Roger Bilham

Professor of Geological Sciences
Fellow, Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences.
Fellow, Energy and Minerals Applied Research Center
Chairman, Geophysics Ph. D. Program.

Ph.D., 1971, Cambridge University
B.Sc., Physics 1966 University of Wales
B.Sc., Geology (Hons) 1967 University of Wales

Research Interests:
See home page http://cires.colorado.edu/~bilham/

Courses Offered:

Dynamic Earth

Introduction to Geology

Physics of the Solid Earth

Global Tectonics

Neotectonics

Exploration Geophysics

Recent Publications:

• 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
• 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, The 1737 Calcutta Earthquake and Cyclone Evaluated, Bull. Seism. Soc. Amer. 84(5), 1650-1657, 1994.
• 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
• 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, Entertaining a Great Earthquake in Western Nepal:Historic Activity and Geodetic Tests for the Development of Strain, J. Geol.Soc. Nepal, 11, 73-88, 1995.
• Bilham, R., 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, 25 July 1995.
• 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 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, 1995.
• Paul, J., R. Bilham, & 9 authors, Microstrain Stability of Peninsula India 1864-1994, Proc. Indian Acad.Sci.(Earth Planet. Sci.) 104(1), March 1995.
• Freymuller, 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.
• Dickie, 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.
• Bilham. R., F. Blume, R. Bendick and V. K. Gaur. Geodetic constraints on the Translation and Deformation of India: implications for future great Himalayan earthquakes, Current Science, 74,(3), 213-229, 10 Feb. 1998
• Dickie, 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.
• Dickie, 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. Death toll from earthquakes, Geotimes, 7(4), July 1998.
• Bilham, R., Slip parameters for the Rann of Kachchh, India, 16 June 1819, earthquake, quantified from contemporary accounts. In Stewart, I. S. & Vita-Finzi, C. (Eds) Coastal Tectonics. Geological Society London, 146, 295-318, 1998
• Bendick, R, and R. Bilham, A Search for Buckling of the SW Indian Coast related to Himalayan Collision, in Macfarlane, A., Sorkhabi, R. B., and Quade, J., eds., Himalaya and Tibet: Mountain Roots to Mountain Tops: Geol Soc Amer. Special paper 328, 1998.
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