Research Interests
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| I am interested in both solid Earth geophysics and exploration geophysics. In the past twenty years I have involved in various projects in mantle tomography, seismic migration, hypocentral determination, reservoir characterization, seismotectonics, crosswell seismic imaging, and gravity modeling. It very challenging to work on both academic and industry fields because that new generation of geophysics requires a higher level of integration of all types of information in order to better constrain the solutions to ever more complicated problems. My colleagues and I are using various seismic imaging techniques to help understand subsurface features of sizes from thousands of kilometers to millimeter, a scale range of power 10! The targets of our study range from global anomalies such as subduction zones and mantle plumes, to regional anomalies such as crustal structure of southern California, to local anomalies such as oil and gas reservoirs, and to anomalies in a laboratory sample. |
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Biographical Information
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| Hua-wei Zhou received a BS (1980) in mathematics from China University of Geosciences at Wuhan, a MS (1984) in geology from CalState Long Beach, and a PhD (1989) in geophysics from Caltech. Since 1989 He has been an assistant and associate professor at University of Houston, where he now serves as associate director of the Allied Geophysical lab. He worked at Exxon from 1997 to 1998. His current research interests are seismic inversion and imaging as applied to solid-Earth geophysics and seismic exploration and exploitation. |
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PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:
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8/98 - present Associate Director Allied Geophysical Lab, Univ. of Houston
9/95 - present Associate Professor Dept of Geosciences, Univ. of Houston
5/97 - 7/98 Research Specialist Exxon Production Research Co.
9/90 - 8/95 Assistant Professor Dept of Geosciences, Univ. of Houston
11/89 - 8/90 Visiting Assistant Professor Dept of Geosciences, Univ. of Houston
8/84 - 10/89 Research/Teaching Assistant Seismological Lab, Caltech
6/82 - 5/84 Research Assistant Dept of Geological Sciences. CalState Long Beach
6/80 - 5/82 Lecturer China University of Geosciences, Wuhan, P. R. China
10/75 - 3/77 Field Geological Assistant Jiangsu Geological Survey Team, Nanjing, P. R. China
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Areas of expertise
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Earthquake Seismology
Exploration seismology
Digital data processing
Geodynamics
Seismic tomography |
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Curriculum Vitae
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Current Research Projects:
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Publications List
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Recent Publications
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Currently Funded Projects
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Graduate Dissertations and Theses Previously Supervised/Advisor's
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Selected Publications
Zhou, H., and M. Murphy, Tomographic evidence for wholesale underthrusting of India beneath the entire Tibetan plateau, J. Asian Earth Sciences, in press, 2005
Zhou, H., Multi-scale tomography for crustal P and S velocities in southern California, PAGEOPH, 161, 283-302, 2004.
Zhou, H., Direct inversion of velocity interfaces, Geophys. Res. Lett., 7, doi: 10.1029/2003GL019318, 2004.
Zhou, H., Multi-scale traveltime tomography, Geophysics, 68, 1639-1649, 2003.
Bjorklund, T., K. Burke, R. S. Yeats, and H. Zhou, Miocene rifting in the Los Angeles basin: Evidence from the Puente Hills half-graben, volcanic rocks and P-wave tomography, Geology, 30, 447-450, 2002.
Zhou, H. M. Murphy, and Q. Lin, Tomographic imaging of the Tibet and surrounding region: Evidence for wholesale underthrusting of Indian slab beneath the Tibetan plateau, Earth Science Frontiers, 9(4), 285-292, 2002.
Youn, O. K., and H. Zhou, Depth imaging with multiples, Geophysics, 66, 246-255, 2001.
Cadec, O., D. A. Yuen, H. Cizkova, M. Kido, H. Zhou, D. Runet, and P. Machetel, New perspectives on mantle dynamics from high-resolution seismic tomographic model P1200, PAGEOPH, 151, 503-525, 1998, 1998.
Magistrale, H., and H. Zhou, Lithological control of the depth of earthquakes in Southern California, Science, 273, 639-642, 1996.
Zhou, H., A high-resolution P-wave model for top 1200 km of the mantle, J. Geophys. Res., 101, 27791-27810, 1996.
Ha, S. T. T., H. Zhou, R. E. Sheriff, and J. A. McDonald, Fourier transforms of approximation for sweeps and phase-encoded sweeps, Geophysics, 61, 1440-1452, 1996.
Zhou, H., and G. Chen, Waveform response to the morphology of 2D subducting slabs, Geophys. J. Int., 121, 511-522, 1995.
Zhou, H., Rapid 3-D hypocentral determination using a master station method, J. Geophys., Res., 99, 15439-15455, 1994.
Chen, G., and H. Zhou, Boundary element modeling of nondissipative and dissipative waves, Geophysics, 59, 113-118, 1994.
Zhou, H., and H. Wang, A revisit to P-wave traveltime statics at teleseismic stations, J. Geophys. Res., 99, 17849-17861, doi: 10.1029/94JB00234, 1994.
Zhou, H., J. A. Mendoza, C. A. Link, J. Jech, and J. A. McDonald, Crosswell imaging in a shallow unconsolidated reservoir, The Leading Edge, 12(1), 32-36, 1993.
Zhou, H., J. A. McDonald, C. A. Link, and J. Jech, Constraining the magnitude of velocity perturbations in traveltime tomography, J. Seism. Exploration, 2, 365-380, 1993.
Link, C. A., J. A. McDonald, D. A. Ebrom, and H. Zhou, Characterization of lithology using crosshole methods, Exploration geophysicist, 24, 645-654, 1993.
Zhou, H., Traveltime tomography with a spatial-coherency filter, Geophysics, 58, 720-726, 1993.
Allen, C. A., Z. Lou, H. Qian, X. Wen, H. Zhou, and W. Huang, Field study of a highly active fault zone: The Xianshuihe fault of southern China, Geol. Soc. Am. Bull., 103, 1178-1199, 1991.
Zhou, H., Mapping of P wave slab anomalies beneath the Tonga, Kermadec and New Hebrides arcs, Phys. Earth Planet. Inter., 61, 199-229, 1990.
Zhou, H., and R. W. Clayton, P and S wave travel-time inversions for subducting slab under the island arcs of the Northwest Pacific, J. Geophys. Res., 95, 6829-6852, 1990.
Zhou, H., D. L. Anderson, and R. W. Clayton, Modeling of residual spheres for subduction zone earthquakes. I. Apparent slab penetration signatures in the NW Pacific caused by deep diffuse mantle anomalies, J. Geophys. Res., 95, 6799-6827, doi: 10.1029/89JB03215, 1990.
Zhou, H., How well can we resolve the deep seismic slab with seismic tomography? Geophys. Res. Lett., 15, 1425-1428, 1988.
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