2026 Cynthia J. Ebinger: Earth Science Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
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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

966
Citations
Tectonic development of the western branch of the East African rift system

C. J. Ebinger

642
Citations
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

630
Citations
Continental breakup in magmatic provinces: An Ethiopian example

C.J. Ebinger;M. Casey

564
Citations
Evolution of the northern Main Ethiopian rift: birth of a triple junction

Ellen Wolfenden;Cynthia Ebinger;Gezahegn Yirgu;Alan Deino

507
Citations
Variations in the along‐axis segmentation of the Afar Rift system

N. J. Hayward;C. J. Ebinger

479
Citations
Magma-assisted rifting in Ethiopia

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

392
Citations
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

383
Citations
A kinematic model for the East African Rift

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

371
Citations
Late Eocene–Recent volcanism and faulting in the southern main Ethiopian rift

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

365
Citations
Evolution of a volcanic rifted margin: Southern Red Sea, Ethiopia

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

334
Citations
Chronology of volcanism and rift basin propagation - Rungwe volcanic province, East Africa

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

316
Citations
Rift deflection, migration, and propagation: Linkage of the Ethiopian and Eastern rifts, Africa

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

312
Citations
Geophysical constraints on the dynamics of spreading centres from rifting episodes on land

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

306
Citations
Continental break‐up: The East African perspective

Cynthia Ebinger

306
Citations
Geometric and kinematic development of border faults and accommodation zones, Kivu‐Rusizi Rift, Africa

Cynthia J. Ebinger

290
Citations
Characteristics of volcanic rifted margins

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

283
Citations
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

274
Citations
Massive and prolonged deep carbon emissions associated with continental rifting

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

254
Citations
Volcanic rifted margins

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

250
Citations
Tectonic model of the Malaŵi rift, Africa

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

243
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Derek Keir University of Florence

Atalay Ayele Addis Ababa University

Graham Stuart University of Leeds

Tim J. Wright University of Leeds

Christopher A. Scholz Syracuse University

James O.S. Hammond Birkbeck, University of London

Tobias P. Fischer University of New Mexico

Eric Calais École Normale Supérieure

J-M Kendall University of Oxford

Gezahegn Yirgu Addis Ababa University

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