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School of Earth, Society & Environment Department of Earth Science & Environmental Change

Xiaodong Song

Professor Emeritus

Research Interests

My research focuses on seismic wave propagation and application of seismic observations in modeling and imaging the structure and dynamics of the Earth's interior, in particular, the deep mantle and the core, and lithosphere structure and tectonics of east Asia.

Education

  • Ph.D., California Institute of Technology
 

Courses Taught

  • GEOL 452: Introduction to Geophysics
  • GEOL 454: Introduction to Seismology
  • GEOL 593K: Physics of Earth's Interior

Additional Campus Affiliations

Professor Emeritus, Earth Science and Environmental Change

Recent Publications

Luo, H., Zhou, Y., Zhao, Z., Köküm, M., Wang, T., Yue, H., Wang, Z., Hu, N., Ghosh, A., Song, X., & Bürgmann, R. (2025). A New Fault Slip Mode Unveiled in the Regional Dynamic Triggering of the 2023 Turkey Kahramanmaraş Earthquake Sequence. AGU Advances, 6(1), Article e2024AV001457. https://doi.org/10.1029/2024AV001457

Ma, J., Song, X., Bunge, H. P., Fichtner, A., & Tian, Y. (2025). Wholesale flat subduction of the Indian slab and northward mantle convective flow: Plateau growth and driving force of the India–Asia collision. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 122(7), Article e2411776122. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2411776122

Masson, F., Saad, O. M., Zaher, M. A., & Song, X. (2025). Overview of the focus issue on enhancing earthquake research through geomagnetic and seismic data analysis. Earthquake Science, 38(2), 79-80. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.eqs.2025.01.001

Sun, H., Chang, L., Song, X., & Wang, X. (2025). Crustal deformation across the southeastern flank of the eastern Himalayan syntaxis from 3D velocity and anisotropic structures. Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 654, Article 119230. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.epsl.2025.119230

Xiao, H., Marshak, S., DeLucia, M., & Song, X. (2025). Moho depth (crustal thickness) variations under the northeastern midcontinent of North America, based on H-κ−c receiver-function analysis. Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 658, Article 119289. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.epsl.2025.119289

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School of Earth, Society & Environment Department of Earth Science & Environmental Change

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