Publications
Overview
In this section we feature news articles about AfricaArray, the AfricaArray newsletters, reports, peer-reviewed journal articles, invited presentations, and contributed papers to technical meetings. Articles in the news featuring AfricaArray are listed below. Please use the links to the left to access the other publications.
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News Stories Featuring AfricaArray
2015
2011
- “‘How-to’ guide will boost seismic networks in Africa” (SciDev Net, April 15, 2011)
- “Geoscience Initiative Develops Sustainable Science in Africa” EOS, Vol. 19, 161-162.
2008
- “AfricaArry: Developing a geosciences workforce for Africa’s natural resource sector” (Article in the October 2008 issue of The Leading Edge)
- “Africa Array: Ray Durrheim describes a network of seismic stations and geoscientists across sub-Saharan Africa” (Article in Quest: Science for Africa magazine: Vol 4 Number 2)
- “Opportunities for Undergraduate Field Research in Africa” (Article in the Spring 2008 issue of North Carolina A&T’s Sixteen Bridges)
2007
- “UPLIFTING A CONTINENT – AfricaArray’s mission to revive African geophysics and advance understanding of the planet’s thermal forces” (Research Penn State feature story)
2006
- AfricaArray working to develop a scientific workforce, research in Africa” (Penn State Live News article – August 15, 2006)
- Dirks, P., (2006) AfricaArray: Building a Scientific Workforce for Africa’s Natural Resources Sector, Traders African Business Journal, 25, 54-55.
2005
- “Global Connections: National Science Foundation International Programmes and Activities” (Dr. Arden L. Bement, Jr. recognizes the AfricaArray programme at Global Conference of Environment, Science, Technology and Health Officers)
- “Developing a Scientific Workforce in Africa” (Article in October 2005 Issue of Geotimes)
- “IASPEI Resolutions” (Report of resolutions where IASPEI endorses support for AfricaArray)
- “AfricaArray: developing the continent’s natural resources” published in the September 2005 issue of the Petroleum Economist.
- “African network set to boost Earth sciences” article by Rex Dalton published in Nature Volume 433, February 2005)
2003
Newsletters and Reports
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December 2012
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June 2007
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Academic Papers
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Refereed Journal Publications
2016
- Akpan, O., A. Nyblade, C. Okereke, M. Oden, E. Emry, and J. Julia, Crustal structure of Nigeria and Southern Ghana, West Africa from P-wave receiver functions, Tectonophysics, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.tecto.2016.02.005.
- Mulibo, G. D., and A. A. Nyblade, The seismotectonics of Southeastern Tanzania: Implications for the propagation of the eastern branch of the East African Rift, Tectonophysics, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.tecto.2016.02.009.
- O’Donnell, J. P., K. Selway, A. A. Nyblade, R. A. Brazier, N. El Tahir, and R. J. Durrheim, Thick lithosphere, deep crustal earthquakes and no melt: a triple challenge to understanding extension in the western branch of the East African Rift, Geophys. J. Int. (2016) 204, 985–998, doi: 10.1093/gji/ggv492.
2015
- Adams, A. N., D. A. Wiens, A. A. Nyblade, G. G. Euler, P. J. Shore, and R. Tibi, Lithospheric instability and the source of the Cameroon Volcanic Line: Evidence from Rayleigh wave phase velocity tomography, J. Geophys. Res. Solid Earth, 120, 1708–1727, doi:10.1002/2014JB011580.
- Kachingwe, M., A. Nyblade and J. Jordi, Crustal structure of Precambrian terranes in the southern African subcontinent with implications for secular variation in crustal genesis, Geophysical Journal International 202, 533–547, doi: 10.1093/gji/ggv136.
- Raveloson, A., A. Nyblade, S.Fishwick, A. Mangongolo, and S. Master,The Upper Mantle Seismic Velocity Structure of South-Central Africa and the Seismic Architecture of Precambrian Lithosphere Beneath the Congo Basin, M.J. de Wit et al. (eds.), Geology and Resource Potential of the Congo Basin, Regional Geology Reviews, doi: 10.1007/978-3-642-29482-2 1, # Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg
2014
- Hosny, A., and A. Nyblade, Crustal structure in southeastern Egypt: Symmetric thinning of the
northern Red Sea rifted margins, Geology Reviews, doi:10.1130/G34726.1.
2013
- Bagley, B., and A. Nyblade, Seismic anisotropy in eastern Africa, mantle flow, and the African superplume, Geophysical Research Letters, Vol. 40, 1-6, doi: 10.1002/grl.50315.
- Boomer, B., R. Brazier, J. P. O’Donnell, A. Nyblade, J. Kokoska, and S. Liu, From Craton to Rift: Empirically Based Ground-Truth Criteria for Local Events Recorded on Regional Networks, Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America, Vol. 103, No. 4, pp. 2295–2304, doi: 10.1785/0120120276
- El Tahir, N., A. Nyblade, J.Julià, and R. Durrheim, Crustal structure of the Khartoum Basin, Sudan, Tectonophysics, doi:10.1016/j.tecto.2013.02.032.
- Hansen, S., and A. Nyblade, The deep seismic structure of the Ethiopia/Afar hotspot and the African superplume, Geophysical Journal International, doi:10.1093/gji/ggt116.
- Julià, J., and A. Nyblade, Probing the upper mantle transition zone under Africa with P520s conversions: Implications for temperature and composition, Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 368, 151-162.
- Malehmir, A., E. Koivisto, M. Manzi, S. Cheraghi, R. Durrheim, G. Bellefleur, C. Wijns, K. Hein, and N. King, A review of reflection seismic investigations in three major metallogenic regions: The Kevitsa Ni-Cu-PGE district (Finland), Witwatersrand goldfields (South Africa), and the Bathurst Mining Camp (Canada), Ore Geology Reviews, doi:10.1016/j.oregeorev.2013.01.003.
- Manzi, M., K. Hein, N. King, and R. Durrheim, Neoarchaean tectonic history of the Witwatersrand Basin and Ventersdorp Supergroup: New constraints from high-resolution 3D seismic reflection data, Tectonophysics 590, 94-105.
- Mulibo, G., and A. Nyblade, Mantle transition zone thinning beneath eastern Africa: Evidence for a whole-mantle superplume structure, Geophysical Research Letters, Vol. 40, 1-5, doi:10.1002.grl.50694.
- Mulibo, G., and A. Nyblade, The P and S wave velocity structure of the mantle beneath eastern Africa and the African superplume anomaly, Geochemistry Geophysics Geosystems, doi:10.1002/ggg3.20150.
- O’Donnell, J.P., A. Adams, A. Nyblade, G. Mulibo, and F. Tugume, The uppermost mantle shear wave velocity structure of eastern Africa from Rayleigh wave tomography: constraints on rift evolution, Geophysical Journal International, doi:10.1093/gji/ggt135.
- Tugume, F., A. Nyblade, J. Julia, and M. van der Meijde, Precambrian crustal structure in Africa and Arabia: Evidence lacking for secular variation, Tectonophysics, doi:10.1016/j.tecto.2013.04.027.
2012
- Adams, A., A. Nyblade, and Dayanthie Weeraratne, Upper mantle shear wave velocity structure beneath the East African plateau: evidence for a deep, plateauwide low velocity anomaly, Geophysical Journal International, doi: 10.1111/j.1365-246X.2012.05373.x.
- Brandt, M., Middle Mantle Seismic Structure of the African Superplume, Pure Appl. Geophys. 2012 Springer Basel AG , DOI 10.1007/s00024-012-0589-y.
- Durrheim, RJ, Mitigating the risk of rockbursts in the deep hard rock mines of South Africa: 100 years of research, In Extracting the Science: a century of mining research, J. Brune (editor), Society for Mining, Metallurgy, and Exploration, Inc, ISBN: 978-0-87335-322-9, pp. 156-171.
- Hansen, S., A. Nyblade, and Margaret Benoit, Mantle structure beneath Africa and Arabia from adaptively parameterized P-wave tomography: Implications for the origin of Cenozoic Afro-Arabian tectonism, Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 319-320 (2012) 23-24.
- Kgaswane, E. A. Nyblade, R. J. Durrheim, J. Julià, P. Dirks, and S. Webb, Shear wave velolcity structure of the Bushveld Complex, South Africa, Tectonophysics, 554-557, 83-104.
- Kim, S., A. Nyblade, J. Rhie, C. E. Baag, and T.S. Kang, Crustal S-wave velocity structure of the Main Ethiopian Rift from ambient noise tomography, Geophys. J. Int. (2012) 191, 865–878 doi: 10.1111/j.1365-246X.2012.05664.x.
- Malehmir. S., RJ Durrheim, G. Bellefleur, M. Urosevic, C. Juhlin, DJ White, B. Milkereit, and G. Campbell, Seismic methods in mineral exploration and mine planning: A general overview of past and present case histories and a look into the future, Geophysics, Vol. 77, No. 5 (September-October 2012); P. WC173–WC190, 17 FIGS. 10.1190/GEO2012-0028.1.
- Manzi, M., RJ Durrheim, Kim A.A. Hein, and N. King, 3D edge detection seismic attributes used to map potential conduits for water and methane in deep gold mines in the Witwatersrand basin, South Africa, Geophysics, Vol. 77, No 5, (September-October 2012); P. WC133-WC147, 10.1190/GEO2012-0135.1.
- Manzi, M, M.A. S. Gibson, K. A. A. Hein, N. King, and R. J. Durrheim, Application of 3D seismic techniques to evaluate ore resources in the West Wits Line goldfield and portions of the West Rand goldfield, South Africa, Geophysics, Vol. 77, NO. 5 (September- October 2012); P. WC163–WC171, 11 FIGS. 10.1190/GEO2012-0133.1.
- Riemer, KL, and RJ Durrheim, Mining seismicity in the Witwatersrand Basin: monitoring, mechanisms and mitigation strategies in perspective, Journal of Rock Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering, 4 (3):228-249, doi: 10.3724/SP.J.1235.2012.00228.
- Tugume, F, A. Nyblade, and J. Julià, Moho depths and Poisson’s ratios of Precambrian crust in East Africa: Evidence for similarities in Archean and Proterozoic crustal structure, Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 355-356, 73-81.
2011
- Adams, A., and A. Nyblade, Shear Wave Velocity Structure of the Southern African
Upper Mantle with Implications for the Uplift of Southern Africa, Geophysical Journal International, 186, 808-824, doi: 10.1111/j.1365-246X.2011.05072.x. - Brandt, M, S. Grand, A. Nyblade, S. Grand, and P. Dirks, Upper Mantle SeismicStructure beneath Southern Africa: Constraints on the Buoyancy Supporting the African Superswell, Pure and Applied Geophysics, DOI 10.1007/s00024-011-0361-8.
- Brandt, M., and I. Saunders, New Regional Moment Tensors in South Africa, Seismological Research Letters, doi: 10.1785/gssrl.82.1.69.
- Durrheim, RJ, RL Anderson, A Cichowicz, R Ebrahim-Trollope, G Hubert, A Kijko, A McGarr, WD Ortlepp and N van der Merwe, Risks posed by large seismic events in the gold mining districts of South Africa, In Natural Disasters: Policy Issues and Mitigation Strategies, Andi Eka Sakya (ed.), Daya Publishing House, Delhi, ISBN 978-81-7035-759-9, chapter 7, pp. 83-99.
- Mulugeta, G, R Durrheim, S Ayonghe, D Daby, OP Dube, F Gudyanga and F Lucio, ICSU ROA’s science plan to address natural and human-induced environmental hazards and disasters in sub-Saharan Africa, In Natural Disasters: Policy Issues and Mitigation Strategies, Andi Eka Sakya (ed.), Daya Publishing House, Delhi, ISBN 978-81-7035-759-9, chapter 1, pp. 1-26.
- Nyblade, A.A., The upper-mantle low-velocity anomaly beneath Ethiopia, Kenya,and Tanzania: Constraints on the origin of the African superswell in eastern Africa and plate versus plume models of mantle dynamics, in Beccaluva, L., Bianchini, G., and Wilson, M., eds., Volcanism and Evolution of the African Lithosphere: Geological Society of America Special Paper 478, p. 1–14, doi:10.1130/2011.2478(03).
- Nyblade, A., R. Durrheim, P. Dirks, G. Graham, R. Gibson and S. Webb, Geoscience initiative develops sustainable science in Africa, EOS Trans. AGU, 92, 161-162.
- Reusch, A.M., A. Nyblade, R. Tibi, D. Wiens, P. Shore, A., Bekoa, C. Tabod and J. Nnange, Mantle transition zone thickness beneath Cameroon: evidence for an upper mantle origin for the Cameroon Volcanic Line, Geophysical Journal International, doi: 10.1111/j.1365-246X.2011.05239.x.
- Singh, M., A, Kijko, and R. Durrheim, First-order regional seismotectonic model for South Africa, Springer Science+Business Media B.V. doi: 10.1007/s11069-011-9762-3.
- Tedla, G., M. van der Meijde, A. Nyblade and F. van der Meer, A crustal thickness map of Africa derived from a global gravity field model using Euler Deconvolution, Geophysical Journal International, 187, 1–9, doi: 10.1111/j.1365-246X.2011.05140.x.
2010
- Boomer, K.B., R.A. Brazier and A. Nyblade, Empirically Based Ground Truth Criteria for Seismic Events Recorded at Local Distances on Regional Networks with Application to Southern Africa, Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America, doi: 10.1785/0120090237.
- Dirks, P., J. Kibii, B. Kuhn, C. Steininger, S. Churchill, J. Kramers, R. Pickering, D. Farber, A. Meriaux, A. Herries, G. King, and L. Berger, Geological Setting and Age of Australopithecus sediba from Southern Africa, Science, Vol. 328, 205-208.
- Mavonga, T., Crustal structure beneath two seismic broadband stations revealed from teleseismic P-wave receiver function analysis in the Virunga volcanic area, Western Rift Valley of Africa, Journal of African Earth Sciences, 58, 820-828.
- Mavonga, T., S. Kavotha, N. Lukays, O. Etoy, W. Mifundu, R. Bizimungu, and J. Durieux, Some aspect of seismicity prior to the 27 November 2006 eruption of Nyamuragira volcano and its implication for volcano monitoring and risk mitigation in the Virunga area, Western Rift Valley of Africa, Journal of African Earth Sciences, 58, 829-832
- Mavonga, T. N. Zana and R. Durrheim, Studies of crustal structure, seismic precursors to volcanic eruptions and earthquake hazard in the eastern provinces of the Democratic Republic of Congo, Journal of African Earth Sciences, 58, 623-633.
- Reusch, A., A.A. Nyblade, D.A. Wiens and P.J. Shore, B. Ateba, C.T. Tabod, and J.M. Nnange, Upper mantle structure beneath Cameroon from body wave tomography and the origin of the Cameroon Volcanic Line, G-Cubed, doi.10.1029/2010GC003200.
- Tokam, A.K., C.T. Tabod, A.A. Nyblade, J. Julia, D.A. Wiens, and M.E. Pasyanos, Structure of the crust beneath Cameroon, West Africa, from the joint inversion of Rayleigh wave group velocities and receiver functions, Geophysical Journal International doi: 10.1111/j.1365-246X.2010.04776.x.
2009
- Amponsah, P.E., B.K. Banoeng-Yakubo, G.F. Panza and F. Vaccari (2009) Deterministic seismic ground motion modelling of the greater Accra metropolitan area, southeastern Ghana, South African Journal of Geology, Vol. 112, p.317-328.
- Dugda, M., A. Nyblade and J. Julia ,(2009) S-wave velocity structure of the crust and upper mantle beneath Kenya in comparison to Tanzania and Ethiopia: Implications for the formation of the East African and Ethiopian Plateaus, South African Journal of Geology, Vol. 112, p. 241-250.
- Dirks, P.,E. G. Charlesworth and M.R. Munyai (2009) Cratonic extension and Archean gold mineralization in the Sheba-Fariview mine ,Barberton greenstone belt, South African Journal of Geology, Vol. 112, p. 291-316.
- Durrheim, R.J. and A. Nyblade (2009) AfricaArray Special Volume – Introduction, South African Journal of Geology, Vol. 112, p. 209-212.
- Delvaux, D. and A. Barth (2009) African stress pattern form formal inversion of focal mechanism data, Tectonophysics, 482, p. 105-128.
- Gore, J., D.E. James, T. G. Zengeni and O. Gwavava (2009) Crustal structure of the Zimbabwe craton and the Limpopo belt of southern Africa, South African Journal of Geology, Vol. 112, p. 213-228.
- Gwavava, O. and R.T. Ranganai (2009) The geology and structure of the Masvingo greenstone belt and adjacent granite plutons from geophysical data, Zimbabwe craton, South African Journal of Geology, Vol. 112, p. 277-290.
- Hansen, S., A. A. Nyblade, and J. Julia, (2009) Estimates of Crustal and Lithospheric Thickness in Sub-Sahara Africa from S-wave Receiver Functions, South African Journal of Geology, Vol. 112, p. 229-240.
- Julià, J., A. Nyblade, R. Durrheim, L. Linzer, R. Gok, W. Walter, S. Spottiswoode, and P. Dirks, (2009) A Wadati Filter for Mine-induced Seismicity, South African Journal of Geology, Vol. 112, p. 371-380.
- Kim, S., C. Baag, and Nyblade,(2009) Crustal Velocity Structures of Rukwa Rift Zone in the Western Branch of East African Rift System, South African Journal of Geology, Vol. 112, p. 251-260.
- Mavonga, G.T. and R.J. Durrheim, (2009) Probabilistic seismic hazard assessment for the Democratic Republic of Congo and surrounding areas, Western Rift Valley of Africa, South African Journal of Geology, Vol. 112, p. 329-342.
- McGarr, A., M. Boettcher, J. Fletcher, R. Sell, M. Johnston, R. Durrheim, S. Spottiswoode, and A. Milev, Broadband Records of Earthquakes in Deep Gold Mines and a Comparison with Results from SAFOD, California, Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America, Vol. 99, No 5, pp. 2815-2824, doi: 10.1785/0120080336.
- Mulibo, G. D., and A. Nyblade, (2009) The 1994-1995 Manyara and Kwamtoro earthquake swarms: Variation in depth extent of seismicity in northern Tanzania,, South African Journal of Geology, Vol. 112, p. 387-404.
- Okal, E.A., H.M. Fritz and A. Sladen (2009) 2004 Sumatra-Andaman tsunami surveys in the Comoro Islands and Tanzania and regional tsunami hazard from future Sumatra events, South African Journal of Geology, Vol. 112, p.343-358.
- Okal, E.A. and C.J. Harnady (2009) The South Sandwich Islands earthquake of 27 June 1929; seismological study and inference on tsunami risk for the South Atlantic, South African Journal of Geology Vol. 112, p. 359-370.
- Shumba, B.T., D.J. Hlatywayo, and V. Midzi (2009) Focal mechanism solution of the 15th March 2008, Nyamandlovu earthquake, South African Journal of Geology, Vol. 112, p. 381-386.
- Tugume, F., and A. Nyblade, (2009) epth Distribution of Seismicity at the Northern End of Rwenzori Mountains: Implications for Heat Flow in the Western Rift, Uganda, South African Journal of Geology, Vol. 112, p. 261-276.
- Kgarume, TE, SM Spottiswoode and RJ Durrheim, (2009) Statistical properties of mine tremor aftershocks, Pure and Applied Geophysics, doi: 10.1007/s00024-009-0004-5.
- Jemberie, A., and A. Nyblade,(2009) Intrinsic and Scattering Q near 1 Hz across the East African Plateau, Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America, doi: 10.1785/0120090062.
- Kgaswane, E.M., A. Nyblade, J. Julia, P. Dirks, R. Durrheim, and M. Pasyanos, (2009) Shear Wave Velocity Structure of Southern African Crust: Evidence for Compositional Heterogeneity within Archaean Proterozoic Terrains, Journal of Geophysical Research, doi:10.1029/2008JB006217.
- Julià, J., A. Nyblade, S, R. Durrheim, L. Linzer, R. Gok, P. Dirks, and W. Walter, (2009) Source mechanisms of mine-related seismicity, Savuka Mine, South Africa,. Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America doi: 10.1785/0120080334.
- Hansen, S., A. Nyblade, J. Julia, P. Dirks and R. Durrheim, (2009) Upper-mantle low-velocity zone structure beneath the Kaapvaal craton from S-wave receiver functions, Geophysical Journal International, doi:10.1111/j.1365-246X.2009.04178.x.
- Huerta, A., A. Nyblade, and A. Reusch, (2009) Mantle Transition Zone StructSure Beneath Kenya and Tanzania: MoreEvidence for a Deep-Seated Thermal Upwelling in the Mantle, Geophysical Journal International, doi:10.1111/j.1365-246X.2009.04092.x.
- Singh, M., A, Kijko, and R. Durrheim, (2009) Seismotectonic Models for South Africa: Synthesis of Geoscientific Information, Problems, and the Way Forward, Seismological Research Letters, 80,71- 80.
2008
- Bastow, I.D., A. Nyblade, G.W. Stuart, T.O. Rooney, and M.H. Benoit, (2008) Upper Mantle Seismic Structure Beneath the Ethiopian Hotspot: Rifting at the Edge of the African Superplume Rifting at the Edge of the African Low Velocity Anomaly, Geochemsitry, Geophysics, and Geosystems (G-cubed), doi:10.1029/2008GC002107.
2007
- Pasyanos, M. E., and A. A. Nyblade, (2007) A Top to Bottom Lithospheric Study of Africa and Arabia, Tectonophysics, 444, 27–44 .
Papers in Conference Proceedings
2010
- Brazier, R., K. Boomer, and A. Nyblade, 2010, Establishing and validating empirically-based ground truth criteria for seismic events located using regional networks Proceedings of the 32nd Research Review on Nuclear Explosion Monitoring, Orlando, FL. Paper 3-02, p. 259-267.
- Durrheim, R., H. Ogasawara, M. Nakatani, Y. Yabe, A. Milev, A. Cichowicz, H. Kawakata, H. Moriya and the SATREPS research group, Observational studies to mitigate seismic risks in mines: a new Japanese-South African collaborative research project, Proceedings of the 5th International Seminar on Deep and High Stress Mining, 6-8 October 2010, Santiago, Chile, Edited by M. Van Sint Jan and Y. Potvin, Australian Centre for Geomechnics, pp. 215-226, ISBN: 978-0-9806154-5-6.
- Durrheim, R, Mitigating the risk of rockbursts in the deep hard rock mines of South Africa: 100 years of research, Extracting the Science: a century of mining research, J. Brune (editor), Society for Mining, Metallurgy, and Exploration, Inc., pp. 156-171, ISBN: 978-0-87335-322-9.
- Julià, J., A. Nyblade, R. Gok, W. Walter, L. Linzer, R. Durrheim, 2010, Developing and Exploiting a Unique Dataset From South African Gold Mines for Source Characterization and Wave Propagation, Proceedings of the 32nd Research Review on Nuclear Explosion Monitoring, Orlando, FL. Paper 4-05, p. 398-407.
- Kgarume, T., S. Spottiswoode, and R. Durrheim, Deterministic properties of mine tremor aftershocks, Proceedings of the 5th International Seminar on Deep and High Stress Mining, 6-8 October 2010, Santiago, Chile, Edited by M. Van Sint Jan and Y.Potvin, Australian Centre for Geomechnics, pp.215-226, ISBN:978-0-9806154-5-6.
2009
- Durrheim, R., P. Dirks, A. Nyblade, G. Graham, S. Webb, and M. Jones, AfricaArray: Aims, achievements and future activities, 11th South African Geophysical Association Biennial Technical Meeting and Exhibition, Extended Abstract.
- Julià, J., A. Nyblade, R. Gok, W. Walter, L. Linzer, R. Durrheim , Developing and Exploiting a Unique Dataset From South African Gold Mines for Source Characterization and Wave Propagation, Proceedings of the 31th Research Review on Nuclear Explosion Monitoring, Tucson, AZ. paper 25.
- Kassa, B., J. Julia, A. Nyblade, and R. Durrheim, Source mechanisms of mining-related seismic events in the Far West Rand, South Africa, 11th South African Geophysical Association Biennial Technical Meeting and Exhibition, Extended Abstract.
2008
- Durrheim, RJ , Keynote plenary address: Rock Engineering for deep and high stress mining: risks, research, implementation and regulation, In New Challenges and Visions for Mining: Proceedings of the 21st World Mining Congress & Expo, 7-11 September 2007, Krakow, Poland, EJ Sobczyk and J Kicki (eds), CRC Press/Balkema, Leiden, pp. 51-64. ISBN: 978-0-415-48667-5.
- Julià, J., Nyblade, A. A., R. Gok, W. Walter, L. Linzer and R. Durrheim, Developing and exploiting a unique seismic data set from South African gold mines for source characterization and wave propagation, Proceedings of the 30th Seismic Research Review on Nuclear Explosion Monitoring, Virginia Beach, VA, paper 1-10, 87-97.
2007
- Nyblade, A. 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, Proceedings of the 29th Seismic Research Review on Nuclear Explosion Monitoring, Denver, CO, paper 1-19.
2006
- Nyblade, A. A., W. Walter, and R. Gok, Developing and Exploiting a Unique Seismic Data Set from South African Gold Mines for Source Characterization and Wave Propagation, Proceedings of the 28th Seismic Research Review on Nuclear Explosion Monitoring, Orlando, FL, paper 1-19.
Submitted Papers
- Brandt, M., S. Grand, A. Nyblade, and P. Dirks, Upper Mantle Seismic Structure beneath Southern Africa – Constraints on the Buoyancy Supporting the African Superswell, J. Geophys. Res., in review.
Other Journal Publications
- Nyblade, A., P. Dirks, R. Durrheim, S. Webb, M. Jones, G. Cooper, G. Graham, (2008) AfricaArray: Developing a Geosciences Workforce for Africa’s Natural Resource Sector, The Leading Edge, vol. 27, pages 1358-1361.
- Durrheim, R., (2008) AfricaArray, Quest, Vol. 4, pages 14-15.
- Dirks, P., (2006) AfricaArray: Building a Scientific Workforce for Africa’s Natural Resources Sector, Traders African Business Journal, 25, 54-55.
- Dirks, P., (2005) AfricaArray: Developing the Continent’s Natural Resources, Petroleum Economist, September issue.
Invited Presentations
2012
- Upper mantle velocity structure beneath eastern and southern Africa: Implications for the origin of Cenozoic rifting, volcanism and plateau uplift, Dept. of Geology, University of Maryland, January, A. Nyblade.
- AfricaArray: An established, sustainable environmental monitoring network for Africa and its implications for food security, climate change, water resources, and hazard mitigation, U.S. State Department, Washington D.C., January, A. Nyblade.
2011
- Upper mantle velocity structure beneath eastern Africa: Implications for the origin of Cenozoic rifting, volcanism and plateau uplift, Dept. of Earth Sciences, Boston University, September, A. Nyblade.
- Building sustainable networks in Africa: Experiences from AfricaArray, Seis. Soc. Amer. Annual Meeting, Memphis, TN, April, A. Nyblade.
- Crustal structure along the passive margin in East Africa, ExxonMobil Upstream Research Company, Houston, TX, March, A. Nyblade.
- From deep earth structure to global change research: Advancing STEM partnerships through AfricaArray, PIRE PI meeting, NSF, Washington, D.C., February, A. Nyblade.
2010
- New images of the African mantle from AfricaArray, 6th Annual AfricaArray workshop, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa, November, A. Nyblade.
- AfricaArray: Building a multidisciplinary network to support research and science in Africa, UNAVCO, Boulder, CO, October, A. Nyblade.
- AfricaArray: Building a multidisciplinary network to support research and science in Africa, National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR), Boulder, CO, October, A. Nyblade.
- New Seismic Images of the African Mantle from AfricaArray, SAMPLE Workshop, Kiel, Germany, June, A. Nyblade.
2009
- Upper Mantle Seismic Velocity Structure Beneath Eastern Africa and the Origin of Cenozoic Extensional Tectonism, Fall AGU meeting, San Francisco, December, A. Nyblade.
- New Insights into the crust and mantle structure beneath Africa, ExxonMobil Upstream Research Company, Houston, November, A. Nyblade.
- AfricaArray: Building an environmental change network for Africa, USAID Climate Change Group, Washington D.C., October, A. Nyblade.
- AfricaArray: Imaging the African superplume, building science capacity in Africa, and broadening participation in the geosciences, Geosciences Directorate, NSF, October, A. Nyblade.
- Upper mantle velocity structure of eastern and southern Africa; Implications for the origin of Cenozoic rifting, volcanism and plateau uplift” workshop on evaluating and monitoring seismic hazards in Africa, Trieste, Italy, August, A. Nyblade..
- “Upper mantle velocity structure of the Arabian Shield from body and surface wave tomography”, Margins RCL Workshop, Charleston, SC, May, A. Nyblade.
- “AfricaArray: A public-private partnership for building geosciences capacity” Conference on Geospatial science for Development in Africa, Harvard Kennedy School of Government, May, A. Nyblade.
- “ AfricaArray research on mantle structure beneath the East Africa Rift System:What is the depth extent of the upper mantle low velocity anomaly?,” IASPEI meeting, Cape Town, South Africa, February, A. Nyblade, A. Huerta, A. Reusch. F. Tugume, G. Mulibo, A. Adams, R. Ferdinand
- “AfricaArray: A Public-Private Partnership for Building Geoscience Capacity”, presented in a special session on “New Partnerships for Science in the Cradle of Humanity”, American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) Annual Meeting, Chicago, February, A. Nyblade
2008
- “AfricaArray: Building Geoscience Capacity for Africa’s Natural Resource Sector”, Africa Bureau, U.S. State Department, Washington, D.C, November; A. Nyblade
- “AfricaArray: Research and Career Opportunities in the Geophysical Sciences for Physics Students”, Southeastern Section of American Physics Society, Raleigh, NC, October, A. Nyblade
- About HR issues, Geoscientists and Sub-Sahara Africa . IGC, Oslo, Norway, August; P. Dirks
- Lessons from AfricaArray: Envisioning AfricaArray, Incorporated Research Institutions for Seismology (IRIS) Workshop: Out of Africa – Adapting the AfricaArray Model – Building Capacity Around the World, Boston, February; A. Nyblade
- Lessons from AfricaArray: Building an Academic Programme on a Geophysical Observing Network. Incorporated Research Institutions for Seismology (IRIS) Workshop: Out of Africa – Adapting the AfricaArray Model – Building Capacity Around the World, Boston, February; P. Dirks
- Lessons from AfricaArray: Gaining Societal and Governmental “buy-in” to Sustain a Programme, Incorporated Research Institutions for Seismology (IRIS) Workshop: Out of Africa – Adapting the AfricaArray Model – Building Capacity Around the World, Boston, February; G. Graham
- Building Capacity for Africa’s Natural Resources Sector . American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) Annual Meeting, Boston, February; P. Dirks
- Projects for Africa by Africa , 2nd Annual Meeting of African Geological Surveys, Cape Town Mining Indaba , Cape Town, February; P. Dirks
- Mantle structure beneath Africa: Does the African superplume reach Earth’s surface?”, Dept. of Geosciences, Northwestern University, February, A. Nyblade
- AfricaArray: Building science capacity in Africa and enhancing diversity in the sciences in the U.S.”, Dept. of Geosciences, Northwestern University, January, A. Nyblade
2007
- Establishing Geophysical Observatories in Africa: the AfricaArray Initiative. Space for Development: the Case of GMES and Africa, December, AU-EU summit, Lisbon, Portugal; P. Dirks
- AfricaArray: Building Science Capacity and Improving Geophysical Networks in Africa , U.S. State Department, Washington, DC, November; A. Nyblade
- PIRE Phase 1 Projects: Successes and Challenges, Partnerships in International Research and Education, National Science Foundation, Washington, DC, PIRE Workshop, October; A. Nyblade
- AfricaArray: Establishment of a New Seismic Network in Africa . Capacity Building Symposium, GEO/UN, 10-13 September, Seville, Spain; P. Dirks
- Imaging the African Superplume, Keynote lecture, 3rd Annual AfricaArray workshop, Johannesburg, South Africa, July; A. Nyblade
- The Role of Industry-University Research Collaboration in Promoting Exploration into Africa, .Mining in Africa 2007 Conference, Johannesburg, May; P. Dirks
- Exploration relevant research activities at Wits University 7th Bi-annual, Exploration Managers Conference, AMIRA International, March, Barossa Valley, Australia; P. Dirks
- AfricaArray: establishment of a Seismic Network in Africa . ELTOSA (Environmental Long Term Observatories for Southern Africa) planning meeting, Palabora, SA; P. Dirks
2006
- AfricaArray: Imaging the African Superplume, Department of Geosciences, University of Texas, Austin, November; A. Nyblade
- Imaging the Angola Craton; the role of AfricaArray in capacity building in geophysics in Angola, 6 th Annual Meeting of the International Society of Petrophysics and Well-logging, October, Luanda; P. Dirks
- AfricaArray: Imaging the African Superplume and Building Diversity in the Geosciences , Physics Department, North Carolina A&T University, September; A. Nyblade
- AfricaArray: Imaging the African Superplume, Department of Geosciences, Penn State University, September; A. Nyblade
- AfricaArray: Providing Seismic Data and Capacity Building for the Indian Ocean Tsunamic Warning system in Africa , Consultation Session on Developing the Indian Ocean Tsunami Warning System, Council for Geoscience, Pretoria, South Africa, July; A. Nyblade
- AfricaArray: Imaging the African Superplume , Keynote lecture, 18th Annual Iris Workshop, Tucson, Az, June; A. Nyblade
- Training Geoscientists for Industry: Universities catering for Industry requirements . Geoforum 2006, Geol Soc South Africa: Nickel Exploration and Exploitation in Africa, June, Johannesburg, P. Dirks
- Upper Mantle Structure Beneath Eastern Africa and the Origin of the Cenozoic Hotspot Tectonism , Department of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, Cornell University, May; A. Nyblade
- Upper Mantle Structure Beneath Eastern Africa and the Origin of the Cenozoic Hotspot Tectonism, Department of Geological Sciences, Rutgers University, April; A. Nyblade
- Africa Array: Building Geoscience Capacity in Africa. European Geoscience Union, General Assembly, Vienna, April; P. Dirks and A. Nyblade
2005
- AfricaArray: Imaging the African Superplume and Enhancing Diversity in the Geosciences , National Science Foundation, Geosciences Directorate, January; A. Nyblade
- Student Training Activities. US-Africa Workshop: Enhancing Collaborative Research on the Environment in Sub-saharan Africa , NSF, Washington, January; P. Dirks
- The Future of Geophysics in SA; The AfricaArray Initiative . SAGA Meeting, Johannesburg, May; P. Dirks
- AfricaArray: Using Seismology to Build Science Capacity in Africa — an Example for GEOSS , International Workshop on the Utilization of Seismographic Networks within the Global Earth Observation System of Systems, United States Geological Survey, Washington D.C., August; A. Nyblade
2004
- Building Geophysics Capacity in Africa . East African Regional Consultation, Nairobi, Kenya, September; P. Dirks
- Empowerment in Geosciences in Higher Education . Student Geocongress, Johannesburg, July; P. Dirks
- AfricaArray: Building Geophysics Capacity in Southern Africa , Presentation to Oil Industry.Houston, Texas, May; P. Dirks
- Building AESEDA; Hopes and Expectations, the Wits Perspective , Penn State University, May; P. Dirks
- Black Empowerment, Another Mining Industry Role (the need to develop black academics) Indaba Investing in African Mining Conference, Cape Town February; P. Dirks
Contributed Technical Papers
Technical Papers Presented at Professional Meetings (last updated May 2012)
2011
- Ayele, A. Rift basin earth fissure developments and hazard implications, 7th Annual AfricaArray Workshop, Johannesburg, South Africa.
- Bagley, B.C, A. Nyblade, G. Mulibo, F. Tugume, Seismic anisotropy across the east African plateau from shear wave splitting analysis, AGU, Fall Meetings, December.
- Brandt, M., Seismic investigations of the African superplume and its effects, 7th Annual AfricaArray Workshop, Johannesburg, South Africa.
- Cole, J., Potential field modeling of the Bushveld Complex, 7th Annual AfricaArray Workshop, Johannesburg, South Africa.
- Delvaux, D., Active Tectonics in the Rukwa rift, western Tanzania, a review, 7th Annual AfricaArray Workshop, Johannesburg, South Africa.
- Durrheim, R. and H. Ogasawara, Observational studies to mitigate rockbursts in South African gold mines, 7th Annual AfricaArray Workshop, Johannesburg, South Africa.
- Hosny, A., Upper Mantle-crustal structure of Egypt by applying receiver function and joint inversion techniques, 7th Annual AfricaArray Workshop, Johannesburg, South Africa.
- Julia, J., A. Nyblade, M.E. Pasyanos, Joint Inversion of P- and S-Wave Receiver Functions and Surface-Wave Dispersion in Africa, AGU, Fall Meetings, December.
- Julia, J., Nature of the 520km discontinuity under Africa: A receiver function approach, 7th Annual AfricaArray Workshop, Johannesburg, South Africa.
- Kadima Kabongo, K., Salt tectonics features in the Congo basin: 2-D seismic and potential field constraints, 7th Annual AfricaArray Workshop, Johannesburg, South Africa.
- Kgaswane, E., The challenge of imaging the Bushveld Complex using teleseismic data, 7th Annual AfricaArray Workshop, Johannesburg, South Africa.
- Kim, S., A. Nyblade, J. Rhie, C. Baag, T. Kang, Crustal structure of the Main Ethiopian rift inferred from ambient noise tomography, AGU, Fall Meetings, December.
- Ledwaba, L.,Rockburst damage mechanisms at Impala platinum mine, 7th Annual AfricaArray Workshop, Johannesburg, South Africa.
- Mangongolo, A., Surface wave tomography and shear wave velocity structure of the SW margin of the Congo craton, 7th Annual AfricaArray Workshop, Johannesburg, South Africa.
- Manzi, M., 3D reflection seismic imaging of the down-dip extension of Witwatersrand basin ore bodies, 7th Annual AfricaArray Workshop, Johannesburg, South Africa.
- Mulibo, G., A. Nyblade, Fred Tugume, Mantle Structure Beneath East Africa and Zambia from Body Wave Tomography, AGU, Fall Meetings, December.
- Nunley, M., D. Weeraratne, A. Nyblade, Seismic Anisotropy beneath the African Plate using Shear Wave Splitting Measurements from AfricaArray Stations, AGU, Fall Meetings, December.
- O’Donnell, J.P., A. Nyblade, A. Adams, G. Mulibo, F. Tugume, East African upper mantle shear wave velocity structure derived from Rayleigh wave tomography, AGU, Fall Meetings, December.
- Share, P., Magnetotelluric investigations of the southern African lithosphere, with special reference to the modelling of DC current flow between the Otjiwarongo and Katima Mulilo regions, Namibia, 7th Annual AfricaArray Workshop, Johannesburg, South Africa.
- van der Meijde, M., G. Tedla, A. Nyblade, Crustal Modeling in Africa; Towards high Resolution Models using GOCE Satellite Gravity Data, AGU, Fall Meetings, December.
- Young, A.J., F.Tugume, A. Nyblade, J. Julia, G. Mulibo, The Precambrian crustal structure of East Africa, AGU, Fall Meetings, December.
2010
- Adams, A.N., A. Nyblade and D.S. Weeraratne, Upper mantle structure in East Africa from Rayleigh Wave Tomography using AfricaArray data, AGU, Fall Meetings, December.
- Euler, G. G., D.A. Wiens, and A. Nyblade, Origin of microseisms in equatorial and southern Africa from analysis of broadband arrays, AGU, Fall Meetings, December.
- Gaherty, J.B., D.J. Shillington, A.E. Shuler, W. Kapanje, P. Chindandali, S.L. Nooner, C.J. Ebinger, A. Nyblade, L. Kalindekafe, M.E. Pritchard and C.A. Scholz, 2010, Faulting processes during early-stage rifting: seismicity analysis of the 2009-2010 Northern Malawi earthquake sequence, AGU, Fall Meetings, December.
- Hansen, S. E., A. Nyblade, M.H. Benoit, S. A. Burdick and R.D. van der Hilst, Connecting the African Superplume to the Anomalous Upper Mantle beneath East Africa and Western Arabia: Results from Adaptively Parameterized P-wave Tomography, AGU, Fall Meetings, December.
- Julia, J., E. Matzel. A. Nyblade, and A.J. Rodgers, Lithospheric Velocity Models of Eurasia and the Middle East From the Joint Inversion of P- and S-Wave Receiver Functions and Dispersion Velocicities, AGU, Fall Meetings, December.
- Kgaswane, E.M., A. Nyblade, P. Dirks and R.J. Durrheim, Shear wave velocity structure of the Bushveld Complex, South Africa, AGU, Fall Meetings, December.
- Kim, S., A. Nyblade, T. Kang, J. Rhie and C. Baag,, Rayleigh wave tomography in the Main Ethiopian Rift using ambient noise, AGU, Fall Meetings, December.
- Mulamba, I.K., R.J. Durrheim, A. Nyblade and Julia, Crustal Structure and Composition of the Congo Craton by P-wave Receiver Function Analysis, AGU, Fall Meetings, December.
- Mulibo, G., A. Nyblade and R. Fredinand, Upper Mantle Structure of Eastern Africa from Body Wave Tomography, AGU, Fall Meetings, December.
- Rouse, S.D, R.A. Brazier and A. Nyblade, Tomography of Ethiopia: Implications for the Structure of the Southern Main Ethiopian Riftanomaly, AGU, Fall Meetings, December.
- Telda, G., M. van der Meijde and A. Nyblade, Crustal modeling in Africa; towards high resolution models using GOCE satellite gravity data, AGU, Fall Meetings, December.
- Tugume, F., A. Nyblade, J. Julia and G. Mulibo, The crustal structure of East Africa, AGU, Fall Meetings, December.
2009
- Adams, A. and A. Nyblade, Rayleigh Wave Phase Velocity and Shear Wave Velocities in the Western Branch of the East African Rift System, AGU, Fall Meetings, December.
- Koch, F., D. A. Wiens, A. Nyblade, A. M. Reusch, G. G. Euler, and P. Shore, Seismic Anisotropy Beneath the Cameroon Volcanic Line from SKS and SKKS Splitting Analysis, AGU, Fall Meetings, December.
- Kgaswane, E., A,B, Adams, and A. Nyblade, Shear wave velocity structure of the upper mantle beneath southern Africa from Rayleigh wave tomography, AGU, Fall Meetings, December.
- Mulibo, G.D., A. Nyblade, R. W. Ferdinand, A. M. Reusch, A. N. Adams, and F. A. Tugume, Upper Mantle Structure of the Eastern Africa from Body Wave Tomography, AGU, Fall Meetings, December.
- Nyblade, A., S. E. Hansen, M. H. Benoit, S. A. Burdick, and R. D. van der Hilst, Adaptive Gridding Tomography: refining P-wave velocity models for mantle structure beneath Africa, AGU, Fall Meetings, December.
- Reusch, A., A. Nyblade, D. A. Wiens, R. Tibi, P. Shore, and G. G. Euler, Constraining formation models for the Cameroon Volcanic Line using broadband seismic data, AGU, Fall Meetings, December.
- Rouse, S., A. Nyblade, and R. A. Brazier, Crustal and Uppermost Mantle Velocities Beneath Ethiopia from Pn and Surface Wave Tomography,. AGU, Fall Meetings, December.
- Telda, G. and M. van der Meijde, Crustal structure in Africa from satelite gravity modeling ,AGU, Fall Meetings, December.
- Tokam, A., C. Tabod, A. Nyblade, A. M. Reusch, J. Julia, G. G. Euler, D. A. Wiens, R. Tibi, P. Shore, and B. Ateba, Structure of the crust beneath Cameroon (West Africa) from the joint inversion of Rayleigh Wave group velocities and receiver functions, AGU, Fall Meetings, December.
- Tugume, F.A, J. Julia, A. Nyblade, and A. N. Adams, The crustal structure of Uganda inferred from joint inversion of receiver functions and Rayleigh wave group velocities, AGU, Fall Meetings, December.
- 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
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