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Saini, T., Bansal, A.R. and Ghods A., 2026. Widespread Dynamic Triggering of Seismicity in NW Iran by the 2023 Turkey Doublet Earthquakes. Geophysical Journal International, p.ggag291.
Rodriguez Cardozo, F., Braunmiller, J., Ghods A., Sawade, L., Örsvuran, R. and Bozdag, E., 2026. Regional moment tensor estimation with 3D velocity models–Application to the 2017 Hojedk, Iran sequence and performance assessment. Geophysical Journal International, p.ggag244.
Rodriguez-cardozo, F., Braunmiller, J., Thurin, J., Hu, J., Ph, T., Ghods A., Alvizun, C., Tkalcic, H., Tape, C., 2026. The 20 June 2025 M w 4 . 9 Event in the Central Alborz , Iran : A Rare Normal-Faulting Earthquake Within a Complex Transpressional Regime 54–64. https://doi.org/10.1785/0320250048
Ajorlou, N. and Ghods A., 2026. Impact of source characterization, structure, and building type on the shape of macroseismic region of 1990 7.3 Mw Rudbar, Iran earthquake. Soil Dynamics and Earthquake Engineering, 200, p.109818.
Kosari, N., Ghods A., Bergman, E. and Enayat, M., 2025. Rupture Directivity of Moderate to Large Earthquakes in the Slow Deforming Iranian Plateau. Geophysical Journal International, p.ggaf415.
Teknik V., Monsef, I., Abdelnasser, A. and Ghods A., 2025. Machine Learning-Based Mineral Prospectivity Mapping: Detecting Iranian Plateau High-Potential Metallogenic Zones Using Big Geospatial Data. Natural Resources Research, pp.1-26.
Ghods A., Jafari, M., Braunmiller, J., Aflaki, M., Bergman, E., Mousavi, Z., Farzaneghan, E. and Walpersdorf, A., 2025. The 2020 Qotur earthquake doublet and its implication for the geodynamics of Northwestern Iran. Tectonophysics, p.230899.
Ghods A., Bergman, E., Aghdam, M.A., Khaledzadeh, M. and Enayat, M., 2025. Geodynamics of the Makran subduction zone inferred from relocated seismicity. Tectonophysics, 905, p.230716.
Mehrdar, A., Motaghi K., Ghods A., Sobouti F., Priestley K., Pachhai S., Shabanian E., Zarunizadeh Z., Zeynaddini-Meymand Z., and El-Hussain I.. "Crustal and Uppermost Mantle Structure of the Iranian Makran Subduction Zone from Ambient Noise and Earthquake Surface Wave Tomography." Geophysical Journal International (2025): ggae419.
Teknik, V., Ghods A., Inan, S., Rezaeian, M., Akdoğan, R., Ghomi, S., 2024. Potential Field Imaging of Salt and Basement Structures in the Southern Zagros Foreland Basin. Pure Appl. Geophys. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00024-024-03576-z
Masoumi, Z., Ghods A., Shabanian, E., Hakimi, B., Etemad-saeed, N. & Malekian, F. (2024) Investigation of site fundamental frequency using H / V method guided by geomorphic features derived from old aerial photos. Soil Dyn. Earthq. Eng., 177, 108431, Elsevier Ltd. doi:10.1016/j.soildyn.2023.108431
Abbasi M., Ghods A., Njafi M., Abbasi S., Amiri M., Shabanian E., Kheradmand M., and Asgari J (2023). Why does western Makran have a low seismicity rate? Tectonophysics, 10.1016/j.tecto.2023.230134.
Akbarzadeh Aghdam, M. A., Ghods A., Sobouti, F., Motaghi, K., Priestley, K., & Enayat, M. (2023). Seismicity around the boundary between eastern and western Makran. Journal of Asian Earth Sciences, 105926.
Enayat, M., & Ghods A. (2023). 3D Shear‐Wave Velocity Model of Central Makran Using Ambient‐Noise Adjoint Tomography. Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth, 128(11), e2023JB026928.
Bergman E.A., Benz H.M., Yeck W.L., Karasözen E., Engdahl E.R., Ghods A., Hayes G.P., and Earle P.S.. "A Global Catalog of Calibrated Earthquake Locations." Seismological Society of America 94, no. 1, 2023: 485-495.
Vajedian S., Aflaki M., Mousavi Z., Ghods A., Walker R., and Maurer J.. "Seismotectonic modeling of the 2017 Hojedk (Kerman) earthquake sequence from joint inversion of InSAR and offset tracking techniques." Remote Sensing of Environment 288 , 2023: 113461.
Wang X, Chen L., Talebian M., Ai Y., Jiang M., Yao H., He Y…. Ghods A. et al. "Shallow Crustal Response to Arabia‐Eurasia Convergence in Northwestern Iran: Constraints From Multifrequency P‐Wave Receiver Functions." Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth 127, no. 9, 2022: e2022JB024515.
Khaledzadeh M., and Ghods A. "Estimation of size of megathrust zone in the Makran subduction system by thermal modelling." Geophysical Journal International 228, no. 3 2022: 1530-1540.
Priestley, K., Sobouti F., Mokhtarzadeh R., Irandoust M.A., Ghods A., Motaghi K., and Ho T.. "New Constraints for the On‐Shore Makran Subduction Zone Crustal Structure." Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth 127, no. 1 (2022): e2021JB022942.
Jamalreyhani M., Pousse‐Beltran L., Büyükakpınar P., Cesca S., Nissen E., Ghods A., Ángel López‐Comino J., Rezapour M., and Najafi M.. "The 2019–2020 Khalili (Iran) Earthquake Sequence—Anthropogenic Seismicity in the Zagros Simply Folded Belt?." Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth126, no. 12 (2021): e2021JB022797.
Shiva Arvin, Farhad Sobouti, Keith Priestley, Abdolreza Ghods , Khalil Motaghi, Frederik Tilmann, Tuna Eken, Seismic anisotropy and mantle deformation in NW Iran inferred from splitting measurements of SK(K)S and direct S phases, Geophysical Journal International, Volume 226, Issue 2, August 2021, Pages 1417–1431, https://doi.org/10.1093/gji/ggab181
Kheyrollahi H., Firouz Alinia, A. Ghods, Regional magnetic and gravity structures and distribution of mineral deposits in Central Iran: Implications for mineral exploration, in press, Journal of Asian Earth Sciences, 2021.
Bansal Abhey Ram and Abdolreza Ghods, Remote triggering in Iran: large peak dynamic stress is not the main driver of triggering, Geophysical Journal International, Volume 225, Issue 1, April 2021, Pages 456–476, https://doi.org/10.1093/gji/ggaa573.
Mehdi Maheri-Peyrov, Ghods A., Donner S., Akbarzadeh-Aghdam M., Sobouti F., Motaghi K., Hassanzadeh M., Mortezanejad G., Talebian M., Chen L., Upper crustal structure of NW Iran revealed by regional 3-D Pg velocity tomography, Geophysical Journal International, Volume 222, Issue 2, August 2020, Pages 1093–1108, https://doi.org/10.1093/gji/ggaa236
Braunmiller, J., Nabelek, J., & Ghods, A.. Sensor Orientation of Iranian Broadband Seismic Stations from P -Wave Particle Motion. https://doi.org/10.1785/0220200019, 2020.
Kumar R., Bansal A.& Ghods A. , Estimation of Depth to Bottom of Magnetic Sources Using Spectral Methods : Application on Iran ’ s Aeromagnetic Data Journal of Geophysical Research : Solid Earth, 1–17. https://doi.org/10.1029/2019JB018119, 2020.
Karasözen E., Nissen E., Bergman E.A., Ghods A. , Seismotectonics of the Zagros (Iran) From Orogen‐Wide, Calibrated Earthquake Relocations, Journal of Geophysical Research, Solid Earth,https://doi.org/10.1029/2019JB017336, 2019.
Rahmani, M., Motaghi, K., Ghods, A. , Sobouti, F., Talebian, M., Ai, Y., & Chen, L. Deep velocity image of the north Zagros collision zone ( Iran ) from regional and teleseismic tomography. https://doi.org/10.1093/gji/ggz393, 2019.
Aflaki, M., Mousavi, Z., Ghods, A., Shabanian, E., Vajedian, S., Akbarzadeh, M.. The 2017 Mw 6 Sefid Sang earthquake and its implication for the geodynamics of NE Iran. Geophysical Journal International, 218, 1227–1245, https://doi.org/10.1093/gji/ggz172, 2019.
Teknik, V., Ghods, A., Thybo, H., & Artemieva, I. M. Crustal density structure of NW Iranian Plateau. Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences, 2(4), 1–61, 2019.
Nissen, E., Ghods, A., Karasözen, E., Elliott, J.R., Barnhart, W.D., Bergman, E.A., Hayes, G.P., Jamal‐Reyhani, M., Nemati, M., Tan, F. and Abdulnaby, W., (2019). The 12 November 2017 M w 7.3 Ezgeleh‐Sarpolzahab (Iran) Earthquake and Active Tectonics of the Lurestan Arc. Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth, 124, 2124-2152, doi.org/10.1029/2018JB016221, 2019.
Savidge, E., Nissen, E., Nemati, M., Karasozen, E., Hollingsworth, J., Talebian, M., Bergman E., Ghods, A., Gorashi M., Kosari,E., Rashidi, A. and Rashidi, A., The December 2017 Hojedk ( Iran ) earthquake triplet — sequential rupture of shallow reverse faults in a strike-slip restraining bend. Geophysical Journal International, (December 2017), 1–34. https://doi.org/10.1093/gji/ggz053, 2019.
Motaghi, K., Ghods, A., Sobouti, F., Shabanian, E., Mahmoudabadi, M., & Priestley, K. Lithospheric seismic structure of the West Alborz - Talesh ranges , Iran. Geophysical Journal International.,215, 1766-1780, https://doi.org/10.1093/gji/ggy372, 2019.
Sadeghi Bagherabadi, A., F. Sobouti, A. Ghods , K. Motaghi, M. Talebian, L. Chen, M. Jiang, Y. Ai, and Y. He, Upper Mantle Anisotropy and Deformation beneath the Major Thrust-and-Fold Belts of Zagros and Alborz and the Iranian Plateau, Geophysical Journal International,DOI: 10.1093/gji/ggy233, 2018.
Karasözen E., Nissen E., Büyükakpınar P., Cambaz M. D., Kahraman M., Ertan E.K., Abgarmi B., Bergman E., Ghods A., Özacar A The 20 July 2017 Mw 6.6 Bodrum–Kos earthquake illuminates active faulting in the Gulf of Gökova, SW Turkey. Geophysical Journal International, (May), 185–199. https://doi.org/10.1093/gji/ggy114, 2018.
Saatsaz, M., I. Monsef, M. Rahmani, and A. Ghods , Site suitability evaluation of an old operating landfill using AHP and GIS techniques and integrated hydrogeological and geophysical surveys, Environ Moni. Assess, 190:144, doi.org/10.1007/s10661-018-6505-x, 2018.
Teknik, V., and A. Ghods , Depth of magnetic basement in Iran based on fractal spectral analysis of aeromagnetic data, Geophysical Journal International, 209(3), 1878–1891, doi:10.1093/gji/ggx132, 2017.
Bavali, K., K. Motaghi, K., F. Sobouti, A. Ghods , M. Abbasi, K. Priestley, G. Mortezanejad, M. Rezaeian, M., "Lithospheric structure beneath NW Iran using regional and teleseismic travel-time tomography", Physics of the Earth and Planetary Interiors, 253, 97-107, 2016.
Kheyrollahi, H., F. Alinia, and A. Ghods , Regional magnetic lithologies and structures as controls on porphyry copper deposits: evidence from Iran, Exploration Geophysics, http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/EG16042, 2016.
Maheri-Peyrov M., A. Ghods , M. Abbasi, E. Bergman, F. Sobouti, ML Shear Wave Velocity Tomography for the Iranian Plateau, accepted in Geophysical Journal International, 2015.
Elliott, J. R., E. Bergman, A. C. Copley, A. Ghods , E. K. Nissen, B. Oveisi, M. Tatar, R. J. Walters & F. Yamini-Fard, The 2013 Mw 6.2 Khaki-Shonbe (Iran) Earthquake: insights into seismic and aseismic shortening of the Zagros sedimentary cover, Earth & Space Sciences, doi:10.1002/2015EA000098, 2015.
Yaghmaei-Sabegh, S., Ghods, A. , "A Comparative Study on Ground Motion Attenuation in the 2012 Varzaghan-Ahar Doublet Event, Northwest of Iran", Journal of Earthquake Engineering, 19: (6), 1-37, 2015.
Ghods, A. , E. Shabanian, E. Bergman, M. Faridi, S. Donner, G. Mortezanejad, A. Aziz Zanjany, "The Varzaghan–Ahar, Iran, Earthquake Doublet (Mw 6.4, 6.2): implications for the geodynamics of northwest Iran ", Geophysical Journal International, 203: (1), 522-540, 2015.
Donner S., A. Ghods , F. Kruger, D. Rossler, A. Landgraf, and P. Ballato, (2014), The Ahar-Varzeghan earthquake doublet (Mw 6.4 and 6.2) of 11th August 2012- Regional seismic moment tensors and a seismotectonic interpretation, Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America , 105: (1), 1-17, 2015
Donner, S., F. Krüger, D. Rößler, A. Ghods , "Combined Inversion of Broadband and Short-Period Waveform Data for Regional Moment Tensors: A Case Study in the Alborz Mountains, Iran", Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America, 104: (3), 1-16, 2014.
Aziz Zanjani A, A. Ghods , F. Sobouti, E. Bergman, G. Mortezanejad, K. Priestley, S. Madanaipour and M. Rezaeian, Seismicity in the western coast of the South Caspian Basin and the Talesh Mountains, doi:1093/gih/ggt299, 2013. (pdf)
Walker, R. T., E. A Bergman, J.R. Elliott, E.J. Feilding, A. Ghods, M. Ghoraishi, J. Jackson, H. Nazari, M. B. Nemati, M. Oveisi, M. Talebian and R. J. Walters., "The 2010–2011 South Rigan (Baluchestan) earthquake sequence and its implications for distributed deformation and earthquake hazard in southeast Iran", Geophys. J. Int, 192, 1-26, (2013).
Motaghi, K., A. Ghods, A., "Attenuation of Ground-Motion Spectral Amplitudes and Its Variations across the Central Alborz Mountains", Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America, 102: (4), 1-13, (2012),(pdf).
Ghods, A., Rezapour, E. Bergman, G. Mortezanejad, and M. Talebian, Relocation of the 2006 Mw 6.1 Silakhour, Iran, Earthquake Sequence: Details of Fault Segmentation on the Main Recent Fault, BSSA, 102, 398-416, 2012.
Ghods A. and J. Arkani-Hamed, Effects of the Borealis impact on the mantle dynamics of Mars, Physics of the Earth and Planetary Interiors, 188, 37-46, 2011.
Arkani-Hamed, J. and A. Ghods, Could giant impacts cripple core dynamos of small terrestrial planets?, Icarus, 212, 920-934, 2011. (pdf)
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, 2009. (pdf)
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, 2008. (pdf)
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, 2007. (pdf)
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, 2006.(pdf)
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, 2005. (pdf)
Ghods A., Is small scale convection responsible for the formation thick igneous crust along volcanic passive margins?, Geophysical Research Letters, 10.1029/2001GL014408,2002.(pdf)
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.