Biography

2001

Diploma in Geology, Free University of Berlin

2002

Diploma in Geophysics, Free University of Berlin

08/2002 -- 08/2004

Member of the 23'th overwintering team in at Neumayer Station in Antarctica.

09/2004 -- 12/2007

Ph.D. student, University of Potsdam and University of Hamburg

01/2008 -- 11/2010

Research Associate, Bullard Laboratories, University of Cambridge, UK

12/2010 -- 04/2011

GFZ Potsdam, Germany

since 05/2011

University of Potsdam

Research

Research Area: Seismicity and Structure of Subduction Zones

I am primarily interested in understanding and resolving the structure of subduction zones, using a wide variety of seismological techniques. Data analyses include, but are not limited to, local tomography methods to resolve the structure and moment tensor inversion for the source mechanisms. The results from these studies are combined with other datasets such as geodetic measurements or slip distributions from great earthquakes to obtain an integrated picture of subduction zones. I am currently focusing on the lateral segmentation of subduction zones, strain partitioning along convergent margins and accurate location techniques. I seek to apply innovative methods of data processing and analysis to maximise the geophysical constraints that can be inferred from the observations, therefore spending a certain amount of my time coding. My areas of current interest are South America (Chile in particular) and the Sumatran margin, an area of intensive seismicity following the large magnitude 2004 earthquake.

Publications

Articles (ISI journals):

Lange, D., Tilmann, F., Barrientos, S. E., Contreras-Reyes, E., Methe, P., Moreno, M., Heit, B., Agurto, H., Bernard, P., Vilotte, J.-P., Beck, S. (2012), Aftershock Seismicity of the 27 February 2010 Mw 8.8 Maule Earthquake Rupture Zone, Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 317-318C, pp. 413-425, doi:10.1016/j.epsl.2011.11.034.

Weller, O., D. Lange, F. Tilmann, D. H. Natawidjaja, A. Rietbrock, R. E. Collings, and L. Gregory (2012), The structure of the Sumatran Fault revealed by local seismicity, Geophys. Res. Lett., 39(L01306),  doi:10.1029/2011GL050440.

Collings, R. E., D. Lange, A. Rietbrock, F. Tilmann, D. H. Natawidjaja, B. Suwargadi, M. Miller, and J. Saul (2012): Structure and seismogenic properties of the Mentawai segment of the Sumatra subduction zone revealed by local earthquake travel time tomography., J. Geophys. Res., 117(B01312), doi:10.1029/2011JB008469.

D. Lange, F. Tilmann, A. Rietbrock, R. Collings , D. H. Natawidjaja, B. W. Suwargadi, P. Barton, T. Henstock, T. Ryberg (2010): The Fine Structure of the Subducted Investigator Ridge in Western Sumatra as Seen by Local Seismicity, Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 298(1-2), doi:10.1016/j.epsl.2010.07.020.

McCloskey, J., D. Lange, F. Tilmann, S. S. Nalbant, A. F. Bell, D. H. Natawidjaja, A. Rietbrock (2010): The September 2009 Padang earthquake, Nature Geoscience, 3(2), 70-71, doi:10.1038/ngeo753.

Lange, D. (2009): Book Review: Philip Kearey, Keith A. Klepeis and Frederick J. Vine: Global Tectonics, Third Edition, Surveys in Geophysics, 30(6), 617-618, doi: 10.1007/s10712-009-9082-2.

Haberland, C., A. Rietbrock, D. Lange, K. Bataille, and T. Dahm (2009), Structure of the seismogenic zone of the southcentral Chilean margin revealed by local earthquake traveltime tomography, J. Geophys. Res., 114, B01317, doi:10.1029/2008JB005802.

Lange, D., Cembrano, J., Rietbrock, A., Haberland, C., Dahm, T. and Bataille, K. (2008): First seismic record for intra-arc strike-slip tectonics along the Liquiñe-Ofqui fault zone at the obliquely convergent plate margin of the southern Andes, Tectonophysics, 455(1-4), doi:10.1016/j.tecto.2008.04.014.

Lange, D., A. Rietbrock, C. Haberland, K. Bataille, T. Dahm, F. Tilmann, and E.R. Flüh (2007): Seismicity and geometry of the south Chilean subduction zone (41.5°S - 43.5°S): Implications for controlling parameters, Geophys. Res. Lett., 34, L06311, doi:10.1029/2006GL029190.

C. Haberland, A. Rietbrock, D. Lange, K. Bataille, S. Hofmann (2006): Interaction between forearc and oceanic plate at the south-central Chilean margin as seen in local seismic data, Geophys. Res. Lett., 33, L33023, doi:10.1029/2006GL028189.

Others:

Lange, D. (2008): The South Chilean Subduction Zone between 41°S and 43.5°S: Seismicity, Structure and State of Stress. PhD thesis, University of Potsdam, http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:kobv:517-opus-18948.

Lange, D. (2002): GIS-gestützte geometrische Modellierung der spätpaläozoischen Porphyre nördlich von Halle/S. und Umgebung mittels Bohrdaten, diploma thesis, Free University of Berlin.

Lange, D. (2001): Geophysikalisch- geologische Untersuchung und dreidimensionale Modellierung des Halleschen Porphyrkomplexe, diploma thesis, Free University of Berlin.

Mock, A., Lange D., Exner, M., Breitkreuz, C., Schwab, M. und Ehling, B.-C. (1999): Räumliche Erfassung des Fließgefüges der kleinporphyrischen Lakkolithe im Halle-Vulkanitkomplex, Mitt. Geol. Sachsen-Anhalt, 5, Seite 169-175.