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Xiaowei Chen

Texas A&M University
Associate Professor

Expertise: seismology, earthquake source processes
 
 
About Me Publications
Wu, Q., & Chen, X. (2021, 08). Source complexity of small and moderate earthquakes in the 2019 Ridgecrest earthquake sequence. Poster Presentation at 2021 SCEC Annual Meeting. SCEC Contribution 11635
Abercrombie, R. E., Trugman, D. T., Shearer, P. M., Chen, X., Zhang, J., Pennington, C. N., Hardebeck, J. L., Goebel, T. H., & Ruhl, C. J. (2020, 08). Does earthquake stress drop increase with depth? . Poster Presentation at 2020 SCEC Annual Meeting. SCEC Contribution 10725
Qin, Y., Chen, X., & Chen, T. (2020, 08). Diverse stress state evolutions of induced earthquake sequences in Oklahoma revealed through high resolution focal mechanism solutions. Poster Presentation at 2020 SCEC Annual Meeting. SCEC Contribution 10586
Chen, X., Wu, Q., Yao, D., & Peng, Z. (2019, 08). Source characteristics of the foreshock sequence of the 2010 M7.2 El Mayor-Cucapah earthquake: implication for the triggering process. Poster Presentation at 2019 SCEC Annual Meeting. SCEC Contribution 9895
Abercrombie, R. E., Chen, X., & Zhang, J. (2019, 08). Just how similar are individual earthquakes within repeating sequences at Parkfield?. Poster Presentation at 2019 SCEC Annual Meeting. SCEC Contribution 9876
Zhang, J., Chen, X., & Abercrombie, R. E. (2019, 08). Resolving the spatiotemporal variability of small earthquake source parameters at Parkfield and their relationship with 2004M6 Parkfield earthquake. Poster Presentation at 2019 SCEC Annual Meeting. SCEC Contribution 9803
Wu, Q., Chen, X., & Abercrombie, R. E. (2019, 08). Characterizing earthquake source complexity in the trifurcation area of the San Jacinto fault zone. Poster Presentation at 2019 SCEC Annual Meeting. SCEC Contribution 9589
Chen, X., & Abercrombie, R. E. (2018, 08). Applying improved spectral analysis to an induced earthquake sequence in Oklahoma and implications on earthquake triggering. Poster Presentation at 2018 SCEC Annual Meeting. SCEC Contribution 8794
Wu, Q., & Chen, X. (2018, 08). Characteristics of earthquake source complexity in the San Jacinto Fault Zone. Poster Presentation at 2018 SCEC Annual Meeting. SCEC Contribution 8653
Cheng, Y., & Chen, X. (2016, 12). Seismicity and source spectra analysis in Salton Sea Geothermal Field. Poster Presentation at AGU 2016. SCEC Contribution 7219
Abercrombie, R. E., & Chen, X. (2016, 08). Earthquake source parameter validation using multiple-scale approaches for induced seismicity in Oklahoma. Poster Presentation at 2016 SCEC Annual Meeting. SCEC Contribution 7003
Yao, D., Peng, Z., Meng, X., Chen, X., Castro, R. R., & Deng, S. (2016, 08). Comprehensive Detection and Relocation of the 2010 Mw7.2 El Mayor-Cucapah Foreshock Sequence. Poster Presentation at 2016 SCEC Annual Meeting. SCEC Contribution 6757
Goebel, T. H., Weingarten, M., Chen, X., Haffener, J., & Brodsky, E. E. (2016, 08). The 2016 Mw5.1 Fareview, Oklahoma earthquakes: Evidence for long-range poroelastic triggering at >30 km from disposal wells. Poster Presentation at 2016 SCEC Annual Meeting. SCEC Contribution 6657
Carpenter, B. M., Zu, X., Chen, X., & Reches, Z. (2016, 08). Slip and Seismic Radiation Along Bi-material Faults: An Experimental Analysis. Poster Presentation at 2016 SCEC Annual Meeting. SCEC Contribution 6630
Cheng, Y., & Chen, X. (2016, 08). Seismicity and spectral analysis in Salton Sea Geothermal Field. Poster Presentation at 2016 SCEC Annual Meeting. SCEC Contribution 6516
Chen, X., & Jiang, J. (2023, 12). Influences of intrinsic fault characteristics and external processes on swarm migration and duration,. Oral Presentation at AGU fall 2023. SCEC Contribution 13428
Pennington, C. N., Wu, Q., Chen, X., & Abercrombie, R. E. (2023). Quantifying rupture characteristics of microearthquakes in the Parkfield Area using a high-resolution borehole network. Geophysical Journal International, 233(3), 1772-1785. doi: 10.1093/gji/ggad023. SCEC Contribution 12741
Pennington, C. N., Uchide, T., & Chen, X. (2022). Slip Characteristics of Induced Earthquakes: Insights from the 2015 Mw 4.0 Guthrie, Oklahoma Earthquake. Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth,. doi: 10.1029/2021JB023564. SCEC Contribution 11846
Chen, X., & Wu, Q. (2021, 12). Stress drop validation and triggering process of foreshocks in Southern California. Poster Presentation at 2021 Fall Meeting, AGU. SCEC Contribution 11826
Abercrombie, R. E., Trugman, D. T., Shearer, P. M., Chen, X., Zhang, J., Pennington, C. N., Hardebeck, J. L., Goebel, T. W., & Ruhl, C. J. (2021). Does Earthquake Stress Drop Increase With Depth in the Crust?. Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth, 126(10). doi: 10.1029/2021JB022314. SCEC Contribution 11037
Abercrombie, R. E., Chen, X., & Zhang, J. (2020). Repeating Earthquakes With Remarkably Repeatable Ruptures on the San Andreas Fault at Parkfield. Geophysical Research Letters, 47(23). doi: 10.1029/2020GL089820. SCEC Contribution 11741
Wu, Q., Chen, X., & Abercrombie, R. E. (2019). Source Complexity of the 2015 Mw 4.0 Guthrie, Oklahoma Earthquake. Geophysical Research Letters, 46(9), 4674-4684. SCEC Contribution 9038
Zhang, J., Chen, X., & Abercrombie, R. E. (2018, 12). Robust Analysis of Stress Drop Variation along San Andreas Fault at Parkfield Using Multiple Local Networks. Poster Presentation at American Geophysical Union. SCEC Contribution 9044
Chen, X., & Abercrombie, R. E. (2018, 12). Applying improved spectral analysis to an induced earthquake sequence in Oklahoma and implications on earthquake triggering. Oral Presentation at American Geophysical Union. SCEC Contribution 9042
Cheng, Y., & Chen, X. (2018). Characteristics of Seismicity inside and outside the Salton Sea Geothermal Field. Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America, 108(4), 1877-1888. doi: 10.1785/0120170311. SCEC Contribution 8025
Goebel, T. H., Weingarten, M., Chen, X., Haffener, J., & Brodsky, E. E. (2017). The 2016 Mw5.1 Fairview, Oklahoma earthquakes: Evidence for long-range poroelastic triggering at >40 km from fluid disposal wells. Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 472, 50-61. doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.epsl.2017.05.011. SCEC Contribution 7293
Zhang, Q., Lin, G., Zhan, Z., Chen, X., Qin, Y., & Wdowinski, S. (2017). Absence of remote earthquake triggering within the Coso and Salton Sea geothermal production fields. Geophysical Research Letters, 44(2), 726–733. SCEC Contribution 7271
Zhang, Q., Lin, G., Zhan, Z., Chen, X., Qin, Y., & Wdowinski, S. (2017). Absence of remote earthquake triggering within the Coso and Salton Sea geothermal production fields. Geophysical Research Letters, 44(2), 726-733. doi: 10.1002/2016GL071964. SCEC Contribution 7218
Shearer, P. M., & Chen, X. (2015). Analysis of Foreshock Sequences in California and Implications for Earthquake Triggering. Pure and Applied Geophysics, 173(1), 133-152. doi: 10.1007/s00024-015-1103-0. SCEC Contribution 8122
Chen, X., & Shearer, P. M. (2013). California foreshock sequences suggest aseismic triggering process. Geophysical Research Letters, 40(11), 2602–2607. doi: 10.1002/grl.50444. SCEC Contribution 1775
Hauksson, E., Stock, J. M., Bilham, R., Boese, M., Chen, X., Fielding, E. J., Galetzka, J. E., Hudnut, K. W., Hutton, K., Jones, L. M., Kanamori, H., Shearer, P. M., Steidl, J. H., Treiman, J. A., Wei, S., & Yang, W. (2013). Report on the August 2012 Brawley Earthquake Swarm in Imperial Valley, Southern California. Seismological Research Letters, 84(2), 177-189. doi: 10.1785/0220120169. SCEC Contribution 1678
Chen, X., Shearer, P. M., & Abercrombie, R. E. (2012). Spatial migration of earthquakes within seismic clusters in Southern California: Evidence for fluid diffusion. Journal of Geophysical Research, 117. doi: 10.1029/2011JB008973. SCEC Contribution 1722
Chen, X., & Shearer, P. M. (2011). Comprehensive analysis of earthquake source spectra and swarms in the Salton Trough, California. Journal of Geophysical Research, 116(B9). doi: 10.1029/2011JB008263. SCEC Contribution 1542

Last updated Apr 02, 2024.