Low-velocity layers within the crust can indicate the presence of melt and lithologic differences with implications for crustal composition and formation. Seismic wave conversions and...
With collaborators Scott Burdick at Wayne State University and Lauren Waszek at New Mexico State University -- both former Maryland postdocs -- we just published...
We have published a new model of 1D structure of the outer core, parameterized using two different equations of state: Irving_Cottaar_Lekic_2018 Brief highlights: We infer the...
Link to the article: http://advances.sciencemag.org/content/4/6/eaar2538 Link to a nice write-up about how the project came together: https://www.princeton.edu/news/2018/06/27/seismologist-jessica-irving-uses-massive-earthquakes-unlock-secrets-outer-core ...
We congratulate Dr. Tolu Olugboji for being selected a Fellow of the Next Einstein Forum, which recognises Africa’s best young scientists and technologists. In March,...
Graduate students at the University of Maryland Seismology Lab sprung into action following the M4.1 earthquake that struck Dover, Delaware on November 30, 2017. The...
Conversions of shear waves (S) to compressional waves (P), often analyzed as Sp receiver functions, are useful for studying upper mantle layering, and have been...