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YoungHee Kim

Adjunct Research Scientist
Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory
Seismology Geology and Tectonophysics
ykim@ldeo.columbia.edu
Education
List of degrees from highest to lowest:
PhD
California Institute of Technology
05/2011
MS
California Institute of Technology
06/2008
MS
Seoul National University
08/2004
BA
University of California, Berkeley
05/2002
Selected Publications: 
Localized seismic anisotropy associated with long-term slow-slip events beneath southern Mexico, Song, T. A.; Kim, Y. , Geophys Res Lett, Volume 39, Issue L09308, (2012), 10.1029/2012GL051324

Seismic imaging of the Cocos plate subduction zone system in central Mexico, Kim, Y.; Miller, M. S.; Pearce, F.; Clayton, R. W. , Geochemistry Geophysics Geosystems, 07/2012, Volume 13, (2012), 10.1029/2012GC004033

Distribution of hydrous minerals in the subduction system beneath Mexico, Kim, Y.; Clayton, R. W.; Jackson, J. M. , Earth and Planetary Science Letters, Volume 341-344, p.58-67, (2012), 10.1016/j.epsl.2012.06.001

Evidence of a collision between the Yucatan Block and Mexico in the Miocene, Kim, Y.; Clayton, R. W.; Keppie, F. , Geophys. J. Int., (2011), 10.1111/j.1365-246X.2011.05191.x

Adjoint Centroid-Moment Tensor Inversions, Kim, Y.; Liu, Q.; Tromp, J. , Geophys. J. Int., (2011), 10.1111/j.1365-246X.2011.05027.x

A unified transformation function for lower and upper bounding constraints on model parameters in electrical and electromagnetic inversion, Kim, H. J.; Kim, Y. , J. Geophys. Eng., Volume 8, (2011), 10.1088/1742-2132/8/1/004

Anisotropic uppermost mantle in young subducted slab underplating Central Mexico, Song, T. A.; Kim, Y. , NATURE GEOSCIENCE, 12/2011, (2011), 10.1038/NGEO1342

The geometry and seismic properties of the subducting Cocos plate in central Mexico, Kim, Y.; Clayton, R. W.; Jackson, J. M. , J. Geophys. Res., (2010), 10.1029/2009JB006942

Horizontal subduction and truncation of the Cocos Plate beneath central Mexico, Pérez-Campos, X.; Kim, Y.; Husker, A.; Davis, P. M.; Clayton, R. W.; Iglesias, A.; Pacheco, J. F.; Singh, S. K.; Manea, V. C.; Gurnis, M. , Geophys. Res. Lett., Volume 35, (2008), 10.1029/2008GL035127