Nikolai Shapiro publication list
Published papers
Shapiro N., N. Béthoux, M. Campillo and A. Paul, Regional phases across the Ligurian Sea: Lg blockage and oceanic propagation, Phys. Earth. Planet. Inter., 93, 1996
Campillo M., S. K. Singh, N. Shapiro, J. Pacheco, and R. Herrmann. Crustal structure south of the Mexican volcanic belt, based on group velocity dispersion, Geofís. Int., 35, 361-370, 1996.
Shapiro N. M., M. Campillo, A. Paul, S. K. Singh, D. Jongmans, and F. J. Sánchez-Sesma. Surface wave propagation across the Mexican Volcanic Belt and the origin of the long-period sesimic wave amplification in the valley of Mexico, Geophys. J. Int., 128, 151-166, 1997
Shapiro N. M., M. Campillo, S. K. Singh, and J. Pacheco, Channel seismic waves in the accretionary prism of the Middle America Trench, Geophys. Res. Lett., 25, 101-104, 1998 (pdf)
Singh S. K., J. Pacheco, and N. M. Shapiro, the earthquake of 16 november, 1925 (Ms=7.0) and the Reported tsunami in Zihuatenejo, Mexico, Geofís. Int., 37, 49-52, 1998
Shapiro, N. M., Singh S. K., and Pacheco, J., A fast and simple diagnostic method for identifying tsunamigenic earthquakes, to appear in Geophys. Res. Lett., 25, 3911-3914, 1998 (pdf)
Margerin, L., Campillo, M., Shapiro N. M., and Van Tiggelen, B., The time of residence of diffuse waves in the crust and the physical interpretation of coda Q. Application to seismograms recorded in Mexico, Geophys. J. Int., 138, 343,1999 (pdf)
Campillo, M., Margerin, L., and Shapiro N. M., Seismic wave diffusion in the Earth lithosphere, in Wave diffusion in complex media, ASI Series, J. P. Fouque (Editor), Kluwer Academic Publishers, 1999.
Shapiro, N.M. and Singh S. K., A systematic error in estimating surface-wave velocity dispersion curves and a procedure for its correction, Bull. Seism. Soc. Am., 89, 1138-1142, 1999.
Singh, S. K., J., Dattatrayam, Shapiro, N. M., Pacheco, R. S., and Mandal, P., Crustal and Upper Mantle Structure of Peninsular India and Source Parameters of the May 21, 1997, Jabalpur Earthquake (Mw=5.8): Results from a New Regional Broadband Network, Bull. Seism. Soc. Am., 89, 1999.
Shapiro N.M., K. Olsen, and S.K. Singh, Wave-guide effects in subduction zones: evidence from three-dimensional modeling, Geophys. Res. Lett., 27, 433-436, 2000. (pdf)
Pacheco, J. F., Mortera, C., Singh, S. K., Valenzuela, R., Shapiro, N., M., Santoyo, M., Hurtado, A., and Barrón, R., Earthquake sequence in the Zacoalco half-graben, Jalisco, Mexico, Journal of South American Earth Science, 12, 557-665, 1999.
Singh, S.K., M. Ordaz, L. Alcántara, N. Shapiro, V. Kostoglodov, J.F. Pacheco, S. Alcocer, C. Gutierrez, R. Quaas, T. Mikumo, and E. Ovando, The Oaxaca earthquake of September 30, 1999 (Mw=7.5): a normal-faulting event in the subducted Cocos plate, Seism. Res. Lett., 71, 68-78, 2000.
Shapiro, N.M., Gorbatov, A.V., Gordeev, E., and Dominguez, J. , Average shear-wave velocity structure of the Kamchatka peninsula from the dispersion of surface waves, Earth Planets and Space, 52, 573-577, 2000. (pdf)
Shapiro, N.M., Singh, S.K., Iglesias-Mendoza, A., Cruz-Atienza, V.M., and Pacheco, J.F., Evidence of low Q below Popocatepetl volcano, and its implication to seismic hazard in Mexico City, Geophys. Ress. Lett., 27, 2753-2756, 2000. (pdf)
Shapiro, N.M., Campillo, M., Margerin, L., Singh, S.K., Kostoglodov, V., Pacheco, J., The energy partitioning and the diffusive character of the seismic coda, Bull. Seism. Soc. Am., 90, 655-665, 2000. (pdf)
McLaughlin, K., I. Bondar, X. Yang, J. Bhattacharyya, H. Israelsson, R. North, V. Kirichenko, E.R. Engdahl, M. Ritzwoller, A.Levshin, N. Shapiro, E. Bergman, M. Antolik, A. Dziewonski, G. Ekström, H. Ghalib, I. Gupta, R. Wagner, W. Chan, W. Rivers, A. Hofstetter, A. Shapira, and G. Laske, Seismic location calibration in the Mediterranean, N. Africa, Middle East, and W. Eurasia, Proceedings of the 23rd Seismic Research Review: Worldwide Monitoring of Nuclear Explosions, 270-279, Oct 2-5, 2001.
Ritzwoller, M.H. and N.M. Shapiro, Lithospheric inversions and the assimilation of complementary information: Some examples relevant for EarthScope, Proceedings of the EarthScope Workshop, 383-387, Snowbird, Utah, Oct 10-12, 2001. (pdf)
Ritzwoller, M.H., N.M. Shapiro, A.L. Levshin, and G.M. Leahy, The structure of the crust and upper mantle beneath Antarctica and the surrounding oceans, J. Geophys. Res., 106(B12), 30645 - 30670, 2001. (pdf) (Science Editor's Choice)
Shapiro, N.M., M.H. Ritzwoller, M. Barmin, P. Weichman, L. Tenorio, W. Navidi, Capturing uncertainties in source-specific station corrections derived from a 3-D model, Proceedings of the 23rd Seismic Research Review: Worldwide Monitoring of Nuclear Explosions, 395-403, Oct 2-5, 2001. (pdf)
Iglesias, A., V. M. Cruz-Atienza, N. M. Shapiro, S. K. Singh and J. F. Pacheco, Crustal structure of south-central Mexico estimated from the inversion of surface-wave dispersion curves using genetic and simulated annealing algorithms, Geofísica Internacional, 40 (3), 181-190, 2001. (pdf)
Shapiro, N.M., Singh, S.K., Almora, D., Ayala, M., Evidence of the dominance of higher-mode surface waves in the lake-bed zone of the Valley of Mexico, Geophys, J. Int., 147, 517-527, 2001. (pdf)
Cruz-Atienza, V.M., Pacheco, J.F., Singh, S.K., Shapiro, N.M., Valdes, C., Iglesias, A., Size of Popocatepetl volcano explosions (1997-2001) from waveform inversion, Geophys. Res. Lett., 28, 4027-4030, 2001. (pdf)
Hennino, R., Tregoures, N., Shapiro, N.M., Margerin, L., Campillo, M., van Tiggelen, B.A., Weaver, R.L., Observation of equipartition of seismic waves, Phys. Rev. Lett., 86, 3447-3450, 2001. (pdf)
Hernandez, B., Shapiro, N.M., Singh, S.K., Pacheco, J.F., Cotton, F., Campillo, M., Iglesias, A., Cruz, V., Gomez, J.M., Alcantara, L., Rupture history of September 30, 1999 intraplate earthquake of Oaxaca, Mexico (M-w=7.5) from inversion of strong-motion data, Geophys. Res. Lett., 28, 363-366, 2001. (pdf)
Engdahl, E.R., E.A. Bergman, M.H. Ritzwoller, N.M. Shapiro, and A.L. Levshin, A reference data set for validating 3-D models, Proceedings of the 24rd Seismic Research Review -- Nuclear Explosion Monitoring: Innovation and Integration, 261-270, 2002. (pdf)
Levin, V., N.M. Shapiro, J. Park, and M.H. Ritzwoller, Seismic evidence for catastrophic slab loss beneath Kamchatka, Nature, 418, 763-767, 15 Aug 2002. (pdf) (Nature News and Views)
McLaughlin, K., I. Bondar, X. Yang, J. Bhattacharyya, H. Israelsson, R. North, V. Kirichenko, E.R. Engdahl, M. Ritzwoller, A.Levshin, N. Shapiro, E. Bergman, M. Antolik, A. Dziewonski, G. Ekström, H. Ghalib, I. Gupta, R. Wagner, W. Chan, W. Rivers, A. Hofstetter, A. Shapira, and G. Laske, Seismic location calibration in the Mediterranean, North Africa Middle East, and Western Eurasia, Proceedings of the 24th Seismic Research Review -- Nuclear Explosion Monitoring: Innovation and Integration, 320-329, 2002. (pdf)
Ritzwoller, M.H., N.M. Shapiro, M.P. Barmin, and A.L. Levshin, Global surface wave diffraction tomography, J. Geophys. Res., 107(B12), 2335, doi:10.1029/2002JB001777, 2002. (pdf)
Shapiro, N.M. and M.H. Ritzwoller, Monte-Carlo inversion for a global shear velocity model of the crust and upper mantle, Geophys. J. Int., 151, 88-105, 2002. (pdf)
Ottemoller, L., Shapiro, N.M., Singh, S.K., Pacheco, J.F., Lateral variation of Lg wave propagation in southern Mexico, J. Geophys. Res., 107 (B1): Art. No. 2008 JAN 10 2002. (pdf)
Shapiro, N.M., Olsen, K.B., Singh, S.K., On the duration of seismic motion incident onto the Valley of Mexico for subduction zone earthquakes, Geophys. J. Int., 151, 501-510, 2002. (pdf)
Tregoures, N., Hennino, R., Lacombe, C., Shapiro, N.M., Margerin, L., Campillo, M., van Tiggelen, B.A., Multiple scattering of seismic waves, Ultrasonics, 40, 269-274, 2002. (pdf)
Ritzwoller, M.H., N.M. Shapiro, A.L. Levshin, E.A. Bergman, and E.R. Engdahl, The ability of a global 3-D model to locate regional events, J. Geophys. Res., 108, no. B7, 2353, ESE 9-1-ESE 9-24, 2003. (pdf)
Ritzwoller, M.H., N.M. Shapiro, and G.M. Leahy, A resolved mantle anomaly as the cause of the Australian-Antarctic Discordance, J. Geophys. Res., 108, No. B12, 2559, 10.1029/2003JB002522, 2003. (pdf)
Shapiro, N.M. and M. Campillo, Emergence of broadband Rayleigh waves from correlations of the ambient seismic noise, Geophys. Res. Lett., 31, L07614, doi:10.1029/2004GL019491, 2004. (pdf, AGU Journal Highlight)
Shapiro, N.M. and M.H. Ritzwoller, Thermodynamic constraints on seismic inversions, Geophys. J. Int, 157, 1175-1188, doi:10.1111/j.1365-246X.2004.02254.x, 2004. (pdf) (erratum)
Shapiro, N.M. and M.H. Ritzwoller, Inferring surface heat flux distributions guided by a global seismic model: particular application to Antarctica, Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 223, 213-224, doi:10.1016/j.epsl.2004.04.011, 2004. (pdf)
Yang, X., I. Bondar, J. Bhattacharyya, M. Ritzwoller, N. Shapiro, M. Antolik, G. Ekstrom, H. Israelsson, and K. McLaughlin, Validation of regional and teleseismic travel-time models by relocation of GT events, Bull. Seism. Soc. Am., 94, 897-919, 2004. (pdf)
Shapiro, N.M., M.H. Ritzwoller, P. Molnar, and V. Levin, Thinning and Flow of Tibetan Crust Constrained by Seismic Anisotropy, Science, 305, 233-236, 2004. (pdf) (Supporting Online Material)
Ritzwoller, M.H., N.M. Shapiro, and S. Zhong, Cooling history of the Pacific lithosphere, Earth Planet. Sci. Lett., 226, 69-84, doi:10.1016/j.epsl.2004.07.032, 2004. (pdf)
Smith, D.B., M.H. Ritzwoller, and N.M. Shapiro, Stratification of anisotropy in the Pacific upper mantle, J. Geophys. Res., 109, B11309, doi:10.1029/2004JB003200, 2004. (pdf)
Shapiro, N.M. M.H. Ritzwoller, J.C. Mareschal, and C. Jaupart, Lithospheric structure of the Canadian Shield inferred from inversion of surface-wave dispersion with thermodynamic a priori constraints, Geological Prior Informoation, ed. R. Wood and A. Curtis, Geol. Soc. Lond. Spec. Publ., 239, 175-194, 2004. (pdf)
Shapiro, N.M, M. Campillo, L. Stehly, and M.H. Ritzwoller, High resolution surface wave tomography from ambient seismic noise, Science, 307, 1615-1618, 2005. (pdf) (Supporting Online Material) (Science Perspectives)
Levshin, A.L., M.H. Ritzwoller, and N.M. Shapiro, The use of crustal higher modes to constrain crustal structure across Central Asia, Geophys. J. Int., 160, 961-972, doi:10.1111/j.1365-246X.2005.02535.x, 2005. (pdf)
Levin, V., N.M. Shapiro, J. Park, and M.H. Ritzwoller, The slab portal beneath the Western Aleutians, Geology, 33, 253-256, doi: 10.1130/G20863.1, 2005. (pdf) (Figure DR1)
Submitted papers
van Hunen, J., S. Zhong, N.M. Shapiro, and M.H. Ritzwoller, New evidence for dislocation creep from 3-D geodynamic modeling of the Pacific upper mantle, Earth Planet. Sci. Lett., submitted. (pdf)
Ritzwoller, M.H., N.M. Shapiro, and E.R. Engdahl , Structural Context of the Great Sumatra-Andaman Islands Earthquake, Science, submitted. (pdf)
PhD thesis
Nikolai Shapiro, Etude de linteraction des ondes sismiques guidées régionales avec les hétérogénéités de la croûte, pp. 182, thèse de doctorat, Université Joseph Fourier, Grenoble, 1996
Meeting abstracts
Shapiro, N., Frequency-time analysis of surface waves. Workshop on Three-Dimecional modeling of seismic Waves Generation Propagation and their Inversion, Trieste, Itali, 1992.
Shapiro, N., M. Campillo, N. Béthoux, and A. Paul, Analysis of regional seismic propagation across the Ligurian Sea using data from the SISBALIG II experiment, XIX general Assembly of the European Geophysical Society, Grenoble, France, 1994.
Campillo, M., A. Paul, N. Shapiro, H. Pedersen, R. Gibson, and N. Béthoux, Caractérisation des structures crustales par l´utilisation des ondes guidées, Atelier "Tomographie", Lyon, France, 1995.
Shapiro, N., N. Béthoux, M. Campillo, and A. Paul, Regional wave propagation across the Ligurian Sea and its margin (W. Mediterranean Sea), AGU Fall Meeting, San Francisco, 1994.
Campillo, M., A. Paul, N. Shapiro, F. J. Sánchez-Sesma, S. K. singh, J. Pacheco, J. L. Rodrigez-Zuniga, D. Jongmans, D. Demanet, Preliminary results from a broad-band study of regional amplification effects in the region of Mexico City, IUGG XXI General Assembley, Boulder, Colorado, USA, 1995.
Shapiro, N., M. Campillo, A. Paul, S. K. Singh, D. Jongmans, F. J. Sánchez-Sesma, On the origin of the long-period seismic amplification in the region of Mexico City, SSA 91st Annual Meeting, St. Luis, Missouri, 1996.
Shapiro, N., M. Campillo, A. Paul, S. K. Singh, D. Jongmans, F. J. Sánchez-Sesma, Surface wave propagation across the Mexican Volcanic Belt and the origin of the long-period sesimic wave amplification in the valley of Mexico, Reunión Anual de la UGM, Puerto Vallarta, Jalisco, Mexico, 1997.
Shapiro N. M., M. Campillo, S. K. Singh, and J. Pacheco, Channel seismic waves in the accretionary prism of the Middle America Trench, Reunión Anual de la UGM, Puerto Vallarta, Jalisco, Mexico, 1997.
Shapiro N. M., M. Campillo, S. K. Singh, and J. Pacheco, Evidence of surface waves propagating along the Middle America Trench and trapped in the low-velocity channel formed by the accretionary prism, AGU Fall Meeting, San Francisco, 1997.
Shapiro N. M, Pacheco, J., and Singh, S. K., Seismic Wave Propagation Across the Gulf Coastal Plain of Veracruz, Tabasco, and Campeche (Mexico): Crustal Structure, Lg Blockage, and Seismic-Wave Amplification, Reunion Annual de UGM, Puerto Vallarta, Mexico, 1998.
Singh, S. K., Shapiro, N. M., Pacheco, J., Dattatrayam, R. S., and Mandal, P., Crustal and Upper Mantle Structure of Peninsular India and Source Parameters of the May 21, 1997, Jabalpur Earthquake (Mw=5.8): Results from a New Regional Broadband Network, Reunion Annual de UGM, Puerto Vallarta, Mexico, 1998.
Shapiro, N. M, Singh, S. K., and Pacheco, J., Toward a fast tsunami warning in Mexico, Reunion Annual de UGM, Puerto Vallarta, Mexico, 1998.
Shapiro, N. M., Olsen, K., and Singh, S. K., 3-D numerical simulations of seismic wave propagation in a subduction zone, AGU Fall Meeting, San Francisco, USA, 1998.
Singh, S. K., Shapiro, N. M., Pacheco, J., Dattatrayam, R. S., and Mandal, P., Battacharya, S. M., Crustal and Upper Mantle Structure of Peninsular India and Source Parameters of the May 21, 1997, Jabalpur Earthquake (Mw=5.8): Results from a New Regional Broadband Network, Second Meeting of the Asian Seismological Comission, Hyderabad, India, 1998.
Shapiro, N. M., Singh S. K., and Pacheco, J., A fast and simple diagnostic method for identifying tsunamigenic earthquakes, IUGG99 Conference, Birmingham, England, 1999.
Shapiro N. M., S. K. Singh, J. F. Pacheco, A. Iglesias-Mendoza, V. M. Cruz-Atienza, El Popocatépetl, un volcan activo, reduce el riesgo sísmico en la Ciudad de Mexico, Reunión annual de la Union Geofísica Mexicana, Puerto Vallarta, Jalisco, Mexico, 1999.
Shapiro N.M., K. Olsen, and S.K. Singh, Wave-guide effects in subduction zones: evidence from three-dimensional modeling, Reunión annual de la Union Geofísica Mexicana, Puerto Vallarta, Jalisco, Mexico, 1999.
Iglesias-Mendoza, A., N. M. Shapiro, and V. M. Cruz-Atienza, Inversión de curbas de dispersión de velocidad de grupo, observadas en dos trayectorias para el sur de Mexico, Reunión annual de la Union Geofísica Mexicana, Puerto Vallarta, Jalisco, Mexico, 1999.
Bernal, R., S. K. Singh, N. Shapiro, and V. Kostoglodov, Nuevos aportes para el estudio de la fuente del de Jalisco de 9 de Octubre de 1995 (Mw 8.0), Reunión annual de la Union Geofísica Mexicana, Puerto Vallarta, Jalisco, Mexico, 1999.
Cruz-Atienza, V. M., J. Pacheco, N. M. Shapiro, and A. Iglesias-Mendoza, La topografía y constitución del Moho bajo de la Ciudad de Mexico: un problema al alcance de las funciones de receptor, Reunión annual de la Union Geofísica Mexicana, Puerto Vallarta, Jalisco, Mexico, 1999.
Shapiro, N. M., S. K. Singh, C. Lomnitz, J. Alvarez Moctezuma, P. Almora, and M. Ayala, Measurements of surface wave properties in the lake-bed zone of Mexico City. Evidence of the domination of higher modes. Reunión annual de la Union Geofísica Mexicana, Puerto Vallarta, Jalisco, Mexico, 1999.
Shapiro, N.M., K. Olsen, and S.K. Singh, Origin of extended ground motion duration in the Mexico City Valley for subduction zone earthquakes, AGU Fall Meeting, San Francisco, California, USA, 1999.
Shapiro, N.M., E. Gordeev, A. Gorbatov, and J. Dominguez, Average velocity structure of the Kamchatka peninsula from the dispersion of surface waves (invited), AGU Fall Meeting, San Francisco, California, USA, 1999.
Cruz-Atienza, V.M., A. Iglesias-Mendoza, J. Pacheco, N. Shapiro, South-central Mexican crustal structure from receiver functions and surface wave dispersion using genetic and simulated annealing algorithms, AGU Fall Meeting, San Francisco, California, USA, 1999.
Aguirre, J., Montalvo, J. C., Lermo, J., Contreras, M., Briones, E., Shapiro, N., Pacheco, J., Singh, S. K., Cruz, V., and Iglesias, A., A Preliminary Study of the Aftershocks of the Normal-faulting Oaxaca Earthquake of Sep. 30, 1999 (Mw = 7.5), SSA 95th Annual Meeting, San Diego, California -- 9-12 April 2000.
Hernandez, B., Shapiro, N. M., Singh, S. K., Pacheco, J., Cotton, F., Campillo, M., Iglesias, A., Cruz, V., Gomez, J. M., and Alcántara, L., Rupture History of Sep. 30, 1999 Intraplate Earthquake of Oaxaca, México (Mw = 7.5) from Inversion of Strong-motion Data in the Frequency Domain, SSA 95th Annual Meeting, San Diego, California -- 9-12 April 2000.
Olsen, K. B., Shapiro, N. M., and Singh, S. K., Wave-guide Effects in Subduction Zones: Evidence from Finite-difference Modeling, SSA 95th Annual Meeting, San Diego, California -- 9-12 April 2000.
Shapiro, N.M., Campillo, M., Margerin, L., Singh, S.K., Kostoglodov, V., Pacheco, J., The energy partitioning and the diffusive character of the seismic coda (invited), XXVI general Assembly of the European Geophysical Society, Nice, France, 2000.
Shapiro, N.M., Olsen, K.B., Singh, S.K., Origin of extended ground motion duration in the Mexico City Valley for subduction zone earthquakes (Solicited Paper), XXVI general Assembly of the European Geophysical Society, Nice, France, 2000.
Ritzwoller, M.H., Shapiro, N.M., Villasenor, A., Leahy, G.M., Levshin, A.L., Trampert, J., Crustal and Upper Mantle Structure Beneath Antarctica From Broadband Surface Waves, AGU Fall Meeting, San Francisco, California, USA, 2000.
Cruz-Atienza, V.M., Pacheco, J.F., Shapiro, N.M., Singh, S.K., Iglesias-Mendoza, A., Valdes, C., Size of Popocatepetl volcano explosions from waveforms inversion, AGU Fall Meeting, San Francisco, California, USA, 2000.
Shapiro, N.M., Ritzwoller, M.H., Villasenor, A., Levshin, A.L., Shear Velocity Structure of the Eurasian Crust and Uppermost Mantle (invited), AGU Fall Meeting, San Francisco, California, USA, 2000.
Ritzwoller, M. H., Shapiro, N. M., Levshin, A. L., Engdahl, E. R., Barmin, M. P. and Villaseñor, A., The Use of a 3D Model to Improve Regional Event Locations (invited), SSA 96th Annual Meeting, 18-20 April 2001, San Francisco, California, 18-20 April 2001.
Shapiro, N. M. and Ritzwoller, M. H., Construction and Assessment of a Global Shear Velocity Model of the Upper Mantle (invited), SSA 96th Annual Meeting, 18-20 April 2001, San Francisco, California, 18-20 April 2001.
Ritzwoller, M.H. and N.M. Shapiro, Lithospheric inversions and the assimilation of complementary information: Some examples relevant for EarthScope, EarthScope Workshop, Snowbird, Utah, Oct 10-12, 2001.
Ritzwoller, M.H., Shapiro, N.M., Zhong, S., Landuyt, W , Leahy, G.M., Lithospheric thickness and seafloor topography inferred from a global seismic model, AGU Fall Meeting, San Francisco, California, USA, 2001. (pdf)
Levshin, A.L., Ritzwoller, M.H., Shapiro, N.M., Engdahl, E.R., Barmin, M.P., Bergman. E.A., The use of a 3-D Model to Improve Regional Event Locations, AGU Fall Meeting, San Francisco, California, USA, 2001.
Shapiro, N.M., Ritzwoller, M.H., Imaging the thermal structure of the continental upper mantle: Joint inversion of heat flow and surface wave dispersion, AGU Fall Meeting, San Francisco, California, USA, 2001. (pdf)
Levin, V., Shapiro, N., Park, J., Ritzwoller, M., Seismic Structure of the Uppermost Mantle Near the Kamchatka-Aleutian Junction, AGU Fall Meeting, San Francisco, California, USA, 2001. (pdf)
Barmin, M., Shapiro, N.M., Ritzwoller, M.H., Levin, V., Park, J., Refining Estimates of the Seismic Velocities of the Crust and Upper Mantle, AGU Fall Meeting, San Francisco, California, USA, 2001. (pdf)
Park, J., Levin, V., Shapiro, N., Ritzwoller, M., Seismic Evidence for Catastrophic Slab Loss Beneath Kamchatka, AGU Spring Meeting, 2002.
Ritzwoller, M.H., and Shapiro, N.M., The Global-Scale Context for OMD Studies of the Lithosphere and Asthenosphere (invited), Oceanic Mantle Dynamics Workshop, Snowbird, Utah, 18-20 September 2002.
Shapiro, N.M. and M.H Ritzwoller, Model of the Pacific upper mantle from the inversion of seismic surface waves, Oceanic Mantle Dynamics Workshop, Snowbird, Utah, 18-20 September 2002.
Laughman, B, Shapiro, N.M., Ritzwoller, M.H., Engdahl, E.R., Surface wave inversion for subducting lithosphere, AGU Fall Meeting, San Francisco, California, USA, 2002.
Ritzwoller, M.H. and Shapiro, N.M., Variations in lithospheric structure of the ``incoming plate'' at northwestern Pacific subduction zones, AGU Fall Meeting, San Francisco, California, USA, 2002.
Shapiro, N.M., Levin, V., Rirzwoller, M.H., Molnar, P., Park, J., Improved images of the Tibetan upper mantle to test hypotheses of its dynamic origin, AGU Fall Meeting, San Francisco, California, USA, 2002. (html)
Engdahl, E; Ritzwoller, M; Shapiro, N; Levshin, A; Bergman, E, Feasibility of using 3-D models to improve regional earthquake locations (solicited), EGS-AGU-EUG Joint Assembly, Nice, France, 06 - 11 April 2003.
Shapiro, N.M.; Levin, V.; Ritzwoller, M.H., Deformation of the Tibetan lithosphere revealed by joint study of surface wave dispersion and teleseismic body wave reverberations, EGS-AGU-EUG Joint Assembly, Nice, France, 06 - 11 April 2003.
Shapiro, N.M, and Ritzwoller. M.H., Seismic and thermal structure of Mexico and Middle America from inversion of seismic surface waves, Reunión annual de la Union Geofísica Mexicana, Puerto Vallarta, Jalisco, Mexico, 2003.
Shapiro, N.M. and Campillo, M., Partitioning between P and S energies in the long-period seismic coda (invited), AGU Fall Meeting, San Francisco, California, USA, 2003. (html), (ppt)
Shapiro, N.M., V. Levin, M.H. Ritzwoller, P. Molnar, and D. Smith , Seismic anisotropy within the Tibetan crust (invited), AGU Fall Meeting, San Francisco, California, USA, 2003. (pdf)
Smith, D.B., M.H. Ritzwoller, and N.M. Shapiro, Azimuthal anisotropy across the Pacific, AGU Fall Meeting, San Francisco, California, USA, 2003.
Ritzwoller, M.H., Shapiro, N.M., Zhong S., van Honen, J., Cooling history of the Pacific lithosphere (invited), AGU Fall Meeting, San Francisco, California, USA, 2003.
Borde, S., N. Shapiro, M. Ritzwoller, C. Jaupart, and J.C. Mareschal, Mantle heat flow in the Canadian Shield from joint inversion of seismic and heat flow data, AGU Fall Meeting, San Francisco, California, USA, 2003.
Shapiro, N.M., M. Campillo, and M.H. Ritzwoller, The nature and promise of broad-band surface-wave measurements from the random wavefield, SSA Annual Meeting, 14-16 April 2004, Palm Springs, California, 2004. (html), (ppt)
Levshin, A., M.H. Ritzwoller, N.M. Shapiro, The Use of Crustal Overtones to Constrain Crustal Structure in Central Asia, Eos Trans. AGU, 85(17), Jt. Assem. Suppl., Abstract T21A-01, 2004.
Shapiro, N.M., M.H. Ritzwoller, J.-C. Mareschal, C. Jaupart, Thermal structure of old continental lithosphere from the inversion of surface-wave dispersion with thermodynamic a priori constraints., Eos Trans. AGU, 85(17), Jt. Assem. Suppl., Abstract T11A-03 INVITED, 2004. (html), (ppt)
van Hunen, J., S. Zhong, M.H. Ritzwoller, and N.M. Shapiro, Constraints on rheological activation energy from combined seismic/geodynamic modeling of lithosphere and mantle interactions, European Geophysical Union, Nice, France, 2004.
Shapiro, N.M., M. Campillo, M.H., Ritzwoller, and L. Stehly, The nature and promise of broad-band surface-wave measurements from the random wavefield, 16-th IRIS Annual Workshop, Tucson, Arizona, 2004. (pdf)
Shapiro, N.M, M.H. Ritzwoller, P. Molnar, and V. Levin, Channel flow within the Tibetan crust: new observational evidence from seismic anisotropy, INVITED, GSA Annual Meeting, Denver, Colorado, 2004.
Stehly, L., N.M. Shapiro, M. Campillo, and M.H. Ritzwoller, Correlation of oceanic microseisms at Californian seismic stations, Eos Trans. AGU, 85(47), Fall Meet. Suppl., Abstract S13C-1072, 2004.
Campillo, M., A. Derode, E. Larose, L. Margerin, A. Paul, N. Shapiro, L. Stehly, and B. van Tiggelen, Phase and Correlation in Random Seismic Fields and the Reconstruction of Green Function, Eos Trans. AGU, 85(47), Fall Meet. Suppl., Invited Abstract S21D-01, 2004.
van Hunen, J., S. Zhong, N. Shapiro, and M. Ritzwoller, Oceanic Upper Mantle Rheology as Constrained by Combined Geodynamic and Seismic Modeling of Plate-Mantle Interaction, Eos Trans. AGU, 85(47), Fall Meet. Suppl., Abstract T11B-1258, 2004.
Ritzwoller, M.H., N.M. Shapiro, S. Zhong, and J.M. Wahr, Thermal structure of the upper mantle beneath Antarctica with implications for heat flux and visco-elastic rebound, Eos Trans. AGU, 85(47), Fall Meet. Suppl., Invited Abstract T14A-02, 2004.
Ritzwoller, M.H., N.M. Shapiro, and D.B. Smith, Stratification of Anisotropy in the Pacific Upper Mantle, Eos Trans. AGU, 85(47), Fall Meet. Suppl., Abstract T41G-03, 2004.
Burkholder, M., S. Zhong, P. Wessel, M. Ritzwoller, N. Shapiro, Effects of Seamounts and Lithospheric Structure on the Pacific Seafloor Topography, Eos Trans. AGU, 85(47), Fall Meet. Suppl., Abstract T43B-1331, 2004.
Shapiro, N.M., J. Mareschal, M.H. Ritzwoller, C. Jaupart, ithospheric thickness and heat flux beneath cratons, Eos Trans. AGU, 85(47), Fall Meet. Suppl., Abstract T42A-08, 2004.