Suzan van der Lee

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

Journal papers

Van der Lee, S., K. Regenauer-Lieb, S. Jacobsen, and D. Yuen, The role of water in connecting past and future episodes of subduction, Earth Planet. Sci. Lett., submitted, 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, Seismic velocity structure suggests fossil flat 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., 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.

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.