Steve Gao's Publications

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Note: Authors marked by "*" are current or former graduate students advised/co-advised by Steve Gao . Those marked by "**" are visiting scholars.

142. Sun, M.*, Liao, Y.*, Gao, S.S., Liu, K.H., and Yu, Y.* (first submitted 1/7/2024). Laterally deformations and effects of the subducted Pacific plate beneath the Kamchatka Peninsula.

141. Liu, L.*, Gao, S.S., Liu, K.H., Li, S., and Yu, Y.* (first submitted 12/19/2023).
Modulation of crustal and mantle flow systems by a cratonic root: Evidence from seismic azimuthal anisotropy analysis.

140. Miao, Z., Gao, S.S., Sun, M., and Liu, K.H. (first submission 12/10/2023).
Topography of the 410 and 660 km Discontinuities Beneath the Tibetan Plateau and Adjacent Areas.

139. Zhang, Y.* and Gao, S.S. (first submission 12/05/2023).
Using Convolutional Neural Network to Determine Time Window for Analyzing Local Shear-wave Splitting Measurements.

138. Wang, D.*, Gao, S.S., Liao, Y.*, and Liu, K.H. (first submission 11/17/2023).
A Tilted Broad Plume Underneath the Greenland Cratonic Keels.

137. Zhang, Y.*, Gao, S.S., Fan, X., Zhou, S., & Qu, J.** (first submission 3/2/2023)
Convolutional neural network based classification of natural earthquakes, mine collapses and explosions.

136. Jia, Y.*, Gao, S.S., & Liu, K. H. (JGR 10/05/2022).
Seismogenic Layer Azimuthal Anisotropy in the Vicinity of the 2019 M7.1 Ridgecrest Earthquake Revealed by Shear Wave Splitting Analysis.

135. Wang, T.*, Gao, S.S., Liu, K.H., Mickus, K., & Chen, L. (JGR 02/07/2022).
Lithospheric Evolution of the South-Central United States Constrained by Joint Inversion of Receiver Functions and Surface Wave Dispersion.


Published

---2024---

134. Li, S., Kong, F.*, Liu, K.H., and Gao, S.S. (first submission on 8/17/2023).
Layered mantle flow field associated with plate kinematics and slab modulation underneath the horseshoe-shaped Banda arc-islands.

133. Zheng, T.**, Wang, J., Gao, S.S., Ding, Z., Liu, K.H., Yu, Y.*, Gu, Q., Fan, X., and Qu, J.** (first submission 3/8/2023).
Crustal deformation associated with the Tan-Lu Fault Zone in East China revealed by receiver function analysis.

---2023---

132. Fan, E.**, Ai, Y., Gao, S.S., He, Y., Liu, K.H., Jing, M., Hou, G., Yang, S., Mon, C.T., Thant, M., & Sein, K. (NG 11/17/2022).
Mantle flow and olivine fabric transition in the Myanmar continental subduction zone.

131. Yu, Y.*, Tilmann, F., Gao, S.S., Liu, K.H., & Xi, J. (Sci. Adv. 08/19/2022).
Initial continental breakup of marginal seas promoted by slab relics.

130. Xue, T.*, Peng, D., Liu, K.H., Obrist-Farner, J., Locmelis, M., Gao, S.S., & Liu, L.J.,
Ongoing fragmentation of the subducting Cocos slab, Central America.

129. Kong, F.*, Gao, R., Gao, S.S., Liu, K.H., ..., & Li, J.
Seismic anisotropy and mantle flow underneath the South China Sea.

128. Ba, K.*, Gao, S.S., Song, J., & Liu, K.H. (JGR 12/9/2021).
Seismic azimuthal anisotropy beneath a fast moving ancient continent: Constraints from shear wave splitting analysis in Australia.

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127. Song, J.**, Gao, S.S., Liu, K.H., Sun, M.*, Yu, Y.*, Kong, F.*, & Mickus, K.
Crustal structure and subsidence mechanism of the intracratonic Williston Basin: New constraints from receiver function imaging.

126. Zhang, Y. & Gao, S.S. (GRL 11/17/2021).
Classification of teleseismic shear wave splitting measurements: A convolutional neural network approach.

125. Liu, L.*, Gao, S.S., Liu, K.H., Griffin, W.L., Li, S.-Z., Tong, S.-Y., & Ning, J. (submitted 9/28/2021 GJI).
Mantle dynamics of the North China Craton: new insights from mantle transition zone imaging constrained by P-to-S receiver functions.

124. Liu, L., Gao, S.S., Liu, K.H., Xue, T., Jia, Y., & Li, S. (SRL 10/26/2021).
A Database of Teleseismic Shear-Wave Splitting Measurements for the Ordos Block and Adjacent Areas.

123. Kong, F., Gao, S.S., Liu, K.H., and Li, J. (submitted 02/22/2021 GRL; 11/10/2021 JGR).
Potassic Volcanism Induced by Mantle Upwelling Through a Slab Window: Evidence from Shear Wave Splitting Analyses in Central Java.

122. Wang, T.*, Gao, S.S., Yang, Q.*, Chen, L., & Liu, K.H. (10/22/2021 SRL).
Lithospheric structure underneath the Tanzania Craton and surrounding rift segments from a joint inversion of receiver functions and surface wave dispersion.

121. Yu, Y., Tilmann, F., Zhao, D., Gao, S.S., & Liu, K.H. (GRL 10/27/2021).
Continental break-up under a convergent setting: Insights from P wave radial anisotropy tomography of the Woodlark Rift in Papua New Guinea.

120. Kong, F.*, Gao, S.S., Liu, K.H., Fang, Y., Zhu, H., Stern, R.J., & Li, J. (Nat 5/22; NatGeo 6/1; reviewed 10/9; R1 submitted 12/15).
Metastable olivine within oceanic lithosphere in the uppermost lower mantle.

119. Sun, M., Yu, Y., Gao, S.S., & Liu, K.H. (submitted 8/18/2021 Geology).
Slab stagnation and tearing of the subducting Northwest Pacific plate.

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118. Yang, Q.*, Liu, K.H., Wang, T.*, Song, J., and Gao, S.S.
Crustal and Upper Mantle Structure Beneath the Southeastern United States from Joint Inversion of Receiver Functions and Rayleigh Wave Dispersion.

117. Fan, E., He, Y., Ai, Y., Gao, S.S., Liu, K.H., Jiang, M., Hou, G., Mon, C.T., Thant, M., Sein, K.
Seismic anisotropy and mantle flow constrained by shear wave splitting in central Myanmar.

116. Yang, Y*, Gao, S.S., Liu, K.H., Kong, F*, and Fu, X. (submitted 05/03/2021 JGR; R1 due 7/27; Accepted 9/7/2021).
Mantle flow in the vicinity of the eastern edge of the Pacific-Yakutat Slab: Constraints from shear wave splitting analyses.

115. Zheng, T.**, Ding, Z., Gao, S.S., Liu, K.H., Kong, F.*, Chang, L., & Yu, Y.*
Crustal azimuthal anisotropy and deformation beneath the northeastern Tibetan Plateau and adjacent areas: Insights from receiver function analysis.

114. Yu, Y.*, Xu, Z., Gao, S.S., Liu, K.H., Gao, J.
Layered mantle heterogeneities associated with post-subducted slab segments.

113. Jia, Y.*, Liu, K.H., Kong, F.*, Liu, L.*, and Gao, S.S. (submitted 01/28/2021 GJI; R1 accepted 07/19).
A systematic investigation of piercing point dependent seismic azimuthal anisotropy.

112. Qu, J., Gao, S.S., Wang, C., Liu, K.H., Zhou, S., Yang, Y., Sui, Y., Zhang, Z. (submitted 11/15/2020 Tectono; R1 due 04/10/2021; R2 accepted 6/16).
Crustal P-wave velocity structure and earthquake distribution in the Jiaodong Peninsula, China.

111. Shrivastava, A.*, Liu, K.H., & Gao, S.S. (submitted 01/26/2020 GGG; R1 submitted 02/18/2021; R2 submitted 05/25/2021; R2 accepted 6/2/2021).
Teleseismic P-wave Attenuation Beneath the Southeastern United States.

110. Wang, T.*, Gao, S.S., Yang, Q.*, & Liu, K.H. (submitted 01/02/2020 JGR; 4/20/2020 GR; 5/8/2020 Tectono; R1 submitted 8/24; Accepted 3/25/2021).
Crustal structure beneath the Ethiopian Plateau and adjacent areas from receiver functions: Implications for partial melting and magmatic underplating.

109. Jiang, E.*, Liu, K.H., Gao, Y., Fu, X., & Gao, S.S. (submitted 8/27/2020 JGR; R1 submitted 2/3/2021; accepted 2/17).
Spatial Variations of Upper Crustal Anisotropy along the San Jacinto Fault Zone in Southern California: Constraints from Shear Wave Splitting Analysis.

108. Song, W., Yu, Y., Gao, S.S., Liu, K.H., & Fu, Y. (submitted 10/26/2020 JGR; R1 submitted 1/28/2021; accepted 2/9/2021).
Seismic anisotropy and mantle deformation beneath the central Sunda plate.

107. Sun, M.*, Gao, S.S., Liu, K.H., Mickus, K., Fu, X., & Yu, Y.* (submitted 2/5/2019 GRL; re-submitted 10/8/2019 GRL; Declined 10/15; submitted 3/19/2020 GR; accepted 9/24/2020).
Receiver Function Investigation of Crustal Structure in the Malawi and Luangwa Rift Zones and Adjacent Areas. Gondwana Research.

---2020---

106. Yu, Y.*, Gao, S.S., & Liu, K.H. (submitted 12/21/2019 JGR; R1 submitted 5/4; R2 submitted 8/10/2020; accepted 8/25/2020).
Topography of the 410 and 660 km discontinuities beneath the Cenozoic Okavango rift zone and adjacent Precambrian provinces.
Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth, 124(??). 1??-??. https://doi.org/10.1029/2019JB019290

105. Kong, F*, Gao, S.S., Liu, K.H., Ding, W.W., & Li, J. (submitted 1/28/2019; JGR; R1 submitted 7/23/2019; Declined 10/17; Resubmitted 1/8/2020; R1 submitted 6/28; R2 submitted 8/12; accepted 8/25/2020).
Slab Dehydration and Mantle Upwelling in the Vicinity of the Sumatra Subduction Zone: Evidence from Receiver Function Imaging of Mantle Transition Zone Discontinuities.
Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth, 124(??). 1??-??. https://doi.org/10.1029/2020JB019381

104. Zhang, T*, Lin, Y*, Liu, K.H., & Gao, S.S. (submitted 8/30/2019 Int.; accepted 7/31/2020).
Pre-stack simultaneous inversion for delineation of the Lower Wilcox erosional remnant sandstone beneath the Texas Gulf Coastal Plain.

103. Gao, J., Yu, Y., Song, W., Gao, S.S., & Liu, K.H. (submitted 4/17/2020 G3; 4/26 PEPI; accepted 6/8 PEPI).
Crustal modifications beneath the central Sunda plate associated with the Indo-Australian subduction and the evolution of the South China Sea.
Physics of the Earth and Planetary Interiors.

102. Kong, F.*, Gao, S.S., Liu, K.H., Li, J., & Zhang, J. (submitted 10/16/2019 GGG; R1 revision due 1/13/2020; R1 submitted 1/9/2020).
Seismic anisotropy and mantle flow in the Sumatra subduction zone constrained by shear wave splitting and receiver function analyses.

101. Yu, Y.*, Gao, S.S., Zhao, D., & Liu, K.H. (submitted 7/30/2018; EPSL; re-submitted 1/27/2019 EPSL; 3/20/2019 Tectonics; R1 submitted 7/6/2019; R2 submitted 11/5/2019; Accepted 1/18/2020).
Mantle structure and flow beneath a young continent rift: Constraints from P-wave anisotropic tomography.

100. Sun, M.*, Gao, S.S., Liu, K.H., & Fu, X. (Submitted 6/25/2019 EPSL; R1 submitted 11/10/2019; R2 submitted 12/9; Accepted 12/13/2019).
Upper mantle and mantle transition zone thermal and water content anomalies beneath NE Asia: Constraints from receiver function imaging of the 410 and 660 km discontinuities.

99. Ba, K.*, Gao, S.S., Liu, K.H., Kong, F.*, & Song, J.** (submitted 6/5/2019 GJI; R1 submitted 11/15; Accepted 11/18/2019).
Receiver Function Imaging of the 410 and 660 km Discontinuities beneath the Australian Continent.

98. Yu, Y.*, Gao, S.S., Liu, K.H., & Zhao, D. (submitted 5/23/2019 Geology; Re-submitted 8/20/2019).
Foundered lithospheric segments dropped into the mantle transition zone beneath southern California.

---2019---

97. Liu, L*, Gao, S.S., Liu, K.H., Li, S., Tong, S., & Kong, F.* (submitted 3/22/2019 GRL; Re-submitted 8/22/19; Accepted 9/17/19 GRL).
Toroidal mantle flow induced by slab subduction and rollback beneath the eastern Himalayan syntaxis and adjacent areas.

96. Wang, T.*, Gao, S. S., Dai, Y., Yang, Q.*, & Liu, K. H. (submitted 2/6/2019; G3).
Lithospheric Structure and Evolution of Southern Africa: Constraints from Joint Inversion of Rayleigh Wave Dispersion and Receiver Functions.

95. Zheng, T.**, Ding, Z., Ning, J., Liu, K.H., Gao, S.S., Chang, L., & Kong, F. (submitted to G-cubed 1/3/2019; accepted 4/11/2019).
Crustal azimuthal anisotropy beneath the central North China Craton revealed by receiver functions.

94. Wang, T.*, Feng, J., Liu, K.H., & Gao, S.S. (submitted 4/9/2018 to GondRes; Revision 1 due: 8/20/2018).
Crustal structure beneath the Malawi and Luangwa Rift Zones and adjacent areas from ambient noise tomography.

93. Abdelnabi, A.A.*, Abushalah, Y., Liu, K.H., & Gao, S.S. (submitted to Interpretation on 12/22/2017; accepted 9/26/2018).
Integrated geology, geophysics and petrophysics data to construct full field geological model of Cambrian-Ordovician, and Upper Cretaceous Reservoir Formations, Central Western Sirte Basin, Libya.
Interpretation.

---2018---

92. Kong, F.*, Gao, S.S., Liu, K.H., Song, J.**, Ding, W., Fang, Y., Ruan, A, & Li, J. (submitted 3/25/2018 to JGR; Revision 1 due: 07/31/2018; Revision 2 due: 10/11/2018; minor revision).
Receiver function investigations of seismic anisotropy layering beneath Southern California.

91. Zheng, T.**, Ding, Z., Ning, J., Chang, L., Wang, X., Kong, F., Liu, K.H., & Gao, S.S. (submitted 4/20/2018 to JGR; Revision 1 due: 07/31/2018, extended to and submitted on: 8/20; accepted: 10/5/2018).
Crustal azimuthal anisotropy beneath the southeastern Tibetan Plateau and its geodynamic implications.

90. Kong, F.*, Wu, J.**, Liu, L.*, Liu, K.H., Song, J.**, Li, J., & Gao, S.S. (submitted 5/17/2018; Tectono; R1 due 10/8; R1 submitted 9/18; accepted 9/20).
Azimuthal anisotropy and mantle flow underneath the southeastern Tibetan Plateau and northern Indochina Peninsula revealed by shear wave splitting analyses.

89. Sun, M.*, Fu, X., Liu, K.H., & Gao, S.S. (submitted 5/8/2018 to EPSL; Revision R1 due 9/4/2018; Accepted 9/11).
Absence of thermal influence from the African Superswell and cratonic keels on the mantle transition zone beneath southern Africa: Evidence from receiver function imaging.
Earth and Planetary Science Letters.

88. Qaysi, S.*, Liu, K.H., & Gao, S.S. (submitted 5/9/2018 to SRL; Revision R1 due 08/04/2018; accepted 8/15/2018).
A database of shear wave splitting measurements for the Arabian Plate.

87. Liu, L.*, & Gao, S.S. (2018).
Lithospheric layering beneath the contiguous United States constrained by S-to-P receiver functions.
Earth and Planetary Science Letters.

86. Yu, Y.*, Gao, S.S., Liu, K.H., Yang, T., Xue, M., Le, K.P., & Gao, J. (2018).
Characteristics of the mantle flow system beneath the Indochina Peninsula revealed by teleseismic shear wave splitting analysis.
Geochemistry Geophysics Geosystems, 19. https://doi.org/10.1002/2018GC007474.

---2017---

85. Sun, M.*, Liu, K. H., Fu, X., & Gao, S. S. (2017).
Receiver function imaging of mantle transition zone discontinuities beneath the Tanzania Craton and adjacent segments of the East African Rift System.
Geophysical Research Letters, 44, 12,116-12,124. https://doi.org/10.1002/2017GL075485

84. Dahm, H. H.*, Gao, S. S., Kong, F.*, & Liu, K. H. (2017).
Topography of the mantle transition zone discontinuities beneath Alaska and its geodynamic implications: Constraints from receiver function stacking.
Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth, 122, 10,352-10,363. https://doi.org/10.1002/2017JB014604

83. Reed, C. A.*, Liu, K. H., Yu, Y.*, & Gao, S. S. (2017).
Seismic anisotropy and mantle dynamics beneath the Malawi Rift Zone, East Africa.
Tectonics, 36, 1338-1351. https://doi.org/10.1002/2017TC004519

82. Yu, Y.*, Gao, S. S., Liu, K. H., Yang, T., Xue, M., & Le, K. P. (2017).
Mantle transition zone discontinuities beneath the Indochina Peninsula: Implications for slab subduction and mantle upwelling.
Geophysical Research Letters, 45, 7159-7167. https://doi.org/10.1002/2017GL073528

81. Yu, Y.*, Hung, T. D., Yang, T., Xue, M., Liu, K. H., & Gao, S. S. (2017).
Lateral variations of crustal structure beneath the Indochina Peninsula.
Tectonophysics, 712-713, 193-199. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tecto.2017.05.023

80. Liu, L.*, Gao, S. S., Liu, K. H., & Mickus, K. (2017).
Receiver function and gravity constraints on crustal structure and vertical movements of the Upper Mississippi Embayment and Ozark Uplift.
Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth, 122, 4572-4583. https://doi.org/10.1002/2017JB014201

79. Yang, B. B.*, Liu, Y.*, Dahm, H.*, Liu, K. H., & Gao, S. S. (2017).
Seismic azimuthal anisotropy beneath the eastern United States and its geodynamic implications.
Geophysical Research Letters, 44, 2670-2678. https://doi.org/10.1002/2016GL071227

78. Emishaw, L., Lao-Davila, D. A., Abdelsalam, M. G., Atekwana, E. A., & Gao, S. S. (2017).
Evolution of the Broadly Rifted Zone in southern Ethiopia through gravitational collapse of dynamic topography.
Tectonophysics, 699, 213-226. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tecto.2016.12.009

77. Yu, Y.*, Liu, K. H., Huang, Z., Zhao, D., Reed, C. A.*, Moidaki, M.*, Lei, J., & Gao, S. S. (2017).
Mantle structure beneath the incipient Okavango Rift Zone in southern Africa.
Geosphere, 13, 102-111. https://doi.org/10.1130/GES01331.1

---2016---

76. Reed, C.A.*, K.H. Liu, P. Chindandali, B. Massingue, H. Mdala, D. Mutamina, Y. Yu*, and S.S. Gao, 2016.
Passive rifting of thick lithosphere in the southern East African Rift: Evidence from mantle transition zone discontinuity topography,
Journal of Geophysical Research, 121, 8068-8079, doi: 10.1002/2016JB013131.

75. Cherie, S.G.*, S.S. Gao, K.H. Liu, A.A. Elsheikh*, F.S. Kong*, C.A. Reed*, and B.B. Yang*, 2016.
Shear wave splitting analyses in Tian Shan: Geodynamic implications of complex seismic anisotropy,
Geochemistry Geophysics Geosystems, 17, 1975-1989, doi: 10.1002/2016GC006269.

74. Reed, C.A.*, S.S. Gao, K.H. Liu, and Y. Yu*, 2016.
The mantle transition zone beneath the Afar Depression and adjacent regions: Implications for mantle plumes and hydration,
Geophysical Journal International, 205,1756-1766, doi:10.1093/gji/ggw116.

73. Kong, F.S.*, J. Wu**, K.H. Liu, and S.S. Gao (2016),
Crustal anisotropy and ductile flow beneath the eastern Tibetan Plateau and adjacent areas,
Earth and Planetary Science Letters, volume 442, 72-79. doi: 10.1016/j.epsl.2016.03.003 .

72. Yang, B.B.*, K.H. Liu, H.H. Dahm*, and S.S. Gao (2016),
A uniform database of teleseismic shear wave splitting measurements for the western and central United States: December 2014 update,
Seismological Research Letters, volume 87, No. 2A, 295-300, doi: 10.1785/0220150213 . Click here for the 3 supplementary tables.

---2015---

71. Yu, Y.*, K.H. Liu, C.A. Reed*, M. Moidaki*, K. Mickus, E.A. Atekwana, and S.S. Gao (2015),
A joint receiver function and gravity study of crustal structure beneath the incipient Okavango Rift, Botswana,
Geophysical Research Letters, volume 42, 8398-8405, doi: 10.1002/2015GL065811 .

70. Yu, Y.*, S.S. Gao, M. Moidaki*, C.A. Reed*, and K.H. Liu (2015),
Seismic anisotropy beneath the incipient Okavango rift: Implications for rifting initiation,
Earth and Planetary Science Letters, volume 430, 1-8. doi:10.1016/j.epsl.2015.08.009 .

69. Kong, F.S.*, S. S. Gao, and K. H. Liu (2015),
On the applicability of the multiple-event stacking technique for shear wave splitting analysis,
Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America, volume 105, 3156-3166, doi:10.1785/0120150078.

68. Yu, Y.*, K.H. Liu, M. Moidaki*, C.A. Reed*, and S.S. Gao (2015),
No thermal anomalies in the mantle transition zone beneath an incipient continental rift:
Evidence from the first receiver function study across the Okavango Rift Zone, Botswana,
Geophysical Journal International, volume 202, 1407-1418, doi:10.1093/gji/ggv229 .

67. Lemnifi, A.*, K.H. Liu, S.S. Gao, C.R. Reed*, A. Elsheikh*, Y. Yu*, and A. Elmelade (2015),
Azimuthal anisotropy beneath north central Africa from shear wave splitting analyses,
Geochemistry Geophysics Geosystems, volume 16, 1105-1114, doi: 10.1002/2014GC005706 .

66. Yu, Y.*, J. Song**, K.H. Liu, and S.S. Gao (2015),
Determining crustal structure beneath seismic stations overlying a low-velocity sedimentary layer using receiver functions,
Journal of Geophysical Research, volume 120, 3208-3218, doi: 10.1002/2014JB011610.

65. Wu, J.**, Z. Zhang, F.S. Kong*, B.B. Yang*, Y. Yu*, K.H. Liu, and S.S. Gao (2015),
Complex seismic anisotropy beneath western Tibet and its geodynamic implications,
Earth and Planetary Science Letters, volume 413, 167-175. doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.epsl.2015.01.002 .

64. Kong, F.S.*, S.S. Gao, and K.H. Liu (2015),
A systematic comparison of the transverse energy minimization and splitting intensity techniques for measuring shear-wave splitting parameters,
Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America, volume 105, 230-239, doi: 10.1785/0120140108.

---2014---

63. Gao, S. S., and K. H. Liu (2014),
Mantle transition zone discontinuities beneath the contiguous United States,
Journal of Geophysical Research, volume, 119, 6452-6468, doi: 10.1002/2014JB011253 . and supporting info: 26 E-W cross-sections with velocity anomalies.

62. Mohamed, A.A.**, S.S. Gao, A.A. Elsheikh*, K.H. Liu, Y. Yu*, and R.E. Fat-Helbary (2014),
Seismic imaging of mantle transition zone discontinuities beneath the northern Red Sea and adjacent areas,
Geophysical Journal International, volume 199, 648-657, doi:10.1093/gji/ggu284 .

61. Elsheikh, A.A.*, S.S. Gao, and K.H. Liu (2014),
Formation of the Cameroon Volcanic Line by lithospheric basal erosion: Insight from mantle seismic anisotropy,
Journal of African Earth Sciences, volume 100, 96-108, doi: 10.1016/j.jafrearsci.2014.06.011.

60. Elsheikh, A.A.*, S.S. Gao, K.H. Liu, A.A. Mohamed**, Y. Yu*, and R.E. Fat-Helbary (2014),
Seismic anisotropy and subduction-induced mantle fabrics beneath the Arabian and Nubian plates adjacent to the Red Sea,
Geophysical Research Letters, volume 41, 2376-2381, doi: 10.1002/2014GL059536 .

59. Liu, K.H., A. Elsheikh*, A. Lemnifi*, U. Purevsuren*, M. Ray*, H. Refayee*, B. Yang*, Y. Yu*, and S.S. Gao (2014),
A uniform database of teleseismic shear wave splitting measurements for the western and central United States,
Geochemistry Geophysics Geosystems, volume 15, 2075-2085, doi: 10.1002/2014GC005267 .

58. Reed, C. A.*, S. Almadani*, S. S. Gao, A. Elsheikh*, S. Cherie*, M. Abdelsalam, A. Thurmond, and K. H. Liu (2014),
Receiver function constraints on crustal seismic velocities and partial melting beneath the Red Sea rift and adjacent regions, Afar Depression,
Journal of Geophysical Research, volume 119, 2138-2152, doi: 10.1002/2013JB010719 .

57. Yang, B.B.*, S.S. Gao, K.H. Liu, A.A. Elsheikh*, A.A. Lemnifi*, H.A. Refayee*, and Y. Yu* (2014),
Seismic anisotropy and mantle flow beneath the northern Great Plains of North America,
Journal of Geophysical Research, volume 119, 1971-1985, doi: 10.1002/2013JB010561 .

56. Gao, S. S., and K. H. Liu (2014),
Imaging mantle discontinuities using multiply-reflected P-to-S conversions,
Earth and Planetary Science Letters, volume 402, 99-106, , doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.epsl.2013.08.025 .

55. Refayee, H. A.*, B. B. Yang*, K. H. Liu, and S. S. Gao (2014),
Mantle flow and lithosphere-asthenosphere coupling beneath the southwestern edge of the North American Craton: Constraints from shear-wave splitting measurements,
Earth and Planetary Science Letters , volume 402 , 209-220, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.epsl.2013.01.031 .

---2013---

54. Liu, K. H, and S. S. Gao (2013),
Making reliable shear-wave splitting measurements,
Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America, volume 103, 2680-2693, doi: 10.1785/0120120355.

53. Gao, S. S., K. H. Liu, C. A. Reed*, Y. Yu*, B. Massinque, H. Mdala, M. Moidaki*, D. Mutamina, E.A. Atekwana, S. Ingate, and A. M. Reusch (2013),
Seismic arrays to study African rift initiation,
Eos, Transactions, American Geophysical Union, volume 94, 213-214, doi: 10.1002/2013EO240002.

52. Moidaki, M.*, S. S. Gao, K. H. Liu, and E. Atekwana (2013),
Crustal Thickness and Moho Sharpness beneath the Midcontinent Rift from Receiver Functions,
Research in Geophysics, volume 3, doi: 10.4081/4538.

---2012---

51. Gao, S. S., and K. H. Liu (2012),
AnisDep: A FORTRAN program for the estimation of the depth of anisotropy using spatial coherency of shear-wave splitting parameters,
Computers & Geosciences, , doi: 10.1016/j.cageo.2012.01.020.

50. Wang, B. Z.*, S. S. Gao, K. H. Liu, E. S. Krebes (2012),
High-accuracy practical spline-based 2D and 3D integral transformations in potential-field geophysics,
Geophysical Prospecting , volume 60, 1001-1016, doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2478.2011.01026.x.

49. Bridges, D.*, K. Mickus, S. S. Gao, M. G. Abdelsalam, and A. Alemu (2012),
Magnetic stripes of a transitional continental rift in Afar,
Geology, doi:10.1130/G32697.1.

---2011---

48. Satsukawa, T., M. Michibayashi, E. Y. Anthony, R. J. Stern, S. S. Gao, and K. H. Liu (2011),
Seismic anisotropy of the uppermost mantle beneath the Rio Grande rift: Evidence from Kilbourne Hole peridotite xenoliths, New Mexico,
Earth and Planetary Science Letters, volume 311, 172-181.

47. Bashir, L.*, S. S. Gao, K. H. Liu, and K. Mickus (2011),
Crustal structure and evolution beneath the Colorado Plateau and the southern Basin and Range Province: Results from receiver function and gravity studies,
Geochemistry Geophysics Geosystems , volume 12, Q06008 (18 pages), doi:10.1029/2011GC003563.

46. Abdelsalam, M. G., S. S. Gao, and J. -P. Liegeois (2011),
Upper mantle structure of the Saharan Metacraton,
Journal of African Earth Sciences, volume 60, 328-336

45. Liu, K.H. and S.S. Gao (2011),
Estimation of the depth of anisotropy using spatial coherency of shear-wave splitting parameters,
Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America, volume 101, 2153-2161, doi: 10.1785/0120100258.

---2010---

44. Gao, S.S., K.H. Liu, and M.G. Abdelsalam (2010),
Seismic anisotropy beneath the Afar Depression and adjacent areas: Implications for mantle flow,
Journal of Geophysical Research, volume 115, B12330, 15 pages, doi:10.1029/2009JB007141.

43. Liu, K. H., and S. S. Gao (2010),
Spatial variations of crustal characteristics beneath the Hoggar swell, Algeria, revealed by systematic analyses of receiver functions from a single seismic station,
Geochemistry Geophysics Geosystems, volume 11, Q08011 (14 pages), doi:10.1029/2010GC003091.

42. Moidaki M.*, S. S. Gao, K. H. Liu, M. G. Abdelsalam, J. P. Hogan, and E. Atekwana (2010),
Converted P-to-S phase and Moho quality beneath the New Madrid seismic Zone from receiver function studies,
Geoscience Research, 1, 7-21.

---2009---

41 Atef, A.*, K. H. Liu, and S.S. Gao (2009),
Apparent weekly and daily earthquake periodicities in the western United States,
Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America, volume 99, 2273-2279, doi:10.1785/0120080217.

40. Gao, S. S., and K. H. Liu (2009),
Significant seismic anisotropy beneath the southern Lhasa Terrane, Tibetan Plateau,
Geochemistry Geophysics Geosystems, volume 10, Q02008 (19 pages), doi:10.1029/2008GC002227.

---2008---

39. Liu, K. H., S. S. Gao, Y. Gao, and J. Wu** (2008),
Shear wave splitting and mantle flow associated with the deflected Pacific slab beneath northeast Asia,
Journal of Geophysical Research, volume 113, B01305 (15 pages), doi:10.1029/2007JB005178.

38. Gao, S. S., K. H. Liu, R. J. Stern, G. R. Keller, J. P. Hogan, J. Pulliam, and E. Y. Anthony (2008),
Characteristics of mantle fabrics beneath the south-central United States: Constraints from shear-wave splitting measurements,
Geosphere, volume 4, 411-417, doi: 10.1130/GES00159.1.

37. Gao, S. S., T. M. Niemi, R. A. Black, K. H. Liu, R. M. Joeckel, R. W. Busby, and J. Taber (2008),
Rationale for a permanent seismic network in the Central Plains utilizing USArray,
(click here for electronic supplementary material)
Eos (Forum section), Transactions of the American Geophysical Union, volume 89, 85.

---2006---

36. Liu, K. H, and S. S. Gao (2006),
Mantle transition zone discontinuities beneath the Baikal rift and adjacent areas,
Journal of Geophysical Research, volume 111, B11301 (10 pages), doi:10.1029/2005JB004099.

35. Nair, S. K.*, S. S. Gao, K. H. Liu, and P. G. Silver (2006),
Southern African crustal evolution and composition: Constraints from receiver function studies,
Journal of Geophysical Research, volume 111, B02304 (17 pages), doi:10.1029/2005JB003802.

34. Zhao, D., J. Lei, T. Inoue, A. Yamada, and S. S. Gao (2006),
Deep structure and origin of the Baikal rift zone,
Earth and Planetary Science Letters, volume 243, 681-691.

33. Bridges, D.L.*, and S.S. Gao (2006),
Spatial variation of seismic b-values beneath Makushin Volcano, Unalaska Island, Alaska,
Earth and Planetary Science Letters, volume 245, 408-415.

---2004---

32. Gao, S. S., K. H. Liu, and C. Chen* (2004),
Significant crustal thinning beneath the Baikal rift zone: New constraints from receiver function analysis,
Geophysical Research Letters, volume 31, L20610 (4 pages), doi:10.1029/2004GL020813.

31. Silver, P. G., M. Fouch, S. S. Gao, M. D. Schmitz, and the Kaapvaal Seismic Group (2004),
Seismic anisotropy, mantle fabric, and the magmatic evolution of Precambrian southern Africa,
South Africa Journal of Geology, volume 107 , 47-60.

30. Gao, S. S., and K. H. Liu (2004),
Seafloor asymmetry in the Atlantic Ocean,
Journal of Ocean University of China, volume 3, 191-194.

29. Fouch, M. J., D. E. James, J. C. VanDecar, S. van der Lee, and the Kaapvaal Seismic Group (2004),
Mantle seismic structure beneath the Kaapvaal and Zimbabwe Cratons,
South African Journal of Geology, volume 107, 33-44.

---2003---

28. Liu, K. H., S. S. Gao, P. G. Silver, and Y. K. Zhang* (2003),
Mantle layering across central South America,
Journal of Geophysical Research, volume 108, 2510 (10 pages), doi:10.1029/2002JB002208.

27. Hubbard, M. S., S. S. Gao, K. H. Liu, K. E. Nicolaysen, and C. G. Oviatt (2003),
Great Plains workshop held to prepare for USArray Deployment,
Eos, Transactions of the American Geophysical Union, volume 84, 314-320.

26. Gao, S. S., K. H. Liu, P. M. Davis, P. D. Slack, Y. A. Zorin, V. V. Mordvinova, and V. M. Kozhevnikov (2003),
Evidence for Small-Scale Mantle Convection in the Upper Mantle Beneath the Baikal Rift Zone,
Journal of Geophysical Research, volume 108, 2194 (10 pages), doi:10.1029/2002JB002039.

25. Hui, R., J. Thomas, C. Allen, B. Fu, and S. Gao (2003),
Low coherent, WDM reflectometry for accurate fiber length monitoring,
IEEE Photonics Technology Letters, volume 15, 96-98.

---2002---

24. Zorin, Y. A., V. V. Mordvinova, G. L. Kosarev, E. K. Turutanov, B. G. Belichenkoa, and S.S. Gao (2002),
Low seismic velocity layers in the earths crust of Eastern Siberia (Russia) and Mongolia: Receiver function data and geological implication,
Tectonophysics, volume 359, 307-327.

23. Gao, S. S., P. G. Silver, and K. H. Liu (2002),
Mantle Discontinuities Beneath Southern Africa,
Geophysical Research Letters, volume 29, 1491 (4 pages), doi: 10.1029/2001GL013834.

22. Cao, A.*, and S. S. Gao (2002),
Temporal variation of seismic b-values beneath northeastern Japan island arc,
Geophysical Research Letters, volume 29, 1-3, 10.1029/2001GL013775,

21. Zorin, Yu. A., V. V. Mordvinova, E. K. Turutanov, V. G. Belichenko, A. M. Mazukabzov, G. L. Kosarev, and S. S. Gao (2002),
New geophysical data on thrust faults in the Baikal and Transbaikal regions and Central Mongolia,
Geotektonika, volume 3, 40-52.

---2001---

20. Liu, K. H., and S. S. Gao (2001),
Characterization of a continuous, very narrowband seismic signal near 2.08 Hz,
Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America, volume 91, 1910-1916.

19. Silver, P. G., S. S. Gao, K. H. Liu, and the Kaapvaal Seismic Group (2001),
Mantle Deformation beneath Southern Africa,
Geophysical Research Letters, volume 28, 2493-2496.

18. Nguuri, T. K., J. Gore, D. E. James, S. J. Webb, C. Wright, T. G. Zengeni, O. Gwavava, J. A. Snoke, and the Kaapvaal Seismic Group (2001),
Crustal structure beneath southern Africa and its implications for the formation and evolution of the Kaapvaal and Zimbabwe cratons,
Geophysical Research Letters, volume 28, 2501-2504.

17. James, D. E., M. J. Fouch, J. C. VanDecar, S. van der Lee, and the Kaapvaal Seismic Group (2001),
Tectospheric structure beneath southern Africa,
Geophysical Research Letters, volume 28, 2485-2488.

16. Freybourger, M., J. B. Gaherty, T. H. Jordan, and the Kaapvaal Seismic Group (2001),
Structure of the Kaapvaal craton from surface waves,
Geophysical Research Letters, volume 28, 2489-2492.

---2000---

15. Gao, S. S., P. G. Silver, and A. T. Linde (2000),
A Comprehensive Analysis of Deformation Data at Parkfield, California: Detection of a Long-term Strain Transient,
Journal of Geophysical Research, 105, 2955-2967.

14. Gao, S. S., P. G. Silver, A. T. Linde, and I. S. Sacks (2000),
Annual Modulation of Triggered Seismicity Following the 1992 Landers Earthquake in California,
Nature, 406, 500-504, doi: 10.1038/35020045.

13. Davis, P. M, J. L. Rubinstein, K. H. Liu, S. S. Gao, and L. Knopoff (2000),
Northridge Earthquake Damage Caused by Geologic Focusing of Seismic Waves,
Science, 289, , 1746-1750.

---1999---

12. Gao, S.S.; P.M. Davis, H. Liu, P.D. Slack and others (1999),
"SKS splitting beneath continental rifts zones" by Gao et al. - Reply.
Journal of Geophysical Research, 104: 10,791-10,794.

---1997---

11. Gao, S., P. M. Davis, H. Liu, P.D. Slack, A. W. Rigor, Y. A. Zorin, V. V. Mordvinova, V. M. Kozhevnikov, and N. A. Logatchev (1997),
SKS Splitting Beneath Continental Rift Zones,
Journal of Geophysical Research, 102(B10) , 22,781-22,797.

10. Gao, S. (1997),
A Bayesian approach for the calculation of seismic body-wave attenuation factors,
Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America, 87, , 961-970.

---1996---

9. Gao, S., H. Liu, P. M. Davis, and L. Knopoff (1996),
Localized Amplification of Seismic Waves and Correlation with Damage due to the Northridge Earthquake,
Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America, 86, S209-S230.

8. Gao, S., Liu, H, P. M. Davis, L. Knopoff, and G. Fuis (1996),
A 98-station Seismic Array to Record Aftershocks of the 1994 Northridge Earthquake,
USGS Open File Report, OF 96-690, ISBN-13: 9781287001539

7. Kohler, M. D., P.M. Davis, H. Liu, M. Benthien, S. Gao, G. S. Fuis, R. W. Clayton, D. Okaya, and J. Mori (1996),
Data report for the 1993 Los Angeles Region Seismic Experiment (LARSE93), Southern California: a passive study from Seal Beach Northeastward Through the Mojave Desert,
USGS Open File Report , OF 96-0085.

---1995---

6. Mordvinova, V.V., Yu. A. Zorin, S. Gao, and P.M. Davis (1995),
Estimation of the Thickness of Earth's Crust at the Profile Irkutsk - Ulan_Bator - Undurshil Using Spectral Ratios of Seismic Body Waves,
Physics of the Earth, N9, 3-10.

5. Liu, H., P. M. Davis, and S. Gao (1995),
SKS Splitting Beneath Southern California,
Geophysical Research Letters, 22, 767-770.

---1994---

4. Gao, S., P. M. Davis, H. Liu, P. D. Slack, Y. A. Zorin, N. A. Logatchev, M. G. Kogan, P. D. Burkholder, and R. P. Meyer (1994),
Preliminary Results of Teleseismic Studies of the Mantle of the Baikal Rift,
Physics of the Earth, N7-8: 113-122.

3. Zorin, Y. A., V. G. Belichenko, E. K. Turutanov, V. V. Modvinova, V. M. Kozhevnikov, P. Khozbayar, O. Tomurtogoo, N. Arvisbaatar, S. Gao, and P. Davis (1994),
Baikal-Mongolia Transect,
Russian Geology and Geophysics, 35 78-92.

2. Gao, S., P. M. Davis, H. Liu, P. Slack, Y. A. Zorin, N. A. Logatchev, M. Kogan, P. Burkholder and R. P. Meyer (1994),
Asymmetric upwarp of the Asthenosphere beneath the Baikal Rift zone, Siberia,
Journal of Geophysical Research, 99, 15,319-15,330.

1. Gao, S., P.M. Davis, H. Liu, P. D. Slack, Y. A. Zorin, V. V. Mordvinova, V. M. Kozhevnikov, and R. P. Meyer (1994),
Seismic Anisotropy and Mantle Flow beneath the Baikal Rift Zone,
Nature, 371 149-151, PDF

0. Gao, S. (1995),
Seismic Evidence for Small Scale Mantle Convection under the Baikal Rift Zone, Siberia,
University of California, Los Angeles (11 MB in size)




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