apl. Prof. Dr. Frank Krüger

Arrayseismology

Group Leader

Campus Golm
Building 27, Room 1.36

Karl-Liebknecht-Str. 24-25
14476 Potsdam-Golm

CV

1979-1978 Studies in Physics at the University of Braunschweig

1979-1983 Studies in Physics at the University of Erlangen/Nürnberg

1983 Diploma in Physics, Thesis in high energy particle physics, advisor Prof. Dr. Wegener

1985-1989 PhD student in the research project "Seismic verification of a controlled test ban" (Bundesanstalt für
Geowissenschaften und Rohstoffe (BGR), Auswärtiges Amt (AA)) at the Seismological Central Observatory in
Erlangen.

1990 PhD in Physics at the University of Erlangen/Nürnberg, advisors Prof. Dr. Wegener and Prof. Dr. Harjes, title
of the thesis: "Investigation of the seismic source function of underground nuclear test explosions at the
Kazakhstan test site".

1991-1997                 Postdoc in several research projects (Investigation of lower mantle structure using nuclear explosion signals
   and seismic arrays (LMU, Univ. of Munich), Inversion of moment tensors using broadband seismograms
(Seismol. Central Obs.), Investigation of the structure of subduction zones using combinations of deep
   earthquake clusters as source arrays and the receiver arrays GRF and GRSN (double beam method) (LMU,
   Univ. of Munich, also teaching responsibilities).

Since 1997 Researcher/lecturer (permanent) at the Institute of Geosciences in Potsdam.

Since 2009 Associate Professor (außerplanmäßiger Professor) at the Institute of Geosciences in Potsdam.

Research

Teaching

Publications

Händel, A., M. Ohrnberger, F. Krüger, 2018. Frequency dependent quality factors from the deconvolution of ambient noise recordings in a borehole in West Bohemia/Vogtland, Geophys. J. Inter., https://doi.org/10.1093/gji/ggy422

Krüger, F., Kulikova, G., A. Landgraf, 2018.Magnitudes for the historical 1885 (Belovodskoe), the 1887 (Verny) and the 1889 (Chilik) earthquakes in Central Asia determined from magnetogram recordings, Geophys. J. Inter., 215(3), 1824-1840, doi: https://doi.org/10.1093/gji/ggy377

Kriegerowski, M., S. Cesca, M. Ohrnberger, T. Dahm, F. Krüger, 2018. Event couple spectral ratio Q method for earthquake clusters: application to North-West Bohemia, Solid Earth Discussions, doi: 10.5194/se-2018-87

Hannemann, K., F. Krüger, T. Dahm, D. Lange, 2017. Structure of the oceanic lithosphere and upper mantle north of the Gloria Fault in the eastern mid-Atlantic by receiver function analysis, J. geophys. Res., 122(3), doi: 10.1002/2016jb013582

Kulikova, G., F. Krüger, 2017. Historical seismogram reproductions for the source parameters determination of the 1902, Atushi (Kashgar) earthquake, J. Seismology, 21-1, doi: 10.1007/s10950-017-9683-z

Kästle, E., M. Weber, F. Krüger, 2017. Complex Deep Structure of the African Low‐Velocity Zone, Bull. Seism. Soc. Amer., 107(4), doi: 10.1785/0120160215

Lontsi, A.M., M. Ohrnberger, F. Krüger, F.J. Sanchez-Sesma, 2016. Combining surface wave phase velocity dispersion curves and full microtremor horizontal-to-vertical spectral ratio for subsurface sedimentary site characterization, Interpretation 4(4), doi: 10.1190/INT-2016-0021.1

Knapmeyer-Endrun, B., F. Krüger, W. Geissler, the PASSEQ working group, 2016. Upper mantle structure across the Trans-European Suture Zone imaged by S-receiver functions, Earth and Planet. Sc. Lett., http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.epsl.2016.11.011

Hannemann, K., F. Krüger, T. Dahm, D. Lange, 2016. Oceanic lithospheric S-wave velocities from the analysis of P-wave polarization at the ocean floor, Geophys. J. Int., 207/3, 1796-1817, doi: 10.1093/gji/ggw342

Cristiano, L., T. Meier, F. Krüger, C. Weidle, 2016. Teleseismic P-wave polarization analysis at the Gräfenberg array, Geophys. J. Int., doi: 10.1093/gji/ggw339

Händel, A., M. Ohrnberger, F. Krüger, 2016. Extracting near-surface QL between 1-4 Hz from higher-order noise correlations in the Euroseistest area, Greece, Geophys. J. Int., 207/2, 655-666, doi: 10.1093/gji/ggw295

Lontsi, A.M., Ohrnberger, M., F. Krüger, 2016. Shear wave velocity profile estimation by integrated analysis of active and passive seismic data from small aperture arrays, Journal of Applied Geophysics, 130, 37-52. doi: 10.1016/j.jappgeo.2016.03.034

Braun, T., T. Dahm, F. Krüger, and M. Ohrnberger, 2016. Does geothermal exploitation trigger earthquakes in Tuscany?, Eos, 97, doi:10.1029/2016EO053197. Published on 31 May 2016.

Kulikova, G., B. Schurr, F. Krüger, E. Brzoska, and S. Heimann, 2016. Source parameters of the Sarez Pamir earthquake of February 18, 1911, Geophys. J. Int., doi: 10.1093/gji/ggw069

Krüger, F., G. Kulikova, and A. Landgraf, 2015. Instrumental magnitude constraints for the 11 July 1889, Chilik earthquake, In: Landgraf, A., Kuebler, S., Hintersberger, E. & Stein, S. (eds) Seismicity, Fault Rupture and Earthquake Hazards in Slowly Deforming Regions. Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 432, doi.org/10.1144/SP432.8

Gassner, A., C. Thomas, F. Krüger, and M. Weber, 2015. Probing the core-mantle boundary beneath Europe and Western Eurasia: A detailed study using PcP, Phys. Earth Planet. Int, 246, 9-24, doi:10.1016/j.pepi.2015.06.007

Agostiny Marrios Lontsi, A.M., Sánchez-Sesma, F.J., Molina-Villegas, J.C., Ohrnberger, M., and Krüger, F., 2015. Full microtremor H/V(z, f) inversion for shallow subsurface characterization, Geophysical Journal International, (July, 2015) 202 (1): 298-312, DOI: 10.1093/gji/ggv132.

Kulikova, G., and F. Krüger, 2015. Source process of the 1911 M8.0 Chon-Kemin earthquake: investigation results by analogue seismic records, Geophys. J. Int. 2015 201 (3): 1891-1911 doi: 10.1093/gji/ggv091

Matos, C., Silveira, G., Matias, L., Caldeira, R., Ribeiro, M.L., Nuno, A.D., Krüger, F. and T. B. dos Santos, 2015. Upper crustal structure of Madeira Island revealed from ambient noise tomography, J. Volc. and Geotherm. Res., 10.1016/j.jvolgeores.2015.03.0

Dahm, T., Cesca, S., Hainzl, S., Braun, T, and F. Krüger, 2015. Discrimination between induced, triggered, and natural earthquakes close to hydrocarbon reservoirs: A probabilistic approach based on the modeling of depletion-induced stress changes and seismological source parameters, J. Geophys. Res., 120, doi:10.1002/2014JB011778

Donner, S., Ghods, A., Krüger, F., Rößler, D., Landgraf, A., and P. Ballato, 2015. The Ahar‐Varzeghan Earthquake Doublet (Mw 6.4 and 6.2) of 11 August 2012: Regional Seismic Moment Tensors and a Seismotectonic Interpretation, Bull. Seism. Soc. Amer., April 2015 105:791-807; doi:10.1785/0120140042

Weber, M., Wicks, C. Jr., Le Stunff, Y., Romanowicz, and F. Krüger, 2015. Seismic evidence for a steeply dipping reflector—stagnant slab in the mantle transition zone Geophys. J. Int. (February, 2015) 200 (2): 1235-1251 doi:10.1093/gji/ggu438

Alinaghi, A., and F. Krüger, 2014. Seismic array analysis and redetermination of depths of earthquakes in Tien Shan: implications for strength of the crust and lithosphere, Geophys. J. Int., 198, 1111-1129, doi:10.1093/gji/ggu141.

Donner, S., Krüger, F., Rößler, D. and A. Ghods, 2014. Combined inversion of broad-band and shortperiod waveform data for regional moment tensors: A case study in the Alborz mountains, Iran, Bull. Seismol. Soc. America, 104(3), doi:10.1785/0120130229.

Knapmeyer-Endrun, B., Krüger, F., and PASSEQ Working Group, 2014. Moho depth across the Trans-European Suture Zone from P- and S-receiver functions, Geophys. J. Int., 197(2), 1048-1075, doi: 10.1093/gji/ggu035.

Krüger, F., and F. Scherbaum, 2014. The 29 September 1969, Ceres, South Africa, Earthquake: Full Waveform Moment Tensor Inversion for Point Source and Kinematic Source Parameters, Bull. Seismol. Soc. America, doi: 10.1785/0120130209.

Hannemann, K., Krüger, F., and T. Dahm, 2014. Measuring of clock drift rates and static timeoffsets of ocean bottom stations by means of ambient noise. Geophys. J. Int., 196(2), 1034–1042, doi:10.1093/gji/ggt434.

Dahm, T., Krüger, F., 2014. Moment tensor inversion and moment tensor interpretation. - In: Bormann, P. (Ed.), New Manual of Seismological Observatory Practice 2 (NMSOP-2), Potsdam : Deutsches GeoForschungsZentrum GFZ, p. 1-37. http://doi.org/10.2312/GFZ.NMSOP-2_IS_3.9

Palo M.,Tilmann, F., Krüger F., Ehlert L., Lange, D., 2014. High-frequency seismic radiation from Maule earthquake (Mw 8.8, 27/02/2010) inferred from high-resolution backprojection analysis, Geophysical Journal International, 199(2), 1058-1077, doi: 10.1093/gji/ggu311.

Lange, D., J. R. Bedford, M. Moreno, F. Tilmann, J. C. Baez, M. Bevis, F. Krüger, 2014. Comparison of postseismic afterslip models with aftershock seismicity for three subduction-zone earthquakes: Nias 2005, Maule 2010 and Tohoku 2011, Geophysical Journal International, 199(2), 784-799, doi: 10.1093/gji/ggu292.

Knapmeyer-Endrun, B., Krüger, F., Legendre, C. P., Geissler, W. H. and PASSEQ WorkingGroup, 2013. Tracing the influence of the Trans-European Suture Zone into the mantle transition zone, Earth Planet. Sci. Lett., 363, 73-87,doi:10.1016/j.epsl.2012.12.028.

Donner, S., Rößler, D., Krüger, F., Ghods, A., and M. Strecker, 2013. Segmented seismicity of the Mw 6.2 Baladeh earthquake sequence (Alborz mountains, Iran) revealed from regional seismic moment tensors, J. Seismol., 17(3), 925-959, doi:10.1007/s10950-013-9362-7.

Kinscher, H., Krüger, F., Woith, H., Lühr, B. G., Hintersberger, E., Irmak, S., and S. Baris, 2013. Seismotectonics of the Armutlu peninsula (Marmara Sea, NW Turkey) from geological field observation and regional moment tensor inversion, Tectonophysics, 608, 980-995, doi.org/10.1016/j.tecto.2013.07.016

Blaser, L., Ohrnberger, M., Krüger, F., and F. Scherbaum, 2012. Probabilistic tsunami threat assessment of 10 recent earthquakes offshore Sumatra, Geophysical Journal International, 188(3), 1273--1284; DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-246X.2011.05324.x

Czuba, W., Grad, M., Mjelde, R., Guterch, A., Libak, A., Krüger, F., Murai, Y., J. Schweitzer, and the IPY project group, 2011., Continent–ocean-transition across a trans-tensional margin segment: off Bear Island, Barents Sea, Geophys., J. Int., 184/2, 541–554, doi: 10.1111/j.1365-246X.2010.04873.x

Blaser, L., Krüger, F., Ohrnberger, M., Scherbaum, F., 2010. Scaling relations of earthquake source parameter estimates with special focus on subduction environment, Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America, 100, 2914-2926.

Roessler, D., Krüger, F., Ohrnberger, M., and L. Ehlert, 2010. Rapid characterisation of large earthquakes by multiple seismic broadband arrays, Nat. Hazards Earth Syst. Sci., 10, 923-932, 2010. direct link, doi:10.5194/nhess-10-923-2010.

Kieling, K., Roessler, D., Krüger, F., 2010. Receiver function study in northern Sumatra and the Malaysia peninsula, . J. Seismol., doi:10.1007/s10950-010-9222-7.

Rössler, D., Krüger, F., Psencik, I., and Rümpker, G., 2008. Comments to "Retrieval of source parameters of an event of the 2000 West Bohemia earthquake swarm assuming an anisotropic crust. Stud. Geophys. Geod.

Kulesh, M., Diallo, M., Holschneider, M., Kurennaya, K., Krüger, F., Ohrnberger, M., and Scherbaum, F., 2007. Polarization Analysis in Wavelet Domain Based on the Adaptive Covariance Method. Geophysical Journal International, 170 (2), 667-678.

Rössler, D., Krüger, F., Psencik, I., and Rümpker, G., 2007. Retrieval of source parameters of an event of the 2000 West Bohemia earthquake swarm assuming an anisotropic crust. Stud. Geophys. Geod., 51, 231-254.

Rössler, D., Krüger, F., and Rümpker, G., 2007. Retrieval of moment tensors due to dislocation point sources in anisotropic media using standard techniques. Geophysical Journal International, 169, 136-148.

Dahm, T., Krüger, F., Stammler, K., Klinge, K., Kind, R., Wylegalla, K., Grasso, J.-R., 2007. The
2004 M w 4.4 Rotenburg, Northern Germany, Earthquake and its Possible Relationship with Gas
Recovery, Bull. Seism. Soc. Amer., 97(3), 691-704.

Krüger, F., and Ohrnberger, M., 2005. Rapid imaging of the spatio-temporal source characteristics of the Dec 26, 2004, Sumatra earthquake by teleseismic broadband arrays. Geophysical Research Letters, 32 (24), L24312, doi:10.1029/2005GL023939.

Dahm, T., Krüger, F., Essen, H.-H., and Hensch, M., 2005. Historic microseismic data and their relation to the wave-climate in the North Atlantic. Meteorologische Zeitschrift, (special volume SFB512), 14 (6), 771-779.

Krüger, F., and Ohrnberger, M., 2005. Tracking the rupture of the Mw = 9.3 Sumatra earthquake over 1150 km at teleseismic distance. Nature, 435 (7044), 937-939 (16. June 2005) doi: 10.1038/nature03696.

Kito, T., Krüger, F., and Negishi, H., 2004. Seismic heterogeneous structure in the lowermost mantle beneath the southwestern Pacific. Journal of Geophysical Research-Solid Earth, 109 (B9), B09304.

Ohrnberger, M., Scherbaum, F., Krüger, F., Pelzing, R., and Reamer, Sh.-K., 2004. How good are shear wave velocity models obtained from inversion of ambient vibrations in the Lower Rhine Embayment (NW-Germany). Boll. Geof. Teor. Appl., 45 (3), 215-232.

Rössler, D., Rümpker, G., and Krüger, F., 2004. Ambigous moment tensors and radiation pattern in anisotropic media with applications to the modeling of Earthquake Mechanisms in W-Bohemia. Studia Geophysica Et Geodaetica, 48 (1), 233-250.

Essen, H. H., Krüger, F., Dahm, T., and Grevemeyer, I., 2003. On the generation of secondary microseism observed in north and central Europe. Journal Geophys. Res., 108, B10, 2506.

Krüger, F., and Klinge, K., 2002. The 1996 Teutschenthal potash mine collapse: An unusual event with an unusual mechanism, in "Ten years of German Regional Seismic Network (GRSN)". Report 25 of the Senate Commission for Geosciences of the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG), Wiley VCH Verlag, 206-211.

Krüger, F., and Dahm, T., 2002. The 1992 Roermond event, a regional event study, in "Ten years of German Regional Seismic Network (GRSN)". Report 25 of the Senate Commission for Geosciences of the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG), Wiley VCH Verlag, 199-206.

Krüger, F., Scherbaum, F., Rosa, J. W. C., Kind, R., Zetsche, F., and Höhne, J., 2002. Crustal and upper mantle structure of the Amazon region (Brazil), determined with broadband mobile stations. Journal Geophys. Res., 107, 2265.

Kito, T., and Krüger, F., 2001. Heterogeneities in D" beneath the southwestern Pacific inferred from scattered and reflected P-waves. Geophys. Res. Lett., 28, 2545-2548.

Krüger, F., Baumann, M., Scherbaum, F., and Weber, M., 2001. Mid mantle scatterers near the Mariana slab detected with a double array method., Geophys. Res. Lett., 28, 667-670.

Freybourger, M., Chevrot, S., Krüger, F., and Achauer, U., 2001. A waveform migration for the investigation of P wave structure at the top of D" beneath northern Siberia. Journal Geophys. Res., 106, 4129-4140.

Franke, D., Krüger, F., and Klinge, K., 2000. Tectonics of the Laptev Sea – Moma Rift region: Investigation with seismologic broadband data. Journal of Seismology, 4, 99-116.

Freybourger, M., Krüger, F., and Achauer, U., 1999. A 22 degree long seismic profile for the study of the top of D", Geophys. Res. Lett., 26, 3409-3412.

Dahm, T., and Krüger, F., 1999. Higher degree moment tensor inversion using far-field broadband recordings: Theory and evaluation of the method with application to the 1994 Bolivia deep earthquake. Geophys. J. Int., 137, 35-50.

Friedrich, A., Krüger, F., and Klinge, K., 1998. Ocean generated microseismic noise located with the Gräfenberg array. Journal of Seismology, 2, 47-64.

Grosser, H., Baumbach, M., Schelle, H., Michel, G., Berckhemer, H., Baier, B., Karahan, A., Paulat, A., Schmidt, H. G., Krüger, F., Gencoglu, S., and Yilmaz, R., 1998. The Erzincan (Turkey) earthquake (Ms 6.8) of March 13, 1992 and ist aftershock sequence. PAGEOPH, 152, 465-505.

Weber, M., Wicks, C. W., Krüger, F., Jahnke, G., and Schlittenhardt, J., 1998. Asymmetric radiation of seismic waves from an atoll – Nuclear tests in French Polynesia. Geophys. Res. Lett., 25, 1967-1970.

Brechner, S., Klinge, K., Krüger, F., and Plenefisch, T., 1998. Backazimuthal variations of splitting parameters of teleseismic SKS phases observed at the broadband stations in Germany. PAGEOPH, 151, 305-331.

Scherbaum, F., Krüger, F., and Weber, M., 1997. Double Beam Imaging: Mapping lower mantle heterogeneities using combinations of source and receiver arrays. Journal Geophys. Res., 102, 507-522.

Weber, M., Davis, J. P., Thomas, C., Krüger, F., Scherbaum, F., Schlittenhardt, J., and Körnig, M., 1996. The structure of the lowermost mantle determined from using seismic arrays. in: E. Boschi, G. Ekström, A. Morelli (Eds.). Seismic Modelling of Earth Structure, Instituto Nazionale di Geofisica, Rome, pp. 399-442.

Krüger, F., and Stammler, K., 1996. The German Regional Seismic Network used as a longperiod array. Tire a part des cahiers du centre europeen de geodynamique et de seismologie, 12, 251-260.

Krüger, F., Scherbaum, F., Weber, M., and Schlittenhardt, J., 1996. Analysis of asymmetric multipathing with a genaralization of the Double Beam Method. Bull. Seism. Soc. Amer., 86, 737-749.

Krüger, F., Weber, M., Scherbaum, F., and Schlittenhardt, J., 1995. Normal and inhomogeneous lowermost mantle and core-mantle boundary under the Arctic and northern Canada. Geophys. J. Int., 122, 637-658.

Krüger, F., 1994. Sediment structure at GRF from polarization analysis of P waves of nuclear explosions. Bull. Seism. Soc. Amer., 84, 149-170.

Krüger, F., Weber, M., Scherbaum, F., and Schlittenhardt, J., 1993. Double beam analysis of anomalies in the core-mantle boundary region. Geophys. Res. Lett., 20, 1475-1478.

apl. Prof. Dr. Frank Krüger