Publications

PEER-REVIEWED JOURNAL PUBLICATIONS

[11] Cheng, Y., Allen, R. M., & Taira, T. A. (2023). A New Focal Mechanism Calculation Algorithm (REFOC) Using Inter‐Event Relative Radiation Patterns: Application to the Earthquakes in the Parkfield Area. Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth, 128(3), e2022JB025006. [Link]

[10] Cheng, Y., Hauksson, E., & Ben‐Zion, Y. (2023). Refined Earthquake Focal Mechanism Catalog for Southern California Derived With Deep Learning Algorithms. Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth, 128(2), e2022JB025975. [Link]

[9] Wan, Z., Wang, D., Zhang, J., Li, Q., Zhao, L., Cheng, Y., ... & Peng, Y. (2023). Two‐Staged Rupture of the 19 October 2020 M w 7.6 Strike‐Slip Earthquake Illuminated the Boundary of Coupling Variation in the Shumagin Islands, Alaska. Seismological Society of America, 94(1), 52-65. [Link]

[8] Cheng, Y., Wang, X., Zhan, Z., & Ben-Zion, Y. (2021). Isotropic source components of events in the 2019 Ridgecrest, California, earthquake sequence. Geophysical Research Letters, 48(18), 2021. [Link]

[7] Cheng, Y., & Ben‐Zion, Y. (2020). Variations of earthquake properties before, during and after the 2019 M7.1 Ridgecrest earthquake. Geophysical Research Letters, 47(18), 2020. [Link]

[6] Cheng, Y., Ben-Zion, Y., Brenguier, F., Johnson, C. W., Li, Z., Share, P., ... & Vernon, F. (2020). An automated method for developing a catalog of small earthquakes using data of a dense seismic array and nearby stations, Seismological Research Letters, 91(5), 2862-2871, 2020. [Link]

[5] Cheng, Y., & Ben‐Zion, Y. (2019). Transient Brittle‐Ductile Transition Depth Induced by Moderate‐Large Earthquakes in Southern and Baja California. Geophysical Research Letters, 46(20), 11109-11117. [Link]

[4] Li, F., Valero, M., Cheng, Y., & Song, W. (2019). High-Frequency Time-Lapse Seismic Spatial Autocorrelation Imaging Shallow Velocity Variations. IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Applied Earth Observations and Remote Sensing. [Link]

[3] Li, Y., Wang, D., Xu, S., Fang, L., Cheng, Y., Luo, G., ... & Mori, J. (2019). Thrust and Conjugate Strike‐Slip Faults in the 17 June 2018 M JMA 6.1 (M w 5.5) Osaka, Japan, Earthquake Sequence. Seismological Research Letters, 90(6), 2132-2141. [Link]

[2] Cheng, Y., Ross, Z. E., & Ben‐Zion, Y. (2018). Diverse volumetric faulting patterns in the San Jacinto fault zone. Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth, 123(6), 5068-5081. [Link]

[1] Cheng, Y., & Chen, X. (2018). Characteristics of seismicity inside and outside the Salton Sea Geothermal Field. Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America, 108(4), 1877-1888. [Link]

SUBMITTED / UNDER REVIEW IN JOURNALS

PAPERS IN PREPARATION

[3] Cheng, Y., Burgmann, R., Taira, T., and Allen, R. M.. Stress map of California: Interaction between fault and stress along the plate boundary in California inferred from focal mechanisms of small earthquakes. (In preparation).

[2] Cheng, Y., Dreger, D., and Allen, R. M.. Adjoint earthquake source inversion method combining P-wave spectra and focal mechanism solutions. (In preparation)

[1] Cheng, Y., Burgmann, R., and Allen, R. M.. Strong connection between 3D fault architecture and diverse fault behaviors along the central San Andreas fault. (In preparation)