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The research of Wolfgang Friederich focuses on theoretical aspects of seismic wave propagation in heterogeneous and anisotropic media and their application to the localisation and characterisation of earthquake activity as well as the exploration of the structure and physical properties of the earth's interior at various spatial scales. Basic motivation is the quest for modelling and inverting the seismic waveform without restricting mathematical assumptions. Specific research topics have been the structural interpretation of seismic surface waves observed on a regional and continental scale leading to images of the Earth's mantle beneath the Eifel, Germany, the Hellenic subduction zone, Europe and East Asia. On the theoretical side, he has developed new approaches to the numerical modelling of seismic wave propagation and full waveform inversion with applications to as diverse topics as advance exploration in mechanized tunneling and imaging the structure of subducted lithosphere underneath the Alps.
 

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Christophe Pascal is professor of Structural Geology. Originally educated as physicist, he gained a PhD in Tectonics from Sorbonne University, Paris. Before joining GMG, he has successively worked at the University of Bergen, Norway, at the Free University of Amsterdam, and at the Geological survey of Norway as senior scientist. His research is mainly on brittle deformation of the crust, quantification of lithospheric stresses and fundamental geothermics.

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