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Donald W. Forsyth

Donald W. Forsyth

D-Index & Metrics

Earth Science

D-Index
74
Citations
18870
World Ranking
763
National Ranking
362

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2010 - Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
  • 2006 - Member of the National Academy of Sciences
  • 2005 - Arthur L. Day Medal, The Geological Society of America
  • 1988 - Fellow of John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation
  • 1982 - Fellow of American Geophysical Union (AGU)
  • 1977 - Fellow of Alfred P. Sloan Foundation

Overview

Donald W. Forsyth is affiliated with Brown University in the United States and focuses primarily on Earth and Planetary Sciences with a significant emphasis on Geophysics. Their published research spans topics including earthquake and tectonic studies, geological and geochemical analysis, high-pressure geophysics and materials, hydrocarbon exploration and reservoir analysis, seismic waves and analysis, seismic imaging and inversion techniques, and broader geological and geophysical studies.

The scientist has co-authored frequently with several researchers, notably Joshua B. Russell, J. B. Gaherty, Z. Eilon, Lun Zhang, and Joseph Phillips.

Key venues for Donald W. Forsyth's publications include:

  • Geophysical Research Letters
  • Journal of Geophysical Research Solid Earth
  • Earth and Planetary Science Letters
  • Seismological Research Letters
  • Abstracts with programs - Geological Society of America

Selected recent papers by Forsyth include:

  • "Shear attenuation and anelastic mechanisms in the central Pacific upper mantle" (2020), Earth and Planetary Science Letters
  • "Sub-Lithospheric Small-Scale Convection Tomographically Imaged Beneath the Pacific Plate" (2022), Geophysical Research Letters
  • "The Pacific OBS Research into Convecting Asthenosphere (ORCA) Experiment" (2021), Seismological Research Letters
  • "Depth-Dependent Azimuthal Anisotropy Beneath the Juan de Fuca Plate System" (2020), Journal of Geophysical Research Solid Earth
  • "A Mid-Lithospheric Discontinuity Detected Beneath 155 Ma Western Pacific Seafloor Using Sp Receiver Functions" (2024), Geophysical Research Letters

Forsyth's research intersects primarily with the study of the Earth's mantle dynamics, seismic wave behavior, and tectonic plate processes. The scientist's work explores attenuation and anisotropy within the mantle, mid-lithospheric structures, and sub-lithospheric convection patterns.

Throughout their career, Donald W. Forsyth has received multiple recognitions, including being named a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences (2010), a Member of the National Academy of Sciences (2006), recipient of the Arthur L. Day Medal from The Geological Society of America (2005), Fellow of the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation (1988), Fellow of the American Geophysical Union (1982), and Fellow of the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation (1977).

Best Publications

  • On the Relative Importance of the Driving Forces of Plate Motion

    Donald Forsyth;Seiya Uyedaf

  • An improved method for determining the regional stress tensor using earthquake focal mechanism data: Application to the San Fernando Earthquake Sequence

    John W. Gephart;Donald W. Forsyth

  • Subsurface loading and estimates of the flexural rigidity of continental lithosphere

    Donald W. Forsyth

  • The Early Structural Evolution and Anisotropy of the Oceanic Upper Mantle

    Donald W. Forsyth

  • Gravity anomalies of the ridge-transform system in the South Atlantic between 31 and 34.5° S: Upwelling centers and variations in crustal thickness

    Ban-Yuan Kuo;Donald W. Forsyth

  • The anisotropic structure of the upper mantle in the Pacific

    Clyde E. Nishimura;Donald W. Forsyth

  • 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

  • Earthquakes and bending of plates at trenches

    William M. Chapple;Donald W. Forsyth

  • Fault plane solutions and tectonics of the South Atlantic and Scotia Sea

    Donald W. Forsyth

  • Three-dimensional flow and temperature perturbations due to a transform offset: Effects on oceanic crustal and upper mantle structure

    Jason Phipps Morgan;Donald W. Forsyth

  • Geochemical constraints on initial and final depths of melting beneath mid-ocean ridges

    Yang Shen;Donald W. Forsyth

  • Geophysical evidence from the MELT area for compositional controls on oceanic plates

    Rob L. Evans;Greg Hirth;Kiyoshi Baba;Donald W. Forsyth

  • Evidence for an upper mantle plume beneath the Tanzanian craton from Rayleigh wave tomography

    Dayanthie S. Weeraratne;Donald W. Forsyth;Karen M. Fischer;Andrew A. Nyblade

  • Imaging the deep seismic structure beneath a mid-ocean ridge : The MELT experiment

    Forsyth Dw;Scheirer Ds;Webb Sc;Dorman Lm

  • Phase velocities of Rayleigh waves in the MELT experiment on the East Pacific Rise

    Donald W. Forsyth;Donald W. Forsyth;Donald W. Forsyth;Spahr C. Webb;Spahr C. Webb;Spahr C. Webb;LeRoy M. Dorman;LeRoy M. Dorman;LeRoy M. Dorman;Yang Shen;Yang Shen;Yang Shen

  • Array analysis of two-dimensional variations in surface wave phase velocity and azimuthal anisotropy in the presence of multipathing interference

    Donald W. Forsyth;Aibing Li

  • Variations in effective elastic thickness of the North American lithosphere

    Timothy D. Bechtel;Donald W. Forsyth;Virgil L. Sharpton;Richard A. F. Grieve

  • A sea-floor spreading event captured by seismometers.

    M. Tolstoy;J. P. Cowen;E. T. Baker;D. J. Fornari

  • Regional tomographic inversion of the amplitude and phase of Rayleigh waves with 2-D sensitivity kernels

    Yingjie Yang;Donald W. Forsyth

  • The evolution of the upper mantle beneath mid-ocean ridges☆

    Donald W. Forsyth

Frequent Co-Authors

Yingjie Yang
Yingjie Yang Southern University of Science and Technology
Nicholas Harmon
Nicholas Harmon Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
Spahr C. Webb
Spahr C. Webb Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory
Karen M. Fischer
Karen M. Fischer Brown University
Donna K. Blackman
Donna K. Blackman University of California, San Diego
Greg Hirth
Greg Hirth Brown University
Ken C. Macdonald
Ken C. Macdonald University of California, Santa Barbara
John A. Orcutt
John A. Orcutt University of California, San Diego
Erik H. Hauri
Erik H. Hauri Carnegie Institution for Science
Douglas R. Toomey
Douglas R. Toomey University of Oregon

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