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Member Since 1982
Mike H. Ritzwoller
Professor, University of Colorado Boulder
Professional Experience
University of Colorado Boulder
Professor
Education
Doctorate
1987
Honors & Awards
Beno Gutenberg Lecture
Received December 2013
Union Fellow
Received January 2005
Publications
Seismic Azimuthal Anisotropy Beneath the Alaska Subduction Zone
We estimate depth‐dependent azimuthal anisotropy and shear wave velocity structure beneath the Alaska subduction zone by the inversion of a n...
July 23, 2024
Plate Age and Uppermost Mantle Structure Across the Juan de ...
August 17, 2023
Surface Wave Isotropic and Azimuthally Anisotropic Dispersio...
November 25, 2022
Azimuthal Anisotropy of the Crust and Uppermost Mantle Benea...
December 25, 2020
AGU Abstracts
Depth-Dependent Seismic Azimuthal Anisotropy beneath the Juan de Fuca and Gorda Plates
SEISMIC ANISOTROPY AND MANTLE DYNAMICS: OBSERVATIONS, MODELS, AND EXPERIMENTS I ORAL
study of earth's deep interior | 14 december 2023
Chuanming Liu, Mengyu Wu, Thorsten W. Becker, Mich...
In contrast with a continental plate, an oceanic plate has a shorter tectonic history and is less affected by differentiation and chemical heterogenei...
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The evolution of the subducting plate in the Cascadia Subduction Zone revealed by seismic surface waves
SUBDUCTION TOP TO BOTTOM (ST2B): THE NATURE OF THE SUBDUCTION INTERFACE, EARTHQUAKES, AND THE ROLES OF FLUIDS II POSTER
tectonophysics | 14 december 2023
Mengyu Wu, Shane Zhang, Michael H. Ritzwoller
Recent seismic studies have obtained new insight into the structure of the Cascadia Subduction Zone. However, the story of the subducting oceanic plat...
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Investigating Marine Sediments of the Alaska-Aleutian Subduction Zone Through OBS-Enabled Seafloor Compliance Measurements
SUBDUCTION TOP TO BOTTOM (ST2B): THE NATURE OF THE SUBDUCTION INTERFACE, EARTHQUAKES, AND THE ROLES OF FLUIDS I POSTER
tectonophysics | 14 december 2023
Mengjie Zheng, Anne Sheehan, Chuanming Liu, Mengyu...
We use seafloor compliance, a measure of the elastic response of the seafloor under pressure forcing from ocean waves, to derive constraints on marine...
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Volunteer Experience
2018 - 2019
Member
Seismology Gutenberg Lecture Committee
2013 - 2017
Associate Editor
Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems
2013 - 2013
Member
Seismology Fellows Committee
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