Lapo Boschi
Seismology and Geodynamics Group
Institute of Geophysics
Department of Earth Sciences

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  1. Della Mora, S., L. Boschi, G. Soldati, A. Forte and D. Giardini, 2012.
    Tomography of the Earth's outer core and core-mantle boundary constrained by geodynamics.
    Nature Geoscience, submitted.

  2. Della Mora, S., L. Boschi and D. Giardini, 2012.
    Can the Earth's harmonic spectrum be derived directly from the stochastic inversion of global travel-time data?
    Phys. Earth Planet. Int., submitted.

  3. Boschi L., C. Weemstra, J. Verbeke, G. Ekström, A. Zunino and D. Giardini, 2012.
    On measuring surface-wave phase velocity from station-station cross-correlation of ambient signal.
    Geophys. J. Int., submitted.

  4. C. Weemstra, L. Boschi, A. Goertz and B. Artman, 2012.
    Seismic attenuation from recordings of ambient noise.
    Geophysics, accepted.

  5. Colombi, A., T. Nissen-Meyer, L. Boschi and D. Giardini, 2012.
    Seismic waveform sensitivity to global boundary topography.
    Geophys. J. Int., accepted.

  6. Bondarescu, R., M. Bondarescu, G. Hetenyi, L. Boschi, P. Jetzer, J. Balakrishna, 2012.
    Geophysical applicability of atomic clocks: direct continental geoid mapping.
    Geophys. J. Int., accepted.

  7. Soldati, G., L. Boschi and A. Forte, 2012.
    Tomography of core-mantle boundary and lowermost mantle coupled by geodynamics.
    Geophys. J. Int., 189, 730--746, DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-246X.2012.05413.x.

  8. Verbeke, J., L. Boschi and E. Kissling, 2012.
    High resolution tomography of central Europe derived from dense ambient-noise database of Rayleigh waves.
    Geophys. J. Int., 188, 1173--1187, DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-246X.2011.05308.x.

  9. Schäfer, J., L. Boschi, T. W. Becker and E. Kissling, 2011.
    Radial anisotropy in the European mantle: tomographic studies explored in terms of mantle flow.
    Geophys. Res. Lett., 38, L23304, doi:10.1029/2011GL049687.

  10. Cammarano, F., P. Tackley and L. Boschi, 2011.
    Seismic, petrological and geodynamical constraints on thermal and compositional structure of the upper mantle: global thermo-chemical models.
    Geophys. J. Int., 187, 1301--1318, DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-246X.2011.05223.x.

  11. Boschi, L. and T. W. Becker, 2011.
    Vertical coherence in mantle heterogeneity from global seismic data
    Geophys. Res. Lett., 38, L20306, doi:10.1029/2011GL049281.

  12. Schäfer, J., L. Boschi, and E. Kissling, 2011.
    Adaptively Parameterized Surface Wave Tomography: Methodology and a Model of the European Upper Mantle.
    Geophys. J. Int., 186, 1431--1453, DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-246X.2011.05135.x.

  13. Della Mora, S., L. Boschi, P. Tackley, T. Nakagawa, and D. Giardini, 2011.
    Low seismic resolution cannot explain S/P velocity decorrelation in the lower mantle
    Geophys. Res. Lett., 38, L12303, DOI:10.1029/2011GL047559.

  14. Khan, A., L. Boschi, and J. Connolly, 2011.
     Mapping the Earth's thermo-chemical structure using global surface-wave data.
    J. Geophys. Res., 116, B01301, DOI:10.1029/2010JB007828.

  15. Simmons, N. A., A. M. Forte, L. Boschi, and S. P. Grand, 2010.
    GyPSuM: A joint tomographic model of mantle density and seismic wave speeds.
    J. Geophys. Res., 115, B12310, DOI:10.1029/2010JB007631.

  16. Boschi, L., C. Faccenna, and T. W. Becker, 2010.
    Mantle structure and dynamic topography in the Mediterranean Basin.
    Geophys. Res. Lett., 37, L20303, DOI:10.1029/2010GL045001.

  17. Morra, G., D. A. Yuen, L. Boschi, P. Chatelain, P. Koumoutsakos, and P. J. Tackley, 2010.
    The fate of the slabs interacting with a viscosity hill in mid-mantle.
    Phys. Earth. Planet. Int., 180, 271--282.

  18. Khan, A., L. Boschi, and J. Connolly, 2009.
    On mantle chemical and thermal heterogeneities and anisotropy as mapped by inversion of global surface-wave data.
    J. Geophys. Res., 114, B09305, DOI:10.1029/2009JB006399.

  19. Boschi, L., B. Fry, G. Ekström, and D. Giardini, 2009.
    The European upper mantle as seen by surface waves.
    Surveys in Geophysics, 30, 463--501, DOI:10.1007/s10712-009-9066-2.

  20. Soldati, G., L. Boschi, F. Deschamps, and D. Giardini, 2009.
    Inferring radial models of mantle viscosity from gravity (GRACE) data and an evolutionary algorithm.
    Phys. Earth. Planet. Int., 176, 19--32, DOI:10.1016/j.pepi.2009.03.013.

  21. Stehly, L., B. Fry, M. Campillo, N. Shapiro, J. Guilbert, L. Boschi, and D. Giardini, 2009.
    Tomography of the Alpine region from observations of seismic ambient noise.
    Geophys. J. Int., 178, 338--350.

  22. Peter, D., L. Boschi, and J. H. Woodhouse, 2009.
    Tomographic resolution of ray and finite-frequency theories: a membrane-wave investigation.
    Geophys. J. Int., 177, 624--638, DOI:10.1111/j.1365-246X.2009.04098.x.

  23. Milner, K., T. W. Becker, L. Boschi, J. Sain, D. Schorlemmer, H. Waterhouse, 2009.
    Introducing the solid Earth teaching and research environment.
    EOS Trans. AGU, 90, 104.

  24. Qin, Y., Y. Capdeville, J.-P. Montagner, L. Boschi, and T. W. Becker, 2008.
    Reliability of mantle tomography models assessed by spectral-element simulations.
    Geophys. J. Int., DOI:10.1111/j.1365-246X.2008.04032.x.

  25. Peter, D., L. Boschi, F. Deschamps, B. Fry, G. Ekström, and D. Giardini, 2008.
    Surface-wave tomography: finite-frequency shear-velocity inversions for the European-Mediterranean region.
    Geophys. Res. Lett., 35, L16315, DOI:10.1029/2008GL034769.

  26. Boschi, L., T. W. Becker, and B. Steinberger, 2008.
    On the statistical significance of correlations between synthetic mantle plumes and tomographic models.
    Phys. Earth Planet. Int., 167, 230--238, DOI:10.1016/j.pepi.2008.03.009.

  27. Fry, B., L. Boschi, G. Ekström, and D. Giardini, 2008.
    Europe-Mediterranean tomography: High correlation between new seismic data and independent geophysical observables.
    Geophys. Res. Lett., 35, L04301, DOI:10.1029/2007GL031519.

  28. Peter, D., C. Tape , L. Boschi, and J. H. Woodhouse, 2007.
    Surface wave tomography: global membrane waves and adjoint methods.
    Geophys. J. Int., 171, 1098--1117 DOI:10.1111/j.1365-246X.2007.03554.x.

  29. Boschi, L., T. W. Becker, and B. Steinberger, 2007.
    Mantle plumes: dynamic models and seismic images.
    Geochem. Geophys. Geosyst., 8, Q10006, DOI:10.1029/2007GC001733.

  30. Becker, T. W., G. Ekström, L. Boschi, and J. H. Woodhouse, 2007.
    Length scales, patterns, and origin of azimuthal seismic anisotropy in the upper mantle as mapped by Rayleigh waves.
    Geophys. J. Int., 171, 451--462, DOI:10.1111/j.1365-246X.2007.03536.x.

  31. Boschi, L., J.-P. Ampuero, D. Peter, P. M. Mai, G. Soldati, and D. Giardini, 2007.
    Petascale Computing and resolution in global seismic tomography.
    Phys. Earth Planet. Int., 163 (Computational Challenges in the Earth Sciences), 245--250.

  32. Soldati, G., L. Boschi, and A. Piersanti, 2006.
    Global seismic tomography and modern parallel computers.
    Annals of Geophysics, 49, 977--986.

  33. Boschi, L., 2006.
    Global multi-resolution models of surface wave propagation: comparing equivalently-regularized Born- and ray-theoretical solutions.
    Geophys. J. Int., 167, 238--252.

  34. Spada, G., and L. Boschi, 2006.
    Using the Post-Widder formula to compute the Earth's Love numbers.
    Geophys. J. Int., 166, 309--321.

  35. Boschi, L., T. W. Becker, G. Soldati, and A. M. Dziewonski, 2006.
    On the relevance of Born theory in global seismic tomography.
    Geophys. Res. Lett., 33, L06302, DOI:10.1029/2005GL025063.

  36. Boschi, L., and J. H. Woodhouse, 2006.
    Surface wave ray-tracing and azimuthal anisotropy: a generalized spherical harmonic approach.
    Geophys. J. Int., 164, 569--578.

  37. Carannante, S., and L. Boschi, 2005.
    Databases of surface wave dispersion.
    Annals of Geophysics, 48, 945--955.

  38. Soldati, G., and L. Boschi, 2005.
    The resolution of whole Earth seismic tomographic models.
    Geophys. J. Int., 161, 143--153.

  39. Boschi, L., G. Ekström, and B. Kustowski, 2004.
    Multiple resolution surface wave tomography, the Mediterranean Basin.
    Geophys. J. Int., 157, 293--304.

  40. Spada, G., A. Antonioli, L. Boschi, V. Brandi, S. Cianetti, G. Galvani, C. Giunchi, B. Perniola, N. Piana Agostinetti, A. Piersanti, and P. Stocchi, 2004.
    Modeling Earth's post-glacial rebound.
    EOS Trans. AGU, 85, 62--64.

  41. Boschi, L., 2003.
    Measures of resolution in global body-wave tomography.
    Geophys. Res. Lett., 30, 10.1029/2003GL018222.

  42. Soldati, G., L. Boschi, and A. Piersanti, 2003.
    Outer core density heterogeneity and the discrepancy between PKP and PcP travel time observations.
    Geophys. Res. Lett., 30, 10.1029/2002GL016647.

  43. Boschi, L., and G. Ekström, 2002.
    New images of the Earth's upper mantle from measurements of surface-wave phase velocity anomalies.
    J. Geophys. Res., 107, 10.1029/2000JB000059.

  44. Becker, T. W., and L. Boschi, 2002.
    A comparison of tomographic and geodynamic mantle models.
    G-cubed, 3, 2001GC000168.

  45. Piersanti, A., L. Boschi, and A. M. Dziewonski, 2001.
    Estimating lateral structure in the Earth's outer core.
    Geophys. Res. Lett., 28, 1659--1662.

  46. Soldati, G., L. Boschi, A. Piersanti, and G. Spada, 2001.
    The effect of global seismicity on the polar motion of a viscoelastic Earth.
    J. Geophys. Res., 106, 6761--6768.

  47. Boschi, L., and A. M. Dziewonski, 2000.
    Whole Earth tomography from delay times of P, PcP, PKP phases: lateral heterogeneities in the outer core, or radial anisotropy in the mantle?
    J. Geophys. Res., 105, 13,675--13,696.

  48. Boschi, L., A. Piersanti, and G. Spada, 2000.
    Global postseismic deformation: Deep earthquakes.
    J. Geophys. Res., 105, 631--652.

  49. Boschi, L., and A. M. Dziewonski, 1999.
    High and low resolution images of the Earth's mantle - Implications of different approaches to tomographic modeling.
    J. Geophys. Res., 104, 25,567--25,594.

  50. Boschi, L., J. Tromp and R. J. O Connell, 1999.
    On Maxwell singularities in postglacial rebound.
    Geophys. J. Int., 136, 492--498.

  51. Boschi, L., A. Piersanti, and G. Spada, 1997.
    Time-dependent residual deformations associated with the June 9, 1994 Bolivia earthquake.
    Geophys. Res. Lett., 24, 2849--2852.

Updated: September 22, 2011.