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Edwin Nissen
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Latest papers
The 2019-2020 Khalili (Iran) Earthquake Sequence-Anthropogenic Seismicity in the Zagros Simply Folded Belt?
Journal of geophysical research. Solid earth · 2021
Latest funding
- $140,000
Illuminating earthquake rupture behaviour in BC and beyond
NSERC · 2023 · Principal investigator
- $66,000
Illuminating Canada's longest onshore active fault with airborne laser scanning
NSERC · 2022 · Principal investigator
- $28,924
Drone-enabled Geothermal Energy Exploration
NSERC · 2022 · Co-investigator
1 publications.
The 2019-2020 Khalili (Iran) Earthquake Sequence-Anthropogenic Seismicity in the Zagros Simply Folded Belt?
Jamalreyhani M, Pousse-Beltran L, Büyükakpınar P, Cesca S, Nissen E, Ghods A, López-Comino JÁ, Rezapour M, Najafi M
Illuminating earthquake rupture behaviour in BC and beyond
Principal investigators: NISSEN, EDWIN
Keywords: earthquakes; active tectonics; faulting; insar; lidar; seismology; canadian cordillera
Illuminating Canada's longest onshore active fault with airborne laser scanning
Principal investigators: Nissen, Edwin EK
Keywords: Active tectonics; Airborne lidar; Earthquakes; Tectonic geomorphology; Yukon
Drone-enabled Geothermal Energy Exploration
Principal investigators: MacDonald, Terri
Geophysics
Principal investigators: NISSEN, EDWIN
Keywords: Earthquakes; Active tectonics; Geodesy; Tectonic geomorphology; Instrumental seismology
Earthquake Hazards on Canada's Pacific Coast
Principal investigators: Bostock, Michael G
Keywords: coastal british columbia; earthquake hazard; explorer plate; haida gwaii; marine research; ocean bottom seismometers; passive source seismology; plate boundary faults; queen charlotte fault; triple junction
Illuminating northern Cascadia earthquake faulting using satellite and airborne geodesy
Principal investigators: Nissen, Edwin
Illuminating northern Cascadia earthquake faulting using satellite and airborne geodesy
Principal investigators: NISSEN, EDWIN
Geophysics
Principal investigators: Nissen, Edwin
Geophysics
Principal investigators: NISSEN, EDWIN
Geophysics
Principal investigators: Nissen, Edwin
From CIHR, NSERC and SSHRC funding decisions: CIHR since 2008, NSERC since 1991 and SSHRC since 1998, including their latest published competition results.
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