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Dr. Nils Maercklin
Geophysicist, seismic methods
Mendeley: http://www.mendeley.com/profiles/nils-maercklin/
Researcher-ID: D-1816-2009 October 7, 2012
Publications
Journal articles
N. Sharma, V. Convertito, N. Maercklin & A. Zollo (2013). Ground motion prediction equations for The
Geysers geothermal area based on induced seismicity records. Bulletin of the Seismological Society of
America, 103(1), doi:10.1785/0120120138, in press.
V. Convertito, N. Maercklin, N. Sharma & A. Zollo (2012). From induced seismicity to direct timedependent
seismic hazard. Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America, 102(6),
doi:10.1785/0120120036, in press.
N. Maercklin, G. Festa, S. Colombelli & A. Zollo (2012). Twin ruptures grew to build up the giant 2011
Tohoku, Japan, earthquake. Scientific Reports, 2, 709, doi:10.1038/srep00709.
M. Weber, S. L. Helwig, K. Bauer, C. Haberland, O. Koch, T. Ryberg, N. Maercklin, O. Ritter & A.
Schulze (2012). Near-surface properties of an active fault derived by joint interpretation of different
geophysical methods – the Arava/Araba Fault in the Middle East. Near Surface Geophysics, 10(5),
381–390, doi:10.3997/1873-0604.2012031.
O. Amoroso, N. Maercklin & A. Zollo (2012). S-wave identification by polarization filtering and waveform
coherence analyses. Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America, 102(2), 845–861,
doi:10.1785/0120110140.
N. Maercklin, A. Zollo, A. Orefice, G. Festa, A. Emolo, R. De Matteis, B. Delouis & A. Bobbio (2011).
The effectiveness of a distant accelerometer array to compute seismic source parameters: The April 2009
L’Aquila earthquake case history. Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America, 101(1), 354–365,
doi:10.1785/0120100124.
M. Weber et al. (2010). Correction to “Anatomy of the Dead Sea Transform from lithospheric to
microscopic scale”. Reviews of Geophysics, 48(1), RG1003, doi:10.1029/2010RG000325.
N. Maercklin & A. Zollo (2009). Estimation of elastic contrasts in a layered model from seismic PSto-PP
amplitude ratios. Geophysical Journal International, 179(3), 1617–1626, doi:10.1111/j.1365-
246X.2009.04350.x.
M. Weber et al. (2009). Anatomy of the Dead Sea Transform from lithospheric to microscopic scale.
Reviews of Geophysics, 47(2), RG2002, doi:10.1029/2008RG000264.
A. Zollo, N. Maercklin, M. Vassallo, D. Dello Iacono, J. Virieux & P. Gasparini (2008). Seismic reflections
reveal a massive melt layer feeding Campi Flegrei caldera. Geophysical Research Letters, 35, L12306,
doi:10.1029/2008GL034242.
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P. A. Bedrosian, N. Maercklin, U. Weckmann, Y. Bartov, T. Ryberg & O. Ritter (2007). Lithology-derived
structure classification from the joint interpretation of magnetotelluric and seismic models. Geophysical
Journal International, 170(2), 737–748, doi:10.1111/j.1365-246X.2007.03440.x.
O. Ritzmann, N. Maercklin, J. I. Faleide, H. Bungum, W. D. Mooney & S. T. Detweiler (2007). A
three-dimensional geophysical model of the crust in the Barents Sea region: model construction and
basement characterization. Geophysical Journal International, 170(1), 417–435, doi:10.1111/j.1365-
246X.2007.03337.x.
C. Haberland, N. Maercklin, D. Kesten, T. Ryberg, C. Janssen, A. Agnon, M. Weber, A. Schulze, I.
Qabbani & R. El-Kelani (2007). Shallow architecture of the Wadi Araba fault (Dead Sea Transform) from
high-resolution seismic investigations. Tectonophysics, 432(1-4), 37–50, doi:10.1016/j.tecto.2006.12.006.
H. Bungum, O. Ritzmann, N. Maercklin, J. I. Faleide, W. D. Mooney & S. T. Detweiler (2005). Threedimensional
model for the crust and upper mantle in the Barents Sea region. EOS Transactions, American
Geophysical Union, 86(1), 160–161, doi:10.1029/2005EO160003.
N. Maercklin, P. A. Bedrosian, C. Haberland, O. Ritter, T. Ryberg, M. Weber & U. Weckmann (2005).
Characterizing a large shear-zone with seismic and magnetotelluric methods: The case of the Dead Sea
Transform. Geophysical Research Letters, 32, L15303, doi:10.1029/2005GL022724.
DESERT Group (2004). The crustal structure of the Dead Sea Transform. Geophysical Journal International,
156(3), 655–681, doi:10.1111/j.1365-246X.2004.02143.x.
N. Maercklin, C. Haberland, T. Ryberg, M. Weber, Y. Bartov & DESERT Group (2004). Imaging the
Dead Sea Transform with scattered seismic waves. Geophysical Journal International, 158(1), 179–186,
doi:10.1111/j.1365-246X.2004.02302.x.
C. Haberland, A. Agnon, R. El-Kelani, N. Maercklin, I. Qabbani, G. Rümpker, T. Ryberg, F. Scherbaum
& M. Weber (2003). Modeling of seismic guided waves at the Dead Sea Transform. Journal of Geophysical
Research, 108(B7), 2342, doi:10.1029/2002JB002309.
DESERT Group (2000). Multinational geoscientific research effort kicks off in the Middle East. EOS
Transactions, American Geophysical Union, 81(50), 609, 616–617, doi:10.1029/EO081i050p00609-01.
Book chapters and reports
DESERT Group (2009). DESERT Dead Sea Rift Transect: An interdisciplinary research project to
study the Dead Sea Transform. Scientific Technical Report, 09/08, GFZ German Research Centre for
Geosciences, Potsdam, Germany, ISSN 1610-0956, doi:10.2312/GFZ.b103-09084.
N. Maercklin (2008). Seismic scatterer imaging using shot array beamforming: method and application
to the Campi Flegrei caldera. In: W. Marzocchi and A. Zollo, editors, Conception, verification, and
application of innovative techniques to study active volcanoes, Doppiavoce, Napoli, Italy, pages 261–268,
ISBN 978-88-89972-09-0. Available online at http://www.fedoa.unina.it/1953/.
N. Maercklin & A. Zollo (2008). Analysis of PS-to-PP amplitude ratios for seismic reflector characterisation:
method and application. In: W. Marzocchi and A. Zollo, editors, Conception, verification, and
application of innovative techniques to study active volcanoes, Doppiavoce, Napoli, Italy, pages 269–279,
ISBN 978-88-89972-09-0. Available online at http://www.fedoa.unina.it/1953/.
M. Vassallo, A. Zollo, D. Dello Iacono, N. Maercklin & J. Virieux (2008). Converted phase identification
and retrieval of Vp/Vs ratios from move-out reflection analysis: application to the Campi Flegrei caldera.
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to study active volcanoes, Doppiavoce, Napoli, Italy, pages 349–360, ISBN 978-88-89972-09-0. Available
online at http://www.fedoa.unina.it/1953/.
H. Bungum, T. Kværna, S. Larsen, N. Maercklin, M. Roth, V. Oye, J. Schweitzer, S. Mykkeltveit & D. B.
Harris (2006). Energy partitioning for seismic events in Fennoscandia and NW Russia. Final Technical
Report DOE/SF/22636-1, NORSAR, Kjeller, Norway, doi:10.2172/875774.
H. Bungum, T. Kværna, M. Roth, S. Mykkeltveit, N. Maercklin, K. ˚Astebøl, D. B. Harris & S. Larsen
(2006). Energy partitioning for seismic events in Fennoscandia and NW Russia. In: 28th Seismic
Research Review: Ground-based nuclear explosion monitoring technologies, LA-UR-06-5471, Orlando,
Florida, pages 570–579.
A. Levshin, J. Schweitzer, C. Weidle, N. Maercklin, N. Shapiro & M. Ritzwoller (2006). Surface wave
tomography for the Barents Sea and surrounding regions – Part II. In: F. Ringdal, editor, Semiannual
Technical Summary, Scientific Report, 1-2006, NORSAR, Kjeller, Norway, pages 36–41.
O. Ritzmann, N. Maercklin, J. I. Faleide, H. Bungum, W. D. Mooney & S. T. Detweiler (2006). A 3D
geophysical model of the crust the Barents Sea region: Model construction and basement characterization.
In: 28th Seismic Research Review: Ground-based nuclear explosion monitoring technologies, LA-UR-06-
5471, Orlando, Florida, pages 229–237.
H. Bungum, T. Kværna, S. Mykkeltveit, N. Maercklin, M. Roth, K. ˚Astebøl, D. B. Harris & S. Larsen
(2005). Energy partitioning for seismic events in Fennoscandia and NW Russia. In: 27th Seismic Research
Review: Ground-based nuclear explosion monitoring technologies, LA-UR-05-6407, Rancho Mirage,
California, pages 529–538.
H. Bungum, N. Maercklin, O. Ritzmann, J. I. Faleide, C. Weidle, A. Levshin, J. Schweitzer, W. D.
Mooney & S. T. Detweiler (2005). Development of a three-dimensional velocity model for the crust and
upper mantle in the greater Barents Sea region. In: 27th Seismic Research Review: Ground-based nuclear
explosion monitoring technologies, LA-UR-05-6407, Rancho Mirage, California, pages 13–22.
D. B. Harris, F. Ringdal, E. Kremenetskaya, S. Mykkeltveit, D. Rock, N. Maercklin, J. Schweitzer, T.
Hauk & J. Lewis (2005). Ground Truth collection for mining explosions in northern Fennoscandia and
northwestern Russia. In: 27th Seismic Research Review: Ground-based nuclear explosion monitoring
technologies, LA-UR-05-6407, Rancho Mirage, California, pages 31–41.
N. Maercklin, S. Mykkeltveit, J. Schweitzer, D. Rock & D. B. Harris (2005). Data from deployment
of temporary seismic stations in northern Norway and Finland. In: F. Ringdal, editor, Semiannual
Technical Summary, Scientific Report, 1-2005, NORSAR, Kjeller, Norway, pages 77–85.
N. Maercklin, S. Mykkeltveit, J. Schweitzer, D. Rock & D. B. Harris (2005). Data from deployment
of temporary seismic stations in northern Norway and Finland. Report UCRL-SR-209656, Lawrence
Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore, USA, doi:10.2172/15014739.
H. Bungum, O. Ritzmann, J. I. Faleide, N. Maercklin, J. Schweitzer, W. D. Mooney, S. T. Detweiler &
W. S. Leith (2004). Development of a three-dimensional velocity model for the crust and upper mantle in
the Barents Sea, Novaya Zemlya and Kola-Karelia regions. In: 26th Seismic Research Review – Trends
in nuclear explosion monitoring, LA-UR-04-5801, Orlando, Florida, pages 50–60.
N. Maercklin (2004). Seismic structure of the Arava Fault, Dead Sea Transform. Scientific Technical Report,
04/12, GeoForschungsZentrum Potsdam, Germany, ISSN 1610-0956, urn:nbn:de:kobv:b103-041283.
M. Weber, O. Ritter, U. Weckmann, N. Maercklin, C. Janssen, A. Mohsen, G. Rümpker, H.-J. Förster
& S. Sobolev (2004). DESERT – Struktur und Dynamik der Dead Sea Transform. In: Zweijahresbericht
2002/2003, GeoForschungsZentrum Potsdam, Potsdam, Germany, pages 1–18.

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DESERT Group (2002). DESERT – eine multinationale und interdisziplinäre Studie des Dead Sea Rifts.
In: Zweijahresbericht 2000/2001, GeoForschungsZentrum Potsdam, Potsdam, Germany, pages 49–60,
urn:nbn:de:kobv:b103-030012.
DESERT Group (2002). The DESERT passive seismic experiment 2000/2001 in the Middle East. OR-
FEUS Electronic Newsletter, 4(1), page 3.
N. Maercklin, C. Riedel, W. Rabbel, U. Wegler, B.-G. Lühr & J. Zschau (2000). Structural investigation
of Mt. Merapi by an active seismic experiment. Mitteilungen, Deutsche Geophysikalische Gesellschaft,
Special Issue IV/2000, 13–16, ISSN 0947-1944.
U. Wegler, B.-G. Lühr, J. Zschau, N. Maercklin, C. Riedel & W. Rabbel (2000). Multiple seismic
scattering effect at Mount Merapi – active seismic measurements help to explain complex earthquake
signals of a strato volcano. Mitteilungen, Deutsche Geophysikalische Gesellschaft, Special Issue IV/2000,
43–48, ISSN 0947-1944.
B.-G. Lühr, N. Maercklin, W. Rabbel & U. Wegler (1998). Active seismic measurements at Merapi
Volcano, Java, Indonesia. Mitteilungen, Deutsche Geophysikalische Gesellschaft, Special Issue III/1998,
53–55, ISSN 0947-1944.
Theses
N. Maercklin (2004). Seismic structure of the Arava Fault, Dead Sea Transform. Dissertation (Doctoral
thesis), Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences, University of Potsdam, Germany. Published
electronically at http://opus.kobv.de/ubp/volltexte/2005/103/ (urn:nbn:de:kobv:517-0001469).
N. Maercklin (1999). Polarisationsanalyse refraktionsseismischer Daten vom Vulkan Merapi, Indonesien.
Diplomarbeit (Diploma thesis in Geophysics), Institute for Geosciences, Christian-Albrechts-University,
Kiel, Germany. English title: Polarisation analysis of refraction seismic data from Merapi volcano,
Indonesia. Available at http://purl.org/net/nils/diplom.
Recent conference presentations
V. Convertito, N. Sharma, N. Maercklin, A. Emolo & A. Zollo (2012). Seismic hazard from induced
seismicity: effect of time-dependent hazard variables. AGU Fall Meeting, American Geophysical Union,
San Francisco, California, December 3–7, abstract S32A-05.
A. Emolo, N. Maercklin, E. Matrullo, A. Orefice, O. Amoroso, V. Convertito, N. Sharma & A. Zollo
(2012). Analysis of induced seismicity at The Geysers geothermal field, California. AGU Fall Meeting,
American Geophysical Union, San Francisco, California, December 3–7, abstract S43D-2500.
N. Maercklin, G. Festa, S. Colombelli & A. Zollo (2012). Rupture evolution and slip of the 2011 Tohoku
earthquake from back-projection of local seismic data. AGU Fall Meeting, American Geophysical Union,
San Francisco, California, December 3–7, abstract S31A-2482.
N. Sharma, V. Convertito, N. Maercklin & Zollo (2012). Modeling of strong ground motion in The
Geysers geothermal area. European Geosciences Union, Geophysical Research Abstracts, 14, 2956.
T. A. Stabile, O. Amoroso, R. De Matteis, A. Emolo, G. Festa, N. Maercklin, E. Matrullo, A. Orefice,
M. Vassallo & A. Zollo (2012). Real time seismic monitoring and data analysis of the Campania-Lucania
Appenines. 38th Workshop of the International School of Geophysics: Global challenges for seismological
data analysis, Erice, Italy, May 25–30.