I am a seismologist who determines the seismic structure of the Earth’s interior to understand its chemical composition and dynamic processes by analyzing seismic phases.
Research Interests
🌍 Imaging seismic scatterers to understand the fate of subducted oceanic crust and its contribution to geochemical heterogeneity.
🌊 Exploring the crust/mantle/inner core seismic structure.
🌋 Imaging the structure of subducting slabs to help understand the deep-focus earthquake genesis and the deep water cycle.
🪨 Anatomizing the nature of lithosphere and mantle discontinuities in terms of sharpness and impedance contrast.
📈 Constraining the seismic anisotropy, the directional and polarizational dependence of seismic wave speeds, probing deformation at depth.
🌐 Characterizing tectonic processes associated with continental subduction, seamount subduction, and flat-slab subduction.
🌊 Understanding the physics of oceans by analyzing T-waves.
⚡ Studying earthquake physics by analyzing the mainshock-aftershock sequence’s characteristics.
Interdisciplinary Approach
To get a better understanding of the Earth’s internal structure and dynamics, I also incorporate seismic results with constraints from other Earth science fields, like geodynamics, petrogeology, and mineral physics.
Mentorship
I am interested in mentoring (under-)graduate students and post-doctoral researchers, and enjoy working closely with them to get some ideas onto paper. If you are a prospective student, please do not hesitate to contact me.
🔗 ORCID: 0000-0002-6357-8948
📊 Web of Science ResearchID: C-5208-2009
🌐 ResearchGate: Profile
📊 Web of Science ResearchID: C-5208-2009
🌐 ResearchGate: Profile
“Probing Earth’s interior through seismic waves”
Xiaobo He 