Publications
Publications in internationally reviewed journals
2012
Groos, J., Bussat, S. & J.R.R. Ritter: Performance of different processing schemes in seismic noise cross-correlations, Geophys. J. Int., in print.
Plenkers, K., Ritter, J.R.R. & M. Schindler: Low signal-to-noise event detection based on waveform stacking and cross correlation: application to a stimulation experiment, J. Seismology, revised.
2011
Kirschner, S., Ritter, J.R.R. & B. Wawerzinek: Teleseismic wave front field anomalies at a continental rift: no mantle anomaly below the Central Upper Rhine Graben, Geophys. J. Int., 186, 447-461, 2011.
Bala, A., Hannich, D., Ritter, J.R.R. & V. Ciugudean-Toma: Geological and geophysical model of the Quaternary layers based on in situ measurements in Bucharest, Romania, Rom. Rep. Phys., 63, 250-274, 2011.
2010
Shen, X. & J.R.R. Ritter: Small-scale heterogeneities below the Lanzhou CTBTO seismic array, from seismic wavefield fluctuations, J. Seismology, 14, 481-493, doi:10.1007/s10950-009-9177-8, 2010.
Weidle, C., Maupin, Ritter, J., Kværna, T., Schweitzer, J., Balling, N., Thybo, H., Faleide, J.I. & F. Wenzel: MAGNUS – a seismological broadband experiment to resolve crustal and upper mantle structure beneath the southern Scandes mountains in Norway, Seism. Res. Lett., 81, 76-84, doi:10.1785/gssrl.811.76, 2010.
2009
Groos, J. C. & J.R.R. Ritter: Time domain classification and quantification of seismic noise in an urban environment, Geophys. J. Int., doi: 10.1111/j.1365-246X.2009.04343.x, 2009.
Ritter, J.R.R., Wagner, M., Bonjer, K.-P. & B. Schmidt: The 2005 Heidelberg and Speyer earthquakes and their relationships to active tectonics in the central Upper Rhine Graben, Int. J. Earth Sci., 98, 697-705, DOI 10.1007/s00531-007-0284-x, 2009.
Landes, M., Ritter, J.R.R. & U. Wedeken: Weighting earthquake waves, Measurement, 42, 13-17, doi:10.1016/j.measurement.2008.03.012, 2009.
Sudhaus, H. & J.R.R. Ritter: Broadband frequency-dependent amplification of seismic waves across Bucharest, Romania, J. Seismology, 13, 479-497, doi:10.1007/s10950-008-9140-0, 2009.
Sèbe, O., Forbriger, T. & J.R.R. Ritter: The shear wave velocity underneath Bucharest city, Romania, derived from surface waves, Geophys. J. Int., 176, 965-979, doi:10.1111/j.1365-246X.2008.04027.x, 2009.
Bala, A., Balan, S.F., Ritter, J. & D. Hannich: Seismic site effect modelling based on in situ borehole measurements in Bucharest, Romania. In: Schanz, T. & Iankov, R. (eds.) Coupled Site and Soil-Structure Interaction Effects with Application to Seismic Risk Mitigation. NATO Science for Peace and Security Series C. Environmental Security, Springer Sciences & Business Medie B.V., 101-111, 2009.
Harrington, R. M. & E. E. Brodsky: Source Duration Scales with Magnitude Differently for Earthquakes on the San Andreas Fault and on Secondary Faults in Parkfield, California, Bull. of the Seismol. Soc. of America, vol. 99, no. 4, 2323-2334, 2009.
2008
Wawerzinek, B., J.R.R. Ritter, M. Jordan & M. Landes: An upper mantle upwelling underneath Ireland revealed from non linear tomography, Geophys. J. Int., 175, doi:10.1111/j.1365-246X.2008.03908.x,2008.
von Steht, M., Jaskolla, B. & J.R.R. Ritter: Shallow shear wave velocity in a City: A study in Bucharest, Romania, Nat. Hazards Earth Syst. Sci., 8, 1299-1307, 2008.
2007
Landes, M., Ritter, J.R.R. & P. Readman: Proto-Iceland plume caused thinning of Irish lithosphere, Earth Planet. Sci. Lett., 255, 32-40, doi:10.1016/j.epsl.2006.12.003, 2007.
Ritter, J.R.R. & H. Sudhaus: Characterization of small local noise sources with array seismology, Near Surface Geophys., 5, 253-261, 2007.
Hauser, F., Raileanu, V., Fielitz, W., Dinu, C., Landes, M., Bala, A. & C. Prodehl: Seismic crustal structure between the Transsylvanian Basin and the Black Sea, Romania. Tectonophysics, 430, 1-25, 2007.
Ritter, J.R.R. & U.R. Christensen (eds.): Mantle Plumes - A Multidisciplinary Approach. Springer Verlag, Heidelberg, 502 pp., 2007
Barth, A., Jordan, M. & J.R.R. Ritter: Crustal and upper mantle structure of the French Massif Central plume. In: Ritter, J.R.R. and Christensen, U.R. (eds.), Mantle Plumes – A Multidisciplinary Approach, Springer Verlag, Heidelberg, 159-184, 2007
Ritter, J.R.R., Mathar, J., Jordan, M. & G. Gabriel: Gravity observations in the Western Rhenish Massif and forward modelling of the Eifel plume Bouguer anomaly. In: Ritter, J.R.R. and Christensen, U.R. (eds.), Mantle Plumes – A Multidisciplinary Approach, Springer Verlag, Heidelberg, 465-476, 2007.
Ritter, J.R.R.: The seismic signature of the Eifel plume: In: Ritter, J.R.R. and Christensen, U.R. (eds.), Mantle Plumes – A Multidisciplinary Approach, Springer Verlag, Heidelberg, 379-404, 2007.
Mathar, J., Friederich, W. & J.R.R. Ritter: Rayleigh wave dispersion in the Eifel region. In: Ritter, J.R.R. and Christensen, U.R. (eds.), Mantle Plumes – A Multidisciplinary Approach, Springer Verlag, Heidelberg, 417-437, 2007.
2006
Mathar, J.P., Ritter, J.R.R. & W. Friederich: Surface waves image the top of the Eifel plume, Geophys. J. Int., 164, 377-382, doi: 10.1111/j.1365-246X.2006.02835.x, 2006.
Landes, M., Ritter, J.R.R., O`Reilly, B.M. & P.W. Readman: A N-S receiver function profile across the Variscides and Caledonides in SW Ireland, Geophys. J. Int., 166, 814-824, doi10.111/j.1365-246X.2006.03052.x, 2006.
Bartlakowski, J., Wenzel, F., Radulian, M., Ritter, J.R.R. & W. Wirth: Urban shakemap methodology for Bucharest, Geophys. Res. Lett., 33, L14310, doi:10.1029/2006GL026283, 2006.
Do, V.C., Readman, P.W., O'Reilly, B.M. & M. Landes: Shear-wave splitting observations across southwest Ireland. Geophys. Res. Lett., 33, L03309, 2006.
2005
Landes, M., Ritter, J.R.R., Readman, P.W. & B.M. O`Reilly: The Irish crustal structure and its signatures from the Caledonian and Variscan Orogenies, Terra Nova, 17, 111-120, doi: 10.1111/j.1365-3121.2004.00590.x, 2005.
Martin, M., Ritter, J.R.R. & the CALIXTO working group: High-resolution teleseismic body-wave tomography beneath SE-Romania – I. Implications for three-dimensional versus one-dimensional crustal correction strategies with a new crustal velocity model. Geophys. J. Int., 162, 448–460, doi: 10.1111/j.1365-246X.2005.02661.x, 2005.
Diehl, T., Ritter, J.R.R. & CALIXTO Group: The crustal structure beneath southeastern Romania from teleseismic receiver functions, Geophys. J. Int., 163, 238-251, doi:10.1111/j.1365-246X.2005.02715.x, 2005.
Sudhaus, H. & J.R.R. Ritter: High-resolution measurements of the seismic attenuation across the Vrancea region, Romania. Geophys. Res. Lett., 32, L10301, doi:10.1029/2004GL022148, 2005.
Prodehl, C., Johnson, R.A., Keller, G.R., Snelson, C. & H.-M. Rumpel: Background and Overview of previous controlled source seismic studies. In: Karlstrom, K.E., and Keller, G. R. (eds), The Rocky Mountain Region: An evolving lithosphere – tectonics, geochemistry, and geophysics. Am. Geophys. Un. Monograph, Washington, D.C., 201-216, 2005.
Rumpel, H.-M., Prodehl, C, Snelson, C.M. & GR. Keller: Results of the CD-ROM project seismic refraction / wide-angle reflection experiment: The upper and middle crust. In: Karlstrom, K.E., and Keller, G.R. (eds), The Rocky Mountain Region: An evolving lithosphere – tectonics, geochemistry, and geophysics. Am. Geophys. Un. Monograph, Washington, D.C., 257-269, 2005.
Keller, G.R., Karlstrom, K.E., Williams, M.L., Miller, K.C, Andronicos, C., Levander, A., Snelson, C., & C. Prodehl: The dynamic nature of the continental crust-mantle boundary: crustal evolution in the Southern Rocky Mountain region as an example. In: Karlstrom, K.E., and Keller, G. R. (eds), The Rocky Mountain Region: An evolving lithosphere – tectonics, geochemistry, and geophysics. Am. Geophys. Un. Monograph, Washington, D.C., 403-420, 2005.
Snelson, C.M., Keller, G.R., Miller, K.C., Rumpel, H.-M. & C. Prodehl: Regional crustal structure derived from the CD-ROM 99 seismic refraction/wide-angle reflection profile: The lower crust and upper mantle. In: Karlstrom, K.E., and Keller, G.R. (eds), The Rocky Mountain Region: An evolving lithosphere – tectonics, geochemistry, and geophysics. Am. Geophys. Un. Monograph, Washington, D.C., 271-291, 2005.
Ritter, J.R.R., Balan, S.F., Bonjer, K.P., Diehl, T., Forbriger, T., Marmureanu, G., Wenzel, F. & W. Wirth: Broadband urban seismology in the Bucharest metropolitan area Seism. Res. Lett., 76, 5, 574-580, 2005
Raileanu, V., Bala, A., Hauser, F., Prodehl, C. & W. Fielitz: Crustal properties from S-wave and gravity data along a seismic refraction profile in Romania. In: Cloetingh, S. L. Matenco, G. Bada, C. Dinu & V.Mocanu (eds). The Carpathians – Pannonian Basin System: Natural Laboratory for Coupled Lithospheric – Surface Processes, Tectonophysics, 410, 1-4, 251-272, 2005
Bocin, A., Stephenson, R., Tryggvason, A., Panea, I., Mocanu, V., Hauser, F. & L. Matenco: 2.5D seismic velocity modelling in the south-eastern Romanian Carpathians Orogen and its foreland. In: Cloetingh, S. L. Matenco, G. Bada, C. Dinu & V. Mocanu (eds). The Carpathians – Pannonian Basin System: Natural Laboratory for Coupled Lithospheric – Surface Processes, Tectonophysics, 410, 1-4, 273-292, 2005
Panea, I., Stephenson, R., Knapp, C., Mocanu, V., Drijkoningen, G., Matenco, V., Knapp, J. & C. Prodehl: Near-vertical seismic reflection image using a novel acquisition technique across the Vrancea Zone and Foscani Basin, south-eastern Carpathians (Romania). In: Cloetingh, S. L. Matenco, G. Bada, C. Dinu & V.Mocanu (eds). The Carpathians – Pannonian Basin System: Natural Laboratory for Coupled Lithospheric – Surface Processes, Tectonophysics, 410, 1-4, 293-310, 2005
Ritter, J.R.R.: Small-Scale Mantle Plumes: Imaging and Geodynamic Interpretation. In: F. Wenzel (ed.) Lecture Notes in Earth Sciences Volume 105: Perspectives in Modern Seismology, Springer Verlag Heidelberg, 71-96, 2005.
Weidle, Ch., Widiyantoro, S. & CALIXTO Working Group: Improving depth resolution of teleseismic tomography by simultaneous inversion of teleseismic and global P-wave traveltime data – application to the Vrancea region in Southeastern Europe. Geophys. J. Int., 162, 3, 811-823, 2005.
2004
Hock, S., Rothert, E., Ritter, J.R.R. & M. Korn: Mapping random lithospheric heterogeneities from the Baltic Shield to the Massif Central, France, Geophys. J. Int., 157, 251-264, doi:10.1111/j.1365-264X.2004.02191.x, 2004.
Landes, M., Ritter, J.R.R., Do, V.C., Readman, P.W. & B.M. O´Reilly: Passive teleseismic experiment explores the deep subsurface of southern Ireland, Eos (article), 85, 337 & 340-341, 2004.
2002
Ritter, J.R.R.: On the recording characteristics of the original Wiechert seismographs at Goettingen (Germany), Journal of Seismology, 6, 477-486, 2002.
Keyser, M., Ritter, J.R.R. & M. Jordan: 3D shear-wave velocity structure of the Eifel plume, Germany, Earth Planet. Sci. Lett., 203, 59-82, 2002.
2001
Ritter, J.R.R., Jordan, M., Christensen, U.R. & U. Achauer: A mantle plume below the Eifel volcanic fields, Germany, Earth Planet. Sci. Lett., 186, 7-14, 2001.
Ritter, J.R.R.: Students explore history of the Götttingen Institute for Geophysics, Eos Trans. Am. Geophys. Union (article), 82, 224, 2001.
2000
Rothert, E. & J.R.R. Ritter: Small-scale heterogeneities below the Gräfenberg array, Germany from seismic wavefield fluctuations of Hindu Kush events, Geophys. J. Int., 140, 175-184, 2000.
Ritter, J.R.R., Achauer, U., Christensen, U.R. & the Eifel Plume Team: The teleseismic tomography experiment in the Eifel region, Central Europe: Design and first results, Seism. Res. Lett., 71, 435-411, 2000.
Ritter, J.R.R. & E. Rothert: Variations of the lithospheric seismic scattering strength below the Massiv Central, France and the Frankonian Jura, SE Germany, Tectonophysics, 328, 297-305, 2000.
Books, contributions to books
2010
Ritter, J. & A. Oth (Eds.): Induced Seismicity, Cahiers du Centre Européen de Géodynamique et de Séismologie, 30, 141 pp, 2010.
Groos, J. & J.R.R. Ritter: Seismic noise: A challenge and opportunity for seismological monitoring in densely populated areas. In: Ritter, J. & Oth, A. (Eds.), Induced Seismicity, Cahiers du Centre Européen de Géodynamique et de Séismologie, 30, 87-97, 2010.
2009
Bala, A., Balan, S.F., Ritter, J. & D. Hannich: Seismic site effect modelling based on in situ borehole measurements in Bucharest, Romania, in: Schanz, T. and Iankov, R. (eds.), Coupled site and soil-structure interaction effects with applications to seismic risk mitigation, NATO Science for Peace and Security Series C: Environmental Security, Springer, 101-111, doi:10.1007/978-90-481-2697-2, 2009.
2012
Schweitzer, J. & Ritter, J.R.R.: Emil Wiechert (1861 - 1928), Mitt. d. Deut. Geophys. Gesell, in print.
2011
Ritter, J.R.R.: Konzeptionelle Ansätze zur Überwachung induzierter Seismizität im Oberrheingraben, Rheinland-Pfalz, Mainzer geowiss. Mitt., 39, 157-176, 2011.
Ritter, J.R.R.: Urbane Seismologie am Beispiel der aktuellen seismischen Ereignisse unter Landau, Südpfalz. 12. D-A-CH Tagung, Erdbeben und Baudynamik, ISBN 3-930108-11-9, 113-119, 2011.
2009
Ritter, J.R.R., Barth, A. & J. Schweitzer: Karl Bernhard Zoeppritz, DGG Mitteilungen, 18-26, 1/2009.
Sens-Schönfelder, C., Ritter, J., Wegler, U. & C. Große (eds.): Noise and diffuse wavefields, Mitt. d. Deut. Geophys. Gesell., Sonderband II/2009, ISBN 978-3-00-027952-2, 132pp, 2009.
Ritter, J.R.R., Thun, J., Groos, J., Wenzel, F. and C. Hauck: METSEIS: An experiment to quantify meteorological and seismological interactions. In: Sens-Schönfelder, C., Ritter, J., Wegler, U. and Große, C. (eds.). Noise and diffuse wavefields, Mitt. d. Deut. Geophys. Gesell., Sonderband II/2009, 101-106, 2009.
Groos, J. and J.R.R. Ritter: Time domain classification and quantification of seismic noise. In: Sens-Schönfelder, C., Ritter, J., Wegler, U. and Große, C. (eds.), 2009. Noise and diffuse wavefields, Mitt. d. Deut. Geophys. Gesell., Sonderband II/2009, 25-31, 2009.
2008
Ritter, J.R.R., M. Wagner, B. Wawerzinek & F. Wenzel: Aims and first results of the TIMO project: Tiefenstruktur des mittleren Oberrheingrabens, Geotectonic Research, 95, doi:10.1127/1864-5658/08/9501-0151, 2008.
Wagner, M. & J.R.R. Ritter: Fault plane solutions for small earthquakes in SW Germany: Marzig, 17. Aug. 2007 and Osthofen, 13. Dec. 2007: Geotectonic Research, 95/01, Special Issues TSK 12, 2008. DOI: 10.1127/1864-5658/08/9501-0151, Schweitzerbart'sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, 2008.
2007
Ritter, J.R.R. & J. Groos: Kyrills seismischer Fingerabdruck, Spektrum der Wissenschaft, März, 19, 2007.
Bala, A., Balan, S.F., Ritter, R., Hannich, D., Huber, G. & J. Rohn: Seismic site effects based on in situ borehoel measurements in Bucharest, Romania. Proceedings, Int. Symposium ion Strong Vrancea Earthquakes and Risk Mitigation, Bucharest , 4-6 October 2007, Matrix Rom Press, 190-204, 2007.
Balan, S.F., Bartlakowski, J., Diehl, T., Forbriger, T., Groos, J., Jaskolla, B., Rehor, L., Ritter, J.R.R., Sebe, O., Sudhaus, H., Wenzel F. & J. Ziehm: Results from the URban Seismology (URS) project in Bucharest, Romania, in: International Symposium on Strong Vrancea Earthquakes and Risk Mitigation, Proceedings, Matrix Rom, Bucharest, 277-283, 2007.
Balan, S.F., Bala, A., Ritter, J.R.R., Hannich, D., Huber, G. & J. Rohn: Geotechnical laboratory tests for the microzonation of Bucharest, in: International Symposium on Strong Vrancea Earthquakes and Risk Mitigation, Proceedings, Matrix Rom, Bucharest, 244-247, 2007.
Bala, A., Balan, S.F., Ritter, J.R.R., Hannich, D., Huber, G. & J. Rohn: Seismic site effects based on in situ borehole measurements in Bucharest, Romania in: International Symposium on Strong Vrancea Earthquakes and Risk Mitigation, Proceedings, Matrix Rom, Bucharest, 190-204, 2007.
Grandas, C., Huber, G., Hannich, D., Ehret, D., Hoetzl, H. & J.R.R. Ritter: Field investigations and site response analysis for Bucharest, in: International Symposium on Strong Vrancea Earthquakes and Risk Mitigation, Proceedings, Matrix Rom, Bucharest, 253-258, 2007.
2005
Weidle, Ch.: Die Geschwindigkeitsstruktur des oberen Erdmantels im Bereich der östlichen Karpaten aus Laufzeitinversion und Amplitudenuntersuchungen, Dissertation, Universität Karlsruhe, 2005.
2003
Ritter, J.R.R. & J. Schweitzer: Ludwig Carl Geiger (1882-1966), In: Lee, W.H.K., Kanamori, H., Jennings, P.C. and Kisslinger, C. (eds.) International Handbook of Earthquake and Engineering Seismology, Part B, chap. 79.24, C, 9-13, 2003.
Ritter, J.R.R., Meyer, R. & J. Schweitzer: Gustav H. Angenheister (1878-1945) as Seismologist, In: Lee, W.H.K., Kanamori, H., Jennings, P.C. and Kisslinger, C. (eds.) International Handbook of Earthquake and Engineering Seismology, Part B, chap. 79.24, C, 2-8, 2003.
Ritter, J.R.R. & J. Schweitzer: Emil Wiechert (1861-1928), In: Lee, W.H.K., Kanamori, H., Jennings, P.C. and Kisslinger, C. (eds.) International Handbook of Earthquake and Engineering Seismology, Part B, chap. 79.24, C, 29-30, 2003.
Hennings, R. & J.R.R. Ritter: Bibliography of Emil Wiechert, In: Lee, W.H.K., Kanamori, H., Jennings, P.C. and Kisslinger, C. (eds.) International Handbook of Earthquake and Engineering Seismology, Part B, chap. 79.24, C, 30-33, 2003.
Ritter, J.R.R. & J. Schweitzer: Karl Zoeppritz (1881-1908), In: Lee, W.H.K., Kanamori, H., Jennings, P.C. and Kisslinger, C. (eds.) International Handbook of Earthquake and Engineering Seismology, Part B, chap. 79.24, C, 34, 2003.
2002
Ritter, J.R.R. & J. Schweitzer: Ludwig Carl Geiger – (Geo)Physiker in Göttingen und auf Samoa, Mitt. d. Deut. Geophys. Gesell., 2, 20-29, 2002.
Ritter, J.R.R.: Der Eifel-Plume: Die tiefe Ursache des Vulkanismus, in: GEO Infoband Vulkaneifel, 2. Auflage, Eschghi, I. (Herausg.), 181-187, 2002.
2001
Ritter, J.R.R. & U. Wedeken: Erdbebenwellen gewogen ! Vergleich zwischen einer GENIUS Waage und einem Seismographen, Mitt. d. Deut. Geophys. Gesell., 1, 3-10, 2001.
Ritter, J.R.R.: 3D seismic imaging of the mantle underneath the Eifel volcanic fields, Habilitationsschrift, Fakultät für Physik, Universität Göttingen, 2001.
