2026 Douglas W. Oldenburg: Environmental Sciences Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Environmental Sciences	67	1937	1847	69	63	354	20475

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World Ranking

Current World Ranking

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Environmental Sciences

1937

1847

354

20475

Research.com Recognitions

2013 - Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada Academy of Science

Overview

Douglas W. Oldenburg is affiliated with the University of British Columbia in Canada. Their research primarily spans the fields of Earth and Planetary Sciences and Engineering, with a specific emphasis on Geophysics and Ocean Engineering as subfields.

Their work concentrates significantly on geophysical methodologies and geoelectrical techniques. The main topics addressed in their publications include:

Geophysical and Geoelectrical Methods
Geophysical Methods and Applications
Seismic Waves and Analysis
Seismic Imaging and Inversion Techniques
Geomagnetism and Paleomagnetism Studies
Geophysics and Gravity Measurements
CO2 Sequestration and Geologic Interactions

Recent papers authored by or involving Douglas W. Oldenburg include the following:

Petrophysically and geologically guided multi-physics inversion using a dynamic Gaussian mixture model, 2020, Geophysical Journal International
Sparse magnetic vector inversion in spherical coordinates, 2020, Geophysics
Gravity and Magnetic Processing and Inversion Over the Mahallat Geothermal System Using Open Source Resources in Python, 2021, Pure and Applied Geophysics
Using DC resistivity ring array surveys to resolve conductive structures around tunnels or mine-workings, 2023, Journal of Applied Geophysics
Impacts of magnetic permeability on electromagnetic data collected in settings with steel-cased wells, 2023, Geophysical Journal International

The frequent co-authors collaborating with Douglas W. Oldenburg include:

Lindsey J. Heagy
Dominique Fournier
Seogi Kang
Thibaut Astic
Vahid E. Ardestani

Key publication venues where Douglas W. Oldenburg's work appears regularly are:

The Leading Edge
Geophysical Journal International
Pure and Applied Geophysics
arXiv (Cornell University)
Geophysics

Douglas W. Oldenburg has been recognized as a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada, an honor received in 2013 within the Academy of Science.

Best Publications

3-D inversion of magnetic data

Yaoguo Li;Douglas W. Oldenburg

1524
Citations
3-D inversion of gravity data

Yaoguo Li;Douglas W. Oldenburg

1481
Citations
The inversion and interpretation of gravity anomalies

Douglas W. Oldenburg

986
Citations
Estimating depth of investigation in DC resistivity and IP surveys

Douglas W. Oldenburg;Yaoguo Li

761
Citations
Recovery of the acoustic impedance from reflection seismograms

D. W. Oldenburg;T. Scheuer;S. Levy

611
Citations
Thermal Model of Ocean Ridges

R. L. Parker;D. W. Oldenburg

591
Citations
Inversion of induced polarization data

Douglas W. Oldenburg;Yaoguo Li

559
Citations
Fast inversion of large-scale magnetic data using wavelet transforms and a logarithmic barrier method

Yaoguo Li;Douglas W. Oldenburg

529
Citations
NON-LINEAR INVERSION USING GENERAL MEASURES OF DATA MISFIT AND MODEL STRUCTURE

Colin G. Farquharson;Douglas W. Oldenburg

507
Citations
On optimization techniques for solving nonlinear inverse problems

Eldad Haber;Uri M Ascher;Doug Oldenburg

417
Citations
Joint inversion: a structural approach

E Haber;D Oldenburg

416
Citations
METHODS FOR CALCULATING FRÉCHET DERIVATIVES AND SENSITIVITIES FOR THE NON‐LINEAR INVERSE PROBLEM: A COMPARATIVE STUDY1

P. R. McGILLIVRAY;D. W. Oldenburg

396
Citations
A comparison of automatic techniques for estimating the regularization parameter in non-linear inverse problems

Colin G. Farquharson;Douglas W. Oldenburg

389
Citations
SimPEG: An open source framework for simulation and gradient based parameter estimation in geophysical applications

Rowan Cockett;Seogi Kang;Lindsey J. Heagy;Adam Pidlisecky

384
Citations
Applied geophysical inversion

R. G. Ellis;D. W. Oldenburg

309
Citations
Three dimensional inversion of multisource time domain electromagnetic data

Douglas W. Oldenburg;Eldad Haber;Roman Shekhtman

289
Citations
Fast Simulation of 3D Electromagnetic Problems Using Potentials

E. Haber;U.M. Ascher;D.A. Aruliah;D.W. Oldenburg

289
Citations
Inversion for Applied Geophysics: A Tutorial

Douglas W. Oldenburg;Yaoguo Li

280
Citations
Joint inversion of surface and three‐component borehole magnetic data

Yaoguo Li;Douglas W. Oldenburg

261
Citations
Simultaneous 1D inversion of loop loop electromagnetic data for magnetic susceptibility and electrical conductivity

Colin G. Farquharson;Douglas W. Oldenburg;Partha S. Routh

249
Citations
Generalized subspace methods for large-scale inverse problems

D. W. Oldenburg;P. R. McGillivray;R. G. Ellis

235
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Yaoguo Li Colorado School of Mines

Eldad Haber University of British Columbia

Colin Farquharson Memorial University of Newfoundland

Uri M. Ascher University of British Columbia

Stan E. Dosso University of Victoria

James N. Brune University of Nevada Reno

Robert L. Parker University of California, San Diego

Martyn Unsworth University of Alberta

Gregory A. Newman Colorado State University

Jeremy P. Richards Laurentian University

External Links

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