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Overview

Daniel Melnick is affiliated with Austral University of Chile in Chile and conducts research primarily in the field of Earth and Planetary Sciences. Their work spans several subfields including Geophysics, Earth-Surface Processes, Atmospheric Science, Geology, and Oceanography.

Their research focuses on key topics such as earthquake and tectonic studies, geology and paleoclimatology research, geological and geochemical analysis, geological formations and processes, high-pressure geophysics and materials, geological and geophysical studies, and earthquake detection and analysis.

Recent publications by Daniel Melnick include:

  • The occurrence and hazards of great subduction zone earthquakes (2022, Nature Reviews Earth & Environment)
  • A comprehensive database of active and potentially-active continental faults in Chile at 1:25,000 scale (2021, Scientific Data)
  • Holocene relative sea-level change along the tectonically active Chilean coast (2020, Quaternary Science Reviews)
  • Frictional Segmentation of the Chilean Megathrust From a Multivariate Analysis of Geophysical, Geological, and Geodetic Data (2021, Journal of Geophysical Research Solid Earth)
  • Variable Quaternary Uplift Along the Southern Margin of the Central Anatolian Plateau Inferred From Modeling Marine Terrace Sequences (2020, Tectonics)

Frequent coauthors collaborating with Daniel Melnick include:

  • Manfred R. Strecker
  • Julius Jara-Muñoz
  • Asfaw Erbello
  • Bodo Bookhagen
  • Andrés Tassara

Common venues for their work are:

  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • Tectonics
  • Scientific Reports
  • Communications Earth & Environment
  • Geochemistry Geophysics Geosystems

Best Publications

  • Toward understanding tectonic control on the Mw 8.8 2010 Maule Chile earthquake

    Marcelo Spegiorin Moreno;Daniel Melnick;M. Rosenau;J. Baez

  • Segmentation of megathrust rupture zones from fore-arc deformation patterns over hundreds to millions of years, Arauco peninsula, Chile

    Daniel Melnick;Bodo Bookhagen;Bodo Bookhagen;Manfred R. Strecker;Helmut Peter Echtler

  • Kinematic constraints on intra-arc shear and strain partitioning in the southern Andes between 38°S and 42°S latitude

    Matthias Rosenau;Daniel Melnick;Helmut Echtler

  • Impact of megathrust geometry on inversion of coseismic slip from geodetic data: Application to the 1960 Chile earthquake

    M. S. Moreno;J. Bolte;J. Klotz;D. Melnick

  • Land-Level Changes Produced by the Mw 8.8 2010 Chilean Earthquake

    Marcelo Farías;Gabriel Vargas;Andrés Tassara;Sébastien Carretier

  • Coastal staircase sequences reflecting sea-level oscillations and tectonic uplift during the Quaternary and Neogene

    Kevin Pedoja;Laurent Husson;Markes E. Johnson;Daniel Melnick

  • Heterogeneous plate locking in the South–Central Chile subduction zone: Building up the next great earthquake

    Marcelo Spegiorin Moreno;Daniel Melnick;M. Rosenau;John Bolte

  • East African mid-Holocene wet–dry transition recorded in palaeo-shorelines of Lake Turkana, northern Kenya Rift

    Yannick Garcin;Daniel Melnick;Manfred R. Strecker;Daniel Olago

  • Coastal deformation and great subduction earthquakes, Isla Santa María, Chile (37°S)

    Daniel Melnick;Bodo Bookhagen;Helmut P. Echtler;Manfred R. Strecker

  • Ecological Implications of Extreme Events: Footprints of the 2010 Earthquake along the Chilean Coast

    Eduardo Jaramillo;Jenifer E. Dugan;David M. Hubbard;Daniel Melnick

  • Inversion of forearc basins in south-central Chile caused by rapid glacial age trench fill

    Daniel Melnick;Helmut P. Echtler

  • Structural control on arc volcanism: The Caviahue–Copahue complex, Central to Patagonian Andes transition (38°S)

    Daniel Melnick;Andrés Folguera;Victor A. Ramos

  • Central and Southern Andean Tectonic Evolution Inferred from Arc Magmatism

    Michael Haschke;Andreas Günther;Daniel Melnick;Helmut Echtler

  • Coastal uplift and tsunami effects associated to the 2010 Mw8.8 Maule earthquake in Central Chile

    Gabriel Vargas;Marcelo Farías;Sébastien Carretier;Andrés Tassara

  • Rise of the central Andean coast by earthquakes straddling the Moho

    Daniel Melnick;Daniel Melnick

  • Nearly Instantaneous Tsunamis Following the Mw 7.5 2018 Palu Earthquake

    Matías Carvajal;Cristian Araya‐Cornejo;Ignacio Sepúlveda;Daniel Melnick

  • Splay fault slip during the Mw 8.8 2010 Maule Chile earthquake

    Daniel Melnick;Marcos Moreno;Mahdi Motagh;Marco Cisternas

  • Late Pleistocene–Holocene rise and collapse of Lake Suguta, northern Kenya Rift

    Yannick Garcin;Annett Junginger;Daniel Melnick;Daniel O. Olago

  • Plio-Quaternary extensional tectonics of the Central Anatolian Plateau: A case study from the Tuz Gölü Basin, Turkey

    Erman Ozsayin;T. Attila Ciner;F. Bora Rojay;R. Kadir Dirik

  • Late Neogene and active orogenic uplift in the Central Pontides associated with the North Anatolian Fault: Implications for the northern margin of the Central Anatolian Plateau, Turkey

    Cengiz Yildirim;Taylor F. Schildgen;Helmut Echtler;Daniel Melnick

  • Chilean megathrust earthquake recurrence linked to frictional contrast at depth

    M. Moreno;S. Li;D. Melnick;J. R. Bedford

Frequent Co-Authors

Manfred R. Strecker
Manfred R. Strecker University of Potsdam
Helmut Echtler
Helmut Echtler University of Potsdam
Marcos Moreno
Marcos Moreno Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile
Onno Oncken
Onno Oncken University of Potsdam
Taylor F. Schildgen
Taylor F. Schildgen University of Potsdam
Bodo Bookhagen
Bodo Bookhagen University of Potsdam
Andrés Folguera
Andrés Folguera University of Buenos Aires
Victor A. Ramos
Victor A. Ramos University of Buenos Aires
Laurent Husson
Laurent Husson Grenoble Alpes University
Robin Lacassin
Robin Lacassin Institut de Physique du Globe de Paris

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