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LASKE, GABI

Research Geophysicist

Degrees:

• B.S., University of Karlsruhe, Germany
• M.S., University of Karlsruhe, Germany
• Ph.D., University of Karlsruhe, Germany

Research Interests:

• evolution and seismic imaging of the Hawaiian mantle plume, volcanic chain and swell
• seismic anisotropy and mantle dynamics, on land and in the oceans
• regional and global seismology
• analysis methods for seismic surface waves and free oscillations
• reference earth models
• seismic noise and the development and propagation of storms
• natural disasters and global change

Courses Recently Taught:

• SIO 15: Natural Disasters
• SIO15: Natural Disasters

Honors and Awards:

• SIO outstanding undergraduate teacher, 2007
• Green Scholar, 1994-1995

Mentoring:

• Anarde, Catherine (Undergrad; 2010-2010)
• Sim, Shi (Undergrad; 2010-2010)
• Trinh, Spencer (Undergrad; 2010-2010)
• Chojnacki, Paula (Graduate; 2009-)
• Landuyt, William (Post Doc; 2009-2010)
• Strader, Anne (Undergrad; 2009-2009)
• Crane, Tom (Undergrad; 2008-2008)
• Kim, Seung-Hee (Undergrad; 2008-2008)
• Markee, Amanda (Graduate; 2008-2010)
• Pludow, Amelia (Undergrad; 2008-2008)
• Kassavetis, John (Undergrad; 2007-2007)
• Allmann, Bettina (Graduate; 2004-2005)
• Hogg, Colin (Undergrad; 2003-2004)
• Ishii, Miaki (Post Doc; 2003-2004)
• Becker, Thorsten (Post Doc; 2002-2003)
• Tkalcic, Hrvoje (Post Doc; 2002-2003)
• Bassin, Corinne (Undergrad; 2000-2000)
• Cotte, Nathalie (Post Doc; 2000-2001)
• Jacob, Alan (Undergrad; 2000-2000)
• Reif, Christine (Graduate; 1999-2005)
• Benjemia, Karim (Undergrad; 1998-1998)
• Fehrenbach, Olivier (Undergrad; 1997-1997)

Notes:

5 cruises (2 month-long) in 2005-2007

Mechie, J., Prodehl, C. and Koptschalitsch, G., 1986. Ray Path Interpretation of the Crustal Structure beneath Saudi Arabia, Tectonophysics, 131, 333-352.

Zuern, W., Wenzel, H.-G. and Laske, G., 1991. High quality data from LaCoste-Romberg gravimeters with electrostatic feedback: A challenge for superconducting gravimeters, Bull. d'Informations Marees Terrestres, 110, 7940-7952.

Laske, G. , Masters, G. and Z\"urn, W., 1994. Frequency-Dependent Polarization Measurements of Long-Period Surface-Waves and Their Implications for Global Phase-Velocity Maps, Physics of the Earth and Planetary Interiors, 84, 1-4, 111-137.

Laske, G., 1995. Global Observation of Off-Great-Circle Propagation of Long-Period Surface-Waves, Geophysical Journal International, 123, 1, 245-259.

Masters, G., Johnson, S., Laske, G. and Bolton, H., 1996. A shear-velocity model of the mantle, Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London Series a-Mathematical Physical and Engineering Sciences, 354, 1711, 1385-1410.

Laske, G. and Masters, G., 1996. Constraints on global phase velocity maps from long-period polarization data, Journal of Geophysical Research-Solid Earth, 101, B7, 16059-16075.

Mooney, W.D., Laske, G. and Masters, T.G., 1998. CRUST 5.1: A global crustal model at 5 degrees x 5 degrees, Journal of Geophysical Research-Solid Earth, 103, B1, 727-747.

Laske, G. and Masters, G., 1998. Surface-wave polarization data and global anisotropic structure, Geophysical Journal International, 132, 3, 508-520.

Laske, G., Phipps Morgan, J. and Orcutt, J.A., 1999. First results from the Hawaiian SWELL pilot experiment, Geophysical Research Letters, 26, 22, 3397-3400.

Laske, G. and Masters, G., 1999. Limits on differential rotation of the inner core from an analysis of the Earths free oscillations, Nature, 402, 6757, 66-69.

Masters, G., Laske, G. and Gilbert, F., 2000. Autoregressive estimation of the splitting matrix of free-oscillation multiplets, Geophysical Journal International, 141, 1, 25-42.

Masters, G., Laske, G. and Gilbert, F., 2000. Matrix autoregressive analysis of free-oscillation coupling and splitting, Geophysical Journal International, 143, 2, 478-489.

Zuern, W., Laske, G., Widmer-Schnidrig, R. and Gilbert, F., 2000. Observation of Coriolis coupled modes below 1 mHz, Geophys. J. Int., 143, 113-118.

Masters, G., Laske, G., Bolton, H. and Dziewonski, A., 2000. The relative behavior of shear velocity, bulk sound speed, and compressional velocity in the mantle: implications for chemical and thermal structure, AGU Monograph series, "Seismology and Mineral Physics", Vol. 117, 63-87.

Laske, G., and Cotte, N., 2001. Surface wave waveform anomalies at the Saudi Seismic Network, Geophysical Research Letters, 28, 23, 4383-4386.

Cotte, N. and Laske, G., 2002. Testing group velocity maps for Eurasia, Geophysical Journal International, 150, 3, 639-650.

Laske, G. and Masters, G., 2003. The Earth's Free Oscillations and the Differential Rotation of the Inner Core, AGU Geodynamics series, "Earth's Core; Dynamics, Structure, Rotation", Vol. 31, 5-21.

Butler, R., Lay, T., Creager, K., Earle, P., Fischer, K., Gaherty, J., Laske, G., Leith, B., Park, J., Ritzwoller, M., Tromp, J. and Wen, L., 2004. The Global Seismographic Network Surpasses Its Design Goal. EOS Trans. AGU, 85, 225-229.

Park, J., Song, T-R., Tromp, J., Okal, E., Stein, S., Roult, G., Clevede, E., Laske, G., Kanamori, H., Davis, P., Berger, J., and 6 others, 2005. Earth's Free Oscillations Excited by the 26 December 2004 Sumatra-Andaman Earthquake Science, 308, 1139-1144.

Zhou, Y., Dahlen, F.A., Nolet, G. and Laske, G., 2005. Finite-frequency effects in global surface-wave tomography Geophys. J. Int., 163, 1087-1111.

Zhou, Y., Nolet, G., Dahlen, F.A. and Laske, G., 2006. Global upper mantle structure from finite-frequency surface-wave tomography, J. Geophys. Res., 111, B04304, doi:10.1029/2005/JB003677.

Laske, G., Phipps Morgan, J. and Orcutt, J.A., 2007. The Hawaiian SWELL Pilot Experiment - Evidence for Lithosphere Rejuvenation from Ocean Bottom Surface Wave Data, GSA Special Paper 430, doi: 10.1130/2007.2430(11).

Laske, G. and Widmer--Schnidrig, R., 2007. Normal Mode & Surface Wave Observations. in: "Treatise on Geophysics, Volume 1: Seismology and Structure of the Earth", 67-125.

Laske, G., Weber, M. and the DESERT Working Group, Lithosphere Structure Across the Dead Sea Transform as Constrained by Rayleigh Waves Observed During the DESERT Experiment. Geophys. J. Int., 173, 593-610, 2008.

Houser, C., Masters, G., Shearer, P. and Laske, G., Shear and compressional velocity models of the mantle from cluster analysis of long-period waveforms. Geophys. J. Int., 174, 195-212, 2008.

Grad, M., Tiira, T. and ESC Working Group (62 authors), The Moho depth map of the European Plate, Geophys. J. Int., 176, 279-292, 2009.

Weber, M. and the DESERT Working Group (68 authors), Anatomy of the Dead Sea Transform from Lithospheric to Microscopic Scale, Rev. Geophys., 47, RG2002, 2009.

Laske, G., Collins, J.A., Wolfe, C.J., Solomon, S.C., Detrick, R.S., Orcutt, J.A., Bercovici, D. and Hauri, E.H., 2009. Probing The Hawaiian Hot Spot With New Ocean Bottom Instruments, EOS Trans. AGU, 90, 362-363.

Wolfe, C.J., Solomon, S.C., Laske, G., Collins, J.A., Detrick, R.S., Orcutt, J.A., Bercovici, D. and Hauri, E.H., 2009. Mantle Shear-wave Velocity Structure beneath the Hawaiian Hotspot, Science, 326, 1388-1390.