{"id":1342,"date":"2015-09-08T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2015-09-08T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.sas.rochester.edu\/ees\/urseismo\/research\/"},"modified":"2026-11-02T23:23:25","modified_gmt":"2026-11-02T23:23:25","slug":"research","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.sas.rochester.edu\/ees\/urseismo\/research\/","title":{"rendered":"Research @ URseismo"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"tmo-soft tmo-research\">\n<style>\nbody:has(.tmo-soft) #secondary{display:none}\nbody:has(.tmo-soft) #primary{width:100%;float:none}\n.tmo-soft{--b:#1f4e9a;--m:#5f6b7a;--ln:#dfe5ee;--bg:#f5f8fc;font-size:15px;line-height:1.5;container-type:inline-size}\n.tmo-soft .intro{color:var(--m);margin:.2em 0 .9em;max-width:60em}\n.tmo-soft h2{font-size:1.3em;margin:1.6em 0 .3em;color:var(--c,var(--b));border-bottom:2px solid var(--ln);padding-bottom:.25em}\n.tmo-soft .si{color:var(--m);margin:.1em 0 .7em;font-size:.92em}\n.tmo-soft 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unheard. The Olugboji Planetary Imaging and Earth Hazards Lab images Earth&#x27;s interior and listens to its earthquakes and volcanoes, turning sparse, noisy seismic and acoustic recordings into sharp maps and catalogs of Earth&#x27;s hazards and interiors.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"hi2\" style=\"--c:#1f4e9a\"><svg class=\"ic\" viewBox=\"0 0 32 32\" aria-hidden=\"true\" focusable=\"false\"><path d=\"M2 16h5l2-6 3 13 3-17 3 19 3-14 2 5h7\"\/><\/svg>One methods program, four research streams<\/h2>\n<p class=\"si\">Each stage answers a harder version of the same problem: recovering reliable structure from the sparsest, noisiest recordings. Together the stages feed four research streams.<\/p>\n<div class=\"spine\"><div class=\"row top\"><a class=\"sb c1\" href=\"#continental-architecture\" style=\"--s:#1f4e9a\"><svg class=\"ic\" viewBox=\"0 0 32 32\" aria-hidden=\"true\" focusable=\"false\"><circle cx=\"16\" cy=\"16\" r=\"12\"\/><path d=\"M4 16h24\"\/><path d=\"M16 4c4.6 4 4.6 20 0 24c-4.6-4-4.6-20 0-24z\"\/><\/svg><span class=\"sn2\">1. Continental Architecture<\/span><span class=\"sp\">ADAMA \u2192 Africa collaborative \u2192 global plates<\/span><\/a><a class=\"sb c2\" href=\"#oceanic-planetary-lithosphere\" style=\"--s:#0f7c80\"><svg class=\"ic\" viewBox=\"0 0 32 32\" aria-hidden=\"true\" focusable=\"false\"><circle cx=\"16\" cy=\"16\" r=\"8\"\/><path d=\"M5.2 21.6C3.3 19 9 14 16 11.4s13.2-3 10.8.4\"\/><path d=\"M26.8 11.8c1.8 2.6-3.8 7.6-10.8 10.2S2.8 25 5.2 21.6\"\/><\/svg><span class=\"sn2\">2. Oceanic &amp; Planetary Lithosphere<\/span><span class=\"sp\">Ocean plates \u2192 Mars<\/span><\/a><\/div><div class=\"row mid\"><div class=\"stg\"><div class=\"dot\"><svg class=\"ic\" viewBox=\"0 0 32 32\" aria-hidden=\"true\" focusable=\"false\"><path d=\"M2 16h5l2-6 3 13 3-17 3 19 3-14 2 5h7\"\/><\/svg><\/div><div class=\"sk\">Stage 1<\/div><div class=\"snm\">Advanced Signal Denoising<\/div><p class=\"stx\">Separates true signals from reverberations, multiples and noise in receiver functions and mantle precursors.<\/p><div class=\"tls\"><a class=\"tc\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sas.rochester.edu\/ees\/urseismo\/software\/#crisp-rf\">CRISP-RF<\/a><a class=\"tc\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sas.rochester.edu\/ees\/urseismo\/software\/#fader\">FADER<\/a><a class=\"tc\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sas.rochester.edu\/ees\/urseismo\/software\/#rfdereverb\">RFDereverb<\/a><a class=\"tc\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sas.rochester.edu\/ees\/urseismo\/software\/#sharp-ss\">SHARP-SS<\/a><\/div><\/div><div class=\"stg\"><div class=\"dot\"><svg class=\"ic\" viewBox=\"0 0 32 32\" aria-hidden=\"true\" focusable=\"false\"><rect x=\"9\" y=\"9\" width=\"14\" height=\"14\" rx=\"2\"\/><path d=\"M13 9V5M19 9V5M13 27v-4M19 27v-4M9 13H5M9 19H5M27 13h-4M27 19h-4\"\/><\/svg><\/div><div class=\"sk\">Stage 2<\/div><div class=\"snm\">AI-Powered Seismic Refinery<\/div><p class=\"stx\">Physics-informed AI that turns raw vibration into high-fidelity structural information.<\/p><div class=\"tls\"><a class=\"tc\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sas.rochester.edu\/ees\/urseismo\/software\/#akinet\">AkiNet<\/a><a class=\"tc\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sas.rochester.edu\/ees\/urseismo\/software\/#iradnet\">iRADnet<\/a><\/div><\/div><div class=\"stg\"><div class=\"dot\"><svg class=\"ic\" viewBox=\"0 0 32 32\" aria-hidden=\"true\" focusable=\"false\"><path d=\"M2 16s5-9 14-9 14 9 14 9-5 9-14 9S2 16 2 16z\"\/><circle cx=\"16\" cy=\"16\" r=\"4\"\/><\/svg><\/div><div class=\"sk\">Stage 3<\/div><div class=\"snm\">Interpretable AI<\/div><p class=\"stx\">Physically meaningful features that sort planetary signals even when labels are scarce.<\/p><div class=\"tls\"><a class=\"tc\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sas.rochester.edu\/ees\/urseismo\/software\/#spec2vec\">Spec2VEC<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"row bot\"><a class=\"sb c1\" href=\"#mantle-stratification\" style=\"--s:#7b3fa0\"><svg class=\"ic\" viewBox=\"0 0 32 32\" aria-hidden=\"true\" focusable=\"false\"><path d=\"M16 4L3 11l13 7 13-7z\"\/><path d=\"M3 16l13 7 13-7\"\/><path d=\"M3 21l13 7 13-7\"\/><\/svg><span class=\"sn2\">3. Mantle Stratification<\/span><span class=\"sp\">US \u2192 North America \u2192 Central Pacific<\/span><\/a><a class=\"sb c3\" href=\"#ocean-soundscapes-volcanism\" style=\"--s:#c0571a\"><svg class=\"ic\" viewBox=\"0 0 32 32\" aria-hidden=\"true\" focusable=\"false\"><path d=\"M5 12h5l6-5v18l-6-5H5z\"\/><path d=\"M21 11a6 6 0 0 1 0 10\"\/><path d=\"M24.5 7.5a11 11 0 0 1 0 17\"\/><\/svg><span class=\"sn2\">4. Ocean Soundscapes &amp; Volcanism<\/span><span class=\"sp\">Titan Ridge eruption \u2192 ocean soundscapes<\/span><\/a><\/div><\/div>\n<h2 class=\"hi2\" id=\"streams\" style=\"--c:#1f4e9a\"><svg class=\"ic\" viewBox=\"0 0 32 32\" aria-hidden=\"true\" focusable=\"false\"><path d=\"M16 4L3 11l13 7 13-7z\"\/><path d=\"M3 16l13 7 13-7\"\/><path d=\"M3 21l13 7 13-7\"\/><\/svg>Research streams<\/h2>\n<div class=\"sgrid\"><article class=\"strm\" id=\"continental-architecture\" style=\"--c:#1f4e9a\"><div class=\"pimg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sas.rochester.edu\/ees\/urseismo\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/pubs-cv22-22.jpg\" alt=\"Africa&#x27;s cratons and tectonic provinces colored by age (Figure 1a of Legre and Olugboji 2025)\" loading=\"lazy\"><\/div><div class=\"pbody\"><div class=\"hk\"><svg class=\"ic\" viewBox=\"0 0 32 32\" aria-hidden=\"true\" focusable=\"false\"><circle cx=\"16\" cy=\"16\" r=\"12\"\/><path d=\"M4 16h24\"\/><path d=\"M16 4c4.6 4 4.6 20 0 24c-4.6-4-4.6-20 0-24z\"\/><\/svg>Stream 1<\/div><h3 class=\"pn\">Continental Architecture<\/h3><div class=\"tf\">ADAMA \u2192 Africa collaborative \u2192 global plates<\/div><p class=\"td\">Probabilistic imaging of Africa&#x27;s crust and lithosphere: the ADAMA database, a continent-wide collaboration joining seismology, geodesy and geodynamics, and the origins of intraplate stress and seismicity in West Africa.<\/p><div class=\"chiprow\"><span class=\"pl\">Key papers<\/span><a class=\"ch\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sas.rochester.edu\/ees\/urseismo\/sample-page-2\/#cv26\" title=\"Crustal and lithospheric mantle thinning variations beneath the East African Rift System\">Ajala et al. 2026, Geoscience Frontiers<\/a><a class=\"ch\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sas.rochester.edu\/ees\/urseismo\/sample-page-2\/#cv22\" title=\"The Origins of Africa&#x27;s Upper Mantle Discontinuities\">Legre &amp; Olugboji 2025, G-cubed<\/a><a class=\"ch\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sas.rochester.edu\/ees\/urseismo\/sample-page-2\/#cv18\" title=\"The Intraplate Stress Field of West Africa\">Legre et al. 2024, GRL<\/a><a class=\"ch\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sas.rochester.edu\/ees\/urseismo\/sample-page-2\/#cv16\" title=\"Africa&#x27;s Crustal Architecture Inferred From Probabilistic and Perturbational Inversion of Ambient Noise: ADAMA\">Olugboji et al. 2024, G-cubed<\/a><\/div><div class=\"tb\"><a class=\"btn pri\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sas.rochester.edu\/ees\/urseismo\/sample-page-2\/#stream=Continental%20Architecture\">See the papers in this stream<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/article><article class=\"strm\" id=\"oceanic-planetary-lithosphere\" style=\"--c:#0f7c80\"><div class=\"pimg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sas.rochester.edu\/ees\/urseismo\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/pubs-cv31-mars.jpg\" alt=\"Map of Mars with the seismic ray paths of two events recorded by InSight and their bounce points (Figure 1 of Zhang et al., in review)\" loading=\"lazy\"><\/div><div class=\"pbody\"><div class=\"hk\"><svg class=\"ic\" viewBox=\"0 0 32 32\" aria-hidden=\"true\" focusable=\"false\"><circle cx=\"16\" cy=\"16\" r=\"8\"\/><path d=\"M5.2 21.6C3.3 19 9 14 16 11.4s13.2-3 10.8.4\"\/><path d=\"M26.8 11.8c1.8 2.6-3.8 7.6-10.8 10.2S2.8 25 5.2 21.6\"\/><\/svg>Stream 2<\/div><h3 class=\"pn\">Oceanic &amp; Planetary Lithosphere<\/h3><div class=\"tf\">Ocean plates \u2192 Mars<\/div><p class=\"td\">From the sharp base of Earth&#x27;s oceanic plates, explained by grain-boundary sliding, to crustal layering on Mars from the single InSight seismometer.<\/p><div class=\"chiprow\"><span class=\"pl\">Key papers<\/span><a class=\"ch\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sas.rochester.edu\/ees\/urseismo\/sample-page-2\/#cv14\" title=\"Lithospheric Imaging Through Reverberant Layers: Sediments, Oceans, and Glaciers\">Zhang &amp; Olugboji 2023, JGR Solid Earth<\/a><a class=\"ch\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sas.rochester.edu\/ees\/urseismo\/sample-page-2\/#cv5\" title=\"Nature of the seismic lithosphere\u2010asthenosphere boundary within normal oceanic mantle from high\u2010resolution receiver functions\">Olugboji et al. 2016, G-cubed<\/a><a class=\"ch\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sas.rochester.edu\/ees\/urseismo\/sample-page-2\/#cv2\" title=\"Structures of the oceanic lithosphere\u2010asthenosphere boundary: Mineral\u2010physics modeling and seismological signatures\">Olugboji et al. 2013, G-cubed<\/a><\/div><div class=\"tb\"><a class=\"btn pri\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sas.rochester.edu\/ees\/urseismo\/sample-page-2\/#stream=Oceanic%20%26%20Planetary%20Lithosphere\">See the papers in this stream<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/article><article class=\"strm\" id=\"mantle-stratification\" style=\"--c:#7b3fa0\"><div class=\"pimg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sas.rochester.edu\/ees\/urseismo\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/pubs-cv20-20.jpg\" alt=\"Low-velocity layers mapped across North America above the 410 km and below the 660 km discontinuities, colored by depth (Figure 4 of Carr et al. 2025)\" loading=\"lazy\"><\/div><div class=\"pbody\"><div class=\"hk\"><svg class=\"ic\" viewBox=\"0 0 32 32\" aria-hidden=\"true\" focusable=\"false\"><path d=\"M16 4L3 11l13 7 13-7z\"\/><path d=\"M3 16l13 7 13-7\"\/><path d=\"M3 21l13 7 13-7\"\/><\/svg>Stream 3<\/div><h3 class=\"pn\">Mantle Stratification<\/h3><div class=\"tf\">US \u2192 North America \u2192 Central Pacific<\/div><p class=\"td\">Denoising tools that bring out faint layers from the upper mantle down to 800 km, including a stagnant layer of subducted oceanic crust beneath the Central Pacific.<\/p><div class=\"chiprow\"><span class=\"pl\">Key papers<\/span><a class=\"ch\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sas.rochester.edu\/ees\/urseismo\/sample-page-2\/#cv27\" title=\"On the origin of mid-mantle discontinuities beneath the Central Pacific as revealed by long-period SS and PP precursors\">Carr et al. 2026, GJI<\/a><a class=\"ch\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sas.rochester.edu\/ees\/urseismo\/sample-page-2\/#cv20\" title=\"High-resolution mapping of North America suggests numerous low-velocity zones above and below the mantle transition zone\">Carr et al. 2025, Tectonophysics<\/a><a class=\"ch\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sas.rochester.edu\/ees\/urseismo\/sample-page-2\/#cv19\" title=\"A Taxonomy of Upper\u2010Mantle Stratification in the US\">Carr &amp; Olugboji 2024, JGR Solid Earth<\/a><\/div><div class=\"tb\"><a class=\"btn pri\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sas.rochester.edu\/ees\/urseismo\/sample-page-2\/#stream=Mantle%20Stratification\">See the papers in this stream<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/article><article class=\"strm\" id=\"ocean-soundscapes-volcanism\" style=\"--c:#c0571a\"><div class=\"pimg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sas.rochester.edu\/ees\/urseismo\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/pubs-cv30-30.jpg\" alt=\"Map of the Bismarck Sea and the Titan Ridge volcano (Figure 1 of Plank et al. 2026)\" loading=\"lazy\"><\/div><div class=\"pbody\"><div class=\"hk\"><svg class=\"ic\" viewBox=\"0 0 32 32\" aria-hidden=\"true\" focusable=\"false\"><path d=\"M5 12h5l6-5v18l-6-5H5z\"\/><path d=\"M21 11a6 6 0 0 1 0 10\"\/><path d=\"M24.5 7.5a11 11 0 0 1 0 17\"\/><\/svg>Stream 4<\/div><h3 class=\"pn\">Ocean Soundscapes &amp; Volcanism<\/h3><div class=\"tf\">Titan Ridge eruption \u2192 ocean soundscapes<\/div><p class=\"td\">Seismic and hydroacoustic records that catch submarine eruptions before satellites can, and interpretable AI that sorts eruption, earthquake and other signals.<\/p><div class=\"chiprow\"><span class=\"pl\">Key papers<\/span><a class=\"ch\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sas.rochester.edu\/ees\/urseismo\/sample-page-2\/#cv30\" title=\"Multi-disciplinary constraints on the onset and early evolution of the May 2026 Titan Ridge submarine eruption\">Plank et al. 2026, Bulletin of Volcanology<\/a><a class=\"ch\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sas.rochester.edu\/ees\/urseismo\/sample-page-2\/#cv28\" title=\"Spec2VEC: interpretable spectral representations of planetary signals in vector spaces\">Swar et al. 2026, GJI<\/a><\/div><div class=\"tb\"><a class=\"btn pri\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sas.rochester.edu\/ees\/urseismo\/sample-page-2\/#stream=Ocean%20Soundscapes%20%26%20Volcanism\">See the papers in this stream<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/article><\/div>\n<h2 class=\"hi2\" id=\"funded\" style=\"--c:#0f7c80\"><svg class=\"ic\" viewBox=\"0 0 32 32\" aria-hidden=\"true\" focusable=\"false\"><circle cx=\"16\" cy=\"12\" r=\"7\"\/><path d=\"M11.6 17.4L9 28l7-4 7 4-2.6-10.6\"\/><\/svg>Actively funded research<\/h2>\n<div class=\"fgrid\"><article class=\"fund\" style=\"--c:#0f7c80\"><div class=\"pimg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sas.rochester.edu\/ees\/urseismo\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/shat5.jpg\" alt=\"The R\/V Marcus G. Langseth at sea during the 2010 Shatsky Rise expedition in the North Pacific\" loading=\"lazy\"><\/div><div class=\"pbody\"><div class=\"hk\">NSF CAREER<span class=\"rec\">Recruiting<\/span><\/div><h3 class=\"pn\">Imaging the oceanic plate<\/h3><p class=\"td\">Uses seismology and machine learning to image the Pacific, the largest ocean basin, from existing seismic data on a sparsely instrumented, noisy seafloor. AI-cleaned signals feed uncertainty-aware 3-D images that test how ocean plates form and evolve, and what sets the boundary between the stiff lithosphere and the weak asthenosphere.<\/p><div class=\"tb\"><a class=\"btn pri\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sas.rochester.edu\/ees\/urseismo\/projects-urseismo\/#nsf-2339370\">Project details<\/a> <a class=\"btn\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sas.rochester.edu\/ees\/urseismo\/join-learn-by-doing\/#positions\">Open positions<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/article><article class=\"fund\" style=\"--c:#0f7c80\"><div class=\"pimg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sas.rochester.edu\/ees\/urseismo\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/RayPathsAfrica_dep587-1.gif\" alt=\"Animation: seismic ray paths that sample Africa at 590 km depth accumulate year by year\" loading=\"lazy\"><\/div><div class=\"pbody\"><div class=\"hk\">NSF collaborative award<span class=\"rec\">Recruiting<\/span><\/div><h3 class=\"pn\">Africa&#x27;s crust and mantle in motion<\/h3><p class=\"td\">Unusually hot mantle lies beneath Africa and the East African Rift, the most active continental rift on Earth. With Virginia Tech and Colgate, this project builds open, high-resolution models of Africa&#x27;s crust and mantle from AfricaArray seismic and GNSS data, and tests how strongly the plate is coupled to the convecting mantle below.<\/p><div class=\"tb\"><a class=\"btn pri\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sas.rochester.edu\/ees\/urseismo\/projects-urseismo\/#nsf-2438437\">Project details<\/a> <a class=\"btn\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sas.rochester.edu\/ees\/urseismo\/join-learn-by-doing\/#positions\">Open positions<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/article><\/div>\n<h2 class=\"hi2\" id=\"ahead\" style=\"--c:#c0571a\"><svg class=\"ic\" viewBox=\"0 0 32 32\" aria-hidden=\"true\" focusable=\"false\"><path d=\"M2 16s5-9 14-9 14 9 14 9-5 9-14 9S2 16 2 16z\"\/><circle cx=\"16\" cy=\"16\" r=\"4\"\/><\/svg>New research themes<\/h2>\n<p class=\"si\">The next five years extend the same methods to global scales and new worlds.<\/p>\n<div class=\"tiles ahead\"><div class=\"tile\"><svg class=\"ic\" viewBox=\"0 0 32 32\" aria-hidden=\"true\" focusable=\"false\"><circle cx=\"16\" cy=\"16\" r=\"12\"\/><path d=\"M4 16h24\"\/><path d=\"M16 4c4.6 4 4.6 20 0 24c-4.6-4-4.6-20 0-24z\"\/><\/svg><b>A global, explainable model of Earth&#x27;s plates<\/b><span>A physics-guided, explainable AI model of the continental lithosphere, probabilistic at every point and consistent from regional to global scales, built with colleagues in Electrical and Computer Engineering.<\/span><\/div><div class=\"tile\"><svg class=\"ic\" viewBox=\"0 0 32 32\" aria-hidden=\"true\" focusable=\"false\"><path d=\"M5 12h5l6-5v18l-6-5H5z\"\/><path d=\"M21 11a6 6 0 0 1 0 10\"\/><path d=\"M24.5 7.5a11 11 0 0 1 0 17\"\/><\/svg><b>An atlas of terrestrial and ocean soundscapes<\/b><span>Interpretable AI that runs where decades of acoustic and ocean-bottom recordings live, building a searchable atlas for detecting submarine eruptions and telling geological sound from other noise.<\/span><\/div><div class=\"tile\"><svg class=\"ic\" viewBox=\"0 0 32 32\" aria-hidden=\"true\" focusable=\"false\"><path d=\"M16 4L3 11l13 7 13-7z\"\/><path d=\"M3 16l13 7 13-7\"\/><path d=\"M3 21l13 7 13-7\"\/><\/svg><b>A global map of mantle stratification<\/b><span>Taking CRISP-RF and SHARP-SS beyond North America and the Central Pacific toward an uncertainty-aware map of layering in Earth&#x27;s mantle.<\/span><\/div><div class=\"tile\"><svg class=\"ic\" viewBox=\"0 0 32 32\" aria-hidden=\"true\" focusable=\"false\"><circle cx=\"16\" cy=\"16\" r=\"8\"\/><path d=\"M5.2 21.6C3.3 19 9 14 16 11.4s13.2-3 10.8.4\"\/><path d=\"M26.8 11.8c1.8 2.6-3.8 7.6-10.8 10.2S2.8 25 5.2 21.6\"\/><\/svg><b>From Mars to the Moon<\/b><span>Methods proven on the sparse InSight record from Mars, ready for the next sparse seismic datasets from the Moon.<\/span><\/div><\/div>\n<div class=\"cta\" id=\"publications\"><svg class=\"ic\" viewBox=\"0 0 32 32\" aria-hidden=\"true\" focusable=\"false\"><rect x=\"5\" y=\"8\" width=\"13\" height=\"18\" rx=\"1.5\"\/><rect x=\"13\" y=\"4\" width=\"13\" height=\"18\" rx=\"1.5\" fill=\"#fff\"\/><path d=\"M16.5 9.5h6M16.5 13.5h6M16.5 17.5h4\"\/><\/svg><div><div class=\"hn\">Explore the publications<\/div><p class=\"td\">Every paper, grouped by research stream and method, with citation counts, open-access PDFs, code and data.<\/p>\n<div class=\"tb\"><a class=\"btn pri\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sas.rochester.edu\/ees\/urseismo\/sample-page-2\/\">All publications<\/a> <a class=\"btn\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sas.rochester.edu\/ees\/urseismo\/sample-page-2\/#stream=Continental%20Architecture\">Continental Architecture<\/a> <a class=\"btn\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sas.rochester.edu\/ees\/urseismo\/sample-page-2\/#stream=Oceanic%20%26%20Planetary%20Lithosphere\">Oceanic &amp; Planetary Lithosphere<\/a> <a class=\"btn\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sas.rochester.edu\/ees\/urseismo\/sample-page-2\/#stream=Mantle%20Stratification\">Mantle Stratification<\/a> <a class=\"btn\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sas.rochester.edu\/ees\/urseismo\/sample-page-2\/#stream=Ocean%20Soundscapes%20%26%20Volcanism\">Ocean Soundscapes &amp; Volcanism<\/a><\/div><p class=\"more\">Also: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sas.rochester.edu\/ees\/urseismo\/projects-urseismo\/\">Projects<\/a> \u00b7 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sas.rochester.edu\/ees\/urseismo\/software\/\">Software<\/a> \u00b7 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sas.rochester.edu\/ees\/urseismo\/open-data\/\">Open Data<\/a> \u00b7 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sas.rochester.edu\/ees\/urseismo\/join-learn-by-doing\/\">Join us<\/a><\/p><\/div><\/div>\n<p class=\"foot\">Drawn from the lab&#8217;s research statement and research plan. 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