PhD in Seismology, 2009 - 2014
PhD thesis topic: Estimation of Regional Seismic Velocity Models and their Uncertainties using Various Methods
School of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Seoul National University

M.Sc. in Seismology, 2009
School of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Seoul National University

B.Sc. in Earth and Environmental Sciences, 2007
School of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Seoul National University

Current project:

2013 AFRL/DoD Grant "Improved Earth structure in Northeast Asia and seismic moment tensor inversion using Bayesian partition modeling"

Publications:

Kim, S., H. Tkalčić, J. Rhie, and Y. Chen (2016), Intraplate volcanism controlled by back-arc and continental structures in NE Asia inferred from transdimensional Bayesian ambient noise tomography, Geophys. Res. Lett., 43(16), 8390-8398, doi:10.1002/2016GL069483.

Kim, S., J. Dettmer, J. Rhie, and H. Tkalčić (2016), Highly efficient Bayesian joint inversion for receiver-based data and its application to lithospheric structure beneath the southern Korean Peninsula, Geophys. J. Int., 206(1), 328-344.

Lee, S.-J., J. Rhie, S. Kim, T. S. Kang, and G. B. Kim (2015), Ambient seismic noise tomography of the southern East Sea (Japan Sea) and the Korea Strait, Geosci. J., 19(4), 709-720, doi:10.1007/s12303-015-0012-7.

Kim, S., A. A. Nyblade, J. Rhie, C. E. Baag, and T. S. Kang (2012), Crustal S-wave velocity structure of the Main Ethiopian Rift from ambient noise tomography, Geophys. J. Int., 191(2), 865-878, doi:10.1111/j.1365-246X.2012.05664.x.

Kim, S., J. Rhie, and G. Kim (2011), Forward waveform modelling procedure for 1-D crustal velocity structure and its application to the southern Korean Peninsula, Geophys. J. Int., 185(1), 453-468, doi:10.1111/j.1365-246X.2011.04949.x.

Rhie, J., and S. Kim (2010), Regional moment tensor determination in the southern Korean Peninsula, Geosci. J., 14(4), 329-333, doi:10.1007/s12303-010-0038-9.

Kim, S., A. A. Nyblade, and C. E. Baag (2009), Crustal velocity structure of the Rukwa Rift in the Western Branch of the East African Rift System, South African Journal of Geology, 112, 251-260, doi:10.2113/gssajg.112.3-4.251.

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