FAN-CHI LIN

Professor

Geology & Geophysics

Orcid identifier0000-0003-0394-6830 (opens in a new tab)⁠

Professor
Geology & Geophysics

801-581-4373 (Work)

http://noise.earth.utah.edu/ (opens in a new tab)⁠

My research focuses on leveraging passive seismic signals to investigate Earth's interior structures and dynamic processes.

Keywords: Ambient noise seismology, interferometry, seismic surface waves, seismic tomography, dense arrray, crust and upper mantle structure, wave propagation, seismic anisotropy, seismic attenuation, seismic amplification, dense arrays, fault zones, basin structures, earthquake hazards, Yellowstone, volcanic systems, hydrothermal systems, geothermal systems, and tectonics.

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EXTERNAL GRANT OR CONTRACT
VALIDATING AND IMPROVING THE COMMUNITY VELOCITY MODEL IN SF BAY AREA VIA NODAL EXPERIMENT, AMBIENT NOISE, AND TELESEISMIC BODY WAVES: COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH BETWEEN UNIVERSITY OF UTAH AND UC BERKELEY
1 Sep 2025 - 31 Dec 2026
EXTERNAL GRANT OR CONTRACT
DETERMINATION AND VALIDATION OF BASIN STRUCTURE IN THE SAN FRANCISCO COMMUNITY VELOCITY MODEL (SFCVM)
SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA EARTHQUAKE CENTER1 Feb 2025 - 31 Jan 2026
SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA EARTHQUAKE CENTER
EXTERNAL GRANT OR CONTRACT
IMPROVING NEAR SURFACE CRUSTAL MODEL ACROSS SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA BY JOINTLY INVERTING RAYLEIGH WAVE PHASE VELOCITY/ELLIPTICITY AND RECEIVER FUNCTIONS
SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA EARTHQUAKE CENTER1 Feb 2025 - 31 Jan 2026
SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA EARTHQUAKE CENTER
EXTERNAL GRANT OR CONTRACT
DETERMINING THE VELOCITY AND STRUCTURE OF THE LOS ANGELES BASIN FROM NEW HIGH-RESOLUTION DATA
1 Jan 2025 - 28 Feb 2027
EXTERNAL GRANT OR CONTRACT
Collaborative Research: Characterizing Spatial and Temporal Variations of Volcanic Rift Zones on Basaltic Shield Volcanoes: A Seismological Study at Kilauea and Mauna Loa, Hawaii
National Science Foundation15 Aug 2024 - 31 Jul 2027
People funded by this grant:
- Farrell J,
- Lin F-C
National Science Foundation
EXTERNAL GRANT OR CONTRACT
COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH: CHARACTERIZING SPATIAL AND TEMPORAL VARIATIONS OF VOLCANIC RIFT ZONES ON BASALTIC SHIELD VOLCANOES: A SEISMOLOGICAL STUDY AT KILAUEA AND MAUNA LOA, HAWAII
1 Aug 2024 - 31 Jul 2027
EXTERNAL GRANT OR CONTRACT
SEISMIC MONITORING AT EGS GEOTHERMAL FIELDS (LBNL SUBCONTRACT)
DOE LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LAB7 Jun 2024 - 31 Jan 2025
DOE LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LAB
EXTERNAL GRANT OR CONTRACT
SUBCONTRACT NO. 7743133
2 Feb 2024 - 31 Mar 2024
EXTERNAL GRANT OR CONTRACT
IMPROVING NEAR SURFACE CRUSTAL MODEL ACROSS SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA BY JOINTLY INVERTING RAYLEIGH WAVE PHASE VELOCITY/ELLIPTICITY AND RECEIVER FUNCTIONS
SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA EARTHQUAKE CENTER1 Feb 2024 - 31 Jan 2025
SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA EARTHQUAKE CENTER
EXTERNAL GRANT OR CONTRACT
INVESTIGATING SPATIOTEMPORAL GROUNDWATER VARIATION IN THE WASATCH FRONT USING GEOPHYSICS METHODS
15 May 2023 - 31 May 2024
EXTERNAL GRANT OR CONTRACT
IMPROVING NEAR SURFACE CRUSTAL MODEL ACROSS SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA BY JOINTLY INVERTING RAYLEIGH WAVE PHASE VELOCITY/ELLIPTICITY AND RECEIVER FUNCTIONS
1 Feb 2023 - 31 Jan 2024
EXTERNAL GRANT OR CONTRACT
TOWARDS AN IMPROVED SALT LAKE VALLEY COMMUNITY VELOCITY MODEL THROUGH SEISMIC AND GRAVITY JOINT INVERSION: COLLABORATIVE PROPOSAL WITH UNIVERSITY OF UTAH AND UTAH GEOLOGICAL SURVEY
1 Jan 2023 - 31 Dec 2023
EXTERNAL GRANT OR CONTRACT
COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH: SUBSURFACE PLUMBING, TREMOR MIGRATION, AND ERUPTION CYCLE OF YELLOWSTONE GEYSERS
NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION15 Jul 2021 - 30 Jun 2026
NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION
EXTERNAL GRANT OR CONTRACT
Improving southern California crustal model by jointly inverting Rayleigh wave phase velocity/ellipticity Love wave phase velocity and frequency dependent receiver functions
SCEC2 Jan 2021 - 31 Dec 2022
SCEC
EXTERNAL GRANT OR CONTRACT
NEHRP2020
DOI US GEOLOGICAL SURVEY1 Jan 2021 - 31 Dec 2021
DOI US GEOLOGICAL SURVEY
EXTERNAL GRANT OR CONTRACT
Salt Lake Valley Community Velocity Model Validation and Improvement: Ambient Noise and Earthquake Surface Wave Analysis Across the Magna Aftershock Array
USGS EHP:1 Jan 2021 - 30 Sep 2021
USGS EHP:
EXTERNAL GRANT OR CONTRACT
SCEC2020
SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA EARTHQUAKE1 Jan 2020 - 31 Dec 2022
SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA EARTHQUAKE
EXTERNAL GRANT OR CONTRACT
SCEC 2019
SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA EARTHQUAKE2 Jan 2019 - 2 Jan 2020
SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA EARTHQUAKE
EXTERNAL GRANT OR CONTRACT
NIOSH IPA
CDC NATL INST OCCUPATIONAL SAF1 Jan 2019 - 31 Dec 2020
CDC NATL INST OCCUPATIONAL SAF
EXTERNAL GRANT OR CONTRACT
ADVANCE SUBSURFACE IMAGING ACROSS USARRAY AND INTERMOUNTAIN SEISMIC BELT USING DENSE SEISMIC ARRAYS
NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION1 Jul 2018 - 30 Jun 2025
NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION
EXTERNAL GRANT OR CONTRACT
RAPID: SEISMIC DEPLOYMENT
NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION6 Jan 2018 - 31 Dec 2019
NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION
EXTERNAL GRANT OR CONTRACT
SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA H/V RATIO
UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFOR5 Jan 2017 - 31 Dec 2018
UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFOR
EXTERNAL GRANT OR CONTRACT
LOS ANGELES BASIN
DOI US GEOLOGICAL SURVEY12 Jan 2016 - 31 Dec 2017
DOI US GEOLOGICAL SURVEY
EXTERNAL GRANT OR CONTRACT
WAVE FORM MODELING
UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFOR2 Jan 2016 - 31 Dec 2017
UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFOR
EXTERNAL GRANT OR CONTRACT
Real-time Ambient Noise Seismic Imaging for Subsurface Sustainability
NSF CyberSEES1 Jan 2015 - 1 Jan 2019
NSF CyberSEES

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