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Publications and Preprints

Shen, Y., Z. Zhang, W. Zhang, Moment inversions of earthquakes in the southeast Tibetan plateau using finite-difference strain Green tensor database, submitted to Geophys. J. Inter.

Zhang, W., and Y. Shen, Unsplit complex frequency shifted PML implementation using auxiliary differential equation for seismic wave modeling, submitted to Geophys.

Shi, D., Y. Shen, W. Zhao, A. Li, Seismic evidence for a Moho offset and south-directed thrust at the easternmost Qaidam-Kunlun boundary in the Northeast Tibetan plateau, Earth Planet. Sci. Lett. 288, 329-334, 2009 (pdf).

Liang, X., Y. Shen, J.Y. Chen, Y. Ren, Seismic velocity models of southern Tibet from finite frequency tomography, submitted to J. Geophys. Res.

Zhang, W., Y. Shen, X. Chen, Numerical simulation of strong ground motion for the Ms 8.0 Wenchuan earthquake of 12 May 2008, Science in China Series D: Earth Sciences, vol.51, no. 12, 1673-1682, 2008 (pdf).

Zhang, Z., Y. Shen, Cross-dependence of finite-frequency compressional waveforms to shear seismic wave-speeds, Geophys. J. Int., 174, 941-948, doi:10.1111/j.1365-246X.2008.03840.x, 2008 (pdf AND erratum).

Ren, Y., Y. Shen, Finite-frequency tomography in southeastern Tibet: Evidence for the causal relation between mantle lithopshere delamination and the north-south-trending rifts, J. Geophys. Res., 113, B10316, doi:10.1029/2008JB005615, 2008 (pdf).

Shen, Y., Z. Zhang, L. Zhao, Component-dependent Frechet sensitivity kernels and utility of three-component seismic records, Bull. Seism. Soc. Am., 98 (5), 2517-2525, doi: 10.1785/0120070283, 2008 (pdf).

Zhang, W., Y. Shen, L. Zhao, X. Yang, Refined local and regional seismic velocity and attenuation models from finite-frequency waveforms, Proceedings of the 2008 Monitoring Research Review, pp. 316-325, 2008.

Zhang, Z., Y. Shen, L. Zhao, Finite-frequency sensitivity kernels for head waves, Geophys. J. Int., 171, 847-856, doi:10.1111/j.1365-246X.2007.03575.x, 2007. (pdf).

Ren, Y., T. Yang, W. Zhang, Y. Shen, B. Covellone, and X. Yang, Crustal and mantle structure beneath eastern Eurasia from inversions of finite-frequency body and surface waves, Procedings of the 29th Monitoring Research Review, Vol. 1, pp. 434-443, 2007.

Yang, T., Y. Shen, S. van der Lee, S.C. Solomon, S.-H. Hung, Upper mantle structure beneath the Azores hotspot from finite-frequency seismic tomography, Earth Planet. Sci. Lett., 250, 11-26, 2006 (pdf).

Yang, T., and Y. Shen, Frequency-dependent crustal correction for finite-frequency seismic tomography, Bull. Seis. Soc. Am., 96 (6), 2441-2448, doi:10.1785/0120060038, 2006 (pdf).

Zhang, Z., Y. Shen, L. Zhao, X. Yang, and K. Olsen, Developing finite-frequency regional Pn velocity models, Proceedings of the 28th Seismic Research Review, vol. 1, pp. 333-340, 2006.

Yang, T., Y. Shen, and X. Yang, Finite-frerquency seismic tomography for Eastern Eurasia, Proceedings of the 28th Seismic Research Review, vol. 1, pp. 538-546, 2006.

Yang, T. and Y. Shen, P-wave velocity structure of the crust and uppermost mantle beneath Iceland from local earthquake tomography, Earth Planet. Sci. Lett., 235, 597-609, 2005. (pdf)

Yang, T., Y. Shen, and X. Yang, Crustal and mantle structure beneath eastern Eurasia from finite frequency tomography, Proceedings of the 27th Seismic Research Review, vol. 1, pp.479-488, 2005.

Hung, S.-H., Y. Shen, and L.-Y. Chiao, Imaging seismic velocity structure beneath the Iceland hotspot - A finite-frequency approach, J. Geophys. Res., 109, B08305, doi:10.1029/2003JB002889, 2004 (pdf)

Blum, J., and Y. Shen, Thermal, hydrous, and mechanical states of the mantle transition zone beneath Southern Africa, Earth Planet. Sci. Lett., 217, 367-378, 2004. (pdf)

Y. Shen, and J. Blum, Seismic evidence for accumulated oceanic crust above the 660-km discontinuity beneath southern Africa, Geophys. Res. Lett., 30(18), 1925, doi:10.1029/2003GL017991, 2003. (pdf)

Shen, Y., C. J. Wolfe, S. C. Solomon, Seismic evidence for a lower mantle discontinuity beneath Hawaii and Iceland, Earth Planet. Sci. Lett., 214, 143-151, 2003. (pdf)

Forsyth, D. W., Y. Yang, M.-D. Mangriotis, and Y. Shen, Coupled Seismic Slip on Adjacent Oceanic Transform Faults, Geophys. Res. Lett., 30, No.12, 1618, doi:10.1029/2002GL016454, 2003. (pdf)

Shen, Y., Seismicity at the Southern East Pacific Rise from Recordings of an Ocean-Bottom Seismometer Array, J. Geophys. Res., 107, B12, 2002. (pdf)

Shen, Y., S. C. Solomon, I. Th. Bjarnason, G. Nolet, W. J. Morgan, R. M. Allen, K. Vogfjord, S. Jakobsdottir, R. Stefansson, B. R. Julian, and G. R. Foulger, Seismic evidence for a tilted mantle plume and north-south mantle flow beneath Iceland, Earth Planet. Sci. Lett., 197, 261-272, 2002. (pdf)

Ito, G., Y. Shen, G. Hirth, and C. Wolfe, Mantle flow, melting and dehydration rheology of the Iceland mantle plume, Earth Planet. Sci. Lett., 165, 81-96, 1999. (pdf)

Shen, Y., S.C. Solomon, I. Th. Bjarnason, and C. J. Wolfe, Seismic evidence for a lower mantle origin of the Iceland mantle plume, Nature, 395, 62-65, 1998a. (pdf)

Shen, Y., A.F. Sheehan, K.G. Dueker, C. de Groot-Hedlin, and H. Gilbert, Upper mantle discontinuity structure beneath the southern East Pacific Rise from P-to-S converted phases, Science, 280, 1232-1234,1998b. (pdf)

Forsyth, D.W., S. C. Webb, L.M. Dorman, and Y. Shen, Phase velocities of Rayleigh waves in the vicinity of the MELT experiment on the East Pacific Rise, Science, 280, 1235-1238, 1998. (pdf)

D. W. Forsyth, D. S. Scheirer, S. C. Webb, L. M. Dorman, J. A. Orcutt, A. J. Harding, D. K. Blackman, J. Phipps Morgan, R. S. Detrick, Y. Shen, C. J. Wolfe, J. P. Canales, D. R. Toomey, A. F. Sheehan, S. C. Solomon, W. S. D. Wilcock, Imaging the deep structure beneath a mid-ocean ridge: The MELT Experiment, Science, 280, 1215-1218, 1998. (pdf)

Shen, Y., D.W. Forsyth, J. Conder, and L.M. Dorman, Investigation of microearthquake activity following an intraplate teleseismic swarm on the west flank of the Southern East Pacific Rise, J. Geophys. Res., 102, 459-475, 1997. (pdf)

Shen, Y., S.C. Solomon, I. Th. Bjarnason, and G.M. Purdy, Hot mantle transition zone beneath Iceland and the adjacent Mid-Atlantic Ridge inferred from P-to-S conversions at the 410- and 660-km discontinuities, Geophys. Res. Lett., 23, 3527-3530, 1996. (pdf)

Shen, Y., D.S. Scheirer, D.W. Forsyth, and K.C. Macdonald, Trade-off in production between adjacent seamount chains near the southern East Pacific Rise (17û-19ûS), Nature, 373, 140-143, 1995. (pdf)

Shen, Y., and D.W. Forsyth, Geochemical constraints on initial and final depths of melting beneath mid-ocean ridges, J. Geophys. Res., 100, 2211-2237, 1995. (pdf)

Shen, Y., D.W. Forsyth, D.S. Scheirer, and K.C. Macdonald, Two forms of volcanism: Implications for mantle flow and off-axis crustal production on the west flank of the Southern East Pacific Rise, J. Geophys. Res., 98, 17,875-17,889, 1993.

Shen, Y., and D.W. Forsyth, The effect of temperature- and pressure-dependent viscosity on passive mantle flow beneath a ridge-transform system, J. Geophys. Res., 97, 19,717-19,728, 1992.