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Member Since 1999
Atalay Ayele Ayele Wondem
Addis Ababa University
Atalay Ayele is Prof. of Geophysics (Seismology) who is currently the director of the Institute of Geophysics Space Science and Astronomy of Addis Ababa University. He is currently involved in teaching and advising postgraduate students, coordinating & running the national seismic station network of the country, data analysis and research. He served as chairman of the coordinating committee for the EAGLE (Ethiopian Afar Geoscientific Lithospheric Experiment) which was conducted from 2001-2003 in
Professional Experience
Ethiopian Geophysical Union International
2012 - Present
Current Roles
Associate Editor
Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems
Honors & Awards
International Award
Received 2021
Professor Atalay Ayele Wondem is
the director of the Institute of Geophysics, Space Science and
Astronomy (IGSSA) at Addis Ababa University (AAU) in Ethiopia. He is a
seismologist who studies the seismovolcanic nature
of continental rifting, prim...
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Publications
Extensional Earthquakes in the Absence of Magma in Northern Afar: Insights From InSAR
In magma‐rich rifts, normal faulting is commonly thought to be induced by dike intrusions. However, whether fault slip occurs purely tectonic...
May 11, 2023
Body‐Wave Tomographic Imaging of the Turkana Depression: Imp...
August 09, 2021
AGU Abstracts
Near Surface Characterization Using Active and Passive Surface Wave Analysis at Selected Sites in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
NEAR-SURFACE GEOPHYSICS FOR VADOSE ZONE AND SOIL PROCESSES I POSTER
near surface geophysics | 13 december 2023
Biruk Wolde, Atalay Ayele A. Wondem, Trufat Hailma...
The subsurface condition of Addis Ababa city is heterogeneous and distinctly varies from place to place, ranging from very soft soil formations to com...
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Surface-Wave Analysis of Crust and Uppermost Mantle Structure in the Multiply Rifted Turkana Depression, East Africa: implications for the development of Rifting and Magmatism
FROM CONTINENTAL RIFTS TO RIFTED MARGINS III POSTER
tectonophysics | 11 december 2023
Ian D. Bastow, Rita Kounoudis, Cynthia J. Ebinger,...
The Turkana Depression separates the uplifted Ethiopian and East African plateaus. In Mesozoic times, it was host to a failed episode of N-S-oriented ...
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Kinematics of linkage between the Eastern and Ethiopian rifts through the twice-rifted Turkana Depression, Africa
FROM CONTINENTAL RIFTS TO RIFTED MARGINS I ORAL
tectonophysics | 11 december 2023
Cynthia J. Ebinger, Garrett Sullivan, Martin Musil...
The process of diachronous rift initiation and linkage within continental lithosphere to form a contiguous plate boundary remains debated. Within crat...
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Volunteer History
2021 - 2024
Associate Editor
Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems
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