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2008

Li, C., Van der Hilst, R.D., Meltzer, A.S., Sun, R., and Engdahl, E.R., Subduction of the Indian lithosphere beneath the Tibetan Plateau and Burma, Earth and Planetary Science Letters, vol. 274, p. 157-168, 2008. (PDF)
Burdick, S., Li, C., Martynov, V., Cox, T., Eakins, J., Astiz, L, Vernon, F.L., Pavlis, G.L., Van der Hilst, R.D., Upper mantle heterogeneity beneath North America from travel time tomography with global and USArray transportable array data, Seismological Research Letters, vol. 79:3, p. 384-392, 2008. (PDF)
Burchfiel, B.C., Royden, L.H., Van der Hilst, R.D., Hager, B.H., Chen, Z., King, R.W., Li, C., Lu, Y., Yao, H., Kirby, E., A geological and geophysical context for the Wenchuan earthquake of 12 May 2008, Sichuan, People's Republic of China, Geological Society of America Today, vol. 18, no. 7, doi: 10.1130/GSATG18A.1. (PDF)
Li, C., Van der Hilst, R.D., Engdahl, E.R., and Burdick, S., A new global model for P-wavespeed variations in Earth's mantle, Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems, vol. 9, Q05018, doi:10.1029/2007GC001806. (PDF)
Long, M.L., De Hoop, M.V., and Van der Hilst, R.D., Wave-equation shear wave splitting tomography, Geophysical Journal International, vol. 172, p. 311-330, 2008. (PDF)
Lebedev, S. and Van der Hilst, R.D., Global upper-mantle tomography with the automated multi-mode surface and S waveforms, Geophysical Journal International, vol. 173, 2008. (PDF)
Royden, L.H., Burchfiel, B.C., and Van der Hilst, R.D., The Geological Evolution of the Tibetan Plateau, Science, vol. 321, p. 1054-1058, 2008. (PDF)
Yao, H., Beghein, C., and Van der Hilst, R.D., Surface-wave array tomography in SE Tibet from ambient seismic noise and two-station analysis: II - crustal and upper mantle structure, Geophysical Journal International, vol. 173, 205-219, 2008. (PDF)
Yi, G.-x., Yao, H., Zhu, J.-s, and Van der Hilst, R.D., Rayleigh wave phase velocity distribution in continental China and its adjacent regions, Chinese Journal of Geophysics (in Chinese), vol. 51, p. 402-411, 2008. (PDF)
Wang, P., De Hoop, M.V., and Van der Hilst, R.D., Imaging of the lowermost mantle (D'') and the core-mantle boundary with SKKS coda waves, Geophysical Journal International, vol. 175, p. 103-115, 2008. (PDF)

2007

Van der Hilst, R.D., De Hoop. M.V., Wang, S.-H. Shim, L. Tenorio, and P. Ma, Seismo-stratigraphy and thermal structure of Earth's core-mantle boundary region, Science, vol. 315, p. 1813-1817, 2007. (PDF)
Van der Hilst, R.D., Boldly go deeper into Earth, Geotimes v. 52(7), p. 34-37, 2007. (PDF)
Long, M.L., Hager, B.H., De Hoop, M.V., and Van der Hilst, R.D., Two-dimensional modeling of subduction zone anisotropy with applications to southwestern Japan, Geophysical Journal International, vol. 170, p. 839-856, 2007. (PDF)
Ma, P., Wang, P., De Hoop, M.V., Tenorio, L., and Van der Hilst, R.D., Imaging of structure at and near the core-mantle boundary using a generalized radon transform: 2. Statistical inference of singularities, Journal of Geophysical Research, vol. 112, B08303, doi:10.1029/2006JB004513, 2007. (PDF)
Ren, Y., Stutzmann, E., Van der Hilst, R.D., and J. Besse, Understanding seismic heterogeneities in the lower mantle beneath the Americas from seismic tomography and plate tectonic history, Journal of Geophysical Research, vol. 112, B01302, doi:10.1029/2005JB004154, 2007. (PDF)
Ribe, N., Stutzmann, E., Ren, Y., and Van der Hilst, R. D., Buckling instabilities of subducted lithosphere beneath the transition zone, Earth and Planetary Science Letters, vol. 254, p. 173-179, 2007. (PDF)
Sol, S., Meltzer, A., Burgmann, R., Van der Hilst, R.D., King, R., Chen, Z., Koons, P., Lev, E., Liu, Y.P., Zeitler, P.K., Zhang, X., Zhang, J., and Zurek, B., Geodynamics of southeastern Tibet from seismic anisotropy and geodesy, Geology, v. 35, p. 563-566, doi: 10.1130/G23408A.1, 2007. (PDF)
Xu, L., Rondenay, S., and Van der Hilst, R.D., Velocity Structure beneath Southeastern Tibet from Teleseismic Receiver Functions, Physics of Earth and Planetary Interiors, v. 165, p. 176-193, 2007. (PDF)