Research
Fiber-optic strain and rotational seismology
Ma, K.-F.*, S. von Specht*, L.-W. Kuo, H.-H. Huang, C.-R. Lin, C.-J. Lin, C.-S. Ku, E.-S. Wu^, C.-Y. Wang, W.-Y. Chang, and P. Jousset (2024), Broad-band strain amplification in an asymmetric fault zone observed from borehole optical fiber and core, Communications Earth & Environment, 5, 402.
Wuestefeld, A.*, Z. J. Spica, K. Aderhold, H.-H. Huang, K.-F. Ma, V. H. Lai, M. Miller, L. Urmantseva, D. Zapf, D. C. Bowden, P. Edme, T. Kiers, A. P. Rinaldi, K. Tuinstra, C. Jestin, S. Diaz-Meza, P. Jousset, C. Wollin, A. Ugalde, S. R. Barajas, B. Gaite, G. Currenti, M. Prestifilippo, E. Araki, T. Tonegawa, S. de Ridder, A. Nowacki, F. Lindner, M. Schoenball, C. Wetter, H.-H. Zhu, A. F. Baird, R. A. Rørstadbotnen, J. Ajo-Franklin, Y. Ma, R. E. Abbott, K. M. Hodgkinson, R. W. Porritt, A. C. Stanciu, A. Podrasky, D. Hill, B. Biondi, S. Yuan, B. Luo, S. Nikitin, J. P. Morten, V.-A. Dumitru, W. Lienhart, E. Cunningham, and H. Wang (2023), The Global DAS Month of February 2023, Seismol. Res. Lett., 95, 1569–1577, https://doi.org/10.1785/0220230180.
Huang, H.-H.*, K.-F. Ma, E.-S. Wu^, Y.-Z. Cheng^, C.-J. Lin, C.-S. Ku, P.-L. Su^, and MiDAS working group (2024), Spatiotemporal monitoring of a frequently-slip fault zone using downhole distributed acoustic sensing at the MiDAS Project, in Li, Y., Mellors, R. & Zhan, G., eds, AGU Book Series, Wiley, in press.
Lin, C.-J.*, C.-S. Ku, T.-C. Chi, B.-S. Huang, H.-H. Huang, and C.-C. Liu (2022), Correcting background tilt signal of horizontal seismometer by using a rotation sensor, Seismol. Res. Lett., https://doi.org/10.1785/0220210185. [pdf]
Time-lapse environmental monitoring
Feng, K.-F.*^, H.-H. Huang*, Y.-J. Hsu, and Y.-M. Wu (2021), Controls on seasonal variations of crustal seismic velocity in Taiwan using single-station cross-component analysis of ambient noise interferometry, J. Geophys. Res.,126, e2021JB022650, https://doi.org/10.1029/2021JB022650. [pdf] [supp.]
Feng, K.-F.^, H.-H. Huang*, and Y.-M. Wu (2020), Detecting pre-eruptive magmatic processes of the 2018 eruption at Kilauea, Hawaii volcano with ambient noise interferometry, Earth, Planets and Space, 72:74, https://doi.org/10.1186/s40623-020-01199-x. [pdf] [supp.]
Seismology in orogenic tectonics
Lin, C. D.-J.^, Y.-M. Wu, H. Tung, and H.-H. Huang* (2024), Coseismic Deformation and Interaction of the 2022 ML 6.6 Guanshan and ML 6.8 Chihshang Earthquakes in Southeastern Taiwan Revealed by Strong Motion Data, Seismol. Res. Lett., in press.
Ha, V. L.*^, H.-H. Huang*, L. M. Nguyen, B.-S. Huang, N. V. Duong, T. G. Ha, Q. K. Le, Q. V. Dinh, T. S. Le, N. T. Hung, C. N. Nguyen, K. Smith^, and T. T. Pham (2024), Geotectonic architecture beneath Northern Vietnam revealed by local earthquake tomography combing seismic data from multiple networks, Tectonophysics, 884, 230402. [pdf]
Huang, H.-H.* and Y. Wang* (2022), Seismogenic structure beneath the northern Longitudinal Valley revealed by the 2018-2021 Hualien earthquake sequences, Terre. Atmos. Oceanic Sci., 33:17, https://doi.org/10.1007/s44195-022-00017-z. [pdf w/ supp.]
Lo, Y.-T., H.-H. Huang, and H.-Y. Yen* (2021), Probing depth origin of gravity anomalies in Taiwan through 3-D coherent velocity model, Terre. Atmos. Oceanic Sci., doi: 10.3319/TAO.2021.04.30.01. [pdf] [cover image]
Liu, C.-N.^, F.-C. Lin, H.-H. Huang*, Y. Wang, E. Berg, and C.-H. Lin (2021), High-Resolution 3-D shear wave velocity model of northern Taiwan via Bayesian joint inversion of Rayleigh wave ellipticity and phase velocity with Formosa Array, J. Geophys. Res., 126, e2020JB021610, https://doi.org/10.1029/2020JB021610. [pdf]
Wu, Y.-M.*, S. K. Chen, T.-C. Huang, H.-H. Huang, W.-A. Chao, and I. Koulakov (2018), Relationship between earthquake b-value and crustal stress in a young orogenic belt, Geophys. Res. Lett., 45, doi:10.1002/2017GL076694. [pdf]
Brown, D.*, Y.-M. Wu, K.-F. Feng, W.-A. Chao, and H.-H. Huang (2015), Imaging high-pressure rock exhumation in eastern Taiwan, Geology, 43(7), doi:10.1130/G36810.1. [pdf] [supp.]
Koulakov, I.*, Y.-M. Wu, H.-H. Huang, N. Dobretsov, A. Jakovlev, I. Zabelina, K. Jaxybulatov, and V. Chervov (2014), Slab interactions in the Taiwan region based on the P- and S-velocity distributions in the upper mantle, J. Asian Earth Sci., 79, 53-64. [pdf]
Huang, H.-H.*, Y.-M. Wu, X. Song, C.-H. Chang, H. Kuo-Chen, and S.-J. Lee (2014), Investigating the lithospheric structures beneath Taiwan region by nonlinear joint inversion of local and teleseismic P-wave data: Slab continuity and deflection, Geophys. Res. Lett., 41, doi:10.1002/2014GL061115. [pdf w/ supp.]
Huang, H.-H.*, Y.-M. Wu, X. Song, C.-H. Chang, S.-J. Lee, T.-M. Chang, and H.-H. Hsieh (2014), Joint Vp and Vs tomography of Taiwan: Implications for subduction-collision orogeny, Earth Planet. Sci. Lett., 392, 177-191. [pdf] [supp.]
Camanni, G.*, C.-H. Chen, D. Brown, J. Alvarez-Marron, Y.-M. Wu, H.-A. Chen, H.-H. Huang, H.-T. Chu, M.-M. Chen, and C.-H. Chang (2014), Basin inversion in central Taiwan and its importance for seismic hazard, Geology, doi: 10.1130/G35102.1. [pdf]
Huang, H.-H.*, Z. Xu, Y.-M. Wu, X. Song*, B.-S. Huang, and N. L. Minh (2013), First Local Seismic Tomography for Red River Shear Zone, northern Vietnam: Stepwise inversion employing crustal P and Pn waves, Tectonophysics, 584, 230-239. [pdf]
Ustaszewski, K.* , Y.-M. Wu, J. Suppe, H.-H. Huang, C.-H. Chang, and S. Carena (2012), Crust-mantle boundaries in the Taiwan - Luzon arc-continent collision system determined from local earthquake tomography and 1D models: Implications for the mode of subduction polarity reversal, Tectonophysics, 578, 31-49. [pdf]
Huang, H.-H., J. B. H. Shyu*, Y.-M. Wu, C.-H. Chang, and Y.-G. Chen (2012), Seismotectonics of northeastern Taiwan: Structural characteristics of a transitional area from wanning collision to subduction and post-collisional extension, J. Geophys. Res., 117, B01313, doi:10.1029/2011JB008852. [pdf]
Shyu, J. B. H.*, Y.-M. Wu, C.-H. Chang, and H.-H. Huang (2011), Tectonic erosion and the removal of forearc lithosphere during arc-continent collision: Evidence from recent earthquake sequences and tomography results in eastern Taiwan, J. Asian Earth Sci., 42, 415-422. [pdf]
Huang, H.-H., Y.-M. Wu*, T.-L. Lin, W.-A. Chao, J. B. H. Shyu, C.-H. Chan, and C.-H. Chang (2011), The Preliminary Study of the 4 March 2010 Mw6.3 Jiasian, Taiwan, Earthquake Sequence, Terre. Atmos. Oceanic Sci., 22, 3, 283-290. [pdf]
Hou, C.-S., J.-C. Hu*, K.-E. Ching, Y.-G. Chen, C.-L. Chen, L.-W. Cheng, C.-L. Tang, H.-H. Huang, and C.-H. Lo (2009), The crustal deformation of the Ilan Plain acted as a westernmost extension of the Okinawa Trough, Tectonophysics, 466, 344-355. [pdf]
Volcano imaging and monitoring
Egorushkin, I., I. Koulakov*, A. Jakovlev, H.-H. Huang, E. I. Gordeev, I. Abkadyrov, D. Chebrov (2024), Crustal structure beneath Central Kamchatka inferred from ambient noise tomography, J. Volcanol. Geotherm. Res., 449, 108070. [pdf]
Wu, S.-M.*, H.-H. Huang, F.-C. Lin, J. Farrell, and B. Schmandt (2023), Extreme Seismic Anisotropy Indicates Shallow Accumulation of Magmatic Sills beneath Yellowstone Caldera, Earth Planet. Sci. Lett., 616, 118244. [pdf][supp]
Bushenkova, N.*, I. Koulakov, O. Bergal-Kuvikas, N. Shapiro, E. I. Gordeev, D. V. Chebrov, I. Abkadyrov, A. Jakovlev, T. Stupina, A. Novgorodova, S. Droznina, H.-H. Huang (2023), Connections between arc volcanoes in Central Kamchatka and the subducting slab inferred from local earthquake seismic tomography, J. Volcanol. Geotherm. Res., 435, 107768.
Huang, H.-H.*, E.-S. Wu^, C.-H. Lin, J. Y. Ko, M.-H. Shih, and I. Koulakov (2021), Unveiling Tatun volcanic plumbing structure induced by post-collisional extension of Taiwan mountain belt, Sci. Rep., 11:5286, https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-021-84763-z. [pdf] [supp.]
Feng, K.-F.^, H.-H. Huang*, and Y.-M. Wu (2020), Detecting pre-eruptive magmatic processes of the 2018 eruption at Kilauea, Hawaii volcano with ambient noise interferometry, Earth, Planets and Space, 72:74, https://doi.org/10.1186/s40623-020-01199-x. [pdf] [supp.]
Bushenkova, N., I. Koulakov*, S. Senyukov, E. I. Gordeev, H.-H. Huang, S. E. Khrepy, and N. A. Arifi (2019), Tomographic images of magma chambers beneath the Avacha and Koryaksky volcanoes in Kamchatka, J. Geophys. Res., 124, doi:10.1029/2019JB017952. [pdf]
Huang, H.-H.*, F.-C. Lin, B. Schmandt, J. Farrell, R. B. Smith, and V. C. Tsai (2015), The Yellowstone magmatic system from the mantle plume to the upper crust, Science, 348, doi:10.1126/science.aaa5648. [pdf w/ supp.] [movie] [press release] [media coverage]
Dynamics of seismicity
Hsu, Y.-J.*, H. Kao, R. Bürgmann, Y.-T. Lee, H.-H. Huang, Y.-F. Hsu^, Y.-M. Wu, and J. Zhuang (2021), Synchronized and asynchronous modulation of seismicity by hydrological loading: A case study in Taiwan, Sci. Adv., 7: eabf7282. [pdf][supp]
Hsu, Y.-F.^, H.-H. Huang*, M.-H. Huang, V. C. Tsai, R. Y. Chuang, K.-F. Feng^, and S.-H. Lin (2020), Evidence for fluid migration during the 2016 Meinong Taiwan aftershock sequence, J. Geophys. Res.,125, e2020JB019994. https://doi.org/10.1029/2020JB019994. [pdf] [supp.]
Lee, T. T.-Y., C.-H. Chan, J. B. H. Shyu*, Y.-M. Wu, and H.-H. Huang (2015), Induced transtensional earthquakes after the 1999 Chi-Chi earthquake in the compressional collision belt of western Taiwan, Geophys. J. Int., 200(1), 638-651. [pdf]
Chen, C.-H., H.-H. Huang, W.-A. Chao, Y.-M. Wu*, and C.-H. Chang (2013), Re-examining the source parameter of the 2012 Wutai, Taiwan Earthquake, Terre. Atmos. Oceanic Sci., 245, 5, 827-835. [pdf]
Wu, Y.-M.*, C.-H. Chang, H. Kuo-Chen, H.-H. Huang, and C.-Y. Wang (2013), On the use of explosion records for examining earthquake location uncertainty in Taiwan, Terre. Atmos. Oceanic Sci., 24(4), Part II, 685-694. [pdf]
Source rupture and ground motion characteristics
Lin, H.-F., A. Gualandi, Y.-F. Hsu, Y.-J. Hsu, H.-H. Huang, H.-M. Lee, and A. Canitano* (2023), Interplay Between Seismic and Aseismic Deformation on the Central Range Fault During the 2013 Mw 6.3 Ruisui Earthquake (Taiwan), J. Geophys. Res.,128, e2023JB026861, https://doi.org/10.1029/2023JB026861. [pdf]
Huang, M.-H.* and H.-H. Huang (2018), The complexity of the 2018 Mw6.4 Hualien earthquake in east Taiwan, Geophys. Res. Lett., 45, doi:10.1029/2018GL080821. [pdf]
Jan, J.-C., H.-H. Huang*, Y.-M. Wu, C.-C. Chen, and C.-H. Lin (2018), Near real-time estimates on earthquake rupture directivity using near-field ground motion data from a dense low-cost seismic network, Geophys. Res. Lett., 45, doi:10.1029/2018GL078262. [pdf w/ supp.] [movie1] [movie2]
Huang, H.-H.*, N. Aso*, and V. C. Tsai (2017), Toward automated directivity estimates in earthquake moment tensor inversion, Geophys. J. Int., 211, 1084-1098, doi:10.1093/gji/ggx354. [pdf]
Kanamori, H.*, L. Ye, B.-S. Huang, H.-H. Huang, S.-J. Lee, W.-T. Liang, Y.-Y. Lin, K.-F. Ma, Y.-M. Wu, and T.-Y. Yeh (2017), A strong-motion hot spot of the 2016 Meinong, Taiwan, earthquake (Mw=6.4), Terre. Atmos. Oceanic Sci., 28, doi:10.3319/TAO.2016.10.07.01. [pdf]
Huang, M.-H.*, H. Tung, E. Fielding, H.-H. Huang, C. Liang, C. Huang, and J.-C. Hu (2016), Multiple fault slip triggered above the 2016 Mw 6.4 MeiNong earthquake in Taiwan, Geophys. Res. Lett., 43, doi:10.1002/2016GL069351. [pdf w/ supp.]
Lee, S.-J.*, T.-Y. Yeh, H.-H. Huang, and C.-H. Lin (2015), Numerical earthquake models of the 2013 Nantou, Taiwan, earthquake series: Characteristics of source rupture processes, strong ground motions and their tectonic implication, J. Asian Earth Sci., 111, 365-372. [pdf]
Lee, S.-J.*, H.-H. Huang, J. B. H. Shyu, T.-Y. Yeh, and T.-C. Lin (2014), Numerical earthquake model of the 31 October 2013 Ruisui, Taiwan, Earthquake: Source rupture process and seismic wave propagation, J. Asian Earth Sci., 96, doi:10.1016/j.jseaes.2014.09.020. [pdf]
Planetary interior exploration
Zhang, Z.*, W.-C. Yu, and H.-H. Huang (2024), Constraining seismic anisotropy on the mantle transition zone boundaries near subduction zone, Phys. Earth Planet. Int., 350,107179, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pepi.2024.107179. [pdf]
Zhang, Z.*^, K. Dueker, and H.-H. Huang (2018), Ps mantle transition zone imaging of the Colorado Rocky Mountains: Evidence for an upwelling hydrous mantle, Earth Planet. Sci. Lett., 492, 197-205. [pdf]
Vance, S. D.*, M. P. Panning, S. C. Stahler, F. Cammarano, B. G. Bills, G. Tobie, S. Kamata, S. Kedar, C. Sotin, W. T. Pike, R. Lorenz, H.-H. Huang, J. M. Jackson, and B. Banerdt (2018), Geophysical investigations of habitability in ice-covered ocean worlds, J. Geophys. Res., 122, doi:10.1002/2017JE005341. [pdf]
Panning, M. P.*, S. C. Stahler, H.-H. Huang, S. D. Vance, S. Kedar, V. C. Tsai, W. T. Pike, and R. D. Lorenz, Expected seismicity and the seismic noise environment of Europa (2018), J. Geophys. Res., 122, doi:10.1002/2017JE005332. [pdf]
Vance, S. D.*, S. Kedar, M. P. Panning, S. C. Stahler, B. G. Bills, R. D. Lorenz, H.-H. Huang, W. T. Pike, J. C. Castillo, P. Lognonne, V. C. Tsai, A. R. Rhoden (2018), Vital Signs: Seismology of ocean worlds, Astrobiology, 18(1), 37-53. [pdf]
Yu, W.-C.*, J. Su, T.-R. A. Song, H.-H. Huang, L. Mozziconacci, and B.-S. Huang (2017), Inner core hemispheric boundary near 180°W, Phys. Earth Planet. Int., 272, 1-16. [pdf]
Huang, H.-H.*, F.-C. Lin, V. C. Tsai, and K. D. Koper (2015), High-resolution probing of inner core structure with seismic interferometry, Geophys. Res. Lett., 42, doi:10.1002/2015GL066390. [pdf w/ supp.]
Earthquake early warning
Jan, J.-C., H.-H. Huang*, Y.-M. Wu, C.-C. Chen, and C.-H. Lin (2018), Near real-time estimates on earthquake rupture directivity using near-field ground motion data from a dense low-cost seismic network, Geophys. Res. Lett., 45, doi:10.1029/2018GL078262. [pdf w/ supp.] [movie1] [movie2]
Wu, Y.-M., T.-L. Lin*, W.-A. Chao, H.-H. Huang, N.-C. Hsiao and C.-H. Chang (2011), Faster short-distance earthquake early warning using continued monitoring of filtered vertical displacement ― a case study for the 2010 Jiasian earthquake, Taiwan. Bull. Seismol. Soc. Am., 101, 701-709. [pdf]
Landslide seismology
Chuang, R. Y., B. S. Wu*, H.-C. Liu, H.-H. Huang, and C.-H. Lu (2021), Development of a statistical-based nowcasting model for earthquake-induced landslides in Taiwan, Engineering Geology, 289, 106177. [pdf]
Chao, W.-A.*, L. Zhao, S.-C. Chen, Y.-M. Wu, C.-H. Chen, and H.-H. Huang (2016), Seismology-based early identification of dam-formation landquake events, Sci. Rep., 6, doi:10.1038/srep19259. [pdf]
Near-surface geophysics
Kassie, L. N., P.-Y. Chang*, J.-R. Zeng, H.-H. Huang, C.-S. Chen, Y. G. Doyoro, D.-J. Lin, J. M. Puntu, and H. H. Amania (2023), Mapping Hydrogeological Structures Using Transient Electromagnetic Method: A Case Study of the Choushui River Alluvial Fan in Yunlin, Taiwan, Water, 15(9), 1703; https://doi.org/10.3390/w15091703. [pdf]
Liu, C.-N.^, F.-C. Lin, H.-H. Huang*, Y. Wang, E. Berg, and C.-H. Lin (2021), High-Resolution 3-D shear wave velocity model of northern Taiwan via Bayesian joint inversion of Rayleigh wave ellipticity and phase velocity with Formosa Array, J. Geophys. Res., 126, e2020JB021610, https://doi.org/10.1029/2020JB021610. [pdf]
Methods developed
Crustal monitoring --
Huang, H.-H.*, K.-F. Ma, E.-S. Wu^, Y.-Z. Cheng^, C.-J. Lin, C.-S. Ku, P.-L. Su^, and MiDAS working group (2023), Spatiotemporal monitoring of a frequently-slip fault zone using downhole distributed acoustic sensing at the MiDAS Project, AGU Books, in press.
--> A new means of utilizing DAS strain amplitude instead of phase for temporal monitoring of subsurface velocity structureFeng, K.-F.^, H.-H. Huang*, and Y.-M. Wu (2020), Detecting pre-eruptive magmatic processes of the 2018 eruption at Kilauea, Hawaii volcano with ambient noise interferometry, Earth, Planets and Space, 72:74, https://doi.org/10.1186/s40623-020-01199-x. [pdf] [supp.]
-> A fast C/fortran-based package from noise correlation to dv/v estimation with a flexible workflow
Seismic imaging --
Wu, S.-M.*, H.-H. Huang, F.-C. Lin, J. Farrell, and B. Schmandt (2023), Extreme Seismic Anisotropy Indicates Shallow Accumulation of Magmatic Sills beneath Yellowstone Caldera, Earth Planet. Sci. Lett., 616, 118244. [pdf][supp]
-> A one-step inversion method of ambient noise tomography accounting for ray bendingHuang, H.-H.*, Y.-M. Wu, X. Song, C.-H. Chang, H. Kuo-Chen, and S.-J. Lee (2014), Investigating the lithospheric structures beneath Taiwan region by nonlinear joint inversion of local and teleseismic P-wave data: Slab continuity and deflection, Geophys. Res. Lett., 41, doi:10.1002/2014GL061115. [pdf w/ supp.]
-> An algorithm Jointly inverts local earthquake and teleseismic body wave data for mantle imagingHuang, H.-H.*, Y.-M. Wu, X. Song, C.-H. Chang, S.-J. Lee, T.-M. Chang, and H.-H. Hsieh (2014), Joint Vp and Vs tomography of Taiwan: Implications for subduction-collision orogeny, Earth Planet. Sci. Lett., 392, 177-191. [pdf] [supp.]
-> An algorithm embeds ground-truth geotechnical data to jointly constrain the shallow crustal structureHuang, H.-H.*, Z. Xu, Y.-M. Wu, X. Song*, B.-S. Huang, and N. L. Minh (2013), First Local Seismic Tomography for Red River Shear Zone, northern Vietnam: Stepwise inversion employing crustal P and Pn waves, Tectonophysics, 584, 230-239. [pdf]
-> An algorithm employs crustal P and Pn for the determination of both crustal structure and Moho variations
Source rupture --
Jan, J.-C., H.-H. Huang*, Y.-M. Wu, C.-C. Chen, and C.-H. Lin (2018), Near real-time estimates on earthquake rupture directivity using near-field ground motion data from a dense low-cost seismic network, Geophys. Res. Lett., 45, doi:10.1029/2018GL078262. [pdf w/ supp.] [movie1] [movie2]
-> A simple directional fitting method using near-filed ground motion characteristics to estimate rupture directivity in near real-timeHuang, H.-H.*, N. Aso*, and V. C. Tsai (2017), Toward automated directivity estimates in earthquake moment tensor inversion, Geophys. J. Int., 211, 1084-1098, doi:10.1093/gji/ggx354. [pdf]
-> A directivity moment tensor inversion method (DMT) for estimating both focal mechanism and primary 3-D rupture direction
Source location --
Hsu, Y.-F.^, H.-H. Huang*, M.-H. Huang, V. C. Tsai, R. Y. Chuang, K.-F. Feng^, and S.-H. Lin (2020), Evidence for fluid migration during the 2016 Meinong Taiwan aftershock sequence, J. Geophys. Res.,125, e2020JB019994. https://doi.org/10.1029/2020JB019994. [pdf] [supp.]
-> A 3-D double-difference location algorithm (3D-DD) which incorporates 3-D velocity models and retains isolated eventsChen, C.-H., H.-H. Huang, W.-A. Chao, Y.-M. Wu*, and C.-H. Chang (2013), Re-examining the source parameter of the 2012 Wutai, Taiwan Earthquake, Terre. Atmos. Oceanic Sci., 245, 5, 827-835. [pdf]
-> An earthquake location method (hypoFP) utilizing both arrival times and P-wave polarities