{"id":21194,"date":"2021-01-19T09:32:22","date_gmt":"2021-01-19T08:32:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ig.cas.cz\/?page_id=21194"},"modified":"2026-03-31T17:00:54","modified_gmt":"2026-03-31T15:00:54","slug":"active-plate-tectonic-processes","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.ig.cas.cz\/en\/research\/teams\/active-plate-tectonic-processes\/","title":{"rendered":"Active Plate Tectonic Processes"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[et_pb_section fb_built=&#8221;1&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; custom_padding=&#8221;40px|||||&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_row column_structure=&#8221;3_5,2_5&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_column type=&#8221;3_5&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_text _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;]<\/p>\n<h4>Team Leader: Christian Sippl<\/h4>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Our research<br \/><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>We investigate tectonically active regions around the world using a&nbsp;variety of seismological methods, and we combine our results with constraints from other disciplines. Recent research topics include:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Subduction zone processes as highlighted by seismicity and seismic velocities<\/li>\n<li>Faulting and seismic hazard in continental collision zones<\/li>\n<li>Effects of fluid and melt migration on volcanic activity in subduction environments<\/li>\n<li>Relation between intraslab earthquakes and bending and unbending stresses<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=&#8221;2_5&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_text _builder_version=&#8221;4.24.2&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;]<\/p>\n<h4>Ongoing projects:<\/h4>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.openeew.com\"><strong>OpenEEW<\/strong><\/a>, development of an open-source earthquake early warning system (Collaborator: V\u00e1clav Kuna)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ig.cas.cz\/en\/research\/projects\/2021-milestone\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>MILESTONE<\/strong><\/a> \u2018Microseismicity Illuminates Subduction Zone structure\u2019 <a href=\"https:\/\/erc.easme-web.eu\/?p=947856\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">ERC Starting Grant<\/a> (PI: Christian Sippl, 2021-2026)<\/p>\n<p>UNDERCOVER: Horizon Project (Co-I: Christian Sippl, 2025-2027)<\/p>\n<p><strong>Finished projects:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>PRECURSOR, investigating precursory and coseismic processes on the Chilean megathrust supported by the Chilean Science Foundation (Collaborator: Christian Sippl, 2020-2022)<\/p>\n<p><strong>CAS-ANID Mobility Plus<\/strong> project &#8216;Deep learning seismology applied to the Chilean subduction zone&#8217; (Collaborator: Christian Sippl, 03\/2023-03\/2024)<\/p>\n<p>[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; custom_padding=&#8221;||4px|||&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_column type=&#8221;4_4&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_text admin_label=&#8221;Text&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.27.4&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; hover_enabled=&#8221;0&#8243; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221; sticky_enabled=&#8221;0&#8243;]<\/p>\n<p><strong>People<\/strong><\/p>\n<table style=\"width: 1245px; height: 1936px;\">\n<tbody>\n<tr style=\"height: 23px;\">\n<td style=\"width: 233.875px; text-align: left; height: 23px;\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 179.288px; text-align: left; height: 23px;\">Name<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 180.7px; text-align: left; height: 23px;\">Role<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 627.138px; text-align: left; height: 23px;\">Current research avenues<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 241px;\">\n<td style=\"width: 233.875px; height: 241px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-25397 alignnone size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ig.cas.cz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/christian-sippl2-1-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" \/><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 179.288px; height: 241px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ig.cas.cz\/kontakty\/seznam-pracovniku\/christian-sippl\/\">Christian Sippl<\/a><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 180.7px; height: 241px;\">Researcher<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 627.138px; height: 241px;\">\n<ul>\n<li>Structure of megathrusts in different subduction zone settings<\/li>\n<li>Intermediate-depth earthquakes and associated phase changes in the slab<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 241px;\">\n<td style=\"width: 233.875px; height: 241px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-21667 alignnone size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ig.cas.cz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/web-foto-als-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" \/><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 179.288px; height: 241px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ig.cas.cz\/en\/contact\/staff\/ales-spicak\/\">Ale\u0161 \u0160pi\u010d\u00e1k<\/a><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 180.7px; height: 241px;\">Senior researcher<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 627.138px; height: 241px;\">\n<ul>\n<li>Role of earthquake swarms in subduction settings<\/li>\n<li>Magma movements and volcanic processes inferred from seismicity<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 263px;\">\n<td style=\"width: 233.875px; height: 263px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-36474 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ig.cas.cz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/dominika-godova-e1704802731565-274x300.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"274\" height=\"300\" \/><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 179.288px; height: 263px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ig.cas.cz\/en\/contact\/staff\/dominika-godova\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Dominika Godov\u00e1<\/a><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 180.7px; height: 263px;\">Postdoctoral researcher<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 627.138px; height: 263px;\">\n<ul>\n<li>Gravity measurements and inversion<\/li>\n<li>Integrated geophysical modeling of the lithosphere<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 241px;\">\n<td style=\"width: 233.875px; height: 241px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-25391 alignnone size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ig.cas.cz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/nooshin-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" \/><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 179.288px; height: 241px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ig.cas.cz\/en\/contact\/staff\/nooshin-najafipour\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Nooshin Najafipour<\/a><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 180.7px; height: 241px;\">PhD student<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 627.138px; height: 241px;\">\n<ul>\n<li>automated event detection and phase picking<\/li>\n<li>subduction zone processes inferred from seismicity<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 256px;\">\n<td style=\"width: 233.875px; height: 256px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-25389 alignnone size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ig.cas.cz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/jorge1_1-282x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"282\" height=\"300\" \/><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 179.288px; height: 256px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ig.cas.cz\/en\/contact\/staff\/jorge-huerta\/\">Jorge Puente Huerta<\/a><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 180.7px; height: 256px;\">PhD student<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 627.138px; height: 256px;\">\n<ul>\n<li>automatized phase association for large seismic datasets<\/li>\n<li>subduction zone processes inferred from seismicity<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 237px;\">\n<td style=\"width: 233.875px; height: 237px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-27857 alignnone size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ig.cas.cz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/nazia-crop-2.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"208\" height=\"230\" \/><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 179.288px; height: 237px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ig.cas.cz\/en\/contact\/staff\/nazia-hassan\/\">Nazia Hassan<\/a><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 180.7px; height: 237px;\">PhD student<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 627.138px; height: 237px;\">\n<ul>\n<li>travel time tomography for subduction zone settings<\/li>\n<li>trying to constrain the mineralogy behind intermediate-depth earthquakes and double seismic zones<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 371px;\">\n<td style=\"width: 233.875px; height: 371px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-43199 alignnone size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ig.cas.cz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/emilyrodriguez-300x287.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"287\" \/><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 179.288px; height: 371px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ig.cas.cz\/en\/contact\/staff\/contact-staff-emily-rodriguez\/\">Emily Rodriguez<\/a><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 180.7px; height: 371px;\">Postdoctoral Researcher<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 627.138px; height: 371px;\">\n<ul>\n<li>Seismic imaging from ambient noise, local, and teleseismic tomography<\/li>\n<li>Subduction-zone dynamics and mantle structure<\/li>\n<li>Crustal seismicity and deformation<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 23px;\">\n<td style=\"width: 233.875px; height: 23px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-43919 alignnone size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ig.cas.cz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/gianni-guido-300x282.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"282\" \/><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 179.288px; height: 23px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ig.cas.cz\/en\/contact\/staff\/kontakty-seznam-pracovniku-guido-gianni\/\">Guido Gianni<\/a><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 180.7px; height: 23px;\">Researcher<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 627.138px; height: 23px;\">\n<p><span style=\"font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; color: #666666; background: white;\">.-<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; color: #666666; background: white;\">Tectonics and geodynamics of non-collisional mountain belts<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial; float: none; word-spacing: 0px;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; color: #666666; background: white;\">Links between tectonic-magmatic events and deep mantle\u00a0 records<\/span><\/span>e<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 40px;\">\n<td style=\"width: 233.875px; 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