Position:

Associated Professor of Geophysics
Institute for Advanced Studies in Basic Sciences (IASBS),
Zanjan, Iran

Contact Information:

Department of Physics,
Institute for Advanced Studies in Basic Sciences
Gava Zang, P.O.Box: 45195-159
Zanjan, Iran

e-mail: aghods@iasbs.ac.ir

• Ph.D. in Geophysics ( 1994-1999) McGill University, Montreal, Canada

• Two phase flow, melt migration within upper mantle

• Effect of melt migration on the dynamics of upwelling plumes

• Melt focusing beneath mid-ocean ridges and above subducting plate

• Compilation of seismicity of Iran (irsc.ut.ac.ir)

Arkani-Hamed, J and A. Ghods, Could giant impacts cripple core dynamos of small terrestrial planets?, Icarus, 212, 920-934, (pdf), 2011.

Askari, R., A. Ghods, and F. Sobouti, Calibration of an Ml scale in the Alborz region, northern Iran, Bull. Seismological Society of Am., 99, 268-276, (pdf) 2009.

Gholamy S.A., A. Javaherian and A. Ghods, Automatic detection of interfering seismic wavelets using fractal methods, J. Geophys. Eng., 5 338-347 doi: 10.1088/1742-2132/5/3/009, (pdf) 2008.

Ghods A. and J. Arkani-Hamed, Large Impact-induced convection as the main mechanism for formation of mare basalts, 112,E03005,doi:10.1029/2006JE002709, J. Geophysical Research, (pdf) 2007.

Nahal A., J. Mostafavi-Amjad, A. Ghods, M.R.H. Khajehpour, S.N.S. Reihani, and M. R. Kolahchi, Laser-induced dendritic micro-structures on the surface of Ag⁺-doped glass, Journal of Applied Physics, (pdf) 2006.

Ghods A. and J. Arkani-Hamed, Impact-induced convection and melt production in the Lunar mantle: Source of Mare Basalt, Int. Lunar Conf. Proc. , 2005.

Ghods A. and F. Sobouti, "Quality assessment of seismic recording: Tehran seismic telemetry network", Asian Journal of Earth Sciences, 25, 687-694, (pdf) 2005.

Ghods A., Is small scale convection responsible for the formation thick igneous crust along volcanic passive margins?, Geophysical Research Letters, 10.1029/2001GL014408,( pdf )2002.

Ghods A., and J. Arkani-Hamed, Effect of melt migration on the dynamics and melt generation of diapirs ascending through asthenosphere, J. Geophysical Res.,107, No1 , 2002 (pdf )

Sobouti F., A. Ghods and J. Arkani-Hamed, A New Numerical Method for the Advection of Material Interfaces in Geodynamic Problems, J. Geodynamics, 31,459-480, 2001. ( pdf )

Ghods A., and J. Arkani-Hamed, Melt migration beneath mid-ocean ridges, Geophys. J. Inter. , 2000. ( pdf )

Ghods A., F. Sobouti, and J. Arkani-Hamed, An improved second moment method for solution of pure advection problems, Int. J. Numer. methods fluids , 32(8),959-977, 2000. (pdf )

Ghods A., and J. Arkani-Hamed, Interpretation of the satellite magnetic anomaly of the Nova Scotia marginal basin, Can. J. Earth Sci. ,35, 162-174, 1998.

Dyment, J., J. Arkani-Hamed, and A. Ghods, Contribution of serpentinized ultramafics to marine magnetic anomalies at slow and intermediate spreading centers: insights from the shape of the anomalies, Geophys. J. Int., 129 , 691-701, 1997.

• Geodynamics

• Seismology

• Computational Physics

• Gravity and magnetic methods