Homepage of Gert Zöller

Institute of Mathematics
and
Interdisciplinary Center for the Dynamics of Complex Systems

at the
University of Potsdam

Lecturer ("Privatdozent") for Theoretical Physics at the University of Potsdam

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• Earthquake dynamics: data analysis and modeling  

• Statistical seismology and seismicity patterns  

• Critical point models for earthquakes  

• Statistical evaluation of earthquake prediction schemes; precursory phenomena  

• Pattern recognition in spatiotemporal data

• Extreme events

• Stochastic finance

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  (for a complete publication list see here)

• G. Zöller, S. Hainzl, Y. Ben-Zion, and M. Holschneider: Critical states of seismicity: From models to practical seismic hazard estimates,Encyclopedia of Complexity and System Science (Section: Complexity in earthquakes, tsunamis, and volcanoes, and forecasting and early warning of their hazards; ed. by W.H.K. Lee), Springer, ISBN: 978-0-387-75888-6 (2009).

• G. Zöller, S. Hainzl, and M. Holschneider: Recurrent large earthquakes in a fault region: What can be inferred from small and intermediate, Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America 98, 2641-2651, doi 10.1785/0120080146 (2008).

• G. Zöller, S. Hainzl, M. Holschneider, and Y. Ben-Zion: Aftershocks resulting from creeping sections in a heterogeneous fault, Geophysical Research Letters 32, doi 10.1029/2004GL021871 (2005).

• G. Zöller and S. Hainzl: A systematic spatiotemporal test of the critical point hypothesis for large earthquakes, Geophysical Research Letters 29, doi 10.1029/2002GL014856 (2002).

• G. Zöller, S. Hainzl, and J. Kurths: Observation of growing correlation length as an indicator for critical point behavior prior to large earthquakes, Journal of Geophysical Research 106, 2167-2176 (2001).

   

PD Dr. Gert Zöller
Interdisciplinary Center for the Dynamics of Complex Systems
University of Potsdam
Am Neuen Palais 10
14469 Potsdam
zoeller # uni-potsdam.de