Peer-reviewed Publications: Lianxing Wen

• Wen, L., Satellite gravity measurements monitoring terrestrial water storage change and drought in the lower 48 United States, to be submitted.
  

• Wen, L., Dynamics of Mars and origin of Tharsis, submitted.
  

• Wen, L. and Long, H., High-precision location of North Korea's 2009 nuclear test, Seism. Res. Lett., 81 (1), 26-29, 2010.
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• Wang, Y., Wen, L. and Weidner, D., Array triplication data constraining seismic structure and composition in the mantle, Surveys in Geophys. , vol. 30 (4), 355, doi:10.1007/s10712-009-9073-3, 2009.
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• He, Y. and Wen, L., Structural features and shear-velocity structure of the "Pacific Anomaly", J. Geophys. Res., 114, B02309, doi:10.1029/2008JB005814, 2009.
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• Zhao, L., Wen, L., Chen, L. and Zheng, T., A two-dimensional hybrid method for modeling seismic wave propagation in anisotropic media, J. Geophys. Res., 113, B12307, doi:10.1029/2008JB005733, 2008.
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• Ghosh, A., Holt, W. E., Wen, L., Flesch, L. M., Haines, A. J., Joint modeling of lithosphere and mantle dynamics elucidating lithosphere-mantle coupling, Geophys. Res. Lett., 35, L16309, doi:10.1029/2008GL034365, 2008.
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• Wang, Y., Wen, L. and Weidner, D., Upper mantle SH- and P-velocity structures and compositional models beneath southern Africa, Earth Panet. Sci. Lett., 267, 596-608, 2008.
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• Wang, Y. and Wen, L., Complex seismic anisotropy near the border of a very low velocity province at the base of the Earth's mantle, J. Geophys. Res., 112, B09305, Doi:10.1029/2006JB004719, 2007.
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• Yu, W. and Wen, L., Complex seismic anisotropy in the Earth's inner core beneath Africa, J. Geophys. Res., 112, B08304, Doi:10.1029/2006JB004868, 2007.
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• Wang, Y. and Wen, L., Geometry and P- and S- velocity structure of the "African anomaly", J. Geophys. Res., 112, B05313, Doi:10.1029/2006JB004483, 2007.
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• Flesch, L. M., Holt, W. E., Haines, A. J., Wen, L., Shen-Tu, B., The dynamics of Western North America: stress measurements and the relative role of Gravitational Potential Energy, plate interaction at the boundary and basal tractions, Geophys. J. Int., 169, 866-896, 2007.
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• Wen, L., Localized temporal change of the Earth's inner core boundary, Science, 314. no. 5801, pp. 967 - 970, DOI: 10.1126/science.1131692, 2006.
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• Yu, W. and Wen, L., Seismic velocity and attenuation structures in the top 400 km of the inner core along the equatorial paths, J. Geophys. Res., 111, B07308, doi:10.1029/2005JB003995, 2006.
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• Wang, Y., Wen, L., Weidner, D. and He, Y., SH velocity and compositional models near the 660-km discontinuity beneath South America and Northeast Asia, J. Geophys. Res., 111, B07305, doi:10.1029/2005JB003849, 2006.
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• Wen, L., A compositional anomaly at the Earth's core-mantle boundary as an anchor to the relatively slowly-moving surface hotspots and as source to the DUPAL anomaly, Earth Planet. Sci. Lett., 246, 138-148, 2006.
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• Yu, W. and Wen, L., Inner core attenuation anisotropy, Earth Planet. Sci. Lett., 245, 581-594, 2006.
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• He, Y., Wen, L., and Zheng, T., Geographic boundary and shear velocity structure of the "Pacific anomaly" near the core-mantle boundary beneath western Pacific, Earth Planet. Sci. Lett., 244, 302-314, 2006.
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• Chen, L, Wen, L., and Zheng T., A wave equation migration method using receiver functions: (II) application to the Japan subduction zone, J. Geophys. Res., 110, B11310, doi:10.1029/2005JB003666, 2005.
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• Chen, L, Wen, L., and Zheng T., A wave equation migration method using receiver functions: (I) Theory, J. Geophys. Res., 110, B11309, doi:10.1029/2005JB003665, 2005.
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• Yu, W., Wen, L., and Niu, F., Seismic velocity structure in the Earth's outer core, J. Geophys. Res., 110, B02302, doi:10.1029/2003JB002928, 2005.
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• Wang, Y. and Wen, L., Mapping the geometry and geographic distribution of a very-low velocity province at the base of the Earth's mantle, J. Geophys. Res., 109, B10305, doi:10.1029/2003JB002674, 2004.
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• Butler, R., Lay, T., Creager, C., Earl, P., Fischer, K., Gaherty, J., Laske, G., Leith, B., Park, J., Ritzwoller, M., Tromp, J., and Wen, L., The Global Seismographic Network surpasses its design goals, EOS, 85, 225-232, 2004.
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• Niu F. and Wen, L., Difference in seismic velocity between the eastern and western hemispheres in the top of the earth's inner core, Global Tectonics and Metallogeny, 8, 109-111, 2003.
  

• Wen, L., Inner core anisotropy and hemisphericity, McGraw-Hill 2003 Yearbook of Science and Technology, McGraw-Hill, New York, 192-195, 2003.
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• Wen, L., and Niu, F., Seismic velocity and attenuation structures in the top of the Earth's inner-core, J. Geophys. Res., 107 (B11), 2273, doi:10.1029/2001JB000170, 2002.
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• Niu, F. and Wen, L., Seismic anisotropy in the top 400 km of the inner core beneath the "eastern" hemisphere, Geophys. Res. Lett., 29, No 12, 10.1029/2001GL014118, June 29, 2002.
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• Wen, L., An SH hybrid method and shear velocity structures in the lowermost mantle beneath the central Pacific and South Atlantic oceans, J. Geophys. Res., 107, B3, 10.1029/2001JB000499 29 March 2002, 2002.
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• Wen, L., Seismic evidence for a rapidly-varying compositional anomaly at the base of the Earth's mantle beneath the Indian ocean, Earth Planet. Sci. Lett., 194, 83-95, 2001.
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• Niu, F. and Wen, L., Strong seismic scatterers near the core-mantle boundary west of Mexico, Geophys. Res. Lett., 28, 3557-3560, 2001.
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• Wen, L., Silver, P., James, D. and Kuehnel, R., Seismic evidence for a thermo-chemical boundary layer at the base of the Earth's mantle, Earth Planet. Sci. Lett., 189, 141-153, 2001.
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• Niu, F. and Wen, L., Hemispherical variations in seismic velocity at the top of the Earth's inner-core, Nature, 410, 1081-1084, 2001.
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• Wen, L., Intense seismic scattering near the Earth's core-mantle boundary beneath the Comoros hotspot, Geophys. Res. Lett., 27, 3627-3630, 2000.
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• Helmberger, D.V., Si, N., Wen, L. and Ritsema, J., Seismic Evidence for ultra low velocity zones beneath Africa and the Atlanic Ocean, J. Geophys. Res., 105, 23,865-23,878, 2000.
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• Helmberger, D.V., Wen, L. and Ding, X., Seismic Evidence that the Source of the Iceland Hotspot lies at the Core-mantle Boundary, Nature, 396, 251-255, 1998.
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• Wen, L. and Helmberger, D.V., Ultra-low velocity zones near the core-mantle boundary from broadband PKP precursors, Science, 279, 1701-1703, 1998.
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• Wen, L. and Helmberger, D.V., A 2D P-SV Hybrid Method and Its Application to Localized Structures near the Core-Mantle Boundary, J. Geophys. Res., 103, 17,901-17,918, 1998.
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• Wen, L. and Anderson, D.L., Present-day Plate Motion Constraint on Mantle Rheology and Convection, J. Geophys. Res., 102, 24,639-24,654, 1997.
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• Wen, L. and Anderson, D.L., Layered Mantle Convection: A Model for Geoid and Topography, Earth Planet. Sci. Lett., 146, 367-377, 1997.
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• Wen, L. and Anderson, D.L., Slabs, Hotspots, cratons and Mantle Convection Revealed from Residual Seismic Tomography in the Upper Mantle, Phys. Earth Planet. Int., 99, 131-143, 1997.
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• Wen, L. and Helmberger, D.V., Propagational Corrections for Basin Structure: Lander's Earthquake, Bull. Seism. Soc. Am., 87, 782-787, 1997.
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• Wen, L. and Anderson, D.L., The Fate of the Slabs Inferred from Seismic Tomography and 130 Ma Subduction, Earth Planet. Sci. Lett., 133, 185-198, 1995.
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• Wen, L. and Yao, Z.X., A Study of the Effects of the Feitsui Canyon Topography on the Ground Strong Motion -Using 2.5-D SH Hybrid Method and the Strong Motion Records at A Station, ACTA, Geophysica Sinica, 38, 64-70, 1995.

• Wen, L. and Yao, Z.X., Theory and Application of Hybrid Method Seismograms, ACTA, Geophysica Sinica, 37, 211-219, 1994.

• Yao, Z.X., Zheng T.-Y. and Wen, L., Moment Tensor Inversion Method for Determining the Earthquake Process by the Use of P-Wave from Data, ACTA, Geophysica Sinica, 37, 36-44, 1994.