Associate Professor
Name:
Qiang Xu
Title:
Associate Professor
Tel:
010-84097172
Email:
xuqiang@itpcas.ac.cn
Address:
Building 3, Courtyard 16, Lincui Road, Chaoyang District, Beijing 100101, China
Education and Appointments
Education
Ph.D. Institute of Tibetan Plateau Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 2009
B. S. School of Geological Engineering and Geomatics, Chang’an University, 20044
Appointments
Associate Professor, CAS Center for Excellence in Tibetan Plateau Earth Sciences, Institute of Tibetan Plateau Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 2013-present
Assistant Professor, Institute of Tibetan Plateau Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 2009-2013


Research Interest
Research Interests: Receiver function analysis, Waveform modelling and inversion techniques, Imaging the lithospheric structure, Dynamic processes of Tibetan Plateau uplift.
Research Field: Earthquake Seismology


Selected Publications

1. Xu, Q.*, Pei, S. P., Yuan, X. H., Zhao, J. M., Liu, H. B., Tu, H. W., Chen, S. Z., 2019. Seismic Evidence for Lateral Asthenospheric Flow Beneath the Northeastern Tibetan Plateau Derived From S Receiver Functions. Geochemistry Geophysics Geosystems, 20(2): 883-894.

2. Xu, Q.*, Zhao, J. M., Yuan, X. H., Liu, H. B., Pei, S. P., 2017. Detailed Configuration of the Underthrusting Indian Lithosphere Beneath Western Tibet Revealed by Receiver Function Images. Journal of Geophysical Research-Solid Earth, 122(10): 8257-8269.

3. Xu, Q.*, Zhao, J. M., Yuan, X. H., Liu, H. B., Pei, S. P., 2015. Mapping crustal structure beneath southern Tibet: Seismic evidence for continental crustal underthrusting. Gondwana Research, 27(4): 1487-1493.

4. Xu, Q.*, Zhao, J. M., Pei, S. P., Liu, H. B., 2013a. Imaging lithospheric structure of the eastern Himalayan syntaxis: New insights from receiver function analysis. Journal of Geophysical Research-Solid Earth, 118(5): 2323-2332.

5. Xu, Q.*, Zhao, J. M., Pei, S. P., Liu, H. B., 2013b. Distinct lateral contrast of the crustal and upper mantle structure beneath northeast Tibetan plateau from receiver function analysis. Physics of the Earth and Planetary Interiors, 217: 1-9.

6. Xu, Q.*, Zhao, J. M., Pei, S. P. and Liu, H. B., 2011. The lithosphere-asthenosphere boundary revealed by S-receiver functions from the Hi-CLIMB experiment. Geophysical Journal International, 187(1): 414-420.

7. Xu, Q.*, Zhao, J. M., Cui, Z. X., Pei, S. P., Liu, H. B., 2010. Moho offset beneath the central Bangong-Nujiang suture of Tibetan Plateau. Chinese Science Bulletin, 55(7): 607-613.

8. Xu, Q.*, Zhao, J. M., Cui, Z. X., Liu, M. Q., 2009. Structure of the crust and upper mantle beneath the southeastern Tibetan Plateau by P and S receiver functions. Chinese Journal of Geophysics-Chinese Edition, 52(12): 3001-3008.