1. Deep Earth Seismology: High‐resolution imaging of the upper mantle beneath the North China Craton, Western Australian Craton, and the Sichuan–Yunnan region using finite‐frequency body‐wave tomography.
2. Seismic Tomography Methods: Development of high‐resolution tomography techniques, including multi‐array data integration for ACH tomography, adaptive tomography based on second‐generation wavelet transforms, and nonlinear finite‐frequency tomography based on the eikonal equation.
1. Xu, X., Yang, D., Zhao, L., Johnson, S. P., Dentith, M., Murdie, R., Gessner, K. and Yuan, H., 2025. Finite-frequency tomography of the upper mantle beneath the Proterozoic Capricorn Orogen in the central West Australian Craton. Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth, 130, e2025JB031820.
2. Xu, X., Wang, K., Yang, D., Zhao, L., and Yuan, H., 2024. Remnant Paleoproterozoic Subduction or Lithospheric Drip Initiation at the Yilgarn Craton Margin: Constraints from P-wave Tomography. Acta Geologica Sinica (English Edition), 98.
3. Xu, X., Zhao, L., Wang, K. and Yang, J., 2018. Indication from finite-frequency tomography beneath the North China Craton: The heterogeneity of craton destruction. Science China Earth Sciences, 61(9), 1238-1260.
4. Zhao, L., Xu, X. and Malusà, M., 2017. Seismic probing of continental subduction zones, Journal of Asian Earth Sciences, 2017, 145: 37-45.
5. Wang, K., Zhao, L., Xu, X. and Yang, J., 2018. Heterogeneous destruction of the North China Craton: Coupled constraints from seismology and geodynamic numerical modeling. Science China Earth Sciences, 61(5), 515-526.
