Publications

2018

Chuanming Liu, H. Yao , H-Y. Yang, W. Shen, H. Fang, S. Hu , Q. Lei, Direct inversion for three-dimensional shear wave speed azimuthal anisotropy based on surface wave ray tracing: methodology and application to SE Tibet, submitted to JGR-solid earth.

E. M. Berg, F.-C. Lin, A. Allam, H. Qui, Y. Ben-Zion, and W. Shen, Tomography of Southern California via Bayesian Joint Inversion of Rayleigh Wave Ellipticity and Phase Velocity from Ambient Noise Cross-Correlations, accepted by JGR-solid earth.

Cai, C., Wiens, D.A., Shen, W. and Eimer, M., 2018. Water input into the Mariana subduction zone estimated from ocean-bottom seismic data. Nature, 563(7731), p.389.

Shen, W., Wiens, D.A., Anandakrishnan, S., Aster, R.C., Gerstoft, P., Bromirski, P., Hansen, S.E., Dalziel, I.W., Heeszel, D.S., Huerta, A.D. and Nyblade, A.A., 2018. The crust and upper mantle structure of central and West Antarctica from Bayesian inversion of Rayleigh wave and receiver functions. Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth.

Shen, W., Wiens, D.A., Stern, T., Anandakrishnan, S., Aster, R.C., Dalziel, I., Hansen, S., Heeszel, D.S., Huerta, A., Nyblade, A. and Wilson, T.J., 2018. Seismic evidence for lithospheric foundering beneath the southern Transantarctic Mountains, Antarctica. Geology, 46(1), pp.71-74.

2017

Shen, W., Alvizuri, C., Lin, F.C. and Tape, C., 2017. A one-dimensional seismic model for Uturuncu volcano, Bolivia, and its impact on full moment tensor inversions. Geosphere, 13(1), pp.1-10.

Xie, J., Ritzwoller, M.H., Shen, W. and Wang, W., 2017. Crustal anisotropy across eastern Tibet and surroundings modeled as a depth-dependent tilted hexagonally symmetric medium. Geophysical Journal International, 209(1), pp.466-491.

Schulte-Pelkum, V., K. H. Mahan, Shen, W., and J. C. Stachnik (2017), The distribution and composition of high-velocity lower crust across the continental U.S.: Comparison of seismic and xenolith data and implications for lithospheric dynamics and history, Tectonics, 36, 1455–1496, doi: 10.1002/2017TC004480.

2016

Shawn Wei, S., Zha, Y., Shen, W., Wiens, D.A., Conder, J.A. and Webb, S.C., 2016. Upper mantle structure of the Tonga‐Lau‐Fiji region from Rayleigh wave tomography. Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems.

Shen, W. and Ritzwoller, M.H., 2016. Crustal and uppermost mantle structure beneath the United States. Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth, 121(6), pp.4306-4342. (Journal Highlights)

Shen, W., Ritzwoller, M.H., Kang, D., Kim, Y., Lin, F.C., Ning, J., Wang, W., Zheng, Y. and Zhou, L., 2016. A seismic reference model for the crust and uppermost mantle beneath China from surface wave dispersion. Geophysical Journal International, 206(2), pp.954-979.

2015

Kang, D., Shen, W., Ning, J. and Ritzwoller, M.H., 2015. Seismic evidence for lithospheric modification associated with intracontinental volcanism in Northeastern China. Geophysical Journal International, 204(1), pp.215-235.

Deng, Y., Shen, W., Xu, T. and Ritzwoller, M.H., 2015. Crustal layering in northeastern Tibet: A case study based on joint inversion of receiver functions and surface wave dispersion. Geophysical Journal International, 203(1), pp.692-706.

2014

Levandowski, W., Jones, C.H., Shen, W., Ritzwoller, M.H. and Schulte‐Pelkum, V., 2014. Origins of topography in the western US: Mapping crustal and upper mantle density variations using a uniform seismic velocity model. Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth, 119(3), pp.2375-2396.

2013

Tian, Y., Shen, W. and Ritzwoller, M.H., 2013. Crustal and uppermost mantle shear velocity structure adjacent to the Juan de Fuca Ridge from ambient seismic noise. Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems, 14(8), pp.3221-3233.

Xie, J., Ritzwoller, M.H., Shen, W., Yang, Y., Zheng, Y. and Zhou, L., 2013. Crustal radial anisotropy across eastern Tibet and the western Yangtze craton. Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth, 118(8), pp.4226-4252.

Shen, W., Ritzwoller, M.H. and Schulte‐Pelkum, V., 2013. Crustal and uppermost mantle structure in the central US encompassing the Midcontinent Rift. Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth, 118(8), pp.4325-4344.

Shen, W., Ritzwoller, M.H. and Schulte‐Pelkum, V., 2013. A 3‐D model of the crust and uppermost mantle beneath the Central and Western US by joint inversion of receiver functions and surface wave dispersion. Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth, 118(1), pp.262-276.

2012

Shen, W., Ritzwoller, M.H., Schulte-Pelkum, V. and Lin, F.C., 2012. Joint inversion of surface wave dispersion and receiver functions: a Bayesian Monte-Carlo approach. Geophysical Journal International, 192(2), pp.807-836.

Yang, Y., Ritzwoller, M.H., Zheng, Y., Shen, W., Levshin, A.L. and Xie, Z., 2012. A synoptic view of the distribution and connectivity of the mid‐crustal low velocity zone beneath Tibet. Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth, 117(B4).

Zhou, L., Xie, J., Shen, W., Zheng, Y., Yang, Y., Shi, H. and Ritzwoller, M.H., 2012. The structure of the crust and uppermost mantle beneath South China from ambient noise and earthquake tomography. Geophysical Journal International, 189(3), pp.1565-1583.

2011 and Earlier

Ritzwoller, M.H., Lin, F.C. and Shen, W., 2011. Ambient noise tomography with a large seismic array. Comptes Rendus Geoscience, 343(8), pp.558-570.

Lin, F.C., Ritzwoller, M.H. and Shen, W., 2011. On the reliability of attenuation measurements from ambient noise cross‐correlations. Geophysical Research Letters, 38(11).

Yang, Y., Shen, W. and Ritzwoller, M.H., 2011. Surface wave tomography on a large-scale seismic array combining ambient noise and teleseismic earthquake data. Earthquake Science, 24(1), pp.55-64.

沈伟森, 罗艳, 倪四道, 崇加军 and 陈颙, 2010. 天然地震频率范围内首都圈地区近地表 S 波速度结构. 地震學報, 32(2), pp.137-146.