Research Interests
My research focuses on seismic wave propagation and application of seismic observations in modeling and imaging the structure and dynamics of the Earth's interior, in particular, the deep mantle and the core, and lithosphere structure and tectonics of east Asia.
Education
- Ph.D., California Institute of Technology
Courses Taught
- GEOL 452: Introduction to Geophysics
- GEOL 454: Introduction to Seismology
- GEOL 593K: Physics of Earth's Interior
Additional Campus Affiliations
Professor Emeritus, Earth Science and Environmental Change
External Links
Recent Publications
Chen, Y., Ni, S., Zhang, B., Zhao, L., Song, X., & Wang, Y. (2023). Sensitivities of diffracted PKKPab waves to the velocity structures in the lowermost mantle. Geophysical Journal International, 233(3), 1617-1631. https://doi.org/10.1093/gji/ggad033
Ding, H., Zhou, Y., Ge, Z., Taymaz, T., Ghosh, A., Xu, H., Irmak, T. S., & Song, X. (2023). High-resolution seismicity imaging and early aftershock migration of the 2023 Kahramanmaraş (SE Türkiye) MW7.9 & 7.8 earthquake doublet. Earthquake Science, 36(6), 417-432. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.eqs.2023.06.002
Jiang, X., Song, X., Li, T., & Wu, K. (2023). Special focus/Rapid Communication Moment magnitudes of two large Turkish earthquakes on February 6, 2023 from long-period coda. Earthquake Science, 36(2), 169-174. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.eqs.2023.02.008
Li, J., Yang, Y., Song, X., & Zhang, C. (2023). Spatiotemporal characteristics of upper-crust seasonal velocity changes in North–South Seismic Belt and South China block in China. Tectonophysics, 859, Article 229887. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tecto.2023.229887
Wang, F., Song, X., & Li, M. (2023). A deep-learning-based approach for seismic surface-wave dispersion inversion (SfNet) with application to the Chinese mainland. Earthquake Science, 36(2), 147-168. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.eqs.2023.02.007