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Gary L. Pavlis is affiliated with Indiana University in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on Earth and Planetary Sciences, with a strong emphasis on Geophysics. Their work encompasses subfields such as Artificial Intelligence, Information Systems and Management, and Computer Networks and Communications.

The main topics Gary L. Pavlis investigates include:

  • Seismic Imaging and Inversion Techniques
  • High-pressure Geophysics and Materials
  • Seismic Waves and Analysis
  • Seismology and Earthquake Studies
  • Earthquake and Tectonic Studies
  • Geological and Geochemical Analysis
  • Scientific Computing and Data Management

Their recent scholarly contributions include:

  • DirectP-wave anisotropy measurements at Homestake Mine: implications for wave propagation in continental crust, 2020, Geophysical Journal International
  • A Linear Inversion Approach to Measuring the Composition and Directionality of the Seismic Noise Field, 2021, Remote Sensing
  • Training the Next Generation of Seismologists: Delivering Research-Grade Software Education for Cloud and HPC Computing Through Diverse Training Modalities, 2025, Seismological Research Letters
  • Parallel Seismic Data Processing Performance with Cloud-Based Storage, 2025, Seismological Research Letters
  • Synthesis of the Seismic Structure of the Greater Alaska Region: Subducting Slab Geometry, 2024, Geophysical monograph

Gary L. Pavlis frequently publishes in the following venues:

  • Geophysical monograph
  • Seismological Research Letters
  • Geophysical Journal International
  • arXiv (Cornell University)
  • Abstracts with programs - Geological Society of America

Among the frequent co-authors collaborating with Gary L. Pavlis are:

  • Yinzhi Wang
  • Chenxiao Wang
  • M. A. Jadamec
  • Michael Everett Mann
  • Xiaotao Yang

Best Publications

  • The mixed discrete‐continuous inverse problem: Application to the simultaneous determination of earthquake hypocenters and velocity structure

    Gary L. Pavlis;John R. Booker

  • Appraising earthquake hypocenter location errors: A complete, practical approach for single-event locations

    Gary L. Pavlis

  • The MS = 7.3 1992 Suusamyr, Kyrgyzstan, earthquake in the tien shan: 2. Aftershock focal mechanisms and surface deformation

    Sujoy Ghose;Robert J. Mellors;Andrei M. Korjenkov;Michael W. Hamburger

  • Upper Mantle Heterogeneity beneath North America from Travel Time Tomography with Global and USArray Transportable Array Data

    Scott Burdick;Chang Li;Vladik Martynov;Trilby Cox

  • The generalized earthquake-location (GENLOC) package: an earthquake-location library

    Gary L. Pavlis;Frank Vernon;Danny Harvey;Dan Quinlan

  • Progressive multiple event location (PMEL)

    Gary L. Pavlis;John R. Booker

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

    Fenglin Niu;Tammy Bravo;Gary Pavlis;Frank Vernon

  • The MS = 7.3 1992 Suusamyr, Kyrgyzstan, earthquake: 1. Constraints on fault geometry and source parameters based on aftershocks and body-wave modeling

    R. J. Mellors;F. L. Vernon;G. L. Pavlis;G. A. Abers

  • Erosional processes as a control on the structural evolution of an actively deforming fold and thrust belt: An example from the Pamir‐Tien Shan region, central Asia

    Terry L. Pavlis;Michael W. Hamburger;Gary L. Pavlis

  • Model Update March 2011: Upper Mantle Heterogeneity beneath North America from Traveltime Tomography with Global and USArray Transportable Array Data

    Scott Burdick;Robert D. van der Hilst;Frank L. Vernon;Vladik Martynov

  • The Pamir-Hindu Kush seismic zone as a strain marker for flow in the upper mantle

    Gary L. Pavlis;Shamita Das

  • Appraising relative earthquake location errors

    Gary L. Pavlis

  • Three‐dimensional, prestack, plane wave migration of teleseismic P‐to‐S converted phases: 1. Theory

    Christian Poppeliers;Christian Poppeliers;Gary L. Pavlis

  • Unraveling the geometry of the Farallon plate: Synthesis of three-dimensional imaging results from USArray

    Gary L. Pavlis;Karin Sigloch;Scott Burdick;Matthew J. Fouch

  • Convolutional quelling in seismic tomography

    Keith A. Meyerholtz;Gary L. Pavlis;Sally A. Szpakowski

  • Model Update May 2016: Upper‐Mantle Heterogeneity beneath North America from Travel‐Time Tomography with Global and USArray Data

    Scott Burdick;Frank L. Vernon;Vladik Martynov;Jennifer Eakins

  • Calibration of seismometers using ground noise

    Gary L. Pavlis;Frank L. Vernon

  • Cooperation among tectonic and surface processes in the St. Elias Range, Earth's highest coastal mountains

    Eva Enkelmann;Peter O. Koons;Terry L. Pavlis;Bernard Hallet

  • Evolution of the Southern Caribbean Plate Boundary

    Alan Levander;Michael Schmitz;Hans G. Avé Lallemant;Colin A. Zelt

  • Array processing of teleseismic body waves with the USArray

    Gary L. Pavlis;Frank L. Vernon

  • Subduction geometry of the Yakutat terrane, southeastern Alaska

    Mark A. Bauer;Gary L. Pavlis;Michael Landes

  • The basement revealed: Tectonic insight from a digital elevation model of the Great Unconformity, USA cratonic platform

    Stephen Marshak;Stefanie Domrois;Curtis Abert;Timothy Larson

Frequent Co-Authors

Frank L. Vernon
Frank L. Vernon University of California, San Diego
Stephen Marshak
Stephen Marshak University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Terry L. Pavlis
Terry L. Pavlis The University of Texas at El Paso
Victor C. Tsai
Victor C. Tsai Brown University
Vuk Mandic
Vuk Mandic University of Minnesota
Sean P.S. Gulick
Sean P.S. Gulick The University of Texas at Austin
Gail L. Christeson
Gail L. Christeson The University of Texas at Austin
Eva Enkelmann
Eva Enkelmann University of Calgary
Alan Levander
Alan Levander Rice University

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