(* denotes graduate student or postdoc I have directly supervised)

Long, M.D., H. Gao, A. Klaus, L.S. Wagner, M.J. Fouch, D.E. James, and E.D. Humphreys (2009), Shear wave splitting and the pattern of mantle flow beneath eastern Oregon, Earth Planet. Sci. Lett., 288, 359-369, doi:10.1016/j.epsl.2009.09.039.

Schmidt, D.A., and H. Gao (2010), Source parameters and time-dependent slip distributions of slow slip events on the Cascadia subduction zone from 1998-2008, J. Geophys. Res., 115, B00A18, doi:10.1029/2008JB006045.

Gao, H., E. D. Humphreys , H. Yao, and R. D. van der Hilst (2011), Crust and lithosphere structure of the Northwestern U.S. with ambient noise tomography: Terrane accretion and Cascade arc development, Earth Planet. Sci. Lett., doi:10.1016/j.epsl.2011.01.033.

Gao, H., D. A. Schmidt, and R. J. Weldon (2012), Scaling relationships of source parameters for slow slip events, Bull. Seism. Soc. Am., 102, doi:10.1785/0120110096.

Shen, Y., Y. Ren, H. Gao, and B. Savage (2012), An improved method to extract very broadband empirical Green’s functions from ambient seismic noise, Bull. Seism. Soc. Am., 102 (4), 1872-1877, doi:10.1785/0120120023.

Gao, H., and Y. Shen (2012), Validation of Shear-wave velocity models of the Pacific Northwest, Bull. Seism. Soc. Am., 102(6), 2611-2621, doi:10.1785/0120110336.

Gao, H., and Y. Shen (2014), Upper mantle structure of the Cascades from full-wave ambient noise tomography: Evidence for 3D mantle upwelling in the back-arc, Earth Planet. Sci. Lett., 309, 222-233, doi:10.1016/j.epsl.2014.01.012.

Gao, H., and Y. Shen (2015), Validation of recent shear wave velocity models in the United States with full-wave simulation, J. Geophys. Res. Solid Earth, 120, 534-358, doi:10.1002/2014JB011369.

Gao, H., and Y. Shen (2015), A preliminary full-wave ambient noise tomography model spanning from the Juan de Fuca and Gorda spreading centers to the Cascadia volcanic arc, Seismological Research Letter, 86(5), doi:10.1785/0220150103.

Gao, H. (2015), Crustal seismic structure beneath the source area of the Columbia River flood basalt: Bifurcation of the Moho driven by lithosphere delamination, Res. Lett., 42, doi:10.1002/2015GL066625.

Gao, H. (2016), Seismic velocity structure of the Juan de Fuca and Gorda plates revealed by a joint inversion of ambient noise and regional earthquakes, Geophys. Res. Lett., 43, doi:10.1002/2016GL069381.

*Rathnayaka, S., and Gao, H. (2017), Crustal-scale seismic struc ture from trench to forearc in the Cascadia subduction zone, Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth, 122, https://doi.org/10.1002/2017JB014299.

Gao, H. (2018), Three-dimensional variation of the slab geometry correlate with earthquake distributions at the Cascadia subduction system, Nature Communications, doi:10.1038/s41467-018-03655-5.

*Li, C., H. Gao, M. Williams, and V. Levin (2018), Crustal thickness variation in the northern Appalachian Mountains: Implications for the geometry of 3D tectonic boundaries within the crust, Geophys. Res. Lett., 45, doi:10.1029/2018GL078777.

*Yang, X., and H. Gao (2018), Full-wave seismic tomography in the northeastern United States: New insights into the uplift of the Adirondack Mountains, Geophys. Res. Lett., 45, doi:10.1029/2018GL078438.

*Rathnayaka, S., and H. Gao (2019), Quality analysis of high-frequency air-gun shot seismic recordings in the Juan de Fuca plate, Seismological Research Letters, 90(1), doi:10.1785/0220180274.

*Yang, X., H. Gao, S. Rathnayaka, and C. Li (2019), A comprehensive quality analysis of empirical Green’s functions at ocean-bottom seismometers in Cascadia, Seismological Research Letters, 90(1), doi:10.1785/0220180273.

Janiszewski, H. A., J. B. Gaherty, G. A. Abers, H. Gao, and Z. C. Eilon (2019), Amphibious surface-wave phase-velocity measurements of the Cascadia subduction zone, Geophysical Journal International, 217(3), https://doi.org/10.1093/gji/ggz051.

*Lü, Z., H. Gao, J. Lei, X. Yang, S. Rathnayaka, and C. Li (2019), Crust and upper mantle structure of the Tien Shan orogenic belt from full-wave ambient noise tomography, Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth, https://doi.org/10.1029/2019JB017387.

*Lü, Z., Gao, and J. Lei (2019), Modification of crust and mantle lithosphere beneath the central Tien Shan revealed by P-wave receiver functions, Journal of Asian Earth Sciences, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jseaes.2019.104187.

*Li, C., H. Gao, and M. L. Williams (2020), Seismic characteristics of the eastern North American crust with Ps converted waves: terrane accretion and modification of continental crust, Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth, https://doi.org/10.1029/2019JB018727.

Gao, H., X. Yang, M. Long, and J. C. Aragon (2020), Seismic evidence for crustal modification beneath the Hartford rift basin in the Northeastern United States, Geophys. Res. Lett., 47, e2020GL089316. https://doi.org/10.1029/2020GL089316.

*Yang, X., and H. Gao (2020), Segmentation of the Aleutian-Alaska subduction zone revealed by full-wave ambient noise tomography: implications for the along-strike variation of volcanism, J. Geophys. Res. Solid Earth, 125(11). https://doi.org/10.1029/2020JB019677.

Gao, H. and Li, C. (2021), Lithospheric formation and evolution of eastern North American continent, Res. Lett., 48, e2020GL091074. https://doi.org/10.1029/2020GL091074.

Ian, H., Williams, M. L., Li, C., and Gao, H. (2021), Rise and Fall of the Acadian altiplano: evidence for a Paleozoic orogenic plateau in New England, Earth Planet. Sci. Lett., 560. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.epsl.2021.116797.

*Li, C., and Gao, H. (2021), Modification of crust and mantle lithosphere beneath the southern part of the eastern North American passive margin, Geophys. Res. Lett., 48, e2020GL090555. https://doi.org/10.1029/2020GL090555.

*Liu, M, and Gao, H. (2022), Three-dimensional variation of the slab geometry within the South American subduction system, Geophys. Res. Lett., 49, e2021GL095924. https://doi.org/10.1029/2021GL095924.

Gao. H., and Long, M. (2022), Tectonics and Geodynamics of the Cascadia Subduction Zone, Elements, 18, 226-231, doi:10.2138/gselements.18.4.226.

*Li, C., Hibbard, L., Gao, H., and Williams, M. (2023), Seismic evidence for metamorphic densification of the lower continental crust in eastern North America, Geophys. Res. Solid Earth, 128, e2023JB026602. https://doi.org/10.1029/2023JB026602.

*Liu, M., and Gao, H. (2023), Role of subduction dynamics on the unevenly distributed volcanism at the Middle American subduction system, the Plate Tectonics Guest Edited Collection in Scientific Reports, Scientific Reports, 13(1), https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-023-41740-y.

*Liu, M., and Gao, H. (2023), Variations of crustal thickness in Alaska and northwestern Canada: Implications for crustal modification and accretion of tectonic units, Geophys. Res. Solid Earth, https://doi.org/10.1029/2023JB027428