Peer-reviewed publications

10. Lai, V. H., Helmberger, D. V., Dobrosavljevic, V. V., Wu, W., Sun, D., Jackson, J. M., & Gurnis, M. (2022). Strong ULVZ and slab interaction at the northeastern edge of the Pacific LLSVP favors plume generation. Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems, 23(2), e2021GC010020. [doi]

9. Lai, V. H., Zhan, Z., Brissaud, Q., Sandanbata, O., & Miller, M. S. (2021). Inflation and Asymmetric Collapse at Kīlauea Summit During the 2018 Eruption From Seismic and Infrasound Analyses. Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth, 126(10), e2021JB022139. [doi]

8. Lai, V. H., Graves, R. W., Yu, C., Zhan, Z., & Helmberger, D. V. (2020). Shallow basin structure and attenuation are key to predicting long shaking duration in Los Angeles basin. Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth, 125(10), e2020JB019663. [doi]

7. Krishnamoorthy, S., Lai, V. H., Komjathy, A., Pauken, M. T., Cutts, J. A., Garcia, R. F., Mimoun, D., Jackson, J.M., Bowman, D.C., Kassarian, E. & Martire, L. (2019). Aerial Seismology Using Balloon-Based Barometers. IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing, 57(12), 10191-10201. [pdf]

6. Sun, D., Helmberger, D., Lai, V. H., Gurnis, M., Jackson, J.M. & Yang, H.-Y. (2019). Slab Control on the Northeastern Edge of the Mid-Pacific LLSVP near Hawaii. Geophysical Research Letters. [pdf]

5. Martire, L., Brissaud, Q., Lai, V. H., Garcia, R., Martin, R., Krishnamoorthy, S., Komjathy, A., Cadu, A., Cutts, J. A., Jackson, J. M., Mimoun, D., Pauken, M. T. & Sournac, A. (2018). Numerical Simulation of the Atmospheric Signature of Artificial and Natural Seismic Events. Geophysical Research Letters. [pdf]

4. Lai, V. H., Tsai, V. C., Lamb, M. P., Ulizio, T. P. & Beer, A. R. (2018). The Seismic Signature of Debris Flows: Flow Mechanics and Early Warning at Montecito, California. Geophysical Research Letters. [pdf]

3. Krishnamoorthy, S., Komjathy, A., Pauken, M.T., Cutts, J.A., Garcia, R.F., Mimoun, D., Cadu, A., Sournac, A., Jackson, J.M., Lai, V.H. & Bowman, D.C., (2018). Detection of artificially generated seismic signals using balloonborne infrasound sensors. Geophysical Research Letters, 45(8), pp.3393-3403. [pdf]

2. Lai, V. H., Graves, R. W., Wei, S., & Helmberger, D. (2017). Evidence for strong lateral seismic velocity variation in the lower crust and upper mantle beneath the California margin. Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 463, 202-211. [pdf]

1. Boyd, O. S., Dreger, D. S., Lai, V. H., & Gritto, R. (2015). A systematic analysis of seismic mo- ment tensor at The Geysers geothermal field, California. Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America. [pdf]