PhD in Seismology, 2010 - 2013
PhD thesis topic: Earth's Structure from Bayesian Analysis of Seismic Signals and Noise
Research School of Earth Sciences, The Australian National University

B.A. in Physics, 2009
Department of Physics, Hendrix College, USA

Publications:

Young, M.K., R.A. Cayley, M.A. McLean, N. Rawlinson, P. Arroucau, and M. Salmon (2013), Crustal structure of the east Gondwana margin in southeast Australia revealed by transdimensional ambient seismic noise tomography, Geophysical Research Letters, 40, 4266-4271.

Young, M.K., H. Tkalčić, T. Bodin, and M. Sambridge (2013), Global P-wave tomography of Earth's lowermost mantle from partition modeling, Journal of Geophysical Research, 118, 5467-5486.

Tkalčić, H., M.K. Young, T. Bodin, S. Ngo, and M. Sambridge (2013), The Shuffling Rotation of the Earth's Inner Core Revealed by Earthquake Doublets, Nature Geoscience, 6, 497-502.

Young, M.K., N. Rawlinson, and T. Bodin (2013), Transdimensional inversion of ambient seismic noise for 3D shear velocity structure of the Tasmanian crust, Geophysics, 78(3), WB49-WB62.

Tkalčić, H., T. Bodin, M.K. Young, and M. Sambridge (2013), On the nature of the P-wave velocity gradient in the inner core beneath Central America, Journal of Earth Sciences, 24(5), 699-705.

Young, M.K., H. Tkalčić, N. Rawlinson, and A. M. Reading (2012), Exploiting seismic signal and noise in an intracratonic environment to constrain crustal structure and source parameters of infrequent earthquakes, Geophysical Journal International, doi:10.1111/j.1365-246X.2011.05326.x.

Young, M.K., N. Rawlinson, P. Arroucau, A. M. Reading, and H. Tkalčić (2011), High-frequency ambient noise tomography of southeast Australia: New constraints on Tasmania's tectonic past, Geophysical Research Letters, doi:10.1029/2011GL047971.

Conference abstracts:

Young, M.K., H. Tkalčić, T. Bodin, M. Sambridge, S. Tanaka, and N. Rawlinson (2012), New P-wave Velocity Images of the Lowermost Mantle from a Bayesian Inversion of PKP and PcP Differential Travel Times. American Geophysical Union (AGU) Fall 2012, 2012 Meeting, San Francisco, USA.

Young, M.K., N. Rawlinson, and T. Bodin (2012), A Bayesian inversion for a 3D shear velocity model of the Tasmanian crust from ambient seismic noise. 34th International Geological Congress World Congress 2012, Brisbane, Australia.

Young, M.K., H. Tkalčić, and T. Bodin (2012), Short-scale Heterogeneity in the Lowermost Mantle Revealed Through Partition Modeling of Seismic Body Waves. European Geosciences Union (EGU) 2012 Meeting, Vienna, Austria.

Young, M.K., H. Tkalčić, T. Bodin, S. Tanaka, and N. Rawlinson (2011), New Pwave Velocity Images of the Core Mantle Boundary Region from a Bayesian Inversion of PKP, PcP, and P4KP Differential Travel Times. American Geophysical Union (AGU) Fall 2011, 2011Meeting, San Francisco, USA.

Young, M.K., N. Rawlinson and P. Arroucau (2011), Group and Phase Velocity Variations in Tasmania from Ambient Seismic Noise. International Union of Geodesy and Geophysics (IUGG) 2011 Meeting, Melbourne, AUS.

Young, M.K., H. Tkalčić and S. Ngo (2011), On the Differential Rotation of the Earth's Inner Core from Testing the Nature of Differences in Repetitive Seismic Waveforms. International Union of Geodesy and Geophysics (IUGG) 2011 Meeting, Melbourne, AUS.

Young, M.K., H. Tkalčić, N. Rawlinson, P. Arroucau and A.M. Reading (2010), A Synthesis of Local, Teleseismic, and Ambient Noise Data for High-Resolution Models of Seismic Structure in Western and Southeast Australia. American Geophysical Union (AGU) Fall 2010 Meeting, San Francisco, USA.

Young, M.K. and N. Rawlinson (2010), Ambient Noise Tomography of Tasmania. SEISMIX 2010, Cairns, AUS.

Academic honours/achievements:

2010-2013 ANU University Research Scholarship

2011 Vice-Chancellor's Higher Degree Research Travel Grant, ANU

2009 Graduated summa cum laude, Hendrix College

2009-2013 Phi Beta Kappa Member

2006 Valedictorian, La Salle High School

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