Publications

Technical Papers Presented at Professional Meetings (last updated 09/09)

 

2009

• Mulibo, G. and A. Nyblade, Upper mantle structure beneath Eastern Africa from body‐wave tomography, 5th Annual AfricaArray Workshop, Johannesburg, South Africa.
• Kgaswane, E., A. Nyblade, R. Durrheim, P. Dirks and S. Webb, Upper crustal structure of the Bushveld Complex using high‐frequency Rayleigh wave tomography, 5th Annual AfricaArray Workshop, Johannesburg, South Africa.
• Boomer, K., R. Brazier, and A. Nyblade, Developing ground truth criteria for seismic event locations using data from South African gold mines, 5th Annual AfricaArray Workshop, Johannesburg, South Africa.
• Benyene, B. J. Julia, A. Nyblade, and R. Durrheim, Source locations and mechanisms or seismic events in the Carletonville Mining District, 5th Annual AfricaArray Workshop, Johannesburg, South Africa.
• Tugume, F. , J. Julia, and A. Nyblade, Crustal structure in Uganda from receiver functions, 5th Annual AfricaArray Workshop, Johannesburg, South Africa.
• Adams, A. and A. Nyblade, Upper mantle structure beneath southern Africa from  Rayleigh wave tomography, 5th Annual AfricaArray Workshop, Johannesburg, South Africa.
• Rouse, S., R. Brazier, and A. Nyblade, Pn and Sn velocities beneath the Main Ethiopian Rift, 5th Annual AfricaArray Workshop, Johannesburg, South Africa.
• Julià, J., A. Nyblade, R. Durrheim, L. Linzer, P. Dirks, R. Gök, W. Walter, Source mechanisms of mine related seismicity, IASPEI meeting, Cape Town, South Africa, February
• Reusch, A., A. Nyblade, D. Wiens, R. Tibi, B. Ateba, C. Tabod, Regional body-wave tomography reveals a linear deep-seated low-velocity zone beneath the Cameroon volcanic line, IASPEI meeting, Cape Town, South Africa, February

2008

• Julia J., A. Nyblade, R. Gok, W. Walter, L. Linzer, R.J. Durrheim, P. Dirks, and S. Spottiswoode, Estimati ng Moment Tensor Solutions at Savuka Gold Mine, South Africa, With a Sparse 3D Network, Seismological Society of America, Annual Meeting Santa Fe, NM, April
• Kgaswane, E., Crustal Structure of Southern Africa From the Joint Inversion of Receiver Functions and Rayleigh Wave Group Velocities, 4 th Annual AfricaArray Workshop, Johannesburg, South Africa
• Brandt, M., Upper Mantle S Velocity Structure of Southern Africa From Inverting Regional Waveforms, 4 th Annual AfricaArray Workshop, Johannesburg, South Africa
• Mangongolo, A., Rayleigh Wave Group Velocity Tomography for Southern Africa, 4 th Annual AfricaArray Workshop, Johannesburg, South Africa
• Adams, A., Rayleigh Wave Group Velocity Tomography of the Kalahari Craton, 4 th Annual AfricaArray Workshop, Johannesburg, South Africa
• Hansen, S., Upper Mantle Structure Under Southern Africa From S Receiver Functions, 4 th Annual AfricaArray Workshop, Johannesburg, South Africa
• Tugume, F., Heat Flow in the Western Rift, Uganda Constrained by the Depth Extent of Seismicity, 4 th Annual AfricaArray Workshop, Johannesburg, South Africa
• Daudi, G., Earthquake Swarms in Northern Tanzania: Faulting or Diking,? 4 th Annual AfricaArray Workshop, Johannesburg, South Africa
• Wanassi, J., Seismicity in Angola and the Angola Seismic Network, 4 th Annual AfricaArray Workshop, Johannesburg, South Africa
• Calais, E., Geodetic Constraints on Rifting Processes in East Africa, 4 th Annual AfricaArray Workshop, Johannesburg, South Africa
• Scheiber, S., Deformation of Torfajokull Caldera, Iceland, 4 th Annual AfricaArray Workshop, Johannesburg, South Africa
• Julia J., Nyblade A., Durrheim R.J., Linzer L., Dirks, P., Gok, R. and Walter W., Full Moment Tensor Solutions From Spectral Amplitudes at Savuka Gold Mine, South Africa, 4 th Annual AfricaArray meeting, June
• Kgaswane, E., Nyblade A., and Dirks, P., Crustal Structure of Southern Africa from the Joint Inversion of Receiver Functions and Rayleigh Wave Group Velocities. 4 th Annual AfricaArray Meeting, June
• Kwadiba, MTOG., Durrheim R.J., Dirks, PHGM., James, D.E., Lei, J. and Zhao, D. Geotomography of the Mantle Structure Down to 100km Depth Beneath the Kaapvaal Craton and Adjacent Mobile Belts Using First P-wave Arrivals From Seismic Events Recorded in the Kaapvaal Seismic Network. 4 th Annual AfricaArray meeting, June
• Wanassi J.M., Nyblade, A., Durrheim R. And Dirks P., Seismicity in Angola and the Angolan Seismic Network. 4th Annual AfricaArray meeting, June
• Dirks P., Lehnert K., Wilson, A. Chunnett G. & Cloete, M., Building Capacity in Africa Through Geoinformatics Application in Geochemistry. IGC08, Oslo, Norway, August
• Dugda, M., A. Nyblade, J. Julia, D. Wiens, A. Reusch, Crustal structure in Cameroon from receiver function analysis, Eos Trans. AGU, December.
• Hansen, S., A. Nyblade, J. Julia, P. Dirks, R. Durrheim, Low-velocity zone structure beneath the Kaapvaal Craton from S-wave receiver functions, Eos Trans. AGU, December.
• Julia, J., S. Hansen, and A. Nyblade, Joint inversion of P- and S-wave receiver functions and surface wave dispersion velocities, Eos Trans. AGU,  December.
• Kgaswane, E., A. Nyblade, P. Dirks, M. Pasyanos, J. Julia, and R. Durrheim, Crustal structure of Southern Africa, Eos Trans. AGU, December.
• Kim, S., T. Kang, C. Baag, and A. Nyblade, Surface-wave tomography of East African rift system using ambient noise tomography, Eos Trans. AGU, December.
• Kgaswane E., Nyblade A., Webb S., Dirks P., Durrheim R., Shear Wave Velocity Structure of the Bushveld Complex. AGU, December
• Kgaswane E., Nyblade A., Dirks P., Pasyanos M., Julia. J., Durrheim R., Crustal Structure and Tectonic Evolution of the Kaapvaal Craton AGU, December.
• Nyblade, A., J. Julia, R. Gok, W. Walter, R. Durrheim, L. Linzer and P. Dirks, Source mechanisms of mine-related seismicity, Savuka Mine, South Africa, Eos Trans. AGU, December.
• Reusch, A., A. Nyblade, D. Wiens, R. Tibi, P. Shore, G. Euler, and I. Bastow, Regional body-wave tomography reveals a linear deep-seated low-velocity zone beneath the Cameroon volcanic line, Eos Trans. AGU, December.
• Webb, S., E. Kgaswane, A. Nyblade, P. Dirks, and R. Durrheim, Shear wave velocity structure of the Bushveld Complex, Eos Trans. AGU, December.

2007

• Reusch, A., A. Nyblade, D. Wiens, R. Tibi, P. Shore, G. Euler, A. Bekoa, J. Nnange, C. Tabod, Y. Park, Preliminary Body-wave Tomography of the Cameroon Volcanic Line: Linear Anomaly in a Convecting Mantle, IUGG meeting, Perugia, Italy
• Nyblade, A., P. Dirks, and G. Graham, AfricaArray: Building Science Capacity and Improving Seismic Networks in Africa, Spring meeting, Eos, Trans. AGU, 88, spring meeting supplement
• Nyblade, A., W. Walter, R. Gok, L. Linzer and R. Durrheim, Developing and Exploiting a Unique Seismic data Set from South African Gold Mines for source Characterization and Wave Propagation, 29 th Seismic Research Review on Nuclear Explosion Monitoring, Denver, CO, abstract vol
• Kgaswane, E., A. Nyblade, P. Dirks, M. Pasyanos, J. Julia, Crustal Structure And Tectonic Evolution Of The Kaapvaal Craton, EOS, Trans. AGU, 88, fall meeting supplement
• Dirks, P, E. Kgaswane, A. Nyblade, Shear Wave Velocity Structure of the Bushveld Complex, EOS, Trans. AGU, 88, fall meeting supplement
• Adams, A., A. Nyblade, D. Weeraratne, Rayleigh Wave Tomography of Southern Africa:
• Preliminary Results from AfricaArray, EOS, Trans. AGU, 88, fall meeting supplement
• Jemberie, A.L., A. Nyblade, Low Intrinsic Attenuation and High Scattering Attenuation Near 1Hz in the Crust of the Tanzanian Craton, EOS, Trans. AGU, 88, fall meeting supplement
• Julia, J., A. Nyblade, R. Gok, W. R. Walter, L. Linzer, R. J. Durrheim, P. Dirks, Cataloguing Seismic Waveform Properties Recorded With a 3D Network in a Gold Mine in South Africa, EOS, Trans. AGU, 88, fall meeting supplement
• Gok, R., W. R. Walter, L. Linzer, J. Julia, A. Nyblade, Characterizing Source Properties of Events in Southern Africa, EOS, Trans. AGU, 88, fall meeting supplement
• Dugda, M.T., A. Nyblade, J. Julia, Comparison of the Lithospheric Structure Beneath Kenya and Ethiopia From Joint Inversion of Receiver Functions and Rayleigh Wave Dispersion Velocities, EOS, Trans. AGU, 88, fall meeting supplement
• Reusch, A.M., A. Nyblade, D. Wiens, R. Tibi, P. Shore, G. G. Euler, Y. Park, J. M. Nnange, B. Ateba, C. Tabod, P- and S-wave Tomography of the Cameroon Volcanic Line Used to Discriminate Between Formation Models, EOS, Trans. AGU, 88, fall meeting supplement
• Nyblade, A., and A. D. Huerta, Structure of the Mantle Transition Zone Beneath Kenya, East Africa, EOS, Trans. AGU, 88, fall meeting supplement
• Dirks, P., AfricaArray: Establishment of a New Seismic Network in Africa. Capacity Buiding Symposium, GEO/UN, 10-13
• Durrheim, R., The Kaapvaal Project; What Have We Learned and Where Next?, 3rd Annual AfricaArray Workshop, Johannesburg, South Africa
• Brandt, M., Upper Mantle Structure of Southern Africa, 3rd Annual AfricaArray Workshop, Johannesburg, South Africa
• Kgaswane, E., Crustal Structure of Southern Africa, 3rd Annual AfricaArray Workshop, Johannesburg, South Africa
• Meijde van der, M., Gravity and African Tectonics, 3rd Annual AfricaArray Workshop, Johannesburg, South Africa
• Hamilton , M., Results from the Southern African MT Experiment, 3rd Annual AfricaArray Workshop, Johannesburg, South Africa
• Webb, S., Tectonic Evolution of the Bushveld Complex, 3rd Annual AfricaArray Workshop, Johannesburg, South Africa
• Coomber, Stephen, Imaging the Bushveld Complex, 3rd Annual AfricaArray Workshop, Johannesburg, South Africa
• Gwavava, O., Evolution of the Zambezi Rift and New Geophysical Constraints of the Limpopo Belt, 3rd Annual AfricaArray Workshop, Johannesburg, South Africa
• Ferdinand, R., Seismic Hazards in Arusha, Tanzania, 3rd Annual AfricaArray Workshop, Johannesburg, South Africa
• King, J., Seismicity Related to the Development of the Okavango Delta, 3rd Annual AfricaArray Workshop, Johannesburg, South Africa
• Idris, A., Mine Seismicity in W Rand, SA, 3rd Annual AfricaArray Workshop, Johannesburg, South Africa
• Mangongolo, A., Seismicity in Namibia, 3rd Annual AfricaArray Workshop, Johannesburg, South Africa
• Mulibo, G. and A. Nyblade, Seismicity and depth distribution of earthquake swarms in Northern and Central Tanzania, along the eastern branch of the the East African Rift system, 3 rd Annual AfricaArray Workshop, Johannesburg, South Africa
• Wanassi, J., The New Angola Seismic Network, 3rd Annual AfricaArray Workshop, Johannesburg, South Africa
• Nyblade, A., Mantle Tomography of the African Super-Plume, 3rd Annual AfricaArray Workshop, Johannesburg, South Africa
• Mavonga, G., Seismicity of Mt. Nyiragongo, Democratic Republic of Congo, 3rd Annual AfricaArray Workshop, Johannesburg, South Africa
• Scheiber, S., The Geodetic Investigation of Torfajokull Volcano, Iceland, 3rd Annual AfricaArray Workshop, Johannesburg, South Africa

2006

• Reusch, A., A. Nyblade, D. Wiens, R. Tibi, P. Shore, G. Euler, A. Bekoa, J. Nnange, C. Tabod, Y. Park, Preliminary Body-wave Tomography of the Cameroon Volcanic Line: Linear Anomaly in a Convecting Mantle, IUGG meeting, Perugia, Italy
• Nyblade, A., P. Dirks, and G. Graham, AfricaArray: Building Science Capacity and Improving Seismic Networks in Africa, Spring meeting, Eos, Trans. AGU, 88, spring meeting supplement
• Nyblade, A., W. Walter, R. Gok, L. Linzer and R. Durrheim, Developing and Exploiting a Unique Seismic data Set from South African Gold Mines for source Characterization and Wave Propagation, 29 th Seismic Research Review on Nuclear Explosion Monitoring, Denver, CO, abstract vol
• Kgaswane, E., A. Nyblade, P. Dirks, M. Pasyanos, J. Julia, Crustal Structure And Tectonic Evolution Of The Kaapvaal Craton, EOS, Trans. AGU, 88, fall meeting supplement
• Dirks, P, E. Kgaswane, A. Nyblade, Shear Wave Velocity Structure of the Bushveld Complex, EOS, Trans. AGU, 88, fall meeting supplement
• Adams, A., A. Nyblade, D. Weeraratne, Rayleigh Wave Tomography of Southern Africa: Preliminary Results from AfricaArray, EOS, Trans. AGU, 88, fall meeting supplement
• Jemberie, A.L., A. Nyblade, Low Intrinsic Attenuation and High Scattering Attenuation Near 1Hz in the Crust of the Tanzanian Craton, EOS, Trans. AGU, 88, fall meeting supplement
• Julia, J., A. Nyblade, R. Gok, W. R. Walter, L. Linzer, R. J. Durrheim, P. Dirks, Cataloguing Seismic Waveform Properties Recorded With a 3D Network in a Gold Mine in South Africa, EOS, Trans. AGU, 88, fall meeting supplement
• Gok, R., W. R. Walter, L. Linzer, J. Julia, A. Nyblade, Characterizing Source Properties of Events in Southern Africa, EOS, Trans. AGU, 88, fall meeting supplement
• Dugda, M.T., A. Nyblade, J. Julia, Comparison of the Lithospheric Structure Beneath Kenya and Ethiopia From Joint Inversion of Receiver Functions and Rayleigh Wave Dispersion Velocities, EOS, Trans. AGU, 88, fall meeting supplement
• Reusch, A.M., A. Nyblade, D. Wiens, R. Tibi, P. Shore, G. G. Euler, Y. Park, J. M. Nnange, B. Ateba, C. Tabod, P- and S-wave Tomography of the Cameroon Volcanic Line Used to Discriminate Between Formation Models, EOS, Trans. AGU, 88, fall meeting supplement
• Nyblade, A., and A. D. Huerta, Structure of the Mantle Transition Zone Beneath Kenya, East Africa, EOS, Trans. AGU, 88, fall meeting supplement
• Dirks, P., AfricaArray: Establishment of a New Seismic Network in Africa. Capacity Buiding Symposium, GEO/UN, 10-13
• Durrheim, R., The Kaapvaal Project; What Have We Learned and Where Next,? 3rd Annual AfricaArray Workshop, Johannesburg, South Africa

2005

• Dirks, P., Nyblade, A., Webb, S., and Jones, M., AfricaArray: sustainable geophysics training in Africa. 18th World Petroleum Congress, Johannesburg, SA
• Dirks, P., Nyblade, A., Smith, M., Webb, S.J, Cooper, G..R.J and Jones, M.Q.W, AfricaArray: First results and current status, 9th SAGABbiennial Conference, September13-16, Cape Town

For more information please contact:
Dr. Andrew Nyblade, Department of Geosciences, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA 16802
Email: aan2@.psu.edu | Telephone: 814.863.8341

Dr. Paul Dirks, School of Geosciences, University of the Witwatersrand, Private Bag 3 Wits 2050, Johannesburg, South Africa
Email: paul.dirks@wits.ac.za | Telephone: +27 11 717-6547