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Member Since 2008
Zhongwen Zhan
Professor of Geophysics, California Institute of Technology
Professional Experience
California Institute of Technology
Professor of Geophysics
2015 - Present
Education
California Institute of Technology
Doctorate
2013
Current Roles
Member
Seismology Keiiti Aki Young Scientist Award Committee
Honors & Awards
James B. Macelwane Medal
Received 2022
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Union Fellow
Received 2022
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Keiiti Aki Early Career Award
Received 2016
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Publications
Thousand‐Kilometer DAS Array Reveals an Uncatalogued Magnitude‐5 Dynamically Triggered Event After t...

Large earthquakes can trigger smaller seismic events, even at significant distances. The process of earthquake triggering offers valuable insights ...

March 02, 2024
AGU Abstracts
Fiber-optic Observations of Internal Waves and Tides
OCEAN SCIENCES 2024
physical oceanography: mesoscale and smaller | 20 february 2024
Ethan F. Williams, Arantza Ugalde, Hugo F. Martins...
Fiber-optic sensing methods like distributed acoustic sensing (DAS) and distributed temperature sensing (DTS) use changes in the intensity or phase of...
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Seismic ocean thermometry of the Kuroshio Extension region
OCEAN SCIENCES 2024
physical oceanography: mesoscale and larger | 20 february 2024
Shirui Peng, Jörn Callies, Wenbo Wu, Zhongwen Zhan
Seismic ocean thermometry uses sound waves generated by repeating earthquakes to measure temperature change in the deep ocean. In this study, waves ge...
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The Top-to-Bottom Structure of the Garlock Fault Zone Uncovered with Fiber Sensing
CONTROL OF FAULT ZONE HETEROGENEITY AND FAULT ROUGHNESS ON MULTISCALE DEFORMATION AT INTER- AND INTRAPLATE FAULT ZONES IV ORAL
tectonophysics | 15 december 2023
James Atterholt, Zhongwen Zhan, Yan Yang, Weiqiang...
The structure of fault zones and the ruptures they host are inextricably linked. Fault zones are narrow, which has made imaging their structure at sei...
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Volunteer Experience
2023 - 2024
Member
Seismology Keiiti Aki Young Scientist Award Committee
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