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  • 2001 - Fellow of American Geophysical Union (AGU)

Overview

Alan Levander is affiliated with Rice University in the United States. Their research primarily centers on Earth and Planetary Sciences, with a strong focus on geophysics. Additional areas of study include ocean engineering and astronomy and astrophysics. Their work covers a range of topics in geophysics, seismic analysis, and tectonic studies.

The main topics of their research encompass:

  • Seismic Waves and Analysis
  • Earthquake and Tectonic Studies
  • High-pressure Geophysics and Materials
  • Seismic Imaging and Inversion Techniques
  • Geological and Tectonic Studies in Latin America
  • Geological and Geochemical Analysis
  • Geophysics and Sensor Technology

Levander has a record of publications in several frequent venues, including:

  • Geochemistry Geophysics Geosystems
  • Geophysical Research Letters
  • Earth and Planetary Science Letters
  • Abstracts with programs - Geological Society of America
  • Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America

Some of their recent papers include:

  • Potential Pitfalls in the Analysis and Structural Interpretation of Seismic Data from the Mars InSight Mission, 2021, Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America
  • Subcretionary tectonics: Linking variability in the expression of subduction along the Cascadia forearc, 2021, Earth and Planetary Science Letters
  • Overlapping slabs: Untangling subduction in NW South America through finite-frequency teleseismic tomography, 2021, Earth and Planetary Science Letters
  • Local Source Vp and Vs Tomography in the Mount St. Helens Region With the iMUSH Broadband Array, 2020, Geochemistry Geophysics Geosystems
  • Autocorrelation Reflectivity of Mars, 2020, Geophysical Research Letters

Levander has collaborated frequently with several co-authors, including:

  • Fenglin Niu
  • Sizhuang Deng
  • E. Kiser
  • Guoliang Li
  • Maximiliano Bezada

In recognition of their scientific contributions, Levander was named a Fellow of the American Geophysical Union (AGU) in 2001.

Best Publications

  • Fourth-order finite-difference P-SV seismograms

    Alan R. Levander

  • Continuing Colorado plateau uplift by delamination-style convective lithospheric downwelling

    A. Levander;B. Schmandt;M. S. Miller;K. Liu

  • Trans-Alaska Crustal Transect and continental evolution involving subduction underplating and synchronous foreland thrusting

    Gary S. Fuis;Thomas E. Moore;George Plafker;Thomas M. Brocher

  • Deep Probe: imaging the roots of western North America

    Andrew R. Gorman;Ron M. Clowes;Robert M. Ellis;Timothy J. Henstock

  • A stochastic view of lower crustal fabric based on evidence from the Ivrea Zone

    Klaus Holliger;Alan R. Levander

  • Differential Semblance Velocity Analysis By Wave-equation Migration

    Peng Shen;William W. Symes;Christiaan C. Stolk

  • Evolutionary aspects of lithosphere discontinuity structure in the western U.S.

    Alan Levander;Meghan S. Miller

  • Finite-frequency Rayleigh wave tomography of the western Mediterranean: Mapping its lithospheric structure

    Imma Palomeras;S. Thurner;A. Levander;K. Liu

  • Structure and evolution of the lithosphere beneath the rocky mountains: Initial results from the CD-ROM experiment

    K. E. Karlstrom;S. A. Bowring;K. R. Chamberlain;K. G. Dueker

  • Magma reservoirs from the upper crust to the Moho inferred from high-resolution Vp and Vs models beneath Mount St. Helens, Washington State, USA

    Eric Kiser;Imma Palomeras;Alan Levander;Colin Zelt

  • Receiver function study of the crustal structure of the southeastern Caribbean plate boundary and Venezuela

    Fenglin Niu;Tammy Bravo;Gary Pavlis;Frank Vernon

  • Crustal and uppermost mantle structure along the Deep Probe seismic profile

    Catherine M. Snelson;Timothy J. Henstock;G. Randy Keller;Kate C. Miller

  • The role of chemical boundary layers in regulating the thickness of continental and oceanic thermal boundary layers

    Cin-Ty Aeolus Lee;Adrian Lenardic;Catherine M. Cooper;Fenglin Niu

  • 3D seismic refraction traveltime tomography at a groundwater contamination site

    Colin A. Zelt;Aron Azaria;Alan Levander

  • Deformation in the Lower Crust of the San Andreas Fault System in Northern California

    Timothy J. Henstock;Alan Levander;Alan Levander;John A. Hole;John A. Hole

  • Migration moveout analysis and depth focusing

    Claude F. Lafond;Alan R. Levander

  • The crust as a heterogeneous “optical” medium, or “crocodiles in the mist”

    A. Levander;A. Levander;R.W. Hobbs;S.K. Smith;R.W. England

  • Small‐scale heterogeneity and large‐scale velocity structure of the continental crust

    Alan R. Levander;Klaus Holliger

  • Moho depth and crustal composition in Southern Africa

    M. Youssof;H. Thybo;I.M. Artemieva;A. Levander

  • The Yavapai-Mazatzal boundary: A long-lived tectonic element in the lithosphere of southwestern North America

    M.B. Magnani;K.C. Miller;A. Levander;K. Karlstrom

  • P-SV resonances in irregular low-velocity surface layers

    Alan R. Levander;N. R. Hill

  • Seismic earth : array analysis of broadband seismograms

    Alan R. Levander;Guust Nolet

Frequent Co-Authors

Fenglin Niu
Fenglin Niu Rice University
Ramón Carbonell
Ramón Carbonell Spanish National Research Council
Brandon Schmandt
Brandon Schmandt University of New Mexico
Josep Gallart
Josep Gallart Spanish National Research Council
Klaus Holliger
Klaus Holliger University of Lausanne
Kenneth C. Creager
Kenneth C. Creager University of Washington
Meghan S. Miller
Meghan S. Miller Australian National University
Eugene D. Humphreys
Eugene D. Humphreys University of Oregon
Timothy J. Henstock
Timothy J. Henstock University of Southampton
Hans Thybo
Hans Thybo Istanbul Technical University

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