School of Earth and Environment
Untitled Document

Jurgen Neuberg Prof Jurgen Neuberg

Professor of Physical Volcanology; Director of IGT;

Telephone number: +44(0) 113 34 36769
Email address: j.neuberg@leeds.ac.uk
Room: 8.144

Multimo home page

European Seismological Commission (ESC) - Working Group 'Seismic Phenomena Associated With Volcanic Activity'

IASPEI/IAVCEI joint commission on Volcano Seismology

Biography

Degree in Physics from Karlsruhe University, Germany, PhD in Physics on "Earth Core Resonance", worked on inversion of gravity data, on earth tides, and long wavelength features of the core-mantle boundary (CMB). Post-doctoral fellowship at the University of Colorado, Boulder, USA; seismological investigation of the lowermost mantle and the CMB. Lectureship at Gadjah Mada University, Yogya, Indonesia; Has been in Leeds since September 1991. Sabbaticals in New Zealand and La Reunion Island.

Prof Neuberg is chairman of the IAVCEI/IASPEI joint commission on Volcano Seismology and an equivalent group of the European Seismological Commission. Since 1997 he has been involved in the monitoring efforts of Soufriere Hills volcano, Montserrat, since 2000 as a member of the Risk Assessment Panel (RAP), and since 2003 as a member of the Scientific Advisory Committee (SAC) to the Foreign and Commonwealth Office.

Research

Current research interests focus on monitoring, modelling and interpretation of volcanic seismic signals. Funded by several NERC and European grants he has worked on volcanoes in Italy, Indonesia, New Zealand and Montserrat. He uses multi-parameter magma flow models, constrained by observations and combined with synthetic seismic signals in a wide frequency range, to develop source models for volcanic seismic signals and tremor which have been widely used by the volcanological community.

Publications

  • Hammer, C; Neuberg, JW (2009) On the dynamical behaviour of low-frequency earthquake swarms prior to a dome collapse of Soufriere Hill volcano, Montserrat, GEOPHYS RES LETT, 36, . doi:10.1029/2008GL036837
  • Mattioli, GS; Voight, B; Linde, AT; Sacks, IS; Watts, P; Widiwijayanti, C; Young, SR; Hidayat, D; Elsworth, D; Malin, PE; Shalev, E; Van Boskirk, E; Johnston, W; Sparks, RSJ; Neuberg, J; Bass, V; Dunkley, P; Herd, R; Syers, T; Williams, P; Williams, D (2007) Unique and remarkable dilatometer measurements of pyroclastic flow-generated tsunamis, GEOLOGY, 35, pp.25-28. doi:10.1130/G22931A.1
  • Voight, B; Linde, AT; Sacks, IS; Mattioli, GS; Sparks, RSJ; Elsworth, D; Hidayat, D; Malin, PE; Shalev, E; Widiwijayanti, C; Young, SR; Bass, V; Clarke, A; Dunkley, P; Johnston, W; McWhorter, N; Neuberg, J; Williams, P (2006) Unprecedented pressure increase in deep magma reservoir triggered by lava-dome collapse, GEOPHYS RES LETT, 33, . doi:10.1029/2005GL024870
  • Sturton, S; Neuberg, J (2006) The effects of conduit length and acoustic velocity on conduit resonance: Implications for low-frequency events, J VOLCANOL GEOTH RES, 151, pp.319-339. doi:10.1016/j.jvolgeores.2005.09.009
  • Green, DN; Neuberg, J; Cayol, V (2006) Shear stress along the conduit wall as a plausible source of tilt at Soufriere Hills volcano, Montserrat, GEOPHYS RES LETT, 33, . doi:10.1029/2006GL025890
  • Neuberg, J (2006) Multi-parameter monitoring and modelling of volcanic processes, In: Mader; M, H; Coles; G, S; Connor; B, C (Ed) Statistics in Volcanology, Special Publications of IAVCEI , 1, Geological Society, London, pp.215--230.
  • Roman, DC; Neuberg, J; Luckett, RR (2006) Assessing the likelihood of volcanic eruption through analysis of volcanotectonic earthquake fault-plane solutions, EARTH PLANET SC LETT, 248, pp.244-252. doi:10.1016/j.epsl.2006.05.029
  • Neuberg, J; Navon, O; Carniel, R (2006) Special issue - MULTIMO: Multi-parameter monitoring, modelling and forecasting of volcanic hazard - Results from a European project - Foreword, J VOLCANOL GEOTH RES, 153, pp.VII-VII. doi:10.1016/j.volgeores.2005.11.008
  • Green, DN; Neuberg, J (2006) Waveform classification of volcanic low-frequency earthquake swarms and its implication at Soufriere Hills Volcano, Montserrat, J VOLCANOL GEOTH RES, 153, pp.51-63. doi:10.1016/j.jvolgeores.2005.08.003
  • Collier, L; Neuberg, J (2006) Incorporating seismic observations into 2D conduit flow modeling, J VOLCANOL GEOTH RES, 152, pp.331-346. doi:10.1016/j.jvolgeores.2005.11.009
  • Collier, L; Neuberg, J; Lensky, NG; Lyakhovsky, V (2006) Attenuation in gas-charged magma., Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research, 153, pp.21-36. doi:10.1016/j.jvolgeores.2005.08.009
  • Neuberg, J; Tuffen, H; Collier, L; Green, D; Powell, TW; Dingwell, D (2006) The trigger mechanism of low-frequency earthquakes on Montserrat, Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research, 153, pp.37-50. doi:10.1016/j.jvolgeores.2005.08.008
  • Collier, L; Neuberg, JW; Lensky, N; Lyakhovsky, V; Navon, O (2006) Attenuation in gas-charged magma, J VOLCANOL GEOTH RES, 153, pp.21-36. doi:10.1016/j.volgeores.2005.08.009
  • Green, DN; Neuberg, J (2005) Seismic and infrasonic signals associated with an unusual collapse event at the Soufriere Hills volcano, Montserrat, GEOPHYS RES LETT, 32, . doi:10.1029/2004GL022265
  • Jousset, P; Neuberg, J; Jolly, A (2004) Modelling low-frequency volcanic earthquakes in a viscoelastic medium with topography, GEOPHYS J INT, 159, pp.776-802. doi:10.1111/j.1365-246X.2004.02411.x
  • Jousset, PGM; Neuberg, J; Sturton, S (2003) Modelling the time-dependent frequency content of low-frequency volcanic earthquakes, Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research, 128, pp.201-223. doi:10.1016/S0377-0273(03)00255-5
  • Powell, TW; Neuberg, J (2003) Time dependent features in tremor spectra, JOURNAL OF VOLCANOLOGY AND GEOTHERMAL RESEARCH, 128, pp.177-185. doi:10.1016/S0377-0273(03)00253-1
  • Sturton, S; Neuberg, J (2003) The effects of a decompression on seismic parameter profiles in a gas-charged magma, Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research, 128, pp.187-199. doi:10.1016/S0377-0273(03)00254-3
  • Neuberg, J (2002) Reply to comment by M. Hagerty and S. Sherburn on 'External modulation of volcanic activity', GEOPHYS J INT, 148, pp.695-696.
  • Neuberg, J; O'Gorman, C (2002) The seismic wavefield in gas-charged magma, In: Druitt, TH; Kokelaar, BP (Ed) The Eruption of Soufrière Hills Volcano, Montserrat, from 1995 to 1999, Geological Society of London, Memoir , 21, London: Geological Society, pp.603-609.
  • Baptie, B; Luckett, R; Neuberg, J (2002) Spatial and temporal variability of low-frequency earthquakes and volcanic tremor on Montserrat, In: Druitt, TH; Kokelaar, BP (Ed) The eruption of Soufrière Hills Volcano, Montserrat, from 1995-1999, Geological Society of London, Memoir , 21, London: Geological Society.
  • Luckett, R; Baptie, B; Neuberg, J (2002) Seismic signals associated with rockfall on Soufriere Hills volcano, Montserrat, In: Druitt, TH; Kokelaar, BP (Ed) The Eruption of Soufrière Hills Volcano, Monserrat, from 1995-1999, Geological Society of London, Memoir , 21, London: Geological Society.
  • Quinn, RK; Clark, RA; Neuberg, JW (2001) The AVA (amplitude-versus-angle) signature of small-scale reflector topography, GEOPHYS PROSPECT, 49, pp.59-70.
  • Neuberg, J (2000) Characteristics and causes of shallow seismicity in andesite volcanoes, Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London, Series A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences, 358, pp.1533-1546.
  • Neuberg, J; Luckett, R; Baptie, B; Olsen, K (2000) Models of tremor and low-frequency earthquake swarms on Montserrat, Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research, 101, pp.83-104.
  • Neuberg, J (2000) Modelling the seismic wavefield of low-frequency events, SSA-1-09, XXVII General Assembly ESC, Lisbon, Portugal, .
  • Neuberg, J (2000) External modulation of volcanic activity, Geophysical Journal International, 142, pp.232-240.
  • Neuberg, J; Pointer, T (2000) Effects of volcano-topography on seismic broadband waveforms, Geophysical Journal International, 143, pp.239-248.
  • Neuberg, J; Baptie, B; Luckett, R; Stewart, R (1998) Results from the broadband seismic network on Montserrat, Geophysical Research Letters, 25, pp.3661-3664.
  • Neuberg, J; Lisapaly, L (1997) Kirchhoff synthetics for seismic reflections and diving waves in two dimensions and application to the D" layer, Geophysical Journal International, 129, pp.587-596.
  • Murphy, FE; Neuberg, J; Jacob, AWB (1997) Alternatives to core-mantle boundary topography, Physics of the Earth and Planetary Interiors, 103, pp.349-364.
  • Braun, T; Neuberg, J; Ripepe, M (1996) On the origin of the long-period tremor recorded at Stromboli volcano (Italy), Annali di Geofisica, 39, .
  • Neuberg, J; Luckett, R (1996) Seismo-volcanic sources on Stromboli volcano, Annali di Geofisica, 39, pp.377-391.