Rocco's Malservisi Papers

Publications

2024

Van Alphen R., M. Rodgers, R. Malservisi, P. Wang, J. Cheng, M. Vallee (2024). Application of UAV Structure-From-Motion Photogrammetry to a Nourished Beach for Assessment of Storm Surge Impacts, Pinellas County, Florida, IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing, 62, doi:10.1109/TGRS.2024.3417306.

Van Alphen, R., K.C. Rains, M. Rodgers, R. Malservisi, T.H. Dixon (2024). UAV-Based Wetland Monitoring: Multispectral and Lidar Fusion with Random Forest Classification Drones, 8(3), 113, https://doi.org/10.3390/drones8030113.

2023

2022

Higgins, M., P.C. La Femina, A.J. Saballos, S. Ouertani, K.M. Fischer, H. Geirsson, W. Strauch, G. Mattioli, R. Malservisi (2022). Cascading Hazards in a Migrating Forearc Arc System: Earthquake and Eruption Triggering in Nicaragua, J.Geophys. Res., e2022JB024899, doi: 10.1029/2022JB024899.

Rodgers, M., F. Deng, T.H. Dixon, C.L. Glennie, M.R. James, R. Malservisi, R. Van Alphen, S. Xie (2022). Geodetic Applications to Geomorphology, in replace J. F. Shroder (Ed.), Treatise on Geomorphology (Second Edition), v.2, Elsevier, p. 34-55. https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-12-818234-5.00084-5

2021

Aldaajani, T., K.P. Furlong, R. Malservisi (2021). The rigidity of the western Arabian margin: Strain rate field from GPS network, Arabian, J. Geosc., AJGS-D-20-02166.

Hastings, M.S., C.B. Connor, P. Wetmore, R. Malservisi, L.J. Connor, M. Rodgers, P.C. La Femina (2021). Large‐Volume and Shallow Magma Intrusions in the Blackfoot Reservoir Volcanic Field (Idaho, USA), J. Geophys. Res., 126(11), e2021JB022507, https://doi.org/10.1029/2021JB022507.

2020

Umhoefer, P.J., C. Plattner, R. Malservisi (2020). Quantifying rates of "rifting while drifting" in the southern Gulf of California: The role of the southern Baja California microplate and its eastern boundary zone, Lithosphere, L1132, doi:10.1130/L1132.1.

Gallant, E., F. Deng, C. Connor, T.H. Dixon, S. Xie, J.A. Saballos, C. Gutierres, D. Myhre, L. Connor, J. Zyac, P. Lafemmina, S. Charbonnier, J. Richardson, R. Malservisi, G. Thomson (2020). Deep and rapid thermo-mechanical erosion by a small-volume lava flow, Earth Plan, Sci. Lett., doi:10.1016/j.espl.2020.116163.

McCormack, K., M.A. Hesse, T.H. Dixon, R. Malservisi (2020). Modeling the contribution of poroelastic deformation to postseismic geodetic signals, Geophys. Res. Lett., 47(8), e2020GL086945.

Xie, S., T. H. Dixon, R. Malservisi, Y. Jiang, M. Protti, C. Muller (2020). Slow Slip and Inter-transient Locking on the Nicoya Megathrust in the Late and Early Stages of an Earthquake Cycle, J. Geophys. Res., 125(11), https://doi.org/10.1029/2020JB020503.

2019

Deng, F., M. Rodgers, S. Xie, T.H. Dixon, S. Charbonnier, E.A. Gallant, C.M.L. Velez, M. Ordonez, R. Malservisi, N.K. Voss, J.A. Richardson (2019). High-resolution DEM generation from spaceborne and terrestrial remote sensing data for improved volcano hazard assesment- A case study at Nevado del Ruiz, Colombia, Remote Sensing of Environment, 233, 111348, doy:10.1016/j.rse.2019.111348. PDF.

Xie, S., E.A. Gallant, P.H. Wetmore, P.M. Figueiredo, L.A. Owen, C. Rasmussen, R. Malservisi, T.H. Dixon (2019). A new geological slip rate estimate for the Calico Fault, Eastern California: implications for geodetic versus geologic rate estimates in the Eastern California Shear Zone, Int. Geol. Rev., 61(13), 1613-1641. doi:10.1080/00206814.2018.1531272. PDF.">

Germa, A., C. Perry, X. Quidelleur, A. Calvert, M. Clynne, C.B. Connor, L.J. connor, R. Malservisi, S. Charbonnier (2019). Temporal relationship between the Lassen volcanic center and mafic regional volcanism, Bull. Volc., 81, 38. doi: 10.1007/s00445-019-1296-7. PDF.

Xie, S., J. Law, R. Russell, T.H. Dixon, C. Lambke, R. Malservisi, M. Rodgers, G. Iannaccone, S. Guardato, D.F. Naar, D. Calore, N. Fraticelli, J. Brizzolara, J.W. Gray, M. Hommeyer, J. Chen (2019). Seafloor geodesy in shallow water with GPS on an anchored spar buoy, J. Geophys. Res, 124, 12,116–12,140, doi:10.1029/2019JB018242

Wetmore, P.H., R. Malservisi, J.M. Fletcher, H. Alsleben, J. Wilson, S. Calihan, A. Springer, O. Gonzales-Yajimovich, P.O. Gold (2018). Slip history and the role of the Agua Blanca fault in the tectonics of the North American–Pacific plate boundary of southern California, USA and Baja California, Mexico, Geosphere, 15(1), 119-145. doi:10.1130/GES01670.1. PDF.

2018

Voss, N.,T.H. Dixon, Z. Liu, R. Malservisi, M. Protti, S. Schwartz (2018). Do slow slip events trigger large and great megathrust earthquakes?, Science Advances, 4(10),eaat8472. doi:10.1126/sciadv.aat8472.PDF.

Charbonnier, S.J., F. Deng, T.H. Dixon, R. Malservisi (2018). High-resolution DEMS of active volcanoes from tandem-X data: implications for flow modeling and hazard assessment, IGARSS 2018, IEEE International Geosciences and Remote Sensing Symposium, 399-402.

2017

Karegar,M.A., T.H. Dixon, R. Malservisi, J. Kusche, S.E. Engelhart (2017). Nuisance Flooding and Relative Sea-Level Rise: the Importance of Present-Day Land Motion, Scientific Reports, 7, 11197, doi:10.1038/s41598-017-11544-y. PDF.

Voss, N.K., R. Malservisi, T.H. Dixon, M. Protti (2017). Slow slip events in the early part of the earthquake cycle, J. Geophys. Re., 122(8), 6773-6786, doi:10.1002/2016JB013741. PDF.

Deng, F., C.B. Connor, R. Malservisi, L.J. Connor, J.T. White, A. Germa, P.H. Wetmore (2017). A geophysical model for the origin of volcano vent clusters in a Colorado Plateau volcanic field, J. Geophys. Res.,122 (11), 8910-8924, doi:10.1002/2017JB014434.PDF.

Jiang, Y., Z. Liu, E.E. Davis, S.Y. Schwartz, T.H. Dixon, N. Voss, R. Malservisi, M. Protti (2017). Strain release at the trench during shallow slow slip: The example of Nicoya Peninsula, Costa Rica, Geophys. Res. Lett., 44(10), 4846-4854, doi:10.1002/2017GL072803. PDF.

2016

Chierici, F., G. Iannacone, L. Pignagnoli, S. Guardato, M. Locritani, D. Embriaco, G_P Donnarumma, M. Rodgers, R. Malservisi, L. Beranzoli (2016). A new method to asses long-term sea-bottom vertical displacement in shallow water using a bottom pressure sensor: application to Campi Flegrei, Southern Italy, J. Geophys. Res. Oceans, 121(11), 7775-7789, doi:10.1002/2016JB013459.PDF.

George, O., R. Malservisi, R. Govers, C.B. Connor, L.J. Connor (2016). Is uplift of volcano clusters in the Tohoku Volcanic Arc, Japan, driven by magma accumulation in hot zones? A geodynamic modeling study, J. Geophys. Res., 121 (6), 4780-4796, doi:10.1002/2016JB012833.PDF.

2015

Njoroge, M., R. Malservisi, D. Voytenko, M. Hackl (2015) Is Nubia Plate Rigid? A geodetic study of the relative motion of different cratonic areas within Africa, International Association of Geodesy Symposia, p 1-9, doi:10.1007/1345_2015_212. PDF.

Marshall, A., C.B. Connor, S. Kruse, R. Malservisi, J. Richardson, L. Courtland, L. Connor, J. Wilson, M.A. Karegar (2015) Subsurface structure of a maar-diatreme and associated tuff ring from a high-resolution geophysical survey, Rattlesnake Crater, Arizona, J. Volc. Gotherm. Res., 304, 253-264, doi:10.1016/j.jvolgeores.2015.09.006. PDF.

Malservisi, R., S.Y. Schwartz, N. Voss, M. Protti, V. Gonzales, T.H. Dixon, Y. Jiang, A.V. Newman, J.A. Richardson, J.I. Walter, D. Voytenko (2015) Multiscale postseismic behavior on a megathrust: the 2012 Nicoya earthquake, Costa Rica, Geochem. Geophys. Geosyst., 16(6), 1848-1864, doi:10.1002/2015GC005794. PDF.

Plattner, C., R. Malservisi, F. Amelung, M. Hackl, A. Verdecchia, T.H. Dixon, F. Suarez-Vidal, J. Gonzales-Garcia (2015) Space geodetic observation of the deformation cycle across the Ballenas Transform, Gulf of California, J. Geophys. Res., 120, doi:10.1002/2015JB011959.PDF. Sup Material.

Karegar, M.A., T.H. Dixon, R. Malservisi, Q. Yang (2015). GPS-based monitoring of surface deformation associated with CO2 injection at an Enhanced Oil Recovering site, Int. J. Greenhouse Gas Control, 41, 116-126, doi:10.1016/j.ijggc.2015.07.006. PDF.

White,J.T., A. Karakhanian, C.B. Connor, L. Connor, J.D. Hughes, and R. Malservisi, P. Wetmore (2015). Coupling geophysical investigation with hydrothermal modeling to constrain the enthalpy classification of a potential geothermal resource, J. Volc. Geotherm. Res., 298, 59-70, doi:10.1016/j.jvolgeores.2015.03.020. PDF.

Karegar, M.A., T.H. Dixon, and R. Malservisi (2015). A three-dimensional surface velocity field for the Mississippi Delta: Implications for coastal restoration and flood potential, Geology, 43(5), 519-522, doi: 10.1130/G36598.1. PDF. Supplemental Material.

2014

Dixon,T.H., Y. Jiang, R. Malservisi, R. McCaffrey, N. Voss, M. Protti, and V. Gonzalez (2014). Earthquake and tsunami forecasts: Relation of slow slip events to subsequent earthquake rupture, Proc. Nat. Ac. Sci., 111(48), 17039-17044, doi: 10.1073/pnas.1412299111. PDF. Supplemental Material.

Saballos, J.A., V. Conde, R. Malservisi, C.B. Connor, J. Alvarez, and A. Munoz, (2014). Relatively short-term correlation among deformation, degassing, and seismicity: a case study from Concepción volcano, Nicaragua, Bull. Volc., 76:843, doi:10.1007/s00445-014-0843-5. PDF

Wenliang, Z., A. Falk, T.H. Dixon, W. Shimon, and R. Malservisi (2014).A method for estimating ice mass loss from relative InSAR observations: Application to the Vatnajökull ice cap, Iceland, Geochem. Geophys. Geosyst., 15, 108-120, doi: 10.1002/2013GC004936. PDF

Protti, M., V. Gonzales, A.V. Newman, T.H. Dixon, S.Y. Schwartz, J.S. Marshall, L. Feng, J.I. Walter, R. Malservisi, and S. Owen (2013). Nicoya earthquake rupture anticipated by geodetic measurement of the locked plate interface, Nature Geoscience,doi:10.1038/ngeo2038. PDF

2013

Saballos, J.A., R. Malservisi, C.B. Connor, P.C. La Femina, and P.H. Wetmore (2013). Gravity and Geodesy of Concepción volcano, Nicaragua,Geological Society of America Special Papers 498, 77-88, doi:10.1130/2013.2498(05). PDF

Hackl, M., R. Malservisi, U. Hugentobler, and Y. Jiang (2013). Velocity covariance in the presence of anisotropic time correlated noise and transient events in GPS time series, J. of Geodyn., 72, 36-45. doi:10.1016/j.jog.2013.08.007. PDF

Malservisi R., U. Ugentobler, R. Wonnacott, and M. Hackl (2013), How rigid is a rigid plate? Geodetic constraint from the TrigNet CGPS network, South Africa , Geophys J. Int., 192, 918-928, doi: 10.1093/gji/ggs081, PDF.

2011

Hackl, M., R. Malservisi, U. Ugentobler, and R. Wonnacott (2011). Estimation of velocity uncertainties from GPS time series: Examples from the analysis of the South African Trignet network, J. Geophys. Res. Solid Earth, 116(B11), B11404,doi:10.1029/2010JB008142. PDF.

2010

Plattner, C., R. Malservisi, K.P. Furlong, and R. Govers (2010), Development of the Eastern California Shear Zone – Walker Lane belt: The effects of microplate motion and pre-existing weakness in the Basin and Range, Tectonophysics, 485(1), 78-84. doi:10.1016/j.tecto.2009.11.021 PDF.

2009

Hackl, M., R. Malservisi, and S. Wdowinski (2009), Strain patterns from dense GPS networks, Natural Hazards and Earth System Sciences, 9(4), 1177-1187.doi:10.5194/nhess-9-1177-200 PDF.
Supplemental material: Strain code (gmt4)

Plattner, C., R. Malservisi, and R. Gover (2009), On the plate boundary forces that drive and resist the Baja California motion, Geology, 37(4), 359-362, doi:10.1130/G25360A.1. PDF.

Schaber, K., H.-P Bunge, B. Schuberth, R. Malservisi, and A. Horbach (2009), Stability of the rotation axis in high-resolution mantle circulation models: Weak polar wander despite strong core heatingi, Geochem. Geophys. Geosyst., 10, doi:10.1029/2009GC002541. PDF.

2007

Plattner, C., R. Malservisi, T.H. Dixon, G.F. Sella, P. Lafemina, J. Fletcher, and F. Suarez-Vidal (2007), New constraints on relative motion between the Pacific plate and Baja California microplate (Mexico) from GPS measurements., Geophys. J. Int., 1, doi:10.1111/j.1365-246X.2007.03494.x.i PDF.

Scharrer, K., R. Malservisi, C. Mayer, O. Spieler, and U. Münzer (2007), Monitoring subglacial volcanic activity using a SAR updated GIS - Recent results from Vatnajökull ice cap, Nat. Hazard Earth Sys., 7, 717-722. doi:10.5194/nhess-7-717-2007 PDF.

2006

Schmalzle, G., T.H. Dixon, R. Malservisi, and R. Govers (2006), Strain accumulation across the Carrizo segment of the San Andreas Fault, California: Impact of laterally varying crustal properties, J. Geopys. Res., 111, B05403, doi:10.1029/2005JB003843. PDF.

2005

LaFemina, P. C., T. H. Dixon, R. Malservisi, T. Árnadóttir, E. Sturkell, F. Sigmundsson, and P. Einarsson (2005), Geodetic GPS Measurement in South Iceland: Strain accumulation and partitioning in a propagating ridge system, J. Geophys. Res., 110, B11405, doi:10.1029/2005JB003675. PDF.

Malservisi, R., C. Gans, and K.P. Furlong (2005), Microseismicity and Creeping Faults:Hints from Modeling the Hayward Fault, California (USA), Earth Plan. Sci. Lett., 234(3-4), 421-435, doi:10.1016/j.epsl.2005.02.039. PDF.

2004

Dixon, J.E., T.H. Dixon, D.R. Bell, and R. Malservisi (2004), Lateral Variation in Upper Mantle Viscosity: Role of Water, Earth Plan. Sci. Lett., 222(2), 451-467, doi:10.1016/j.epsl.2004.03.022. PDF.

Furlong, KP, R Malservisi, and C Gans (2004), Imaging patterns of fault creep; implications for earthquake on the Hayward Fault, in Open-File Report - U. S. Geological Survey, Report: OF 2004-1424, edited by Mary Lou Zoback, U. S. Geological Survey, USA, (United States), ISBN: 0196-1497.

Gans, C.R., K.P. Furlong, and R. Malservisi (2004), Fault creep and microseismicity on the Hayward fault, California: Implications for asperity size, Geophys. Res. Lett., 30(19), doi:10.1029/2003GL017904. PDF.

2003

Furlong, K.P., C. Gans, and R. Malservisi (2003), Modeling fault creep on the Hayward Fault and implications of seismicity for defining patterns of fault creep, in Open-File Report - U. S. Geological Survey, Report: OF 03-0485, edited by D A Ponce, R Burgmann, R W Graymer, J J Lienkaemper, D E Moore and D P Schwartz, U. S. Geological Survey, Menlo Park, CA, United States (USA), ISBN: 0196-1497.

Malservisi, R., T.H. Dixon, P.C. La Femina, and K.P. Furlong (2003), Holocene slip rate of the Wasatch fault zone, Utah, from geodetic data: Earthquake cycle effects, Geophys. Res. Lett., 30(13), doi:10.1029/2003GL017408. PDF.

Malservisi, R., K.P. Furlong, and H. Anderson (2003), Dynamic uplift in a transpressional regime: numerical model of the subduction area of Fiordland, New Zealand, Earth Plan. Sci. Lett., 206(3-4), 349-364, doi:10.1016/S0012-821X(02)01100-7. PDF.

Malservisi, R., C. Gans, and K.P. Furlong (2003), Numerical modeling of strike-slip creeping faults and implications for the Hayward fault, Californiai, Tectonophysics, 361(1-2), 121-137, doi:10.1016/S0040-1951(02)00587-5. PDF.

2002

Dixon, T.H., J. Decaix, F. Farina, K. Furlong, R. Malservisi, R. Bennett, F. Suarez-Vidal, J. Fletcher, and J. Lee (2002), Seismic cycle and rheological effects on estimation of present-day slip rates for the Agua Blanca and San Miguel-Vallecitos faults, northern Baja California, Mexico, J. Geophys. Res., 107(B10), doi:10.1029/2000JB000099. PDF.

Malservisi, R. (2002), Numerical Models of the Dynamics of Lithospheric Deformation at Complex Plate Boundaries, PhD Thesis, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA, USA. PDF.

2001

Furlong, K.P., S.D. Sheaffer, and R. Malservisi (2001), Thermo-rheological controls on deformation within oceanic transform, in The Nature and Tectonic Significance of Fault Zone Weakening, vol. 186(Special Publications), edited by R.E. Holdsworth, R.A. Strachan, J.F. Magloughlin and R.J. Knipe, pp. 65-84, Geological Society, London. PDF.

Malservisi, R., K.P. Furlong, and T.H. Dixon (2001), Influence of the earthquake cycle and lithospheric rheology on the dynamics of the Eastern California shear zone, Geophys. Res. Lett., 28(14), 2731-2734, doi:10.1029/2001GL013311. PDF.

1995

Malservisi, R. (1995), Modelli Dinamici della Terra Per il Geoide Associato a Contrasti di Densita' Interni (Dynamical Models of the Earth for the Geoid associated to Internal Contrast of Densities), Tesi di Laurea (Master Thesis), Universita' di Bologna Faculty of Sciences, Bologna, Italy. In Italian.