Kevin Seats
Seismologist - PhD Candidate, Stanford
Education
Stanford University: Ph.D. Geophysics
2010 - present
Saint Louis University: B.S. Geophysics
2006 - 2010
Saint Louis University: B.A. Mathematics
2006 - 2010
Saint Louis University: B.A. Physics
2006 - 2010
Publications
Seats, K.J. and J.F. Lawrence, Three Dimensional P and S Wave Velocity Structure of Yellowstone Constrained Using Receiver Function and Ambient Noise Observations, in prep.
Seats, K.J. and J.F. Lawrence, Ambient Noise Tomography of the Sierra Negra Shield Volcano in the Galapagos, in prep.
Seats, K.J. and J.F. Lawrence, Seismic Structure Beneath Yellowstone from Ambient Noise, in press, Geophys. Res. Lett.
Fletcher, J.B., K.J. Seats, J.F. Lawrence, and J. Erdem, Tomographic Rayleigh-wave Group Velocities in the Central Valley, California Centered on the Sacramento/San Joaquin Delta, submitted to Bull. Seism. Soc. Amer.
Lawrence, J. F., M. Denolle, K.J. Seats, and G.A. Prieto (2013). A numeric evaluation of attenuation from ambient noise correlation functions. J. Geophys. Res. Solid Earth, 118(12), 6134-6145, doi:10.1002/2012JB009513.
Seats, K. J., J.F. Lawrence, and G.A. Prieto (2012). Improved ambient noise correlation functions using Welch′ s method. Geophys. J. Int., 188(2), 513-523. doi:10.1111/j.1365-246X.2011.05263.x.
Koper, K. D., K. Seats, and H. Benz (2010). On the composition of Earth’s short-period seismic noise field. Bull. Seism. Soc. Amer., 100(2), 606-617. doi:10.1785/0120090120.
2010 - present
2010 - present
First Authored Presentations
Seats, K.J., and J.F. Lawrence, “Observations of Time-Lapsed Velocity Changes at Yellowstone from Ambient Noise Correlation Functions”, INVITED, SSA 2014 Meeting; oral presentation.
Seats, K.J., and E.M. Dunham, “Quantifying and Explaining the Frequency-Dependent Radiation Pattern of the 2000 Tottori, Japan, Earthquake”, SSA 2014 Meeting; poster presentation.
Seats, K.J., and J.F. Lawrence, “Extracting Time-Lapsed Velocity Changes From the Direct Arrival of Ambient Noise Correlation Functions”, AGU 2013 Fall Meeting; oral presentation.
Seats, K.J., and J.F. Lawrence, “The Seismic Structure Beneath Yellowstone from Ambient Seismic Noise”, Ambient Noise Imaging and Monitoring Workshop, Cargese 2013; poster presentation.
Seats, K.J., J.F. Lawrence, C.J. Ebinger, and G. Tepp, “What ambient noise can tell us in active settings”, AGU 2012 Fall Meeting; oral presentation.
Seats, K.J., J.F. Lawrence, and C.J. Ebinger, “Ambient noise tomography of the Sierra Negra shield volcano in the Galapagos”, AGU Chapman Conference 2012 - Hawaiian Volcanoes: From Source to Surface, Waikoloa, HI; poster presentation.
Seats, K.J., and J.F. Lawrence, “Trials and Tribulations of 4D tomography in Yellowstone”, AGU 2011 Fall Meeting; oral presentation.
Seats, K.J., J.F. Lawrence, and N. P. Crook, “Ambient Noise Seismology –What can it tell us?”, Mighty River Power Limited, Taupo, New Zealand, Feb. 11, 2011; invited talk.
Seats, K.J., J.F. Lawrence, and G.A. Prieto, “Towards more stable time varying ambient noise empirical Green’s functions”, AGU 2010 Fall Meeting; oral presentation.
Seats, K., K. Koper, and H. Benz, “Rapid determination of focal depth using a global network of small-aperture seismic arrays”, AGU 2009 Fall Meeting; poster presentation.
Presentations of Mentored Undergraduates
Doungkaew, N., K.J. Seats, and J.F. Lawrence, “Yellowstone Attenuation Tomography from Ambient Seismic Noise”, AGU 2013 Fall Meeting; poster presentation.
LongJohn, T., K.J. Seats, C. Kelly, and J.F. Lawrence, “Understanding the Structure of the Subsurface of the El Tatio Geyser field; A Velocity Model of the El Jefe Geyser from Ambient Seismic Noise", AGU 2013 Fall Meeting; poster presentation.