Alan L. Kafka Dept. of Geology and Geophysics Boston College Chestnut Hill, MA 02467 kafka@bc.edu http://www2.bc.edu/~kafka

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Kafka, A.L. (2007). Does seismicity delineate zones where future large earthquakes will occur in intraplate environments?, In Continental Intraplate Earthquakes: Science, Hazard, and Policy Issues, Geological Society of America volume, Geological Society of America Special Paper 425, Edited by S. Stein and S. Mazzotti, In Press.

Kafka, A.L. and J.E. Ebel (2007). Exaggerated claims about earthquake predictions, EOS, Transactions of the American Geophysical Union, 88(1), 1,6.

Ebel, J.E., D.W. Chambers, A.L. Kafka, and J.A. Baglivo (2007). Non-poissonian earthquake clustering and hidden Markov model as bases for earthquake forecasting in California, Seismological Research Letters, 77(1), 47-55.

Kafka, A.L., J.E. Ebel, M. Barnett, A. Macherides Moulis, L. Campbell, and S.E. Gordon (2006). Classroom seismographs and the challenge of encouraging a culture of scientific inquiry in K–12 schools, Seismological Research Letters, 77(6), 74-86.

Barnett, M., A.L. Kafka, A. Pfitzner, and E. Syzmanski (2005). The Living Earth: Inviting students into the world of scientific research through seismology, Journal of College Science Teaching, 34(6), 50-54.

Kafka, A.L. (2005). The value of dialogue between scientists and theologians: A geophysicist's perspective, In The Dialogue Between Science and Religion: What We Have Learned from One Another, P. Byrne, Editor, University of Scranton Press, 143-156.

Kafka, A.L. and K. Rasmusson (2003). Using the AS1 seismograph for laboratory exercises in an introductory geophysics course: turning seismic moments into teachable moments, Seismological Research Letters, 74(5), 618-624.

Kafka, A.L (2002). Statistical analysis of the hypothesis that seismicity delineates areas where future large earthquakes are likely to occur in the central and eastern United States, Seismological Research Letters, 73(6), 990-1001.

Ebel, J.E. and A.L. Kafka (2002). A non-poissonian element in the seismicity of the northeastern United States, Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America, 92(5), 2040-2045.

Kafka, A.L. (2001). Not always on solid ground: Earthquake causes in Northeast still a mystery to seismologists, Natural New England Magazine, 5, 53-57.

Kafka, A.L. and S.Z. Levin (2000). Does the spatial distribution of smaller earthquakes delineate areas where larger earthquakes are likely to occur?, Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America, 90(3), 724-738.

Kafka, A.L. (2000). Public misconceptions about faults and earthquakes in the eastern United States: Is it our own fault?, Seismological Research Letters, 71(3), 311-312.

Kafka, A.L. (1999). Dr. Quake goes to high school, Seismological Research Letters, 70(2), 179-182.

Kafka, A.L., and E.K. Driscoll (1999). Earthquakes in the area surrounding the Quabbin Reservoir in central Massachusetts, Seismological Research Letters, 70(4), 446-460.

Ebel, J.E. and A.L. Kafka (1999). A Monte Carlo approach to seismic hazard analysis, Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America, 89(4), 854-866.

Kafka, A.L. and Walcott, J.R. (1998). How well does the spatial distribution of smaller earthquakes forecast the locations of larger earthquakes in the northeastern United States?, Seismological Research Letters, 69(5), 428-439.

Ebel, J.E., A.R. Lazarewicz, A.L. Kafka (1997). A geographic information system approach to investigating the correlation of seismicity with tectonic features in the central and eastern United States, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Report NUREG/CR-6573.

Kafka, A.L. and P.E. Miller (1996). Seismicity in the area surrounding two Mesozoic rift basins in the northeastern United States, Seismological Research Letters, 67(3), 69-86.

Ebel, J.E. and A.L. Kafka (1991). Earthquake activity in the northeastern United States, in Decade of North American Geology, vol. GSMV-1, Neotectonics of North America, D.B. Slemmons, E.R. Engdahl, D. Blackwell, D. Schwartz and M. Zoback, Editors, Chapter 15, 277-290, 1991.

Kafka, A.L. (1990). Rg as a depth discriminant for earthquakes and explosions: a case study in New England, Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America, 80(2), 373-394.

Saikia, C.K., A.L. Kafka, S.C. Gnewuch, and J.M. McTigue (1990). Shear wave velocity and attenuation structure of the shallow crust in southeastern New England from dispersion of Rg waves, Journal of Geophysical Research, 95(B6), 8527-8541.

Kafka, A.L., M.A. Winslow and N.L. Barstow (1989). Earthquake activity in the greater New York City area: a faultfinder's guide, in Field Trip Guidebook, 61st Annual Meeting, N.Y. State Geological Association, D. Weiss, ed., p. 177-205, 1989.

Kafka, A. L., and E.C. Reiter (1987). Dispersion of Rg waves in southeastern Maine: Evidence for lateral anisotropy in the shallow crust, Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America, 77(3), 925-941.

Kafka, A.L., E.A. Schlesinger-Miller and N.L. Barstow (1985). Earthquake activity in the greater New York City area: magnitudes, seismicity and geologic structures, Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America, 75(5), 1285-1300.

Nishenko, S.P., and A. L. Kafka (1982). Earthquake focal mechanisms and the intraplate setting of the Bermuda Rise, Journal of Geophysical Research, 87(B5), 3929-3941.

Kafka, A.L., and D.J. Weidner (1981). Earthquake focal mechanisms and tectonic processes along the southern boundary of the Caribbean plate, Journal of Geophysical Research, 86(B4), 2877-2888.

Kafka, A.L., and D.J. Weidner (1979). The focal mechanisms and depths of small earthquakes as determined from Rayleigh wave radiation patterns, Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America, 69(5), 1379-1390.