Researchers

Earth sciences / GREEN, ALAN G.

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Position

Full Professor of Engineering and Environmental Geophysics at the Institute of Geophysics, ETH Zurich, Switzerland.

Research interests

He currently directs a multidisciplinary group dedicated to developing and applying high-resolution geophysical techniques for resolving diverse engineering and environmental problems; particular emphasis is placed on ground-penetrating radar and seismic reflection methods.

During 19 years in Canada, he further developed and applied seismic reflection methods in investigations of the continental crust, studies associated with nuclear waste disposal and mineral exploration in crystalline terranes. He helped initiate and manage the internationally recognized GLIMPCE and LITHOPROBE geoscience programs.

Prizes and awards

Amongst the awards that he has received are an Honorary Doctoral Degree from the University of Uppsala (Sweden, 1997), Best Paper Award at the Annual Meeting of the Deutsche Geophysikalische Gesellschaft (1998), Membership of Academia Europaea (1999), Medal of the University of Helsinki (Finland, 2001), Visiting Erskine Fellow at the University of Canterbury (New Zealand, 2002), Honorary Professor at the China University of Geosciences (Wuhan, 2004), the Mueller Medal of the European Geoscience Union (EGU; 2005), and co-winner of the "2004 Best Paper in Geophysics Award" (the top applied geophysics journal).

Publications

2006

Henicke, B., Maurer, H., Green, A.G., Willenberg, H., Spillmann, T., Burlini, L. (2006): Characterizing an unstable mountain slope using shallow 2- and 3-D seismic tomography. Geophysics 71 : B241- B256

Green, A.G., Maurer, H.R., Spillmann, T, Heincke, B., Willenberg, H. (2006): High-resolution geophysical techniques for improving hazard assessments of unstable rock slopes. The Leading Edge 25 (3) : 311-316

Heincke, B., Maurer, H.R., Green, A., Willenberg, H., Spillmann, T., Burlini, L. (2006): Characterizing an unstable mountain slope using shallow 2- and 3-D seismic tomography. Geophysics 71 (6) : B241-B256

Ernst, J.R., Holliger, K., Maurer, H.R., Green, A.G. (2006): Realistic FDTD modeling of borehole georadar antenna radiation: methodology and application. Near Surface Geophysics (4) : 19-30

Green, A.G., Maurer, H.R., Spillmann, T, Heincke, B., Willenberg, H. (2006): High-resolution geophysical techniques for improving hazard assessments of unstable rock slopes. The Leading Edge (25) : 311-316

Greenhalgh, S.A., Zhou, B. and Green, A.G. (2006): Solutions, algorithms and inter-relations for local search minimisation geophysical inversion. Journal of Geophysics and Engineering (3) : 101-113

Heincke, B., Green, A.G., van der Kruk, J., and Willenberg, H. (2006): Semblance-based topographic migration (SBTM): a method for identifying fracture zones in 3-D georadar data. Near Surface Geophysics (4) : 79-88

Heincke, B., Maurer, H.R., Green, A.G., Willenberg, H., Spillmann, T. and Burlini, L. (2006): Characterizing an unstable mountain slope using shallow 2- and 3-D seismic tomography. Geophysics (71) : B241-256

Musil, M., Maurer, H.R., Holliger, K. and Green, A.G. (2006): Internal structure of an Alpine rock glacier based on crosshole georadar traveltimes and amplitudes. Geophysical Prospecting (54) : 273?285

Paasche, H., Tronicke, J., Holliger, K., Green, A.G. and Maurer, H.-R. (2006): Integration of diverse physical-property models: Subsurface zonation and petrophysical parameter estimation based on fuzzy c-means cluster analyses. Geophysics (71) : H33-H44

Spillmann, T., Maurer, H.R., Willenberg, H., Evans, K.F., Heincke, B. and Green, A.G. (2006): Characterization of an unstable rock mass based on borehole logs and diverse borehole radar data. Journal of Applied Geophysics (61) : 16-38

Streich, R., van der Kruk J. and Green, A.G. (2006): Three-dimensional multicomponent georadar imaging of sedimentary structures.. Near Surface Geophysics (4) : 39-48

Tronicke, J., Villamor, P., Green, A.G. (2006): Detailed shallow geometry and displacement estimates of the Maleme Fault Zone, New Zealand, using 2-D and 3-D georadar. Near Surface Geophysics (4) : 155-162

van der Kruk, J., Streich, R., and Green, A.G. (2006): Joint inversion of dispersed georadar CMP data for properties of a thin-surface waveguide. Geophysics (71) : K19-K29

Green, A.G., Maurer, H.M., Spillmann, T. and Heincke, B. (2006): Novel geophysical investigations of an unstable mountain slope in the Swiss Alps. Conference Proceedings Volume of the 3rd International Conference of Applied Geophysics for Engineering (AGE) 4

McClymont, A., Steich, R., Heincke, B., Green, A. Nobes, D. (2006): Visualization of Active faulting using 3-D GPR data recorded across the Alpine Fault, New Zealand. Conference Proceedings Volume of the 11th Inernational. Conference on Ground Penetrating Radar 4

Maurer, H.R., Spillmann, T., Heincke, B., Willenberg, H. and Green, A.G. (2006): Characterization of an unstable rock slope using active and passive seismic techniques. Conference Proceedings Volume of the SEG2006 Meeting 4

Spillmann, T., Heincke, B., Willenberg, H., Maurer, H.R., Green, A.G., Löw, S. (2006): Application of active and passive seismic methods for characterizing fracturing processes in an unstable rockmass (Randa, Switzerland).. EGU General Assembly (2006) Geophysical Research Abstracts 8 (07832)

Löw, S., Heincke, B., Spillmann, T., Willenberg, H., Maurer, H.R., Green, A.G. (2006): 3D Structure of a large complex rockslide as determined from integrated geological and geophysical investigations. EGU General Asselmby (2006) Geophysical Research Abstract