Current Preprints / Submitted Manuscripts
Current Preprints / Submitted Manuscripts
Plank, S., Rümpker, G., Limberger, L., Ciancia, E., Marchese, F., Genzano, N., Taubenböck, H., Martinis, S., Walter, Th. R., Brandl, Ph. A., Swar, S., Tolulope, O., Mittal, T., 2026. Multi-Disciplinary Constraints on the Onset and Early Evolution of the May 2026 Titan Ridge Submarine Eruption, submitted to Bulletin of Volcanology, 24 June 2026.
Limberger, F., Alemayehu, S., Rümpker, G., Ayele, A., 2026. Seismic Signature of the 23 November 2025 Hayli Gubbi Eruption Sequence in Afar, Ethiopia. Authorea. January 12, 2026. DOI: 10.22541/au.176790894.47081293/v2
Kaviani, A., Ali, M., Rümpker, G., Alsuwaidi, A., 2026. Continent-Scale Receiver-Function Imaging of Mantle Transition Zone Topography beneath Antarctica, submitted to Journal of Geophysical Reasearch, Solid Earth, under revison 11 June 2026.
2026
Koehler, J., Li, W., Faber, J., Rümpker, G., Srivastava, N., 2026. Detecting Spatiotemporal b-Value Anomalies with a Progressive Deep Learning Architecture, Results in Earth Sciences, accepted 09 June 2026, preprint available at: https://doi.org/10.48550/arXiv.2602.12408
Rümpker, G., Limberger, F., Komeazi, A., 2026. Passive seismological approaches for localizing near-surface fiber-optic cables with DAS, Scientific Reports, 16, 16843. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-026-52485-9
Komeazi, A., Kaviani, A., Yaminifard, F., Tatar, M., Rümpker, G., 2026. Exploring the use of adjoint noise tomography to refine a shear-wave velocity model beneath the Iranian Plateau, Seismica, 5(1). https://doi.org/10.26443/seismica.v5i1.2512
Limberger, F., Rümpker, G., Wesemann, R., Komeazi, A., Spengler, T., Becker, M., 2026. Monitoring zoo elephant rumble activity using combined seismic and acoustic data, Ecology and Evolution, 16 (3): e73220. https://doi.org/10.1002/ece3.73220
Komeazi, A., Limberger, F., Rümpker, G., 2026. Exploring Wavefield-Based Location Imaging in Heterogeneous Media: a Borehole DAS Example, The Leading Edge, https://doi.org/10.1190/tle-2025-1020
2025
Vaishali, R., Katlamudi, M., Kaviani, A., Rümpker, G., 2025. Mantle Transition Zone dynamics beneath the Northwestern Deccan Volcanic Province, India: Implications for Plume mediated Upper Mantle Processes, Tectonophysics, 918. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tecto.2025.231000
Dahm, T., Isken, M., Milkereit, C., Sens-Schönfelder, C., Eckel, F., Yuan, X., Reiss, M., Oth, A., Rümpker, G., De Siena, L., Büyükakpinar, P., Laumann, P., Zhang, H., Knapmeyer-Endrun, B., Mikulla, S., Bauz, R., Busch, S., Hensch, M., Schmidt, B., Petersen, G., Cesca, S., 2025. A seismological large-N multisensor experiment to study the magma transfer of intracontinental volcanic fields: The example of the Eifel, Germany, Seismica, 4(2). https://doi.org/10.26443/seismica.v4i2.1492
Kolínský, P., Meier, T., Agius, M. R., ..., Rümpker, G. et al., 2025. AdriaArray – a Passive Seismic Experiment to Study Structure, Geodynamics and Geohazards of the Adriatic Plate, Annals of Geophysics, 68. https://doi.org/10.4401/ag-9284
Limberger, F., Rümpker, G., Kruse, J.P., Duretz, T., 2025. Modeling earthquake-induced wavefields and stresses in alpine mountains with extreme topography, Scientific Reports, 15, 23914, https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-025-08218-5
2024
Kruse, J.P., Rümpker, G., Link, F., Duretz, T., Schmeling, H., 2024. Anisotropy and XKS-splitting from geodynamic models of double subduction: Testing the limits of interpretation, Geophysical Journal International, ggae328, https://doi.org/10.1093/gji/ggae328
Komeazi, A., Rümpker, G., Faber, J., Limberger, F., Srivastava, N., 2024. When linear inversion fails: neural-network optimization for sparse-ray travel-time tomography of a volcanic edifice, Artificial Intelligence in Geosciences, 5, 100086, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.aiig.2024.100086.
Li, W., Chakraborty, M., Quinteros-Cartaya, C., Koehler, J., Faber, J., Meier, M.-A., Rümpker, G., Srivastava, N., 2024, SAIPy: A Python Package for Single-Station Earthquake Monitoring using Deep Learning, Computers and Geosciences, 105686, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cageo.2024.105686.
Komeazi, A., Kaviani, A., Rümpker, G., Weidle, C., Meier, T., 2024, Discriminating lithospheric and asthenospheric anisotropy beneath Northern Oman: sharp contrast observed at the Semail Gap Fault Zone, Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth, 129, e2023JB028627. https://doi.org/10.1029/2023JB028627
Limberger F. & Rümpker, G., 2024, Numerical modeling predicts seismic resonances in the magma chamber-conduit system due to wavefield capturing, Volcanica, 7(2), 461–470, https://doi.org/10.30909/vol.07.02.461470
Chakraborty, M., Rümpker, G., Li, W., Faber, J., Link, F., Srivastava, N., 2024, Feasibility of Deep Learning in Shear Wave Splitting Analysis using Synthetic-Data Training and Waveform Deconvolution, Seismica, 3 (1), https://seismica.library.mcgill.ca/article/view/1124
Li, W., Chakraborty, M., Köhler, J., Quinteros-Cartaya, C., Rümpker, G., Srivastava, N., 2024, Earthquake monitoring using deep learning with a case study of the Kahramanmaras Turkey earthquake aftershock sequence, Solid Earth, 15, 197–213, https://doi.org/10.5194/se-15-197-2024
Kaviani, A., Rümpker, G., Sens-Schönfelder, Ch., Komeazi, A., Shapiro, N., 2024, Toroidal mantle flow beneath the NE termination of the Kuril-Kamchatka subduction zone from seismic anisotropy, Geophysical Journal International, 237 (1), 364–377, https://doi.org/10.1093/gji/ggae047
2023
Link, F. and Rümpker, G., 2023, Shear-Wave Splitting Reveals Layered-Anisotropy Beneath the European Alps in Response to Mediterranean Subduction, Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth, 128, e2023JB027192, https://doi.org/10.1029/2023JB027192 ------ "Editor's Highlight" - please see the corresponding Eos article by JGR Associate Editor Fiona Darbyshire: Illuminating the Complex Structural Fabric Beneath the European Alps
Reiss, M. C., Massimetti, F., Laizer, A. S., Campus, A., Rümpker, G., Kazimoto, E. O., 2023, Overview of seismo-acoustic tremor at Oldoinyo Lengai, Tanzania: shallow storage and eruptions of carbonatite melt, Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jvolgeores.2023.107898
Fenner, D., Rümpker, G., Laumann, P., Srivastava, N., 2023, Amplitude and Inter-Event Time Statistics for the Island Volcanoes Stromboli, Mount Etna, Yasur, and Whakaari, Front. Earth Sci. - Volcanology, doi: 10.3389/feart.2023.1228103
Limberger, F., Rümpker, G., Lindenfeld, M., Deckert, H., 2023, The impact of seismic noise produced by wind turbines on seismic borehole measurements, Solid Earth, 14, 859–869, https://doi.org/10.5194/se-14-859-2023
Hering, P., Lindenfeld, M., Rümpker, G., 2023, Automatized localization of induced geothermal seismicity using robust time-domain array processing, Front. Earth Sci., Sec. Solid Earth Geophysics, Volume 11. doi: 10.3389/feart.2023.1217587
Rümpker, G., Kaviani, A., Link, F., Reiss, M. C., Komeazi, A., 2023, Testing observables for teleseismic shear-wave splitting inversions: ambiguities of intensities, parameters, and waveforms, Annals of Geophysics, 66, http://doi.org/10.4401/ag-8870.
Komeazi, A., Kaviani, A., Rümpker, G., 2023, Mantle anisotropy in NW Namibia from XKS splitting: Effects of asthenospheric flow, lithospheric structures, and magmatic underplating, Geophysical Research Letters, 50, e2022GL102119, https://doi.org/10.1029/2022GL102119.
2022
Li, W., Chakraborty, M., Fenner, D., Faber, J., Zhou, K., Rümpker, G., Stoecker, H., Srivastava, N., 2022, EPick: Attention-based Multi-scale UNet for Earthquake Detection and Seismic Phase Picking, Front. Earth Sci., https://doi.org/10.3389/feart.2022.953007.
Li, W., Chakraborty, M., Sha, Y., Zhou, K., Faber, J., Rümpker, G., Stöcker, H., Srivastava, N., 2022, A study on small magnitude seismic phase identification using 1D deep residual neural network, Artificial Intelligence in Geosciences, 3, 115-122, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.aiig.2022.10.002.
Limberger, F., Rümpker, G., Lindenfeld, M., Deckert, H., 2022, Development of a numerical modelling method to predict the seismic signals generated by wind farms, Scientific Reports, 12, 15516, https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-022-19799-w.
Chakraborty, M., Li, W., Faber, J., Rümpker, G., Stoecker, H., Srivastava, N., 2022, A study on the effect of input data length on deep learning based magnitude classifier, Solid Earth, 13, 1721–1729, https://doi.org/10.5194/se-13-1721-2022.
Leva, C., Rümpker, G. and Wölbern, I., 2022, Multi-array analysis of volcano-seismic signals at Fogo and Brava, Cape Verde, Solid Earth, 13, 1243–1258, https://doi.org/10.5194/se-13-1243-2022.
Chakraborty, M., Quinteros Cartaya, C., Li, W., Faber, J., Stoecker, H., Rümpker, G., Srivastava, N., 2022, PolarCAP – A Deep Learning approach for First Motion Polarity Classification of Earthquake Waveforms, Artificial Intelligence in Geosciences, 3, 46-52, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.aiig.2022.08.001
Chakraborty, M., Fenner, D., Li, W., Faber, J., Zhou, K., Rümpker, G., Stoecker, H., Srivastava, N., 2022, CREIME: A Convolutional Recurrent model for Earthquake Identification and Magnitude Estimation, Journal of Geophysical Research - Solid Earth, 127 (7), https://doi.org/10.1029/2022JB024595
Schlömer, A., Wassermann, J., Friederich, W., Korn, M., Meier, T., Rümpker, G., Thomas, C., Tilmann, F., Ritter, J.R.R., 2022, UNIBRA/DSEBRA: the German seismological broadband array and its contribution to AlpArray – deployment and performance, Seismological Research Letters, https://doi.org/10.1785/0220210287
Fenner, D., Rümpker, G., Li, W., Chakraborty, M., Faber, J., Koehler, J., Stoecker, H., Srivastava, N., 2022, Automated Seismo-Volcanic Event Detection Applied to Stromboli (Italy), Front. Earth Sci., https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/feart.2022.809037
2021
Link, F., Reiss, M.C., Rümpker, G., 2021, An automatized XKS-splitting procedure for large data sets: Extension package for SplitRacer and application to the USArray, Computers & Geosciences, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cageo.2021.104961.
Link, F. and Rümpker, G., 2021, Resolving seismic anisotropy in the lithosphere-asthenosphere in the Central/Eastern Alps beneath the dense SWATH-D network, Front. Earth Sci., https://doi.org/10.3389/feart.2021.679887.
Limberger, F., Lindenfeld, M., Deckert, H., and Rümpker, G., 2021, Seismic radiation from wind turbines: observations and analytical modeling of frequency-dependent amplitude decays, Solid Earth, 12, 1851–1864, https://doi.org/10.5194/se-12-1851-2021.
Kaviani, A., Mahmoodabadi, M., Rümpker, G., Pilia, S., Tatar, M., Nilfouroushan, F., Yamini-Fard, F., Moradi, A., Ali, M. Y., 2021, Mantle-flow diversion beneath the Iranian plateau induced by Zagros’ lithospheric keel, Scientific Reports, 11, 2848, www.nature.com/articles/s41598-021-81541-9.
Reiss, M. C., Muirhead, J. D., Laizer, A. S., Link, F., Kazimoto, E. O., Ebinger, C. J., Rümpker, G., 2021, The Impact of Complex Volcanic Plumbing on the Nature of Seismicity in the Developing Magmatic Natron Rift, Tanzania, Frontiers in Earth Sciences, 8, 688, https://doi.org/10.3389/feart.2020.609805.
Rindraharisaona, E. J., Tilmann, F., Yuan, X., Dreiling, J., Giese, J., Priestley, K., Rümpker, G., 2021, Velocity structure and radial anisotropy of the lithosphere in southern Madagascar from surface wave dispersion, Geophysical Journal International, 224, 3, 1930-1944, https://doi.org/10.1093/gji/ggaa550.
2020
Singh, M. and Rümpker, G., 2020, Seismic gaps and intraplate seismicity around Rodrigues Ridge (Indian Ocean) from time domain array analysis, Solid Earth, 11(6), 2557–2568, https://doi.org/10.5194/se-11-2557-2020.
Leva, C., Rümpker, G. and Wölbern, I., 2020, Remote monitoring of seismic swarms and the August 2016 seismic crisis of Brava, Cabo Verde, using array methods, Nat. Hazards Earth Syst. Sci., 20(12), 3627–3638, https://doi.org/10.5194/nhess-20-3627-2020.
Kaviani, A., Paul, A., Moradi, A., Mai, P. M., Pilia, S., Boschi, L., Rümpker, G., Lu, Y., Tang, Z. and Sandvol, E., 2020, Crustal and uppermost mantle shear wave velocity structure beneath the Middle East from surface wave tomography, Geophys. J. Int., 221(2), 1349–1365, https://doi.org/10.1093/gji/ggaa075.
Link, F., Rümpker, G. and Kaviani, A., 2020, Simultaneous inversion for crustal thickness and anisotropy by multiphase splitting analysis of receiver functions, Geophys. J. Int., 223(3), 2009–2026, https://doi.org/10.1093/gji/ggaa435.
Rakotondraibe, T., Nyblade, A. A., Wysession, M. E., Durrheim, R. J., Rambolamanana, G., Aleqabi, G. I., Shore, P. J., Pratt, M. J., Andriampenomanana, F., Rümpker, G. and Rindraharisaona, E., 2020, Seismicity and seismotectonics of Madagascar revealed by the 2011–2013 deployment of the island-wide MACOMO broadband seismic array, Tectonophysics, 790(228547), 228547, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tecto.2020.228547.
Key words: 4D-MB, AI, AlpArray, Alps, ambient noise, array seismology, asthenosphere, Brava, Cape Verde, CNN, Dead Sea, DESERT, East Africa, Fogo, Geothermal, Indian Ocean, induced earthquakes, inversion, lithosphere, mantle earthquakes, mantle flow, Machine Learning, Madagascar, Middle East, Namibia, Ol'Doinyo, plume, Ps, receiver functions, rifting, RiftLink, Rodrigues, seismic anisotropy, seismicity, shear-wave splitting, SKS, South America, SplitRacer, Stromboli, subduction, surface waves, Tanzania, tomography, Uganda, USArray, volcano, wind turbine, XKS