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School of Earth and Space Science and Technology · Wuhan University

Li Lab of Seismology

We use seismic waves to image Earth's interior and investigate tectonic processes, earthquakes, and changes in the subsurface. Our work combines seismic tomography, joint inversion, ambient noise interferometry, and machine learning.

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  1. Seismic Data

    Stations & Waveforms

  2. Processing

    Quality Control & Analysis

  3. Imaging

    Tomography & Joint inversion

  4. Interpretation

    Structures & Tectonics

  5. Applications

    Monitoring Subsurface changes

Research areas

Earth structure & tectonics

Imaging the crust and mantle to understand continental deformation, plate interactions, and magmatism.

Ambient noise & temporal changes

Using seismic interferometry to study attenuation, stress sensitivity, and subsurface changes.

Earthquakes & fault systems

Investigating how fault geometry and deep structure influence earthquakes and aftershocks.

Inversion & machine learning

Combining receiver functions, surface waves, gravity, and learning-based methods for geophysical imaging.

Recent work

All publications

  1. 2.75D source approximation-based lunar gravity anomaly inversion using the Hunger Games Search (HGS) algorithm: application to the Gardner region

    Hanbing Ai , Jiangtao Li , Kejia Su

    Advances in Space Research · 2026

    Cited by 3 Mentee-led Collaboration DOI Scholar

  2. A southern Tibetan sub-Moho Mw=4.2 earthquake breaking the brittle thermal limit

    Xiaohan Song , Simon L. Klemperer , Danian Shi , Xiaofeng Liang , Jiangtao Li , Shiba Subedi , Lok Bijaya Adhikari

    Tectonophysics · 2026

    Collaboration DOI Scholar

  3. Dual slab stagnation depths controlled by grain-size-induced sporadic low-viscosity zones at around 1000 km depth

    Jing Li , Keqing Li , Jiangtao Li , Hongzhan Fei , Jiashun Hu

    Nature Communications · 2026

    Cited by 1 Collaboration Open access DOI Scholar

  4. Fault Reactivation Above a Fossil Magmatic Structure Revealed by Dense-Array Receiver Functions and High-Resolution Earthquake Catalogs

    Yingjie Zhai , Xu Li , Jiangtao Li , Yudi Pan , Tao Yang , Boru Chen , Hanbing Ai

    Seismological Research Letters · 2026

    Mentee-led Collaboration DOI Scholar

  5. Mini-batch-based joint inversion of surface wave dispersion and gravity anomaly for high-resolution crustal velocity structure of China and its adjacent regions

    Aolin Xiong , Jiangtao Li , Yudi Pan , Hanbing Ai

    Journal of Asian Earth Sciences · 2026

    Mentee-led Collaboration DOI Scholar

Life & News

Celebrating the graduation of our first cohort of graduate students with Jiangtao Li in June 2024. Explore more moments from life in the lab.

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Graduation group photo with Jiangtao Li's first cohort of graduate students, June 2024