Yale University - Department of Geology and Geophysics













Maureen Long
Assistant Professor

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Office: KGL 310
Phone: (203) 432-5031
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Research Interests:
Observational seismology; seismic anisotropy and mantle dynamics; subduction zone dynamics and processes; field deployment of broadband seismic arrays

Current Courses:
Observational Seismology G&G558a
Seminar in Mantle & Core Processes G&G744a

Students and Postdocs:
Jenny Hanna
Erin Wirth

Selected Publication(s):
Long, M. D., 2009. Complex anisotropy in D" beneath the eastern Pacific from SKS-SKKS splitting discrepancies. Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 283, 181-189.


Long, M. D., Silver, P. G., 2008. The subduction zone flow field from seismic anisotropy: A global view. Science, 319, 315-318.


Long, M. D., de Hoop, M. V., van der Hilst, R. D., 2008. Wave-equation shear wave splitting tomography. Geophysical Journal International, 172, 311-330.


Long, M. D., Hager, B. H., de Hoop, M. V., van der Hilst, R. D., 2007. Two-dimensional modeling of subduction zone anisotropy with application to southwestern Japan. Geophysical Journal International, 170, 839-856.


Long, M. D., Xiao, X., Jiang, Z., Evans, B., Karato, S., 2006. Lattice preferred orientation in deformed polycrystalline (Mg,Fe)O and implications for seismic anisotropy in D". Physics of the Earth and Planetary Interiors, 156, 75-88.