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My research is in theoretical and observational seismology with an emphasis on seismic anisotropy. This property - the variation of seismic velocity with direction - can be used to infer dynamical and mineralogical properties in a variety of settings from hydrocarbon reservoirs to the whole mantle, and I work on problems at both ends of this scale.
My most recent research has emphasized linking seismic observations with predictions from experimental and computational mineral physics, applied to understanding the nature of the Earth’s lowermost mantle (see the CoMITAC website). This involves developing, implementing and applying both novel data analysis and forward-modelling techniques.
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- Cabot Institute Natural Hazards and Disasters Research
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CoMITAC: An Integrated Geoscientific Study of the Thermodynamics and Composition of the Core-Mantle interface
1/09/09 → 1/09/15
Project: Research
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Mantle Circulation Constrained (MC2): A disciplinary 4D Earth framework for understanding mantle upswellings
1/10/20 → 30/09/24
Project: Research
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Detecting melt in the deep mantle with seismic anisotropy and attenuation
1/08/19 → 31/07/23
Project: Research
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Differential attenuation in teleseismic shear-wave: measurement and applications
Asplet, J., Wookey, J. M., Kendall, M., Dapre, K. E. & Chapman, M., 11 Jul 2022.Research output: Contribution to conference › Conference Abstract
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Evidence for crustal seismic anisotropy at the InSight lander site
Li, J., Begheim, C., Wookey, J. M., Davis, P., Lognonne, P., Schimmel, M., Stutzmann, E., Golombek, M., Montagner, J-P. & Banerdt, W. B., 1 Sep 2022, In: Earth and Planetary Science Letters. 593, 117654.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article (Academic Journal) › peer-review
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Inversion of shear-wave waveforms reveal deformation in the lowermost mantle
Asplet, J., Wookey, J. M. & Kendall, M., 15 Aug 2022, (Accepted/In press) In: Geophysical Journal International. 232, 1, p. 97-114 18 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article (Academic Journal) › peer-review
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Collaboration with Prof. Mark Panning
James M Wookey (Contributor)
2012 → …Activity: Other activity types › - Research and Teaching at External Organisation
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Collaboration with Prof. Neil Ribe
James M Wookey (Contributor)
2011 → …Activity: Other activity types › - Research and Teaching at External Organisation
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Field campaign to deploy seismometers in the Antiatlas Mountains
James M Wookey (Contributor)
2010 → 2013Activity: Other activity types › - Research and Teaching at External Organisation