Research Groups

  • Kevin Ward, Postdoc. 09/01/2016 - present.

Presentations

  • February 2017 – Department of Geophysics, Stanford University . Invited Talk/Keynote, Presented, 02/2017.
  • November 2016 – Department of Geoscience, University of Wisconsin-Madison. Invited Talk/Keynote, Presented, 11/2016.
  • October 2016 – Department of Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences, Purdue U. Invited Talk/Keynote, Presented, 10/2016.
  • September 2016 – Earth Science and Engineering, KAUST, Saudi Arabia. Invited Talk/Keynote, Presented, 09/2016.
  • June 2016 – Institute of Earth Sciences, Academia Sinica, Taiwan. Invited Talk/Keynote, Presented, 06/2016.
  • April 2016 – Department of Earth Sciences, University of Southern California. Invited Talk/Keynote, Presented, 04/2016.
  • April 2016 – Seismological Society of America Annual Meeting, two invited talks. Invited Talk/Keynote, Presented, 04/2016.
  • March 2016 – Department of Earth Science, Rice University. Invited Talk/Keynote, Presented, 03/2016.
  • February 2016 – Department of Geology and Geophysics, University of Hawaii. Invited Talk/Keynote, Presented, 02/2016.
  • January 2016 – School of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, Georgia Tech. Invited Talk/Keynote, Presented, 01/2016.
  • October 2015 – Geology/Physics/Astronomy Departments, U of Wisconsin-Whitewater. Invited Talk/Keynote, Presented, 10/2015.
  • Invited AGU fall meeting presentation. Title "Probing the earth with EarthScope USArray". Invited Talk/Keynote, Presented, 12/2013.

Languages

  • Mandarin Chinese, fluent.
    Native Language.

Geographical Regions of Interest

  • Taiwan
    Citizen of Taiwan.

Publications

  • Rabade S., Lin F.C., Tape C., Ward K.M., Waldien T. & Allam A. (2023). The Crustal Magmatic Structure Beneath the Denali Volcanic Gap Imaged by a Dense Linear Seismic Array. Vol. 128. Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth. Published, 12/01/2023.
  • Wu S.M., Huang H.H., Lin F.C., Farrell J. & Schmandt B. (2023). Extreme seismic anisotropy indicates shallow accumulation of magmatic sills beneath Yellowstone caldera. Vol. 616. Earth and Planetary Science Letters. Published, 08/15/2023.
  • Liu, C.-N., Lin, F.-C., Manga, M., Farrell, J., Wu, S.-M., Reed, M.H., Barth, A., Hungerford, J., & White, E., 2023. Thumping cycle variations of Doublet Pool in Yellowstone National Park, USA, Geophysical Research Letters, 50, e2022GL101175. https://doi.org/10.1029/2022GL10117510.1029/2022GL101175. Published, 01/31/2023.
  • Rabade, S., Wu, S.M., Lin, F.-C. and Chambers, D.J., 2022. Isolating and Tracking Noise Sources across an Active Longwall Mine Using Seismic Interferometry. Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America. https://doi.org/10.1785/0120220031. Published, 06/28/2022.
  • Zeng, Q., Lin, F.-C. and Allam, A.A., 2022. 3D Shear Wave Velocity Model of Salt Lake Valley via Rayleigh Wave Ellipticity across a Temporary Geophone Array. The Seismic Record, 2(2), pp.127-136. https://doi.org/10.1785/0320220016. Published, 06/23/2022.
  • Wells, D., Lin, F.-C., Pankow, K., Baker, B., & Bartley, J. (2022). Combining dense seismic arrays and broadband data to image the subsurface velocity structure in geothermally active south-central Utah. Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth, 127, e2022JB024070. https://doi.org/10.1029/2022JB024070. Published, 06/11/2022.
  • Qiu H., Allam A.A., Lin F.C. & Ben-Zion Y. (2020). Analysis of Fault Zone Resonance Modes Recorded by a Dense Seismic Array Across the San Jacinto Fault Zone at Blackburn Saddle. Vol. 125. Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth. Published, 10/01/2020.
  • Wu S.M., Lin F.C., Farrell J., Shiro B., Karlstrom L., Okubo P. & Koper K. (2020). Spatiotemporal Seismic Structure Variations Associated With the 2018 Kīlauea Eruption Based on Temporary Dense Geophone Arrays. Vol. 47. Geophysical Research Letters. Published, 05/16/2020.
  • Berg E.M., Lin F.C., Allam A., Schulte-Pelkum V., Ward K.M. & Shen W. (2020). Shear Velocity Model of Alaska Via Joint Inversion of Rayleigh Wave Ellipticity, Phase Velocities, and Receiver Functions Across the Alaska Transportable Array. Vol. 125. Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth. Published, 02/01/2020.
  • Bianco M., Gerstoft P., Olsen K. & Lin F. (2019). High-resolution seismic tomography of Long Beach, CA using machine learning. Vol. 9. Scientific Reports. Published, 12/01/2019.
  • Wang Y., Allam A. & Lin F. (2019). Imaging the Fault Damage Zone of the San Jacinto Fault Near Anza With Ambient Noise Tomography Using a Dense Nodal Array. (pp. 12938-12948). Vol. 46. Geophysical Research Letters. Published, 11/28/2019.
  • Qiu H., Lin F. & Ben-Zion Y. (2019). Eikonal Tomography of the Southern California Plate Boundary Region. (pp. 9755-9779). Vol. 124. Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth. Published, 09/01/2019.
  • Wu S., Lin F., Farrell J. & Allam A. (2019). Imaging the Deep Subsurface Plumbing of Old Faithful Geyser From Low-Frequency Hydrothermal Tremor Migration. (pp. 7315-7322). Vol. 46. Geophysical Research Letters. Published, 07/16/2019.
  • Valero M., Li F., Wang S., Lin F. & Song W. (2019). Real-Time Cooperative Analytics for Ambient Noise Tomography in Sensor Networks. (pp. 375-389). Vol. 5. IEEE Transactions on Signal and Information Processing over Networks. Published, 06/01/2019.
  • Share P., Allam A., Ben-Zion Y., Lin F. & Vernon F. (2019). Structural Properties of the San Jacinto Fault Zone at Blackburn Saddle from Seismic Data of a Dense Linear Array. (pp. 1169-1191). Vol. 176. Pure and Applied Geophysics. Published, 03/06/2019.
  • Wang Y., Lin F. & Ward K. (2019). Ambient noise tomography across the Cascadia subduction zone using dense linear seismic arrays and double beamforming. (pp. 1668-1680). Vol. 217. Geophysical Journal International. Published, 02/27/2019.
  • Xie L., Xie Y., Wu S., Lin F. & Song W. (2019). Communication Efficient Signal Detection for Distributed Ambient Noise Imaging. (pp. 1779-1783). Vol. 2018-October. Conference Record - Asilomar Conference on Signals, Systems and Computers. Published, 02/19/2019.
  • Li J., Lin F., Allam A., Ben-Zion Y., Liu Z. & Schuster G. (2019). Wave equation dispersion inversion of surface waves recorded on irregular topography. (pp. 346-360). Vol. 217. Geophysical Journal International. Published, 01/01/2019.
  • Ward K., Lin F. & Schmandt B. (2018). High-Resolution Receiver Function Imaging Across the Cascadia Subduction Zone Using a Dense Nodal Array. (pp. 12,218-12,225). Vol. 45. Geophysical Research Letters. Published, 11/28/2018.
  • Berg E., Lin F., Allam A., Qiu H., Shen W. & Ben-Zion Y. (2018). Tomography of Southern California Via Bayesian Joint Inversion of Rayleigh Wave Ellipticity and Phase Velocity From Ambient Noise Cross-Correlations. (pp. 9933-9949). Vol. 123. Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth. Published, 11/01/2018.
  • Jiang C., Schmandt B., Ward K., Lin F. & Worthington L. (2018). Upper Mantle Seismic Structure of Alaska From Rayleigh and S Wave Tomography. (pp. 10,350-10,359). Vol. 45. Geophysical Research Letters. Published, 10/16/2018.
  • Kohler M., Allam A., Massari A. & Lin F. (2018). Detection of building damage using helmholtz tomography. (pp. 2565-2579). Vol. 108. Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America. Published, 10/01/2018.
  • Ward K. & Lin F. (2018). Lithospheric Structure Across the Alaskan Cordillera From the Joint Inversion of Surface Waves and Receiver Functions. (pp. 8780-8797). Vol. 123. Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth. Published, 10/01/2018.
  • Sweet J., Anderson K., Bilek S., Brudzinski M., Chen X., DeShon H., Hayward C., Karplus M., Keranen K., Langston C., Lin F., Magnani M. & Woodward R. (2018). A community experiment to record the full seismic wavefield in Oklahoma. (pp. 1923-1930). Vol. 89. Seismological Research Letters. Published, 09/01/2018.
  • Farrell J., Wu S., Ward K. & Lin F. (2018). Persistent noise signal in the FairfieldNodal three-component 5-Hz geophones. (pp. 1609-1617). Vol. 89. Seismological Research Letters. Published, 09/01/2018.
  • Jiang C., Schmandt B., Farrell J., Lin F. & Ward K. (2018). Seismically anisotropic magma reservoirs underlying silicic calderas. (pp. 727-730). Vol. 46. Geology. Published, 08/01/2018.
  • Lynner C., Beck S., Zandt G., Porritt R., Lin F. & Eilon Z. (2018). Midcrustal Deformation in the Central Andes Constrained by Radial Anisotropy. (pp. 4798-4813). Vol. 123. Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth. Published, 06/01/2018.
  • Jiang C., Schmandt B., Hansen S., Dougherty S., Clayton R., Farrell J. & Lin F. (2018). Rayleigh and S wave tomography constraints on subduction termination and lithospheric foundering in central California. (pp. 14-26). Vol. 488. Earth and Planetary Science Letters. Published, 04/15/2018.
  • Bowden D., Tsai V. & Lin F. (2017). Amplification and Attenuation Across USArray Using Ambient Noise Wavefront Tracking. (pp. 10,086-10,101). Vol. 122. Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth. Published, 12/01/2017.
  • Wu S., Ward K., Farrell J., Lin F., Karplus M. & Smith R. (2017). Anatomy of Old Faithful From Subsurface Seismic Imaging of the Yellowstone Upper Geyser Basin. (pp. 10,240-10,247). Vol. 44. Geophysical Research Letters. Published, 10/28/2017.
  • Ward K. & Lin F. (2017). On the viability of using autonomous three-component nodal geophones to calculate teleseismic ps receiver functions with an application to old faithful, Yellowstone. (pp. 1268-1278). Vol. 88. Seismological Research Letters. Published, 09/01/2017.
  • Valero M., Clemente J., Kamath G., Xie Y., Lin F. & Song W. (2017). Real-Time Ambient Noise Subsurface Imaging in Distributed Sensor Networks. 2017 IEEE International Conference on Smart Computing, SMARTCOMP 2017. Published, 06/12/2017.
  • Wang Y., Lin F., Schmandt B. & Farrell J. (2017). Ambient noise tomography across Mount St. Helens using a dense seismic array. (pp. 4492-4508). Vol. 122. Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth. Published, 06/01/2017.
  • Workman E., Lin F. & Koper K. (2017). Determination of Rayleigh wave ellipticity across the Earthscope Transportable Array using single-station and array-based processing of ambient seismic noise. (pp. 234-245). Vol. 208. Geophysical Journal International. Published, 01/01/2017.
  • Shen W., Alvizuri C., Lin F. & Tape C. (2017). A one-dimensional seismic model for Uturuncu volcano, Bolivia, and its impact on full moment tensor inversions. (pp. 1-10). Vol. 13. Geosphere. Published, 01/01/2017.
  • Shen, W., C. Alvizuri, F.-C. Lin, and C. Tape, A one-dimensional seismic model for Uturuncu volcano, Bolivia, and its impact on full moment tensor inversions, Geosphere, 13 (1),1–10, doi:10.1130/GES01353.1, 2016. Published, 11/2016.
  • Workman, E., F.-C. Lin, and K. D. Koper, Determination of Rayleigh wave ellipticity across the Earthscope Transportable Array using single-station and array-based processing of ambient seismic noise, Geophys. J. Int., 208 (1): 234-245, doi: 10.1093/gji/ggw381, 2016. Published, 10/2016.
  • Shen W., Ritzwoller M., Kang D., Kim Y., Lin F., Ning J., Wang W., Zheng Y. & Zhou L. (2016). A seismic reference model for the crust and uppermost mantle beneath China from surface wave dispersion. (pp. 954-979). Vol. 206. Geophysical Journal International. Published, 08/01/2016.
  • Ball J., Sheehan A., Stachnik J., Lin F., Yeck W. & Collins J. (2016). Lithospheric shear velocity structure of South Island, New Zealand, from amphibious Rayleigh wave tomography. (pp. 3686-3702). Vol. 121. Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth. Published, 05/01/2016.
  • Ball, J., A. Sheehan, J. Stachnik, F.-C. Lin, W. Yeck, and J. Collins, Lithospheric shear velocity structure of South Island, New Zealand from amphibious Rayleigh wave tomography, J. Geophys. Res. Solid Earth, 121, doi:10.1002/2015JB012726, 2016. Published, 05/2016.
  • 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., 206(2), doi:10.1093/gji/ggw175, 2016. Published, 04/2016.
  • AlTheyab A., Lin F. & Schuster G. (2016). Imaging near-surface heterogeneities by natural migration of backscattered surface waves. (pp. 1332-1341). Vol. 204. Geophysical Journal International. Published, 01/01/2016.
  • AlTheyab, A., F.C. Lin, G.T. Schuster, Imaging Near-surface Heterogeneities by Natural Migration of Back-scattered Surface Waves, Geophys. J. Int., 204, 1332-1341, doi:10.1093/gji/ggv511, 2016. Published, 01/2016.
  • Huang H., Lin F., Tsai V. & Koper K. (2015). High-resolution probing of inner core structure with seismic interferometry. (pp. 10622-10630). Vol. 42. Geophysical Research Letters. Published, 12/28/2015.
  • Schmandt B., Lin F. & Karlstrom K. (2015). Distinct crustal isostasy trends east and west of the Rocky Mountain Front. (pp. 10290-10298). Vol. 42. Geophysical Research Letters. Published, 12/16/2015.
  • Huang, H.H., F.C. Lin, V. C. Tsai, and K.D. Koper, High-resolution probing of inner core structure with seismic interferometry, Geophys. Res. Lett., 42, doi:10.1002/2015GL066390, 2015. Published, 12/2015.
  • Schmandt, B., F.C. Lin, and K. Karlstrom, Distinct crustal isostasy trends east and west of the Rocky Mountain Front, Geophys. Res. Lett,42, 10,290–10,298, doi:10.1002/2015GL066593, 2015. Published, 12/2015.
  • Huang H., Lin F., Schmandt B., Farrell J., Smith R. & Tsai V. (2015). The Yellowstone magmatic system from the mantle plume to the upper crust. (pp. 773-776). Vol. 348. Science. Published, 05/15/2015.
  • Lin F., Kohler M., Lynett P., Ayca A. & Weeraratne D. (2015). The 11 March 2011 Tohoku tsunami wavefront mapping across offshore Southern California. (pp. 3350-3362). Vol. 120. Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth. Published, 05/01/2015.
  • Lin, F.C., M.D. Kohler, and D.S. Weeraratne, March 11, 2011 Tohoku tsunami wavefront mapping across offshore southern California, JGR, 120, 3350–3362. doi: 10.1002/2014JB011524, 2015. Published, 05/2015.
  • Huang, H.H., F.C. Lin, B. Schmandt, J. Farrell, R.B. Smith, and V.C. Tsai, The Yellowstone magmatic system from the mantle plume to the upper crust, Science, DOI:10.1126/science.aaa5648, 2015. Published, 05/2015.
  • Bowden D., Tsai V. & Lin F. (2015). Site amplification, attenuation, and scattering from noise correlation amplitudes across a dense array in Long Beach, CA. (pp. 1360-1367). Vol. 42. Geophysical Research Letters. Published, 03/16/2015.
  • Bowden, D.C., V.C. Tsai, F.C. Lin, Site Amplification, Attenuation and Scattering from Noise Correlation Amplitudes Across a Dense Array in Long Beach, Geophys. Res. Lett., 42: 1360–1367. doi: 10.1002/2014GL062662, 2015. Published, 03/2015.
  • Lin F. & Schmandt B. (2014). Upper crustal azimuthal anisotropy across the contiguous U.S. determined by Rayleigh wave ellipticity. (pp. 8301-8307). Vol. 41. Geophysical Research Letters. Published, 12/16/2014.
  • Ball J., Sheehan A., Stachnik J., Lin F. & Collins J. (2014). A joint Monte Carlo analysis of seafloor compliance, Rayleigh wave dispersion and receiver functions at ocean bottom seismic stations offshore New Zealand. (pp. 5051-5068). Vol. 15. Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems. Published, 12/01/2014.
  • Schmandt B. & Lin F. (2014). P and S wave tomography of the mantle beneath the United States. (pp. 6342-6349). Vol. 41. Geophysical Research Letters. Published, 09/28/2014.
  • Lin F., Tsai V. & Schmandt B. (2014). 3-D crustal structure of the western United States: Application of Rayleigh-wave ellipticity extracted from noise cross-correlations. (pp. 656-670). Vol. 198. Geophysical Journal International. Published, 01/01/2014.
  • Yu H., Guo B., Hanafy S., Lin F. & Schuster G. (2014). Direct detection of near-surface faults by migration of back-scattered surface waves. (pp. 2135-2139). Society of Exploration Geophysicists International Exposition and 84th Annual Meeting SEG 2014. Published, 01/01/2014.
  • Lin F. & Tsai V. (2013). Seismic interferometry with antipodal station pairs. (pp. 4609-4613). Vol. 40. Geophysical Research Letters. Published, 09/16/2013.
  • Savage M., Lin F. & Townend J. (2013). Ambient noise cross-correlation observations of fundamental and higher-mode Rayleigh wave propagation governed by basement resonance. (pp. 3556-3561). Vol. 40. Geophysical Research Letters. Published, 07/28/2013.
  • Lin F., Li D., Clayton R. & Hollis D. (2013). High-resolution 3D shallow crustal structure in Long Beach, California: Application of ambient noise tomography on a dense seismic array. Vol. 78. GEOPHYSICS. Published, 07/01/2013.
  • Shen W., Ritzwoller M., Schulte-Pelkum V. & Lin F. (2013). Joint inversion of surface wave dispersion and receiver functions: A Bayesianmonte-Carlo approach. (pp. 807-836). Vol. 192. Geophysical Journal International. Published, 05/03/2013.
  • Lin F., Tsai V., Schmandt B., Duputel Z. & Zhan Z. (2013). Extracting seismic core phases with array interferometry. (pp. 1049-1053). Vol. 40. Geophysical Research Letters. Published, 03/28/2013.
  • Kao H., Behr Y., Currie C., Hyndman R., Townend J., Lin F., Ritzwoller M., Shan S. & He J. (2013). Ambient seismic noise tomography of Canada and adjacent regions: Part I. Crustal structures. (pp. 5865-5887). Vol. 118. Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth. Published, 01/01/2013.