. Bilham and G.C.P. King, A survey of earth tides in Great Britain, Geophys. J. R. Astr. Soc., 57, 119-136, 1979.

Bilham, R. and R.J. Beavan, Strains and tilts on crustal blocks, Tectonophysics, 52, 121-

Evans, J. R. Bilham, J. Beavan and G.C.P. King, A survey of earth strain tides in Britain, Geophys. J. R. Astr. Soc., 57, 119-136, 1979.

Beavan, J., K. Hurst and R. Bilham, Coherent tilt signals observed in the Shumagin Island   seismic gap; detection of time dependent subduction at depth, J. Geophys. Res., 89, 4478-4492, 1984.

Bilham, R. and R.J. Beavan, Satellite telemetry of sea level data to monitor crustal motions in the Shumagin Region of the Aleutian Arc, in Space Techniques in Earthquake Prediction Research, Vieweg Verlag Wiesbaden/FRG,   A. Vogel (ed.), 269-283, 1979.

Beavan, J., R. Bilham, D. Emter and G.C.P. King, Observations of strain across a fissure, Deutsche Geodetische Kommision, B231, Munchen, 47-58, 1979.

Bilham, R.G., R. Plumb and R.J. Beavan, Design consideration in an ultra stable long baseline tiltmeter - results from a laser tiltmeter, in Space Techniques in Earthquake Prediction Research, Vieweg Verlag Wiesbaden/FRG, A. Vogel (ed.), 235-254, 1979.

Berberian, M., I. Asudeh, C. Soufleris, R. Bilham and C.H. Scholz, Mechanism of the main shock and the aftershock study of the Tabas e Golshan (Iran) earthquake of 16 September 1978: A preliminary report, Bull. Seism. Soc. Am., 69, 6, 1851-1960, 1979.

Bilham, R., Delays in the onset times of near-surface strain and tilt precursors to earthquakes, Earthquake prediction - An international review, Maurice Ewing Series, 4, Am. Geophys. Un., 411-421, 1981.

Bilham, R., R. Beavan and K. Evans, Long baseline water tube geometry, the detection of flexure and tilt and the suppression of locally generated signals, 9th International Symp. on Earth Tides, NY., E. Schweitzerbartsche Buchhandluing D-7000, Stuttgart, 85-94, 1982.

Bilham, R., Vertical geodesy without slope-dependent errors: A hydrostatic level using water at 4°, Tectonophysics, 97, 337-349, 1983.

Bilham, R., Pant, G.B. and Jacoby, G.C., 1983. Dendroclimatic potential of Juniper trees from the Sir Sar range in the Karakoram, Man and Environment, 7, 45-50.

Beavan, J., R. Bilham, E. Hauksson and K. Jacob, Tilt and seismicity changes in Shumagin Islands seismic gap, Science, 222, 322-325, 1983.

Bilham, R. and D. Simpson, Indo-Asian convergence and the 1913 survey line connecting the Indian and Russian surveys, International Karakorum Project 1980, 1, Camb. Univ. Press., 160-170, 1984.

Chen, J., T. Crompton, J. Walton and R. Bilham, The survey work of the International Karakorum Project, 1980. International Karakorum Project 1980, 2, Camb. Univ. Press., 124-139, 1984.

Bilham, R., G.C. Jacoby and G. Pant, A preliminary study of ancient trees in the Hunza Valley, Pakistan, and their dendrochronologic potential, International Karakorum Project, 1980, 2, Camb. Univ. Press, 599-606, 1984.

Wyatt, F., R. Bilham, J. Beavan, A.G. Sylvester, T. Owen, A. Harvey, C. MacDonald, D.D. Jackson and D.C. Agnew, Comparing tiltmeters for crustal deformation measurement: A preliminary report, Geophys. Res. Lett., 11, 963-966, 1984.

Bilham, R., Tsunami-resistant gauges for epicentral sea-level studies, Proc. Tsunami Sym., Hamburg, Aug. 1983, E.N. Bernard (ed.), NOAA, U.S. Govt. 1984-776-001/4105 REG. 8, 1984.

Bilham, R., Crustal deformation metrology in the United States, Proc. Fourth Joint Meeting of the US-Japan Conference on Natural Resources (UJNR) Panel on Earthquake Prediction Technology, March 26-27, 1984, U.S. Geological Survey Open File Report, 86-254, 149-170, 1984.

Bilham, R., Impulse radar studies of the Borah Peak Earthquake, Idaho, R.S. Stein and R.C. Bucknam (eds.), U.S. Geological Survey Open File Report 85-290, 182-194, 1985.

Bilham, R., J. Beavan, K. Evans and K. Hurst, Crustal deformation meteorology at Lamont-Doherty Geological Observatory, Earthq. Predict. Res., 3, 391-411, 1985.

Bilham, R. and P. Williams, Sawtooth segmentation and deformation processes on the San Andreas Fault, California, Geophys. Res. Lett., 12, 557-560, 1985.

Bilham, R., Southern San Andreas fault geometry and fault zone deformation: Implications for earthquake prediction, National Earthquake Prediction Council Meeting, March, 1985, U.S. Geological Survey Open File Report 85-507, 45-65, 1985.

Hurst, K. and R. Bilham, Hydrostatic levels in precision geodesy, J. Geophys. Res., 91, 9202-9216, 1986.

Beavan, J., K. Hurst, R. Bilham and L. Shengold, A densely spaced array of sea level monitors for the detection of vertical crustal deformation in the Shumagin seismic gap, Alaska, J. Geophys. Res., 91, 9067-9080, 1986.

Foulger, G., R. Bilham, J. Morgan and P. Einarsson, The Iceland Geodetic Field Campaign, 1986, EOS Trans. Am. Geophys. Un. 68, 1809-1818, 1987.

Bilham, R., Letter, Smithsonian Magazine, 18, 9, 14-16, December, 1987.

Bilham, R., Space geodesy and earthquake prediction, Aerospace Century XXI, 64, Advances in the Astronautical Sciences, 1637-1659, Univelt, Inc., 1988.

Bilham, R., Earthquakes and urban growth, Nature, 336, 625-626, 1988.

Bilham, R., Mountain metrology and space geodesy,   Appalachia, 47, 187, 79-107, Dec 1988.

Bilham, R. and K. Hurst, Relationships between fault zone deformation and segment obliquity on the San Andreas Fault, California, U.S./China meeting on Crustal deformation and Earthquakes, Wuhan PRC, Oct., 1985, 510-524, 1988.

Bilham, R., Transducers in Michelson Tiltmeters, U.S./China meeting on Crustal deformation and Earthquakes, Wuhan PRC, Oct., 1985, 264-275, 1988.

Beavan, J., R. Bilham, K. Hurst and K. Hudnut, Techniques and results of crustal deformation measurement using sea-level gauges, leveling and extensometers, U.S./China meeting on Crustal deformation and Earthquakes, Wuhan PRC, Oct., 1985, 302-319, 1988.

Bilham, R., R. Yeats and S. Zerbini, Space geodesy and the global forecast of earthquakes, EOS Trans. Am. Geophys. Un ., 70, 65-73, 1989. (article)

Bilham, R., and G. King, Slip distribution on oblique segments of the San Andreas fault, California: observations and theory, U.S.G.S. Open File Report   89-315, 80-93, 1989.

Bilham, R., Surface slip subsequent to the 24 November 1987 Superstition Hills, earthquake, California, monitored by digital creepmeters, Bull. Seism. Soc. Amer., 79(2), 425-450, 1989.

Bilham, R., and G. King, The morphology of strike slip faults: examples from the San Andreas fault, California, J. Geophys. Res ., 94, 10204-10226, 1989.

Hackman, M.C., R. Bilham and X. Wu, 1986 Iceland GPS measurements: a comparison of solutions obtained using Magnet, Geomark, and second-generation Bernese software, Mapping and Surveying, 49, 45-65, 1989.

Hackman, M.C., G.C.P. King and R. Bilham, Mechanics of the south Iceland seismic zone, J. Geophys. Res ., 95, 17339-17352, 1990.

Behr, J., R. Bilham, P. Bodin, R.O. Burford and R. Burgmann, Aseismic slip on the San Andreas fault south of Loma Prieta, Geophys. Res. Lett., 17, 1445-1448, 1990.

Bilham. R, Winester, D., J. Fried, B. Bernard, L. Shrestha, B.N. Shrestha, G. Adiga, and J. Faller, Absolute gravity at Nagarkot Geodetic Observatory, Archives of His Majesty's Government of Nepal, Survey Department, 1-30, 1990.

Bilham, R., Earthquakes and sea level: crustal deformation metrology on a changing planet, Rev. Geophys ., 1, 1-29, Feb 1991.

Bilham, R. and S. Barrientos, Great earthquakes and sea level, Nature (Lond), 350, 386, 1991.

Marone, C.J., C.H. Scholz and R. Bilham, On the Mechanics of earthquake afterslip, J. Geophys. Res., 96, 8441-8452, 1991.

Agnew, D., C. Allen, R. Bilham, L. Jones et al, A basis for short term earthquake alerts for the southern San Andreas Fault, USGS Open File Report, 1991.

Bilham, R., and J. Behr, A two-depth model for aseismic slip on the Superstition Hills fault, California, Bull. Seism. Soc. Amer ., 82, 1223-1235, 1992.

Asfaw, L.M., R. Bilham, M. Jackson, and P. Mohr, Recent inactivity in the African Rift, Nature(Lond) , 357, 447, 1992.

Bilham, R., Sinestral creep on the Xianshuihe Fault at Xialatuo in the 17 years following the 1973 Luhuo earthquake, Proc. PRC-US Bilateral Symposium on the Xianshuihe Fault Zone, October 1990, Chengdu, China. Seismological Press, Beijing, 226-231, 1992.

Jackson, M., S. Barrientos, R. Bilham, D. Kyestha, and B. Shrestha, Localized deformation in the Nepal Himalaya revealed by spirit leveling, Geophys. Res. Lett ., 19, 1539-1542, 1992.

Bilham, R., and P. Bodin, Fault zone connectivity: slip rates on faults in the San Francisco Bay Area, California, Science , 258, 281-284, 1992.

Sigmundsson, F., P. Einarsson, and R. Bilham, Magma deflation recorded by the Global Positioning System: the 1991 Hekla eruption, Geophys. Res. Lett., 19, 1483-1486, 1992.

Sylvester, A.G., R. Bilham, M. Jackson, and S. Barrientos, Aseismic growth of Durmid Hill, southeasternmost San Andreas Fault, California, J. Geophys. Res ., 98, 14, 233-14, 243, 1993.

Bilham, R., Borehole Inclinometer Monument for Millimeter Horizontal Geodetic Control Accuracy, Geophys. Res. Lett. 20, 2159-2162, 1993.

Bilham, R. and G. Sasagawa, Absolute gravity workshop, EOS Trans. Am. Geophys. Un . 23 Feb. 1993