Publications:
2026
30. Kramer, R., Estève, C., Lu, Y., Gosselin, J.M., Jochum, B. & Bokelmann, G., "Monitoring groundwater pumping using time-lapse tomography from ambient seismic noise", in press.
29. Li, R., Lu, Y., Xie, F., Rong, M. & Zhang, Y., 2026. Monitoring of tailings dam stability using cross-spectral-density-based passive HVSR measurements, Struct. Health Monit.,1-19, doi: 10.1177/14759217251403153. link
2025
28. Lu, Y., Wang, Q-Y., Stehly, L., Bodet. L., Campillo. M. & Bokelmann, G., 2025. Mapping large-scale deep soil moisture variations using ambient seismic noise, Geophys. Res. Lett., 52, e2025GL117302, doi: 10.1029/2025GL117302. link
27. Estève, C., Lu, Y. & Bokelmann, G., 2025. Mapping basin interfaces using single-station cross-component correlations: application to the central Vienna Basin (Austria), Geophys. Res. Lett., 52, e2025GL116888, doi: 10.1029/2025GL116888. link
26. Estève, C., Lu, Y., Gosselin, J.M., Kramer, R., Bokelmann, G. & Götzl, G., 2025. Seismic imaging of the southern Vienna Basin (Austria) using probabilistic ambient-noise tomography, Geophys. Prospect., 73(7), e70074, doi: 10.1111/1365-2478 .70074. link
25. Estève, C., Gosselin, J.M., Lu, Y., Bokelmann, G. & Götzl, G., 2025. Seismic velocity structure and seismotectonics of the southern Vienna Basin (Austria) with a large-N nodal deployment, Austrian J. Earth Sci., 118, 189-203, doi: 10.17738.ajes. 2025.0011. link
24. Aiman, Y.A., Lu, Y., Estève, C. & Bokelmann, G., 2025. Internal structure of the Mantle Transition Zone beneath the contiguous U.S.: Insights from the 520-km discontinuity revealed by ambient noise correlations, Geophys. Res. Lett., 52(8), e2025GL115453, doi: 10.1029/2025gl115453. link
23. Aiman, Y.A., Lu, Y., Estève, C. & Bokelmann, G., 2025. Mapping deep Earth interfaces using noise correlations: a step-like mantle transition zone arrangement beneath the contiguous United States, Seismol. Res. Lett., 96(4), 2566-2576, doi: 10.1785/0220240430 link
22. Kramer, R., Lu, Y., Wang, Q-Y., Serafin, S., Ceppi, A. & Bokelmann, G., 2025. Identifying large vulnerable water reservoirs using passive seismic monitoring, Earth Planet. Sci. Lett., 653, 119223, doi: 10.1016/j.epsl.2025.119223. link
21. Estève, C., Lu, Y., Gosselin, J.M., Kramer, R., Aiman, Y.A. & Bokelmann, G., 2025. The seismic signature and geothermal potential of the Schwechat depression in the Vienna Basin, Austria, from ambient noise tomography, Geothemics, 127, 103211, doi: 10.1016/j.geothemics.2024.103211. link
2024
20. Estève, C., Lu, Y., Bokelmann, G. & Gosselin, J.M., 2024. Seismic ambient noise tomography for geothermal exploration: the Eastern Vienna Array, EAGE conference paper, doi: 10.3997/2214-4609.2024101124.  link
19. Paul, A., Pedersen, H., Bodin, T., Kästle, E., Soergel, D., Chloé, A., Lu, Y., & Nouibat, A., 2024. Methodological advances on seismic noise imaging in the Alpine area, C.R. Geosci., doi: 10.5802/crgeos.261. link
18. Wang, Q-Y, Cui, X., Frank, W., Lu, Y., Hirose, T., & Obara, K., 2024. Untangling the environmental and tectonic drivers of the Noto earthquake swarm in Japan, Sci. Adv., 10(19), doi: 10.1126/sciadv.ado1469. link
2023
17. Lu, Y., Schmid, S., Wang, Q-Y., & Bokelmann, G., 2023. Mapping the 410 km and 660 km mantle discontinuities across South-Central Europe using body waves from noise correlations, Earth Planet. Sci. Lett., 624, 118457, doi: 10.1016/j.epsl. 2023.118457. link
16. Aiman, Y.A., Delorey, A., Lu, Y., & Bokelmann, G., 2023. SHmax orientation in the Alpine region from observations of stress-induced anisotropy of nonlinear elasticity, 235(3), 2137-2148, Geophys. J. Int., doi: 10.1093/gji/ggad353. link
15. Kramer, R., Lu, Y., & Bokelmann, G., 2023. Interaction of air pressure and groundwater as main cause of sub-daily relative seismic velocity changes, Geophys. Res. Lett., 50(7), e2022GL101298, doi: 10.1029/2022GL101298. link
2022
14. Korostelev, F., Lu, Y., Magrini, F., Boschi, L., Leroy, S., & Vétel, W., 2022. Images of the African rift by globle adaptive-resolution surface-wave tomography, J. Geophys. Res. Solid Earth, 127(6), e2021JB023570, doi: 10.1029/2021JB023570.  link
13. Fang, H., Malcolm, C., Lu, Y., & Ben-Zion, Y., 2022. Seismic traveltime tomography of Southen California using Poisson-Voronoi cells and 20 years of data, J. Geophys. Res. Solid Earth, 127(5), e2021JB023307, doi: 10.1029/2021JB023307. link
12. Lu, Y., & Ben-Zion, Y., 2022. Validation of the southern California seismic velocity models with full waveform simulations, Geophys. J. Int., 229(2), 1232-1254, doi: 10.1093/gji/ggab534. link
2021
11. Lu, Y., Pedersen, H., Stehly, L., & AlpArray Working Group., 2021. Mapping the seismic noise field in Europe: spatio-temporal variations in wavefield composition and noise source contributions, Geophys. J. Int., 228(1), 171-192, doi: 10.1093/gji/ggab273. link
10. Lu, Y., & Ben-Zion, Y., 2021. Regional seismic velocity changes following the 2019 Mw 7.1 Ridgecrest earthquake California earthquake from autocorrelations and P/S converted waves, Geophys. J. Int., 228(1), 171-192, doi: 10.1093/gji/ ggab350. link
9. Fayjaloun, R. et al., 2021. Hybrid simulation of near-fault ground motion for a potential Mw 7 earthquake in Lebanon, Bull. Seismol. Soc. Am., 111(5), 2441-2462, doi: 10.1785/0120210091. link
8. Paul, A. et al., 2021. Nouvelle vision de la structure lithosphérique des Alpes par tomographie de bruit ambient, Lettre d'information Résif, 19, 10-11, hal-03662581. link
7. Malusa, M.G. et al., 2021. The deep structure of the Alps based on the CIFALPS experiments: a synthesis, Geochem. Geophys., 22(3), e2020GC009466, doi: 10.1029/2020GC009466. link
2020
6. Lu, Y., Stehly, L., Brossier, R., Paul, A., & AlpArray Working Group., 2020. Imaging Alpine crust using ambient noise wave-equation tomography, Geophys. J. Int., 222(1), 69-85, doi: 10.1093/gji/ggaa145. link
5. Zhao, L. et al., 2020. Evidence for a serpentinized plate interface favouring continental subduction. Nat. Commun, (11), 2171, doi: 10.1038/s41467-020-15904-7. link
4. Kaviani, A. et al., 2020. Crustal and uppermost mantle shear wave velocity structure beneath the Middle East from surface wave tomography, Geophys. J. Int., 221(1), 1349-1365, doi: 10.1093/gji/ggaa075. link
2019
3. Lu, Y., 2019. Tomography of the alpine arc using noise correlations & waveform modelling, NNT: 2019greau003, tel-02148214.link
2018
2. Lu, Y., Stehly, L., Paul, A., & AlpArray Working Group, 2018. High-resolution surface wave tomography of the European crust and uppermost mantle from ambient seismic noise, Geophys. J. Int.,  214(2), 1136-1150, doi:10.1093/gji/ggy188. link
2017
1. Moreau, L., Stehly, L., Boué, P., Lu, Y., Larose, E., & Campillo, M., 2017. Improving ambient noise correlation functions with an SVD-based Wiener filter, Geophys. J. Int., 201(1), 418-426, doi: 10.1093/gji/ggx306. link