Chi-yuen Wang
Professional preparation:
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B.A. (Geology) Taiwan National University, June 1958
Ph.D. (Geology) Harvard University, June 1964
Professional Experience:
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Geophysicist, Smithsonian Astrophysical Institute, 1964 – 1967
Miller Research Fellow, Miller Institute for Basic Research in the Sciences, University of
California, Berkeley, 1968 - 1969
Assistant professor, Department of Geology and Geophysics, University of California,
Berkeley, 1967 - 1982
Associate professor, Department of Geology and Geophysics, University of California,
Berkeley, 1982 - 1992
Professor, Department of Earth and Planetary Science (former Department of Geology
and Geophysics), University of California, Berkeley, 1992 – 2007
Professor of Graduate School, Department of Earth and Planetary Science, University of
California, Berkeley, 2007 -
Publications in the last 5 years:
Wang, C.Y., C.-H. Wang, and M. Manga, 2004, Coseismic release of water from mountains:
Evidence from the 1999 (Mw = 7.5) Chi-Chi, Taiwan, earthquake, Geology, vol. 32, 769772.
Wang, C.Y., D. Dreger, M. Manga, A. Wong, 2004, Streamflow increase due to rupturing of
hydrothermal reservoirs: Evidence from the 2003 San Simeon, California, earthquake,
Geophysical Research Letters, vol. 31, L10502, doi:10.1029/2004GL020124.
Wang, C.-Y., C.-H. Wang, and C.-H. Kuo, 2004, Temporal change in groundwater level
following the 1999 (Mw = 7.5) Chi-Chi earthquake, Taiwan, Geofluids, vol. 4, 210-220.
Zhang, J., C.-Y. Wang, Y. Shi, and 5 more co-authors, 2004, 3D crustal straucture of Central
Taiwan from gravity inversion with parallel genetic algorithm, Geophysics, 69, 917-924.
Wang, C.-Y., M. Manga, and A. Wong, 2005, Floods on Mars released from groundwater by
impact, Icarus, vol. 175, 551-555.
Wang, C.-H., C.-Y. Wang, C.-H. Kuo, and W.-F. Chen, 2005, Some isotopic and hydrological
changes associated with the 1999 Chi-Chi earthquake, Taiwan, Island Arc, vol. 14, 37-54.
Cai, Y., and C.-Y. Wang, 2005, Fast finite-element calculation of gravity anomaly in complex
geological regions, Geophysical Journal International, vol. 162, 1–13.
Wang, C.-Y., A. Wong, D. Dreger, and M. Manga, 2006, Liquefaction Limit during Earthquakes
and Underground Explosions - Implications on Ground-motion Attenuation, Bulletin of
Seismological Society of America, vol. 96, 355-363.
Wang, C., M. Manga, and J. C. Hanna, 2006, Can freezing cause floods on Mars?, Geophys. Res.
Lett., 33, L20202, doi:10.1029/2006GL027471.
Manga, M., and C.-Y. Wang, 2007, Pressurized oceans and the eruption of liquid water on
Europa and Enceladus, Geophysical Research Letters, vol. 34, L07202,
10.1029/2007GL029297
Wang, C., 2007, Xingjiang may have a bright future in its water resources, Journal of
Engineering Geology, vol. 15, Suppl., 69-73.
Wang, C., 2007, Liquefaction beyond the near field, Seismological Research Letters, vol. 78,
512-517.
Manga, M., and C.-Y. Wang, 2007, Earthquake hydrology, Treatise on Geophysics, vol. 4, 293319.
Wong, A., and C. Wang, 2007, Field relations between the spectral composition of ground
motion and hydrological effects during the 1999 Chi-Chi (Taiwan) earthquake, Journal of
Geophysical Research, vol. 112, B10305, doi:10.1029/2006JB004516.
Wang, C.Y., and Y. Chia, 2008, Mechanism of water level changes during earthquakes: Near
field versus intermediate field, Geophys. Res. Lett., 35, L12402,
doi:10.1029/2008GL034227.
Chen, J.S., and C.-Y. Wang, 2009, Rising springs along the Silk Road, Geology, March 2009; v.
37; no. 3; p. 243–246; doi: 10.1130/G25472A.
Wang, C.-Y., Y. Chia, P.-L. Wang, and D. Dreger, 2009, Role of S waves and Love waves in coseismic
permeability enhancement, Geophys. Res. Lett., 36, L09404, doi:10.1029/2009GL037330.
Brumm, M., C.-Y. Wang, and M. Manga, 2009, Spring temperatures in the Sagehen Basin, Sierra
Nevada, California: Implications for heat flow and ground water circulation, Geofluids, vol. 9,
195-207.
Wang, C.-Y., and M. Manga, Earthquakes and Water, Springer, to appear December 2009.