Research Summary
My research covers five related areas involving the use of seismic data to investigate Earth structure and processes over a range of scales, from the deep mantle to the surface. Tightly integrated with my research is an education effort to improve diversity in the geosciences.
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Recent Publications
Moment tensors for small earthquakes and the stress regime in the mid-Atlantic United States
Homman, K. & Nyblade, A., Jan 24 2025, In: Tectonophysics. 895, 230582.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Coherent Seismic Anisotropy Pattern Across Southern Africa Revealed by Shear Wave Splitting Measurements
Andriampenomanana, F., Nyblade, A., Durrheim, R., van der Meijde, M., Paulssen, H., Kwadiba, M., Ntibinyane, O., Titus, N. & Sitali, M., May 2024, In: Earth and Space Science. 11, 5, e2023EA003469.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Crustal structure of the Bushveld complex, South Africa from 1D shear wave velocity models: Evidence for complex-wide crustal modification
Contreras, K., Nyblade, A., Durrheim, R., Webb, S., Manzi, M. & Fadel, I., Nov 7 2024, In: Tectonophysics. 890, 230496.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
The influence of realistic 3D mantle viscosity on Antarctica’s contribution to future global sea levels
Gomez, N., Yousefi, M., Pollard, D., DeConto, R. M., Sadai, S., Lloyd, A., Nyblade, A., Wiens, D. A., Aster, R. C. & Wilson, T., Aug 2 2024, In: Science Advances. 10, 31, eadn1470.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Imaging freshwater and saline aquifers beneath Bradford County, Pennsylvania, USA, using Audio-Magnetotelluric (AMT) data
Rathnayaka, S., Gustafson, C. D., Yoxtheimer, D. & Nyblade, A., Jan 2024, In: Journal of Applied Geophysics. 220, 105255.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Testing the P/S Amplitude Seismic Source Discriminant at Local Distances Using Seismic Events Within and Surrounding the Kloof Gold Mine, South Africa, and the Kiruna Iron Ore Mine, Northern Sweden
Rathnayaka, S., Nyblade, A. A., Lund, B., Ammon, C., Durrheim, R. & Masethe, R., Aug 2024, In: Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America. 114, 4, p. 2237-2250 14 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Mantle Structure Beneath the Damara Belt in South-Central Africa Imaged Using Adaptively Parameterized P-Wave Tomography
Saeidi, H., Hansen, S. E., Nyblade, A. A. & Haag, R., Mar 2024, In: Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth. 129, 3, e2023JB027965.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Ross Ice Shelf Displacement and Elastic Plate Waves Induced by Whillans Ice Stream Slip Events
Wiens, D. A., Aster, R. C., Nyblade, A. A., Bromirski, P. D., Gerstoft, P. & Stephen, R. A., Apr 16 2024, In: Geophysical Research Letters. 51, 7, e2023GL108040.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Crustal and Uppermost Mantle Azimuthal Seismic Anisotropy of Antarctica From Ambient Noise Tomography
Zhou, Z., Wiens, D. A., Nyblade, A. A., Aster, R. C., Wilson, T. & Shen, W., Jan 2024, In: Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth. 129, 1, e2023JB027556.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Author Correction: Thermochemical structure and evolution of cratonic lithosphere in central and southern Africa (Nature Geoscience, (2022), 15, 5, (405-410), 10.1038/s41561-022-00929-y)
Afonso, J. C., Ben-Mansour, W., O’Reilly, S. Y., Griffin, W. L., Salajegheh, F., Foley, S., Begg, G., Selway, K., Macdonald, A., Januszczak, N., Fomin, I., Nyblade, A. A. & Yang, Y., Mar 2023, In: Nature Geoscience. 16, 3, p. 276 1 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Comment/debate › peer-review
Near-surface seismic anisotropy in Antarctic glacial snow and ice revealed by high-frequency ambient noise
Chaput, J., Aster, R., Karplus, M., Nakata, N., Gerstoft, P., Bromirski, P. D., Nyblade, A., Stephen, R. A. & Wiens, D. A., Aug 19 2023, In: Journal of Glaciology. 69, 276, p. 773-789 17 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Crustal structure beneath and surrounding the Appalachian Basin region of Eastern North America imaged by joint inversion of P wave receiver functions and surface wave dispersion measurements
Homman, K. & Nyblade, A., Nov 1 2023, In: Geophysical Journal International. 235, 2, p. 1150-1162 13 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Tidally Modulated Glacial Seismicity at the Foundation Ice Stream, West Antarctica
Lucas, E. M., Nyblade, A. A., Aster, R. C., Wiens, D. A., Wilson, T. J., Winberry, J. P. & Huerta, A. D., Jul 2023, In: Journal of Geophysical Research: Earth Surface. 128, 7, e2023JF007172.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
A Geodynamic Investigation of Plume-Lithosphere Interactions Beneath the East African Rift
Rajaonarison, T. A., Stamps, D. S., Naliboff, J., Nyblade, A. & Njinju, E. A., Apr 2023, In: Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth. 128, 4, e2022JB025800.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Deep Mantle Influence on the Cameroon Volcanic Line
Saeidi, H., Hansen, S. E. & Nyblade, A. A., Jan 2023, In: Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems. 24, 1, e2022GC010621.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review