Selected Peer-Reviewed Publications

2010  Klose, C.D.,Human-triggered earthquakes and their impact on human security,
          Achieving Environmental Security: Ecosystem Services and Human Welfare. (in press)

2008  Klose, C.D., Reply to Comments on: Geomechanical modeling of  
          the nucleation process of Australia's 1989 Newcastle earthquake,  
          Earth and Planetary Science Letters 269(1-2), 303-307,
          doi:10.1016/j.epsl.2008.01.050

2007  Klose, C.D., Mine Water Discharge and Flooding: A Cause of Severe    
          Earthquakes, Mine Water and the Environment 26(3), 172-180,
          doi 10.1007/s10230-007-0006-4

2007  Klose, C.D. and L. Seeber, Shallow Seismicity in Stable Continental Regions 
          Seismological Research Letters 76(5), 554-562.

2007  Klose, C.D., Health risk analysis of volcanic SO2 hazard on Vulcano Island 
          (Italy), Natural Hazards,43(3), 303-317, doi:10.1007/s11069-007-9115-4

2007  Klose, C.D., Geomechanical modeling of the nucleation process of
          Australia's 1989 Newcastle earthquake, Earth and Planetary Science
          Letters 256, 547-553, doi:10.1016/j.epls.2007.02.009

2007 Klose, C.D., S. Loew, R. Giese, G. Borm, Spatial predictions of geological
         rock mass properties based on in-situ interpretations of multi-dimensional
         seismic data. Engineering Geology 93(3-4), 99-116.
          doi:10.1016/j.enggeo.2007.06.001

2006  Klose, C.D., Self-Organising Maps for Geoscientific Data Analysis:    
          Geological Interpretation of Multi-dimensional Geophysical Data,    
          Computational Geosciences 10, 265-277,
           doi:10.1007/s10596-006-9022-x

Conferences & Meetings (Selection)

UPCOMING EVENT: Klose, C.D. and Webersik, C., (2010), Geohazards and their impacts on the political stability in Haiti and the Dominican Republic, 2010 Annual Meeting, April 14-18, 2010 -- Washington, DC .

Klose, C.D., (2009), On to what extent stresses resulting from the earth's surface trigger earthquakes, AGU Fall Meet. S54A-08S54A-08. (Lecture) WHEN & WHERE? Friday Dec 18 at 5:45 PM at the Moscone Center West room 2005 in San Fransisco.

Klose, C.D., (2009), Meteorological Hazards, Sustainable Development, And Political Stability: A Comparative Study For Haiti And The Dominican Republic between 1850 and 2007, International Studies Association Annual Convention "Exploring the Past, Anticipating the Future", New York, February 15-18 2009 (Lecture)

Klose, C.D. and C. Webersik (2009), Assessing The Inter-Relationship Between Geohazards, Sustainable Development, And Political Stability: A Comparative Study For Haiti And The Dominican Republic. 7th International Science Conference on Human Dimensions of Global Environmental Change, Bonn (Germany), 26th-30th April 2009 (accepted as Lecture).

Klose, C.D., (2008), The 2008 M7.9 Wenchuan earthquake - Result of Local and Abnormal Mass Imbalances?, EOS Trans. AGU, 89(53), Fall Meet. Suppl., Abstract U21C-08. (Lecture)

Klose, C.D. and C. Webersik (2008), Understanding socio-economic impacts of geohazards aided by cyber-enabled systems, EOS Trans. AGU, 89(53), Fall Meet. Suppl., Abstract PA13B-1348 . (Poster)

Klose, C.D. (2008), CCS Optimization by AI Aided Geomechanical Modeling and Seismic Monitoring, Seventh Annual Conference on Carbon Capture & Sequestration, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, May 5 - 8, 2008

Klose, C.D., (2007), Coastal land loss and gain as potential earthquake trigger mechanism in SCRs, Eos Trans. AGU, 88(52), Fall Meet. Suppl., Abstract T51D-0759. (Poster)

Klose, C.D. (2007),  Risk Analysis of Nondeterministic GeoHazards, Risk 007: Agents of Analysis, Society For Risk Analysis Annual Meeting 2007, San Antonio, December 9-12, 2007

Klose, C.D. (2007),  CO2 Injection-triggered Earthquakes and Policy Implications for Sustainable Development, Sixth Annual Conference on Carbon Capture & Sequestration, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, May 7 - 10, 2007

Klose, C.D., (2006), Scientific, Engineering, and Financial Factors of the 1989 Human-Triggered Newcastle Earthquake in Australia, EOS Trans. AGU, 87(52), Fall Meet. Suppl., Abstract GC44A-01. (Lecture)

Klose, C.D., (2006), Geoengineering Activities, Elasto-static Response of the Continental Crust, and Interpretation of its Complexity, November 2006 Bay Area Geophysical Society Meeting. (Lecture)

Klose, C.D., (2006). CO2 Long-Term Underground Storage: U.S. Safety Maps and Regulation Standards for Injection-Triggered Earthquakes, U.S. Department of Energy (National Energy Technology Laboratory), November 6, 2006, Pittsburgh, USA. (Lecture)

Klose, C.D., (2006). First Global Catalog of Human-Triggered Earthquakes (Status Quo 2005). Meeting of the Seismological Society of America Eastern Section, October 1-4, 2006, Ottawa, Canada. ( Lecture)

Klose, C.D., (2006). Human-Made Earthquakes - A Serious Geo-Economic Factor, EGEE’06 Conference, September 5-8, 2006, Geneva, Switzerland. (Lecture)

Klose, C.D., (2006). Human-triggered earthquakes and sustainable development of urban regions, NATO Advanced Research Workshop on Management of Urban Earthquake Risk in Central Asian and Caucasian Countries, Istanbul, May 15-19, 2006, Istanbul, Turkey. (Lecture)

Klose, C.D., (2006). Man-made earthquakes and the need of accurate site characterizations for CO2 geological storage, Proc. CO2SC International Symposium 2006, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California, March 20-22, pp 221-223. (Poster)

Klose, C.D. and Seeber, L., (2005). Shallow Seismicity in Stable Continental Regions (SCRs): Implications for Earthquake Hazards, EOS Trans. AGU, 86(52), Fall Meet. Suppl., Abstract S43D-06. (Lecture)

In the Media

"The Sleeping Dragon", Nature (UK, 14/05/2009) >> Read

"Scientists Link China's Dam to Earthquake, Renewing Debate ", Wall Street Journal (USA, 06/02/2009) >> Read

"Possible Link Between Dam and China Quake", New York Times (USA, 05/02/2009) >> Read

"A Human Trigger for the Great Quake of Sichuan?", Science (USA, 16/01/2009) >> Read

"Top 5 Ways to Cause a Man-Made Earthquake", Wired (USA, 04/06/2008) >> Read

"Antallet af menneskeskabte jordskælv vokser", Ingeniøren (Denmark, 15/03/2008) >> Read

"Wenn der Mensch die Erde beben lässt", Stern (Germany, 13/03/2008), >> Read

"Beben ist menschlich", Die Zeit (Germany, 18/01/2007), >> Read

"Coalmining set off Newcastle earthquake: researchers", The Sydney Morning Herald (Australia, 09/01/07) >> Read

"Into the valley", The Bulletin with Newsweek (Australia, 23/03/07) >> Read

"Coal Mining Causing Earthquakes, Study Says", National Geographic News (USA, 03/01/07) >> Read

Science Update of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) reports about man-made earthquakes. (USA, 12/02/07) >> Listen

Alan Jones, Australia's most popular talk show host, talks to Dr. Christian Klose, who reveals the cause of the 1989 Newcastle Earthquake. (Australia, 21/02/07)  >> Listen