GFZ German research centre for geo sciences

Presentations

2009

Geological Survey of the Republic of Cyprus, Zypern, April 2009

IPG (Institute of Physics of the Globe), Paris 2009

Near East University, Nikosia 2009


TUBITAK, Istanbul, Turkey, April 2009


Ministry of Infrastructure, Israel, Jerusalem, April 2009

  • Weber, M.; DESERT Team; DESIRE Team: The Dead Sea Transform and the Dead Sea Basin - Structure and dynamics


2006

66. Jahrestagung der Deutschen Geophysikalischen Gesellschaft, Bremen  

  • Dörner, D.; Hofstetter, A.; Mohsen, A.; Bock, G.; Rümpker, G.; DESERT Working Group: Seismische Anisotropie im Bereich der Dead-Sea Transform aus SKS Daten des DESERT Arrays


2005

Annual Meeting of the Geological Society of Israel, Mashabim

  • Weber, M.: DESERT - An interdisciplinary study of the Dead Sea Transform


65. Jahrestagung der Deutschen Geophysikalischen Gesellschaft, Graz

  • Bauer, K.; Ryberg, T.; Trela, Ch.; Weber, M.: Seismische Abbilder von steilstehenden Strukturen an der Dead Sea Transformstörung durch Pre-stack Migration von DESERT-Daten


2004

AGU, San Francisco, California,  13 - 17 December 2004

  • Bauer, K., Ryberg, T., Trela, C. and Weber, M.: Shallow structure of the Dead Sea Transform from Pre-stack migration of DESERT Data (Poster). 
  • Petrunin, A., Sobolev, S. V. and Garfunkel, Z.: Numerical simulation of the thermo-mechanical processes resulting in the major pull-apart basins at the Dead Sea Transform (Poster).
  • Ritter, O., Park, S. K., Bedrosian, P., Weckmann, U. and Weber, M.: Imaging the Deep Roots of the San Andreas Fault and the Dead Sea Fault with Magnetotelluric Measuremens (Poster).


Geokolloquium, Institut für Geowissenschaften, Universität Kiel, Wintersemester 2004/2005, 8. November 

  • Weber, M.: The structure of the Dead Sea Transform.


Geodynamik-Workshop, Hamburg, 27. – 29. September 2004
   

  • Petrunin, A., Sobolev, S., Babeykov, A. and Garfunkel, Z.: 3D numerical models of the pull-apart basins at the Dead Sea Transform.


AGU, CGU, SEG, EEGS Joint Assembly, Montreal, Canada, 17th – 21th May 2004

  • Förster, H.-J., Oberhänsli, R., Sobolev, S. V., Förster, A., Stromeyer, D. and the Desert Working Group: Lithosphere composition and thermal regime across the Dead Sea Transform in Israel and Jordan.


5.  DESERT WORKSHOP, Dead Sea, Tel Aviv, Israel, 6th – 9th May 2004

  • Weber, M.: Multi-scale structural images of the Dead Sea Transform Region as revealed by seismic/seismology data.
  • Ritter, O.: Results of the electrical methods from local to regional scales.   
  • Götze, H.-J.: Integrated 3-dimensional gravity modeling of the Dead Sea Transform.
  • Oberhänsli, R.: Composition and thermal state of the lithosphere.
  • Sobolev, S. V.: Factors controling location and evolution of the DST - insights from thermo-mechanical modelling.


European Geosciences Union, Nice, France, 25 – 30 April 2004

  • Bedrosian, P. A., Maercklin, N., Ritter, O., Weckmann, U. and Ryberg T.: Combined seismic and magnetotelluric imaging of the Dead Sea Transform.   
  • El-Kelani, R., Götze, H.-J., Rybakov, M. and Hassouneh, M., Schmidt, S., Förster, H.-J. and the Desert Working Group: Gravity anomalies and 3-dimentional modelling of the southern part of the Dead Sea Transform (Poster).
  • Förster, A., Förster, H.-J., Stromeyer, D., Sobolev, S. V., Oberhänsli, R. and the Desert Working Group: The lithosphere thermal regime across the Dead Sea transform in Israel and Jordan.
  • Mohsen, A., Hofstetter, R., Bock, G., Kind, R., Weber, M., Wylegalla, K. and the Desert Working Group: A receiver function study across the Dead Sea Transform (Poster).
  • Petrunin, A., Sobolev, S. V., Babekov, A. and Garfunkel, Z.: Thermo-mechanical model of the Dead Sea transform: main controls.


5.  DESERT WORKSHOP, Dead Sea, Jordan, 12th - 18th April 2004

  • Ben-Avraham, Z. and Weber, M. and the Desert Working Group: The Dead Sea Rift - A world geological site and what we knew before DESERT.
  • Mechie, J.: Multi-scale structural images of the Dead Sea Transform Region as revealed by seismic/seismology data.
  • Ritter, O.: Results of the electrical methods from local to regional scales.
  • Götze, H.-J.: Integrated 3 - dimensional gravity modeling of the Dead Sea Transform.
  • Förster, H.-J.: Composition and thermal state of the lithosphere:
  • Sobolev, S. and Petrunin, A.: Factors controling location and evolution of the DST -  insights from thermo-mechanical modelling. 
  • Dabbeek, J.: The 11th February 2004 Dead Sea EQ - Site Effects in Palestine.   
  • Koulakov, I.: P+S velocity structure of the crust and a map of the Moho in the Middle East from regional seismic tomography + future ideas: 3D anisotropy in the crust from P+S wave time tomography.
  • Hassouneh, M.: The integration of airborne electromagnetic and resitivity data along Wadi Arava fault
  • Barjous, M. and Sweidan, G.: Electromagnetic (FDEM) study of sinkholes in Ghor Haditha, East DS.
  • Weber, M., Joswig, M. and Wust-Block, D.: Monitoring sinkholes with seismic methods. 
  • Weber, M.: Some ideas for future joint projects in the Dead Sea area. 
  • Meyer, U. and Götze, H.-J.: An Aero gradiometry survey along DST.
  • Förster, H.-J.: Open Questions in Petrology and Geothermics.
  • Sobolev, S.: Earthquakes in the Dead Sea - Some ideas from thermo-mechanical modelling.
  • Janssen, C. and Hoffmann-Rothe, A.: Comparison of N+S Segments of DST.
  • Ritter, O.: Drilling the Arava Fault.


64. Jahrestagung der Deutschen Geophysikalischen Gesellschaft, Berlin, 8. - 12. März 2004

  • Förster, H.-J., Förster, A., Oberhänsli, R., Stromeyer, D., Sobolev, S. V. and the Desert Working Group: The thermal field of the Arabian plate east of the Dead Sea Transform: implications from lithosphere composition and heat flow.  
  • Koch, O., Helwig, S. L., Scholl, C., Tezkan, B. and the Desert Working Group:  TEM innerhalb des DESERT-Projekts zur Erkundung der Leitfähigkeitsstruktur der Dead Sea Transform.
  • Ritter, O., Weckmann, U., Bedrosian, P. A., Hoffmann-Rothe, A., Jung, A., Hübert, J., Haak, V. and the Desert Working Group: The Dead Sea Transform Fault: Summary of magnetotelluric experiments (Poster).


2003

63. Jahrestagung der Deutschen Geophysikalischen Gesellschaft, Jena, 23. - 28. Februar 2003   

  • Kesten, D., Stiller, M., Ryberg, T., Schulze, A., Bartov, Y, Garfunkel, Z. and the Desert Working Group: From Above and Below - Complementary Information on Crustal Structures Related to the Dead Sea Transform from Remote Sensing and Seismic Reflection Observations within the Project DESERT 2000, (Poster)
  • Maercklin, N., Haberland, C., Rümpker, G., Ryberg, T., Schulze, A., Weber, M., Agnon, A., El-Kelani, R., Qabbani, I., Scherbaum F. and the Desert Working Group: Shallov structure of the Arava Fault, Dead Sea Transform, from seismic investigations, (Poster).
  • Weber, M., Ben-Avraham, Z., Abu-Ayyash, K., El-Kelani, R. and the Desert Working Group: Structure and dynamics of the Dead Sea Transform in the Middle East.


European Geophysical Society, Nice, France, 06 - 11 April 2003

  • Götze, H.-J.; Ebbing, J.; Schmidt, S.; Rykakov, M.; Hassouneh, M.; Hrahsha, M.; El-Kelani, R. and the Desert Working Group: 3D Gravity Field Modelling of the Lithosphere along the Dead Sea Transform (DESERT 2002).
  • Mohsen, A., Bock, G., Kind, R., Hanka, W., Weber, M. and the Desert Working Group: Receiver function images from the crust and the upper mantle beneath the Dead Sea Transform
  • Sobolev, S. V., Babeyko, A. Yu., Garfunkel, Z., Petrunin, A. and the Desert Working Group: Dynamics of the Dead Sea Transform from lithosphericscale thermo-mechanical modelling of Landsat TM band ratio images (Poster).
  • Weber, M., Ben-Avraham, Z., Abu-Ayyash, K., El-Kelani, R. and the Desert Working Group: The Structure and dynamics of the Dead Sea Transform in the Middle East.


3. DESERT WORKSHOP, GFZ Potsdam, 19th June - 25th June 2003

  • Abu-Ayyash, K.: Dead Sea Research Project: Vision and Reality.
  • Kesten, D., Stiller, M. and Schulze, A.: Crustal structures related to the Arava Fault and the southern end of the Dead Sea Basin - Observations from seismic reflection profiles and satellite images.
  • Maercklin, N., Haberland, Ch. and the Desert Working Group: Seismic Imaging of the Arava Fault.
  • Ben-Zion, Y.: Dynamic rupture and wave propagation phenomena in structures with material interfaces
  • Ritter, O., Weckmann, U., Hoffmann-Rothe, A., Abueladas, A., Bedrosian, P. and Haak, V.: Results of the local MT experiments in view of other geophysical data and in comparison with the San Andreas Fault.
  • Weckmann, U., Ritter, O., Abueladas, A., Jung, A. and Haak, V.: First results of the regional MT study in June 2002. 
  • Helwig, S. and Koch, O.: LOTEM - Experiment - Processing and results 1D-interpretation. 
  • Koch, O. and Helwig, S.: SHOTEM- Experiment Results of previous field investigations and model studies of the detect- ability of a narrow conductive zone.  
  • Romer, R.: Tracing fluid sources in fractures carbonates: Insights from Sr isotopes. 
  • Janssen, C., Mingram, B., Romer, R., Hoffmann-Rothe, A. and Al-Zubi, H.: Carbon-oxygen and Sr isotope constraints on fluid circulation in the Dead Sea Transform Fault. 
  • Möller, P.: Geochemistry of shallow and deep groundwaters in southern Israel and Jordan.
  • Jaser, D.: Sinkholes on the Dead Sea shores.
  • Ehrhardt, A., Hübscher, C., Ben-Avraham, Z., and Gajewski, D.: Pull-apart induced sediment tectonics in the southern Dead Sea Transform / northern Gulf of Aqaba (Elat). 
  • Dehghani, D., Hübscher, C., Ben-Avraham, Z. and Gajewski, D.: New gravity and magnetic data measured at the continental margin off Israel and at the Nile cone off Egypt during the GEMME project.
  • Rümpker, G., Ryberg, T. and Bock, G.: Imaging a continental boundary with seismic anisotropy.
  • Mohsen, A., Bock, G., Hofstetter, R., Kind, R. and Weber, M.: Crustal structure across the Arava Fault from Receiver Functions.  
  • Laske, G.: Constraints on the lithosphere and asthenosphere from seismic surface waves.
  • Garfunkel, Z.: History of vertical motion along the DST
  • Sobolev, S., Petrunin, A., Babeyko, A. and Garfunkel, Z.: Thermo-mechanical modelling of the DST.   
  • Götze, H.-J., Schmidt, S., Rybakov, M., Hassouneh, M. and El-Kelani, R.: A regional 3D density model for the DESERT project.  
  • Förster, A., Förster, H.-J., Oberhänsli, R., Sobolev, S. and Stromeyer, D.: Lithosphere composition across the DST.

AGU, San Francisco, California,08 - 12 December 2003

  • Laske, G.: A Rayleigh Wave Analysis at the DESERT Broadband Array, (Poster).
  • Maercklin, N., Haberland, Ch., Ryberg, T., Weber, M. and the Desert Working Group: Dead Sea Fault Structure from seismic Pre-stack migration.  
  • Ritter, O., Weckmann, U., Bedrosian, P., Hoffmann-Rothe, A., Ryberg, T., Haberland, Ch., Haak, V. and the Desert Working Group: The Dead Sea Transform Fault: electrical conductivity, other geophysical data, and comparison with the San Andreas Fault. 
  • Ryberg, T., Bedrosian, P. A., Maercklin, N., Ritter, O., Weckmann, U. and the Desert Working Group: Combined seismic and magnetotelluric imaging of the Dead Sea Transform, (Poster).

Other talks 2003

  • Ritter, O.: The Dead Sea Transform fault: Electrical counductivity, other geophysical data and comparison with the San Andreas Fault, Geophysical institute of Israel, Meeting, 30. Oktober.  
  • Weber, M.: DESERT - An Interdisciplinary Study of the Dead Sea Transform, Gerhard-Müller-Kollogquium im Herz-Jesu-Kloster, Neustadt/Weinstraße, 16./17. Januar. 
  • Weber, M . (invited) : Structure and dynamics of the Dead Sea Transform in the Middle East, Universität Karlsruhe, 10. Februar.


2002

62. Jahrestagung der Deutschen Geophysikalischen Gesellschaft, Hannover, 3. - 8. März 2002

  • Bock, G., Hofstetter, A., Mohsen, A., Rümpker, G. and the Desert Working Group: Mantle Anisotropy beneath the Dead Sea Transform from Splitting Analysis of SKS Waves.   
  • Haberland, Ch., Maercklin, N., Ryberg, T., Rümpker, G., Weber, M., Agnon, A., El-Kelani, R., Qabbani, I., Scherbaum F. and the Desert Working Group: Observation of quided waves at the Dead Sea Transform (Poster). 
  • Kesten, D., Stiller, M., Ryberg, T., Schulze, A., Frieslander, U., Bartov, Y., Qabbani, I. and the Desert Working Group: Crustal Structures Related to the Dead Sea Transform - Results from the Near-Vertical Seismic Reflection Study within Project DESERT 2000 (Poster).
  • Maercklin, N., Haberland, Ch., Ryberg, T., Weber M., Qabbani, I., El-Kelani, R., Scherbaum, F. and the Desert Working Group: Oberflächende 3-D Geschwindigkeitsstruktur im Wadi Arava, Jordanien (Poster). 
  • Mohsen, A., Bock, G., Kind, R., Hofstetter, A., Hanka, W. and the Desert Working Group: Receiver function images from crust and upper mantle beneath the Dead Sea Transform.
  • Ryberg, T., Garfunkel, Z., Qabbani, I., El-Kelani, R. and the Desert Working Group: Shallow, high-resolution velocity structure across the Dead Sea transform fault Dead Sea rift valley, from Vibroseis data - project DESERT 2000 (Poster).
  • Weber, M., Ben-Avraham, Z., Abu-Ayyash, K., El-Kelani, R. and the Desert Working Group: DESERT - A multi-scale study of a large active shear zone, the Dead Sea Transform.


European Geophysical Society, XXVII General Assembly, Nice, France 21 - 26 April 2002

  • Bock, G., Hofstetter, A., Mohsen, A. and the Desert Working Group: Seismic anisotropy beneath the Dead Sea Transform from observations of shear wave splitting
  • Sobolev, S. V., Babeyko, A. Yu. and the Desert Working Group: Numerical model of the lithospheric deformation at the Dead Sea Transform.
  • Weber, M., Ben-Avraham, Z., Abu-Ayyash, K., El-Kelani, R. and the Desert Working Group: DESERT - A multi- scale study of a large active shear zone, the Dead Sea Transform.


AGU, San Francisco, California,06 - 10 December 2002

  • Maercklin, N., Agnon, A., Haberland, Ch., El-Kelani, R., Qabbani, I., Rümpker, G., Ryberg, T., Scherbaum, F., Weber, M., Schulze, A. and the Desert Working Group: Shallow structure of the Arava fault (Dead Sea Transform) from seismic investigations (Poster).
  • Sobolev, S. V., Babeyko, A., Y., Garfunkel, Z. and the Desert Working Group: Thermo-mechanical model of the Dead Sea Transform.
  • Weber, M., Ben-Avraham, Z., Abu-Ayyash, K., El-Kelani, R. and the Desert Working Group: Structure and Dynamics of the Dead Sea Transform in the Middle East.
  • Ryberg, T.; Fuis, G.S.; Bauer, K.; Lutter, W.J.; Hauksson, E.: Crustal reflectivity from the Santa Monica Mountains to the western Mojave Desert, southern California: Results from the Los Angeles Region Seismic Experiment II (LARSE II)


Other talks 2002

  • Weber, M. (invited): DESERT - Eine interdisziplinäre Studie zur Dead Sea Transform im Mittleren Osten, Festkolloquium Universität Leipzig, 30. Mai.
  • Mechie, J.; Weber, M.; Abu-Ayyash, K.; Avraham, Z.; El-Kelani, R.; DESERT Working Group: Crustal Structure Across the Dead Sea Transform: Results from DESERT 2000 Wide-Angle Seismic Data, 28th General Assembly of the European Seismological Commission (ESC), Genoa
  • Kesten, D.; Weber, M.: DESERT - A multinational and multidisciplinary approach to understand a major transform fault, ICDP Workshop Dead Sea, Luckenwalde


2001

61. Jahrestagung der Deutschen Geophysikalischen Gesellschaft, Frankfurt/Main, 19. - 23. März 2001

  • El-Kelani, R., Abu-Ayyash, K., Ben-Avraham, Z., Mechie, J., Weber, M. and the DESERT 2000 Team: A wide-angle seismic Profile across the Jordan Dead Sea Rift (Transform)
  • Kesten, D., Stiller, M., Ryberg, T., Schulze, A., Frieslander, U., Bartov, Y, Qabbani, I. and the DESERT 2000 Team: Crossing the Dead Sea Fault system - first results of the near-vertical seismic reflection study within project DESERT 2000 (Poster).
  • Maercklin, N., El-Kelani, R., Haberland, Ch., Ryberg, T., Scherbaum, F., Weber, M. and the DESERT 2000 Team: Seismic studies of the Arava Fault, Dead Sea Rift Transform, Jordan. (Poster). 
  • Mechie, J., Weber, M., Abu-Ayyash, K., Ben-Avraham, Z., El-Kelani, R. and the DESERT 2000 Team: Ein weitwinkelseismisches Profil über das Jordan-Dead Sea Rift (Transform), (Poster).
  • Mohsen, A., Bock, G., Abdel-Hafes, W., Hofstetter, R., El-Kelani, R., Rümpker, G., Wylegalla, K. and the DESERT 2000 Team: A passive seismic array across the Dead Sea Transform.
  • Ritter, O., Weckmann, U., Thoss, H., Al-Amoush, H., Haak, V., Abueladas, A. Daoud, M. and the DESERT 2000 Team: A magnetotelluric study of the Dead Sea Transform. 
  • Rümpker, G., Ryberg, T., Bock, G. and the DESERT 2000 Team: High-resolution SKS splitting measurements across the Dead Sea Transform (Poster).
  • Weber, M., Ben-Avraham, Z., Abu-Ayyash, K., El-Kelani, R. and the DESERT 2000 Team: DESERT 2000 - a multinational and interdisciplinary study of the Dead Sea Rift/Dead Sea Transform.


European Geophysical Society, XXVI General Assembly, Nice, France 25 - 30 March 2001

  • Haberland, Ch., El-Kelani, R., Maercklin, N., Ryberg, T., Scherbaum, F., Weber, M. and the DESERT 2000 Team: Detailed seismic studies of the Arava Valley, Dead Sea Rift Transform, Jordan (Poster).
  • Mechie, J., Weber, M,. Abu-Ayyash, K., Ben-Avraham, Z., El-Kelani, R. and the DESERT 2000 Team: Wide-Angle Seismic Data Reveal Structure Across the Jordan-Dead Sea Rift (Transform), (Poster).
  • Mohsen, A., Bock, G., Abdel-Hafes, W., Hofstetter, R., El-Kelani, R., Rümpker, G., Wylegalla, K. and the DESERT 2000 Team: A passive seismic array across the Dead Sea Transform.
  • Ritter, O., Weckmann, U., Thoss, H., Al-Amoush, H., Haak, V., Abueladas, A. Daoud, M. and the DESERT 2000 Team: A magnetotelluric study of the Dead Sea Transform.
  • Stiller, M., Kesten, D., Ryberg, T., Schulze, A., Frieslander, U., Bartov, Y, Qabbani, I. and the DESERT 2000 Team: Crossing the Dead Sea Fault system - first results of the near-vertical seismic reflection study within project DESERT 2000 (Poster). 
  • Weber, M., Ben-Avraham, Z., Abu-Ayyash, K., El-Kelani, R. and the DESERT 2000 Team: DESERT 2000 - a multinational and interdisciplinary study of the Dead Sea Rift/Dead Sea Transform.

AGU, San Francisco, California, December 10 - 14, 2001

  • Haberland, Ch., Maercklin, N., Ryberg, T., Rümpker, G., Weber, M., Agnon, A., El-Kelani, R., Qabbani, I., Scherbaum, F. and the DESERT Team: Observation of guided waves at the Wadi Arava Fault, Jordan, (Poster)
  • Ryberg, T., Garfunkel, Z., Qabbani, I., El-Kelani, R. and the DESERT Team: Shallow, high-resolution velocity structure across the Dead Sea transform fault, Dead Sea rift valley, from Vibroseis data - project DESERT 2000, (Poster).
  • Weber, M., Ben-Avraham, Z., Abu-Ayyash, K., El-Kelani, R. and the DESERT Team: DESERT - A multi-scale study of a large active shear zone, the Dead Sea Transform.

Other talks 2001   

  • Rümpker, G., Ryberg, T., Bock, G. and the DESERT 2000 Team: Anisotropy beneath the Dead Sea Transform from SKS splitting at short periods. Strasbourg, France, EUG, 2. - 6. April.
  • Weber, M. (invited): DESERT 2000: A multinational and interdisciplinary research project in the Middle East, National Resources Authority, Amman, Jordan, 22. May.
  • Weber, M. (invited): DESERT 2000: Ein multinationales und interdisziplinäres geowissenschaftliches Projekt in Mittleren Osten. Institut für Geophysik, Universität Hamburg, Hamburg, 17. May.

2000

AGU, San Francisco, California, 15 - 19 December 2000

  • El-Kelani, R., Abu-Ayyash, K., Ben-Avraham, Z., Mechie, J., Weber, M. and the DESERT 2000 Team: A wide-angle seismic Profile across the Jordan Dead Sea Rift (Transform), (Poster).
  • El-Kelani, R., Abu-Ayyash, K., Ben-Avraham, Z., Mechie, J., Weber, M. and the DESERT 2000 Team: A wide-angle seismic Profile across the Jordan Dead Sea Rift (Transform), (Poster).
  • Kesten, D., Stiller, M., Ryberg, T., Schulze, A., Frieslander, U., Bartov, Y, Qabbani, I. and the DESERT 2000 Team: Crossing the Dead Sea Fault system - first results of the near-vertical seismic reflection study within project DESERT 2000 (Poster).
  • Maercklin, N., El-Kelani, R., Haberland, Ch., Ryberg, T., Scherbaum, F., Weber, M., and DESERT 2000 Team: DESERT 2000 - CSA: Seismic Studies of the Arava Fault, Dead Sea Rift Transform, Jordan, (Poster). 
  • Mohsen, A., Bock, G., Abdel-Hafes, W., Hofstetter, R., El-Kelani, R., Rümpker, G., Wylegalla, K. and the DESERT 2000 Team: A Passive Seismic Array Across the Dead Sea Transform (Poster).

Other talks 2000

  • Weber, M. (invited): DESERT 2000: A multinational and interdisciplinary research project in the Middle East. The Howard Gilman International Conference, Brussels, Belgium, 29. November.
  • Weber, M. (invited): Structure and Dynamics of the Earth: The Dead Sea Rift, The San Andreas Fault and Central Europe. Geophysical Department, University Utrecht, Netherlands, 26. September.
  • Weber, M. (invited): The DEad SEa Rift Transect - DESERT 2000.Geophysikalisches Institut der Freien Universität Berlin, 22. Juni.
  • Weber, M. for the DESERT Team: DESERT 2000 - a multinational and interdisciplinary study of the Dead Sea Rift. 1. Stephan Mueller Conference of the EGS, Dead Sea, Israel, 11. - 16. Juni, 2000.


Other talks 1999

  • Weber, M.: DESERT 2000 - ein multinationales und interdisziplinäres Forschungsprojekt im Mittleren Osten. AG Seismologie, 29. September - 1. Oktober, Freiburg.
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