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Name  
 ZHAO Xu
Title  
   Associate Professor
Highest Education  
   Ph.D.
Subject Categories  
   Geophysics
Phone  
   010-82998757
Zip Code  
   100029
Fax  
   010-62010846
Email  
   zhaox@mail.iggcas.ac.cn, alex.amazingyou@gmail.com
Office  
   No.19 Beitucheng West Road, Chaoyang District, Beijing, 100029, China

Education and Appointments：

ZHAO Xu

Education:

  • Ph.D., 2016, Institute of Geology and Geophysics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
  • M.S., 2007, Institute of Seismology, China Earthquake Administration, Wuhan, China
  • B.S., 2004, China University of Geosciences, Wuhan, China

Work Experience:  

  • 10/2018 – Present, Associate Professor, Institute of Geology and Geophysics, Chinese Academy of Sciences 
  • 11/2019 – 7/2020, Visiting Scholar, Stanford University
  • 12/2016 – 9/2018, Post-doctoral Fellow, Institute of Geology and Geophysics, Chinese Academy of Sciences
  • 11/2009 – 12/2010, Visiting Scholar, Department of Earth Science, University of California, Santa Barbara
  • 12/2014 – 11/2016, Associate Research, China Earthquake Networks Center
  • 7/2007 – 11/2014, Assistant Research, China Earthquake Networks Center

Research Interests：
  1. Planetary Science
  2. Earthquake and Explosion Source
  3. Real-time Seismology
Public Services：

Honors：
2016, One-hundred talent program, China Earthquake Administration

Supported Projects：
  1. Study on focal mechanism and seismogenesis of earthquakes in shale gas mining area, Sichuan based on the shear & tensile source model (NSFC Project: 41974062, 2020-2023)
  2. Study on the rapid inversion method for the rupture history of strong earthquakes in China based on the regional W-phase (NSFC Youth Project: 41390455, 2016-2018)
  3. Focal mechanism inversion for hydraulic fracturing induced earthquakes based on the generalized shear & tensile dislocation source model(China Postdoctoral Science Foundation Project: 2018M630199, 2018-2019)
  4. Seismic Q model reconstructions in the crust and uppermost mantle and its dynamic implications in The Tethyan orogenic belt (NSFC Key Project: 41630210, 2017-2021)

Publications：

Google Scholar

  1. Zhao X., Z. X. Xiao, W. Wang, J. Li*, M. Zhao, S. Chen, and L. Tang. Fine seismogenic fault structures and complex rupture characteristics of the 2022 M6.8 Luding, Sichuan earthquake sequence revealed by deep learning and waveform modeling, Geophysical Research Letters, 2023, 50: e2023GL102976. doi: 10.1029/2023GL102976
  2. Li C.#, Y. Zheng#, X. Wang#, J. Zhang#, Y. Wang, L. Chen*, L. Zhang, P. Zhao, Y. Liu, W. Lv, Y. Liu, X. Zhao, J. Hao, W. Sun, X. Liu, B. Jia, J. Li, H. Lan, W. Fa, Y. Pan, and F. Wu. Layered subsurface in Utopia Basin of Mars revealed by Zhurong rover radar. Nature, 610, 308–312 (2022). doi: 10.1038/s41586-022-05147-5
  3. Zhao X.,Z. Duputel, and Z. X. Yao. Regional W-phase source inversion for moderate to large earthquakes in China and neighboring areas. Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth, 2017, 122, 10052-10068.
  4. Zhao X., J. L. Hao, J. Liu, and Z. X. Yao, A Comparative Study of Source Complexity of Two Moderate-Sized Earthquakes in Southern Taiwan: 2016 Mw6.4 and 2010 Mw6.2 Earthquakes. Pure and Applied Geophysics, 2017, 174(7), 2547-2560.
  5. Zhao X.,W.Feng,Y.P. Tan,J. Li,S. P. Pei,Y.R. An,W. Hua,S.L. He,Y. Zhao,J. Liu,and Z.X. Yao, Seismological Investigations of Two Massive Explosions in Tianjin, China. Seismological Research Letters, 2016, 87(4), 826-836.
  6. Zhang J. H., J. L. Hao, Zhao X.*, S. Q. Wang, L. F. Zhao, W. M.Wang, and Z. Y. Yao. Restoration of clipped seismic waveforms using projection onto convex sets method.Scientific Reports, 2016, 6, 39056.
  7. Li Q., Zhao X.*, J. A. Cai, R. F. Liu, G. H. Long, and Y. R. An. P wave velocity structure of upper and middle crust beneath the Three Gorges reservoir dam and adjacent regions. Science in China, 2009, 52(4), 567-578.
  8. Zhao X., Z. X. Yao. The kinematic characteristics of the 2016MW7.8 offshore Sumatra, Indonesia earthquake.Chinese Journal Of Geophysics,61(3),880-888(in Chinese).
  9. Zhao X., Z. B. HUANG, L. H. FANG, Q. Li, B. Zhao, Q. L. Miao. Kinematic characteristics of the source process of the Lushan, SichuanMs7.0 earthquake on 20 April 2013.Chinese Journal Of Geophysics,57(2): 419-429(in Chinese).
  10. Zhao X., J. Liu, and W. Feng. The kinematic characteristics of the Ms6.5 Ludian Yunnan earthquake in 2014. Seismology and Geology, 2014, 36(4),1157-1172(in Chinese).
  11. Zhao X., D. Zacharie, Z. B. Huang, H. F. Chen, and B. Zhao. Assessment of the automatic Centroid moment tensor inversion system for global strong earthquakes(Mw≥6.5) based on the W-phase method. Acta Seismologica Sinica, 2014, 36(5), 800-809(in Chinese).
  12. Zhao L. F., X. B. Xie, W. M. Wang, N. Fang, X. Zhao, and Z. X. Yao, The 9 September 2016 North Korean Underground Nuclear Test. Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America, 2017,107(6), 3044-3051.
  13. Wang D.,H. Kawakatsu, J. Zhuang, J. Mori, T. Maeda, H. Tsuruoka, and X. Zhao. Automated determination of magnitude and source length of large earthquakes using backprojection and P wave amplitudes.Geophysical Research Letters,2017, 44(11), 5447-5456.
  14. Fang L. H., J. P. Wu, J. Liu, J. Cheng, C. S. Jiang, L. Han, Y. Wang, K. Chen, X. Zhao, and Z. L. Wu. Preliminary Report on the 22 November 2014 Mw6.1/Ms6.3 Kangding Earthquake, Western Sichuan, China. Seismological Research Letters, 2015, 86(6), 1603-1613.
  15. Cheng J., Z. L. Wu, J. Liu, C. Jiang, X. W. Xu, L. H. Fang, X. Zhao, W. Feng, R. F. Liu, J. H. Liang, and T. Yang. Preliminary report on the 3 August 2014, Mw6.2/Ms6.5 Ludian, Yunnan-Sichuan border, south-west China, earthquake. Seismological Research Letters, 2015, 86(3), 750-763.
  16. Zhao L. F., X. B. Xie, X. He, X. Zhao, and Z. X. Yao, Seismological discrimination and yield estimation of the 3 September 2017 Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) underground nuclear test. Chin Sci Bull, 2017, 62: 4163–4168(in Chinese).
 
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