Ahmet Okeler Ahmet Okeler
Email: okeler@fas.harvard.edu
Postdoctoral Fellow

Harvard Seismology Group
Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences
Harvard University
Research Interests

My currect research involves analysis of body wave seismograms to obtain splitting parameters, i.e., fast azimuth and delay time. I am particulary interested in the lowermost mantle contribution on these measurements.

I am also interested in the following topics,

  • Upper Mantle Discontinuities & Mantle Transition Zone Topography
  • Reflected/Converted Body Waves
  • Waveform Modeling
  • Regional Seismic Deployments
  • Ambient Noise Studies

    • Education

    2011-current, Postdoctoral Fellow, Harvard University, U.S.A.
    2010-2011, Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Alberta, Canada.
    2005-2010 Ph.D. Geophsics, University of Alberta, Canada.
    2000-2003 M.Sc. Geophysics, Istanbul Technical University, Turkey.
    1995-2000 B.Sc. Geophysics, Istanbul Technical University, Turkey.

    Publications

    Brzak, K., Gu, Y.J., Okeler, A., Steckler, M., Lerner-Lam,A., 2009, Migration imaging and forward modeling of microseismic noise sources near southern Italy, Geochem. Geophys. Geosyst., 10, doi:10.1029/2008GC002234 .

    Okeler, A., Gu, Y.J., Lerner-Lam,A., Steckler, M., 2009,Seismic structure of the southern Apennines as revealed by waveform modeling of regional surface waves, Geophys. J. Int ., 178, 3, 1473-1492, doi:10.1111/j.1365-246X.2009.04229.x .

    Gu, Y.J., Okeler, A., Contenti, S., Kocon, K., Shen, L., Brzak, K., 2009, Broadband seismic array deployment and data analysis in Alberta, CSEG Recorder., 34, 73, 37-44 .

    Gu, Y.J., Okeler, A., Shen, L., Contenti, S., The Canadian Rockies and Alberta Network (CRANE): New constraints on the Rockies and Western Canada Sedimentary Basin, Seis. Res. Lett ., 82, 4, 575-588, doi: 10.1785/gssrl.82.4.575 .

    Contenti, S., Gu, Y.J., Okeler, A., Sacchi, M.D., 2012, Shear wave reflectivity imaging of the Nazca-South America subduction zone: stagnant slab in the mantle transition zone?, Geophys. Res. Lett. , 39, L02310, doi:10.1029/2011GL050064 .

    Gu, Y.J., Okeler, A., Schultz, R., 2012,Tracking slabs beneath northwestern Pacific subduction zones, Seismic structure of the southern Apennines as revealed by waveform modeling of regional surface waves, Earth Planet. Sci. Lett., 331-332, 269-280, doi:10.1016/j.epsl.2012.03.023 .

    Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences / Harvard University / 20 Oxford Street / Cambridge / MA 02138 / U.S.A. / Telephone: +1 617 495 2350 / Fax: +1 617 496 1907 / Email: reilly@eps.harvard.edu