Matthew R. Agius BSc(Hons)(Melit.), MSc(Melit.), PhD(Dubl.) Research Support Officer III Dipartiment tal-Ġeoxjenza Fakultà tax-Xjenza L-Università ta' Malta E: matthew.agius@um.edu.mt

Research interest 

• Automated detection and location of earthquakes (single station)
• Surface waves, ambient noise, anisotropy
• Lithospheric dynamics (Tibet, Mediterranean)
• Seismicity in the central Mediterranean
• Seismic networks
• Real-time monitoring
• Earthquake cataloging

Publications

In preparation

• Agius, M. R. & Lebedev S. Multi-layered azimuthal anisotropy and crustal and mantle deformation beneath Tibet. In preparation.
• Agius, M. R., Galea, P., and D'Amico, S. The seismic bulletin of the Maltese Islands and the surrounding region (Sicily Channel): 1995-2014. In preparation.
• Agius, M. R., Galea, P., and D'Amico, S. The Malta Seismic Network: A new, real-time, broadband network in the Central Mediterranean. In preparation.

In peer-reviewed journals

• Agius, M. R., Sebastiano D’Amico, and Pauline Galea. The Easter Sunday 2011 Earthquake Swarm Offshore Malta: Analysis on Felt Reports. In Earthquakes and Their Impact on Society, pp. 631-645. Springer International Publishing, 2016. [PDF 1.5 MB]
• Agius, M. R., & Lebedev S. (2014). Shear-velocity structure, radial anisotropy and dynamics of the Tibetan crust. Geophysical Journal International, 199(3):1395-1415. [PDF 10.4 MB]
• Vozar, J., Jones, A., Fullea, J.,  Agius, M. R.,  Lebedev, S., Le Pape, F., & Wei, W. Integrated geophysical-petrological modeling of lithosphere-asthenosphere boundary in central Tibet using electromagnetic and seismic data. Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems, 15, 3965–3988. [PDF 2 MB]
• Agius, M. R., D’Amico, S., Galea, P., & Panzera, F. (2014). Performance evaluation of Wied Dalam (WDD) seismic station in Malta. Xjenza, 04/2014; 2(1):78-86. [PDF 4.1 MB]
• Agius, M. R., & Lebedev, S. (2013). Tibetan and Indian lithospheres in the upper mantle beneath Tibet: Evidence from broadband surface‐wave dispersion. Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems, 14(10), 4260-4281. [PDF 2.2 MB]
• Fullea, J., Lebedev, S., Agius, M. R., Jones, A. G., & Afonso, J. C. (2012). Lithospheric structure in the Baikal–central Mongolia region from integrated geophysical‐petrological inversion of surface‐wave data and topographic elevation. Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems, 13(8). [PDF 1 MB]
  
• Agius, M. R., & Galea, P. (2011). A single-station automated earthquake location system at Wied Dalam Station, Malta. Seismological Research Letters, 82(4), 545-559. [PDF 4.6 MB]

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