Research Focus
- Global Seismology, Array Seismology, Processes und structures inside the Earth from crust to core, lowermost mantle and D" region, anisotropy in mantle and core, mititgation of wind turbine generated noise, prediction of the wavefield for gravitational wave detection, ice-dynamics and icequakes in polar regions (Antarctica, Greenland).
CV
Academic Education
- PhD (Univ. Göttingen)
- Undergraduate studies (Univ. Marburg (Pre-Diploma), Univ. Erlangen-Nürnberg (Diploma))
Positions
- adjunct Professor, Geological Survey of Denmark and Greenland (GEUS), Copenhagen, DK
- Professor
- Lecturer/Senior Lecturer (Univ. Liverpool)
- Postdoc (Univ. Leeds)
- visiting scientist, Univ. Cambridge and British Antarctic survey, UK
Projects
- Understanding the influence of deep seismic mantle structures at the core-mantle boundary on intense magnetic flux regions ()
Individual Granted Project: | DFG - Individual Grants Programme | Project Number: TH 1530/25-1 - Investigation of the influence of mantle structures on Earth's core observations ()
Individual Granted Project: | DFG - Individual Grants Programme | Project Number: TH 1530/16-3 - Verbundprojekt 05D2022 - ErUM-Wave: Antizipation 3-dimensionaler Wellenfelder, Teilprojekt 1 – ErUM-Wave ()
Participation in Federally Funded Joint Project: | Federal Ministry of Research, Technology and Space | Project Number: 05D23PM1 - Lower Mantle Seismic structures investigated with unusual seismic phases – LASSIE ()
Individual Granted Project: | DFG - Individual Grants Programme | Project Number: TH 1530/24-1 - Development of a reliable database on the conflict between wind energy producer and seismologists – DB MISS ()
Participation in other joint Project: | MWIKE NRW - Programm für rationelle Energieverwendung, regenerative Energien und Energiesparen - progres.nrw - Innovation | Project Number: EFO 0157E - Deep Earth Rotational Seismology ()
Individual Granted Project: | DFG - Individual Grants Programme | Project Number: AB 887/1-1 - Physical properties of deep subducted lithosphere ()
Individual Granted Project: | DFG - Individual Grants Programme | Project Number: TH 1530/11-3 - HYPO-TZ - Generation and assessment of hypothetical seismic mantle transition zone structures ()
Individual Granted Project: | DFG - Individual Grants Programme | Project Number: TH 1530/21-1 - 3G-GWD: Third Generation Gravitational Wave Telescope. Subproject 6 ()
Participation in Federally Funded Joint Project: | Federal Ministry of Research, Technology and Space | Project Number: 05A20PM3 - SPP 2017 - Subproject: UNIBRA / DSEBRA - the German seismological contribution to AlpArray ()
Subproject in DFG-Joint Project Hosted outside the University of Münster: | DFG - Priority Programme | Project Number: TH 1530/15-1 - Investigation of the influence of mantle structures on Earth's core observations ()
Individual Granted Project: | DFG - Individual Grants Programme | Project Number: TH 1530/16-1 - Minderung der Störwirkung von Windenergieanlagen auf seismologischen Stationen – MISS ()
EU-Project Hosted outside the University of Münster: | EC - European Regional Development Fund | Project Number: EFRE-0801044/KEE-2-002E - Investigation of the anisotropy of the mantle transition zone using PP and SS precursors ()
Individual Granted Project: | DFG - Individual Grants Programme | Project Number: TH 1530/10-2 - Phase transitions, Microstructures and their seismic signals from the Earth's mantle ()
Individual Granted Project: | DFG - Individual Grants Programme | Project Number: TH 1530/18-1; SA 2585/3-1 - Complex RhEologies in Earth dynamics and industrial Processes – CREEP ()
EU-Project Hosted outside the University of Münster: | EC H2020 - Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions - Innovative Training Network | Project Number: 642029 - Physical properties of deep subducted lithosphere ()
Individual Granted Project: | DFG - Individual Grants Programme | Project Number: TH 1530/11-1 - Investigation of the anisotropy of the mantle transition zone using PP and SS precursors ()
Individual Granted Project: | DFG - Individual Grants Programme | Project Number: TH 1530/10-1 - Array study of the Reunion hotspot region from the mantle transition zone to the core-mantle boundary ()
Individual Granted Project: | DFG - Individual Grants Programme | Project Number: TH 1530/9-1 - RHUM-RUM (Reunion Hotspot and Upper Mantle & Reunions Unterer Mantel): Seismological imaging of a mantle plume under La Reunion, western Indian Ocean) – RHUM-RUM ()
Individual Granted Project: | DFG - Individual Grants Programme | Project Number: TH1530/7-1 - Investigation of Island uplift of the Azores Island region ()
Individual Granted Project: | DFG - Individual Grants Programme | Project Number: TH 1530/6 - Deep seismic structures beneath India and South Atlantic ()
Individual Granted Project: | DFG - Individual Grants Programme | Project Number: TH 1530/5-1 - High-resolution investigation of upper mantle discontinuities ()
Individual Granted Project: | DFG - Individual Grants Programme | Project Number: 574345 - SPP 1375 - Subproject: Seismic heterogeneities beneath the Atlantic and Africa - thermal or chemical? – SAMPLE ()
Subproject in DFG-Joint Project Hosted outside the University of Münster: | DFG - Priority Programme | Project Number: TH 1530/3-1 - DAAD Austauschprogramm: PPP Frankreich - PROCOPE ()
Participation in other joint Project: | German Academic Exchange Service | Project Number: 50088873
- Understanding the influence of deep seismic mantle structures at the core-mantle boundary on intense magnetic flux regions ()
Publications
- Rochira, Federica, and Thomas, Christine. . “On the Importance of Using Directional Information in the Search for Lower Mantle Reflectors.” The Seismic Record 2), № 3 : 96–104. doi: 10.1785/ 0320220038.
- Papanagnou, I., Schuberth, B.S.A., and Thomas, C. . “Geodynamic predictions of seismic structure and discontinuity topography of the mantle transition zone.” Geophysical Journal International 1), № 234 : 355–378. doi: 10.1093/gji/ggac478.
- Hosseini, S., Thomas, C., Garnero, E.J., and Abreu, R. . “Studying inner core and lower mantle structure with a combination of PKP and converted SKP and PKS waves.” Geophysical Journal International 3), № 235 : 2078–2093. doi: 10.1093/gji/ggad357.
- Borleanu, F., Petrescu, L., Seghedi, I., Thomas, C., and De Siena, L. . “The seismic attenuation signature of collisional orogens and sedimentary basins within the Carpathian Orogen.” Global and Planetary Change, № 223 doi: 10.1016/j.gloplacha.2023.104093.
- Rochira, F., and Thomas, C. . “Mapping the edge of subducted slabs in the lower mantle beneath India.” Geophysical Journal International, № 2022
- Hiemer, V, and Thomas, C. . “Generation of reflections and PKP precursors from a scattering layer in D".” Geophysical Research Letters, № 2022
- Saki, M., Thomas, C., and Abreu, R. . “Detection and modelling of strong topography of mid-mantle structures beneath the North Atlantic.” Geophysical Journal International, № 2022
- Abreu, Rafael, Peter, Daniel, and Christine Thomas, and. . “Reduction of wind-turbine-generated seismic noise with structural measures.” Wind Energy Science, № 2022/7: 1227–1239. doi: 10.5194/wes-7-1227-2022.
- Krug, M, Saki, M, Ledoux, E, Gay, JP, Chantel, J, Pakhomova, A, Husband, R, Rohrbach, A, Klemme, S, Thomas, C, Merkel, S, and Sanchez-Valle, C. . “Textures induced by the coesite-stishovite transition and implications for the visibility of the X-discontinuity.” Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems 10), № 23 : e2022GC010544. doi: 10.1029/2022GC010544.
- Lessing, S., Dobson, D.P., Rost, S., Cobden, L., and Thomas, C. . “Kinetic effects on the 660-km-phase transition in mantle upstreams and seismological implications.” Geophysical Journal International 2), № 231 : 877–893. doi: 10.1093/gji/ggac196.
- Schlömer, A., Wassermann, J., Friederich, W., Korn, M., Meier, T., Rümpker, G., Thomas, C., Tilmann, F., and Ritter, J. . “UNIBRA/DSEBRA: The German Seismological Broadband Array and Its Contribution to AlpArray—Deployment and Performance.” Seismological Research Letters 4), № 93 : 2077–2095. doi: 10.1785/0220210287.
- Creasy, N., Pisconti, Long, A., M., Thomas, and C.. . “Modeling of seismic anisotropy observations reveals plausible lowermost mantle flow directions beneath Siberia.” Geochemistry, Geohysics, Geosystems, № 2021
- Varghese, J., van Alen, C.M., Fujarski, M., Warnecke , T., and Thomas, C. . “Sensor Validation and Diagnostic Potential of Smartwatches in Movement Disorders.” Sensors, № 2021 doi: 10.3390/s21093139.
- Jackson., J.M., and Thomas, C. . Seismic and mineral physics constraints on the D" layer
- Ma, X., and Thomas, C. . “Small-scale scattering heterogeneities in the lowermost mantle from a global analysis of PKP precursors.” Journal of Geophysical Research, № 125
- Panero, W.R., Thomas, C., Myhill, R., and Pigott, J.S. . “Dehydration Melting Below the Undersaturated Transition Zone.” Gcubed, № 21
- Pisconti, A., Plenkers, K., Philipp, J., and Thomas, C. . “Mapping Lithological Boundaries in Mines with Array Seismology and In-situ AE monitoring.” Geophysical Journal International, № 220: 59–70.
- Rein, T., Spieker, K., Hannemann, K., Thomas, C., and Korn, M. . “Location and Characteristics of the X-Discontinuity beneath SW Morocco and the adjacent shelf area using P-wave Receiver Functions.” Geophysical Journal International, № 2020 doi: 10.1093/gji/ggaa379.
- van Tent, R., Deuss, A., Kaneshima, S., and Thomas, C. . “The signal of outermost-core stratification in body-wave and normal-mode data.” Geophysical Journal International, № 223
- Rein, T, Hannemann, K, Thomas, C, and Korn, M. . “Location and characteristics of the X-discontinuity beneath SW Morocco and the adjacent shelf area using P-wave receiver functions.” Geophysical Journal International, № 223 (3) doi: 10.1093/gji/ggaa379.
- Durand, S., Thomas, C., and Jackson, J.M. . “New constraints on D’ beneath the North Atlantic region from P and S travel times and amplitudes.” Geophysical Journal International, № 216: 1132–1144.
- Ma, X., Sun, X., and Thomas, C. . “Localized ultra-low velocity zones at the eastern boundary of Pacific LLSVP.” Earth and Planetary Science Letters, № 507: 40–49.
- Saki, M., Thomas, C., Cobden, L., Abreu, R., and Buchen, J. . “Investigating the cause for polarity reversals of PP precursors beneath the Atlantic.” Physics of teh Earth and Planetary Interior, № 286: 1132–1144.
- Creasy, N., Pisconti, A., Long, M.D., Thomas, C., and Wookey, J. . “Constraining lowermost mantle anisotropy with body waves: A synthetic modeling study.” Geophysical Journal International, № 2017: 766–783.
- Pisconti, A., Thomas, C., and Wookey, J. . “Constraining D" anisotropy with reflections and splitting.” Journal of Geophysical Research, № 2019
- Wolf, J., Creasy, N, Pisconti, A., Long, MD, and Thomas, C. . “An investigation of seismic anisotropy in the lowermost mantle beneath Iceland.” Geophysical Journal International, № 219: S152–S166.
- Stockmann, F., Cobden, L., Deschamps, F., Fichtner, A., and Thomas, C. . “Investigating the seismic structure and visibility of dynamic plume models with seismic array methods.” Geophysical Journal International, № 2019: S167-S194.
- C., Langrand, D., Andrault, Durand, Z., S.Konopkova, N., Hilairet, C., Thomas, and S., Merkel. . “Kinetics and detectability of the bridgmanite to post-perovskite transformation in the Earth's D" layer.” Nature Communications, № 10 doi: 10.1038/s41467-019-13482-x.
- S., Durand, Abreu, R., and Thomas, C. . “SeisTomoPy: Fast visualization, comparison and calculations in global tomographic models.” Seismological Reasearch Letters, № 300 doi: 10.1785/0220170142.
- R., Abreu, Thomas, C., and Durand, S. . “Effect of observed micropolar motions on wave propagation in deep Earth minerals.” Physics of the Earth and Planetary Interiors, № 276: 215–225. doi: 10.1016/j.pepi.2017.04.006.
- Saki, M., Thomas, C., Merkel, S., and Wookey, J. . “Detecting seismic anisotropy above the 410 km discontinuity using reflection coefficients of underside reflections.” Physics of the Earth and Planetary Interiors null), № 274 : 170–183. doi: 10.1016/j.pepi.2017.12.001.
- Schumacher, L, Thomas, C, and Abreu, R. . “Out-of-Plane Seismic Reflections Beneath the Pacific and Their Geophysical Implications.” Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth 3), № 123 : 2286–2302. doi: 10.1002/2017JB014728.
- Heteny, G., Molinari, I, Clinton, J, and Group, and AlpArray Working. . “The AlpArray Seismic Network - a large-scale European experiment to image the Alpine orogeny.” Surveys in Geophysics, № 39: 1–25.
- S., Schneider, Thomas, C., Dokht, R.M.H., Gu, Y.J., and Chen, Y. . “Resolution Improvement and Reconstruction of Global Seismic Data using fk-Methods.” Geophysical Journal International, № 212: 1288–1301.
- Spieker, K., Rondenay, S., Ramalho, R., Thomas, C., and Helffrich, G. . “Constraints on the structure of the crust and lithosphere beneath the Azores Islands from teleseismic receiver functions.” Geophysical Journal International, № 213: 824–835.
- Schumacher, L., and Thomas, C.Abreu R. . “Out-of-Plane Seismic Reflections Beneath the Pacific and Their Geophysical Implications.” Journal of Geophysical Research, № 123: 2286–2302.
- Abreu, R., Durand, S., and Thomas, C. . “The asymmetric seismic moment tensor in micropolar media.” Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America, № 108: 1160–1170.
- Attanayake, J., Thomas, C., Cormier, V.F., Miller, M.S., and Koper, K. . “Irregular Transition Layer Beneath the Earth's Inner Core Boundary from Observations of Antipodal PKIKP and PKIIKP Waves.” Gcubed, № 19 doi: 10.1029/2018GC007562.
- Reiß, A-S, Thomas, C., and Lecocq, T. . “Using SP precursor waves to detect upper mantle discontinuities.” Geophys. Journal International, № 215: 1914-1929.
- Reiss, A., Thomas, C., van Driel, J., and Heyn, B. . “A hot midmantle anomaly in the area of the Indian Ocean Geoid Low.” Geophysical Research Letters 13), № 44 : 6702–6711. doi: 10.1002/2017GL073440.
- Borleanu, F., De Siena, L., Thomas, C., Popa, M., and Radulian, M. . “Seismic scattering and absorption mapping from intermediate-depth earthquakes reveals complex tectonic interactions acting in the Vrancea region and surroundings (Romania).” Tectonophysics null), № null : 129–142. doi: 10.1016/j.tecto.2017.04.013.
- Ramalho, R., Helffrich, G., Madeira, J., Cosca, M., Thomas, C., Quartau, R., Hipólito, A., Rovere, A., Hearty, P., and Ávila, S. . “Emergence and evolution of Santa Maria Island (azores)- The conundrum of uplifted islands revisited.” Geological Society of America Bulletin null), № 129 : 372–391. doi: 10.1130/B31538.1.
- De Siena, L., Calvet, M., Watson, K., Jonkers, A., and Thomas, C. . “Seismic scattering and absorption mapping of debris flows, feeding paths, and tectonic units at Mount St. Helens volcano.” Earth and Planetary Science Letters null), № 442 : 21–31. doi: 10.1016/j.epsl.2016.02.026.
- Mancinelli, N., Shearer, P., and Thomas, C. . “On the frequency dependence and spatial coherence of PKP precursor amplitudes.” Journal of Geophysical Research B: Solid Earth 3), № 121 : 1873–1889. doi: 10.1002/2015JB012768.
- Schlaphorst, D., Thomas, C., Holme, R., and Abreu, R. . “Investigation of core-mantle boundary topography and lowermost mantle with P4KP waves.” Geophysical Journal International 2), № 204 : 1060–1071. doi: 10.1093/gji/ggv496.
- Schumacher, L., and Thomas, C. . “Detecting lower-mantle slabs beneath Asia and the Aleutians.” Geophysical Journal International 3), № 205 : 1512–1524. doi: 10.1093/gji/ggw098.
- Schumacher, L, and Thomas, C. . “Detecting Lower-Mantle Slabs beneath Asia and the Aleutians.” Geophysical Journal International 3), № 205 : 1512–1524. doi: 10.1093/gji/ggw098.
- Ballmer, M., Schumacher, L., Lekic, V., Thomas, C., and Ito, G. . “Compositional layering within the large low shear-wave velocity provinces in the lower mantle.” Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems 12), № 17 : 5056–5077. doi: 10.1002/2016GC006605.
- Saki, M., Thomas, C., Nippress, S., and Lessing, S. . “Topography of upper mantle seismic discontinuities beneath the North Atlantic: The Azores, Canary and Cape Verde plumes.” Earth and Planetary Science Letters null), № 409 : 193–202. doi: 10.1016/j.epsl.2014.10.052.
- Cobden, L., Thomas, C., and Trampert, J. . “Seismic detection of post-perovskite inside the earth.” in The Earth's Heterogeneous Mantle: A Geophysical, Geodynamical, and Geochemical Perspective, Vol. null , edited by Springer. Springer International Publishing. doi: 10.1007/978-3-319-15627-9_13.
- Gassner, A., Thomas, C., Krüger, F., and Weber, M. . “Probing the core-mantle boundary beneath Europe and Western Eurasia: A detailed study using PcP.” Physics of the Earth and Planetary Interiors null), № 246 : 9–24. doi: 10.1016/j.pepi.2015.06.007.
- Waszek, L., Thomas, C., and Deuss, A. . “PKP precursors: Implications for global scatterers.” Geophysical Research Letters 10), № 42 : 3829–3838. doi: 10.1002/2015GL063869.
- Poli, P., Thomas, C., Campillo, M., and Pedersen, H. . “Imaging the D″ reflector with noise correlations.” Geophysical Research Letters 1), № 42 : 60–65. doi: 10.1002/2014GL062198.
- Miller, M., O'Driscoll, L., Butcher, A., and Thomas, C. . “Imaging Canary Island hotspot material beneath the lithosphere of Morocco and southern Spain.” Earth and Planetary Science Letters null), № 431 : 186–194. doi: 10.1016/j.epsl.2015.09.026.
- Thomas, C, and Laske, G. . “D" observations in the Pacific from PLUME Ocean Bottom Seismometer recordings.” Geophysical Journal International, № 200: 851–862. doi: 10.1093/gji/ggu441.
- Lessing, S., Thomas, C., Saki, M., Schmerr, N., and Vanacore, E. . “On the difficulties of detecting PP precursors.” Geophysical Journal International 3), № 201 : 1666–1681. doi: 10.1093/gji/ggv105.
- De Siena, L., Thomas, C., and Aster, R. . “Multi-scale reasonable attenuation tomography analysis (MuRAT): An imaging algorithm designed for volcanic regions.” Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research, № 277: 35. doi: 10.1016/j.jvolgeores.2014.03.009.
- Lessing, S., Thomas, C., Rost, S., Cobden, L.J., and Dobson, D.P. . “Mantle transition zone structure beneath India and Western China from migration of PP and SS precursors.” Geophysical Journal International 1), № 197 : 413. doi: 10.1093/gji/ggt511.
- De Siena, L, Thomas, C, Waite, GP, Moran, SC, and Klemme, S. . “Attenuation and scattering tomography of the deep plumbing system of Mount St. Helens.” Journal of Geophysical Research - Solid Earth, № 119: 8223–8238. doi: 10.1002/2014JB011372.
- Bonnin, M., G., Nolet, Villaseñor, A., Gallart, J., and Thomas, C. . “Multiple-frequency tomography of the upper mantle beneath the African/Iberian collision zone.” Geophysical Journal International 3), № 198 : 1473. doi: 10.1093/gji/ggu214.
- Spieker, K., Wölbern, I., Thomas, C., Harnafi, M., and El Moudnib, L. . “Crustal and upper-mantle structure beneath the western Atlas Mountains in SW Morocco derived from receiver functions.” Geophysical Journal International 3), № 198 : 1485. doi: 10.1093/gji/ggu216.
- Jacobeit, E, Thomas, C, and Vernon, F. . “Influence of station topography and Moho depth on the mislocation vectors for the Kyrgyz Broadband Seismic Network (KNET).” Geophysical Journal International 2), № 193 : 949–959. doi: 10.1093/gji/ggt014.
- Cobden, L., and Thomas, C. . “The origin of D" reflections: A systematic study of seismic array data sets.” Geophysical Journal International 2), № 194 : 1091–1118. doi: 10.1093/gji/ggt152.
- De Siena, L., Del, Pezzo E., Thomas, C., Curtis, A., and Margerin, L. . “Seismic energy envelopes in volcanic media: In need of boundary conditions.” Geophysical Journal International 2), № 195 : 1102–1119. doi: 10.1093/gji/ggt273.
- Earle, PS, Rost, S, Shearer, PM, and Thomas, C. . “Scattered P′ P′ waves observed at short distances.” Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America 6), № 101 : 2843–2854. doi: 10.1785/0120110157.
- Schmerr, N, and Thomas, C. . “Subducted lithosphere beneath the Kuriles from migration of PP precursors.” Earth and Planetary Science Letters doi: 10.1016/j.epsl.2011.09.002.
- Thomas, C, Wookey, J, Brodholt, J, and Fieseler, T. . “Anisotropy as cause for polarity reversals of D′ reflections.” Earth and Planetary Science Letters 3-4), № 307 : 369–376. doi: 10.1016/j.epsl.2011.05.011.
- Rost, S, and Thomas, C. . “High resolution CMB imaging from migration of short-period core reflected phases.” Physics of the Earth and Planetary Interiors 1-2), № 183 : 143–150. doi: 10.1016/j.pepi.2010.04.005.
- Caracas, R, Mainprice, D, and Thomas, C. . “Is the spin transition in Fe2+-bearing perovskite visible in seismology?” Geophysical Research Letters, № 37
- Chaloner, JW, Thomas, C, and Rietbrock, A. . “P- and S-wave reflectors in D ' beneath southeast Asia.” Geophysical Journal International 2), № 179 : 1080–1092. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-246X.2009.04328.x.
- Rost, S, and Thomas, C. . “Improving Seismic Resolution Through Array Processing Techniques.” Surveys in Geophysics 4-5), № 30 : 271–299. doi: 10.1007/s10712-009-9070-6.
- Thomas, C, Kendall, JM, and Helffrich, G. . “Probing two low-velocity regions with PKP b-caustic amplitudes and scattering.” Geophysical Journal International 1), № 178 : 503–512. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-246X.2009.04189.x.
- Thomas, C, and Billen, MI. . “Mantle transition zone structure along a profile in the SW Pacific: thermal and compositional variations.” Geophysical Journal International 1), № 176 : 113–125. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-246X.2008.03934.x.
- Kito, T, Thomas, C, Rietbrock, A, Garnero, EJ, Nippress, SEJ, and Heath, AE. . “Seismic evidence for a sharp lithospheric base persisting to the lowermost mantle beneath the Caribbean.” Geophysical Journal International 3), № 174 : 1019–1028. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-246X.2008.03880.x.
- Thomas, C. . “Array Signal Processing.” in Handbook of Signal Processing, edited by Havelock, D., Kuwano, S. Vorländer and M.. Springer VDI Verlag.
- Kito, T, Rietbrock, A, and Thomas, C. . “Slowness-backazimuth weighted migration: A new array approach to a high-resolution image.” Geophysical Journal International 3), № 169 : 1201–1209. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-246X.2007.03379.x.
- Kito, T, Rost, S, Thomas, C, and Garnero, EJ. . “New insights into the P- and S-wave velocity structure of the D '' discontinuity beneath the Cocos plate.” Geophysical Journal International 2), № 169 : 631–645. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-246X.2007.03350.x.
- Thomas, C, Wookey, J, and Simpson, M. . “D '' anisotropy beneath Southeast Asia.” Geophysical Research Letters 4), № 34
- Wallace, M, and Thomas, C. . “Investigating D '' structure beneath the North Atlantic.” Physics of the Earth and Planetary Interiors 1-2), № 151 : 115–127.
- Hernlund, JW, Thomas, C, and Tackley, PJ. . “A doubling of the post-perovskite phase boundary and structure of the Earth's lowermost mantle.” Nature 7035), № 434 : 882–886. doi: 10.1038/nature03472.
- Thomas, C, Kendall, JM, and Lowman, J. . “Lower-mantle seismic discontinuities and the thermal morphology of subducted slabs.” Earth and Planetary Science Letters 1-2), № 225 : 105–113. doi: 10.1016/j.epsl.2004.05.038.
- Thomas, C, Garnero, EJ, and Lay, T. . “High-resolution imaging of lowermost mantle structure under the Cocos plate.” Journal of Geophysical Research B8), № 109
- Thomas, C, Livermore, R, and Pollitz, F. . “Motion of the Scotia Sea plates.” Geophysical Journal International 3), № 155 : 789–804. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-246X.2003.02069.x.
- Rost, S, and Thomas, C. . “Array seismology: Methods and applications.” Reviews of Geophysics 3), № 40
- Thomas, C, Heesom, T, and Kendall, JM. . “Investigating the heterogeneity of the D '' region beneath the northern Pacific using a seismic array.” Journal of Geophysical Research B11), № 107
- Thomas, C, Kendall, JM, and Weber, M. . “The lowermost mantle beneath northern Asia - I. Multi-azimuth studies of a D '' heterogeneity.” Geophysical Journal International 1), № 151 : 279–295. doi: 10.1046/j.1365-246X.2002.01759.x.
- Thomas, C, and Kendall, JM. . “The lowermost mantle beneath northern Asia - II. Evidence for lower-mantle anisotropy.” Geophysical Journal International 1), № 151 : 296–308. doi: 10.1046/j.1365-246X.2002.01760.x.
- Thomas, C, Igel, H, Weber, M, and Scherbaum, F. . “Acoustic simulation of P-wave propagation in a heterogeneous spherical earth: numerical method and application to precursor waves to PKPdf.” Geophysical Journal International 2), № 141 : 307–320. doi: 10.1046/j.1365-246x.2000.00079.x.
- Thomas, C, Weber, M, Wicks, CW, and Scherbaum, F. . “Small scatterers in the lower mantle observed at German broadband arrays.” Journal of Geophysical Research B7), № 104 : 15073–15088. doi: 10.1029/1999JB900128.
- Thomas, Ch, and Weber, M. . “P velocity heterogeneities in the lower mantle determined with the German Regional Seismic Network: Improvement of previous models and results of 2D modelling.” Physics of the Earth and Planetary Interiors 1-2), № 101 : 105–117. doi: 10.1016/S0031-9201(96)03245-1.
- Weber, M, J.P. Davis, C.Thomas, F. Krüger, F.Scherbaum, and J. Schlittenhardt, M.Körnig. . “The structure of the lowermost mantle as determined from using seismic arrays.” in Seismic Modelling of the Earth's structure, edited by E. Boschi, G. Ekström and A Morelli. Roma: Selbstverlag / Eigenverlag.
Professor Dr. Christine Thomas
