Erdinc Saygin's Research Page

Erdinc Saygin

Principal Research Scientist

Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation

Perth, WA, AUSTRALIA

E: erdinc.saygin(at)csiro.au

ID: http://orcid.org/0000-0003-4666-0955

(ORCID)

Research Interests:

* Imaging Crust with Seismic Methods 

Ambient Seismic Noise Tomography

Full Waveform Inversion

Earthquake Tomography

Receiver Function Imaging

Seismic Reflection & Refraction 

* Computational Seismology

* Seismic Hazard Studies

* Induced seismicity

* Passive Seismic Monitoring for CCS & Microseismicity

* Signal Processing

* Inverse Problems

* Large-N Seismic Arrays & Distributed Acoustic Sensing


Selected Publications:

Books:

1. Kennett, B.L.N., Saygin, E., Fomin, T., Blewett, R., (2013). Deep Crustal Seismic Reflection Profiling: Australia 1978-2011. ANU E Press, ISBN: 9781925021127 (ebook). PDF

2. Kennett, B.L.N., Saygin, E., Fomin, T., Blewett, R., (2016). Deep Crustal Seismic Reflection Profiling: Australia 1978-2015. ANU E Press, ISBN: 9781760460853 (ebook). PDF


Articles:

44.  Guo, P.† and Saygin, E. and Kennett, B.L.N.(2023). Space-time monitoring of seafloor velocity changes using seismic ambient noise, J. Geophys. Res.-Solid Earth, under-review.

43.Turunçtur, B., Eken, T., Chen, Y., Taymaz, T., Houseman, G. A., & Saygin, E. (2023). Crustal velocity images of northwestern Türkiye along the North Anatolian Fault Zone from transdimensional Bayesian ambient seismic noise tomography. Geophysical Journal International, 234(1), 636-649, PDF.

42. Chen, Y., Saygin, E., Kennett, B.L.N., Qashqai, M., Hauser, J., Lumley, D., and Sandiford, M. (2023). Next-generation seismic model of the Australian crust and implications for mineral resources and continental rifting, Nature Communications, PDF.

41. Chen, Y.† and Saygin, E. (2022). 3-D S Wave Imaging via Robust Neural Network Interpolation of 2-D Profiles from Wave equation Dispersion Inversion of Seismic, e2022JB024663, J. Geophys. Res.-Solid Earth, PDF. 

40. Glubokovskikh, S., Saygin, E., Shapiro, S., Gurevich, B., Isaenkov, R., Lumley, D., & Pevzner, R. A small CO2 leakage may induce seismicity on a sub-seismic fault in a good-porosity clastic saline aquifer. Geophysical Research Letters, e2022GL098062, PDF.

39. Eken, T., Qashqai, M., Schiffer, C., Taymaz, T., Saygin, E. (2022). New insights into Anatolian crustal properties inferred from the P-coda autocorrelation inversions,  J. Geophys. Res.-Solid Earth, PDF.

38. Guo, P.†, Satish, S., Vaddineni, V.,  Grevemeyerand, I. and Saygin, E. (2022). In situ lower crustal accretion by melt sill injection revealed by seismic layering, Nature Geoscience, PDF.

37. Tork Qashqai, M.,† and Saygin, E. (2021). Constraining Crustal Properties with Bayesian Joint Inversion of Vertical and Radial Teleseismic P-wave Coda Autocorrelations, J. Geophys. Res.-Solid Earth, PDF.

36. Chen, Y.† and Saygin, E. (2021). Seismic Inversion by Hybrid Machine Learning, J. Geophys. Res.-Solid Earth, PDF.

35. Guo, P.†, Satish, S., Vaddineni, V., Visser, G., and Saygin, E. (2021). Non-linear full waveform inversion of wide-aperture OBS data for Moho structure using a trans-dimensional Bayesian method, Geophys. J. Int., doi: 10.1093/gji/ggaa505. PDF.

34. Confal, J., Bezada, M., Eken, T., Faccenda, M., Saygin, E., Taymaz, T. (2020). Influence of Upper Mantle Anisotropy on Isotropic P-wave Tomography Images Obtained in the Eastern Mediterranean Region, J. Geophys. Res.-Solid Earth, do: 10.1029/2019JB018559. PDF.

33. Guo, P.†, Visser, G., and Saygin, E. (2020). Bayesian trans-dimensional reflection full waveform inversion: synthetic and field data application, Geophys. J. Int., doi:/10.1093/gji/ggaa201. PDF.

32. Chen, Y.†, Gu, J., Heaman, L., Wu, L., Saygin, E., and Hung, S-H. (2020). Reconciling seismic structures and Late Cretaceous kimberlite magmatism in northern Alberta, Geology,  doi:10.1130/G47163.1. PDF.

31. Chen, Y.†, Saygin, E. (2020). Empirical Green's Function Retrieval using Cross-correlation of Ambient Noise Correlations (C2), J. Geophys. Res.-Solid Earth, doi:10.1029/2019JB018261. PDF

30. Pranata*, B., Yudistara, T., Widiyantoro, S., Brahmantyo, B., Cummins, P.R., Saygin, E., Zulfakriza, Z., Cipta, A. (2020). Shear Wave Velocity Structure beneath Bandung Basin, West Java, Indonesia from Ambient Noise Tomography, Geophys. J. Int., doi:10.1093/gji/ggz493. PDF.

29. Ansaripour*, M., Rezapour, M., Saygin, E. (2019). Shear Wave Velocity Structure of Iranian Plateau: Using Combination of Ambient Noise Cross-Correlations (C1) and Correlation of Coda of Correlations (C3), Geophys. J. Int. doi:10.1093/gji/ggz257. PDF.

28. Visser, G., Guo, P.†, Saygin, E. (2019). Bayesian Transdimensional Seismic Full Waveform Inversion with a Dipping Layer Parameterization, Geophysics, doi:10.1190/geo2018-0785.1.PDF

27. Tork Qashqai, M.†, Saygin, E., Kennett, B.L.N. (2019). Crustal Imaging with Bayesian Inversion of the Teleseismic P-wave Coda Autocorrelation, J. Geophys. Res.-Solid Earth, doi:10.1029/2018JB017055. PDF.

26. Saygin, E., Kennett, B.L.N, (2019). Retrieval of Interstation Local Body Waves from Teleseismic Coda Correlation, J. Geophys. Res.-Solid Earth, doi:10.1029/2018JB016837. PDF

25. Cipta, A., P. Cummins, J. Dettmer, Saygin, E.,  M. Irsyam, J. Murjaya, and A. Rudyanto. (2018) Velocity Structure of the Jakarta Basin, Indonesia, using Trans-dimensional Bayesian Inversion of Horizontal-to-Vertical Spectral Ratios, Geophys. J. Int., doi:10.1093/gji/ggy289. PDF.

24. Fichtner, A. et al. (2018) The Collaborative Seismic Earth Model: Generation 1, Geophys. Res. Lett.,doi:10.1029/2018GL077338, PDF.

23. Sun, W., Fu, L-Y., Saygin, E., Zhao, L. (2018) Insights into layering in the cratonic lithosphere beneath Western Australia, J. Geophys. Res.-Solid Earth, PDF

22. Martha*, A., Cummins, P.R., Saygin, E., Widiyantoro, S., Masturyono. (2017). Imaging of Upper Crustal Structure beneath East Java - Bali, Indonesia with Ambient Noise Tomography, Geoscience Letters, PDF.

21. Saygin, E., Cummins, P.R., Lumley, D. (2017). Retrieval of the P-wave Reflectivity Response from Autocorrelation of Seismic Noise: Jakarta Basin, Indonesia, Geophys. Res. Lett., doi:10.1002/2016GL071363, PDF.

20. Zheng*, D., Saygin, E., Cummins, P., Ge, Z., Min, Z., Cipta, A., and Yang, R., (2017). Transdimensional Bayesian Seismic Ambient Noise Tomography across SE Tibet, Journal of Asian Earth Sciences, doi:10.1016/j.jseaes.2016.11.011, PDF.

19. Confal, J., Eken, T., Yolsal-Cevikbilen, S., Cubuk, Y., Tilmann, F., Saygin, E., Taymaz, T., (2016).   Investigation of Mantle Kinematics beneath the Hellenic-Subduction Zone with Teleseismic Direct Shear Waves, Physics of the Earth and Planetary Interiors, doi:10.1016/j.pepi.2016.10.012, PDF.

18. Saygin, E., Cummins, P., Cipta, A., Hawkins, R., Pandhu, R., Murjaya, J., Irsyam, M., Masturyono, Widiyantoro, S. and Kennett, B.L.N, (2016). Imaging Architecture of the Jakarta Basin, Indonesia with Transdimensional Inversion of Seismic Noise,  Geophys. J. Int., doi: 10.1093/gji/ggv466. PDF

17. Gibson, G. M., Meixner, A. J., Withnall, I. W., Korsch, R. J., Hutton, L. J., Jones, L. E. A., ... & Saygin, E.. (2016). Basin architecture and evolution in the Mount Isa mineral province, northern Australia: Constraints from deep seismic reflection profiling and implications for ore genesis. Ore Geology Reviews, 76, 414-441.

16. Kennett, B.L.N., Saygin, E., and Salmon, M., (2015). Stacking autocorrelograms to refine Moho structure in southeastern Australia, Geophys. Res. Lett., doi:10.1002/2015GL065345. PDF

15. Glikson, A. Y., Meixner, A. J., Radke, B., Uysal, I. T., Saygin, E., Vickers, J., & Mernagh, T. P. (2015). Geophysical anomalies and quartz deformation of the Warburton West structure, central Australia. Tectonophysics, 643, 55-72.

14. Kennett, B.L.N., and Saygin, E., (2015). The nature of the Moho in Australia from reflection profiling, GeoResJ, doi: 10.1016/j.grj.2015.02.001. PDF

13. Zulfakriza*, Saygin, E., Cummins, P., Widiyantoro, S., Nugraha, A.D., Luhr, B.-G., Bodin, T., (2014). Upper Crustal Structure of Central Java, Indonesia, from Transdimensional Seismic Ambient Noise Tomography, Geophys. J. Int., doi: 10.1093/gji/ggu016. PDF

12. Saygin, E.., McQueen, H., Hutton, L., Kennett, B.L.N., Lister, G., (2013). Structure of Mt Isa and Surroundings from Seismic Ambient Noise Tomography, Aust. J. Earth Sci., doi: 10.1080/08120099.2013.837098. PDF

11.Fichtner, A., Saygin, E., Taymaz, T., Cupillard, P., Capdeville, Y., Trampert, J., (2013). The deep structure of the North Anatolian Fault Zone, Earth Planet. Sci. Lett., doi:10.1016/j.epsl.2013.04.027. PDF 

10.Fichtner, A., Trampert, J., Cupillard, P., Saygin, E., Taymaz, T., Capdeville, Y., and Villaseñor, A. (2013). Multiscale full waveform Inversion., Geophys. J., Int., doi: 10.1093/gji/ggt118. PDF

9.Glikson, A., Uysal, T., Fitzgerald, J., Saygin, E., (2013). Geophysical anomalies and quartz microstructures, Eastern Warburton Basin, North-east South Australia: Tectonic or impact shock metamorphic origin?, Tectonophysics, doi:10.1016/j.tecto.2012.12.036. PDF

8. Vanacore, E., Taymaz, T., Saygin, E., (2013). Moho Structure of the Anatolian Plate from Receiver Function Analysis, Geophys. J., Int., doi: 10.1093/gji/ggs107. PDF

7. Gorbatov, A., Saygin, E., Kennett, B.L.N., (2013).  Crustal properties from autocorrelograms, Geophys. J. Int., doi: 10.1093/gji/ggs064. PDF

6. Salmon M, Kennett B.L.N. & Saygin, E., (2013). Australian Seismological Reference Model (AuSREM): Crustal component, Geophys. J. Int. doi: 10.1093/gji/ggs004. PDF

5. R.J. Korsch, D.L. Huston, R.A. Henderson, R.S. Blewett, I.W. Withnall, C.L. Fergusson, W.J. Collins, Saygin, E., N. Kositcin, A.J. Meixner, R. Chopping, P.A. Henson, D.C. Champion, L.J. Hutton, R. Wormald, J. Holzschuh, R.D. Costelloe,. (2012). Crustal architecture and geodynamics of North Queensland, Australia: Insights from deep seismic reflection profiling, Tectonophysics. PDF

4. Saygin, E.., & Kennett B.L.N., (2012). Crustal structure of Australia from ambient seismic noise tomography, J. Geophys. Res.-Solid Earth., 117, B01304; doi:10.1029/2011JB008403.  PDF

3. Kennett B.L.N., Salmon M., Saygin, E. & AusMoho Working Group, (2011). AusMoho: the variation in Moho depth in Australia, Geophys.J. Int., 187, 946-958. PDF

2. Saygin, E. & Kennett B.L.N., (2010). Ambient noise tomography for the Australian Continent, Tectonophysics, 481, 116-125. doi:10.1016/j.tecto.2008.11.013. PDF 

1.Rawlinson, N., Sambridge, M. and Saygin, E., (2008). A dynamic objective function technique for generating multiple solution models in seismic tomography. Geophys. J. Int., 174, 295-308; doi: 10.1111/j.1365-246X.2008.03810.x. PDF

*Supervised/Visiting Student. †Advised Postdoctoral Scholar


Thesis:

Saygin, E., (2007). Seismic Receiver and Correlation Based Studies in Australia. The Australian National University, PhD Thesis. Supervisors: Brian L.N. Kennett, Anya M. Reading. PDF

Last Modified: November 2023