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Xiaodong Song

Xiaodong Song

D-Index & Metrics

Earth Science

D-Index
42
Citations
6918
World Ranking
5236
National Ranking
339

Overview

Xiaodong Song is affiliated with Peking University in China and has contributed extensively to the fields of Earth and Planetary Sciences and Engineering. Their scholarly output primarily focuses on geophysics, with significant work spanning earthquake and tectonic studies, seismic waves and analysis, and seismic imaging and inversion techniques.

The scientist's research covers a broad range of subfields including geophysics, civil and structural engineering, artificial intelligence, ocean engineering, and molecular biology. This varied disciplinary approach supports investigations into complex geological processes and applied engineering challenges.

Xiaodong Song's most frequent publication venues reflect a concentrated presence in earth science journals. These include:

  • Earthquake Science
  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • Seismological Research Letters
  • Geophysical Research Letters
  • Journal of Geophysical Research Solid Earth

Key topics addressed in Xiaodong Song's body of work are:

  • Earthquake and tectonic studies
  • High-pressure geophysics and materials
  • Seismic waves and analysis
  • Seismic imaging and inversion techniques
  • Geological and geochemical analysis
  • Seismology and earthquake studies
  • Earthquake detection and analysis

The scientist has collaborated frequently with a number of coauthors, including Jiangtao Li, Yi Yang, Xinyu Jiang, Xue-Zhen Zhang, and Zeyan Zhao, with collaborations occurring multiple times.

Selected recent publications include:

  • Episodic Lithospheric Deformation in Eastern Tibet Inferred From Seismic Anisotropy, 2020, Geophysical Research Letters
  • Supershear triggering and cascading fault ruptures of the 2023 Kahramanmaraş, Türkiye, earthquake doublet, 2024, Science
  • Rupture process of the 2021 M7.4 Maduo earthquake and implication for deformation mode of the Songpan-Ganzi terrane in Tibetan Plateau, 2022, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • Moment magnitudes of two large Turkish earthquakes on February 6, 2023 from long-period coda, 2023, Earthquake Science
  • High-resolution seismicity imaging and early aftershock migration of the 2023 Kahramanmaraş (SE Türkiye) MW7.9 & 7.8 earthquake doublet, 2023, Earthquake Science

Best Publications

  • Seismological evidence for differential rotation of the Earth's inner core

    Xiaodong Song;Xiaodong Song;Paul G. Richards;Paul G. Richards

  • Two crustal low-velocity channels beneath SE Tibet revealed by joint inversion of Rayleigh wave dispersion and receiver functions

    Xuewei Bao;Xuewei Bao;Xiaoxiao Sun;Mingjie Xu;David W. Eaton

  • High-resolution lithospheric structure beneath Mainland China from ambient noise and earthquake surface-wave tomography

    Xuewei Bao;Xiaodong Song;Xiaodong Song;Jiangtao Li

  • Tomographic inversion of Pn travel times in China

    Chuntao Liang;Xiaodong Song;Jinli Huang

  • Surface wave tomography of China from ambient seismic noise correlation

    Sihua Zheng;Sihua Zheng;Xinlei Sun;Xiaodong Song;Yingjie Yang

  • Joint Vp and Vs tomography of Taiwan: Implications for subduction-collision orogeny

    Hsin Hua Huang;Hsin Hua Huang;Yih Min Wu;Xiaodong Song;Chien Hsin Chang

  • Tearing of Indian mantle lithosphere from high-resolution seismic images and its implications for lithosphere coupling in southern Tibet

    Jiangtao Li;Xiaodong Song

  • A low velocity belt beneath northern and eastern Tibetan Plateau from Pn tomography

    Chuntao Liang;Chuntao Liang;Xiaodong Song

  • Crust and upper mantle structure of the North China Craton and the NE Tibetan Plateau and its tectonic implications

    Xuewei Bao;Xiaodong Song;Xiaodong Song;Mingjie Xu;Liangshu Wang

  • Inner core differential motion confirmed by earthquake waveform doublets.

    Jian Zhang;Jian Zhang;Xiaodong Song;Xiaodong Song;Yingchun Li;Yingchun Li;Paul G. Richards;Paul G. Richards

  • Support-vector-regression machine technology for total organic carbon content prediction from wireline logs in organic shale: A comparative study

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  • Seismic Evidence for an Inner Core Transition Zone

    Xiaodong Song;Don V. Helmberger

  • Anisotropy of the Earth's inner core

    Xiaodong Song

  • Depth dependence of anisotropy of Earth's inner core

    Xiaodong Song;Don V. Helmberger

  • anisotropy of Earth's inner core

    Xiaodong Song;Don V. Helmberger

  • Equatorial anisotropy in the inner part of Earth’s inner core from autocorrelation of earthquake coda

    Tao Wang;Tao Wang;Xiaodong Song;Xiaodong Song;Han H. Xia

  • NMR petrophysical interpretation method of gas shale based on core NMR experiment

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  • Episodic Lithospheric Deformation in Eastern Tibet Inferred From Seismic Anisotropy

    Xuewei Bao;Xiaodong Song;Xiaodong Song;David W. Eaton;Yixian Xu

  • A P wave velocity model of Earth's core

    Xiaodong Song;Don V. Helmberger

  • Crustal structure beneath SE Tibet from joint analysis of receiver functions and Rayleigh wave dispersion

    Xiaoxiao Sun;Xuewei Bao;Xuewei Bao;Mingjie Xu;David W. Eaton

  • Three dimensional shear wave velocity structure of the crust and upper mantle beneath China from ambient noise surface wave tomography

    Xinlei Sun;Xiaodong Song;Sihua Zheng;Sihua Zheng;Yingjie Yang

  • TEARING OF INDIAN MANTLE LITHOSPHERE FROM HIGH-RESOLUTION SEISMIC IMAGES AND ITS IMPLICATIONS FOR LITHOSPHERE COUPLING IN SOUTHERN TIBET

    Jiangtao Li;Xiaodong Song

Frequent Co-Authors

Donald V. Helmberger
Donald V. Helmberger California Institute of Technology
Liangshu Wang
Liangshu Wang Nanjing University
Richard L. Weaver
Richard L. Weaver University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Lupei Zhu
Lupei Zhu Saint Louis University
Yih-Min Wu
Yih-Min Wu National Taiwan University
David W. Eaton
David W. Eaton University of Calgary
Michael H. Ritzwoller
Michael H. Ritzwoller University of Colorado Boulder
Yingjie Yang
Yingjie Yang Southern University of Science and Technology
Taras Gerya
Taras Gerya ETH Zurich
Yuanqing He
Yuanqing He Chinese Academy of Sciences

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