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Cynthia J. Ebinger

Cynthia J. Ebinger

Cynthia J. Ebinger publication distribution in Earth Science in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Earth Science in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Cynthia J. Ebinger sits on this spectrum.

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38 publications 510+

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Cynthia J. Ebinger D-index placement in Earth Science in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Earth Science scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Cynthia J. Ebinger sits on this spectrum.

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Research.com Recognitions

  • 2013 - Fellow of American Geophysical Union (AGU)

Overview

Cynthia J. Ebinger is affiliated with Tulane University in the United States. Their research spans primarily the field of Earth and Planetary Sciences, with a considerable focus on geophysics, geology, and earth-surface processes. The work also extends into related subfields such as artificial intelligence applications and aspects of management, monitoring, policy, and law within geoscience contexts.

The scientist's study topics include several categories related to geological phenomena and analyses. These main topics cover:

  • Geological and Geochemical Analysis
  • Earthquake and tectonic studies
  • High-pressure geophysics and materials
  • Geological and Geophysical Studies
  • Seismic Waves and Analysis
  • Geological formations and processes
  • Seismology and Earthquake Studies

Key recent research papers authored include:

  • "Displaced cratonic mantle concentrates deep carbon during continental rifting," 2020, published in Nature
  • "Caldera resurgence during the 2018 eruption of Sierra Negra volcano, Galápagos Islands," 2021, published in Nature Communications
  • "Controls on Rift Faulting in the North Basin of the Malawi (Nyasa) Rift, East Africa," 2020, published in Tectonics
  • "Accommodation of East African Rifting Across the Turkana Depression," 2020, published in Journal of Geophysical Research Solid Earth
  • "New Opportunities to Study Earthquake Precursors," 2020, published in Seismological Research Letters

Frequent co-authors in their work include:

  • I. D. Bastow
  • M. Musila
  • S. J. C. Oliva
  • Atalay Ayele
  • Nicholas Mariita

Publishing venues where they have contributed multiple times are:

  • Geochemistry Geophysics Geosystems
  • Earth and Planetary Science Letters
  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • Nature Communications
  • Basin Research

A notable recognition in Cynthia J. Ebinger's career is the Fellowship awarded by the American Geophysical Union (AGU) in 2013.

Best Publications

  • Cenozoic magmatism throughout east Africa resulting from impact of a single plume

    C. J. Ebinger;C. J. Ebinger;N. H. Sleep

  • Tectonic development of the western branch of the East African rift system

    C. J. Ebinger

  • Magma-maintained rift segmentation at continental rupture in the 2005 Afar dyking episode

    Tim J. Wright;Tim J. Wright;Cindy Ebinger;Cindy Ebinger;Juliet Biggs;Atalay Ayele

  • Continental breakup in magmatic provinces: An Ethiopian example

    C.J. Ebinger;M. Casey

  • Evolution of the northern Main Ethiopian rift: birth of a triple junction

    Ellen Wolfenden;Cynthia Ebinger;Gezahegn Yirgu;Alan Deino

  • Variations in the along‐axis segmentation of the Afar Rift system

    N. J. Hayward;C. J. Ebinger

  • Magma-assisted rifting in Ethiopia

    J.-M. Kendall;G. W. Stuart;C. J. Ebinger;I. D. Bastow

  • Effective elastic plate thickness beneath the East African and Afar plateaus and dynamic compensation of the uplifts

    C. J. Ebinger;T. D. Bechtel;D. W. Forsyth;C. O. Bowin

  • A kinematic model for the East African Rift

    D. Sarah Stamps;Eric Calais;Elifuraha Saria;Chris Hartnady

  • Late Eocene–Recent volcanism and faulting in the southern main Ethiopian rift

    C. J. Ebinger;T. Yemane;G. Woldegabriel;J. L. Aronson

  • Evolution of a volcanic rifted margin: Southern Red Sea, Ethiopia

    Ellen Wolfenden;Cynthia Ebinger;Gezahegn Yirgu;Paul R. Renne

  • Chronology of volcanism and rift basin propagation - Rungwe volcanic province, East Africa

    C. J. Ebinger;A. L. Deino;R. E. Drake;A. L. Tesha

  • Rift deflection, migration, and propagation: Linkage of the Ethiopian and Eastern rifts, Africa

    C. J. Ebinger;T. Yemane;D. J. Harding;S. Tesfaye

  • Geophysical constraints on the dynamics of spreading centres from rifting episodes on land

    Tim J. Wright;Freysteinn Sigmundsson;Carolina Pagli;Manahloh Belachew

  • Continental break‐up: The East African perspective

    Cynthia Ebinger

  • Geometric and kinematic development of border faults and accommodation zones, Kivu‐Rusizi Rift, Africa

    Cynthia J. Ebinger

  • Characteristics of volcanic rifted margins

    Martin A. Menzies;Simon L. Klemperer;Cynthia J. Ebinger;Joel Baker

  • Strain accommodation by magmatism and faulting as rifting proceeds to breakup: Seismicity of the northern Ethiopian rift

    Derek Keir;C. J. Ebinger;G. W. Stuart;E. Daly

  • Massive and prolonged deep carbon emissions associated with continental rifting

    Hyunwoo Lee;James D. Muirhead;Tobias P. Fischer;Cynthia J. Ebinger

  • Volcanic rifted margins

    Martin A. Menzies;Simon L. Klemperer;Cynthia J. Ebinger;Joel Baker

  • Tectonic model of the Malaŵi rift, Africa

    C.J. Ebinger;B.R. Rosendahl;D.J. Reynolds

Frequent Co-Authors

Derek Keir
Derek Keir University of Florence
Atalay Ayele
Atalay Ayele Addis Ababa University
Graham Stuart
Graham Stuart University of Leeds
Tim J. Wright
Tim J. Wright University of Leeds
Christopher A. Scholz
Christopher A. Scholz Syracuse University
James O.S. Hammond
James O.S. Hammond Birkbeck, University of London
Tobias P. Fischer
Tobias P. Fischer University of New Mexico
Eric Calais
Eric Calais École Normale Supérieure
J-M Kendall
J-M Kendall University of Oxford
Gezahegn Yirgu
Gezahegn Yirgu Addis Ababa University

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