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Department of Earth Science and Engineering

Dr Vincent C H Tong
Computational seismology/ Marine Geophysics/ Helioseismology


Email: ch.tong@imperial.ac.uk

 

Biography

  • Lecturer, Birkbeck, University of London, and UCL/Birkbeck Research School of Earth Sciences  2007-
  • Research Geophysicist, Total   2005-2006
  • Academic Visitor, Imperial College London   2005-
  • Post-doctoral Research Associate, Imperial College London   2001-2005
  • Post-doctoral Research Associate, University of Cambridge   2000-2001

 

  • Fellow of the Higher Education Academy, 2007
  • CASLAT (Postgraduate Certificate in Teaching and Learning in Higher Education), Imperial College London   2004
  • Ph.D., Marine Geophysics, University of Cambridge   1997-2000
  • B.Sc., Physics, Imperial College London   1994-1997

 

Refereed journal articles

 

Kent, G. M., S. C. Singh, A. J. Harding, M. C. Sinha, J. A. Orcutt, P. J. Barton, R. S. White, S. Bazin, R. W. Hobbs, C. H. Tong and J. W. Pye, Evidence for three-dimensional seismic reflectivity images for enhanced melt supply beneath mid-ocean ridge discontinuities, Nature, v. 406, 614–619, 2000.

Bazin, S., A. J. Harding, G. M. Kent, J. A. Orcutt, C. H. Tong, J. W. Pye, S. C. Singh, P. J. Barton, M. C. Sinha, R. S. White, R. W. Hobbs and H. J. A. Van Avendonk, Three-dimensional shallow crustal emplacement at the 9°03´N overlapping spreading center on the East Pacific Rise: Correlations between magnetization and tomographic images, Journal of Geophysical Research, v. 106,B8, 16101–16117, 2001.

Tong, C. H., J. W. Pye, P. J. Barton, R. S. White, M. C. Sinha, S. C. Singh, R. W. Hobbs, S. Bazin, A. J. Harding, G. M. Kent and J. A. Orcutt, Asymmetric melt sills and upper-crustal construction beneath overlapping ridge segments: Implications for the development of melt sills and ridge crests, Geology, v. 30, no. 1, 83–86, 2002.

Tong, C. H., M. J. Thompson, M. R. Warner, S. P. Rajaguru and C. C. Pain, Acoustic wave propagation in the Sun: Implications for wave field and time-distance helioseismology, Astrophysical Journal, v. 582, L121–L124, 2003.

Bazin, S., A. J. Harding, G. M. Kent, J. A. Orcutt, S. C. Singh, C. H. Tong, J. Pye, P. J. Barton, M. C. Sinha, R. S. White, R. W. Hobbs and H. J. A. Van Avendonk.  A three-dimensional study of a crustal low velocity region beneath the 9 degrees 03' N overlapping spreading center, Geophysical Research Letters, v30 (2): art. no. 1039, 2003.

Tong, C. H., P. J. Barton, R. S. White, M. C. Sinha, S. C. Singh, J. W. Pye, R. W. Hobbs, S. Bazin, A. J. Harding, G. M. Kent and J. A. Orcutt, Influence of enhanced melt supply on upper crustal structure at a mid-ocean ridge discontinuity: A three-dimensional study of the 9° East Pacific Rise, Journal of Geophysical Research, 108(B10), 2464, doi:10.1029/2002JB002163, 2003.

Tong, C. H., M. J. Thompson, M. R. Warner and C. C. Pain, Helioseismic signals and wave field helioseismology, Astrophysical Journal, v. 593, 1242–1248, 2003.

Hobbs, R., C. H. Tong and J. Pye, Modelling and processing of 3-D seismic data collected over the Overlapping Spreading Centre on the East Pacific Rise at 9 03'N, New insights into structural interpretation and modelling, Special Publication of The Geological Society, London, v. 212, 251–259, 2003.

Tong, C. H., M. J. Thompson, M. R. Warner and C. C. Pain, The significance of density and attenuation in the local helioseismology, Astrophysical Journal, v. 596, L263–266, 2003.

Tong, C. H., R. S. White, M. R. Warner and ARAD Working Group, Effects of tectonism and magmatism on crack structure in oceanic crust: A seismic anisotropy study, Geology, v. 32, no. 1, 25–28, 2004.

Tong, C. H., C. Lana, R. S. White, M. R. Warner and ARAD Working Group, Subsurface tectonic structure between overlapping mid-ocean ridge segments, Geology, v. 33, no. 5, 409-412, 2005.

Tong, C. H., Imaging sunspots using seismic methods, to appear in Philosophical Transactions: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences, v. 363, p. 2761-2775, "Visions of the future by young scientists", 2005.

Singh, S. C., A. J. Harding, M. C. Sinha, G. M Kent, V. Combier, J. W. Pye, S. Bazin, C. H. Tong, P. J. Barton, R. W. Hobbs, R. S. White and J. A. Orcutt, Three-dimensional reflectivity images of Moho and melt sills beneath the 9° N overlapping spreading centre on the East Pacific Rise, Nature, v. 442, p. 287-290, 2006.

 

 

Selected conference proceedings

 

Tong, C. H., Modelling three-dimensional seismic data: Case study on the 9°03´N overlapping spreading centre on the East Pacific Rise, Active and Passive Seismic Techniques Reviewed, Communications of the Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, Series D, Geophysical Bulletin No. 49, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, 110–113, 2000.

Tong, C. H., 3-D crustal study of the East Pacific Rise using densely sampled wide-angle seismic data, Lithos Science Report 1 , University of Cambridge, 91–93, 1999.

Tong, C. H., Model parameterisation and assessment in travel-time seismic tomography: a user’s perspective, Lithos Science Report 2 , University of Cambridge, 101–108, 2000 .

Tong, C. H., J. Pye, S. Singh and R. Hobbs, Depth conversion of reflection data from the East Pacific Rise, Lithos Science Report 3 , University of Cambridge, 125–131, 2001.

Tong, C. H., Modeling helioseismic signals, GONG+ 2004/SOHO 14 Proceedings, European Space Agency, 2004.

 

Selected conference abstracts

 

Tong, C. H., P. J. Barton, M. C. Sinha, S. C. Singh, T. Owen, D. Boschi, R. S. White, S. Bazin, A. J. Harding, G. M. Kent, J. A. Orcutt, 3-D crustal study of the 9°03´N overlapping spreading center on the East Pacific Rise using densely sampled wide-angle data, EOS Trans. AGU, v. 79, no. 45, F804, 1998.

Tong, C. H.and the ARAD Working Group, a 3-D image of the East Pacific Rise: upper crustal structure of the 9°03´N overlapping spreading centre, Geoscience 2000 Abstracts, The Geological Society, London, 75, 2000.

Tong, C. H. and the ARAD Working Group, Three-dimensional tomographic study of the upper crustal structure of the 9°03´N overlapping spreading center on the East Pacific Rise: Implications for hydrothermal, tectonic and magmatic processes, EOS Trans. AGU, v. 81, no. 22, WP219, 2000.

Tong, C. H., J. W. Pye, P. J. Barton, R. S. White, M. C. Sinha, S. C. Singh, R. W. Hobbs, S. Bazin, A. J. Harding, G. M. Kent and J. A. Orcutt, Asymmetric upper-crustal construction beneath overlapping ridge segm ents : Implications for upper-crustal evolu tiion with re sults from seismic tomography, EOS Trans. AGU, v. 8 2, F1113, 2001.

Tong, C., M. J. Thompson, M. R. Warner and C. C. Pain, Helioseismic wavefield tomography: Some Recent Developments, GONG+ 2002/SOHO 12, Big Bear Lake, California, 2002.

Tong, C., R. White, M. Warner and ARAD Working Group, The influence of magmatic activities on seismic anisotropy in the oceanic crust: 9 degrees N East Pacific Rise, v. 5, 11423, European Geophysical Society, Nice , 2003.

Tong, C., M. Warner, M. Thompson an d C. Pain, The foundations of wavefield helioseismology, Geophysical Research Abstracts, v. 5, 10554, European Geophysical Society, Nice, 2003.

Tong, C. H., R. S. White, P. A. F. Christie, Z. Lunnon and iSIMM Working Group, Oceanographic study of the Faroe-Shetland channel using seismic reflection data, Geophysical Research Abstracts, v. 7, 09191, 2005.

Tong, C. H., C. Lana, R. S. White, M. R. Warner and ARAD Working Group, Subsurface tectonics of nontransform mid-ocean ridge discontinuities: its relationship with hydrothermal circulation and offset-dependent crustal deformation, Geophysical Research Abstracts, v. 7, 08695, 2005.

Tong, V. C. H., Investigation of subsurface fractures using seismic anisotropy techniques with densely sampled refraction data, Geophysical Research Abstracts, v. 8, 03359, 2006.

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