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Yao, Huajian

Post-Doctoral Scholar

Degrees:

• B.S., Univ of Sci & Tech of China (USTC)
• M.S., Univ of Sci & Tech of China (USTC)
• Ph.D., MIT

Research Interests:

• General: Global geophysics, seismology, geodynamics, geophysical inverse problems
• Earthquake seismology, source rupture imaging, tremor
• Surface wave tomography for lithospheric structure,anisotropy,and deformation
• Ambient noise seismology, seismic interferometry, and array analysis
• Seismicity, tectonics, and evolution of the Tibetan Plateau and SW China
• Oceanic lithospheric structure using OBS data
• Joint surface wave and body wave tomography: Methodology & Applications
• Mechanism of microseism generation in the ocean

Honors and Awards:

• 2001, Graduate with Honor of USTC (Bachelor of Science)
• 2004, Graduate with Honor of USTC (Master of Science)
• 2004, Award of Excellent Graduate Student of Anhui Province, China
• 2010, Cecil and Ida Green Scholarship, Scripps Institute of Oceanography, UCSD

Yao, H., Gerstoft, P., Shearer, P., Mecklenbrauker, C., 2011. Compressive sensing of the Tohoku-Oki Mw 9.0 Earthquake: Frequency-dependent rupture modes, Geophys. Res. Lett., doi:10.1029/2011GL049223

Zhang, J., Gerstoft, P., Shearer, P., Yao, H., Vidale, J., Houston, H., Ghost, A., 2011. Cascadia tremor spectra: low corner frequencies and earthquake-like falloff at high frequencies, Geochem. Geophys. Geosyst., 12(10), Q10007, doi:10.1029/2011GC003759.

Yao, H., Gouedard, P., McGuire, J., Collins, J. and van der Hilst, R.D., 2011. Structure of young East Pacific Rise lithosphere from ambient noise correlation analysis of fundamental- and higher-mode Scholte-Rayleigh waves, Comptes Rendues Geoscience de l'Académie des Sciences, doi:10.1016/j.crte.2011.04.004

Gao, S., Humphreys, E. D., Yao, H., and van der Hilst, R.D., 2011. Crustal and lithosphere structure of the Northwestern U.S. with ambient noise tomography: Terrane accretion and Cascade arc development, Earth Planet. Sci. Lett. , doi:10.1016/j.epsl.2011.01.033

Gouedard, P., Roux, P., Campillo, M., Verdel, A., Yao, H., van der Hilst, R.D., 2011. Source/Receiver depopulation potential and surface wave imaging using correlation methods in a scattering medium, Geophysics, 76(2), P. SA1-SA11, doi:10.1190/1.3535443

Huang, H., Yao, H., van der Hilst, R.D., 2010. Radial anisotropy in the crust of SE Tibet and SW China from ambient noise interferometry, Geophys. Res. Lett., doi:10.1029/2010GL044981

Yao H., van der Hilst, R.D., Montagner, J.-P., 2010. Heterogeneity and anisotropy of the lithosphere of SE Tibet from surface wave array analysis, J. Geophys. Res., doi:10.1029/2009JB007142

Huang, Y.-C., Yao H, Huang, B.-S., van der Hilst., R.D., Wen, K.-L., Huang, W.-G., and Chen, C.-H., 2010. Phase Velocity Variation at Periods 0.5-3 s in the Taipei Basin of Taiwan from Correlation of Ambient Seismic Noise,B.S.S.A, 100(5A), 2250-2263, doi:10.1785/0120090319

Li, Y., Yao, H., Liu, Q., Chen, J., van der Hilst, R.D., Li, S., Huang, H., Guo, B., Wang, J., and Qi, S, 2010. Phase velocity array tomography of Rayleigh waves in western Sichuan from ambient seismic noise. Chinese J. Geophys., 53(4), 842-852

Yi, G., Yao H., Zhu, J., van der Hilst, R.D., 2010. Lithospheric deformation of continental China from Rayleigh wave azimuthal anisotropy. Chinese J. Geophys., 53(2), 256-268

Yao H., Campman, X., de Hoop, M.V., van der Hilst, R.D., 2009. Estimation of surface-wave Green’s function from correlations of direct waves, coda waves, and ambient noise in SE Tibet, Phys. Earth Planet. Inter., doi:10.1016/j.pepi.2009.07.002

Yao, H. and Van der Hilst, R.D., 2009. Analysis of ambient noise energy distribution and phase velocity bias in ambient noise tomography, with application to SE Tibet, Geophys.J. Int.,10.1111/j.1365-246X.2009.04329.x

Guo Z., Gao X., Yao, H., Li J., Wang W., 2009. Mid-crustal low velocity layer beneath the central Himalaya and southern Tibet revealed by ambient noise array tomography., Geochem. Geophys. Geosyst., 10(5), Q05007, doi:10.1029/2009GC002458

Burchfiel, B.C., Royden, L.H., Van der Hilst, R.D., Hager, B.H., Chen, Z., King, R.W., Li, C., Lu, Y.,Yao, H., Kirby, E.,2008. A geological and geophysical context for the Wenchuan earthquake of 12 May 2008, Sichuan, People's Republic of China, Geological Society of America Today, vol. 18, no. 7, doi: 10.1130/GSATG18A.1

Yao, H., Beghein, C., and Van der Hilst, R.D., 2008. Surface-wave array tomography in SE Tibet from ambient seismic noise and two-station analysis: II - Crustal and upper mantle structure. Geophys.J. Int., 173 (1), 205-219, doi: 10.1111/j.1365-246X.2007.03696.x.

Yi G., Yao, H., Zhu J., van der Hilst R.D., 2008. Rayleigh-wave phase velocity distribution in China continent and its adjacent regions, Chinese J. Geophys., 2008, Vol.52, No.2., 402-411

Xu G., Yao, H.,Zhu L.,Shen Y., 2007. Shear wave velocity structure of the crust and upper mantle in western China and its adjacent area.Chinese J. Geophys., 2007, Vol.50, No.1., 193-208

Yao, H., van der Hilst R.D., and de Hoop, M.V., 2006. Surface-wave array tomography in SE Tibet from ambient seismic noise and two-station analysis : I - Phase velocity maps. Geophys.J. Int., Vol. 166, 732-744, doi: 10.1111/j.1365-246X.2006.03028.x

Yao, H. , Xu G., Zhu L.,and Xiao X., 2005. Mantle structure from inter-station Rayleigh wave dispersion and its tectonic implication in Western China and neighboring regions.Phys. Earth Planet. Inter., Vol 148, 39-54

Yao, H., Xu G., and Xiao X., 2004. A Quick Tracing Method Based on Image Analysis Technique for the Determination of Interstation Phase Velocities Dispersion Curve of Surface Wave, Seismological and Geomagnetic Observation and Research , 2004, No.1, 1-8

Yao, H., Xu G., Xiao X., and Chen M.,2003. Geometrical Features of Subduction Boundaries, Seismology and Geology , Vol. 25, No.2, 220-226.