ameltzer@lehigh.edu

610-758-3673

596 STEPS

http://www.ees.lehigh.edu/EESpeople/meltzer.html

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

Hoskins, M., Meltzer, A. Font, Y., Agurto-Detzel, H., Vaca, S., Rolandone, F., Nocquet, J.M., Soto-Cordero, L., Stachnik, J., Beck, S., Lynner, C., Ruiz, M., Alvarado, A., Hernandez, S., Charvis, P., Regnier, M., Leon-Rios, S., Rietbrock, A.

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

Sirait, A., Meltzer, A., Waldhauser, F., Stachnik, J., Daryono, D., Fatchurochman, I., Jatnika, J., Sembiring, A.

2020

Bull. Seismol. Soc. Am.

Structural control on megathrust rupture and slip behavior: Insights from the 2016 Mw 7.8 Pedernales Ecuador earthquake

Soto‐Cordero, L., Meltzer, A., Bergman, E., Hoskins, M., Stachnik, J. C., Agurto‐ Detzel, H., Alvarado, A., Beck, S., Charvis, P., Font, Y., Hayes, G., Hernandez, S., Leon-Rios, S., Lynner, C., Nocquet, J.M., Regnier, M., Rietbrock, A., Rolandone, F., Rui

2020

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Structure of the Ecuadorian Forearc from the Joint Inversion of Receiver Functions and Ambient Noise Surface Waves

Koch, C., Lynner, C., Delph, J., Beck, S., Meltzer, A., Soto-Cordero, L., Hoskins, M., Stachnik, J., Ruiz, M., Alvarado, A., Font, Y., Agurto-Detzel, H., Charvis, P., Regnier, M., Rietbrock, A.

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

Lynner, C., Koch, C., Beck, S., Meltzer, A., Soto-Cordero, L., Hoskins, M., Stachnik, J., Ruiz, M., Alvarado, A., Charvis, P., Font, Y., Regnier, M., Agurto-Detzel, H., Rietbrock, A., Porritt, R.

2020

Geophys. J. Int.

The Central Mongolia Seismic Experiment: Multiple Applications of Temporary Broadband Seismic Arrays, Seismological Research Letters

Meltzer, Anne, Josh Stachnik, Demberel Sodnomsambuu, Ulziibat Munkhuu, Baasanbat Tsagaan, Mungunsren Dashdondog, and Raymond Russo

2019

Seismological Research Letters, 90 (3): 1364-1376

The 2016 Mw 7.8 Pedernales Earthquake, Ecuador: RAPID Response Deployment

Meltzer, Anne, Susan Beck, Mario Ruiz, Mariah Hoskins, Lillian Soto-Cordero, Joshua C. Stachnik, Colton Lynner, Rob Porritt, Daniel Portner, Alexandra Alvarado, Stephen Hernandez, Hugo Yepes, , Philippe Charvis, Yvonne Font, Marc Regnier, Hans Agurto-Detz

2019

Seismological Research Letters, 90 (3): 1346-1354

Ridge Subduction and Afterslip Control Aftershock Distribution of the 2016 Mw 7.8 Ecuador Earthquake

Agurto-Detzel, H., Y. Font, P. Charvis, M. Régnier, A. Rietbrock, D. Ambrois, M. Paulatto, A. Alvarado, S. Beck, M.J. Hernandez, S. Hernandez, M. Hoskins, S. León-Ríos, C. Lynner, A. Meltzer, D. Mercerat, F. Michaud, J.M. Nocquet, F. Rolandone, M. Ruiz, L

2019

Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 520, 63–76.

Crustal Structure, Intraplate Seismicity, and Seismic Hazard in the Mid-Atlantic United States

Soto-Cordero, L., A. Meltzer, J. C. Stachnik

2017

Seismological Research Letters, 89 (1): 241-252

Comment on “Tectonic control of Yarlung Tsangpo Gorge revealed by a buried canyon in Southern Tibet.”

Zeitler, P.K., Koons, P.O., Hallet, B., and Meltzer, A.S.

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.

Berti, C., Pazzaglia, F.J., Meltzer, A.S.

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

Hayes, Gavin, Eric Bergman, Kendra Johnson, Harley Benz, Lucy Brown, Anne Meltzer

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

McNamara, D.E., H. M. Benz, R. B. Herrmann, E.A. Bergman, Paul Earle, A. Meltzer, M. Withers, and M. Chapman

2013

BSSA v104, 40-54, 2014

Mineral, Virginia earthquake illustrates seismicity of a passive-aggressive margin.

Wolin, E., Stein, S., Pazzaglia, F., Meltzer, A., Kafka, A., and Berti, C.

2012

Geophysical Research Letters, 39, L02305

Subduction of the Indian lithosphere beneath the Tibetan Plateau and Burma

Li, Chang, Robert D. van der Hilst, Anne S. Meltzer, E. Robert Engdahl

2008

Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 274, 157-168

Geodynamics of the southeastern Tibetan plateau from seismic anisotropy and geodesy

S. Sol, A. Meltzer, R. Bürgmann, R. D. Van der Hilst, R. King, Z. Chen, P. Koons, E. Lev, Y. P. Liu, B., P. K. Zeitler, X. Zhang, J. Zhang, B. Zurek

2007

Geology, 35, 563-566

Crustal Anisotropy: Implications for crustal velocity structure and shear-wave splitting

Meltzer, A.S., Christensen, N.I., Long, C.

2001

GRL, 28, 2129-2132