Publications:

Main (Peer Reviewed Scientific Papers And Book Chapters):

• Diehl, T., Clinton, J., Deichmann, N., Cauzzi, C., Kaestli, P., Kraft, T., Molinari, I., Boese, M., Michel, C., Hobiger, M., Haslinger, F., Faeh, D., Wiemer, S., 2018. Earthquakes in Switzerland and surrounding regions during 2015 and 2016. Swiss J. Geosci., doi:10.1007/s00015-017-0295-y.


• Diehl T., Kraft, T., Kissling, E., and Wiemer, S., 2017. The induced earthquake sequence related to the St. Gallen deep geothermal project (Switzerland): Fault reactivation and fluid interactions imaged by microseismicity, J. Geophys. Res. Solid Earth, 122, doi:10.1002/2017JB014473.


• Obermann, A. , Karyono, K., Diehl, T., Lupi, M., and Mazzini, A., 2017. Seismicity at Lusi and the adjacent volcanic complex, Java, Indonesia, Marine and Petroleum Geology, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.marpetgeo.2017.07.033.


• Diehl, T., Singer, J., Hetenyi, G., Grujic D., Clinton, J., Giardini, D., Kissling, E., and the GANSSER Working Group, 2017. Seismotectonics of Bhutan: Evidence for segmentation of the Eastern Himalayas and link to foreland deformation, Earth Planet. Sci. Lett., 471, 54-64, doi:10.1016/j.epsl.2017.04.038.


• Schmid, S.M., Kissling, E., Diehl, T., van Hinsbergen, D.J.J., and Molli, G., 2017. Ivrea mantle wedge, arc of the Western Alps, and kinematic evolution of the Alps-Apennines orogenic system, Swiss J. Geosci., doi:10.1007/s00015-016-0237-0.


• Singer, J., Kissling, E., Diehl, T., and Hetenyi, G., 2017. The underthrusting Indian crust and its role in collision dynamics of the Eastern Himalaya in Bhutan: Insights from receiver function imaging. J. Geophys. Res., 122, 1152-1178, doi:10.1002/2016JB013337.


• Diehl, T., Deichmann, N., Clinton, J., Kaestli, P., Cauzzi, C., Kraft, T., Behr, Y., Edwards, B., Guilhem, A., Korger, E., Hobiger, M., Haslinger, F., Faeh, D., and Wiemer, S., 2015. Earthquakes in Switzerland and surrounding regions during 2014. Swiss J. Geosci., 108, 425-443, doi:10.1007/s00015-015-0204-1.


• Diehl, T., Clinton, J., Kraft, T., Husen, S., Plenkers, K., Guilhem, A., Behr, Y., Cauzzi, C., Kaestli, P., Haslinger, F., Faeh, D., Michel, C., and Wiemer, S., 2014. Earthquakes in Switzerland and surrounding regions during 2013. Swiss J. Geosci., 107, 359-375, doi:10.1007/s00015-014-0171-y.


• Farrell, J., Smith, R.B., Husen, S. and Diehl, T., 2014. Tomography from 26 years of seismicity revealing that the spatial extent of the Yellowstone crustal magma reservoir extends well beyond the Yellowstone caldera, Geophys. Res. Lett., 41, doi:10.1002/2014GL059588.


• Singer, J.,Diehl, T., Husen, S., Kissling, E. and Duretz, T., 2014. Alpine lithosphere slab rollback causing lower crustal seismicity in northern foreland. Earth Planet. Sci. Lett., 397, 42-56, doi:10.1016/j.epsl.2014.04.002.


• Diehl, T., Deichmann, N., Clinton, J., Husen, S., Kraft, T., Plenkers, K., Edwards, B., Cauzzi, C., Michel, C., Kaestli, P., Wiemer, S., Haslinger, F., Faeh, D., Kradolfer, U. and Woessner, J., 2013. Earthquakes in Switzerland and surrounding regions during 2012. Swiss J. Geosci., 106, 543-558, doi:10.1007/s00015-013-0154-4.


• Diehl, T., Waldhauser, F., Cochran, J.R., Kamesh Raju, K.A., Seeber, L., Schaff, D. and Engdahl, E.R., 2013. Back-arc extension in the Andaman Sea: tectonic and magmatic processes imaged by high-precision teleseismic double-difference earthquake relocation. J. Geophys. Res., 118, 2206-2224, doi:10.1002/jgrb.50192.
  Electronic Supplement: HR PDF [6.3 mb]


• Sumy, D.F., Gaherty, J.B., Kim, W.-Y., Diehl, T. and Collins, J.A., 2013. The Mechanisms of earthquakes and faulting in the Southern Gulf of California. Bull. Seism. Soc. Am., 103, 487-506, doi:10.1785/0120120080.


• Waldhauser, F., Schaff, D.P., Diehl, T. and Engdahl, E.R., 2012. Splay faults imaged by fluid-driven aftershocks of the 2004 Mw 9.2 Sumatra-Andaman earthquake. Geology, 40, 243-246, doi:10.1130/G32420.1.


• Diehl, T., Kissling, E., and Bormann, P., 2012. IS 11.4: Tutorial for consistent phase picking at local to regional distances. In: Bormann, P. (Ed.). New Manual of Seismological Observatory Practice (NMSOP-2), IASPEI, GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences, Potsdam, 21 pp. DOI: 10.2312/GFZ.NMSOP-2_IS_11.4.


• Küperkoch, L., Meier, T., Diehl, T., 2012. Chapter 16: Automated event and phase identification. In: Bormann, P. (Ed.). New Manual of Seismological Observatory Practice (NMSOP-2), IASPEI, GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences, Potsdam, 52 pp. DOI: 10.2312/GFZ.NMSOP-2_ch16.


• Husen, S., Diehl, T. and Kissling, E., 2009. The effects of data quality in local earthquake tomography: Application to the Alpine region. Geophysics 74, WCB71-WCB79, doi:10.1190/1.3237117.
  


• Diehl, T., Husen, S., Kissling, E. and Deichmann, N., 2009. High-resolution 3-D P-Wave model of the Alpine crust. Geophys. J. Int., 179, 1133-1147, doi:10.1111/j.1365-246X.2009.04331.x.
  HR PDF [18.1 mb]. The definitive version is available at www.blackwell-synergy.com.


• Diehl, T., Deichmann, N., Kissling, E. and Husen, S., 2009. Automatic S-wave picker for local earthquake tomography. Bull. Seism. Soc. Am., 99, 1906-1920, doi:10.1785/0120080019.
  HR PDF [1.0 mb]. Electronic Supplement: HR PDF [1.0 mb]. The definitive version is available at http://www.seismosoc.org/.


• Diehl, T., Kissling, E., Husen, S. and Aldersons, F., 2009. Consistent phase picking for regional tomography models: application to the greater Alpine region. Geophys. J. Int., 176, 542-554, doi: 10.1111/j.1365-246X.2008.03985.x.
  HR PDF [7.4 mb]. The definitive version is available at www.blackwell-synergy.com.


• Diehl, T., Ritter, J.R.R. and the CALIXTO Group, 2005. The crustal structure beneath SE Romania from teleseismic receiver functions. Geophys. J. Int., 163, 238-251, doi: 10.1111/j.1365-246X.2005.02715.x.
  HR PDF [4.5 mb]. The definitive version is available at www.blackwell-synergy.com.


• Ritter, J.R.R., Balan, S.F., Bonjer, K.-P., Diehl, T., Forbriger, T., Marmureanu, G., Wenzel, F. and Wirth, W., 2004. Broadband urban seismology in the Bucharest metropolitan area. Seism. Res. Lett., 76, 573-579.

Miscellaneous:

• Diehl, T., 2008. 3-D seismic velocity models of the Alpine crust from local earthquake tomography. Ph.D. thesis, ETH Zurich, no. 17840, 189 pages.
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• Diehl, T., 2003. Die Krustenstruktur Südost-Rumäniens aus der Analyse teleseismischer Receiver Funktionen. Diploma thesis, University of Karlsruhe, 117 pages.
  German Version gzip-PS [13.3 mb]

User Guides & Technical Reports:

• Vouillamoz, N., Kraft, T., Abednego, M., Diehl, T., 2016. Lowering microseismic detection threshold in Northeastern Switzerland using sonogram analysis and template matching, Technical Report NAB 16-72, Nagra, Wettingen.
  


• Diehl, T. and Kissling, E., 2009. Users Guide for consistent phase picking at local to regional scales (Appendix "C" of Ph.D. thesis of T. Diehl). Tech. Rep., ETH Zurich, 37 pages.
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• Diehl, T. and Kissling, E., 2008. Users Guide for MPX picking system. (Appendix "D" of Ph.D. thesis of T. Diehl). Tech. Rep., ETH Zurich, 20 pages.
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Selected Talks:

• T. Diehl, E. Kissling, and S.M. Schmid [Invited]. High-resolution 3D seismic structure of the Ivrea-Verbano Zone, ICDP Workshop, Deep Continental Drilling into the Moho in the Ivrea-Verbano Zone, Baveno, Italy, 2017.


• T. Diehl, J. Singer, G. Hetenyi, D. Grujic, J. Clinton, D. Giardini, and E. Kissling. Seismotectonics of Bhutan: Evidence for segmentation of the Eastern Himalayas and link to foreland deformation, EGU2017-14934, EGU, Vienna, Austria, 2017.


• T. Diehl, T. Kraft, E. Kissling, and S. Wiemer. The induced earthquake sequence of St. Gallen, Switzerland: Fault reactivation and fluid interactions imaged by microseismicity, Schatzalp 2nd Workshop on Induced Seismicity, Davos, Switzerland, 2017.


• T. Diehl, J. Singer, G. Hetenyi, D. Grujic, J. Clinton, and E. Kissling. The Seismic Gap of Bhutan: Evidence for Segmentation of the Himalayas and its Link to Foreland Deformation. Himalayan-Karakorum-Tibet (HKT) Workshop, Aussois, France, 2016.


• T. Diehl, J. Singer, G. Hetenyi, E. Kissling, and J. Clinton. Along-Strike Differences of the Main Himalayan Thrust and Deformation within the Indian Crust: Insights from Seismicity in Bhutan and its Foreland. 41th meeting of the German Working-Group Seismology, Wildbad-Kreuth, Germany, 2015.


• T. Diehl, J. Singer, G. Hetenyi, E. Kissling, and J. Clinton. Seismicity and seismotectonics in the Himalaya of Bhutan: Insights from the GANSSER seismic network. AGU, San Francisco, USA, 2014.


• T. Diehl, T. Kraft, E. Kissling, N. Deichmann, S. WIemer, J. Clinton, and F. Waldhauser. High-precision relocation of induced seismicity in the geothermal system below St. Gallen (Switzerland). DGG, Karlsruhe, Germany, 2014.


• T. Diehl, F. Waldhauser, L. Seeber, J.R. Cochran, K.A. Kamesh Raju, E. R. Engdahl, and D. Schaff. Back-arc extension along the Andaman Sea plate boundary: Spreading and transtensional processes imaged by earthquake swarms. IASPEI Scientific Assembly, Gothenburg, Sweden, 2013.


• T. Diehl, F. Waldhauser, L. Seeber, J.R. Cochran, K.A. Kamesh Raju, and E. R. Engdahl. The 2005 Nicobar-Island Earthquake Swarm from Teleseismic Double-Difference Locations: Post-2004 Megathrust Back-Arc Transtension along the Sumatra Fault. AGU, San Francisco, USA, 2011.


• T. Diehl, F. Waldhauser, D. Schaff, and E. R. Engdahl. Seismotectonic analysis of the Andaman Sea region from high-precision teleseismic double-difference locations. AGU, San Francisco, USA, 2009.


• F. Waldhauser, D. Schaff, E. R. Engdahl and T. Diehl. Streaks of aftershocks following the 2004 Sumatra-Andaman earthquake. AGU, San Francisco, USA, 2009.


• T. Diehl, E. Kissling, S. Husen, N. Deichmann and F. Aldersons. Automatic seismic phase picking and consistent error assessment in the Alpine Region. ESC, Geneva, Switzerland, 2006.


• T. Diehl, N. Deichmann, S. Husen and E. Kissling. Assessment of Quality and Consistency of P- and S-Wave Arrivals in Local Earthquake Data. 31th meeting of the German Working-Group Seismology, Stuttgart, Germany, 2005.


• T. Diehl and J.R.R. Ritter. High-Resolution Receiver Function Study in the Metropolitan Area of Bucharest, Romania. 31th meeting of the German Working-Group Seismology, Stuttgart, Germany, 2005.


• T. Diehl and J.R.R. Ritter. The Crustal Structure of Southeastern Romania from Receiver Functions. EGU, Nice, France, 2004.


• T. Diehl and J.R.R. Ritter. Die Krustenstruktur Südost-Rumäniens aus der Analyse teleseismischer Receiver Funktionen. DGG, Berlin, Germany, 2004.


• T. Diehl and J.R.R. Ritter. Die Krustenstruktur Südost-Rumäniens aus der Analyse teleseismischer Receiver Funktionen. 29th meeting of the German Working-Group Seismology, Fürstenfeldbruck, Germany, 2003.

Selected Posters:

• T. Diehl, E. Kissling, T. Lee, and S. Schmid. How deep is shallow? Improving hypocenter locations of upper crustal seismicity in Switzerland, P 1.14, 15th Swiss Geoscience Meeting, Davos, Switzerland, 2017.
  


• T. Diehl, T. Lee, N. Houlie, G.L. Cardello, T. Kraft, J. Clinton, E. Kissling, and S. Wiemer. Multidisciplinary insights into the seismotectonics of the Swiss Alps and its foreland, EGU2017-14456, EGU, Vienna, Austria, 2017.
  


• T. Diehl, T. Kraft, T. Lee, E. Kissling, and S. Wiemer. Structure and mechanics of seismogenic fault zones in Switzerland: insights from microearthquake imaging, P1.3, 14th Swiss Geoscience Meeting, Geneva, Switzerland, 2016.
  


• T. Diehl, J. Singer, G. Hetenyi, E. Kissling, and J. Clinton. Along-Strike Differences of the Main Himalayan Thrust and Deformation within the Indian Crust: Insights from Seismicity and Seismic Velocities in Bhutan and its Foreland, T21C-2833, AGU, San Francisco, USA, 2015.
  


• T. Diehl, T. Kraft, E. Kissling, and S.Wiemer. The 2013 Ml 3.5 earthquake sequence of St. Gallen (Switzerland): a mesozoic fault system activated by stimulations of a geothermal reservoir. AGIS Workshop on Induced Seismicity, Schatzalp, Davos, Switzerland, 2015.
  


• T. Diehl, T. Kraft, E. Kissling, N. Deichmann, S. Wiemer, J. Clinton, F. Haslinger and F. Waldhauser. Near-real-time high-precision relocation of induced seismicity in the geothermal system below Sankt Gallen (Switzerland), AGU, San Francisco, USA, 2013.
  


• T. Diehl, F. Waldhauser, J.F. Clinton, and N. Deichmann. Towards real-time double-difference earthquake location in Switzerland, IASPEI Scientific Assembly, Gothenburg, Sweden, 2013.
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• T. Diehl, J.F. Clinton, C. Cauzzi, and P. Kaestli. Earthquake Monitoring: SeisComp3 at the Swiss National Seismic Network, 1st EPOS-Orfeus Coordination Meeting , Erice, Italy, 2012.
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• J.F. Clinton, T. Diehl, C. Cauzzi, and P. Kaestli. Earthquake Monitoring: SeisComp3 at the Swiss National Seismic Network, AGU, San Francisco, USA, 2011.
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• T. Diehl, F. Waldhauser, J.R. Cochran, K.A. Kamesh Raju, L. Seeber, D.P. Schaff and E.R. Engdahl. Back-Arc extension in the Andaman Sea: Magmatic and tectonic processes imaged by high-precision teleseismic double-difference relocation of earthquake swarms, AGU, San Francisco, USA, 2010.
  


• L. Seeber, F. Waldhauser, T. Diehl, V. Hjorleifsdottir and M. Nettles. The January 2010 Haiti mainshock-aftershock sequence: Positive feedback between faults in strain-partitioned transpression, AGU, San Francisco, USA, 2010.
  


• D.F. Sumy, J.B. Gaherty, T. Diehl, W. Kim, F. Waldhauser and J. A. Collins. The mechanisms of earthquakes and faulting within the Southern Gulf of California, AGU, San Francisco, USA, 2010.
  


• F. Waldhauser, T. Diehl, N. Seeber, V. Hjorleifsdottir and M. Nettles. High-resolution aftershock relocations and focal mechanisms of the 2010 Mw7.0 Haiti and Mw8.8 Chile earthquakes, SSA, Portland, Oregon, USA, 2010.
  


• S. Husen, T. Diehl and E. Kissling. Importance of data quality and assessent of solution quality in local earthquake tomogaphy: Application to the Alpine region, SSA, Monterey, California, USA, 2009.
  


• T. Diehl, E. Kissling, S. Husen, N. Deichmann and F. Aldersons. Automatic P- and S-phase picker for high-resolution local source tomography: Application to the Alpine region, AGU, San Francisco, USA, 2008.
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• T. Diehl, E. Kissling, S. Husen and N. Deichmann. 3D seismic velocity model of Alpine region from local earthquake tomography. 8th Workshop on Alpine Geological Studies, Davos, Switzerland, 2007
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• T. Diehl, E. Kissling, S. Husen, N. Deichmann and F. Aldersons. Automatic seismic phase picking and consistent error assessment: application to local earthquake data in the Alpine region. SSA, Kona, Hawaii, USA, 2007.
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• T. Diehl, N. Deichmann, S. Husen and E. Kissling. Assessment of Quality and Consistency of S-Wave Arrivals in Local Earthquake Data. EGU, Vienna, Austria, 2005.
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• T. Diehl, J.R.R. Ritter, S.F. Balan, K.-P. Bonjer and W. Wirth. URS - URban Seismology: A broadband experiment in the city of Bucharest, Romania. EGU, Nice, France, 2004.


• T. Diehl, J.R.R. Ritter, S.F. Balan, K.-P. Bonjer and W. Wirth. URS - URbane Seismologie: Einsatzmöglichkeiten eines Breitband-Arrays (KABBA) innerhalb einer Großstadt am Beispiel von Bukarest. DGG, Berlin, Germany, 2004.


• T. Diehl, J.R.R. Ritter, M. Gehrig, W. Scherer and W. Wenzel. KABBA - Das KArlsruher Broad Band Array. DGG, Berlin, Germany, 2004.