Yang Shen
Yang Shen
Professor of Oceanography
Room 203, Horn Lab
Phone: 401-874-6848
Educational Background
| Ph.D. Geophysics M.Sc. Geophysics B.Sc. Geophysics |
Brown University Institute of Oceanology, Chinese Academy of Sciences Nanjing University |
1995 1987 1984 |
Areas of Specialization
Research
Yang Shen's research interests include earthquake hazards and structure of the crust and upper mantle. His current & recent projects include (1) mantle discontinuities beneath Iceland, Hawaii, and southern Africa, (2) earthquake activities at mid-ocean ridges, (3) finite-frequency tomography (4) simulations of seismic wave propagation in 3D heterogeneous earth, and (5) seismic calibration for nuclear explosion monitoring.
Teaching
Yang Shen co-teaches the graduate course Marine Geophysics (OCG552). He also teaches graduate courses on Geophysical Inverse Methods and other special topics.
Students
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Ashton Flinders Zhigang Zhang Haiying Gao Meng Gong Yong Ren Wei Zhang Xiaofeng Liang Elizabeth Kusel Ting Yang Jennifer Georgen |
Ph.D Candidate Ph.D Postdoctoral Associate Visiting M.Sc Student Postdoctoral Associate Postdoctoral Associate Visiting Ph.D Student Postdoctoral Associate Ph.D Postdoctoral Associate |
2010- 2010 2011- 2010- 2007-2009 2007-2010 2008 2005-2007 2005 2001-2003 |
Publications:
Shi, D., Y. Shen, W. Zhao, A. Li, Seismic evidence for a Moho offset and south-directed thrust at the easternmost Qaidam-Kunlun boundary in the Northeast Tibetan plateau, Earth Planet. Sci. Lett. 288, 329-334, 2009.
Zhang, W., Y. Shen, X. Chen, Numerical simulation of strong ground motion for the Ms 8.0 Wenchuan earthquake of 12 May 2008, Science in China Series D: Earth Sciences, vol.51, no. 12, 1673-1682, 2008.
Zhang, Z., Y. Shen, Cross-dependence of finite-frequency compressional waveforms to shear seismic wave-speeds, Geophys. J. Int., 174, 941-948, doi:10.1111/j.1365-246X.2008.03840.x, 2008.
Ren, Y., Y. Shen, Finite-frequency tomography in southeastern Tibet: Evidence for the causal relation between mantle lithopshere delamination and the north-south-trending rifts, J. Geophys. Res., 113, B10316, doi:10.1029/2008JB005615, 2008.
Shen, Y., Z. Zhang, L. Zhao, Component-dependent Frechet sensitivity kernels and utility of three-component seismic records, Bull. Seism. Soc. Am., 98 (5), 2517-2525, doi: 10.1785/0120070283, 2008.
Zhang, Z., Y. Shen, L. Zhao, Finite-frequency sensitivity kernels for head waves, Geophys. J. Int., 171, 847-856, doi:10.1111/j.1365-246X.2007.03575.x, 2007.
Hung, S.-H., Y. Shen, and L.-Y. Chiao, Imaging seismic velocity structure beneath the Iceland hotspot - A finite-frequency approach, J. Geophys. Res., 109, B08305, doi:10.1029/2003JB002889, 2004.
Shen, Y., S.C. Solomon, I. Th. Bjarnason, and C. J. Wolfe, Seismic evidence for a lower mantle origin of the Iceland mantle plume, Nature, 395, 62-65, 1998a.
Shen, Y., A.F. Sheehan, K.G. Dueker, C. de Groot-Hedlin, and H. Gilbert, Upper mantle discontinuity structure beneath the southern East Pacific Rise from P-to-S converted phases, Science, 280, 1232-1234,1998b.
Shen, Y., D.S. Scheirer, D.W. Forsyth, and K.C. Macdonald, Trade-off in production between adjacent seamount chains near the southern East Pacific Rise (17-19S), Nature, 373, 140-143, 1995.
Shen, Y., and D.W. Forsyth, Geochemical constraints on initial and final depths of melting beneath mid-ocean ridges, J. Geophys. Res., 100, 2211-2237, 1995.
See http://seismolab.gso.uri.edu/ for a more up-to-date list of publications.
Zhang, W., Y. Shen, X. Chen, Numerical simulation of strong ground motion for the Ms 8.0 Wenchuan earthquake of 12 May 2008, Science in China Series D: Earth Sciences, vol.51, no. 12, 1673-1682, 2008.
Zhang, Z., Y. Shen, Cross-dependence of finite-frequency compressional waveforms to shear seismic wave-speeds, Geophys. J. Int., 174, 941-948, doi:10.1111/j.1365-246X.2008.03840.x, 2008.
Ren, Y., Y. Shen, Finite-frequency tomography in southeastern Tibet: Evidence for the causal relation between mantle lithopshere delamination and the north-south-trending rifts, J. Geophys. Res., 113, B10316, doi:10.1029/2008JB005615, 2008.
Shen, Y., Z. Zhang, L. Zhao, Component-dependent Frechet sensitivity kernels and utility of three-component seismic records, Bull. Seism. Soc. Am., 98 (5), 2517-2525, doi: 10.1785/0120070283, 2008.
Zhang, Z., Y. Shen, L. Zhao, Finite-frequency sensitivity kernels for head waves, Geophys. J. Int., 171, 847-856, doi:10.1111/j.1365-246X.2007.03575.x, 2007.
Hung, S.-H., Y. Shen, and L.-Y. Chiao, Imaging seismic velocity structure beneath the Iceland hotspot - A finite-frequency approach, J. Geophys. Res., 109, B08305, doi:10.1029/2003JB002889, 2004.
Shen, Y., S.C. Solomon, I. Th. Bjarnason, and C. J. Wolfe, Seismic evidence for a lower mantle origin of the Iceland mantle plume, Nature, 395, 62-65, 1998a.
Shen, Y., A.F. Sheehan, K.G. Dueker, C. de Groot-Hedlin, and H. Gilbert, Upper mantle discontinuity structure beneath the southern East Pacific Rise from P-to-S converted phases, Science, 280, 1232-1234,1998b.
Shen, Y., D.S. Scheirer, D.W. Forsyth, and K.C. Macdonald, Trade-off in production between adjacent seamount chains near the southern East Pacific Rise (17-19S), Nature, 373, 140-143, 1995.
Shen, Y., and D.W. Forsyth, Geochemical constraints on initial and final depths of melting beneath mid-ocean ridges, J. Geophys. Res., 100, 2211-2237, 1995.
See http://seismolab.gso.uri.edu/ for a more up-to-date list of publications.
