List of publications

Link, F. and Rümpker, G., 2023, Shear-Wave Splitting Reveals Layered-Anisotropy Beneath the European Alps in Response to Mediterranean Subduction, Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth, 128, e2023JB027192, https://doi.org/10.1029/2023JB027192

Reiss, M. C., Massimetti, F., Laizer, A. S., Campus, A., Rümpker, G., Kazimoto, E. O., 2023, Overview of seismo-acoustic tremor at Oldoinyo Lengai, Tanzania: shallow storage and eruptions of carbonatite melt,  Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jvolgeores.2023.107898

Fenner, D.,  Rümpker, G., Laumann, P., Srivastava, N., 2023, Amplitude and Inter-Event Time Statistics for the Island Volcanoes Stromboli, Mount Etna, Yasur, and Whakaari, Front. Earth Sci. - Volcanology, doi: 10.3389/feart.2023.1228103

Limberger, F., Rümpker, G., Lindenfeld, M., Deckert, H., 2023, The impact of seismic noise produced by wind turbines on seismic borehole measurements, Solid Earth, 14, 859–869, https://doi.org/10.5194/se-14-859-2023

Hering, P., Lindenfeld, M., Rümpker, G., 2023, Automatized localization of induced geothermal seismicity using robust time-domain array processing, Front. Earth Sci., Sec. Solid Earth Geophysics, Volume 11. doi: 10.3389/feart.2023.1217587

Rümpker, G., Kaviani, A., Link, F., Reiss, M. C., Komeazi, A., 2023, Testing observables for teleseismic shear-wave splitting inversions: ambiguities of intensities, parameters, and waveforms, Annals of Geophysics, 66, http://doi.org/10.4401/ag-8870.

Komeazi, A., Kaviani, A., Rümpker, G., 2023, Mantle anisotropy in NW Namibia from XKS splitting: Effects of asthenospheric flow, lithospheric structures, and magmatic underplating, Geophysical Research Letters, 50, e2022GL102119, https://doi.org/10.1029/2022GL102119.

Li, W., Chakraborty, M., Fenner, D., Faber, J., Zhou, K., Rümpker, G., Stoecker, H., Srivastava, N., 2022, EPick: Attention-based Multi-scale UNet for Earthquake Detection and Seismic Phase Picking, Front. Earth Sci., https://doi.org/10.3389/feart.2022.953007.

Li, W., Chakraborty, M., Sha, Y., Zhou, K., Faber, J., Rümpker, G., Stöcker, H., Srivastava, N., 2022, A study on small magnitude seismic phase identification using 1D deep residual neural network, Artificial Intelligence in Geosciences, 3, 115-122, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.aiig.2022.10.002.

Limberger, F., Rümpker, G., Lindenfeld, M., Deckert, H., 2022, Development of a numerical modelling method to predict the seismic signals generated by wind farms, Scientific Reports, 12, 15516, https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-022-19799-w.

Chakraborty, M.,  Li, W., Faber, J., Rümpker, G., Stoecker, H., Srivastava, N., 2022,  A study on the effect of input data length on deep learning based magnitude classifier, Solid Earth, 13, 1721–1729, https://doi.org/10.5194/se-13-1721-2022.

Leva, C., Rümpker, G. and Wölbern, I., 2022, Multi-array analysis of volcano-seismic signals at Fogo and Brava, Cape Verde, Solid Earth, 13, 1243–1258, https://doi.org/10.5194/se-13-1243-2022

Chakraborty, M.,  Quinteros Cartaya, C., Li, W., Faber, J., Stoecker, H., Rümpker, G., Srivastava, N., 2022, PolarCAP – A Deep Learning approach for First Motion Polarity Classification of Earthquake Waveforms,  Artificial Intelligence in Geosciences, 3, 46-52, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.aiig.2022.08.001

Chakraborty, M.,  Fenner, D., Li, W., Faber, J., Zhou, K., Rümpker, G., Stoecker, H., Srivastava, N., 2022, CREIME: A Convolutional Recurrent model for Earthquake Identification and Magnitude Estimation,  Journal of Geophysical Research - Solid Earth, 127 (7), https://doi.org/10.1029/2022JB024595 

Schlömer, A., Wassermann, J., Friederich, W., Korn, M., Meier, T., Rümpker, G., Thomas, C., Tilmann,  F., Ritter, J.R.R., 2022, UNIBRA/DSEBRA: the German seismological broadband array and its contribution to AlpArray – deployment and performance, Seismological Research Letters, https://doi.org/10.1785/0220210287 

Fenner, D.,  Rümpker, G., Li, W., Chakraborty, M., Faber, J., Koehler, J., Stoecker, H., Srivastava, N., 2022, Automated Seismo-Volcanic Event Detection Applied to Stromboli (Italy), Front. Earth Sci., https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/feart.2022.809037

Link, F., Reiss, M.C., Rümpker, G., 2021, An automatized XKS-splitting procedure for large data sets: Extension package for SplitRacer and application to the USArray, Computers & Geosciences, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cageo.2021.104961.

Link, F. and Rümpker, G., 2021, Resolving seismic anisotropy in the lithosphere-asthenosphere in the Central/Eastern Alps beneath the dense SWATH-D network, Front. Earth Sci., https://doi.org/10.3389/feart.2021.679887.

Limberger, F., Lindenfeld, M., Deckert, H., and Rümpker, G., 2021, Seismic radiation from wind turbines: observations and analytical modeling of frequency-dependent amplitude decays, Solid Earth, 12, 1851–1864, https://doi.org/10.5194/se-12-1851-2021.

Kaviani, A., Mahmoodabadi, M., Rümpker, G., Pilia, S., Tatar, M., Nilfouroushan, F., Yamini-Fard, F., Moradi, A., Ali, M. Y., 2021, Mantle-flow diversion beneath the Iranian plateau induced by Zagros’ lithospheric keel, Scientific Reports, 11, 2848, www.nature.com/articles/s41598-021-81541-9.

Reiss, M. C., Muirhead, J. D., Laizer, A. S., Link, F., Kazimoto, E. O., Ebinger, C. J., Rümpker, G., 2021, The Impact of Complex Volcanic Plumbing on the Nature of Seismicity in the Developing Magmatic Natron Rift, Tanzania, Frontiers in Earth Sciences, 8, 688, https://doi.org/10.3389/feart.2020.609805.

Rindraharisaona, E. J., Tilmann, F., Yuan, X., Dreiling, J., Giese, J., Priestley, K., Rümpker, G., 2021, Velocity structure and radial anisotropy of the lithosphere in southern Madagascar from surface wave dispersion, Geophysical Journal International, 224, 3, 1930-1944, https://doi.org/10.1093/gji/ggaa550.

Singh, M. and Rümpker, G., 2020, Seismic gaps and intraplate seismicity around Rodrigues Ridge (Indian Ocean) from time domain array analysis, Solid Earth, 11(6), 2557–2568, https://doi.org/10.5194/se-11-2557-2020.

Leva, C., Rümpker, G. and Wölbern, I., 2020, Remote monitoring of seismic swarms and the August 2016 seismic crisis of Brava, Cabo Verde, using array methods, Nat. Hazards Earth Syst. Sci., 20(12), 3627–3638, https://doi.org/10.5194/nhess-20-3627-2020.

Kaviani, A., Paul, A., Moradi, A., Mai, P. M., Pilia, S., Boschi, L., Rümpker, G., Lu, Y., Tang, Z. and Sandvol, E., 2020, Crustal and uppermost mantle shear wave velocity structure beneath the Middle East from surface wave tomography, Geophys. J. Int., 221(2), 1349–1365, https://doi.org/10.1093/gji/ggaa075.

Link, F., Rümpker, G. and Kaviani, A., 2020, Simultaneous inversion for crustal thickness and anisotropy by multiphase splitting analysis of receiver functions, Geophys. J. Int., 223(3), 2009–2026, https://doi.org/10.1093/gji/ggaa435.

Rakotondraibe, T., Nyblade, A. A., Wysession, M. E., Durrheim, R. J., Rambolamanana, G., Aleqabi, G. I., Shore, P. J., Pratt, M. J., Andriampenomanana, F., Rümpker, G. and Rindraharisaona, E., 2020, Seismicity and seismotectonics of Madagascar revealed by the 2011–2013 deployment of the island-wide MACOMO broadband seismic array, Tectonophysics, 790(228547), 228547, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tecto.2020.228547.

Leva, C., Rümpker, G., Link, F. and Wölbern, I., 2019. Mantle earthquakes beneath Fogo volcano, Cape Verde: Evidence for subcrustal fracturing induced by magmatic injection. Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research, 386, p.106672. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jvolgeores.2019.106672

Batte, A.G. and Rümpker, G., 2019. Spatial mapping of b-value heterogeneity beneath the Rwenzori region, Albertine rift: Evidence of magmatic intrusions. Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research, 381, pp.238-245. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jvolgeores.2019.05.015

Wölbern, I. and Rümpker, G., 2018. A sequence of up to 11 seismic discontinuities down to the midmantle beneath Southeast Asia. Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems, 19(12), pp.4820-4835. https://doi.org/10.1029/2018GC007827

Dreiling, J., Tilmann, F., Yuan, X., Giese, J., Rindraharisaona, E.J., Rümpker, G. and Wysession, M.E., 2018. Crustal radial anisotropy and linkage to geodynamic processes: a study based on seismic ambient noise in southern Madagascar. Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth, 123(6), pp.5130-5146. https://doi.org/10.1029/2017JB015273

Kaviani, A., Sandvol, E., Moradi, A., Rümpker, G., Tang, Z. and Mai, P.M., 2018. Mantle transition zone thickness beneath the Middle East: Evidence for segmented Tethyan slabs, delaminated lithosphere, and lower mantle upwelling. Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth, 123(6), pp.4886-4905. https://doi.org/10.1029/2018JB015627

Latifi, K., Kaviani, A., Rümpker, G., Mahmoodabadi, M., Ghassemi, M.R. and Sadidkhouy, A., 2018. The effect of crustal anisotropy on SKS splitting analysis—synthetic models and real-data observations. Geophysical Journal International, 213(2), pp.1426-1447. https://doi.org/10.1093/gji/ggy053

Reiss, M.C., Rümpker, G. and Wölbern, I., 2018. Large-scale trench-normal mantle flow beneath central South America. Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 482, pp.115-125. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.epsl.2017.11.002

Reiss, M. C. & Rümpker, G., 2017, SplitRacer: MATLAB Code and GUI for Semiautomated Analysis and Interpretation of Teleseismic Shear‐Wave Splitting, Seism. Res. Lett., 88(2), DOI:10.1785/0220160191.

Hohmuth, B. & Rümpker, G., 2016, The 2014–2015 earthquake series in the northern Upper Rhine Graben, Central Europe, J. Seismol., DOI:10.1007/s10950-016-9584-6.

Reiss, M. C., Rümpker, G., Tilmann, F., Yuan, X., Giese, J., & Rindraharisaona E. J., 2016, Seismic anisotropy of the lithosphere and asthenosphere beneath southern Madagascar from teleseismic shear wave splitting analysis and waveform modeling, J. Geophys. Res. Solid Earth, 121, 6627–6643, DOI:10.1002/2016JB013020.

Singh, M., Kaviani, A. & Rümpker, G., 2016, The crustal structure beneath Mauritius from teleseismic P-receiver functions - oceanic or continental?, Geophys. Res. Lett., 43, 9636–9643, DOI:10.1002/2016GL070529.

Wölbern, I. & Rümpker, G., 2016, Limitations of H-κ stacking: ambiguous results caused by crustal layering, J Seismol, DOI:10.1007/s10950-016-9599-z

Wölbern, I. & Rümpker, G., 2016, Crustal thickness beneath Central and East Java (Indonesia) inferred from P receiver functions, Journal of Asian Earth Sciences, 115, 69-79, DOI:10.1016/j.jseaes.2015.09.001.

Kaviani, A., Sandvol, E., Bao, X., Rümpker, G. & Gök, R., 2015, The structure of the crust in the Turkish–Iranian Plateau and Zagros using Lg Q and velocity, Geophys. J. Int., 200, 1254-1268, DOI:10.1093/gji/ggu468

Civiero, C., Hammond, J.O.S., Goes, S. Fishwick, S., Ahmed, A., Ayele, A., Doubre, C., Goitom, B., Keir, D., Kendall, J.-M., Leroy, S., Ogubazghi, G., Rümpker, G. & Stuart, G.W., 2015, Multiple mantle upwellings in the transition zone beneath the northern East-African Rift system from relative P-wave travel-time tomography, Geochem. Geophys. Geosyst., 16, 2949–2968, DOI:10.1002/2015GC005948.

Fontaine, F.R., Barruol, G.,Tkalčić, H., Wölbern, I., Rümpker, G., Bodin, T. & Haugmard, M., 2015, Crustal and uppermost mantle structure variation beneath La Réunion hotspot track, Geophys. J. Int, 203(1), 107-126, DOI:10.1093/gji/ggv279

Kaviani, A. & Rümpker, G., 2015, Generalization of the H-κ stacking method to anisotropic media, J. Geophys. Res. Solid Earth, 120, 5135–5153, DOI:10.1002/2014JB011858.

Gummert, M., Lindenfeld, M., Wölbern, I., Rümpker, G., Celestin, K. & Batte, A., 2015, Crustal structure and high-resolution Moho topography across the Rwenzori region (Albertine rift) from P-receiver functions, Magmatic Rifting and Active Volcanism. Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 420, DOI:10.1144/SP420.4

Spieker, K., Wölbern, I, Thomas, C., Harnafi, M & El Moudnib, L., 2014, Crustal and upper-mantle structure beneath the western Atlas Mountains in SW morocco derived from receiver functions, Geophys. J. Int., 198, 1474-1485, DOI:10.1093/gji/ggu216

Batte, A.G., Rümpker, G., Lindenfeld, M. & Schumann, A., 2014, Structurally controlled seismic anisotropy above small earthquakes in crustal rocks beneath the Rwenzori region, Albertine Rift, Uganda, J. Afric. Earth Sci., 100, 579–585, DOI:10.1016/j.jafrearsci.2014.08.001.

Homuth, B., Löbl, U., Batte, A., Link, K., Kasereka, C., Rümpker, G., 2014, Seismic anisotropy of the lithosphere/asthenosphere system beneath the Rwenzori region of the Albertine Rift, Int. J. Earth Sci., DOI:10.1007/s00531-014-1047-0.

Rümpker G., Kaviani, A. & Latifi, K., 2014, Ps-splitting analysis for multi-layered anisotropic media by azimuthal stacking and layer stripping, Geophys. J. Int., 199 (1), 146-163, DOI:10.1093/gji/ggu154.

Wölbern, I. Löbl. U. & Rümpker, G., 2014, Crustal origin of trench-parallel shear-wave fast polarizations in the Central Andes, Earth Planet. Sci. Lett., 392, 230-238, DOI:10.1016/j.epsl.2014.02.032.

Hammond, J.O.S., Kendall, J.-M., Collier, J.S. & Rümpker, G., 2013, The extent of continental crust beneath the Seychelles, Earth Planet. Sci. Lett., 381, 166–176, DOI:10.1016/j.epsl.2013.08.023.

Jakovlev, A., Rümpker, G., Schmeling, H., Koulakov, I., Lindenfeld, M. & Wallner, H., 2013, Seismic images of magmatic rifting beneath the western branch of the East African rift, G-cubed, 14 (11), 4906–4920, DOI:10.1002/2013GC004939.

Kaviani, A., R. Hofstetter, G. Rümpker, M. Weber, 2013, Investigation of seismic anisotropy beneath the Dead Sea fault using dense networks of broadband stations, J. Geophys. Res. Solid Earth, 118, DOI:10.1002/jgrb.50250.

Walther, M., Plenefisch, T. & Rümpker, G., 2013, Automated analysis of SKS splitting to infer upper mantle anisotropy beneath Germany using more than 20 yr of GRSN and GRF data, Geophys. J. Int., 196, 1207-1236, DOI:10.1093/gji/ggt456.

Hammond, J.O.S., Collier, J.S., Kendall, J.-M., Helffrich, G. & Rümpker, G., 2012, Plume scar in the mantle lithosphere beneath the Seychelles revealed by seismic imaging, Earth Planet. Sci. Lett., 355-356, 20-31, DOI:10.1016/j.epsl.2012.08.020.

Lindenfeld, M., Rümpker, G., Link, K., Koehn, D., Batte, A., 2012. Fluid-triggered earthquake swarms in the Rwenzori region, East African Rift — Evidence for rift initiation. Tectonophysics, 566–567, 95-104, ISSN 0040-1951, DOI:10.1016/j.tecto.2012.07.010. (http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0040195112004131)

Lindenfeld, M.,Rümpker, G., Batte, A., and Schumann, A., 2012, Seismicity from February 2006 to September 2007 at the Rwenzori Mountains, East African Rift: earthquake distribution, magnitudes and source mechanisms. Solid Earth, 3, 251-264, DOI:10.5194/se-3-251-2012.

Wölbern, I.,Rümpker, G., Link, K., Sodouti, F., 2012, Melt infiltration of the lower litho­sphere beneath the Tanzania craton and the Albertine rift inferred from S receiver functions, GEOCHEMISTRY GEOPHYSICS GEOSYSTEMS, VOL. 13, Q0AK08, 20 PP., DOI:10.1029/2012GC004167.

Lindenfeld, M. &Rümpker, G., 2011, Detection of mantle earthquakes beneath the East Afri­can Rift, Geophys. J. Int., 186, 1-5, DOI:10.1111/j.1365-246X.2011.05048.x.

Jakovlev, A.,G. Rümpker,M. Lindenfeld, I. Koulakov, A. Schumann & N. Ochmann, 2011, Crustal Seismic Velocities of the Rwenzori Region, East African Rift, from Local Travel-Time Tomography: Evidence for Low-Velocity Anomalies beneath the Mountain Range, BSSA; v. 101; no. 2; p. 848-858, DOI:10.1785/0120100023.

Kaviani, A.,G. Rümpker, M. Weber, and G. Asch (2011), Short-scale variations of shear-wave splitting across the Dead Sea basin: Evidence for the effects of sedimentary fill, Geophys. Res. Lett., DOI:10.1029/2010GL046464.

Keshvari F., Z.H. Shomali, M. Tatar, andA. Kaviani, 2011, Upper-mantle S-velocity structure across the Zagros collision zone resolved by nonlinear teleseismic tomography, J. Seismology, DOI:10.1007/s10950-011-9226-y.

Koehn, D.,Lindenfeld, M.,Rümpker, G., Aanyu, K., Haines, S., Passchier, C.W. & Sachau, T., 2010, Fragmentation Active transsection faults in rift transfer zones: evidence for complex stress fields and implications for crustal fragmentation processes in the western branch of the East African Rift, Int J Earth Sci (Geol Rundsch), DOI:10.1007/s00531-010-0525-2.

Paul, A., D. Hatzfeld,A. Kaviani, M. Tatar and C. Péquegnat, 2010, Seismic imaging of the lithospheric structure of the Zagros mountain belt (Iran), in “Tectonic and Stratigraphic evolution of Zagros and Makran during the Meso-Cenozoic”, P. Leturmy & C. Robin eds, Geol. Soc. London Spec. Pub., v. 330; p. 5-18, DOI:10.1144/SP330.2.

Wölbern, I.,G. Rümpker, A. Schumann, and A. Muwanga (2010), Crustal thinning beneath the Rwenzori region, Albertine rift, Uganda, from receiver-function analysis. International Journal of Earth Sciences, Special Issue "Long-term Rift Evolution", 99(7), 1545-1557, DOI:10.1007/s00531-009-0509-2.

Collier, J.S., Minshull, T.A., Hammond, J.O.S., Whitmarsh, R.B., Kendall, J.M., Sansom, V., Lane, C.I. & Rümpker, G., 2009, Factors influencing magmatism during continental breakup: New insights from a wide-angle seismic experiment across the conjugate Seychelles-Indian margins, J. Geophys. Res., 114, ISSN:0148-0227 DOI:10.1029/2008JB005898.

Desert Group withRümpker, G., 2009, Anatomy of the Dead Sea Transform from lithospheric to microscopic scale, Rev. Geophys., DOI:10.1029/2008RG000264.

Kaviani A., D. Hatzfeld, A. Paul, M. Tatar, and K. Priestly, 2009, Shear wave splitting, lithospheric anisotropy, and mantle deformation beneath the Arabia-Eurasia collision zone in Iran, Earth Planet. Sci. Lett., 286, 371-378, DOI:10.1016/j.epsl.2009.07.003.

Schäfer, J.,I. Wölbern, andG. Rümpker(2009), Depth variations of the  410 and 520 km-discontinuities beneath Asia and the Pacific from PP precursors, Geophys. Res. Lett., 36, L12307, DOI:10.1029/2009GL038374.

Wölbern, I., Heit, B., Yuan, X., Asch, G., Kind, R., Viramonte, J.,Tawackoli, S., Wilke, H., 2009, Receiver function images from the Moho and the slab beneath the Altiplano and Puna plateaus in the Central Andes. Geophys. J. Int., 177, 296-308, DOI:10.1111/j.1365-246X.2008.04075.x.

Rößler, D., Krüger, F., Psencik, I. & Rümpker, G., 2008, Comments to Retrieval of source parameters of an event of the 2000 West Bohemia earthquake swarm assuming an anisotropic, Stud. Geophys. Geod., 52, 285-286, DOI:10.1007/s11200-008-0021-3.

Kaviani A., A. Paul, E. Bourova, D. Hatzfeld, H. Pedersen, and M. Mokhtari, 2007, A strong seismic velocity contrast in the shallow mantle across the Zagros collision zone (Iran), Geophy. J. Int., 171, 399-410, DOI:10.1111/j.1365-246X.2007.03535.x.

Ochmann, N., Lindenfeld, M., Barbirye, P., Stadler, C., 2007, Microearthquake survey at the Buranga geothermal prospect, western Uganda. Proceedings, 32nd Workshop on Geothermal Reservoir Engineering, Standford University, Stanford, January 22-24, 2007, SGP-TR-183.

Rößler, D., Krüger, F. & Rümpker, G., 2007, Inversion for seismic moment tensors in anisotropic media using standard techniques for isotropic media, Geophys. J. Int., 169, 136-148, DOI:10.1111/j.1365-246X.2006.03243.x.

Yakovlev A., Koulakov I., Tychkov S., A., 2007, Moho depth and three-dimensional velocity structure of the crust and uppermost mantle beneath the Baikal region, from local tomography, Russian Geology and Geophysics, 48 (2), 204-220, DOI:10.1016/j.rgg.2007.02.005 .

Yuan, X., Li, X.,Wölbern, I.& Kind, R., 2007, Tracing the Hawaiian Mantle Plume by Converted Seismic Phases, in: Ritter, J.R.R. & Christensen, U.R. (Eds.): Mantle Plumes – A Multidisciplinary Approach. Berlin: Springer Verlag, 49-69, DOI:10.1007/978-3-540-68046-8_2.

Asch, G., Schurr, B., Bohm, M., Yuan, X., Haberland, Ch., Heit, B., Kind, R.,Wölbern, I., Bataille, K., Comte, D., Pardo, M., Viramonte, J., Rietbrock, A., Giese, P., 2006, Seismological Studies of the Central and Southern Andes, in: Brun, J.P., Oncken, O., Weissert, H. & Dullo, X. (Eds.) : The Andes - Active Subduction Orogeny. Berlin: Springer Verlag, 443-457, DOI:10.1007/978-3-540-48684-8_21.

Paul A.,A. Kaviani, D. Hatzfeld, J. Vergne, and M. Mokhtari, 2006, Seismological evidence for crustal-scale thrusting in the Zagros mountain belt (Iran), Geophy. J. Int., 166, 227-237, DOI:10.1111/j.1365-246X.2006.02920.x.

Rößler, D., Krüger, F. &Rümpker, G.,2006, Retrieval of moment tensors due to dislocation point sources in anisotropic media using standard techniques, Geophys. J. Int., 169(1), 136–148, DOI:10.1111/j.1365-246X.2006.03243.x.

Wölbern, I., Jacob, A. W. B., Blake, T. A., Kind, R., Li, X., Yuan, X., Duennebier, F. & Weber, M., 2006, Deep origin of the Hawaiian tilted plume conduit derived from receiver functions, Geophys. J. Int., 166(2), 767-781, DOI:10.1111/j.1365-246X.2006.03036.x.

Yuan, X., Asch, G., Bataille, K., Bock, G., Bohm, M., Echtler, H., Kind, R., Oncken, O. & Wölbern, I., 2006, Deep Seismic Images of the Southern Andes, in: Kay, S.M., Ramos & V.A. (Eds.): Evolution of an Andean margin: A tectonic and magmatic view from the Andes to the Neuquen Basin (36-39°S); Washington D.C.: AGU, (Geological Society of America, SPECIAL PAPER Bd. 407), 61-72, DOI:10.1130/2006.2407(03).

Hammond J. O. S., Kendall, J.-M., Rümpker, G., Wookey, J., Teanby, N., Joseph, P., Ryberg, T., & Stuart, G., 2005, Upper mantle anisotropy beneath the Seychelles microcontinent, J. Geophys. Res., 110, B11401, DOI:10.1029/2005JB003757.

Kumar, P., Kind, R., Hanka, W., Wylegalla, K., Reigber, C., Yuan, X.,Wölbern, I., Schwintzer, P., Fleming, K., Dahl-Jensen, T., Larsen, T.B. Schweitzer, J., Priestley, K., Gudmundsson, O. & Wolf, D., 2005, The Lithosphere of the NW-Atlantic and the Iceland Plume Track, Earth Planet. Sci. Lett., 236, 249-257, DOI:10.1016/j.epsl.2005.05.029.

Mechie, J., Abu-Ayyash, K., Ben-Avraham, Z., El-Kelani, R., Mohsen, A.,Rümpker, G., Saul, J. & Weber, M., 2005, Crustal shear velocity structure across the Dead Sea Transform from 2-D modeling of DESERT explosion seismic data, Geophys. J. Int., 160, 910-924, DOI:10.1111/j.1365-246X.2005.02534.x.

Mohsen, A., Hofstetter, A., Bock, G., Kind, R., Weber, M., Wylegalla, G.,Rümpker, G.& DESERT Group, 2005, A receiver function study across the Dead Sea Transform, Geophys. J. Int., 160, 948-960.

Ryberg, T.,Rümpker, G., Haberland, Ch., D. Stromeyer & Weber, M., 2005, Simultaneous inversion of shear-wave splitting observations from seismic arrays, J. Geophys. Res., B03301, DOI:10.1029/2004JB003303.

Wookey, J., Kendall, J.-M. &Rümpker, G., 2005, D" anisotropy from differential S-ScS splitting, Geophys. J. Int., 161, 3, 829-838, DOI:10.1111/j.1365-246X.2005.02623.x.

Li, X., Kind, R., Yuan, X.,Wölbern, I.& Hanka, W., 2004, Rejuvenation of the lithosphere by the Hawaiian plume, Nature, 427, 827-829, DOI:10.1038/nature02349.

Maercklin, N., Haberland, Ch., Ryberg, T., Weber, M., Bartov, Y. & DESERT Group, 2004, Imaging the DEAD SEA Transform with scattered seismic waves. Geophys. J. Int.,158, 179-186, DOI:10.1111/j.1365-246X.2004.02302.x.

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