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Anastasia Kiratzi is affiliated with Aristotle University of Thessaloniki in Greece, contributing to the field of Earth and Planetary Sciences with a focus on geophysics. Their research encompasses earthquake and tectonic studies, high-pressure geophysics and materials, earthquake detection and analysis, as well as seismic waves and analysis.

The scientist has published extensively in various domains related to seismology, with topics including Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) applications and techniques and geophysical methods and applications. Their work also intersects with ocean engineering, artificial intelligence, aerospace engineering, and mechanics of materials as subfields of their research interests.

Their recent notable publications include:

  • Characteristics of the 2020 Samos earthquake (Aegean Sea) using seismic data, 2021, Bulletin of Earthquake Engineering
  • Seismic Waveform Data from Greece and Cyprus: Integration, Archival, and Open Access, 2021, Seismological Research Letters
  • The March 2021 Tyrnavos, central Greece, doublet (Μw6.3 and Mw6.0): Aftershock relocation, faulting details, coseismic slip and deformation, 2021, Bulletin of the Geological Society of Greece
  • The 2020 Samos Mw7 earthquake: Source model depicting complexity and rupture directivity, 2022, Tectonophysics
  • Mapping InSAR deformation of low and moderate earthquakes, 2021, Procedia Computer Science

Frequent coauthors in their research include Zafeiria Roumelioti, Christos Evangelidis, Odysseus Galanis, C. B. Papazachos, and P. M. Hatzidimitriou.

They have contributed to publication venues such as:

  • Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America
  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • Seismological Research Letters
  • Bulletin of Earthquake Engineering
  • Bulletin of the Geological Society of Greece

Their academic profile reveals a multidisciplinary approach, reflecting a blend of geophysics and related engineering disciplines in the context of seismic event analysis and earth deformation studies, supported by use of modern techniques including SAR and InSAR technology.

Best Publications

  • A detailed study of the active crustal deformation in the Aegean and surrounding area

    Constantinos B. Papazachos;Anastasia A. Kiratzi

  • The Cephalonia Transform Fault and its extension to western Lefkada Island (Greece)

    E Louvari;A.A Kiratzi;B.C Papazachos

  • Focal mechanisms of shallow earthquakes in the Aegean Sea and the surrounding lands determined by waveform modelling: a new database

    Anastasia Kiratzi;Eleni Louvari

  • Fault plane solutions in the Aegean sea and the surrounding area and their tectonic implication

    B. C. Papazachos;E. E. Papadimitriou;A. A. Kiratzi;C. B. Papazachos

  • A study on the active crustal deformation of the North and East Anatolian Fault Zones

    Anastasia A. Kiratzi

  • Toward a homogeneous moment-magnitude determination for earthquakes in Greece and the surrounding area

    B. C. Papazachos;A. A. Kiratzi;B. G. Karacostas

  • Focal mechanisms of shallow and intermediate depth earthquakes along the Hellenic Arc

    Christoforos Benetatos;A. Kiratzi;C. Papazachos;G. Karakaisis

  • Stress tensor inversions along the westernmost North Anatolian Fault Zone and its continuation into the North Aegean Sea

    Anastasia A. Kiratzi

  • Active faulting in the north-eastern Aegean Sea Islands

    A. Chatzipetros;A. Kiratzi;S. Sboras;S. Sboras;N. Zouros

  • A formulation for reliable estimation of active crustal deformation and its application to central Greece

    Constantinos B. Papazachos;Anastasia A. Kiratzi

  • Active crustal deformation from the Azores triple junction to the Middle East

    Anastasia A. Kiratzi;Constantinos B. Papazachos

  • Seismic faults in the Aegean area

    B.C. Papazachos;A.A. Kiratzi;P.M. Hatzidimitriou;A.C. Rocca

  • Regional focal mechanisms for earthquakes in the Aegean area

    B. Papazachos;A. Kiratzi;E. Papadimitriou

  • Moment tensor inversion of the 1983 January 17 Kefallinia event of Ionian islands (Greece)

    Anastasia A. Kiratzi;Charles A. Langston

  • The 14 August 2003 Lefkada Island (Greece) earthquake: focal mechanisms of the mainshock and of the aftershock sequence

    Christoforos Benetatos;A. Kiratzi;Z. Roumelioti;G. Stavrakakis

  • The January 2010 Efpalio earthquake sequence in the western Corinth Gulf (Greece)

    E. Sokos;J. Zahradník;A. Kiratzi;J. Janský

  • Source parameters of some large earthquakes in Northern Aegean determined by body waveform inversion

    Anastasia A. Kiratzi;Gregory S. Wagner;Charles A. Langston

  • Shear wave anisotropy in the upper mantle beneath the Aegean related to internal deformation

    D. Hatzfeld;E. Karagianni;I. Kassaras;A. Kiratzi

  • Surface Fault Traces, Fault Plane Solution and Spatial Distribution of the Aftershocks of the September 13, 1986 Earthquake of Kalamata (Southern Greece)

    B. Papazachos;A. Kiratzi;B. Karacostas;D. Panagiotopoulos

  • Seismic source-parameter relations for earthquakes in Greece

    A. A. Kiratzi;G. F. Karakaisis;E. E. Papadimitriou;B. C. Papazachos

  • Asperity break after 12 years: The Mw6.4 2015 Lefkada (Greece) earthquake

    E. Sokos;J. Zahradník;F. Gallovič;A. Serpetsidaki

Frequent Co-Authors

B. C. Papazachos
B. C. Papazachos Aristotle University of Thessaloniki
Eleftheria Papadimitriou
Eleftheria Papadimitriou Aristotle University of Thessaloniki
Douglas S. Dreger
Douglas S. Dreger University of California, Berkeley
Efthimios Sokos
Efthimios Sokos University of Patras
Charles A. Langston
Charles A. Langston University of Memphis
Denis Hatzfeld
Denis Hatzfeld Centre national de la recherche scientifique, CNRS
Hayrullah Karabulut
Hayrullah Karabulut Boğaziçi University
Filippos Vallianatos
Filippos Vallianatos National and Kapodistrian University of Athens
Keith Priestley
Keith Priestley University of Cambridge
Gerassimos A. Papadopoulos
Gerassimos A. Papadopoulos Hellenic Mediterranean University

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