Karen M. Fischer
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Karen M. Fischer's Degrees
- PhD Geophysics Stanford University
- Masters Geophysics Stanford University
- Bachelors Geology University of California, Berkeley
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(Suggest an Edit or Addition)According to Wikipedia, Karen Fischer is an American seismologist known for her research on the structure of Earth's mantle, its lithosphere, and how subduction zones change over geologic history. Education and career Fischer has a B.S. in geology and geophysics from Yale University . While an undergraduate, Fischer had summer research experiences at Yale University and Lamont–Doherty Geological Observatory. In 1989, she earned a Ph.D. in geophysics from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology with a dissertation titled "The morphology and dynamics of subducting lithosphere". After a postdoctoral appointment at Lamont–Doherty Earth Observatory of Columbia University , she joined the faculty at Brown University where she is the Louis and Elizabeth Scherck Distinguished Professor of Geological Sciences.
Karen M. Fischer's Published Works
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Published Works
- The global range of subduction zone thermal models: consequences for slab devolatilization (2010) (1056)
- The Lithosphere- Asthenosphere Boundary (2010) (347)
- North American lithospheric discontinuity structure imaged by Ps and Sp receiver functions (2010) (285)
- A Complex Pattern of Mantle Flow in the Lau Backarc (2001) (266)
- Shear wave splitting, continental keels, and patterns of mantle flow (2000) (254)
- Evidence for an upper mantle plume beneath the Tanzanian craton from Rayleigh wave tomography (2003) (246)
- Arc-parallel flow in the mantle wedge beneath Costa Rica and Nicaragua (2008) (204)
- Mantle anisotropy beneath northwest Pacific subduction zones (1996) (190)
- A sharp lithosphere–asthenosphere boundary imaged beneath eastern North America (2005) (187)
- P-to-S and S-to-P imaging of a sharp lithosphere-asthenosphere boundary beneath eastern North America (2007) (160)
- The influence of plate motions on three-dimensional back arc mantle flow and shear wave splitting (2000) (155)
- The lithosphere-asthenosphere boundary and cratonic lithospheric layering beneath Australia from Sp wave imaging (2010) (154)
- 3-D shear wave radially and azimuthally anisotropic velocity model of the North American upper mantle (2011) (153)
- Shear velocity structure and azimuthal anisotropy beneath eastern North America from Rayleigh wave inversion (2003) (153)
- The global seismographic network surpasses its design goal (2004) (131)
- The depth distribution of mantle anisotropy beneath the Tonga subduction zone (1996) (120)
- Lithospheric Thinning Beneath Rifted Regions of Southern California (2011) (116)
- Waning buoyancy in the crustal roots of old mountains (2002) (110)
- Seismic tomography and earthquake locations in the Nicaraguan and Costa Rican upper mantle (2008) (102)
- Strong along‐arc variations in attenuation in the mantle wedge beneath Costa Rica and Nicaragua (2008) (101)
- Seismic anisotropy beneath the Shumagin Islands segment of the Aleutian‐Alaska subduction zone (1995) (97)
- Modeling anisotropy and plate‐driven flow in the Tonga subduction zone back arc (2000) (93)
- Modification of the Western Gondwana craton by plume–lithosphere interaction (2018) (91)
- Contrasting lithospheric signatures across the western United States revealed by Sp receiver functions (2014) (84)
- Mantle discontinuities and temperature under the North American continental keel (1998) (80)
- Scattered wave imaging of the lithosphere–asthenosphere boundary (2010) (76)
- Seismic constraints on the morphology of deep slabs (1988) (75)
- Shear wave anisotropy in the Mariana Subduction Zone (1998) (73)
- The lithosphere–asthenosphere boundary and the tectonic and magmatic history of the northwestern United States (2014) (72)
- Anisotropy and Flow in Pacific Subduction Zone Back-arcs (1998) (71)
- The origin of the Marquesas fracture zone ridge and its implications for the nature of hot spots (1989) (71)
- Resolving three-dimensional anisotropic structure with shear wave splitting tomography (2008) (70)
- Crust and upper mantle discontinuity structure beneath eastern North America (2002) (69)
- Crustal structure along the southern Central American volcanic front (2008) (66)
- Relationship between observed upper mantle structures and recent tectonic activity across the Southeastern United States (2016) (65)
- Reconciling mantle attenuation‐temperature relationships from seismology, petrology, and laboratory measurements (2014) (65)
- Phase velocities from seismic noise using beamforming and cross correlation in Costa Rica and Nicaragua (2008) (64)
- Mapping the Tonga Slab (1991) (63)
- Lowermost mantle anisotropy beneath the Pacific: Imaging the source of the Hawaiian plume (2001) (63)
- The meaning of midlithospheric discontinuities: A case study in the northern U.S. craton (2015) (60)
- A mechanism for low‐extent melts at the lithosphere‐asthenosphere boundary (2010) (58)
- Shear wave anisotropy beneath Nicaragua and Costa Rica: Implications for flow in the mantle wedge (2009) (57)
- Anisotropy in Kuril‐Kamchatka Subduction Zone structure (1994) (56)
- Selective Bond Dissociation and Rearrangement with Optimally Tailored , Strong-Field Laser Pulses (55)
- The South Pacific superswell (2013) (50)
- Multichannel inversion of scattered teleseismic body waves: Practical considerations and applicability (2013) (46)
- Constraints on upper mantle anisotropy surrounding the Cocos slab from SK(K)S splitting (2010) (46)
- Constraints on localized core‐mantle boundary structure from multichannel, broadband SKS coda analysis (2003) (45)
- Localized shear in the deep lithosphere beneath the San Andreas fault system (2014) (42)
- Thermal and mechanical constraints on the lithosphere beneath the Marquesas swell (1986) (41)
- P-toS and StoP imaging of a sharp lithosphere-asthenosphere boundary beneath eastern North America (2007) (40)
- The Changing Face of the Lithosphere‐Asthenosphere Boundary: Imaging Continental Scale Patterns in Upper Mantle Structure Across the Contiguous U.S. With Sp Converted Waves (2017) (39)
- Reconstructing the end of the Appalachian orogeny (2017) (37)
- Small‐scale lateral variations in D″ attenuation and velocity structure (2003) (35)
- Variations in shear‐wave splitting in young Pacific seafloor (2004) (35)
- Crustal evolution across the southern Appalachians: Initial results from the SESAME broadband array (2013) (34)
- Seismic strain rate and deep slab deformation in Tonga (1991) (34)
- Crustal structure beneath the Florida‐to‐Edmonton broadband seismometer array (2009) (33)
- The relative roles of inheritance and long-term passive margin lithospheric evolution on the modern structure and tectonic activity in the southeastern United States (2018) (33)
- Interpreting spatially stacked Sp receiver functions (2017) (32)
- Imaging a steeply dipping subducting slab in Southern Central America (2010) (31)
- Evidence for shallow isostatic compensation of the southern Rocky Mountains from Rayleigh wave tomography (2002) (29)
- Strain modelling, seismic anisotropy and coupling at strike-slip boundaries: applications in New Zealand and the San Andreas fault (2004) (28)
- Using MOMA Broadband Array ScS‐S data to image smaller‐scale structures at the base of the mantle (2001) (25)
- The Impact of Slab Dip Variations, Gaps and Rollback on Mantle Wedge Flow: Insights from Fluids Experiments (2014) (24)
- Seismic anisotropy above and below the subducting Nazca lithosphere in southern South America (2012) (22)
- A genome-wide association study of red-blood cell fatty acids and ratios incorporating dietary covariates: Framingham Heart Study Offspring Cohort (2018) (21)
- Lithospheric discontinuities beneath the U.S. Midcontinent – signatures of Proterozoic terrane accretion and failed rifting (2018) (20)
- Velocity modeling and earthquake relocation in the northeast Caribbean (1984) (20)
- How Sharp Is the Cratonic Lithosphere‐Asthenosphere Transition? (2017) (20)
- An adaptive Bayesian inversion for upper-mantle structure using surface waves and scattered body waves (2018) (19)
- Constraints on North Atlantic upper mantle anisotropy from S and SS phases (1994) (19)
- Slicing into the earth (1996) (17)
- Estimating crustal thickness using SsPmp in regions covered by low‐velocity sediments: Imaging the Moho beneath the Southeastern Suture of the Appalachian Margin Experiment (SESAME) array, SE Atlantic Coastal Plain (2016) (16)
- Crust and Lithospheric Structure - Seismological Constraints on the Lithosphere-Asthenosphere Boundary (2015) (15)
- Crustal and mantle shear velocity structure of Costa Rica and Nicaragua from ambient noise and teleseismic Rayleigh wave tomography (2013) (15)
- Seismic amplitude modeling and the shallow crustal structure of the East Pacific Rise at 12°N (1986) (15)
- Constraining lithologic variability along the Alleghanian detachment in the southern Appalachians using passive-source seismology (2015) (14)
- A comparison of oceanic and continental mantle lithosphere (2020) (14)
- Assessing the presence of volatile-bearing mineral phases in the cratonic mantle as a possible cause of mid-lithospheric discontinuities (2021) (14)
- A Seismic Look Under the Continents (1999) (13)
- Imaging Three‐Dimensional Anisotropy with Broadband Seismometer Arrays (2013) (13)
- Shallow mantle velocities beneath the southern Appalachians from Pn phases (2015) (12)
- Constraints on upper plate deformation in the Nicaraguan subduction zone from earthquake relocation and directivity analysis (2010) (12)
- The zone of influence of the subducting slab in the asthenospheric mantle (2017) (11)
- Imaging crustal structure beneath the southern Appalachians with wavefield migration (2016) (10)
- Shear wave splitting and shear wave splitting tomography of the southern Puna plateau (2014) (9)
- The lithosphere–asthenosphere boundary beneath the South Island of New Zealand (2017) (9)
- Assessing the Association Between Precourse Metrics of Student Preparation and Student Performance in Introductory Statistics: Results from Early Data on Simulation-Based Inference vs. Nonsimulation-Based Inference (2018) (8)
- Global Patterns in Cratonic Mid‐Lithospheric Discontinuities From Sp Receiver Functions (2021) (8)
- Sediment-Induced Amplification in the Northeastern United States: a Case Study in Providence, Rhode Island (1995) (8)
- Shear-wave velocity structure beneath Alaska from a Bayesian joint inversion of Sp receiver functions and Rayleigh wave phase velocities (2021) (8)
- Imaging with pre-stack migration based on Sp scattering kernels (2019) (8)
- A Visual Survey of Global Slab Geometries With ShowEarthModel and Implications for a Three‐Dimensional Subduction Paradigm (2018) (8)
- Hotspot signatures at the North American passive margin (2020) (7)
- Rayleigh wave constraints on shear-wave structure and azimuthal anisotropy beneath the Colorado Rocky Mountains (2013) (7)
- The spatial sensitivity of Sp converted waves—scattered-wave kernels and their applications to receiver-function migration and inversion (2018) (7)
- New Approaches to Multifrequency Sp Stacking Tested in the Anatolian Region (2020) (7)
- Site Response in Providence, Rhode Island: Constraints from Ambient Noise Measurements (1992) (6)
- Effects of Basal Drag and Ablation on the Evolution of Cratonic Lithosphere (2004) (5)
- Geoacoustic Model of the Strait of Korea (1991) (5)
- The 15 February 2014 Mw 4.1 South Carolina Earthquake Sequence: Aftershock Productivity, Hypocentral Depths, and Stress Drops (2019) (5)
- Structure of Lithospheric and Upper Mantle Discontinuities beneath Central Mongolia from Receiver Functions (2017) (4)
- A Bayesian Framework for the Classification of Microbial Gene Activity States (2016) (4)
- Earth science: Flow and fabric deep down (2002) (4)
- Electronic Supplement (2012) (4)
- Crustal Thickness Along the Central American Volcanic Front (2007) (3)
- Asthenospheric low-velocity zone consistent with globally prevalent partial melting (2023) (3)
- NOT SO STABLE AFTER ALL: LITHOSPHERIC STRUCTURES BENEATH THE SOUTHEASTERN UNITED STATES (2016) (2)
- New Insights Into Lithospheric Structure and Melting Beneath the Colorado Plateau (2022) (2)
- The lithosphere of the Appalachian orogen and Atlantic passive margin (2012) (2)
- Imaging crustal melt beneath northeast Japan with Ps receiver functions (2020) (2)
- Crustal Thickness of the Central American Arc (2007) (2)
- Asthenospheric Anisotropy Beneath North America (2005) (2)
- Azimuthal anisotropy in the wider Vienna basin region: a proxy for the present-day stress field and deformation (2019) (2)
- The lithosphere-asthenosphere boundary beneath Australia imaged by Sp phases (2009) (2)
- Constraints on the Chemistry and Abundance of Hydrous Phases in Sub Continental Lithospheric Mantle: Implications for Mid-Lithospheric Discontinuities (2017) (1)
- Relating seismic observables to fluid migration in subduction zones (2011) (1)
- Along-Arc Variations in Attenuation in the Nicaragua-Costa Rica Mantle Wedge (2006) (1)
- Preliminary Earthquake Locations From the Costa Rica Component of the TUCAN Network (2004) (1)
- Leveraging Educational, Research and Facility Expertise to Improve Global Seismic Monitoring: Preparing a Guide on Sustainable Networks (2008) (1)
- Mapping the Lithosphere and Asthenosphere Beneath Alaska With Sp Converted Waves (2022) (1)
- Crustal Structure and Mantle Anisotropy from Florida to Edmonton (2003) (1)
- Erratum to “Lowermost mantle anisotropy beneath the Pacific: Imaging the source of the Hawaiian plume”: [Earth Planet. Sci. Lett. 190 (2001) 167–180] (2002) (1)
- Temperature of mantle melts beneath Central America: Integrating petrologic and seismic observations (2007) (1)
- The Seismic Properties of the Southeastern U.S. Asthenosphere (2015) (1)
- Imaging the Subduction Factory Beneath Central America: The TUCAN Broadband Seismic Experiment (2004) (1)
- Publisher Correction: Modification of the Western Gondwana craton by plume–lithosphere interaction (2018) (1)
- Slab Driven Plate Motions and Three-dimensional Mantle Flow Pathways in the Central American Subduction Zone (2014) (1)
- Basal Drag and the Erosion of Subcratonic Lithosphere (2002) (1)
- The morphology and dynamics of subducting lithosphere (1989) (1)
- The Nicaragua - Costa Rica slab and wedge: imaging deep fluid pathways (2008) (1)
- Constraints on the Vertical Variation of Seismic Anisotropy Beneath the Nanga Parbat Haramosh Massif From S and SKS Splitting (2004) (1)
- Multi‐Layer Seismic Anisotropy Beneath Greenland (2021) (1)
- The lithosphere-asthenosphere boundary beneath North America and Australia (Invited) (2010) (1)
- Observing and modeling frequency-dependence in Sp receiver functions: Implications for the continental lithosphere (2016) (1)
- Long‐Distance Asthenospheric Transport of Plume‐Influenced Mantle From Afar to Anatolia (2023) (1)
- A 13-color parametric analysis for TBNK subset for the CytoFLEX instrument (TECH3P.935) (2015) (1)
- Seismic Velocities and Earthquake Locations in the Central America Upper Mantle: results from the TUCAN Experiment (2006) (1)
- Anisotropy above and below the subducting Nazca lithosphere (2011) (1)
- Imaging Lithospheric Discontinuities Beneath North America with Teleseismic Ps and Sp Receiver Functions (2008) (1)
- Crustal buoyancy and lithospheric strength beneath old mountains (2002) (0)
- North American Crust and Upper Mantle Structure Imaged Using an Adaptive Bayesian Inversion (2017) (0)
- CONTINENTAL COLLISIONS DURING APPALACHIAN OROGENESIS AS REVEALED BY NEW GEOPHYSICAL OBSERVATIONS FROM THE SOUTHEASTERN U.S (2018) (0)
- Preliminary results from the Southeastern Suture of the Appalachian Margin Experiment (SESAME): Initial observations and a comparison between vault and direct-burial stations (2011) (0)
- An overview of Volatile and Isotopic variations along the Central American Volcanic Front (2007) (0)
- Building and Modification of the Continental Lithosphere: the History of the Contiguous U.S. as told by MLDs and LABs (2016) (0)
- Characterizing anisotropic lithospheric layering and the lithosphere-asthenosphere boundary in cratonic North America with Sp receiver functions (2011) (0)
- New insights on the final stages of the Appalachian orogeny in the southeast U.S.A. (2015) (0)
- Imaging crust and mantle discontinuities across tectonic boundaries in North America with Sp receiver functions (2015) (0)
- Imaging accretionary structures in the crust and mantle of the southeastern U.S.A. (2014) (0)
- Significant Variations in the Strength of the Lithosphere-Asthenosphere Boundary Across the California Plate Boundary (2012) (0)
- Cascading Hazards in a Migrating Forearc‐Arc System: Earthquake and Eruption Triggering in Nicaragua (2022) (0)
- What is the slab surface? Evidence from seismology (Invited) (2009) (0)
- Multi-layer Seismic Anisotropy Beneath Greenland (2021) (0)
- IMAGING THE MOHO BENEATH THE SOUTHERN APPALACHIANS USING GLOBAL SEISMIC PHASES RECORDED BY THE SESAME BROADBAND ARRAY (2016) (0)
- Slab Driven Mantle Deformation and Plate-Mantle Decoupling (2015) (0)
- Three-dimensional Numerical Models of the Cocos-northern Nazca Slab Gap (2012) (0)
- Constraints on a Mantle Plume Beneath the Tanzanian Craton From Rayleigh Wave Dispersion (2002) (0)
- Modeling 3-D flow in the mantle wedge with complex slab geometries: Comparisons with seismic anisotropy (2010) (0)
- Mantle anisotropy in the lithosphere and asthenosphere beneath the southeastern United States (2014) (0)
- INVESTIGATION OF P-WAVE REFLECTIVITY BENEATH THE SOUTHERN APPALACHIANS USING THE SESAME BROADBAND ARRAY (2016) (0)
- Anisotropic domains in the North American upper mantle (2009) (0)
- 3D Numerical Modeling of the Alaska and Central America Subduction Zones: Implications for Plate-Mantle Decoupling (2010) (0)
- (Table S1) Nd-Pb isotope ratios of oceanic crust in ODP Hole 170-1039C and 170-1040C (2008) (0)
- Seismological Constraints on Lithospheric Evolution in the Appalachian Orogen (2017) (0)
- Rheological implications of the seismological lithosphere-asthenosphere boundary (2012) (0)
- P-to-S Receiver Function Constraints on Crustal Structure and Rift Magmatism in the Southeastern United States (2014) (0)
- Schmandt Receives 2013 Keiiti Aki Young Scientist Award: Citation (2014) (0)
- The spatial sensitivity of Sp converted waves-kernels and their applications (2017) (0)
- COMPLEX SHEAR-WAVE SPLITTING INDICATES SIMPLE ANISOTROPY IN THE LITHOSPHERE AND ASTHENOSPHERE BENEATH THE APPALACHIAN OROGEN (2020) (0)
- Mantle Discontinuities and the Origins of the U.S. Cratonic Lithosphere (2014) (0)
- Using converted waves to image the lithosphere and asthenosphere beneath Alaska (2021) (0)
- Control of the Lithospheric Mantle on intracontinental Deformation: Revival of Eastern U.S. Tectonism (2016) (0)
- Rayleigh-Wave Tomography in the Nicaragua-Costa Rica Subduction Zone (2006) (0)
- Characterizing Lithospheric Thickness in Australia using Ps and Sp Scattered Waves (2008) (0)
- North American Lithospheric Discontinuity 1 Structure Imaged By Ps and Sp Receiver Functions 2 3 4 5 6 7 (2010) (0)
- Seismic Anisotropy in the Greenland Mantle from Shear Wave Splitting (2019) (0)
- How Sharp is the Base of the Lithosphere (2003) (0)
- Imaging the Upper Plate Lithosphere and Asthenosphere beneath Alaska with Sp Converted Waves (2021) (0)
- Seismic constraints on the evolution of the continental lithosphere-asthenosphere boundary system (2014) (0)
- Variations in Lithospheric Thickness Across the Denali Fault and in Northern Alaska (2022) (0)
- Geochemistry of oceanic crust beneath Costa Rica (2008) (0)
- Multifrequency Sp Stacking Reveals a Strong Asthenospheric Discontinuity beneath the Anatolian Region (2020) (0)
- Length-scales of Slab-induced Asthenospheric Deformation from Geodynamic Modeling, Mantle Deformation Fabric, and Synthetic Shear Wave Splitting (2017) (0)
- Along-arc Variations in Volatile Cycling in the Nicaragua-Costa Rica Subduction Zone (2008) (0)
- Constraints on localized CMB structure from multichannel, broadband SKS-coda analysis (2003) (0)
- Seismic Anisotropy and Mantle Deformation beneath the Hindu Kush-Pamir Region (2019) (0)
- Trench-parallel flow in the mantle wedge: insights from integrating seismology and 3D subduction zone modeling (2004) (0)
- LOW-ANGLE ALLEGHANIAN CRUSTAL ACCRETION IN THE SOUTHERN APPALACHIANS (2020) (0)
- Mantle Structure, Melting and Flow in the Nicaragua-Costa Rica and Izu Bonin-Marianas Subduction Zones (2007) (0)
- Evidence for a Thin Lithospheric Root Beneath the Tanzanian Craton From Rayleigh Waves (2001) (0)
- (Table S1) Nd-Pb isotope ratios of oceanic crust beneath Costa Rica (2008) (0)
- Mantle anisotropy beneath Costa Rica and Nicaragua and the TUCAN Broadband Seismometer Array (2004) (0)
- Evidence for asthenospheric partial melt beneath the Anatolian region: Constraints from Sp receiver functions (2019) (0)
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