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  • 2011 - Fellow of American Geophysical Union (AGU)

Overview

Charles DeMets is affiliated with the University of Wisconsin-Madison in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on Earth and Planetary Sciences, with a significant emphasis on Geophysics. The subfields they have contributed to include Geophysics, Oceanography, Geology, Atmospheric Science, and Global and Planetary Change.

Their scholarly output includes studies on earthquake and tectonic processes, geological and geochemical analysis, and tectonic studies in Latin America. They have also published work related to earthquake detection and analysis, high-pressure geophysics and materials, geophysics and gravity measurements, as well as broader geological and geophysical studies.

Recent papers authored or co-authored by Charles DeMets include:

  • Detailed reconstructions of India-Somalia plate motion, 60 Ma to present: Implications for Somalia plate absolute motion and India-Eurasia plate motion, 2021, Geophysical Journal International
  • High resolution reconstructions of the Southwest Indian Ridge, 52 Ma to present: implications for the breakup and absolute motion of the Africa plate, 2021, Geophysical Journal International

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Charles DeMets include:

  • Beatriz Cosenza-Muralles
  • S. Merkouriev
  • Bridget Garnier
  • Basil Tikoff
  • Omar Flores

Publications appear regularly in several scientific journals, most notably in:

  • Geophysical Journal International
  • Journal of Geophysical Research Solid Earth
  • Geosphere
  • Journal of South American Earth Sciences
  • Tectonics

Among their recent collaborative works, several prominent papers include:

  • Rise of Great Lakes Surface Water, Sinking of the Upper Midwest of the United States, and Viscous Collapse of the Forebulge of the Former Laurentide Ice Sheet, 2020, Journal of Geophysical Research Solid Earth (co-author Donald F. Argus)
  • An integrated structural and GPS study of the Jalpatagua fault, southeastern Guatemala, 2020, Geosphere (co-author Bridget Garnier)
  • Active deformation in the San Salvador extensional stepover, El Salvador from an analysis of the April-May 2017 earthquake sequence and GPS data, 2020, Journal of South American Earth Sciences (co-author D. Legrand)

Charles DeMets was recognized by the American Geophysical Union (AGU) as a Fellow in 2011, reflecting contributions to their field of research.

Best Publications

  • Current plate motions

    C. DeMets;R. G. Gordon;D. F. Argus;S. Stein

  • Effect of recent revisions to the geomagnetic reversal time scale on estimates of current plate motions

    Charles DeMets;Richard G. Gordon;Donald F. Argus;Seth Stein

  • Geologically current plate motions

    Charles DeMets;Richard G. Gordon;Donald F. Argus

  • Geologically current motion of 56 plates relative to the no-net-rotation reference frame

    Donald F. Argus;Richard G. Gordon;Charles DeMets

  • Closure of the Africa‐Eurasia‐North America Plate motion circuit and tectonics of the Gloria Fault

    Donald F. Argus;Richard G. Gordon;Charles DeMets;Seth Stein

  • A new estimate for present-day Cocos-Caribbean Plate motion: Implications for slip along the Central American Volcanic Arc

    Charles DeMets

  • GPS geodetic constraints on Caribbean-North America plate motion

    Charles DeMets;Pamela E. Jansma;Glen S. Mattioli;Timothy H. Dixon

  • New kinematic models for Pacific‐North America motion from 3 Ma to present, I: Evidence for steady motion and biases in the NUVEL‐1A Model

    Charles DeMets;Timothy H. Dixon

  • Oblique collision in the northeastern Caribbean from GPS measurements and geological observations

    Paul Mann;Eric Calais;Jean Claude Ruegg;Charles DeMets

  • Deformation of the North American plate interior from a decade of continuous GPS measurements

    E. Calais;J. Y. Han;C. DeMets;J. M. Nocquet

  • GPS estimate of relative motion between the Caribbean and South American plates, and geologic implications for Trinidad and Venezuela

    John C. Weber;Timothy H. Dixon;Charles DeMets;William B. Ambeh

  • A diffuse plate boundary model for Indian Ocean tectonics

    Douglas A. Wiens;Charles DeMets;Richard G. Gordon;Seth A Stein

  • Evidence for a post-3.16-Ma change in Nubia Eurasia North America plate motions ?

    E Calais;C DeMets;J.-M Nocquet

  • Present-day kinematics of the Rivera Plate and implications for tectonics in southwestern Mexico

    Charles DeMets;Seth Stein

  • Monitoring land subsidence and its induced geological hazard with Synthetic Aperture Radar Interferometry: A case study in Morelia, Mexico

    Francesca Cigna;Batuhan Osmanoğlu;Enrique Cabral-Cano;Timothy H. Dixon

  • Relative motion between the Caribbean and North American plates and related boundary zone deformation from a decade of GPS observations

    Timothy H. Dixon;Frederic Farina;Charles DeMets;Pamela Jansma

  • Thirty-Five-Year Creep Rates for the Creeping Segment of the San Andreas Fault and the Effects of the 2004 Parkfield Earthquake: Constraints from Alignment Arrays, Continuous Global Positioning System, and Creepmeters

    Sarah J. Titus;Charles DeMets;Basil Tikoff

  • Oblique convergence and deformation along the Kuril and Japan Trenches

    Charles DeMets

  • A revised estimate of Pacific‐North America motion and implications for Western North America Plate boundary zone tectonics

    Charles DeMets;Richard G. Gordon;Seth A Stein;Donald F. Argus

  • Motion of the Rivera plate since 10 Ma relative to the Pacific and North American plates and the mantle

    Charles DeMets;Stephen Traylen

Frequent Co-Authors

Donald F. Argus
Donald F. Argus Jet Propulsion Lab
Basil Tikoff
Basil Tikoff University of Wisconsin–Madison
Seth Stein
Seth Stein Northwestern University
Eric Calais
Eric Calais École Normale Supérieure
Timothy H. Dixon
Timothy H. Dixon University of South Florida
Cécile Lasserre
Cécile Lasserre Centre national de la recherche scientifique, CNRS
Joann M. Stock
Joann M. Stock California Institute of Technology
Vladimir Kostoglodov
Vladimir Kostoglodov National Autonomous University of Mexico
Robert McCaffrey
Robert McCaffrey Portland State University

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