Publications
Peer-reviewed Journals
Roten, D., Olsen, K.B. and Pechmann, J.C. ''3D Simulations of M 7 Earthquakes on the Wasatch Fault, Utah, Part II: Broadband (0-10 Hz) ground motion and nonlinear soil behavior, Bull. seism. Soc. Am., in press [PDF]
Day, S.D., Roten, D. and Olsen, K.B. ''Calculating the Source and Path Sensitivities of Basin Guided Waves by Adjoint Simulations'', Geophys. J. Int., 189, 1103-1124, doi:10.1111/j.1365-246X. 2012.05416.x. [PDF] Wiley
Roten, D., Miyake, H. and Koketsu, K., 2012. ''A Rayleigh wave back-projection method applied to the 2011 Tohoku earthquake'', Geophysical Research Letters, 39, L02302, doi:10.1029/ 2011GL050183 [PDF] AGU
Roten, D., Olsen, K.B., Pechmann, J.C., Cruz-Atienza, V.M. and Magistrale, H., 2011. ''3D Simulations of M 7 Earthquakes on the Wasatch Fault, Utah, Part I: Long-Period (0-1 Hz) Ground Motion'', Bull. seism. Soc. Am, 101(5), 2045-2063 [PDF] SSA
Roten, D., Fäh, D., Bonilla, L.F., Alvarez-Rubio, S., Weber, T.M. and Laue, I., 2009. ''Estimation of non-linear site response in a deep Alpine valley'', Geopys. J. Int., 178, 1597-1613 [PDF] Wiley
Bielak, J., Graves, R.W., Olsen, K.B., Taborda, R., Ramírez-Guzmán, L., Day, S.M., Ely, G.P., Roten, D., Jordan, T.H., Maechling, P.J., Urbanic, J., Cui, Y., and Jove, G. 2009. The ShakeOut earthquake scenario: Verification of three simulation sets. Geoph. J. Int., 180(1), 375-404. [PDF] Wiley
Olsen, K. B., Day, S. M., Dalguer, L. A., Mayhew, J., Cui, Y., Zhu, J., Cruz-Atienza, V., Roten, D., Maechling, P., Jordan, T., Okaya, D., and Chourasia, A. 2009. ShakeOut-D: Ground Motion Estimates Using an Ensemble of Large Earthquakes on the Southern San Andreas Fault With Spontaneous Rupture Propagation.Geophysical Research Letters, 36, L04303. [PDF] AGU
Havenith, H.B., Fäh, D. and Álvarez-Rubio, S., and Roten, D. 2009. Response spectra for the deep sediment-filled Rhône Valley in the Swiss Alps. Soil. Dyn. and Earth. Eng., 29(1), 17-38. [PDF] ScienceDirect
Roten, D., Fäh, D., Olsen, K.B. and Giardini, D., 2008. ''A comparison of observed and simulated site response in the Rhône valley'', Geophys. J. Int., 173, 958-978 [PDF] Wiley
Roten, D. and Fäh, D, 2007. ''A combined inversion of Rayleigh wave dispersion and 2-D resonance frequencies''. Geophys. J. Int., 168, 1261-175 [PDF] Wiley
Roten, D., Fäh, D., Cornou, C. and Giardini, D., 2006. ''Two-dimensional resonances in Alpine valleys identified from ambient vibration wavefields''. Geophys. J. Int., 165, 889-905 [PDF] Wiley
Conference proceedings
Roten, D., Fäh, D., Laue, J. and L.F. Bonilla, 2012. "Modeling of wave propagation in nonlinear media for inversion of dynamic soil properties from earthquake records", Seismological Society of America, 2012 Annual Meeting, April 17-19, San Diego, CA [Abstract] [PDF]
Roten, D., Miyake, H. and Koketsu, K., 2011. ''Rupture characteristics of the 2011 Tohoku earthquake inferred from back-projection of Rayleigh waves'', American Geophysical Union, Fall Meeting 2011, abstract number U51B-0029 [PDF] [AGU]
Roten, D., Fäh, D. and Laue, J., 2011. ''Application of a neighborhood algorithm for parameter identification in a cyclic mobility model'', 4th IASPEI/IAEE International Symposium: Effects of Surface Geology on Seismic Ground Motion, August 23-26, 2011, University of Santa Barabara [PDF] [Poster] ESG4
Roten, D. and Olsen, K. B., 2010. ''Simulation of Long-Period Ground Motion in the Imperial Valley Area during the M 7.2 El Mayor-Cucapah Earthquake'', American Geophysical Union, Fall Meeting 2010, abstract number S51A-1920 [PDF] [Abstract]
Cui, Y., Olsen, K.B., Lee, K., Zhou, J., Small, P., Roten, D., Ely, G., Panda, D.K., Chourasia, A, Levesque, J., Day, S.M., and Maechling, P. 2010. ''Scalable Earthquake Simulation on Petascale Supercomputers'', 2010 ACM/IEEE International Conference for High Performance Computing, Networking, Storage and Analysis November 13-19 2010, New Orleans, LA [PDF]
Roten, D. and Day, S.M. and Olsen, K.B., 2010. ''Revealing source and path sensitivities of basin guided waves by time-reversed simulations'', Workshop on Earthquake Source Dynamics: Data and Data-constrained Numerical Modeling - ESD 2010 June 27 – July 1, 2010, Smolenice Castle, Slovak Republic ESD
Roten, D., Day, S., and Olsen, K. 2010. ''Revealing Source and Path Sensitivities of Basin Guided Waves by Time-Reversed Simulations'', Seismological Society of America, 2010 Annual Meeting, Portland, OR, 21-23 April 2010 [PDF] [Abstract]
Roten, D., Olsen, K. B., Cruz-Atienza, V., Pechmann, J. C. and Magistrale, H., 2009. ''3-D Ground Motion Modeling for M7 Dynamic Rupture Earthquake Scenarios on the Wasatch Fault, Utah'', American Geophysical Union, Fall Meeting 2009, abstract number S42B-07
Roten, D., Olsen, K. B., Magistrale, H., Pechmann, J. C. and Cruz-Atienza, V. C., 2009. ''3-D Ground Motion Modeling for M7 Dynamic Rupture Earthquake Scenarios on the Wasatch Fault, Utah.'', Seismological Society of America, 2009 Annual Meeting [Abstract]
Roten, D., Olsen, K. B., Pechmann, J. C., Cruz-Atienza, V. and Magistrale, H., 2008. ''3-D Ground Motion Modeling for M7 Dynamic Rupture Earthquake Scenarios on the Wasatch Fault, Utah'', American Geophysical Union, Fall Meeting 2008, abstract number S51D-1051
Roten, D., Fäh, D, Olsen, K. B., Bonilla, L. F. and Giardini, D., 2007. ''Long-period Amplification by Two-Dimensional Resonance in a Deep Alpine Valley'', American Geophysical Union, Fall Meeting 2007, abstract number S31B-0449
Roten, D., Fäh, D., Oprsal, I., Olsen, K.B. and Giardini, D., 2006. ''Analysis of deep valley response by ambient noise, earthquake records and numerical simulations'', First European Conference on Earthquake Engineering and Seismology. Geneva, Switzerland, 3-8 September 2006, paper number 1108.
Roten, D., Fäh, D. and Giardini, D., 2006. ''Site effects in the Rhône valley analysed from ambient noise, local earthquakes and numerical simulations'', Third International Symposium on the Effects of Surface Geology on Seismic Motion, Grenoble, August 30 - September 1, 2006, paper number 92.
Roten, D., Fäh, D. and Giardini, D, ''Earthquake Shaking in Alpine Valleys.'' Proceedings of the 6th Ph.D. Students' and Advisors' Meeting, 18th - 20th September 2005 in Cardada, Locarno.
Roten, D., Álvarez-Rubio, S., Fäh, D. and Giardini, D, ''Revealing the two-dimensional response of a sediment-filled valley from ambient vibration records''. European Geosciences Union (EGU), General Assembly. Vienna, 24-29 April 2005.
Roten D., Cornou C., Steimen S., Fäh D. and Giardini D., ''2D Resonances in Alpine Valleys Identified from Ambient Vibration Wavefields'', Proceedings of the 13th WCEE, 1 - 6 Aug. 2004, Vancouver, Canada, paper No 845
Roten D. and Braunmiller, J., 2002. ''Local moment tensor inversion of weak earthquakes in Switzerland'', Eureopean Seismological Commission XXVIII General Assembly, Genova, 1 - 6 September 2002
Theses and reports
Roten, D., 2007. ''Site effects in the Rhône valley analysed by ambient noise, weak motion records and numerical simulations'', Ph.D. thesis, ETH Zürich, Diss. ETH no. 17471, 173 pages [PDF] [ETH repository]
Roten D., 2003. ''Tutorial for moment tensor inversion in Australia'', Internal report, Geoscience Australia, 22 pages
Roten D., 2002. ''Momententensorinversion lokaler Erdbeben in der Schweiz'', Diploma thesis, ETH Zürich, 131 pages
