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Name  
 Zhao Lian-Feng
Title  
   Professor
Highest Education  
   Ph.D.
Subject Categories  
   Geophysics
Phone  
   010-82998658
Zip Code  
   100029
Fax  
   010-62010846
Email  
   zhaolf@mail.iggcas.ac.cn
Office  
   No.19 Beitucheng West Road, Chaoyang District, Beijing, 100029, China

Education and Appointments：

Lian-Feng Zhao
Professor in Geophysics

Education
2003: Ph.D., Chengdu University of Technology, Chengdu, China
2000: M.S., Chengdu University of Technology, Chengdu, China
1993: B.S., Eastern China Institute of Technology, Fuzhou, China

Professional experience

2010-2011, Visiting Assistant Researcher, IGPP, University of California at Santa Cruz, California, USA.  
2017-present, Professor, Institute of Geology and Geophysics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
2008-2017, Associate Professor, Institute of Geology and Geophysics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
2003-2008, Postdoctoral researcher, Institute of Geology and Geophysics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
1993-1997, Engineer, The 240th Institute of Northeast Geological Bureau, China National Nuclear Corporation (CNNC), Shenyang, China


Research Interests：
Seismology: Seismic Source Mechanism, Wave Propagation, Seismic Tomography, Receiver Function, Reflection Seismology, Seismic Data Processing.
Earth Structure Study: Crust-upper Mantle Structure.
Public Services：

Honors：
  • 2018 Outstanding contribution as an Editor in 2017-2018, Earth and Planetary Physics. [Certificate]
  • 2014 Fu Chengyi Youth Science and Technology Award, Chinese Geophysical Society  

Supported Projects：

NNSF (National Natural Science Foundation) projects:

  1. 2004-2006, Grant 40374016, Study on the velocity structure of the upper mantle discontinuities using transfer function and waveform inversion, (PI)
  2. 2005-2007, Grant 40404003, Modeling Seismic Response of Basin Structure and Waveform Inversion, (Co-PI)
  3. 2008-2011, Grant 90714012, Q value, velocity anisotropy distribution, and thermal and compositional anomaly beneath North China Craton, (Co-PI)
  4. 2010-2012, Grant 40974029, Study on crustal Lg Q tomography in and around Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, (PI)
  5. 2011-2014, Grant 41030319, Imaging source rupture process and its application in earthquake emergency, (Co-PI)
  6. 2012-2015, Grant 41174048, Study on both phase velocity and attenuation of Pn-wave from the North Korea Nuclear explosions, (PI)
  7. 2014-2017, Grant 41374065, Uppermost mantle Pn- and Sn-waves Q tomography in and around Tibetan Plateau, (PI)
  8. 2017-2020, Grant 41674060, Uppermost Mantle Pn-wave Geometric Spreading and Q Tomography within Oceanic Lithospheres in Japan Sea, (PI)
  9. 2017-2021, Grant 41630210, Seismic Q model reconstructions in the crust and uppermost mantle and its dynamic implications in The Tethyan orogenic belt, (Co-PI)

CAS (Chinese Academy of Sciences) projects:

  1. 2007-2009, Grant KZCX2-YW-101, Study on key technologies of high-precision seismic data processing for the complex structures, (Co-PI)
  2. 2008-2009, Grant CXJJ-225, Nuclear explosion identification and yield estimation using the regional seismic phases, (PI)

CPSF (China Postdoctoral Science Foundation) project:

  1. 2003-2005, Study on Q-value Imaging method using the surface and cross-well seismic data, (PI)

Other projects:

  1. 2004, Seismic tomography software, (PI)
  2. 2008-2009, Geophysical tomography software, (PI)
  3. 2009-2010, Investigations on highland structures for railway tunnels by using Magnetotelluric method, (PI)
  4. 2015-2017, Magnetotelluric investigations on highland structures for railway tunnels of Guiyang-Nanning passenger dedicated line, (PI)

Publications：
  1. Zhao L.-F., and S.M. Mousavi (2018), Lateral variation of crustal Lg attenuation in eastern North America, Scientific Reports, 8:7285, doi:10.1038/s41598-018-25649-5. [PDF]
  2. He, X., L.-F. Zhao, X.-B. Xie, and Z.-X. Yao (2018), High-precision relocation and event discrimination for the 3 September 2017 underground nuclear explosion and subsequent seismic svents at the North Korean test site, Seism. Res. Lett., 89 (6): 2042-2048, doi: 10.1785/0220180164. [PDF] [快报1] [快报2] [Online Materials]
  3. Wei, Z., L.-F. Zhao, X.-B. Xie, J.-L. Hao, and Z.-X. Yao (2018), Seismic characteristics of the 15 February 2013 bolide explosion in Chelyabinsk, Russia. Earth Planet. Phys., 2, 420–429, doi: 10.26464/epp2018039. [PDF]
  4. Fan N., L.-F. Zhao, X.-B. Xie, and Z-X. Yao (2018), A discontinuous-grid finite-difference scheme for frequency-domain 2D scalar wave modeling, Geophysics, 83(4):1-36, doi:10.1190/geo2017-0535.1. [PDF]
  5. Zhao, L. F., X. B. Xie, W. M. Wang, J.L. Hao, and Z. X. Yao (2016), Seismological investigation of the 2016 January 6 North Korean underground nuclear test, Geophys. J. Int., 206, 1487-1491, doi: 10.1093/gji/ggw239. [PDF] [快报]
  6. Fan, N., L.F. Zhao, X.B. Xie, Z. Ge, and Z.X. Yao (2016), Two-dimensional time-domain finite-difference modeling for viscoelastic seismic wave propagation, Geophys. J. Int., 206, 1539-1551, doi: 10.1093/gji/ggw228. [PDF] [简介]
  7. Zhao, L. F., and X. B. Xie (2016), Strong Lg-wave attenuation in the Middle East continental collision orogenic belt, Tectonophysics, 674, 135–146, doi: 10.1016/j.tecto.2016.02.025. [PDF] [简介]
  8. Zhao, L. F., X. B. Xie, B. F. Tian, Q. F. Chen, T. Y. Hao, and Z. X. Yao (2015), Pn wave geometrical spreading and attenuation in Northeast China and the Korean Peninsula constrained by observations from North Korean nuclear explosions, J. Geophys. Res. Solid Earth, 120, 7558–7571 , doi:10.1002/2015JB012205. [PDF] [简介]
  9. Fan, N., L. F. Zhao, Y. J Gao, and Z. X. Yao (2015), A discontinuous collocated-grid implementation for high-order finite-difference modeling, Geophysics, 80(4), T175-T181, doi: 10.1190/geo2015-0001.1. [PDF][简介]
  10. Zhao, L. F., X. B. Xie, W. M. Wang, and Z. X. Yao (2014), The 12 February 2013 North Korean underground nuclear test, Seism. Res. Lett., 85, 130-134, doi: 10.1785/0220130103. [PDF]  [Online Materials]
  11. Zhao, L. F., X. B. Xie, J. K. He, X. Tian, and Z. X. Yao (2013), Crustal flow pattern beneath the Tibetan Plateau constrained by regional Lg-wave Q tomography, Earth Planet. Sci. Lett., 383, 113-122, doi: 10.1016/j.epsl.2013.09.038. [PDF]
  12. Zhao, L. F., X. B. Xie, W. M. Wang, J. H. Zhang, and Z. X. Yao (2013), Crustal Lg attenuation within the North China Craton and its surrounding regions, Geophys. J. Int., 195, 513–531, doi: 10.1093/gji/ggt235. [PDF]
  13. Zhao, L. F., X. B. Xie, W. M. Wang, and Z. X. Yao (2012), Yield estimation of the 25 May 2009 North Korean nuclear explosion, Bull Seism. Soc. Am., 102, 467-478, doi: 10.1785/0120110163. [PDF]
  14. Zhao, L. F., X. B. Xie, W. M. Wang, J. H. Zhang, and Z. X. Yao (2010), Seismic Lg-wave Q tomography in and around Northeast China, J. Geophys. Res., 115, B08307, doi: 10.1029/2009JB007157. [PDF]
  15. Zhao, L. F., X. B. Xie, W. M. Wang, and Z. X. Yao (2008), Regional seismic characteristics of the October 9, 2006 North Korean nuclear test, Bull Seism. Soc. Am., 98, 2571-2589, doi: 10.1785/0120080128.[PDF]
  16. Fan, N., L. F. Zhao, X. B. Xie, and Z. X. Yao (2013), Measurement of Rayleigh-wave magnitudes for North Korean nuclear tests, Chinese J. Geophys. (in Chinese), 56 (3): 906-915, doi: 10.6038/cjg20130319. [PDF] 
  17. Wang, W. M., L. F. Zhao, J. Li, and Z. X. Yao (2008), Rupture process of the Ms 8.0 Wenchuan earthquake of Sichuan, China, Chinese J. Geophys. (in Chinese & English), 51, 1403-1410. [PDF]
  18. Li, J., B. F. Tian, W. M. Wang, L. F. Zhao, and Z. X. Yao (2007), Lateral variation in the sedimentary structure of West Bohai bay Basin inferred from P-multiple receiver functions, Bull. Seism. Soc. Am., 97, 1355-1363, doi: 10.1785/0120060158.[PDF]
  19. Zhang, J. H., W. M. Wang, L. F. Zhao, and Z. X. Yao (2007), Modeling 3D scalar waves using the Fourier finite difference method, Chinese J. Geophys. (in Chinese & English), 52, 1854-1862.[PDF]
  20. Zhao, L. F., W. M. Wang, J. Li, and Z. X. Yao (2006), Modeling the seismic response of basin-edge structure by a sequential waveform method, Tectonophysics, 420, 493-507.[PDF]
  21. Zhao, L. F., W. M. Wang, J. Li, and Z. X. Yao (2005), Yield estimation of the 11 May 1998 Indian nuclear test using relative static source strength, Chinese J. Geophys. (in Chinese & English), 48, 1164-1169.[PDF]
  22. Wang, W. M., L. F. Zhao, J. Li, and Z. X. Yao (2005), Rupture process of the Chi-Chi (Taiwan) earthquake in 1999. Chinese J. Geophys. (in Chinese & English), 48, 132-147.[PDF]
  23. Wang, W. M., L. Li, L. F. Zhao, J. Li, and Z. X. Yao (2005), Rupture process of Jiashi, Xinjiang earthquake (Ms 6.5) of Feb. 24, 2003, Chinese J. Geophys. (in Chinese & English), 48, 343-351.[PDF]
  24. Li, J., W. M. Wang, L. F. Zhao, and Z. X. Yao (2005), Rupture process of the July 11, 2004, Tibet (Mw 6.2) earthquake, Chinese J. Geophys. (in Chinese & English), 48, 843-850.[PDF]
  25. Zhao, L. F., W. M. Wang, and Z. X. Yao (2004), Seismic Attenuation Tomography using the Successive Lineation Method, Chinese J. Geophys. (in Chinese & English), 47, 691-696.[PDF]
  26. Zhao, L. F., J. S. Zhu, J. X. Cao, and Q. S. Zheng, (2003), Ray tracing using ordinal wavefront reconstruction method, Chinese J. Geophys. (in Chinese & English), 46, 415-420.[PDF]
  27. Cao, X. L., J. S. Zhu, L. F. Zhao, J. M. Cao, and X. H. Hong (2001), Three Dimensional Shear Wave Velocity Structure of Crust and Upper Mantle in South China Sea and its Adjacent Regions by Surface Waveform Inversion, Acta Seismological Sinica (in Chinese & English), 14, 177-128.[PDF]
 
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