Yong-Gang Li
Department of Earth Sciences
University of Southern California
University of Southern California
Research Professor
Expertise: Thoery, modeling and observation of fault zone seismidc waves. Earthquake fault zone structure and physical property, crustal anisotropy observation and model of sheer-wave splitting. Seismic reflection and wideaye refraction
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SCEC Participation
SCEC Mentor (1994)Li, Y. (2024, 09). Numerical Investigations of Waveguide Effects for Multi-Layer Fault Damage Zones at Seismogenic Depths. Poster Presentation at 2024 SCEC Annual Meeting. SCEC Contribution 13851
Li, Y. (2022, 09). Study of Fault-Zone Damage and Heal: 30-Years Retrospective of the 1992 M7.4 Landers Earthquake and Numerical Tests of FZTWs from a Layered Fault Zone . Poster Presentation at 2022 SCEC Annual Meeting. SCEC Contribution 12373
Li, Y., Catchings, R. D., & Goldman, M. R. (2021, 08). Subsurface Damage Zones of the Sinistral Faults at Ridgecrest in the Eastern California Shear Zone Characterized by Fault-Zone Trapped Waves. Poster Presentation at 2021 SCEC Annual Meeting. SCEC Contribution 11591
Li, Y., Su, J., Chen, T., Wu, P., De Pascale, G. P., Quigley, M., & Gravely, D. (2019, 08). Structural Relationship between Rupture Zones in a Sequence of Earthquakes Viewed by Fault-Zone Trapped Waves . Poster Presentation at 2019 SCEC Annual Meeting. SCEC Contribution 9539
Li, Y., Su, J., Chen, T., & Wu, P. (2019). Structural Relationship Between the 2008 M8 Wenchuan and 2013 M7 Lushan Earthquakes Viewed by Fault-Zone Trapped Waves (1st). Singapore, Singapore: Springer Singapore. doi: 10.1007/978-981-13-8015-0_6. SCEC Contribution 9137
Li, Y. (2019). Earthquake and Disaster Risk: Decade Retrospective of the Wenchuan Earthquake (1st). Singapore, Singapore: Springer Singapore. doi: 10.1007/978-981-13-8015-0. SCEC Contribution 9100
Li, Y., Catchings, R. D., & Goldman, M. R. (2019). Rupture Branching Structure of the 2014 Mw 6.0 South Napa, California Earthquake Inferred from Explosion-Generated Fault-Zone Trapped Waves. Bulletin Seismological Society of America, 109(5), 1907-1921. SCEC Contribution 8137
Li, Y. (2018, 07). Fault Continuity and Rupture Branching of the 2014 Mw 6.0 South Napa Earthquake Viewed by Fault-Zone Trapped Waves. Poster Presentation at 2018 SCEC Annual Meeting. SCEC Contribution 8215
Li, Y. (2017). Fault-Zone Guided Wave, Ground Motion, Landslide and Earthquake Forecast (pp232). Beijing and Boston, China and USA: China High Education Press with De Gruyter. SCEC Contribution 8136
Li, Y. (2016). Seismic wave propagation in anisotropic rocks with applications to defining fractures in earth crust. Rock anisotropy, fracture and earthquake assessment, (Chapter 1, pp. 11-141) Beijing and Boston, China and USA: China High Education Press with De Gruyter SCEC Contribution 8135
Li, Y. (2016). Subsurface damage zone of the Calico Fault viewed by fault-zone trapped waves from teleseismic earthquakes. Academic Perspective, 12, 7-23. SCEC Contribution 7164
Li, Y., Catchings, R. D., & Goldman, M. R. (2016, 08). Fault Damage Zone of the 2014 Mw 6.0 South Napa Earthquake, California, Viewed from Fault-Zone Trapped Waves. Poster Presentation at 2016 SCEC Annual Meeting. SCEC Contribution 6450
Li, Y., Catchings, R. D., & Goldman, M. R. (2016). Subsurface Fault Damage Zone of the 2014 Mw 6.0 South Napa Earthquake, California, Viewed from Fault-Zone Trapped Waves. Bull. Seism. Soc. Am, 106(No. 6). doi: doi:10.1785/0120160039. SCEC Contribution 6168
Li, Y. (2014). Co-seismic damage and post-mainshock healing of fault rocks at Landers, Hector Mine and Parkfield, California viewed by fault-zone trapped waves. Imaging, Modeling and Assimilation in Seismology, (Chapter 4, pp. 162-224) Beijing and Boston, : China High Education Press with De Gruyter SCEC Contribution 1945
Li, Y., Xu, Z., & Li, H. (2014). Rock Damage Structure of the South Longmen-Shan Fault in the 2008 M8 Wenchuan Earthquake Viewed with Fault-Zone Trapped Waves and Scientific Drilling. ACTA Geological Sinica (English Edition), 88(2), 444-467. SCEC Contribution 1944
Li, Y., De Pascale, G. P., Quigley, M. C., & Gravley, D. (2014). Fault Damage Zones of the M7.1 Darfield and M6.3 Christchurch Earthquakes Characterized by Fault-Zone Trapped Waves. Tectonophysics, 618, 79-101. doi: 10.1016/j.tecto.2014.01.029. SCEC Contribution 1764
Li, Y., De Pascale, G. P., Quigley, M. C., & Gravely, D. (2013). Subsurface Rock Damage Structure of the M7.1 Darfield and M6.3 Christchurch Earthquake Sequence Viewed with Fault-Zone Trapped Waves (Geophysics Frontiers). Beijing & Boston, : China Higher Education Press & Walter de Gruyter . SCEC Contribution 1696
Li, Y., Su, J., & Chen, T. (2012). Fault-Zone Trapped Waves at a Dip Fault: Documentation of Rock Damage on the Thrusting Longmen-Shan Fault Ruptured in the 2008 M8 Wenchuan Earthquake (Series in Global Changes and Earth System Science). Boston, : De Gluyter. SCEC Contribution 1669
Li, Y., Malin, P. E., & Cochran, E. S. (2012). Fault-zone trapped waves: High-Resolution Characterization of the Damage Zone on the Parkfield San Andreas Fault at Depth. In Y. Li (Eds.), Imaging, Modeling and Assimilation in Seismology, (Series in Global Change and Earth System Science, pp. 43) Boston, : DeGruyter SCEC Contribution 1321
Duan, B., Kang, J., & Li, Y. (2011). Deformation of Compliant Fault Zones Induced by Nearby Earthquakes:Theoretical Investigations in Two Dimensions. Journal of Geophysical Research, 116(B3), 307. doi: 10.1029/2010JB007826. SCEC Contribution 1464
Cochran, E. S., Li, Y., Shearer, P. M., Barbot, S. D., Fialko, Y., & Vidale, J. E. (2009). Seismic and Geodetic Evidence for Extensive, Long-Lived Fault Damage Zones. Geology, 37(4), 315-318. doi: 10.1130/G25306A.1. SCEC Contribution 1185
Li, Y. (2008). Seismic Study of the San Andreas Fault in California and the Longmen-Shan Fault Ruptured in the M8 Wenchuan Earthquake in China on May 12, 2008. Los Angeles, : Chinese Scholars Association - Southern California. SCEC Contribution 1359
Li, Y., & Malin, P. E. (2008). San Andreas Fault Damage at SAFOD Viewed with Fault-Guided Waves. Geophysical Research Letters, 35, L08304. doi: 10.1029/2007GL032924. SCEC Contribution 1128
Li, Y., Chen, P., Cochran, E. S., & Vidale, J. E. (2007). Seismic Velocity Variations on the San Andreas Fault Caused by the 2004 M6 Parkfield Earthquake and Their Implications. Earth, Planets and Space, 59(1), 21-31. SCEC Contribution 962
Li, Y., Malin, P. E., & Vidale, J. E. (2007). Parkfield fault-zone guided waves: Low-velocity damage zone on the San Andreas fault at depth near SAFOD site at Parkfield by fault-zone trapped waves. Scientific Drilling Journal,(Special Issue, No. 1), 73-77. doi: 10.2204 /iodp.sd.s01.09.2007. SCEC Contribution 1139
Li, Y., Chen, P., Cochran, E. S., Vidale, J. E., & Burdette, T. (2006). Seismic Evidence for Rock Damage and Healing on the San Andreas Fault Associated with the 2004 M 6.0 Parkfield Earthquake. Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America, 96(4B), S349-S363. doi: 10.1785/0120050803. SCEC Contribution 924
Cochran, E. S., Li, Y., Vidale, J. E., & Burdette, T. (2006). Anisotropy in the Shallow Crust Observed around the San Andreas Fault Before and After the 2004 M 6.0 Parkfield Earthquake. Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America, 96(4B), S364-S375. doi: 10.1785/0120050804. SCEC Contribution 1080
Li, Y., Vidale, J. E., & Cochran, E. S. (2004). Low-Velocity Damaged Structure of the San Andreas Fault at Parkfield from Fault-Zone Trapped Waves. Geophysical Research Letters, 31(12), L12S06, 1-5. doi: 10.1029/2003GL019044. SCEC Contribution 762
Li, Y., Vidale, J. E., Day, S. M., Oglesby, D. D., Cochran, E. S., & Field Working Group, . (2003). Postseismic Fault Healing on the Rupture Zone of the 1999 M 7.1 Hector Mine, California, Earthquake. Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America, 93(2), 854-869. doi: 10.1785/0120020131. SCEC Contribution 685
Li, Y., Vidale, J. E., Oglesby, D. D., Day, S. M., & Cochran, E. S. (2003). Multiple-Fault Rupture of the M7.1 Hector Mine, California, Earthquake from Fault Zone Trapped Waves. Journal of Geophysical Research, 108(B3), 2165. doi: 10.1029/2001JB001456. SCEC Contribution 596
Cochran, E. S., Vidale, J. E., & Li, Y. (2003). Near-fault anisotropy following the Hector Mine earthquake. Journal of Geophysical Research, 108(B9), 2436. doi: 10.1029/2002JB002352. SCEC Contribution 1081
Vidale, J. E., & Li, Y. (2003). Damage to the shallow Landers fault from the nearby Hector Mine earthquake. Nature, 421, 524-526. doi: 10.1038/nature01354. SCEC Contribution 1062
Li, Y., Vidale, J. E., Day, S. M., & Oglesby, D. D. (2002). Study of the 1999 M 7.1 Hector Mine, California, Earthquake Fault Plane by Trapped Waves. Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America, 92(4), 1318-1332. doi: 10.1785/0120000909. SCEC Contribution 551
Li, Y., & Vernon, F. L. (2001). Characterization of the San Jacinto Fault Zone near Anza, California, from Fault Zone Trapped Waves. Journal of Geophysical Research, 106(B12), 30671-30688. SCEC Contribution 598
Li, Y., & Vidale, J. E. (2001). Healing of the shallow fault zone from 1994-1998 after the 1992 M7.5 Landers, California, earthquake. Geophysical Research Letters, 28(15), 2999-3002. SCEC Contribution 552
Li, Y., Chester, F. M., & Vidale, J. E. (2001). Shallow Seismic Profiling at the Punchbowl Fault Zone, Southern California. Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America, 91(6), 1820-1830. doi: 10.1785/0120000050. SCEC Contribution 507
Li, Y., Vidale, J. E., Xu, F., & Aki, K. (2000). Depth-Dependent Structure of the Landers Fault Zone from Trapped Waves Generated by Aftershocks. Journal of Geophysical Research, 105(B3), 6237-6254. SCEC Contribution 478
Li, Y., Aki, K., Vidale, J. E., & Xu, F. (1999). Shallow structure of the Landers fault zone from explosion-generated trapped waves. Journal of Geophysical Research, 104(B9), 20257-20275. SCEC Contribution 471
Li, Y., Aki, K., & Vidale, J. E. (1998). A delineation of the Nojima fault ruptured in the M7.2 Kobe, Japan, earthquake of 1995 using fault zone trapped waves. Journal of Geophysical Research, 103(B4), 7247-7263. SCEC Contribution 449
Li, Y., Vidale, J. E., Aki, K., Xu, H., & Burdette, T. (1998). Evidence of Shallow Fault Zone Strengthening After the 1992 M7.5 Landers, California, Earthquake. Science, 279(5348), 217-219. doi: 10.1126/science.279.5348.217. SCEC Contribution 416
Li, Y., Vernon, F. L., & Aki, K. (1997). San Jacinto fault zone guided waves: A discrimination for recently active fault strands near Anza, California. Journal of Geophysical Research, 102(B6), 11689-11701. doi: 10.1029/97JB01050. SCEC Contribution 355
Li, Y., Madrid, J., Thurber, C. H., Malin, P. E., & Aki, K. (1997). Fault-Zone Guided Waves from Explosions in the San Andreas Fault, Parkfield and Cienega Valley, California. Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America, 87(1), 210-221. SCEC Contribution 286
Li, Y. (1996). Shear Wave Splitting Observations and Implications on Stress Regimes in the Los Angeles Basin, California. Journal of Geophysical Research, 101(B6), 13947-13961. doi: 10.1029/96JB00878. SCEC Contribution 285
Li, Y., & Vidale, J. E. (1996). Low-Velocity Fault-Zone Guided Waves: Numerical Investigaions of Trapping Efficiency. Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America, 86(2), 371-378. SCEC Contribution 284
Li, Y., Teng, T., & Henyey, T. (1994). Shear-Wave Splitting Observations in the Northern Los Angeles Basin, Southern California. Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America, 84(2), 307-323. SCEC Contribution 65
Li, Y., Aki, K., Adams, D., Hasemi, A., & Lee, W. H. (1994). Seismic Guided Waves Trapped in the Fault Zone of the Landers, California, Earthquake of 1992. Journal of Geophysical Research, 99(B6), 11705-11722. SCEC Contribution 29
Steidl, J. H., Martin, A., Tumarkin, A. G., Lindley, G. T., Nicholson, C., Archuleta, R. J., Vernon, F. L., Edelman, A., Tolstoy, M., Chin, J., Li, Y., Robertson Haver, M., Teng, T., Scott, J. B., Johnson, D., & Magistrale, H. (1994). SCEC Portable Deployment Following the 1994 Northridge Earthquake. Seismological Research Letters: Northridge Supplement, 65(3-4), 243. SCEC Contribution 159
Li, Y., Vidale, J. E., Aki, K., Marone, C. J., & Lee, W. H. (1994). Fine Structure of the Landers Fault Zone; Segmentation and the Rupture Process. Science, 265(5170), 367-370. doi: 10.1126/science.265.5170.367. SCEC Contribution 129
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