Xiaodong Song

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Professor

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Degree

  • Ph.D., Caltech, 1994

Research Interests

Seismic wave propagation and application of seismic observations in modeling and imaging the structure and dynamics of the Earth's interior:  determination of the inner core rotation, mapping the fine structures of the inner core anisotropy, the inner core-fluid core boundary, and lateral variation of core-mantle boundary; the structure of crust and upper mantle in China and east Asia and the tectonics of the region. Approaches include waveform modeling and seismic tomography.

Teaching / Courses TAUGHT

  • Geol 452: Introduction to Geophysics

  • Geol 454, previously 358: Introduction to Seismology

  • Geol 554, previosly 454: Physics of Earth's Interior

  • Geol 250: Geology for Engineers

  • Geol 493R1: Data Analysis in Geosciences

  • Geol 593K4: Center of the Earth

  • Geol 593 K14: Seismic Interferometry, Diffuse Wave Correlations, and Imaging (jointly with Physics and Purdue)

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