Olsen, K.B. and J.N. Brune (2008). Constraints from precariously balanced rocks on preferred rupture directions for large earthquakes on the southern San Andreas Fault, Jour. Seismol. DOI 10.1007/s10950-007-9078-7 pdf.

Olsen, K.B., S. M. Day, J. B. Minster, Y. Cui, A Chouasia, R. Moore, P. Maechling, T. Jordan (2008), TeraShake2: simulation of Mw7.7 earthquakes on the southern San Andreas fault with spontaneous rupture description, Bull. Seismol. Soc. Am. 98, 1162-1185, doi: 10.1785/0120070148. pdf.

Eddo, J., and K.B. Olsen (2008). Correlation of static and peak dynamic Coulomb failure stress change with mainshocks, aftershocks, seismicity rate change, and triggered slip in the Salton Trough, submitted to Bull. Seis. Soc. Am. pdf.

Doser, D.I., R.S. Stein, S. Toda, and K.B. Olsen (2007). A focal mechanism for the enigmatic 1911 Calaveras earthquake, and its relationship to st8ess changes imparted by the Great 1906 San Francisco earthquake, in preparation.

Kallinikidou, E., S.F. Masri, R. Nigbor, A.W. Smyth, and K.B. Olsen (2008). Probabilistic approach for the construction of regional earthquake response spectra, Probabilistic Engineering Mechanics, to be submitted.

Day, S. M., R. W. Graves, J. Bielak, D. Dreger, S. Larsen, K. B. Olsen, A. Pitarka, and L. Ramirez-Guzman (2008). Model for basin effects on long-period response spectra in southern California, Earthquake Spectra, in review. pdf.

A. Chourasia, S. M. Cutchin, K. B. Olsen, B. Minster, S. Day, Y. Cui, P. Maechling, R. Moore, T. Jordan (2007). Visual insights into high-resolution earthquake simulations, IEEE Computer Graphics and Applications (Discovering the Unexpected) vol. 27, no. 5, Sep-Oct issue. pdf.

Cui, Y., R. Moore, K., K. Olsen, A. Chourasia, P. maechling, J.B. Minster, S. Day, Y. Hu, J. Zhu, A. Majundar, and T. Jordan (2007). Enabling very large scale earthquake simulations on parallel machines, Advancing Science and Society through Computation, Lecture Notes in Computer Science series, International Conference on Computational Science, 46-53, Springer. pdf.

Corish, S., C. Bradley, and K. Olsen (2007). Assessment of a nonlinear dynamic rupture inversion technique applied to a synthetic earthquake, Bull. Seis. Soc. Am 97, 901-914, doi: 10.1785/0120060066. pdf.

Olsen, K. B., S. M. Day, J. B. Minster, Y. Cui, A. Chourasia, M. Faerman, R. Moore, P. Maechling, and T. Jordan (2006). Strong shaking in Los Angeles expected from southern San Andreas earthquake, Geophysical Research Letters, 33, L07305, doi:10.1029/2005GL025472. pdf.

Olsen, K. B. Akinci, A. Rovelli, A. Marra, F. Malagnini, L. (2006). 3D Ground-Motion Estimation in Rome, Italy, Bull. Seis. Soc. Am. 95, 133 - 146. pdf.

Benites, R. and K.B. Olsen (2005). Modeling Strong Ground Motion in the Wellington Metropolitan Area, New Zealand, Bull. Seis. Soc. Am. 95, 2180 - 2196. pdf.

Zhao, L., T.H. Jordan, K.B. Olsen, and P. Chen (2005). Frechet kernels for imaging regional earthqake structure based on three-dimensional reference models, Bull. Seis. Soc. Am. 95, 2066-2080. pdf.

Peyrat, S., and K.B. Olsen (2004). Nonlinear dynamic inversion of the 2000 Western Tottori, Japan, earthquake, Geophys. Res. Lett. 31, doi:10.1029/2003GL019058. pdf.

Peyrat, S., K.B. Olsen, and R. Madariaga (2004). Which Dynamic Rupture Parameters Can Be Estimated from Strong Ground Motion and Geodetic Data? PAGEOPH 16, 2155-2169. pdf.

Aochi, A., and K.B. Olsen (2004). On the Effects of Non-planar Geometry for Blind Thrust Faults on Strong Ground Motion, PAGEOPH 161, 2139-2153. pdf.

Fukuyama, E., Mikumo, T., and K.B. Olsen (2003). Estimation of the Critical Slip-Weakening Distance: Theoretical Background, Bull. Seis. Soc. Am. 93, 1835-1840. pdf.

Marcinkovich, C., and K.B. Olsen (2003). On the Implementation of Perfectly Matched Layers in a 3D Fourth-Order Velocity-Stress Finite-Difference Scheme, JGR, 2002JB002235. pdf.

Olsen, K.B., Day, S.M., and C.R. Bradley (2003). Estimation of Q for long-period (>2 s) waves in the Los Angeles Basin, Bull. Seis. Soc. Am. 93, 627-638. pdf.

Mikumo, T., K.B. Olsen, E. Fukuyama, and Y. Yagi (2003). Stress-breakdown time and critical weakening slip inferred from the source time functions on earthquake faults, Bull. Seis. Soc. Am. 93, 264-282. pdf.

Madariaga, R., and K.B. Olsen (2002). International Handbook of Seismology and Physics of the Earth's Interior, Part A: Theoretical Seismology, Chapter 12, 175-194, Academic Press.

Shapiro, N.M., K.B. Olsen, and S.K. Singh (2002). On the duration of seismic motion incident onto the Valley of Mexico for subduction zone earthquakes, Geophys. Jour. Int 151, 501-510. pdf.

Fukuyama, E. and K.B. Olsen (2002). A condition for super-shear rupture propagation in a heterogeneous stress field, PAGEOPH 157, 2047-2056.

Olsen, K.B. (2001). Three-dimensional ground motion simulations for large earthquakes on the San Andreas fault with dynamic and observational constraints, Jour. Comp. Acoust. 9, No. 3, 1203-1215.

Peyrat, S., K.B. Olsen, R. Madariaga (2001). Dynamic modeling of the 1992 Landers earthquake, Jour. Geophys. Res. 106, 26,467-26,482. pdf.

Spudich, P. and K.B. Olsen (2001). Fault zone amplified waves as a possible seismic hazard along the Calaveras fault in central California, Geophys. Res. Lett. 28, 2533-2536.

Gottschammer, E. and K.B. Olsen (2001). Accuracy of the Explicit Planar Free-Surface Boundary Condition Implemented in a Fourth-Order Staggered-Grid Velocity-Stress Finite-Difference Scheme, Bull. Seis. Soc. Am. 91, 617-623. pdf.

Madariaga, R., S. Peyrat, and K.B. Olsen (2000). Rupture dynamics in 3-D: a review, in: Problems in Geophysics for the new millenium, a collection of papers in the honour of Adam Dziewonski, E. Boschi, G. Ekstrom and A. Morelli, Editors, Editrice Compositori, Bologna, Italy, pp. 89-110.

Field, E.H., J.G. Anderson, T.L. Henyey, D.D. Jackson, W.B. Joyner, Y. Lee, H. Magistrale, B. Minster, K.B. Olsen, M.D. Petersen, J.H. Steidl, L.A. Wald, and C.J. Wills (2000). Accounting for site effects in probabilisitic seismic hazard analyses of southern California: overview of the SCEC Phase III report, Bull. Seis. Soc. Am. 90, S1-S31.

Nielsen, S.B., and K.B. Olsen (2000). Constraints on stress and friction from dynamic rupture models of the 1994 Northridge, California, earthquake, Pure Appl. Geophys. 157, 2029-2046.

Madariaga, R., and K.B. Olsen (2000). Criticality of Rupture Dynamics in 3-D, Pure Appl. Geophys. 157, 1981-2001.

Olsen, K.B. (2000). Site Amplification in the Los Angeles Basin from 3D Modeling of Ground Motion, Bull. Seis. Soc. Am. 90, S77-S94. pdf.

Neuberg, J., R. Luckett, B. Baptie, and K.B. Olsen (2000). Models of tremor and low-frequency earthquake swarms on Montserrat, Jour. Volc. Geotherm. Res. 101, 83-104.

Olsen, K.B., R. Nigbor, and T. Konno (2000). ic wave propagation in the Upper Borrego Val, California, Constrained by Borehole and Surface Data, Bull. Seis. Soc. Am. 90, 134-150. pdf.

Nielsen, S.B., Carlson, J.M., and K.B. Olsen (2000). The influence of friction and fault geometry on earthquake rupture, Jour. Geophys. Res. 105, B3, 6069. pdf.

Shapiro, N.M. K.B Olsen, and S.K. Singh (2000). Wave-guide effects in subduction zones: evidence from three-dimensional modeling, Geophys. Res. Lett. 27, 433-436.

Alex, C. M. and K.B Olsen (1998). Lens effect in Santa Monica? Geophys. Res. Lett. 25, 3441-3444.

Madariaga, R., K. Olsen, and R. Archuleta (1998). Modeling Dynamic Rupture in a 3D Earthquake Fault Model, Bull. Seism. Soc. Am. 88, 1182-1197.

Olsen, K.B., R. Madariaga, and R.J. Archuleta (1997). Three-dimensional dynamic simulation of the 1992 Landers earthquake, Science 278, 834-838. pdf.

Jones, E., and K.B. Olsen (1997). Three-dimensional finite-difference modeling of non-linear ground motion, in Proc. CUREe Northridge Earthquake Research Conference Los Angeles, August 20-22, 1997.

Olsen, K.B., and R.J. Archuleta (1996). 3-D simulation of earthquakes on the Los Angeles fault system, Bull. Seism. Soc. Am. 86, 575-596. pdf.

Olsen, K.B., J.C. Pechmann, and G.T. Schuster (1996). An analysis of simulated and observed blast records in the Salt Lake Basin, Bull. Seism. Soc. Am. 86, 1061-1076. pdf.

Olsen, K.B., R.J. Archuleta, and J.R. Matarese (1995). Three-dimensional simulation of a magnitude 7.75 earthquake on the San Andreas fault, Science, 270, 1628-1632.

Olsen, K.B., J.C. Pechmann, and G.T. Schuster (1995). Simulation of 3-D elastic wave propagation in the Salt Lake Basin, Bull. Seism. Soc. Am. 85, 1688-1710. pdf.

Olsen, K.B., and G.T. Schuster (1995). Causes of low-frequency ground motion amplification in the Salt Lake Basin: The case of the vertically-incident P wave, Geophys. J. Int., 122, 1045-1061.

Olsen, K.B., and G.T. Schuster (1994). Three-dimensional modeling of the site amplification in East Great Salt Lake Basin, U.S. Geological Survey Technical Report, 1434-93-G-2345, 102 p.

Olsen, K.B. (1994). Simulation of three-dimensional wave propagation in the Salt Lake Basin, Ph.D. Thesis, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah, 157 p.

Qin, F., Luo, Y., Olsen, K.B., Cai, W., and Schuster, G.T. (1992). Solution of the eikonal equation by a finite-difference method, Geophysics 57, 478-487.

Olsen, K.B., and Hohmann, G.W. (1992). Adaptive noise cancellation of time domain EM-data, Geophysics 57, 466-469.

Olsen, K.B., and Schuster, G.T. (1991). Seismic hazard analysis in Salt Lake Valley by finite-difference simulation of three dimensional elastic wave propagation, Scientific Excellence in High Performance Computing: The 1990 IBM Price Papers, Vol I, Sec. 6, 135-165, Baldwin Press, Athens, Georgia.

Olsen, K.B. (1989), A stable and flexible procedure for the inverse modelling of seismic first arrivals, Geophysical Prospecting 37, 455-466.

Olsen, K.B. (1987). Computer Processing of Seismic First Arrivals, MS Thesis (in Danish), University of Aarhus, Aarhus, Denmark.

Kjaergaard, M., and Olsen, K.B. (1985). Shallow seismic, geoelectric and magnetic investigations of the Qaqarssuk Carbonatite Complex, West Greenland, Geological Survey of Greenland, Report no. 125, 40-44.