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Jer-Ming Chiu, Professor
PhD., 1982, Geological Sciences (Seismology), Cornell University
MS., 1974, Geophysics, National Central University, Taiwan, ROC
BS., 1971, Physics, National Taiwan Normal University, Taiwan, ROC
Tel: (901)-6784839, Fax:
(901)-6784734
jerchiu@memphis.edu
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Teaching:
- Introduction to
Seismology •
Earthquake Seismology
- Geophysical Time
Series Analysis •
Applied Geophysics
- Seismogram Reading •
Seminar in Seismology
- Seminar in
Geophysics
Research
Overview:
• Earthquake seismology • Digital signal processing
• Seismic
instrumentation
•
3-D earthquake location technique
• Active
tectonics • Seismic response of sedimentary basins
• Seismicity
and active faults • 3-D structure of the continents and
subduction zones
Research
Areas:
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Central USA • South
American Andes (Argentina)
• New Zealand • Hawaii
• Taiwan
• Korea
• Japan
• China
Research
Activities: Outlines of his research activities
Recent
Publications:
- Estimation of
regional seismic hazard in the Korean Peninsula
using historical earthquake data between A.D. 2 and 1995, (2004), Bull. Seism. Soc. Am, 94(1),
269-284, J.M. Chiu and S.G. Kim (p1)
- Shear wave
velocities of the post-Paleozoic sediments across the upper Mississippi
Embayment, (2004), Seism. Res. Lett., 75(3), 390-405, R.L. Street,
E.W. Woolery, and J.M. Chiu (p2)
- A preliminary study of
crustal structure in Taiwan
region using receiver function analysis, (2004), Geophys. J. Int.,
159, 146-164, Kim, K.H., J.M.
Chiu, H. Kao, Q. Liu, and Y.H. Yeh (p3)
- Three-dimensional Vp
and Vs structural models associated with the active subduction and
collision tectonics in the Taiwan region, (2005), Geophys. J. Int., 162, 204-220,
K.H. Kim, J.M. Chiu, J. Pujol, K.C. Chen, B.S. Huang, and Y.H. Yeh (p4)
- Modern seismic
observations in the Tatun Volcano Region of northern Taiwan:
seismic/volcanic hazard adjacent to the Taipei metropolitan area,
(2005), TAO,16(3), 579-594,
K.H. Kim, G. Chang, K.F. Ma, J.M. Chiu, and K.C. Chen (p5)
- Imaging subduction
zone coupling: 3-D Vp, Vp/Vs and Q in the southern North Island, New
Zealand, (2005), Geophys. J. Int., 162, 270-288, Eberhart-Phillips, D., M.
Reyners, M. Chadwick, and J.M. Chiu (p6)
- Earthquake relocations,
fault zone geometry and constraints on lateral velocity variations using
the joint hypocenter determination method in the Taiwan area, (2005), Earth Planets Space, 57, 809-823,
K.H. Kim, J.M. Chiu, J. Pujol, and K.C. Chen (p7)
- A simple algorithm
for local earthquake location using 3-dimensional Vp and Vs models
– test examples in the central USA
and Taiwan
regions, (2006), Bull. Seism. Soc.
Am., 96(1), 288-305, H. Chen, J.M. Chiu, J. Pujol, K.H. Kim, K.C.
Chen, B.S. Huang, Y.H. Yeh, and S.C. Chiu (p8)
- Polarity reversal of
active plate boundary and elevated oceanic upper mantle beneath the collision
zone suture in central eastern Taiwan, (2006), Bull. Seism. Soc. Am., 96(3),
796-806, K.H. Kim, J.M. Chiu, J. Pujol, and K.C. Chen (p9)
- Anomalous Pn waves
observed in eastern Taiwan:
implications of a thin-crust and elevated oceanic upper mantle beneath
the active collision zone suture, (2007), Bull. Seism. Soc. Am., 97(4), 1370-1377, Liang, W.T., J.M.
Chiu, and K.H. Kim (p10)
- Other publications (pp)
Current Graduate
Students: Biniam Asmerom (Fall 2006 - Present)
Results from Recent
Researches:
- Propagation of seismic waves in
subduction zones from intermediate-depth earthquakes – (r1)
- A new tectonic model for the orogenic
process in the Taiwan
region – (r2)
- Comparison between
the observed gravity anomaly and estimated gravity data converted from
3-D velocity structure and its implications—(r3)
- Thin crust and
eastward dipping low velocity zone beneath the Taupo volcanic zone in
the North Island of New Zealand – (r4)
- Vp and Vs profile
for the sedimentary basin in the upper Mississippi embayment from converted
waves and seismic lines – (r5)
Research Projects: list of
projects
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