Biography
Research Interests
Nuclear explosion monitoring, event identification/discrimination, surface waves, lithospheric structure, attenuation, seismic tomography, moment tensor inversion, yield estimation.
Education
- Certificate in National Security Affairs, Bush School of Government and Public Service, Texas A&M University, 2012
- Ph.D., Geophysics, University of California at Berkeley, 1996
- Sc.B., Geophysics, Brown University, 1991
Publications
2022 1 publication
- Pasyanos, M.E.and A. Chiang (2022). Full moment tensor solutions of U.S. underground nuclear tests for event screening and yield estimation, Bull. Seism. Soc. Amer., 112, 538–552, doi: 10.1785/01202010167.
2019 1 publication
- Pasyanos, M.E., and K. Kim (2019), Seismo-acoustic analysis of chemical explosions at the Nevada National Security Site, J. Geophys. Res. - Solid Earth, 124, 908-924, doi: 10.1029/2018JB016705.
2018 1 publication
- Pasyanos, M.E. and S.C. Myers (2018). The coupled location/depth/yield problem for North Korea's declared nuclear tests, Seism. Res. Lett., 89, 2059-2067, doi: 10.1785/0220180109.
2015 1 publication
- Pasyanos, M.E. and S.R. Ford (2015). Determining the source characteristics of explosions near the Earth’s surface, Geophys. Res. Lett. 42, 3786–3792, doi:10.1002/2015GL063624.
2014 1 publication
- Pasyanos, M.E., T.G. Masters, G. Laske, and Z. Ma (2014). LITHO1.0: An updated crust and lithospheric model of the Earth, J. Geophys. Res. 119, 2153–2173, doi:10.1002/2013JB010626.
2013 1 publication
- Pasyanos, M.E.(2013). A lithospheric attenuation model of North America, Bull. Seism. Soc. Amer. 103, 3321–3333, doi:10.1785/0120130122.
2012 1 publication
- Pasyanos, M.E., W.R. Walter, and K.M. Mayeda (2012). Exploiting regional amplitude envelopes: a case study for earthquakes and explosions in the Korean Peninsula, Bull. Seism. Soc. Amer. 102, 1938–1948, doi:10.1785/0120120012.
2010 1 publication
- Pasyanos, M.E.(2010). Lithospheric thickness modeled from long period surface wave dispersion, Tectonophys. 481, 38–50, doi:10.1016/j.tecto.2009.02.023.
2009 3 publications
- Pasyanos, M.E. and W.R. Walter (2009). Improvements to regional explosion identification using attenuation models of the lithosphere, Geophys. Res. Lett. 36, L14304, doi:10.1029/2009GL038505.
- Pasyanos, M.E., W.R. Walter, and E.M. Matzel (2009). A simultaneous multi-phase approach to determine P-wave and S-wave attenuation of the crust and upper mantle, Bull. Seism. Soc. Amer. 99, 3314–3325, doi:10.1785/0120090061.
- Pasyanos, M.E., E.M. Matzel, W.R. Walter, and A.J. Rodgers (2009). Broadband Lg attenuation modeling of the Middle East, Geophys. J. Int.177, 1166–1176, doi:10.1111/j.1365-246X.2009.04128.x.
2007 1 publication
- Pasyanos, M.E. and A.A. Nyblade (2007). A top to bottom lithospheric study of Africa and Arabia, Tectonophysics 444, 27–44, doi:10.1016/j.tecto.2007.07.008.
2005 1 publication
- Pasyanos, M.E. (2005). A variable-resolution surface wave dispersion study of western Eurasia and North Africa, J. Geophys. Res. 110, B12301, doi:10.1029/2005JB003749.
2000 1 publication
Michael Pasyanos is the author of more than 60 publications in peer-reviewed journals, which have been cited over 2000 times.
Other 2 publications
- ORCiD: 0000-0002-3222-4143
Selected publications
Awards
IGG International Fellowship, Institute of Geology and Geophysics (IGG), Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), 2018
Consortium for Verification Technologies (CVT) Fellowship, 2017


