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  • 2009 - Fellow of American Geophysical Union (AGU)

Overview

Frederick J. Ryerson is affiliated with the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory in the United States. Their research spans the fields of Earth and Planetary Sciences and Engineering, with a specialized focus on subfields including Geophysics, Mechanical Engineering, Environmental Engineering, Atmospheric Science, and Artificial Intelligence.

The scientist's main topics of work encompass Geological and Geochemical Analysis, earthquake and tectonic studies, High-pressure geophysics and materials, Hydraulic Fracturing and Reservoir Analysis, Seismic Imaging and Inversion Techniques, Groundwater flow and contamination studies, and Geology and Paleoclimatology Research.

Frederick J. Ryerson has contributed to several recent publications, which include:

  • "3D printed gradient index glass optics" (2020), Science Advances
  • "Developing Upscaling Approach for Swarming Hydraulic Fractures Observed at Hydraulic Fracturing Test Site through Multiscale Simulations" (2021), SPE Journal
  • "Block Tectonics Across Western Tibet and Multi-Millennial Recurrence of Great Earthquakes on the Karakax Fault" (2021), Journal of Geophysical Research Solid Earth
  • "Stable Rate of Slip Along the Karakax Section of the Altyn Tagh Fault from Observation of Interglacial and Postglacial Offset Morphology and Surface Dating" (2020), Journal of Geophysical Research Solid Earth
  • "Developing Upscaling Approach for Swarming Hydraulic Fractures Observed at Hydraulic Fracturing Test Site Through Multiscale Simulations" (2020), SPE Hydraulic Fracturing Technology Conference and Exhibition

The frequent co-authors who have collaborated with Frederick J. Ryerson include:

  • J. van der Woerd
  • Anne-Sophie Mériaux
  • G. Peltzer
  • Haibing Li
  • Marie-Luce Chevalier

Publication venues where Frederick J. Ryerson has frequently published include:

  • Journal of Geophysical Research Solid Earth
  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • Science Advances
  • SPE Journal
  • SPE Hydraulic Fracturing Technology Conference and Exhibition

In recognition of their contributions, Frederick J. Ryerson was awarded the distinction of Fellow of the American Geophysical Union (AGU) in 2009.

Best Publications

  • Late Cenozoic tectonic evolution of the southern Chinese Tian Shan

    A. Yin;S. Nie;P. Craig;T. M. Harrison

  • Mineral-aqueous fluid partitioning of trace elements at 900°C and 2.0 GPa: Constraints on the trace element chemistry of mantle and deep crustal fluids

    J.M. Brenan;H.F. Shaw;F.J. Ryerson;D.L. Phinney

  • Rutile saturation in magmas: implications for TiNbTa depletion in island-arc basalts

    F.J. Ryerson;E.B. Watson

  • Did the Indo-Asian collision alone create the Tibetan plateau?

    M. A. Murphy;An Yin;T. M. Harrison;S. B. Dürr

  • New clinopyroxene-liquid thermobarometers for mafic, evolved, and volatile-bearing lava compositions, with applications to lavas from Tibet and the Snake River Plain, Idaho

    Keith D. Putirka;Haig Mikaelian;Frederick Ryerson;Henry Shaw

  • Lead diffusion in apatite and zircon using ion implantation and Rutherford Backscattering techniques

    D.J Cherniak;W.A Lanford;F.J Ryerson

  • Rutile-aqueous fluid partitioning of Nb, Ta, Hf, Zr, U and Th: implications for high field strength element depletions in island-arc basalts

    J.M. Brenan;H.F. Shaw;D.L. Phinney;F.J. Ryerson

  • Tertiary structural evolution of the Gangdese Thrust System, southeastern Tibet

    An Yin;T. Mark Harrison;F. J. Ryerson;Chen Wenji

  • Seasonal stable isotope evidence for a strong Asian monsoon throughout the past 10.7 m.y

    David L. Dettman;Matthew J. Kohn;Jay Quade;F.J. Ryerson

  • Ambient and excess mantle temperatures, olivine thermometry, and active vs. passive upwelling

    Keith D. Putirka;Michael Perfit;F.J. Ryerson;Matthew G. Jackson

  • Direct dating of left‐lateral deformation along the Red River shear zone, China and Vietnam

    Lisa D. Gilley;T. Mark Harrison;P. H. Leloup;F. J. Ryerson

  • A Late Miocene-Pliocene origin for the Central Himalayan inverted metamorphism

    T. Mark Harrison;F.J. Ryerson;P. Le Fort;An Yin

  • Structural, petrological and thermal evolution of a tertiary ductile strike-slip shear zone, Diancang Shan, Yunnan

    P. H. Leloup;T. Mark Harrison;F. J. Ryerson;Chen Wenji

  • Implications of liquid-liquid distribution coefficients to mineral-liquid partitioning

    F.J. Ryerson;P.C. Hess

  • Geochronologic and thermobarometric constraints on the evolution of the Main Central Thrust, central Nepal Himalaya

    Elizabeth Jacqueline Catlos;T. Mark Harrison;Matthew J. Kohn;Marty Grove

  • Conjugate strike-slip faulting along the Bangong-Nujiang suture zone accommodates coeval east-west extension and north-south shortening in the interior of the Tibetan Plateau

    Michael Halford Taylor;An Yin;Fredrick J. Ryerson;Paul Kapp;Paul Kapp

  • Uniform postglacial slip-rate along the central 600 km of the Kunlun Fault (Tibet), from 26Al, 10Be, and 14C dating of riser offsets, and climatic origin of the regional morphology

    Jerome Van Der Woerd;Jerome Van Der Woerd;Paul Tapponnier;Frederick J. Ryerson;Anne-Sophie Meriaux;Anne-Sophie Meriaux

  • Tertiary deformation history of southeastern and southwestern Tibet during the Indo-Asian collision

    An Yin;T. Mark Harrison;M. A. Murphy;M. Grove

  • Holocene left-slip rate determined by cosmogenic surface dating on the Xidatan segment of the Kunlun fault (Qinghai, China)

    J. Van der Woerd;J. Van der Woerd;F. J. Ryerson;P. Tapponnier;Y. Gaudemer

  • Thermal evolution and slip history of the Renbu Zedong Thrust, southeastern Tibet

    Xavier Quidelleur;Marty Grove;Oscar M. Lovera;T. Mark Harrison

  • Diachronous initiation of transtension along the Ailao Shan-Red River shear zone, Yunnan and Vietnam

    T Mark Harrison;Philippe Hervé Leloup;Frederick J Ryerson;Paul Tapponnier

Frequent Co-Authors

Paul Tapponnier
Paul Tapponnier China Earthquake Administration
James Badro
James Badro Institut de Physique du Globe de Paris
Robert C. Finkel
Robert C. Finkel Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
Julien Siebert
Julien Siebert Institut de Physique du Globe de Paris
Donald J. DePaolo
Donald J. DePaolo Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Daniele Antonangeli
Daniele Antonangeli Sorbonne University
T. Mark Harrison
T. Mark Harrison University of California, Los Angeles
James M. Brenan
James M. Brenan Dalhousie University
Marc W. Caffee
Marc W. Caffee Purdue University West Lafayette
An Yin
An Yin University of California, Los Angeles

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