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Kin-Yip Chun

• Chun, K.-Y., and G. A. Henderson
  Temporal changes in P wave attenuation: A tale of two Californian earthquake rupture zones.
  Chinese J. Geophys., 48(4), 851-860, 2005.
   
• Chun, K.-Y., G. A. Henderson, and J. Liu
  Temporal changes in P wave attenuation in the Loma Prieta rupture zone.
  J. Geophys. Res., Vol. 109, B02317, 2004.
  doi:10.1029/2003JB002498
   
• Liu, F. T., P. F. Xu, K.-Y. Chun, J. S. Liu, Z. X. Yin, X. K. Zhang, C. K. Zhang, and J. R. Zhau
  The crustal velocity structure of the continental deep subduction belt:
  Study on the Eastern Dabie crustal velocity structure by wide-angle reflection/refraction.
  Chinese J. Geophys., 46(3), 366-372, 2003.
   
• Chun, K.-Y., and J. S. Liu
  3-D Tomographic Images in Northeastern China and Japan:
  A First-Hand Deep Seismic Probing Using Data from GPS-Relocated Chinese Network Stations.
  Seismol. Res. Lett., Vol. 73, No. 2, 2002.
   
• Chun, K.-Y., and G. A. Henderson
  Evidence for Large-Amplitude Attenuation Fluctuations
  in the Source Region Following the 1989 Loma Prieta Earthquake.
  Seismol. Res. Lett., Vol. 73, No. 2, 2002.
   
• Shih, X. R., K.-Y. Chun, and T. Zhu
  Attenuation of 1-6s Lg Waves in Eurasia.
  J. Geophys. Res., Vol. 99, No. B12, 23859-23874, 1994.
   
• Chun, K.-Y., J. Liu, T. Zhu, and X. R. Shih
  Abnormal Lg Coda Q in Beijing Area.
  Geophys. Res. Lett., Vol. 21, No. 4, 317-320, 1994.
   
• Li, H.-J., and K.-Y. Chun
  Focal Mechanism and Modern Stress Field along the Burmese Arc and Its Vicinity.
  Acta Seismologica Sinica 7, 577-585, 1994.
   
• Shih, X. R., K.-Y. Chun, and T. Zhu
  Regionalized Lg Wave Attenuation in Eurasia.
  J. Geophys. Res. 99, 23859-23874, 1994.
   
• Zhu, T., and K.-Y. Chun
  Understanding Finite-Frequency Wave Phenomena: Phase-Ray Formulation and Inhomogeneity Scattering.
  Geophys. J. Int. 119, 78-90, 1994.
   
• Zhu, T., and K.-Y. Chun
  Complex Rays in Elastic and Anelastic Media.
  Geophys. J. Int. 119, 269-276, 1994.
   
• Chun, K.-Y., J. Liu, T. Zhu, and X. R. Shih
  Abnormal Lg Coda Q in Beijing Area.
  Geophys. Res. Lett. 21, 317-320, 1994.
   
• Chun, K.-Y., T. Zhu, and G. F. West
  Reply to Comment on 'Teleseismic P Wave Attenuation and Nuclear Explosion Source Functions
  Inferred from Yellowknife Array Data'.
  J. Geophys. Res. 98, 9927-9929, 1993.
   
• Chun, K.-Y.
  Seismogram Reading upon the Quiet Canadian Bedrock.
  IEEE Canada Review 13, Spring Issue , 12-14, 1992.
   
• Chun, K.-Y.
  Regional and Teleseismic Verification of Nuclear Test Ban Treaty Compliance:
  Testing of Novel Techniques over the Canadian Proving Ground.
  IEEE Canada Special Issue , 1992.
   
• Chun, K.-Y., T. Zhu, and G. F. West
  Teleseismic P Wave Attenuation and the Nuclear Explosion Source Functions
  Inferred from Yellowknife Array Data.
  J. Geophys. Res., Vol. 96, No. B7, 12083-12097, 1991.
   
• Zhu, T., K.-Y. Chun, and G. F. West
  Geometrical Spreading and Q of Pn Waves: An Investigative Study in Eastern Canada.
  Bull. Seis. Soc. Am., Vol. 81, No. 3, 882-896, 1991.
   
• Chun, K.-Y., T. Zhu, and G. F. West
  The Origin and Attenuation Characteristics of Pn Wave in the Canadian Shield.
  Acta Geophysica Sinica, Vol. 34, No. 5, 563-568, 1991.
   
• Zhu, J., K.-Y. Chun, X. Xun, G. F. West, and R. J. Kokoski
  Imaging Three-Dimensional Crustal Velocity Structure along the Adirondack - Western Quebec Seismic Zone.
  Acta Geophysica Sinica, Vol. 34, No. 2, 161-173, 1991.
   
• Zhou, B., J. Zhu, K.-Y. Chun
  Three-Dimensional Shear Velocity Structure Beneath Qinhai-Tibet and Its Adjacent Area.
  Acta Geophysica Sinica, Vol. 34, No. 4, 426-442, 1991.
   
• Chun, K.-Y.
  Nuclear Test Ban Verification: Recent Canadian Research in Forensic Seismology.
  Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade, Canada, Cat. No. E54-8/8-1991E, 1991.
   
• Chun, K.-Y.
  La Verification de l'Interdiction des Essais Nucleaires: Une Étude Canadienne en Seismologie Experimentale.
  Affaires Exterieures et Commerce Exterieur, Canada, No. de Cat. E54-8/8-1991F, 1991.
   
• Chun, K.-Y.
  Nuclear Test Ban Verification: Recent Canadian Research in Forensic Seismology.
  Journal of Progress in Geophysics, Vol. 8, No. 4, 1993.
  Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing.
   
• Niazi, M., and K.-Y. Chun
  Crustal Structure in the Southern Bering Shelf and the Alaska Peninsula
  from Inversion of Surface-Wave Dispersion Data.
  Bull. Seis. Soc. Am., Vol. 79, No. 6, 1883-1893, 1989.
   
• Chun, K.-Y., R. J. Kokoski, and G. F. West
  High-Frequency Pn Attenuation in the Canadian Shield.
  Bull. Seis. Soc. Am., Vol. 79, No. 4, 1039-1053, 1989.
   
• Zhu, T., K.-Y. Chun, and G. F. West
  High-Frequency P-Wave Attenuation Determination Using Multiple-Window Spectral Analysis Method.
  Bull. Seis. Soc. Am., Vol. 79, No. 4, 1054-1069, 1989.
   
• Chun, K.-Y., R. J. Kokoski, and G. F. West
  Network Calibration for Lg Magnitude — Method and Test Results from Eastern Canada.
  Bull. Seis. Soc. Am., Vol. 79, No. 1, 127-140, 1989.
   
• Chun, K.-Y., R. J. Kokoski, and G. F. West
  Source Spectral Characteristics of Miramichi Earthquakes: Results from 115 P-Wave Observations.
  Bull. Seis. Soc. Am. 79, No. 1, 127-140, 1989.
   
• Zhu, T., K.-Y. Chun, and G. F. West
  Ray-Kirchhoff Method for Wave-Field Computation in Dissipative Inhomogeneous Media.
  Chinese Advances in Geophysics in the Eighties, 550-563, September 1989.
  Academic Press, Beijing.
   
• Chun, K.-Y.
  The Structural Complexity South of the Himalayan Arc.
  Acta Geophysica Sinica, Vol. 4, No. 31, 410-419, 1988.
   
• Chun, K.-Y., G. F. West, R. J. Kokoski, and C. Samson
  A Novel Technique for Measuring Lg Attenuation — Results from Eastern Canada between 1 to 10 Hz.
  Bull. Seis. Soc. Am., Vol. 77, No. 2, 398-419, 1987.
   
• Chun, K.-Y., and T. V. McEvilly
  Crustal Structure in Tibet: High Seismic Velocity in the Lower Crust.
  J. Geophys. Res., Vol. 91, No. B10, 10405-10411, 1986.
   
• Chun, K.-Y.
  Crustal Block of the Western Ganga Basin: A Fragment of Oceanic Affinity?
  Bull. Seis. Soc. Am., Vol. 76, No. 6, 1687-1698, 1986.
   
• Chun, K.-Y., and T. V. McEvilly
  The Tibetan Lithosphere: New Seismic Data Favor an Old Model
  Acta Geophysica Sinica, Vol. 28, Supp. 1, 135-147, 1985.
   
• Chun, K.-Y., and Toshikatsu Yoshii
  Crustal Structure of the Tibetan Plateau: A Surface Wave Study by a Moving Window Analysis.
  Bull. Seis. Soc. Am. 67, 735-750, 1977.