JE
Member Since 1981
John Emilio Vidale
Professor, University of Southern California
USC seismologist, have worked at UW, UCLA, USGS, and UCSC
Professional Experience
University of Southern California
Professor
2017 - Present
Education
California Institute of Technology
Doctorate
1986
Yale University
Bachelors
1981
Honors & Awards
Beno Gutenberg Lecture
Received December 2009
Union Fellow
Received January 1994
James B. Macelwane Medal
Received December 1994
Publications
Very Slow Rotation of Earth's Inner Core From 1971 to 1974
The rate that Earth's inner core rotates relative to the mantle and crust has been debated for decades. Nonrotational processes, including internal...
August 21, 2019
Changes in seismic velocity during the first 14 months of th...
September 04, 2015
Triggering of tremor and inferred slow slip by small earthqu...
November 24, 2014
AGU Abstracts
Waveform Changes Due to Moving Scatterers - Application to the Inner Core
OF CORES WE CAN: INTERDISCIPLINARY STUDIES OF EARTH AND PLANETARY CORES II POSTER
study of earth's deep interior | 12 december 2023
Ruoyan Wang, John E. Vidale
Fine-scale heterogeneity in Earth's inner core (IC) has been identified from scattering of PKIKP. The differential rotation of the IC is expected to a...
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Inner core backtracking with seismic waveform reversals
OF CORES WE CAN: INTERDISCIPLINARY STUDIES OF EARTH AND PLANETARY CORES II POSTER
study of earth's deep interior | 12 december 2023
John E. Vidale, Wei Wang, Guanning Pang, Keith D. ...
The solid inner core (IC), suspended within the liquid outer core, has been inferred to rotate relative to Earths surface or change over years to deca...
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Comparison of Observed and Simulated Ground Motions in the Los Angeles Basin
SEISMOLOGY CONTRIBUTIONS: EARTHQUAKE GROUND MOTIONS AND ENGINEERING SEISMOLOGY III ORAL
seismology | 15 december 2022
Brianna C. Birkel, John E. Vidale, Chukwuebuka Nwe...
The deep, soft sedimentary basin surrounding Los Angeles is a region of ongoing scientific interest and study, due to its overlying dense infrastructu...
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Volunteer Experience
2002 - 2003
President
Seismology Executive Committee
2000 - 2001
Member
Union Fellows Committee
2000 - 2001
President-Elect
Seismology Executive Committee
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