Quangfu Shao

Alumnus
PhD Summer 2012

Specialization

Research Area
Geophysics

Advisor
Chen Ji

Research

My research focuses on understanding earthquake rupture processes by processing, interpreting, and modeling seismic waves and geodetic data.

Publications

  • Dissertation Title: Rupture characterizations of the 2008 Mw 7.9 Wenchuan Earthquake and the 2011 Mw 9.1 Tohoku-Oki earthquake
  • Shao, G., Ji, C. and Hauksson, E. (2012). Rupture process and energy budget of the July 29, 2008 Mw 5.4 Chino Hills, California Earthquake. Journal of Geophysical Research, doi:10.1029/2011JB008856.
  • Shao, G. and Ji, C. (2012). What the Exercise of the Source Inversion Validation BlindTest 1 Did Not Tell You? Geophysical Journal International, 188, Doi: 10.1111/j.1365- 246X.2012.05359.x
  • Shao, G. and Ji, C. (2011). Rupture Process of the 9 March, 2011 Mw 7.4 Sanriku-oki, Japan earthquake constrained by jointly inverting teleseismic waveforms, strong motion data and GPS observations, Geophysical Research letters, 38. L00G20. Doi:10.1029/2011GL049164.
  • Shao, G., Li, X., Ji, C. and Maeda, T. (2011). Preliminary slip history of 2011 Mw 9.1 Tohoku-Oki earthquake, constrained with teleseismic body and surface waves. Earth, Planets and Space, 63(7), 559-564.