ameltzer@lehigh.edu
610-758-3673
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Research Interests:
- Seismology
- Tectonics
- Geodynamics
- Natural Hazards
Courses:
EES 027 (Natural Hazards), EES 201 (Seismology: The Earth and Environment), EES 407 (Seismology), EES 426 (Tectonic Processes)
Selected Publications:
Triggered Crustal Earthqauke Swarm Across Subduction Segment Boundary After the 2016 Pedernales, Ecuador Megathrust Earthquake
2020
Earth and Planetary Science Letters
Analysis of the Mw 6.5 December 15, 2017 and the Mw 5.9 January 23, 2018 Java Earthquakes
2020
Bull. Seismol. Soc. Am.
Structural control on megathrust rupture and slip behavior: Insights from the 2016 Mw 7.8 Pedernales Ecuador earthquake
2020
Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth
Structure of the Ecuadorian Forearc from the Joint Inversion of Receiver Functions and Ambient Noise Surface Waves
2020
Geophys. J. Int.
Upper-plate structure in Ecuador coincident with the subduction of the Carnegie Ridge and the southern extent of large mega-thrust earthquakes
2020
Geophys. J. Int.
The Central Mongolia Seismic Experiment: Multiple Applications of Temporary Broadband Seismic Arrays, Seismological Research Letters
2019
Seismological Research Letters, 90 (3): 1364-1376
The 2016 Mw 7.8 Pedernales Earthquake, Ecuador: RAPID Response Deployment
2019
Seismological Research Letters, 90 (3): 1346-1354
Ridge Subduction and Afterslip Control Aftershock Distribution of the 2016 Mw 7.8 Ecuador Earthquake
2019
Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 520, 63–76.
Crustal Structure, Intraplate Seismicity, and Seismic Hazard in the Mid-Atlantic United States
2017
Seismological Research Letters, 89 (1): 241-252
Comment on “Tectonic control of Yarlung Tsangpo Gorge revealed by a buried canyon in Southern Tibet.”
2015
Science, 349(6250):799
Geomorphic evidence for persistent, cumulative deformation of the Virginia Piedmont in the vicinity of the 23 August 2011 Mineral earthquake, in Horton, J.W., Jr., Chapman, M.C., and Green, R.A., eds.
2015
The 2011 Mineral, Virginia, Earthquake, and Its Significance for Seismic Hazards in Eastern North America: Geological Society of America Special Paper 509
Seismotectonic framework of the February 27, 2010 Mw 8.8 Maule, Chile earthquake sequence
2013
Geophysical Journal International, Volume 195, Issue 2, November, 2013, Pages 1034–1051
The Mw 5.8 Mineral, Virginia earthquake of August 2011 and aftershock sequence: Constraints on earthquake source parameters and fault geometry
2013
BSSA v104, 40-54, 2014
Mineral, Virginia earthquake illustrates seismicity of a passive-aggressive margin.
2012
Geophysical Research Letters, 39, L02305
Subduction of the Indian lithosphere beneath the Tibetan Plateau and Burma
2008
Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 274, 157-168
Geodynamics of the southeastern Tibetan plateau from seismic anisotropy and geodesy
2007
Geology, 35, 563-566
Crustal Anisotropy: Implications for crustal velocity structure and shear-wave splitting
2001
GRL, 28, 2129-2132