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Research.com Recognitions

  • 2018 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
  • 2002 - Fellow of American Geophysical Union (AGU)

Overview

Bruce P. Luyendyk is affiliated with the University of California, Santa Barbara in the United States. Their research primarily spans the fields of Earth and Planetary Sciences and Environmental Science, with significant contributions also in several subfields including Atmospheric Science, Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine, Ecology, Paleontology, and Environmental Chemistry.

They have addressed a variety of scientific topics in their work, notably:

  • Cryospheric studies and observations
  • Geology and Paleoclimatology Research
  • Climate change and permafrost
  • Winter Sports Injuries and Performance
  • Polar Research and Ecology
  • Paleontology and Stratigraphy of Fossils
  • Methane Hydrates and Related Phenomena

Their recent publications illustrate a focus on polar and cryospheric studies, with important papers including:

  • "Antarctic Bedmap data: Findable, Accessible, Interoperable, and Reusable (FAIR) sharing of 60 years of ice bed, surface, and thickness data" (2023) in Earth System Science Data
  • "Bedmap3 updated ice bed, surface and thickness gridded datasets for Antarctica" (2025) in Scientific Data
  • "Neogene Development of the Terror Rift, Western Ross Sea, Antarctica" (2021) in Geochemistry Geophysics Geosystems

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Bruce P. Luyendyk include:

  • Alice Frémand
  • Peter T. Fretwell
  • Julien A. Bodart
  • Hamish D. Pritchard
  • Alan Aitken

The scientist has published in several specialized venues, mainly:

  • Earth System Science Data
  • Scientific Data
  • Geochemistry Geophysics Geosystems

Bruce P. Luyendyk has been recognized as a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in 2018 and a Fellow of the American Geophysical Union (AGU) since 2002.

Best Publications

  • Bedmap2: improved ice bed, surface and thickness datasets for Antarctica

    Peter Fretwell;Hamish D. Pritchard;David G. Vaughan;J. L. Bamber

  • East Pacific Rise: Hot Springs and Geophysical Experiments

    F. N. Spiess;Ken C. Macdonald;T. Atwater;R. Ballard

  • Microplate capture, rotation of the western Transverse Ranges, and initiation of the San Andreas transform as a low-angle fault system

    Craig Nicholson;Christopher C. Sorlien;Tanya Atwater;John C. Crowell

  • Geometric model for Neogene crustal rotations in southern California

    Bruce P. Luyendyk;Marc J. Kamerling;Richard Terres

  • The world's most spectacular marine hydrocarbon seeps (Coal Oil Point, Santa Barbara Channel, California): Quantification of emissions

    J. Scott Hornafius;Derek Quigley;Bruce P. Luyendyk

  • A model for Neogene crustal rotations, transtension, and transpression in southern California

    Bruce P. Luyendyk

  • Timing and extent of Neogene tectonic rotation in the western Transverse Ranges, California

    J. Scott Hornafius;Bruce P. Luyendyk;R. R. Terres;M. J. Kamerling

  • Simple shear of southern California during Neogene time suggested by paleomagnetic declinations

    Bruce P. Luyendyk;Marc J. Kamerling;Richard R. Terres;J. Scott Hornafius

  • Deep-tow studies of the structure of the Mid-Atlantic Ridge crest near lat 37°N

    Ken C. Macdonald;Bruce P. Luyendyk

  • Hypothesis for Cretaceous rifting of east Gondwana caused by subducted slab capture

    Bruce P. Luyendyk

  • Mantle flow pressure and the angle of subduction: Non-Newtonian corner flows

    Aaron Tovish;Gerald Schubert;Bruce P. Luyendyk

  • Marine sediments: dating by the racemization of amino acids.

    Jeffrey L. Bada;Bruce P. Luyendyk;J. Barry Maynard

  • Tectonic rotations of the Santa Monica Mountains region, western Transverse Ranges, California, suggested by paleomagnetic vectors

    Marc J. Kamerling;Bruce P. Luyendyk

  • Experimental Approach to the Paleocirculation of the Oceanic Surface Waters

    Bruce P Luyendyk;Donald Forsyth;J. D Phillips

  • Neogene clockwise tectonic rotation of the eastern Transverse Ranges, California, suggested by paleomagnetic vectors

    James N. Carter;Bruce P. Luyendyk;Richard R. Terres

  • Dips of Downgoing Lithospheric Plates Beneath Island Arcs

    Bruce P Luyendyk

  • Paleomagnetism and neogene tectonics of the Northern Channel Islands, California

    Marc J. Kamerling;Bruce P. Luyendyk

  • Natural marine seepage blowout: Contribution to atmospheric methane

    Ira Leifer;Bruce P. Luyendyk;Jim Boles;Jordan F. Clark

  • Rifting History of the Woodlark Basin in the Southwest Pacific

    B. P. Luyendyk;K. C. MacDONALD;W. B. Bryan

  • Antarctic ice-sheet sensitivity to obliquity forcing enhanced through ocean connections

    R. H. Levy;R. H. Levy;S. R. Meyers;T. R. Naish;N. R. Golledge;N. R. Golledge

  • Initial Reports of the Deep Sea Drilling Project, 49

    B.P. Luyendyk;J.R. Cann

Frequent Co-Authors

Ira Leifer
Ira Leifer University of California, Santa Barbara
Ken C. Macdonald
Ken C. Macdonald University of California, Santa Barbara
Douglas S. Wilson
Douglas S. Wilson University of California, Santa Barbara
Jordan F. Clark
Jordan F. Clark University of California, Santa Barbara
Libe Washburn
Libe Washburn University of California, Santa Barbara
William R. Normark
William R. Normark United States Geological Survey
Richard H. Levy
Richard H. Levy GNS Science
Robin E. Bell
Robin E. Bell Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory
Robert W. Clayton
Robert W. Clayton California Institute of Technology
Joann M. Stock
Joann M. Stock California Institute of Technology

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