Talent details
Education and Appointments
Education
Ph.D. in Geophysics, Institute of Geophysics, China Earthquake Administration, China, 2002
M. S. in Hydrogeology, China University of Geosciences (Wuhan), China, 1999
B. S. in Hydrogeology and Engneering Geology, Xi’An University of Science and Technology, China, 1996
Appointments
2014.05 - present, Professor, Institute of Tibetan Plateau Research, CAS, China
2015.11 - 2015.12, Senior Visiting Scholar, Department of Earth Science, Rice Unversity, USA
2004.09 - 2014.04 Associate Professor, Institute of Tibetan Plateau Research, CAS, China
2009.05 - 2009.08, Senior Visiting Scholar, Earth Resources Laboratory, MIT, USA
2008.06 - 2008.12, Senior Visiting Scholar, Earth Resources Laboratory, MIT, USA
2002.10 - 2004.08, Postdoctor, Peking University, China
Research Interest
Research Interests:
Velocity and attenuation changes after large earthquake based upon high resolution time-lapse tomography
Glaciers seismology
Velocity and anisotropy of brittle layer in upper crust from 2D Pg travel time tomography
3D structure of crust and mantle by traditional travel time tomography/double difference tomography
Crustal attenuation by amplitude tomography using magnitude measurement data
Uppermost mantle velocity and anisotropy using Pn/Sn tomography
Research Fields: Seismology, Geodynamics
Selected Publications
Publications in the recent 5 years （2016-2020）（* corresponding author; # joint first authors; Including books and book chapters）
Part 1: 5 representative publications
1. Pei, S., F. Niu*, Y. Ben-Zion, Q. Sun, Y. Liu, X. Xue, J. Su, Z. Shao (2019), Seismic velocity reduction and accelerated recovery due to earthquakes on the Longmenshan fault, Nature Geoscience. 12, pages387–392, DOI: 10.1038/s41561-019-0347-1
2. Pei, S.*, Z. Peng, X. Chen (2018). Locations of injection-induced earthquakes in Oklahoma controlled by crustal structures. Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth, 123. DOI: 10.1002/2017JB014983
3. Liu, Y., S. Pei* (2017), Temporal and spatial variation of b-value before and after Wenchuan earthquake and its tectonic implication, CHINESE JOURNAL OF GEOPHYSICS-CHINESE EDITION, 2017.6, 60(6)：2104~2112
4. Pei, S.*, H. Liu, L. Bai, Y. Liu, and Q. Sun(2016), High-resolution seismic tomography of the 2015 Mw7.8 Gorkha earthquake, Nepal: Evidence for the crustal tearing of the Himalayan rift, Geophys. Res. Lett., 43, doi:10.1002/2016GL069808.
Part 2: all other publications (exclude part 1)
5. Sun, Q. S. Pei*, Z. Cui, Y. Chen, Y. Liu, X. Xue, J. Li, H. Zuo (2020), new growth model of the northeastern Tibetan Plateau from high-resolution seismic imaging by improved double-difference tomography, Tectonophysics, DOI: 10.1016/j.tecto.2020.228699 (online)
6. Sun, Q. S. Pei*, J. Su, Y. Liu, X. Xue, J. Li, H. Zuo (2020) Three-dimensional seismic velocity structure across the 17 June 2019 Changning Ms 6.0 earthquake, Sichuan, China, doi:10.6038/cjg2021O0246 (in press)
7. Xu, Qiang, H. Liu, X. Yuan, J. Zhao, S. Pei (2020), Eastward dipping style of the underthrusting Indian lithosphere beneath the Tethyan Himalaya illuminated by P and S receiver functions, Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth, DOI: 10.1029/2020JB021219 (in press)
