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Earth Science

D-Index
37
Citations
19105
World Ranking
6669
National Ranking
2335

Research.com Recognitions

  • 1980 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
  • 1969 - Penrose Medal, The Geological Society of America
  • 1967 - US President's National Medal of Science "For outstanding contributions to geophysics which have immeasurably increased our understanding of the composition and the processes of the interior of the earth.", Presented by President Johnson at a White House ceremony on February 13, 1968.
  • 1962 - Fellow of American Geophysical Union (AGU)
  • 1950 - Arthur L. Day Medal, The Geological Society of America
  • 1950 - Member of the National Academy of Sciences
  • 1941 - Fellow of American Physical Society (APS)

Best Publications

  • Finite strain isotherm and velocities for single-crystal and polycrystalline NaCl at high pressures and 300°K

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  • Elasticity and constitution of the Earth's interior

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  • The velocity of compressional waves in rocks to 10 kilobars: 1.

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  • The velocity of compressional waves in rocks to 10 kilobars: 2.

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  • Density and composition of mantle and core

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  • Heat generation of plutonic rocks and continental heat flow provinces

    Robert F. Roy;David D. Blackwell;Francis Birch

  • Equation of state and thermodynamic parameters of NaCl to 300 kbar in the high‐temperature domain

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  • Composition of the Earth's Mantle

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  • FLOW OF HEAT IN THE FRONT RANGE, COLORADO

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  • Composition of the Earth's Mantle

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  • Heat flow in the united States

    Robert F. Roy;Edward R. Decker;David D. Blackwell;Francis Birch

  • The Velocity of Compressional Waves in Rocks to 10 Kilobars, Part 2

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  • Speculations on the Earth's Thermal History

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  • Thermal expansion at high pressures

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  • Elastic Constants of Pyrite

    Gene Simmons;Francis Birch

  • Density and composition of the upper mantle: First approximation as an olivine layer

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  • Energetics of core formation: A correction

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  • The Melting Relations of Iron, and Temperatures in the Earth's Core

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  • The Effect of Pressure on the Rigidity of Rocks. II

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  • Energetics of Core Formation

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