Journal Publications

2015

1. Deng, Y., W. Shen, T. Xu, and M.H. Ritzwoller, Crustal layering in northeastern Tibet: A case study based on joint inversion of receiver functions and surface wave dispersion, Geophys. J. Int., submitted, 2015. (pdf)

2. Kang, D., W. Shen, J. Ning, and M.H. Ritzwoller, Seismic evidence for lithospheric modification associated with intra-continental volcanism in Northeastern China, Geophys. J. Int., submitted, 2015. (pdf)

3. Shen, W., M.H. Ritzwoller, D. Kang, Y. Kim, J. Ning, F.-C. Lin, W. Wang, Y. Zheng, and L. Zhou, A seismic reference model for the crust and uppermost mantle beneath China from surface wave dispersion, Geophys. J. Int., submitted, 2015. (pdf)

2014

1. Levandowski, W., C. Jones, W. Shen, M.H. Ritzwoller and V. Schulte-Pelkum, Origins of topography in the Western US: Mapping crustal and upper mantle density variations using a uniform seismic velocity model, J. Geophys. Res., doi: 10.1002/2013JB010607, 2014. (pdf)

2013

1. Shen, W., M.H. Ritzwoller, V. Schulte-Pelkum, F.-C. Lin, Joint inversion of surface wave dispersion and receiver functions: A Bayesian Monte-Carlo approach, Geophys. J. Int., 192, 807-836, doi:10.1093gjiggs050, 2013. (pdf)

2. Shen, W., M.H. Ritzwoller, and V. Schulte-Pelkum, A 3-D model of the crust and uppermost mantle beneath the central and western US by joint inversion of receiver functions and surface wave dispersion, J. Geophys. Res., doi:10.1029/2012JB009602, 118, 1-15, 2013. (pdf)

3. Shen, W., M.H. Ritzwoller, and V. Schulte-Pelkum, Crustal and uppermost mantle structure in the central US encompassing the Midcontinent Rift, J. Geophys. Res., 118, 4325-4344, doi:10.1002/jgrb.50321, 2013. (pdf)

4. Xie, J., M.H. Ritzwoller, W. Shen, Y. Yang, Y. Zheng, and L. Zhou, Crustal radial anisotropy across eastern Tibet and the western Yangtze craton, J. Geophys. Res., 118, 4226-4252, doi:10.1002/jgrb.50296, 2013. (pdf)

5. Tian, Y., W. Shen, and M.H. Ritzwoller, Crustal and uppermost mantle shear velocity structure adjacent to the Juan de Fuca Ridge from ambient seismic noise, Geochem. Geophys. Geosyst., 14(8), 3221-3233, doi:10.1002/ggge.20206, 2013. (pdf)

2010-2012

1. Yang, Y., M.H. Ritzwoller, Y. Zheng, W. Shen, A.L. Levshin, and Z. Xie, A synoptic view of the distribution and connectivity of the mid-crustal low velocity zone beneath Tibet, J. Geophys. Res., 117, B04303, doi:10.1029/2011JB008810, 2012. (pdf)

2. Zhou, L., J. Xie, W. Shen, Y. Zheng, Y. Yang. H. Shi, and M.H. Ritzwoller, The structure of the crust and uppermost mantle beneath South China from ambient noise and earthquake tomography, Geophys. J. Int., doi: 10.1111/j.1365-246X.2012.05423.x, 2012. (pdf)

3. Zheng, Y., W. Shen, L. Zhou, Y. Yang, Z. Xie, and M.H. Ritzwoller, Crust and uppermost mantle beneath the North China Craton, northeastern China, and the Sea of Japan from ambient noise tomography, J. Geophys. Res., 116, B12312, doi:10.1029/2011JB008637, 2011. (pdf)

4. Yang,Y., W. Shen and M.H. Ritzwoller, Surface wave tomography in a large-scale seismic array combining ambient noise and teleseismic earthquake data, Earthquake Science, 24, 55-64, 2011. (pdf)

5. Ritzwoller, M.H., F.C. Lin, and W. Shen, Ambient noise tomography with a large seismic array, Compte Rendus Geoscience, 13 pages, doi:10.1016/j.crte.2011.03.007, 2011. (pdf)

6. Lin, F.C., M.H. Ritzwoller, and W. Shen, On the reliability of attenuation measurements from ambient noise cross-correlations, Geophys. Res. Letts., 38, L11303, doi:10.1029/2011GL047366, 2011. (pdf)

7. Shen, W., Luo Y, Ni S, Chong J, Chen Y. 2010. Resolving near surface S velocity structure in natural earthquake frequency band: A case study in Beijing region. Acta Seismologyca Sinica, 32(2): 137-146 (in Chinese with English abstract).