Research Interests
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Seismic constraints on continental evolution
Crust and upper mantle structure of the earth
Plume-ridge interaction
Mountain building process
Seismic inversion techniques
Synthetic waveform modeling
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Curriculum Vitae
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Courses
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Earthquakes (GEOL3334), spring, 2003, spring 2006.
Seismic wave and ray theory (GEOL7333), spring 2004, spring, 2005, fall 2005, fall 2006.
Seismic Inversion (GEOL7322), fall 2003, fall 2004, spring 2006, spring 2007
Introduction to Geophysics, fall 2007
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Students
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Jorge Garcia (MS, 2006)
Lianzhong Feng (MS, current)
Arianna Lisi (Ph.D., current)
Chingwen Chen (Ph.D., starting from fall 2007)
Shuqin Ma (Ph.D., starting from fall 2007)
Bongani Mashele ( Undergraduate, current)
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Published Abstracts
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Selected Publications
Li, A. and C. Chen, Shear-wave splitting beneath the central Tien Shan and tectonic implications, Geophys. Res. Lett., 33, doi:10.1029/2006GL027717, 2006.
Li, A. and K. Burke, Upper mantle structure of southern Africa from Rayleigh wave tomography, J. Geophys. Res., 111, doi:10.1029/2006JB004321, 2006
Li, A. and R.S. Detrick, Seismic structure of Iceland from Rayleigh wave inversions and geodynamic implications, Earth Planet. Sci. Lett., Vol 241, 901-912, 2006.
Li, A., D.W. Forsyth and K.M. Fischer, Rayleigh wave constraints on shear-wave structure and azimuthal anisotropy beneath the Colorado Rocky Mountains, in The Rocky Mountain Region: An Evolving Lithosphere, edited by K.E. Karlstrom and G.R. Keller, pp.385-401, Geophysical Monograph 154, AGU. Washington DC 2005.
Fischer, K. M., A. Li, D. W. Forsyth, and S. Hung, Imaging three-dimensional anisotropy with broadband seismometer arrays, in Seismic Earth: Array Analysis of Broadband Seismograms, edited by A. Levander and G. Nolet, pp99-116, Geophysical Monograph 157, AGU. Washington DC 2005.
Forsyth, D.W., and A. Li, Array-analysis of two-dimensional variations in surface wave phase velocity and azimuthal anisotropy in the presence of multipathing interference, in Seismic Earth: Array Analysis of Broadband Seismograms, edited by A. Levander and G. Nolet, pp81-98, Geophysical Monograph 157, AGU. Washington DC 2005.
Li, A., and R. Detrick, Azimuthal anisotropy and phase velocity beneath Iceland: implication for plume-ridge interaction, Earth Planet. Sci. Lett., Vol 214, 1-2, 153-165, 2003.
Li, A., D. W. Forsyth and K. M. Fischer, Shear velocity structure and azimuthal anisotropy beneath eastern North America from Rayleigh wave inversion, J. Geophys. Res., 108, B8, 2362, 10.1029/2002JB002259, 2003.
Li, A., K. M. Fischer, S. van der Lee, and M. E. Wysession, Crust and upper mantle discontinuity structure beneath eastern North America, J. Geophys. Res., 107, 10.1029/2001JB000190, 2002.
Li, A., D. W. Forsyth and K. M. Fischer, Evidence for shallow isostatic compensation of the southern Rocky Mountains from Rayleigh wave tomography, Geology, 30, 683-686, 2002.
Li, A., K. M. Fischer, M. E. Wysession and T. J. Clarke, Mantle discontinuities and temperature under the North American continental keel, Nature, 395, 160-163, 1998.
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