Professor Dr. Christine Thomas

Professur für Geophysik (Prof. Thomas)
Professor Dr. Christine Thomas

Corrensstr. 24, room 310
48149 Münster

T: +49 251 83 33591

Academic Profile

  • Research Areas

    • 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
  • CV

    Education

    PhD (Univ. Göttingen)
    Undergraduate studies (Univ. Marburg (Pre-Diploma), Univ. Erlangen-Nürnberg (Diploma))

    Positions

    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
    • ErUM-Wave – Verbundprojekt 05D2022 - ErUM-Wave: Antizipation 3-dimensionaler Wellenfelder, Teilprojekt 1 ()
      participations in bmbf-joint project: Federal Ministry of Education and Research | Project Number: 05D23PM1
    • LASSIE – Lower Mantle Seismic structures investigated with unusual seismic phases ()
      Individual Granted Project: DFG - Individual Grants Programme | Project Number: TH 1530/24-1
    • 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 ()
      participations in bmbf-joint project: Federal Ministry of Education and Research | Project Number: 05A20PM3
    • SPP 2017: Mountain Building Process in Four Dimensions (4D-MB) - 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
    • MISS - Minderung der Störwirkung von Windenergieanlagen auf seismologischen Stationen ()
      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
    • CREEP – Complex RhEologies in Earth dynamics and industrial Processes ()
      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 – RHUM-RUM (Reunion Hotspot and Upper Mantle & Reunions Unterer Mantel): Seismological imaging of a mantle plume under La Reunion, western Indian Ocean) ()
      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
    • SAMPLE – SPP 1375: South Atlantic Margin Processes and Links with onshore Evolution - SP: Seismic heterogeneities beneath the Atlantic and Africa - thermal or chemical? ()
      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 ()
      participations in other joint project: German Academic Exchange Service | Project Number: 50088873
  • Publications

    • Rochira, Federica; Thomas, Christine. . ‘On the Importance of Using Directional Information in the Search for Lower Mantle Reflectors.’ The Seismic Record 3, No. 2: 96–104. doi: 10.1785/ 0320220038.
    • Hosseini S.; Thomas C.; Garnero E.J.; Abreu R. . ‘Studying inner core and lower mantle structure with a combination of PKP and converted SKP and PKS waves.’ Geophysical Journal International 235, No. 3: 2078–2093. doi: 10.1093/gji/ggad357.
    • Borleanu F.; Petrescu L.; Seghedi I.; Thomas C.; 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., Thomas, C. . ‘Mapping the edge of subducted slabs in the lower mantle beneath India.’ Geophysical Journal International 2022.
    • Hiemer, V; Thomas, C. . ‘Generation of reflections and PKP precursors from a scattering layer in D".’ Geophysical Research Letters 2022.
    • Saki, M., Thomas, C., Abreu, R. . ‘Detection and modelling of strong topography of mid-mantle structures beneath the North Atlantic.’ Geophysical Journal International 2022.
    • Rafael Abreu, Daniel Peter, and Christine Thomas. . ‘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, Sanchez-Valle C. . ‘Textures induced by the coesite-stishovite transition and implications for the visibility of the X-discontinuity.’ Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems 23, No. 10: e2022GC010544. doi: https://doi.org/10.1029/2022GC010544.
    • Schlömer A.; Wassermann J.; Friederich W.; Korn M.; Meier T.; Rümpker G.; Thomas C.; Tilmann F.; Ritter J. . ‘UNIBRA/DSEBRA: The German Seismological Broadband Array and Its Contribution to AlpArray—Deployment and Performance.’ Seismological Research Letters 93, No. 4: 2077–2095. doi: 10.1785/0220210287.
    • Creasy, N., Pisconti, A. Long, M., Thomas, 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.; Thomas, C. . ‘Sensor Validation and Diagnostic Potential of Smartwatches in Movement Disorders.’ Sensors 2021. doi: 10.3390/s21093139.
    • Jackson., J.M., Thomas, C. . Seismic and mineral physics constraints on the D" layer. [online first]
    • Ma, X., 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., C. Thomas, R. Myhill, J.S. Pigott. . ‘Dehydration Melting Below the Undersaturated Transition Zone.’ Gcubed 21.
    • Pisconti, A., Plenkers, K., Philipp, J., 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., 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., 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, 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., 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., 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., 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., Wookey, J. . ‘Constraining lowermost mantle anisotropy with body waves: A synthetic modeling study.’ Geophysical Journal International 2017: 766–783.
    • Pisconti, A., Thomas, C., Wookey, J. . ‘Constraining D" anisotropy with reflections and splitting.’ Journal of Geophysical Research 2019.
    • Wolf, J., Creasy, N, Pisconti, A., Long, MD, 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., Thomas, C. . ‘Investigating the seismic structure and visibility of dynamic plume models with seismic array methods.’ Geophysical Journal International 2019: S167-S194.
    • Langrand, C., Andrault, D., Durand, S. Konopkova, Z., Hilairet, N., Thomas, C., Merkel S. . ‘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.
    • Durand S., R. Abreu, C. Thomas. . ‘SeisTomoPy: Fast visualization, comparison and calculations in global tomographic models.’ Seismological Reasearch Letters 300. doi: 10.1785/0220170142.
    • Abreu R., C. Thomas, S. Durand. . ‘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., Wookey J. . ‘Detecting seismic anisotropy above the 410 km discontinuity using reflection coefficients of underside reflections.’ Physics of the Earth and Planetary Interiors 274, No. null: 170–183. doi: 10.1016/j.pepi.2017.12.001.
    • Schumacher L, Thomas C, Abreu R. . ‘Out-of-Plane Seismic Reflections Beneath the Pacific and Their Geophysical Implications.’ Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth 123, No. 3: 2286–2302. doi: 10.1002/2017JB014728.
    • Heteny, G., Molinari, I, Clinton, J, and AlpArray Working Group. . ‘The AlpArray Seismic Network - a large-scale European experiment to image the Alpine orogeny.’ Surveys in Geophysics 39: 1–25.
    • Schneider S., C. Thomas, R.M.H. Dokht, Y.J. Gu, Y. Chen. . ‘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., 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., 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., 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., 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., Lecocq, T. . ‘Using SP precursor waves to detect upper mantle discontinuities.’ Geophys. Journal International 215: 1914-1929.
    • Borleanu F., De Siena L., Thomas C., Popa M., 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, No. 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., Ávila S. . ‘Emergence and evolution of Santa Maria Island (azores)- The conundrum of uplifted islands revisited.’ Geological Society of America Bulletin 129, No. null: 372–391. doi: 10.1130/B31538.1.
    • Reiss A., Thomas C., van Driel J., Heyn B. . ‘A hot midmantle anomaly in the area of the Indian Ocean Geoid Low.’ Geophysical Research Letters 44, No. 13: 6702–6711. doi: 10.1002/2017GL073440.
    • Ballmer M., Schumacher L., Lekic V., Thomas C., Ito G. . ‘Compositional layering within the large low shear-wave velocity provinces in the lower mantle.’ Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems 17, No. 12: 5056–5077. doi: 10.1002/2016GC006605.
    • De Siena L., Calvet M., Watson K., Jonkers A., 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 442, No. null: 21–31. doi: 10.1016/j.epsl.2016.02.026.
    • Mancinelli N., Shearer P., Thomas C. . ‘On the frequency dependence and spatial coherence of PKP precursor amplitudes.’ Journal of Geophysical Research B: Solid Earth 121, No. 3: 1873–1889. doi: 10.1002/2015JB012768.
    • Schlaphorst D., Thomas C., Holme R., Abreu R. . ‘Investigation of core-mantle boundary topography and lowermost mantle with P4KP waves.’ Geophysical Journal International 204, No. 2: 1060–1071. doi: 10.1093/gji/ggv496.
    • Schumacher L., Thomas C. . ‘Detecting lower-mantle slabs beneath Asia and the Aleutians.’ Geophysical Journal International 205, No. 3: 1512–1524. doi: 10.1093/gji/ggw098.
    • Schumacher L, Thomas C. . ‘Detecting Lower-Mantle Slabs beneath Asia and the Aleutians.’ Geophysical Journal International 205, No. 3: 1512–1524. doi: 10.1093/gji/ggw098.
    • Thomas, C, 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., Vanacore E. . ‘On the difficulties of detecting PP precursors.’ Geophysical Journal International 201, No. 3: 1666–1681. doi: 10.1093/gji/ggv105.
    • Saki M., Thomas C., Nippress S., Lessing S. . ‘Topography of upper mantle seismic discontinuities beneath the North Atlantic: The Azores, Canary and Cape Verde plumes.’ Earth and Planetary Science Letters 409, No. null: 193–202. doi: 10.1016/j.epsl.2014.10.052.
    • Cobden L., Thomas C., Trampert J. . ‘Seismic detection of post-perovskite inside the earth.’ In The Earth's Heterogeneous Mantle: A Geophysical, Geodynamical, and Geochemical Perspective, edited by Springer, 391–440. Springer International Publishing. doi: 10.1007/978-3-319-15627-9_13.
    • Gassner A., Thomas C., Krüger F., Weber M. . ‘Probing the core-mantle boundary beneath Europe and Western Eurasia: A detailed study using PcP.’ Physics of the Earth and Planetary Interiors 246, No. null: 9–24. doi: 10.1016/j.pepi.2015.06.007.
    • Waszek L., Thomas C., Deuss A. . ‘PKP precursors: Implications for global scatterers.’ Geophysical Research Letters 42, No. 10: 3829–3838. doi: 10.1002/2015GL063869.
    • Poli P., Thomas C., Campillo M., Pedersen H. . ‘Imaging the D″ reflector with noise correlations.’ Geophysical Research Letters 42, No. 1: 60–65. doi: 10.1002/2014GL062198.
    • Miller M., O'Driscoll L., Butcher A., Thomas C. . ‘Imaging Canary Island hotspot material beneath the lithosphere of Morocco and southern Spain.’ Earth and Planetary Science Letters 431, No. null: 186–194. doi: 10.1016/j.epsl.2015.09.026.
    • De Siena, L.; Thomas, C.; 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.; Dobson, D.P. . ‘Mantle transition zone structure beneath India and Western China from migration of PP and SS precursors.’ Geophysical Journal International 197, No. 1: 413. doi: 10.1093/gji/ggt511.
    • Bonnin, M.; Nolet G.; Villaseñor, A.; Gallart, J.; Thomas, C. . ‘Multiple-frequency tomography of the upper mantle beneath the African/Iberian collision zone.’ Geophysical Journal International 198, No. 3: 1473. doi: 10.1093/gji/ggu214.
    • Spieker, K.; Wölbern, I.; Thomas, C.; Harnafi, M.; El Moudnib, L. . ‘Crustal and upper-mantle structure beneath the western Atlas Mountains in SW Morocco derived from receiver functions.’ Geophysical Journal International 198, No. 3: 1485. doi: 10.1093/gji/ggu216.
    • De Siena L, Thomas C, Waite GP, Moran SC, 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.
    • Jacobeit E, Thomas C, Vernon F. . ‘Influence of station topography and Moho depth on the mislocation vectors for the Kyrgyz Broadband Seismic Network (KNET).’ Geophysical Journal International 193, No. 2: 949–959. doi: 10.1093/gji/ggt014.
    • Cobden L., Thomas C. . ‘The origin of D" reflections: A systematic study of seismic array data sets.’ Geophysical Journal International 194, No. 2: 1091–1118. doi: 10.1093/gji/ggt152.
    • De Siena L., Del Pezzo E., Thomas C., Curtis A., Margerin L. . ‘Seismic energy envelopes in volcanic media: In need of boundary conditions.’ Geophysical Journal International 195, No. 2: 1102–1119. doi: 10.1093/gji/ggt273.
    • Earle PS, Rost S, Shearer PM, Thomas C. . ‘Scattered P′ P′ waves observed at short distances.’ Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America 101, No. 6: 2843–2854. doi: 10.1785/0120110157.
    • Schmerr N, 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, Fieseler T. . ‘Anisotropy as cause for polarity reversals of D′ reflections.’ Earth and Planetary Science Letters 307, No. 3-4: 369–376. doi: 10.1016/j.epsl.2011.05.011.
    • Rost S, Thomas C. . ‘High resolution CMB imaging from migration of short-period core reflected phases.’ Physics of the Earth and Planetary Interiors 183, No. 1-2: 143–150. doi: 10.1016/j.pepi.2010.04.005.
    • Caracas R, Mainprice D, Thomas C. . ‘Is the spin transition in Fe2+-bearing perovskite visible in seismology?Geophysical Research Letters 37.
    • Chaloner JW, Thomas C, Rietbrock A. . ‘P- and S-wave reflectors in D ' beneath southeast Asia.’ Geophysical Journal International 179, No. 2: 1080–1092. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-246X.2009.04328.x.
    • Rost S, Thomas C. . ‘Improving Seismic Resolution Through Array Processing Techniques.’ Surveys in Geophysics 30, No. 4-5: 271–299. doi: 10.1007/s10712-009-9070-6.
    • Thomas C, Kendall JM, Helffrich G. . ‘Probing two low-velocity regions with PKP b-caustic amplitudes and scattering.’ Geophysical Journal International 178, No. 1: 503–512. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-246X.2009.04189.x.
    • Thomas C, Billen MI. . ‘Mantle transition zone structure along a profile in the SW Pacific: thermal and compositional variations.’ Geophysical Journal International 176, No. 1: 113–125. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-246X.2008.03934.x.
    • Kito T, Thomas C, Rietbrock A, Garnero EJ, Nippress SEJ, Heath AE. . ‘Seismic evidence for a sharp lithospheric base persisting to the lowermost mantle beneath the Caribbean.’ Geophysical Journal International 174, No. 3: 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, M., 1655–1665. Springer VDI Verlag.
    • Kito T, Rietbrock A, Thomas C. . ‘Slowness-backazimuth weighted migration: A new array approach to a high-resolution image.’ Geophysical Journal International 169, No. 3: 1201–1209. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-246X.2007.03379.x.
    • Kito T, Rost S, Thomas C, Garnero EJ. . ‘New insights into the P- and S-wave velocity structure of the D '' discontinuity beneath the Cocos plate.’ Geophysical Journal International 169, No. 2: 631–645. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-246X.2007.03350.x.
    • Thomas C, Wookey J, Simpson M. . ‘D '' anisotropy beneath Southeast Asia.’ Geophysical Research Letters 34, No. 4.
    • Wallace M, Thomas C. . ‘Investigating D '' structure beneath the North Atlantic.’ Physics of the Earth and Planetary Interiors 151, No. 1-2: 115–127.
    • Hernlund JW, Thomas C, Tackley PJ. . ‘A doubling of the post-perovskite phase boundary and structure of the Earth's lowermost mantle.’ Nature 434, No. 7035: 882–886. doi: 10.1038/nature03472.
    • Thomas C, Kendall JM, Lowman J. . ‘Lower-mantle seismic discontinuities and the thermal morphology of subducted slabs.’ Earth and Planetary Science Letters 225, No. 1-2: 105–113. doi: 10.1016/j.epsl.2004.05.038.
    • Thomas C, Garnero EJ, Lay T. . ‘High-resolution imaging of lowermost mantle structure under the Cocos plate.’ Journal of Geophysical Research 109, No. B8.
    • Thomas C, Livermore R, Pollitz F. . ‘Motion of the Scotia Sea plates.’ Geophysical Journal International 155, No. 3: 789–804. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-246X.2003.02069.x.
    • Rost S, Thomas C. . ‘Array seismology: Methods and applications.’ Reviews of Geophysics 40, No. 3.
    • Thomas C, Heesom T, Kendall JM. . ‘Investigating the heterogeneity of the D '' region beneath the northern Pacific using a seismic array.’ Journal of Geophysical Research 107, No. B11.
    • Thomas C, Kendall JM, Weber M. . ‘The lowermost mantle beneath northern Asia - I. Multi-azimuth studies of a D '' heterogeneity.’ Geophysical Journal International 151, No. 1: 279–295. doi: 10.1046/j.1365-246X.2002.01759.x.
    • Thomas C, Kendall JM. . ‘The lowermost mantle beneath northern Asia - II. Evidence for lower-mantle anisotropy.’ Geophysical Journal International 151, No. 1: 296–308. doi: 10.1046/j.1365-246X.2002.01760.x.
    • Thomas C, Igel H, Weber M, 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 141, No. 2: 307–320. doi: 10.1046/j.1365-246x.2000.00079.x.
    • Thomas C, Weber M, Wicks CW, Scherbaum F. . ‘Small scatterers in the lower mantle observed at German broadband arrays.’ Journal of Geophysical Research 104, No. B7: 15073–15088. doi: 10.1029/1999JB900128.
    • Thomas Ch, 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 101, No. 1-2: 105–117. doi: 10.1016/S0031-9201(96)03245-1.
    • Weber, M, J.P. Davis, C. Thomas, F. Krüger, F. Scherbaum, 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, A Morelli, 399–442. Roma: Selbstverlag / Eigenverlag / Self-publishing .