Mónica Maceira

Post-Doc - Seismology

Current Research Interests

• Inverse Modeling
• Seismic Tomography
• Surface-waves Studies to Estimate Earth Structure
• Seismic Discrimination (Nuclear Explosion Monitoring)
• Earthquake Seismology: modeling moderate-size earthquakes as well as larger and more complicated ones; estimation of faulting geometry; spatio-temporal rupture processes

Contact

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• 505-667-2404 - Phone

Education

• Ph.D., Geophysics - The Pennsylvania State University (August, 2006)
• M.S., Geophysics, Earth & Atmospheric Science Department, St. Louis University, Missouri (January, 2000)
• B.S., Physics, (Física de la Tierra y del Cosmos) Universidad Complutense, Madrid, Spain (June 1996)

Selected Publications

• "Faulting Parameters of the September 25, 1998 Pymatuning, Pennsylvania Earthquake". Maceira, M., Ammon, C.J., and Herrmann, R.B.. Seismological Research Letters, V71, No 6, 742-752, 2000. - 1 MB PDF File
• "High Resolution Rayleigh Wave Slowness Tomography of Central Asia". M. Maceira, S.R. Taylor, C.J. Ammon, X. Yang, and A.A. Velasco. J. Geophys. Research., Vol. 110, No. B6, B06304, doi:10.1029/2004JB003429, 2005. - 5.9 MB PDF File

Links

• Penn State University
• C.V.