Journal papers

• He, B., K. Wang, T.S. Liu, T. Lei, N.Q. Du, S. van der Lee, F.A. Darbyshire, A. Frederisksen, H.J. Zhu, D. Lumley, H. Halls, and Q.Y. Liu Crustal and uppermost mantle structures of the North American Midcontinent Rift revealed by joint full-waveform inversion of ambient-noise data and teleseismic P waves, Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 641, doi:10.1016/j.epsl.2024.118797, 2024.

• Onsager, C., C. Wang, C. Costakis, C.C. Aygen, L. Lang, S. van der Lee, M.A. Grayson, Sensitivity volume as figure-of-merit for maximizing data importance in electrical impedance tomography, Physiological Measurement, 45, doi:10.1088/1361-6579/ad3458, 2024.

• Van der Lee, S., Deep Mars is surprisingly soft , Nature, 622, 699-700, doi:10.1038/d41586-023-03151-x, 2023.

• Al Eqabi, G., M. Wysession, D. Wiens, W. Shen, S. van der Lee, F. Darbyshire, A. Frederiksen, S. Stein, J. Revenaugh, Joint Inversion of SPREE Receiver Functions and Surface Wave Dispersion Curves for 3-D Crustal and Upper Mantle Structure Beneath the U.S. Midcontinent Rift , J. Geophys. Res., doi:10.1029/2023JB026771, 2023.

• Witek, M., S.M. Lee, S.J. Chang, and S. van der Lee, Waveform inversion of large data sets for radially anisotropic Earth structure , Geophys. J. Int., 232, 1311-1339, doi:10.1093/gji/ggac393, 2023.

• Swanson-Hysell, N.L., T. Rivers, and S. van der Lee, The late Mesoproterozoic to early Neoproterozoic Grenvillian orogeny and the assembly of Rodinia: Turning point in the tectonic evolution of Laurentia , in GSA Memoir Laurentia: Turning Points in the Evolution of a Continent, eds: S.J. Whitmeyer, M.L. Williams, D.A. Kellett, B. Tikoff, doi:10.1130/2022.1220(14), 2023.

• Sita, M., and S. van der Lee, Potential Volcano-Tectonic Origins and Faulting Mechanisms of Three Low-Frequency Marsquakes Detected by a Single InSight Seismometer JGR Planets, doi:10.1029/2022JE007309, 2022.

• Nolet, G., and S. van der Lee, Error estimates for seismic body wave delay times in the ISC-EHB Bulletin Geophysical Journal International, v.231, 1739–1749, doi:10.1093/gji/ggac282, 2022.

• Ciardelli, C., M. Assumpcao, E. Bozdag, and S. van der Lee, Adjoint Waveform Tomography of South America Journal of Geophysical Research, doi:10.1029/2021JB022575, 2022.

• Ciardelli, C., E. Bozdag, D. Peter, and S. van der Lee, SphGLLTools: A toolbox for visualization of large seismic model files based on 3D spectral-element meshes Computers & Geosciences, doi:10.1130/2022.1220(14), 2022.

• Bedle, H., X. Lou, and S. van der Lee, Continental tectonics inferred from high-resolution imaging of the mantle beneath the United States, through the combination of USArray data types Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems, doi:10.1029/2021GC009674, 2021.

• Frederiksen, A.W., P. Pokar, E. Barrow, J. Revenaugh, and S. van der Lee, Altered Mantle Fabric Beneath the Mid-Continent Rift, Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems, doi:10.1029/2021GC010012, 2021.

• Dannemann Dugick, F., S. van der Lee, Germán Prieto, Sydney Dybing, Liam Toney, and Hank Cole, ROSES: Remote Online Sessions for Emerging Seismologists, Seismological Research Letters, doi:10.1785/0220200421, 2021.

• Zhang, H., S. van der Lee, C. Bina, Z. Ge, Deep dehydration as a plausible mechanism of the 2013 Mw 8.3 Sea of Okhotsk deep-focus earthquake, Frontiers in Earth Science, doi:10.3389/feart.2021.521220, 2021.

• Tang, V., K. Chao, and S. van der Lee, Detections of Directional Dynamic Triggering in Intraplate Regions of the United States , Bull. Seism. Soc. Am., doi:10.1785/0120200352, 2021.

• Ranadive, O., S. van der Lee, V. Tang, and K. Chao, Applying Machine Learning to Crowd-sourced Data from Earthquake Detective, AI for Earth Sciences Workshop at Advances in Neural Information Processing Systems (NeurIPS), arXiv:2011.04740, 2020.

• Tang, V., B. Rösler, J. Nelson, J. Thompson, S. van der Lee, K. Chao, and M. Paulsen, Citizen Scientists Help Detect and Classify Possibly Dynamically Triggered Seismic Activity in Alaska, Frontiers in Earth Science, doi:10.3389/feart.2020.00321, 2020.

• Rösler, B., and S. van der Lee, Using Seismic Source Parameters to Model Frequency-Dependent Surface-Wave Radiation Patterns, Seismological Research Letters, , doi:10.1785/0220190128, 2020.

• Tang, V., P. Seetharaman, K. Chao, B. Pardo, and S. van der Lee, Automating the Detection of Dynamically Triggered Earthquakes via a Deep Metric Learning Algorithm, Seismological Research Letters, , doi:10.1785/0220190165, 2020.

• Porter, R.C, S. van der Lee, S.J. Whitmeyer, Synthesizing EarthScope Data to Constrain the Thermal Evolution of the Continental US Lithosphere, Geopsphere, doi:10.1130/GES02000.1, 2019.

• Bollmann, T.A., S. van der Lee, A.W. Frederiksen, E. Wolin, J. Revenaugh, D.A. Wiens, F.A. Darbyshire, S. Stein. M.E. Wysession, and D. Jurdy, P-wave Teleseismic Traveltime Tomography of the North American Midcontinent, J. Geophys. Res., , doi:10.1029/2018JB016627, 2019.

• Nolet, G., Y. Hello, S. van der Lee, S. Bonnieux, M.C. Ruiz, N.A. Pazmino, A. Deschamps, M.M. Regnier, Y. Font. Y.J. Chen, and F.J. Simons, Imaging the Gálapagos mantle plume with an unconventional application of floating seismometers, Scientific Reports, doi:SREP-18-33481B, 2018.

• Witek, M., S. van der Lee, T.S. Kang, S.J. Chang, J. Ning, and S. Ning, S-velocity model of East Asia from a cluster analysis of localized dispersion, J. Geophys. Res., 123, doi: 10.1029/2018JB016060, 2018.

• Chichester, B., C. Rychert, N. Harmon, S. van der Lee, A. Frederiksen, and H. Zhang, Seismic imaging of the North American Mid-continent Rift using S-to-P receiver functions, J. Geophys. Res., 123,7791–7805, doi:10.1029/2018JB015771, 2018.

• Wang, F., M. Barklage, X. Lou, S. van der Lee, C.R. Bina, and S.D. Jacobsen, HyMaTZ: A Python program for modelling seismic velocities in hydrous regions of the mantle transition zone, G3 , 2018.

• Chao, K., Z. Peng, Y.J. Hsu, K. Obara, C. Wu, K.E. Ching, S. van der Lee, H.C. Pu, P.L. Leu, and A. Wech, Temporal Variation of Tectonic Tremor Activity in Southern Taiwan Around the 2010 ML6.4 Jiashian Earthquake, J. Geophys. Res., 122 , 5417-5434, doi:10.1002/2016JB013925, 2017.

• Zhang, H., S. van der Lee, E. Wolin, T.A. Bollmann, J. Revenaugh, D.A. Wiens, A.W. Frederiksen, F.A. Darbyshire, G.I. Al Eqabi, M.E. Wysession, S. Stein, and D. Jurdy, Distinct crustal structure of the North American Midcontinent Rift from P wave receiver functions, J. Geophys. Res., 121 , 8136-8153, 2016.

• Ola, O., A.W. Frederiksen, T. Bollmann, S. van der Lee, F. Darbyshire, E. Wolin, J. Revenaugh, C. Stein, S. Stein, and M. Wysession, Anisotropic zonation in the lithosphere of Central North America: Influence of a strong cratonic lithosphere on the Mid-Continent Rift, Tectonophysics, 683 , 367-381, 2016.

• Zhang, H., S. van der Lee, and Z. Ge, Multi-array Rupture Imaging of the Devastating 2015 Nepal Earthquake Sequence, Geophys. Res. Lett., 43 , 584-591, doi:10.1002/2015GL066657, 2016.

• Wolin, E., S. van der Lee, T.A. Bollmann, D.A. Wiens, J. Revenaugh, F.A. Darbyshire, A.W. Frederiksen, S. Stein, and M. Wysession, Seasonal and Diurnal Variations in Long-Period Noise at SPREE stations: The Influence of Soil Characteristics on Shallow Stations’ Performance, Bull. Seism. Soc. Am., 105 , doi:10.1785/0120150046, 2015.

• Witek, M., S. van der Lee, and T.S. Kang, Rayleigh wave group velocity distributions for East Asia using ambient seismic noise, Geophys. Res. Lett., 41 , 8045-8052, doi:10.1002/2014GL062016, 2014.

• Bollmann, T., E. Wolin, and S. van der Lee, SPREE: A Seismic Study of Continental Modification, Earthscope Newslett., Summer 2013.

• Lloyd, S., S. van der Lee, and R. Russo, Location and Extent of the Subducted Chile Ridge from Rayleigh Wave Phase Velocities, Rejected without review from Geophys. Res. Lett., 2012.

• Lou, X., and S. van der Lee, Observed and predicted North American teleseismic delay times, Earth and Planet. Sci. Lett., 402, 6-15, doi:10.1016/j.epsl.2013.11.056, 2014.

• Chang, S.J., S. van der Lee, and M.P. Flanagan, Validation of Regional Travel-Time Predictions along the Tethyan Margin for Three P-velocity Models Built with Different Approaches, Bull. Seism. Soc. Am., 104, 1525-1532, doi:10.1785/0120130308, 2014.

• Frederiksen, A., T. Bollmann, F. Darbyshire, and S. van der Lee, Modification of continental lithosphere by tectonic processes: A tomographic image of central North America, J. Geophys. Res., 118, 1051-1066, doi:10.1002/jgrb.50060, 2013.

• Lou, X., S. van der Lee, and S. Lloyd, AIMBAT: A Python/Matplotlib Tool for Measuring Teleseismic Body Wave Arrival Times, Seismol. Res. Lett., 84, 85-93, doi:10.1785/0220120033, 2013.

• Chang, S.J., S. van der Lee, and M.P. Flanagan, New P-velocity model for the Tethyan margin from a scaled S-velocity model and the inversion of teleseismic P and PKP delay times, Phys. Earth. Planet. Inter., 210-211, 1-7, 2012.

• Chang, S.J., and S. van der Lee, Mantle plumes and associated flow beneath Arabia and East Africa, Earth Planet. Sci. Lett., 302,448-454, 2011.

• Chang, S.J., M. Merino, S. van der Lee, S. Stein, and C. Stein, Mantle flow beneath Arabia offset from the opening of the Red Sea, Geophys. Res. Lett., 38, L04301, doi:10.1029/2010GL045852, 2011.

• Van der Lee, S., and X. Lou, Seismic Tomography with USArray Data, inSights, 1-3, summer/fall 2011.

• Assumpcao, M., M. Guarido, S. van der Lee, and J.C. Dourado, Upper-mantle seismic anisotropy from SKS splitting in the South American stable platform: A test of asthenospheric flow models beneath the lithosphere, Lithosphere, 120,173-180, doi:19.1130/L99.1, 2011.

• Stein, S., S. van der Lee, D. Jurdy, C. Stein, D. Wiens, M. Wysession, J. Revenaugh, A. Frederiksen, F. Darbyshire, T. Bollmann, J. Lodewyk, E. Wolin, M. Merino, and K. Tekverk, Learning from Failure: The SPREE Mid-continent Rift Experiment, GSA Today, 21, doi:10.1130/G120A.1, 2011.

• Feng, M., S. van der Lee, M. An, and Y. Zhao, Lithospheric thickness, thinning, subduction, and interaction with the asthenosphere beneath china from the joint inversion of seismic wave train fits and Rayleigh-wave dispersion curves, Lithos, 120,116-130, 2010.

• O'Reilly, S.Y., J.C. Afonso, W.L. Griffin, and S. van der Lee, editors, The lithosphere/asthenosphere boundary: Nature, formation, and evolution, Lithos, 120,233 pp., doi:10.1016/j.lithos.2010.09.017, 2010.

• Van der Lee, S., and X. Lou, The Midwest Wakes up to Earthquakes, onSite, p. 2, spring 2010.

• Lloyd, S.M., S. van der Lee, M. Assumpcao, and M. Feng, Moho map of South America from receiver functions and surface waves, J. Geophys. Res., 115,B11315, doi:10.1029/2009JB006829, 2010.

• Chang, S.J., S. van der Lee, E. Matzel, and H. Bedle, Radial anisotropy along the Tethyan margin, Geophys. J. Int., 182,doi:10.1111/j.1365-246X.2010.04662.x, 2010.

• Chang, S.J., S. van der Lee, M.P. Flanagan, H. Bedle, F. Marone, E.M. Matzel, M.E. Pasyanos, A.J. Rodgers, B. Romanowicz, and C. Schmid, Joint inversion for 3-dimensional S-velocity mantle structure along the Tethyan margin, J. Geophys. Res., 115,doi:10.1029/2009JB007204, 2010.

• Bedle, H., and S. van der Lee, S-velocity variations beneath North America, J. Geophys. Res., 114,doi:10.1029/2008JB005949, 2009.

• Feng, M., M. An, and S. van der Lee, Region-related features of crustal and upper-mantle velocity structure of the Chinese mainland detected by surface waveform modeling, Act. Seism. Sin., 21, 118-126, 2008.

• Lloyd, S.M., and S. van der Lee, Influence of observed mantle anisotropy on isotropic tomographic models, Geochem. Geophys. Geosyst., 9, Q07007, doi:10.1029/2008GC001997, 2008.

• Van der Lee, S., K. Regenauer-Lieb, and D. Yuen, The role of water in connecting past and future episodes of subduction, Earth Planet. Sci. Lett., 273, 15-27, doi:10.1016/j.epsl.2008.04.041, 2008.

• Schmid, C., S. van der Lee, J.C. VanDecar, E.R. Engdahl, and D. Giardini, Three-dimensional S velocity of the mantle in the Africa-Eurasia plate boundary region from phase arrival times and regional waveforms, J. Geophys. Res., 113,, B03306, doi:10.1029/2005JB004193, 2008.

• Feng, M., S. van der Lee, and M. Assumpção, Upper Mantle Structure of South America from Joint Inversion of Waveforms and Fundamental-mode Group Velocities of Rayleigh Waves, J. Geophys. Res., 112, doi:10.1029/2006JB004449, 2007.

• Van der Lee, S. and D. Wiens, Seismological Constraints on Earth's Deep Water Cycle, in "Earth's Deep Water Cycle", Eds: Jacobsen, S., and S. van der Lee, AGU Monograph, 168, 13-27, 2006.

• Braunmiller, J., S. van der Lee, and L. Doermann, Mantle transition zone thickness in the central South American subduction zone, in "Earth's Deep Water Cycle", Eds: Jacobsen, S., and S. van der Lee, AGU Monograph, 168, 215-224, 2006.

• Schmid, C., S. van der Lee, and D. Giardini, Correlated shear and bulk moduli to 1400 km beneath the Mediterranean region, Phys. Earth Planet. Inter., 159, 213-224, 2006.

• Yang, T., Y. Shen, S. van der Lee, S.C. Solomon, and S.H. Hung, Upper-Mantle Structure Beneath the Azores Hotspot from Finite-Frequency Seismic Tomography, Earth Planet. Sci. Lett., 250, 11-26, 2006.

• Bedle, H. and S. van der Lee, Fossil flat-slab subduction beneath the Illinois Basin, USA, Tectonophysics, 424, 53-68, 2006.

• Wu, L., Y. Huh, J. Qin, G. Du, and S. van der Lee, Chemical weathering in the Upper Huang He (Yellow River) draining the eastern Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, Geochimica Cosmochimica Acta, 69, 5279-5294, 2005.

• Van der Lee, S., and A. Frederiksen, Surface Wave tomography applied to the North American upper mantle, in AGU Monograph "Seismic Earth: Array Analysis of Broadband Seismograms", Eds: Levander A., and G. Nolet,  67-80, 2005.

• Van der Meijde, M., S. van der Lee, and D. Giardini, Seismic discontinuities in the Mediterranean mantle, Phys. Earth Planet. Inter., 148, 233-250, 2005.

• Feng, M., M. Assumpção, and S. van der Lee, Group-velocity tomography and lithospheric S-velocity structure of the South American Continent, Phys. Earth Planet. Inter., 147, 315-331, 2004.

• Schmid, C., S. van der Lee, and D. Giardini, Delay times and shear-wave splitting in the Mediterranean region, Geophys. J. Int., 159, 275-290, 2004.

• Marone, F., S. van der Lee, and D. Giardini, 3-D upper mantle S-velocity model for the Eurasia-Africa plate boundary region, Geophys. J. Int., 158, 109-130, 2004.

• Marone, F., S. van der Lee, and D. Giardini, Shallow anisotropy in the Mediterranean mantle from surface waves, Geophys. Res. Lett., 31, doi:10.1029/2003GL018948, 2004.

• Fouch, M.J., D.E. James, J.C. VanDecar, S. van der Lee, and the Kaapvaal  Seismic Group, Mantle seismic structure beneath the Kaapvaal and Zimbabwe cratons, S. African J. Geol., 107, 33-44, 2004.

• Van der Meijde, M., F. Marone,  D. Giardini, and S. van der Lee, Seismic evidence for water deep in Earth’s upper mantle, Science, 300, 1556–1558, 2003.

• Van der Lee, S., 3-D structure of continental upper mantle, derived from seismograms, J. Geol. Soc. India, 62, 121-122, 2003.

• Marone, F., M. van der Meijde, S. van der Lee, D. Giardini, Joint inversion of local, regional, and teleseismic data for crustal thickness in the Eurasia-Africa plate boundary region, Geophys. J. Int., 154, 499–514, 2003.

• Van der Meijde, M., S. van der Lee, and D. Giardini, Crustal structure beneath broadband seismic stations in the Mediterranean region, Geophys. J. Int., 152, 729-739, 2003.

• Van der Lee, S., High-resolution estimates of lithospheric thickness from Missouri to Massachusetts, USA, Earth and Planet. Sc. Lett., 203, 15–23, 2002.

• Schmid, C., S. Goes, S. van der Lee, and D. Giardini, Fate of the Cenozoic Farallon slab from a comparison of kinematic thermal modeling with tomographic images, Earth Planet. Sc. Lett., 204, 17–32, 2002.

• Li, A., K. Fischer, S. van der Lee, and M. Wysession, Crust and upper mantle discontinuity structure beneath eastern North America, J. Geophys. Res., 107, 10:1029/2001JB000190, 2002.

• Goes, S., and S. van der Lee, Thermal structure of the North American uppermost mantle inferred from seismic tomography, J. Geophys. Res., 107, 10:1029/2000JB000049, 2002.

• Silveira, G., S. van der Lee, E. Stutzmann, L. Matias, D. James, P. Burkett, M. Miranda, L.M. Victor, J.L. Gaspar, L. Senos, S. Solomon, J.P. Montagner, and D. Giardini, Coordinated seismic experiment in the Azores, ORFEUS Newsletter, 4, 10, 2002.

• Van der Lee, S., D. James and P. Silver, Correction to “Upper-mantle S-velocity structure of western and central South America”, by Suzan van der Lee, David James, and Paul Silver, J. Geophys. Res., 107, DOI 10.1029/2002JB001891, 2002.

• Van der Lee, S., D. James and P. Silver, Upper-mantle S-velocity structure of western and central South America, J. Geophys. Res., 106, 30821–30834, 2001.

• Van der Lee, S., F. Marone, M. van der Meijde, D. Giardini, A. Deschamps, L. Margheriti, P. Burkett, S.C. Solomon, P.M. Alves, M. Chouliaras, A. Eshwehdi, A.S. Suleiman, H. Gashut, M. Herak, R. Ortiz, J.M. Davila, A. Ugalde, J. Vila, K. Yelles, Eurasia-Africa Plate Boundary Region Yields New Seismographic Data, Eos Trans. AGU, 82, 637 645 646, 2001.

• Van der Lee, S., Geology - Deep below North America, Science, 294, 1297–1298, 2001.

• Gao, Y., S. van der Lee, D. Giardini, J. Braunmiller, and S.H. Zheng, A study on source mechanism of large Mani earthquake of 8 November 1997 in China Xizang by mode summation, Chinese J. of Geophysics, 44, 98–106, 2001.

• Silver, P.G., M.J. Fouch, S.S. Gao, M.  Schmitz, and the Kaapvaal Seismic Group (http://www.dtm.ciw.edu/mantle/kaapvaal/lists/ksg.html, incl. S. van der Lee), Seismic anisotropy, mantle fabric, and the magmatic evolution of Precambrian southern Africa, S. African J. Geol., 107, 45-58, 2004.

• Gao, S.S., P.G. Silver, K.H. Liu, and the Kaapvaal Seismic Group (incl. S. van der Lee), Mantle discontinuities beneath Southern Africa, Geophys. Res. Lett., 29, doi:/10.1029/2001GL013834, 2002.

• Freybourger, M., J.B. Gaherty, T.H. Jordan, and Kaapvaal Seismic Group (incl. S. van der Lee), Structure of the Kaapvaal craton from surface waves, Geophys. Res. Lett., 28, 2589-2492, 2001.

• Silver, P.G., S.S. Gao, K.H. Liu, and Kaapvaal Seismic Group (incl. S. van der Lee), Mantle deformation beneath southern Africa, Geophys. Res. Lett., 28, 2493-2496, 2001.

• Nguuri, T.K., J. Gore, D.E. James, S.J. Webb, C. Wright, T.G. Zengeni, O. Gwavava, J.A. Snoke, and Kaapvaal Seismic Group (incl. S. van der Lee),  Crustal structure beneath southern Africa and its implications for the formation and evolution of the Kaapvaal and Zimbabwe cratons, Geophys. Res. Lett., 28, 2501-2504, 2001.

• James, D.E., M.J. Fouch, J.C. VanDecar, S. van der Lee, and Kaapvaal Seismic Group, Tectospheric structure beneath southern Africa, Geophys. Res. Lett., 28, 2485–2488, 2001.

• Richardson, W.P., E.A. Okal and S. van der Lee, Rayleigh-wave tomography of the Ontong-Java Plateau, Phys. Earth Planet. Inter., 118, 29–51, 2000.

• Van der Lee, S., D. James, and P. Silver, Continental upper mantle structure from combined data from mobile broadband networks in South America, ORFEUS Newsletter, 2, 14, 2000.

• Van der Lee, S., D. Giardini, C. Estabrook, A. Deschamps, C. Chiarabba, New temporary broadband stations in the larger Mediterranean region, ORFEUS Newsletter, 1, 5, 1999.

• Van der Lee, S., Observations and origin of Rayleigh wave amplitude anomalies, Geophys. J. Int., 135, 691–699, 1998.

• Van der Lee, S. and G. Nolet, Seismic image of the subducted trailing fragments of the Farallon plate, Nature, 386, 266–269, 1997.

• Van der Lee, S. and G. Nolet, Upper-mantle S-velocity structure of North America, J. Geophys. Res., 102, 22,815–22,838, 1997.

• Van der Lee, S., H. Paulssen and G. Nolet, Variability of P660s phases as a consequence of topography of the 660 km discontinuity, Phys. Earth Planet. Inter., 86, 147–164, 1994.

• Spakman, W., S. van der Lee and R. van der Hilst, Travel-time tomography of the European Mediterranean mantle down to 1400 km, Phys. Earth Planet. Inter., 79, 3–74, 1993.

• Paulssen, H., S. van der Lee and G. Nolet, The NARS-NL Project, IRIS Newsletter, 9 (4), 1-2, 1990.
   

Book

• Jacobsen, S.D., and S. van der Lee, editors, Earth's Deep Water Cycle, AGU monograph, 168, 313 pp., 2006 (Preface / Contents).
   

Theses

• Van der Lee, S., The Earth's upper mantle: Its structure beneath North America and the 660-km discontinuity beneath northern Europe, Ph.D. Thesis, 186pp., Princeton University, January, 1996.

• Van der Lee, S., Tomographic inversion of delay times for P-velocities beneath Europe, senior/Master's Thesis, 97pp., University of Utrecht, January, 1990.

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