Yun Chen
Associate Research Professor of Solid Geophysics
Education Background

• September 2004 - July 2007, Ph.D in Solid Geophysics, Graduate University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, China
• September 2001 - June 2004, MSc in Exploring Geophysics, China University of Geosciences (Beijing), China
• September 1993 - July 1997, BSc in Applied Geophysics, Changchun University of Science and Technology (now Jilin University), China

Professional Experience

• December 2010 - Present  Associate Research Professor in the Institute of Geology and Geophysics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China
• January 2013 - March 2013 Junior Visiting Scholar in the Department of Physics of the Earth, German Research Centre for Geosciences (GFZ), Germany
• February 2009 - June 2009 Junior Visiting Scholar in the Department of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, Saint Louis University, USA
• October 1999 - December 2010  Assistant Research Professor in the Institute of Geology and Geophysics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China
• July 1997 - October 1999, Research Assistant in the Institute of Geophysics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China

• The First-class Award of the Excellent Scientific Research Achievement ,by Education Ministry, P. R. China, 2021
• China Top-10 Progresses in Geological Science and Technology 2015, by Geological Society of China, 2016
• Youth Scientific and Technological Award on Tibetan Plateau Research, by China Society on Tibet Plateau, 2011
• China Top-10 Progresses in Geological Science and Technology 2010, by Geological Society of China, 2011
• Tectonophysics Most Cited Article 2005 to 2010, by Geochemistry & Geophysics, Elsevier, Oxford, UK, 2011
• The Second-class Award of the Excellent Scientific Research Achievement,by Education Ministry, P. R. China, 2009
• Excellent Research Paper, by Beijing Geophysical Society, P. R. China, 2002

• Comprehensive geophysical investigation in the key corridor related to the major Yanshanian Events, DREAM project of the National Key R&D Program of China, MOST
• Comprehensive geophysical investigation transecting North-South Gravity Lineament in East China, LIPS project of the Strategic Priority Research Program (B) of Chinese Academy of Sciences, CAS
• Fine structure of the crust and upper mantle of the Emeishan large Igneous Province, National Basic Research Program of China (973 Program), MOST
• Characteristics of the crustal and mantle structure and the deep process beneath the Northern Tibet and its surrounding areas, NSFC
• Reconstruction of the crustal structure and its anisotropic characters beneath the strong interactive areas between range and basin of the Tibetan plateau, NSFC
• The finite-frequency effect in regional surface-wave tomography, CAS
• Reduction of red noise and its application in wide-angle reflection/refraction seismic profile, NSFC

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2022年

1. Li W, Chen Y*, Yuan XH, Xiao WJ*, Windley B. 2022. Intracontinental deformation of the Tianshan orogen in response to India-Asia collision. Nature Communications, 13: 3738.
2. Li X*, Chen Y*, Tian XB, Liu SZ. 2022. Magnetotelluric evidence for distributed lithospheric modification beneath the Yinchuan-Jilantai rift system and its implications for Late Cenozoic rifting in western North China. Journal of Geophyscial Research: Solid Earth, 127: e2021JB022585.
3. Li X*, Bai DH, Chen Y*, Deng YF, Zhang SQ, Xue S. 2022. Magnetotelluric signatures of Neoproterozoic subduction, and subsequet litospheric reactivation and thinning beneath central South China. Tectonophysics, 833: 229365.
4. Deng YF, Chen Y, Li PF, Zhang Z, Badal J. 2022. A synthesis of geophysical data in southeastern North China craton: Implications for the formation of the arcuate Xuhuai thrust belt. Journal of Earth Science, https://doi.org/10.1007/s12583-021-1584-y.
5. Dong XP, Yang DH*, Zhu HJ, Chen Y. 2022. Geometry-preserving full-waveform tomography and its application in the Longmen Shan area. Seicence China: Earth Sciences, 65(3): 437-448
6. Yang F, Guo GR, Li J*, Chen Q-F, Chen Y, Chen SD. 2022. Panoptic view of mantle flow beneath trans-Continental northeast Asia: Distinct variation detected from ～2,000 km shear wave splitting profile. Geophysical Research Letters, 49: e2021GL097116.
7. He Y, Chen Q-F*, Chen L, Wang X, Guo GR, Li TJ, Zhang KW, Li J, Chen Y. 2022. Distinct lithospheric structure in the Xing’an-Mongolian orogenic belt. Geophysical Research Letters, 49: e2021GL097283.

2021

1. Li W, Chen Y*, Liang XF, Xu YG. 2021. Lateral seismic anisotropy variations record interaction between Tibetan mantle flow and plume-strengthened Yangtze Craton. Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth 126, e2020JB020841.
2. Li W, Chen Y*, Xu YG. 2021. Crustal SiO2 content of the Emeishan large igneous province and its implications for magma volume and plumbing system. Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems 22: e2021GC009783.
3. Deng YF*, Xu YG*, Chen Y*. 2021. Formation mechanism of the North-South Gravity Lineament in eastern China. Tectonophysics 818: 229074.
4. Li W, Yuan X, Heit B, Schmidt-Aursch MC, Almenddros J, Geissler WH, Chen Y. 2021. Back-arc extension of the Central Bransfield Basin induced by ridge-trench collision: Implications from ambient noise tomography and stress field inversion. Geophysical Research Letters 48(21): e2021GL095032.
5. Xue S, Chen Y, Liang H, Li X, Ma X, Lu Z, Bai DH, Yan Y. 2021. Deep electrical resistivity structure across the Gyaring Co Fault in Central Tibet revealed by magnetotelluric data and its implication. Tectonophysics 809: 228835.

2020

1. Li W, Chen Y*, Tan P, Yuan XH. 2020. Geodynamic processes of the continental deep subduction: Constraints from the fine crustal structure beneath the Pamir plateau. Science China Earth Sciences, 63(5): 649-661
2. Liu Z, Tian XB, Yuan XH, Liang XF, Chen Y, Zhu GH, Zhang HS, Li W, Tan P, Zuo SC, Wu CL, Nie ST, Wang GC, Yu GP, Zhou BB. 2020. Complex structure of upper mantle beneath teh Yadong-Gulu rift in Tibet revealed by S-to-P converted waves. Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 531, 115954.
3. Zhang KW, Chen QF, Chen Y. 2020. Cruastal structure beneath the southwestern Xing’an-Mongolia Orogenic Belt revealed by receiver function analysis. Chinese Journal of Geophysics, 63(4): 1484-1504.(in Chinese with English Abstract)
4. Nie ST, Tian XB, Liang XF, Chen Y, Xu T, 2020. Pn uppermost mantle tomography of central Tibet: Implication for mechanisms of N-S rifts and conjugate faults. Tectonophysics 788: 228499.

2019年

1. Li W, Chen Y*, Liu F, Yang HF, Liu JL, Fu BH. 2019. Chain-style landslide hazardous process: Constraints from seismic signals analysis of the 2017 Xinmo landslide, SW China. Journal of Geophsical Research: Solid Earth, 124: 2025-2037
2. Chen Y, Cui T, Ding W W, Wei X D, et al, 2019. New progress on the onshore-offshore seismic survey in East China Continental Margin. Solid Earth Sciences, 4: 85-91
3. Xue S, Bai DH, Chen Y, Ma XB, Chen L, Li X, Yan YL. 2019. Contrasting crustal deformation mechanisms in the Longmenshan and West Qinling orogenic belts, NE Tibet, revealed by magnetotelluric data. Journal of Asian Earth Sciences, 176: 120-128
4. Li X, Bai DH, Ma XB, Chen Y, Varentsov IM, Xue GQ, Xue S, Lozovsky I. 2019. Electrical resistivity structure of the Xiaojiang strike-slip fault system (SW China) and its tectonic implications. Journal of Asian Earth Sciences, 176: 57-67
5. Chen QF, Ai YS, Chen Y. 2019. Overview of deep sturctures under the Changbaishan volcanic area in Northeast China. Science China Earth Sciences, 62: 935-952
6. Wu CL, Tian XB, Xu T, Liang X, Chen Y, Taylor M, Badal J, Bai Z, Duan Y, Yu GP, Teng JW. 2019. Deformation of crust and upper mantle in central Tibet caused by the northward subduction and slab tearing of the Indian lithosphere: New evidence based on shear wave splitting measurements. Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 514: 75-83.
7. Wu CL, Tian XB, Xu T, Liang XF, Chen Y, et al. 2019. Upper-Crustal anisotrpoy of the conjugate strike-slip fault zone in central Tibet anayzed using local earthquakes and shear wave splitting. Bulletin of the Seismolgogical Society of America, 109(5): 1968-1984.
8. Chen L, Song XD, Gerya TV, Xu T, Chen Y. 2019. Crustal melting beneath orogenic plateaus: Insights from 3-D thermo-mechanical modeling. Tectonophysics, 761: 1-15.
9. Teng JW, Yang DH, Tian XB, Xu T, Chen Y, Bai ZM, Liang XF, Zhang X, Wu J, Liu YS. 2019. Geophysical investigation progresses of the Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau in the past 70 years (in Chinese). Scientia Sinica Terrae, 49(10): 1546-1564.

2018

1. Li W, Chen Y*, Yuan XH, Schurr B, Mechie J, Oimahmadov I, Fu BH,2018. Continental lithospheric subduction and intermediate-depth seismicity: Constraints from S-wave velocity structures in the Pamier and Hindu Kush. Earth and Planetary Science Letters 482: 478-489.
2. Wang ZH, Chen Y*, Chen L, et al., 2018. Thermal-rheological effects induced by crustal magmatic underplating and implications for Emeishan Large Igneous Province. Acata Petrologica Sinica 34(1): 91-102.(in Chinese with English Abstract)
3. Tang P, Chen Y*, Sun WZ, Li W, Tang GB, Cui T. 2018. An improved H-K-θ stacking mehtod to determine the crustal thickenss and bulk Vp/Vs ratios in the case of a slant Moho interface. Chinese Journal of Geophysics 61(9): 3689-3700.(in Chinese with English Abstract)
4. Zhang X, Wang P, Xu Tao, Chen Y, Badal J, Teng J. 2018. Density structure of the crust in the Emeishan large igneous province revealed by the Lijiang-Guiyang gravity profile. Earth and Planetary Physics 2(1): 74-81

2017

1. Chen Y, Wang ZH, Guo X, et al., 2017. Geophysical signature of the ancient mantle plume activities: A case study of the Emeishan large igneous province. Bulletin of Mineralogy, Petrology and Geochemistry 36(3):394-403. (in Chinese with English Abstract)
2. Chen Y, Ding WW, Zheng Y, et al., 2017. Comprehensive geophysical investigation in the key corridor related to the major Yanshanian Events. Bulletin of Mineralogy, Petrology and Geochemistry 36(4):561-567. (in Chinese with English Abstract)
3. Guo X, Chen Y*, Li SD, et al.,2017. Crustal shear-wave velocity structure and its geodynamic implications beneth the Emeishan large igneous province. Chinese Journal of Geophysics 60(9): 3338-3351. (in Chinese with English Abstract)
4. Xu YG, Zhong YT, ..., Chen Y, 2017. Permian mantle plumes and Earth’s surface system evolution. Bulletin of Mineralogy, Petrology and Geochemistry 36(3):359-373. (in Chinese with English Abstract)
5. Liu Z, Tian XB, Chen Y, Xu T, Bai ZM, Liang XF, Iqbal J, Xu YG,2017. Unusually thickened crust beneath the Emeishan large igneous province detected by virtual deep seismic sounding. Tectonophysics 721: 387-394.

2016

1. Deng YF, Chen Y, Wang P, Essa KS, Xu T, Liang XF, Badal J, 2016. Magmatic underplating beneath the Emeishan large igneous province (South China) revealed by the COMGRA-ELIP experiment. Tectonophysics 672-673: 16-23.
2. Liang XF, Chen Y, Tian XB, Chen YS J, Ni J, Gallegos A, Klemperer S, Wang ML, Xu T, Sun CQ, Si SK, Lan HQ, Teng JW, 2016. 3D imaging of subducting and fragmenting Indian continental lithosphere beneath southern and central Tibet using body-wave finite-frequency tomography. Earth and Planetary Science Letters 443: 162-175.
3. Liang XF, Tian XB, Zhu GH, ..., Chen Y, Teng JW, 2016. SANDWICH: A 2D broadband seismic array in central Tibet. Seismological Research Letters 87(4): 864-873.

2015

1. Chen Y, Xu YG, Xu T, Si SK, Liang XF, Tian XB, Deng YF, Chen L, Wang P, Xu YH, Lan HQ, Xiao FH, Li W, Zhang X, Yuan XH, Badal J, Teng JW, 2015. Magmatic underplating and crustal growth in the Emeishan Large Igneous Province, SW China, revealed by a passive seismic experiment. Earth and Planetary Science Letters 432:103-114.
2. Chen Y, Li W, Yuan XH, Badal J, Teng JW, 2015. Tearing of the Indian lithospheric slab beneath southern Tibet revealed by SKS-wave splitting measurements. Earth and Planetary Science Letters 413:13-24.
3. Tian XB, Chen Y, Tseng TL, Klemperer SL, Thybo H, Liu Z, Xu T, Liang XF, Bai ZM, Zhang X, Si SK, Sun CQ, Lan HQ, Wang E, Teng JW, 2015. Weakly coupled lithospheric extension in southern Tibet. Earth and Planetary Science Letters 430:171-177.
4. Wang ML, Chen Y*, Liang XF, Xu YH, Fan YT, Xu T, Zhang ZJ, Teng JW, 2015. Surface wave tomography for South China and northern South China Sea area. Chinese Journal of Geophysics, 54(5): 1205-1214.(in Chinese with English Abstract)
5. Xu T, Zhang ZJ, Liu BF, Chen Y, Zhang MH, Tian XB, Xu YG, Teng JW, 2015. Crustal velocity structure in the Emeishan large igneous province and evidence fo the Permian mantle plume activity. Science China: Earth Sciences 589(7):1133-1147.

2014

1. Zhang ZJ, Wang YH, Houseman, GA, Xu T, Wu ZB, Yuan XH, Chen Y, Tian XB, Bai ZM, Teng JW, 2014. The Moho beneath western Tibet: Shear zones and eclogitizaitn in the lower crutst. Earth and Planetary Science Letters 408:370-377.

2013

1. Chen Y, Zhang ZJ, Sun CQ, Badal J, 2013. Crustal anisotropy from Moho converted Ps wave splitting analysis and geodynamic implications beneath the eastern margin of Tibet and surrounding regions. Gondwana Research 24(3-4):946-957.
2. Zhang ZJ, Chen Y, Yuan XH, Tian XB, Klemperer SL, Xu T, Bai ZM, Zhang HS, Wu J, Teng JW, 2013. Normal faulting from simple shear rifting in South Tibet, using evidence from passive sesmic profiling across Yadong-Gulu Rift. Tectonophysics 606:178-186.
3. Badal J, Chen Y, Chourak M, Stankiewicz J, 2013. S-wave velocity images of the Dead Sea Basin provided by amibent seismic noise. Journal of Asian Earth Sciences 75:26-35.
4. Zhang ZJ, Wang YH, Deng YF, Chen L, Wu J, Teng JW, Chen Y, Fan WM, Panza G, 2013. Geophysical constraints on mesozoic disruption of North China Craton by underplating-griggered lower-crust flow of the Archaean lithosphere. Terra Nova 25:245-251.

2012

1. Zhang ZJ, Wu J, Deng YF, Teng JW, Zhang X, Chen Y, Panza G, 2012. Lateral variation of the strength of lithosphere across the eastern North China Craton: New constraints on lithospheric disruption. Gondwana Research 22:1047-1059.
2. Yan YL, Ma XB, Chen Y, Wang GJ, Wang XX, Lan HQ, Lv QT, 2012. The study of magnetotelluric sounding on Coqen-Xainza profile in Tibet. Chinese Journal of Geophysics 55(8):2636-2642 (in Chinese with English Abstract ).

2011

1. Badal J, Chen Y, Zhang ZJ, 2011. Modeling of Rayleigh wave dispersion in Iberia. Geoscience Frontiers 2(1):35-48.
2. Zhang ZJ, Deng YF, Teng JW, Wang CY, Gao R, Chen Y, Fan WM, 2011. An overview of the crustal structure of the Tibetan plateau after 35 years of deep seismic soundings. Journal of Asian Earth Sciences 40:977-989.
3. Zhang ZJ, Klemperer S, Bai ZM, Chen Y, Teng JW, 2011. Crustal structure of the Paleozoic Kunlun orogeny from an active-source seismic profile between Moba and Guide in East Tibet, China. Gondwana Research 19:994-1007.
4. Tian XB, Zhang ZL, Si SK, Wang JB, Chen Y, Zhang ZJ, 2011. SKS splitting measurements with horizontal component misalignment. Geophysical Journal International 185(1):329-340.
5. Sun CQ, Chen Y*, Gao EG, 2011. The crustal anisotropy and its geodynamical significance of the strong basin-range interaction zone beneaht the east margin of Qinghai-Tibet plateau. Chinese Journal of Geophysics, 54(5): 1205-1214.(in Chinese with English Abstract)

2010

1. Chen Y, Badal J, Hu JF, 2010. Love and Rayleigh wave tomography of Qinghai-Tibet Plateau and its surrounding areas. Pure and Applied Geophysics 167:1171-1203.
2. Zhang ZJ, Yuan XH, Chen Y, Tian XB, Kind R, Li XQ, Teng JW, 2010. Seismic signature of the collision between the east Tibetan escape flow and the sichuan Basin. Earth and Planetary Science Letters 292:254-264.

2009

1. Chen Y, Badal J, Zhang ZJ, 2009. Radial anisotropy in the crust and upper mantle beneath the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau and surrounding regions. Journal of Asian Earth Sciences 36:289-302.
2. Zhang ZJ, Wang Y, Chen Y, Houseman GA, Tian XB, Wang EC, Teng JW, 2009. Crustal structure across Longmenshan fault belt from passive source seismic profiling, Geophysical Research Letters 36, L17310, doi:10.1029/2009GL039580.
3. Yan YL, Chen BC, Chen Y, Ma XB, 2009. Multiple superimposed probability tomography on a second electrical field, Journal of Geophysics and Engineering 6:82-86.
4. Zhang Z, Chen Y, and Tian X, 2009. The crustal and mantle structrue of the east margin of Qinghai-Tibet plateau and its geodynamical implications. Geological Science, 44(4):1136-1150 (in Chinese with English Abstract).

2008

1. Badal J, Chen Y, and Hu JF, 2008. Editors M. Asorey, J.V. Garcia Esteve, M.F. Ranada and J. Sesma. Group velocity tomography of Tibet. Mathematical Physics and Field Theory, 121-148, Prensas Universitarias de Zaragoza.
2. Zhang Z, Chen Y, and Li F, 2008. The reconstruction of the S-wave velocity structure of the crust and mantle with surface wave dispersion in Sichuan and Yunnan Provinces. Chinese Journal of Geophysics 51(4):1114-1122 (in Chinese with English Abstract).
3. Hu JF, Hu YL, Xia JY, Chen Y, Zhao H, Yang HY, 2008. Crust-mantle velocity structure of S wave and dynamic process beneath Burma Arc and its adjacent regions. Chinese Journal of Geophysics 51(1):140-148 (in Chinese with English Abstract).
4. Yan YL, Zhao YG, Chen BC, Chen Y, Ma XB, Kong XR, 2008. Multiple superimposed tomography of probability on second electrical field. Chinese Journal of Geophysics 51(5):1544-1550 (in Chinese with English Abstract).

2000~2007

1. Chen Y, Gao L, and Zhao F, 2007. A method to enhance the signal/noise ration of three-component seismic data based on the polarization analysis in frequency domain. Progress in Geophysics 22(1):255-261 (in Chinese with English Abstract).
2. Yang LQ, Deng J, and Chen Y, 2006. Numerical modeling of the curst/mantle deformation in the Tibetan plateau. Earth Science Frontiers 13(5):360-373 (in Chinese with English Abstract).
3. Chen Y, Zhang ZJ, and Tian XB, 2005. Polarization analysis in complex domain and its applications for three-component seismic data. Chinese Journal of Geophysics 48(4):889-895 (in Chinese with English Abstract).
4. Zhang ZJ, Badal J, Li YK, Chen Y, et al., 2005. Crust-upper mantle seismic velocity structure across Southeastern China. Tectonophysics 395:137-157.
5. Liu Y, Chen Y, and Wang ZS, 2005. The anisotropic velocity analysis with multi-parameters of transverse isotropic media. Progress in Geophysics 20(2):540-544 (in Chinese with English Abstract).
6. Zhang ZJ, Qin YL, Chen Y, et al, 2004. Seismic reflection resemblance imaging for crust/upper mantle structure from wide-angle seismic data. Chinese Journal of Geophysics 47(3):469-474.
7. Qin YL, Zhang ZJ, Chen Y, et al, 2004. A robust and accurate traveltime calculation from frequency-domain two-way wave-equation modeling algorithm. Geosystem Engineering 7(1):18-26.
8. Hu JF, Su YJ, Zhu XG, Chen Y, 2003. S-wave velocity and Poisson’s ratio structure of crust in Yunnan and its implication. Science in China (Series D-Earth Sciences) 48(2):210-218.
9. Zhang ZJ, Li YK, Wang GJ, Teng JW, Klemperer SL, Li JW, Fan JY, Chen Y, 2002. East-west crustal structure and “down-bowing” Moho under the northern Tibet revealed by wide-angle seismic profile. Science in China (Series D-Earth Sciences) 45(6): 550-558.
10. Chen Y, Zhang ZJ, Chen WP, and Tian ZF, 2000. The velocity tomography with cross-hole seismic data. Chinese Journal of Geophysics 43(6): 865-871 (in Chinese with English Abstract).