Wang, T.*, Chen, L., Gao, S.S., & Liu, K.H. (first submitted 8/12/2024).Deciphering a quantitative relationship between rifting and crustal melting: insights from the incipient Okavango Rift Zone.
Note: Authors marked by "*" are current or former graduate students advised/co-advised by Steve Gao . Those marked by "**" are visiting scholars.
146.
Wang, T.*, Chen, L., Gao, S.S., & Liu, K.H. (first submitted 8/12/2024).
Deciphering a quantitative relationship between rifting and crustal melting: insights from the incipient Okavango Rift Zone.
145.
Liao, Y.*, Liu, K.H., and Gao, S.S. (first submitted 4/1/2024).
A lithospheric drip triggered by a passing mantle plume beneath the East Sayan Mountains in central Asia.
144.
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.
143.
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.
Zhang, Y.*, Gao, S.S., Fan, X., Zhou, S., & Qu, J.** (first submission 3/2/2023)
141.
Wang, T.*, Wang, X., Chen, L., Yu, Z., Hu, S., Gao, S.S., and Liu, K.H. (first submitted 5/7/2024).
3D shear wave velocity and radial anisotropy structure of the African Okavango Rift and adjacent regions.
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.
Shen, C.*, Gao, S.S., Kong, F.*, and Liu, K.H. (first submitted 4/7/2024).
Tectonic implications of seismic anisotropy layering beneath the southern Tibetan Plateau revealed by integrated shear wave splitting and receiver function analyses.
138.
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.
137.
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.
136.
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.
135.
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.
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.
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).
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.
Song, J.**, Gao, S.S., Liu, K.H., Sun, M.*, Yu, Y.*, Kong, F.*,
& Mickus, K.
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.
Yang, Q.*, Liu, K.H., Wang, T.*, Song, J., and Gao, S.S.
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.
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).
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.
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).
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.
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).
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,
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https://doi.org/10.1002/2018GC007474.
Sun, M.*, Liu, K. H., Fu, X., & Gao, S. S. (2017).
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
Reed, C.A.*, K.H. Liu, P. Chindandali, B. Massingue, H. Mdala, D. Mutamina,
Y. Yu*, and S.S. Gao, 2016.
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,
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1975-1989,
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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,
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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,
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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,
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Kong, F.S.*, S. S. Gao, and K. H. Liu (2015),
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Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America,
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68.
Yu, Y.*, K.H. Liu, M. Moidaki*, C.A. Reed*,
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No thermal anomalies in the mantle transition zone beneath an
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Lemnifi, A.*, K.H. Liu, S.S. Gao, C.R. Reed*, A. Elsheikh*,
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Azimuthal anisotropy beneath north central Africa from
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Yu, Y.*, J. Song**, K.H. Liu, and S.S. Gao (2015),
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Wu, J.**, Z. Zhang, F.S. Kong*, B.B. Yang*, Y. Yu*,
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Complex seismic anisotropy beneath western Tibet and its
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Kong, F.S.*, S.S. Gao, and K.H. Liu (2015),
A systematic comparison of the transverse energy minimization and
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shear-wave splitting parameters,
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Mohamed, A.A.**, S.S. Gao, A.A. Elsheikh*, K.H. Liu, Y. Yu*,
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Elsheikh, A.A.*, S.S. Gao, and K.H. Liu (2014),
Formation of the Cameroon Volcanic Line
by lithospheric basal erosion:
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Journal of African Earth Sciences,
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Elsheikh, A.A.*, S.S. Gao, K.H. Liu, A.A. Mohamed**, Y. Yu*, and
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Seismic anisotropy and subduction-induced mantle fabrics
beneath the Arabian and Nubian plates adjacent to the Red Sea,
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Liu, K.H., A. Elsheikh*, A. Lemnifi*, U. Purevsuren*,
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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,
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Yang, B.B.*, S.S. Gao, K.H. Liu, A.A. Elsheikh*,
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Imaging mantle discontinuities using multiply-reflected
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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:
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Moidaki, M.*, S. S. Gao, K. H. Liu, and E. Atekwana (2013),
Crustal Thickness and Moho Sharpness beneath the
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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.
Satsukawa, T., M. Michibayashi, E. Y. Anthony, R. J. Stern,
S. S. Gao, and K. H. Liu (2011),
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.
Gao, S.S., K.H. Liu, and M.G. Abdelsalam (2010),
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.
Atef, A.*, K. H. Liu, and S.S. Gao (2009),
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.
Liu, K. H., S. S. Gao, Y. Gao, and J. Wu** (2008),
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.
Liu, K. H, and S. S. Gao (2006),
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.
Gao, S. S., K. H. Liu, and C. Chen* (2004),
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.
Liu, K. H., S. S. Gao, P. G. Silver, and Y. K. Zhang* (2003),
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.
Zorin, Y. A., V. V. Mordvinova, G. L. Kosarev, E. K. Turutanov, B. G. Belichenkoa,
and S.S. Gao (2002),
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.
Liu, K. H., and S. S. Gao (2001),
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.
Gao, S. S., P. G. Silver, and A. T. Linde (2000),
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.
Gao, S.S.; P.M. Davis, H. Liu, P.D. Slack and others (1999),
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),
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.
Gao, S., H. Liu, P. M. Davis, and L. Knopoff (1996),
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.
Mordvinova, V.V., Yu. A. Zorin, S. Gao, and P.M. Davis (1995),
5.
Liu, H., P. M. Davis, and S. Gao (1995),
SKS Splitting Beneath Southern California,
Geophysical Research Letters, 22, 767-770.
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),
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,
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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)
