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Research.com Recognitions

  • 2009 - Fellow of American Geophysical Union (AGU)

Overview

Michael G. Bostock is affiliated with the University of British Columbia in Canada and specializes in Earth and Planetary Sciences with a strong focus on Geophysics.

The scientist's research covers several subfields, including:

  • Geophysics
  • Artificial Intelligence
  • Ocean Engineering
  • Neurology
  • Cell Biology

The main topics of work explored include:

  • Earthquake and tectonic studies
  • Seismic Waves and Analysis
  • High-pressure geophysics and materials
  • Geological and Geochemical Analysis
  • Seismic Imaging and Inversion Techniques
  • Seismology and Earthquake Studies
  • Reservoir Engineering and Simulation Methods

Michael G. Bostock has published extensively, with frequent contributions to several venues such as:

  • Journal of Geophysical Research Solid Earth
  • Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America
  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences
  • Geochemistry Geophysics Geosystems

Recent papers include:

  • "Cascadia low frequency earthquakes at the base of an overpressured subduction shear zone" (2020), published in Nature Communications
  • "A Cascadia Slab Model From Receiver Functions" (2023), published in Geochemistry Geophysics Geosystems
  • "A Granular Jamming Model for Low-Frequency Earthquakes" (2021), published in Journal of Geophysical Research Solid Earth
  • "The Northern Terminus of Cascadia Subduction" (2020), published in Journal of Geophysical Research Solid Earth
  • "Complex Structure in the Nootka Fault Zone Revealed by Double-Difference Tomography and a New Earthquake Catalog" (2022), published in Geochemistry Geophysics Geosystems

Frequent collaborators in their work include:

  • Simon M. Peacock
  • Geena Littel
  • Reid Merrill
  • Nikolas I. Christensen
  • Isabelle Manighetti

Michael G. Bostock was awarded the status of Fellow of the American Geophysical Union (AGU) in 2009.

Best Publications

  • An inverted continental Moho and serpentinization of the forearc mantle

    M. G. Bostock;R. D. Hyndman;R. D. Hyndman;S. Rondenay;S. Rondenay;S. M. Peacock

  • Seismic evidence for overpressured subducted oceanic crust and megathrust fault sealing.

    Pascal Audet;Michael G. Bostock;Nikolas I. Christensen;Nikolas I. Christensen;Simon M. Peacock

  • Mantle stratigraphy and evolution of the Slave province

    M. G. Bostock

  • Modelling teleseismic waves in dipping anisotropic structures

    A. W. Frederiksen;M. G. Bostock

  • High pore pressures and porosity at 35 km depth in the Cascadia subduction zone

    Simon M. Peacock;Nikolas I. Christensen;Michael G. Bostock;Pascal Audet

  • Multiparameter two-dimensional inversion of scattered teleseismic body waves 1. Theory for oblique incidence

    M. G. Bostock;S. Rondenay;J. Shragge

  • Multiparameter two-dimensional inversion of scattered teleseismic body waves 3. Application to the Cascadia 1993 data set

    S. Rondenay;M. G. Bostock;J. Shragge

  • Slab morphology in the Cascadia fore arc and its relation to episodic tremor and slip

    Pascal Audet;Pascal Audet;Michael G. Bostock;Devin C. Boyarko;Michael R. Brudzinski

  • Migration of scattered teleseismic body waves

    M. G. Bostock;S. Rondenay

  • Shear wave anisotropy beneath the Cascadia subduction zone and western North American craton

    Claire A. Currie;Claire A. Currie;John F. Cassidy;John F. Cassidy;Roy D. Hyndman;Roy D. Hyndman;Michael G. Bostock

  • Anisotropic upper-mantle stratigraphy and architecture of the Slave craton

    M. G. Bostock

  • The Moho in subduction zones

    M.G. Bostock

  • New constraints on subduction zone structure in northern Cascadia

    T. Nicholson;M. Bostock;J. F. Cassidy

  • Magnitudes and moment‐duration scaling of low‐frequency earthquakes beneath southern Vancouver Island

    M. G. Bostock;A. M. Thomas;G. Savard;L. Chuang

  • Development of a Slow Earthquake Database

    Masayuki Kano;Masayuki Kano;Naofumi Aso;Naofumi Aso;Takanori Matsuzawa;Satoshi Ide

  • A comparative study of low frequency earthquake templates in northern Cascadia

    A.A. Royer;M.G. Bostock

  • Lithospheric assembly and modification of the SE Canadian Shield: Abitibi-Grenville teleseismic experiment

    Stéphane Rondenay;Michael G. Bostock;Thomas M. Hearn;Donald J. White

  • S-wave velocity structure of the Canadian upper mantle

    A.W Frederiksen;M.G Bostock;J.F Cassidy

  • Low frequency earthquakes below southern Vancouver Island

    M. G. Bostock;A. A. Royer;E. H. Hearn;S. M. Peacock

  • Upper mantle structure of the northern Cascadia subduction zone

    M. G. Bostock;J. C. Vandecar

  • A reconnaissance teleseismic study of the upper mantle and transition zone beneath the Archean Slave craton in NW Canada

    C.-G Bank;M.G Bostock;R.M Ellis;J.F Cassidy

Frequent Co-Authors

Nikolas I. Christensen
Nikolas I. Christensen University of British Columbia
Stéphane Rondenay
Stéphane Rondenay University of Bergen
Simon M. Peacock
Simon M. Peacock University of British Columbia
John F. Cassidy
John F. Cassidy Geological Survey of Canada
Justin Revenaugh
Justin Revenaugh University of Minnesota
Allan M. Rubin
Allan M. Rubin Princeton University
Edward J. Garnero
Edward J. Garnero Arizona State University
Roy D. Hyndman
Roy D. Hyndman University of Victoria
David W. Eaton
David W. Eaton University of Calgary
Don White
Don White Geological Survey of Canada

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