Publications by Igor Morozov 

Preprints of papers in review or in press:

Refereed publications in the past 6 years

  1. Morozov, I. B. and K.G. Dueker, Depth-domain processing of teleseismic receiver functions and generalized three-dimensional imaging, Bull. Seism. Soc. Am., in press.

  2. Morozova, E., X. Wan, K. R. Chamberlain, S. B. Smithson, I. B. Morozov, N. Boyd, R. A. Johnson, K. E. Karlstrom, A. R. Tyson, and C. T. Foster, Geometry of Proterozoic sutures in the central Rocky Mountains from seismic reflection data: Cheyenne belt and Farwell Mountain structures, Geophys. Res. Lett., in press.

  3. Nielsen, L., H. Thybo, I. B. Morozov, S. B. Smithson, and L. Solodilov, Teleseismic Pn Arrivals: Influence of Mantle Velocity Gradient and Crustal Scattering, submitted to Geophys. Res. Lett., in press.

  4. Morozov, I. B., Smithson, S. B., and Solodilov, L. N. Imaging crustal structure along refraction profiles using multicomponent recordings of first-arrival coda,  Bull. Seism. Soc. Am., 92 (8), 3080-3086.

  5. Morozov, I. B. and K.G. Dueker, Signal-to-noise ratios of teleseismic receiver functions and effectiveness of stacking for its enhancement, J. Geophys. Res. Vol. 108 No. B2, 10.1029/2001JB001692.

  6. Morozov, I. B., N. I. Christensen, S. B. Smithson, and L. S. Hollister, Seismic and laboratory constraints on crustal formation in a former continental arc (ACCRETE, southeastern Alaska and western British Columbia), J. Geophys. Res., Vol. 108 No. B1, 10.1029/2001JB001740.

  7. Morozov, I. B. and A. Levander, Depth image focusing in travel-time map based wide-angle migration, Geophysics, 67 (6), 1903-1912, 2002.

  8. Morozov, I. B., Comment on “High-frequency wave propagation in the uppermost mantle” by T. Ryberg and F. Wenzel, J. Geophys. Res., 106, 30,715-30,718, 2001.

  9. Morozov, I. B., Smithson, S. B., Chen, J., and Hollister, L. S. Generation of new continental crust and terrane accretion in Southeastern Alaska and Western British Columbia from P- and S-wave wide-angle Seismic Data (ACCRETE), Tectonophysics, 341/1-4, 49-67, 2001.

  10. Morozova, E. A., Morozov, I. B, Smithson, S. B., and Solodilov, L.N., Lithospheric boundaries and upper mantle heterogeneity beneath Russian Eurasia: evidence from the DSS profile QUARTZ, Tectonophysics, 329, 333-344, 2000.

  11. Smithson, S. B., Wenzel, F., Ganchin, Y. V., and Morozov, I. B., Seismic results at Kola and KTB deep scientific boreholes: velocities, reflections, fluids, and crustal composition, Tectonophysics, 329, 300-317, 2000.

  12. Morozov, I. B., and Smithson, S. B., Coda of long-range arrivals from nuclear explosions, BSSA, 90, 929-939, 2000.

  13. Morozova, E. A., I. B. Morozov, S. B. Smithson, and L. N. Solodilov, 1999. Heterogeneity of the uppermost mantle beneath the ultra-long range profile “Quartz,” Russian Eurasia, J. Geophys. Res., 104 (B9), 20,329-20,348.

  14. Morozov, I. B., Smithson, S. B., Hollister, L. S., and J. B. Diebold, 1998, Wide-angle seismic imaging of accreted terranes in SE Alaska and British Columbia, Tectonophysics, 299, 281-296.

  15. Morozov, I., B., E. A. Morozova, S. B. Smithson, and L. N. Solodilov, 1998.  2D image of seismic attenuation beneath the Deep Seismic Sounding profile QUARTZ, Russia, Pure Appl. Geoph, 153, 311-343.

  16. Ganchin, Y. V., Smithson, S. B., Morozov, I. B., Smythe, D. K.., Garipov, V. Z., and Karaev, N. A., 1998. Seismic studies at the Kola Superdeep Borehole, Russia, Tectonophysics, 288, 1-16.

  17. Morozov, I., B., E. A. Morozova, and S. B. Smithson, 1998. On the nature of the teleseismic Pn phase observed in the recordings from the ultra-long profile “Quartz”, Russia, Bull. Seism. Soc. Am., 88, 62-73.

  18. Morozov, I. B., 1998.  Comment on “A Mathematical Theorem Useful for the Direct Estimation of Seismic Source Spectra” by S. G. Kim, Y.-T. Chen, Z.-L. Wu, and G. F. Panza, Bull Seism. Soc. Am., 88(3), 880.

  19. Morozov, I. B. 1998. 3D seismic processing monitor, Computers & Geosciences, 24 (3), 285-288.

  20. Morozov, I. B., Carr, B. J., and Smithson, S. B., 1998, Transformation of 4-component VSP records from Kola Superdeep Borehole, Russia, Computers & Geosciences, 23(10), 1039-1049.

  21. Hollister, L.S., Das, T., Diebold, J.B., Morozov, I.B., Smithson, S.B., 1997. Evidence for late (Miocene?) extension across the Coast Mountains. LITHOPROBE Report No. 56, , University of British Columbia, Vancouver , CANADA, pp.215-218.

  22. Morozov, I. B., Carr, B. J., and Smithson, S. B., 1997, P- and SV-wave separation by polarization-dependent velocity filtering: application to VSPs from Kola Superdeep Borehole, Computers & Geosciences,, 23 (10), 1051-1061.

  23. Morozov, I., B., E. A. Morozova, and S. B. Smithson, 1997. Observation of Lg and S wave propagation along the ultra-long profile “Quartz”, Russia, in: Fuchs, K. (Ed.) Upper mantle heterogeneities from active and passive seismology, Kluwer, pp. 147-154.

  24. Morozov, I. B., and Smithson, S. B., 1997, A new system for multicomponent seismic processing, Computers & Geosciences, 23, 689-696.

  25. Morozova, E. A., Morozov, I., B., and S. B. Smithson, 1997. Heterogeneity of the uppermost Eurasian mantle propagation along the DSS profile “Quartz”, Russia, in: Fuchs, K. (Ed.) Upper mantle heterogeneities from active and passive seismology, Kluwer, pp. 139-146.

  26. Schueller, W., Morozov, I. B.,  and Smithson, S. B., 1997, Crustal and Uppermost Mantle Velocity Structure of Northern Eurasia along the Profile Quartz, Bull Seism. Soc. Am., 87, no. 2, 414-426.

  27. Morozov, I. B., and Smithson, S. B.,1996, High-resolution velocity determination: Statistical phase correlation and image processing, Geophysics, 61, 1115-1127.

  28. Morozov, I. B., and Smithson, S. B., 1996, Instantaneous polarization attributes and directional filtering, Geophysics, 61, 872-881.

Submitted manuscripts

  1. Morozov, I. B, Crustal scattering and potential “dipping slab” artifacts in receiver function images, submitted to Bull. Sesm. Soc. Am.

  2. Morozov, I. B, Null-space and statistical significance of first-arrival travel-time inversion, submitted to Geophys. J. Int.

Selected Conference Presentations

  1. J. N. Duenow, I. B. Morozov, S. B. Smithson, Surface Scattering as a Source of Teleseismic Arrival Coda, AGU Fall meeting, 2002.

  2. I. B. Morozov, E. A. Morozova, S. B. Smithson, P. G. Richards, V. I. Khalturin, L. N. Solodilov, Regional Travel Time Model of Northern Eurasia using Deep Seismic Sounding Data Sets, AGU Fall meeting, 2002.

  3. Morozov, I. B., and K. G. Dueker, Three-dimensional teleseismic receiver function imaging in depth domain, AGU Fall Meeting, 2001.

  4. L Nielsen, *H Thybo, I B Morozov, L Solodilov, Teleseismic Pn Coda Modeled as Crustal Scattering, AGU Fall meeting, 2002.

  5. Smithson, S. B., I. B. Morozov, E. A. Morozova, P. G. Richards, and L. N. Solodilov, Peaceful Nuclear Explosion datasets for seismic research and nuclear test monitoring, AGU Fall Meeting, 2001.

  6. Morozov, I. B., and S. B. Smithson,  Broader utilization of seismic data from long-range refraction profiles: Imaging crustal reverberations and scattering, 9-th International Symposium on Deep Seismic Profiling of the Continents and their Margins, 18-23 June 2000, Ulvik, Norway, 2000.

  7. Morozov, I. B., and A. R. Levander, 2D, pre-stack wide-angle migration and depth focusing of ultra-shallow seismic records, SSA Annual meeting, 2000.

  8. Morozov, I. B., S. B. Smithson, and A. R. Levander, Crustal reverberations and scattering of long-range arrivals from Peaceful Nuclear Explosions, SSA Annual meeting, 2000.

  9. Morozov, I. B., A. R. Levander, and D. Dana, Depth focusing revisited: wavefield coherency attributes in wide-angle migration of shallow seismic records, AGU Fall meeting, 1999.

  10. Morozova, E. A., Morozov, I. B., and Smithson, S. B Newly available seismic recordings of Peaceful Nuclear Explosions in Russian Eurasia, AGU Fall meeting, 1999.

  11. Morozov, I. B., and Smithson, 1998, 2D pre-stack migration in crooked-line geometry, 8th International Symposium on Deep Seismic Profiling of the Continents and Their Margins, Barcelona, Spain, September 20-25, 1998.

  12. Morozov, I. B., Chen, J., Smithson, and Hollister, L. S., 1998, Crustal structure across the Coast Mountains, SE Alaska, 8th International Symposium on Deep Seismic Profiling of the Continents and Their Margins , Barcelona, Spain, September 20-25, 1998.

  13. Morozov, I. B., Morozova, E. A., Smithson, S. B., and Solodilov, L. N. 1998, Constraints on the upper mantle P-wave attenuation from the nuclear explosions of the Russian deep seismic sounding profile QUARTZ, 8th International Symposium on Deep Seismic Profiling of the Continents and Their Margins , Barcelona, Spain, September 20-25, 1998.

  14. Morozova, E. A.,Morozov, I. B., Smithson, S. B., and Solodilov, L. N. 1998, Upper mantle involvement in regional tectonics from a combined interpretation of the profile QUARTZ, Russian Eurasia, 8th International Symposium on Deep Seismic Profiling of the Continents and Their Margins , Barcelona, Spain, September 20-25, 1998.

  15. Morozova, E. A., Morozov, I. B., and Smithson, S. B., 1997,  Heterogeneity of the uppermost Eurasian mantle along the DSS profile “Quartz”, Russia, NATO Advanced Research Workshop: “Upper mantle heterogeneity from active and passive seismology”, 13-16 April, Moscow.

  16. Ganchin, Y. V., Smithson, S. B., Morozov, I. B., Smythe, D. K., Garipov, V. Z., and Karaev, N. A., 1996, Structure of the Precambrian crust along the Kola CDP profile in the Superdeep Borehole region, 7th International Symposium on Deep Seismic Profiling of the Continents and Their Margins , Asilomar, California, September 15-20, 1996.

  17. Morozova, E. A., Morozov, I. B., Schueller, W., and Smithson, S. B., 1996, Crustal structure of the southeastern part of the Baltic Shield from the profile “QUARTZ”, 7 International Symposium on Deep Seismic structure of Continents and their Margins, Sept. 20-26, Asilomar, CA.

  18. Morozov, I. B., Smithson, S. B., and Hollister, L. S., 1996, Refraction velocity model and crustal reflectivity along ACCRETE corridor from wide-angle data, 7 International Symposium on Deep Seismic structure of Continents and their Margins, Sept. 20-26, Asilomar, CA.

  19. Morozov, I. B., S. B. Smithson, E. A. Morozova, and L. N. Solodilov, A database of Deep Seismic Sounding Peaceful Nuclear Explosion recordings for seismic monitoring of northern Eurasia, in: Proceedings of 23 Seismic Research Review, DOD/DOE, Jackson Hole, WY.

  20. Morozov, I. B., S. B. Smithson, and E. A. Morozova, Crustal effects on regional seismic phases in aseismic regions of Northern Eurasia: constraints from PNE recordings, in: Proceedings of 22 Seismic Research Symposium, DOD/DOE, New Orleans, LN.

  21. Morozov, I., Schueller, W., Morozova, E., and Smithson, S., 1995, Two-dimensional crustal and upper-mantle velocity models from profile “Quartz”, Russia, in: Proceedings of 17 Seismic Research Symposium, PL/DARPA, Scottsdale, Arizona, 255-261.

  22. Morozova, E. A., Morozov, I. B., Smithson, S. B., Schatzman, J., and Solodilov, L. N., 1994, Studies of Pn, Sn and Lg wave  propagation across major crustal structures using PNEs, in: Proceedings of 16 Seismic Research Symposium, PL/DARPA, Thornwood, NY, 255-261.

  23. Morozov, I. B., and Smithson, S. B., 1996, Turning ray tomography using travel time field, AGU Fall Meeting.

  24. Morozov, I. B., Smithson, S. B., and Hollister, L. S., 1996, Shear wave image of the crust along Portland canal, AGU Fall meeting.