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Geoffrey A. Abers

Geoffrey A. Abers

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Earth Science

D-Index
64
Citations
16992
World Ranking
1474
National Ranking
658

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2015 - Fellow of American Geophysical Union (AGU)

Overview

Geoffrey A. Abers is affiliated with Cornell University in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on Earth and Planetary Sciences, with particular expertise in Geophysics.

Their work spans several subfields including:

  • Geophysics
  • Artificial Intelligence
  • Mechanics of Materials
  • Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics

The main topics addressed in their research include:

  • Earthquake and tectonic studies
  • High-pressure geophysics and materials
  • Geological and Geochemical Analysis
  • Seismic Waves and Analysis
  • Seismology and Earthquake Studies
  • Seismic Imaging and Inversion Techniques
  • Earthquake Detection and Analysis

Recent published papers by Geoffrey A. Abers include:

  • Deep decoupling in subduction zones: Observations and temperature limits, 2020, published in Geosphere
  • The Alaska Amphibious Community Seismic Experiment, 2020, published in Seismological Research Letters
  • Subduction of an Oceanic Plateau Across Southcentral Alaska: Scattered-Wave Imaging, 2021, published in Journal of Geophysical Research Solid Earth
  • Local Source Vp and Vs Tomography in the Mount St. Helens Region With the iMUSH Broadband Array, 2020, published in Geochemistry Geophysics Geosystems
  • 3D Seismic Velocity Models for Alaska from Joint Tomographic Inversion of Body-Wave and Surface-Wave Data, 2020, published in Seismological Research Letters

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Geoffrey A. Abers include:

  • Michael Everett Mann
  • K. A. Daly
  • Satoru Baba
  • Kazushige Obara
  • Shunsuke Takemura

Publications have appeared regularly in the following journals and venues:

  • Journal of Geophysical Research Solid Earth (9 publications)
  • Seismological Research Letters (4 publications)
  • Geochemistry Geophysics Geosystems (3 publications)
  • Geophysical Research Letters (3 publications)
  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research) (3 publications)

Geoffrey A. Abers was recognized as a Fellow of the American Geophysical Union (AGU) in 2015.

Best Publications

  • The global range of subduction zone thermal models

    Ellen M. Syracuse;Peter E. van Keken;Geoffrey A. Abers

  • Subduction factory 2. Are intermediate-depth earthquakes in subducting slabs linked to metamorphic dehydration reactions?

    Bradley R. Hacker;Simon M. Peacock;Geoffrey A. Abers;Stephen D. Holloway

  • Subduction factory 1. Theoretical mineralogy, densities, seismic wave speeds, and H 2 O contents

    Bradley R. Hacker;Geoffrey A. Abers;Simon M. Peacock

  • Sharp increase in central Oklahoma seismicity since 2008 induced by massive wastewater injection

    K. M. Keranen;M. Weingarten;Geoffrey A. Abers;B. A. Bekins

  • Potentially induced earthquakes in Oklahoma, USA: Links between wastewater injection and the 2011 Mw 5.7 earthquake sequence

    Katie M. Keranen;Heather M. Savage;Geoffrey A. Abers;Elizabeth S. Cochran

  • Global compilation of variations in slab depth beneath arc volcanoes and implications

    Ellen M. Syracuse;Geoffrey A. Abers

  • Subduction Factory 3: An Excel worksheet and macro for calculating the densities, seismic wave speeds, and H2O contents of minerals and rocks at pressure and temperature

    Bradley R. Hacker;Geoffrey A. Abers

  • Imaging the transition from Aleutian subduction to Yakutat collision in central Alaska, with local earthquakes and active source data

    Donna Eberhart-Phillips;Donna Eberhart-Phillips;Douglas H. Christensen;Thomas M. Brocher;Roger Hansen

  • Determination of surface-wave phase velocities across USArray from noise and Aki's spectral formulation

    Göran Ekström;Geoffrey A. Abers;Spahr C. Webb

  • Enhanced Remote Earthquake Triggering at Fluid-Injection Sites in the Midwestern United States

    Nicholas J. van der Elst;Heather M. Savage;Katie M. Keranen;Geoffrey A. Abers

  • High resolution image of the subducted Pacific (?) plate beneath central Alaska, 50–150 km depth

    Aaron Ferris;Geoffrey A. Abers;Douglas H. Christensen;Elizabeth Veenstra

  • Arc-parallel flow in the mantle wedge beneath Costa Rica and Nicaragua

    Kaj Hoernle;David L. Abt;Karen M. Fischer;Holly Nichols

  • The thermal structure of subduction zones constrained by seismic imaging: Implications for slab dehydration and wedge flow

    Geoffrey A. Abers;Peter E. van Keken;Erik A. Kneller;Aaron Ferris

  • Crustal thickness variations across the Colorado Rocky Mountains from teleseismic receiver functions

    Anne F. Sheehan;Geoffrey A. Abers;Craig H. Jones;Arthur L. Lerner-Lam

  • Observations of static Coulomb stress triggering of the November 2011 M5.7 Oklahoma earthquake sequence

    Danielle F. Sumy;Danielle F. Sumy;Elizabeth S. Cochran;Katie M. Keranen;Katie M. Keranen;Maya Wei

  • Seismic imaging of subduction zone metamorphism

    Stéphane Rondenay;Geoffrey A. Abers;Peter E. van Keken

  • Seismic attenuation and mantle wedge temperatures in the Alaska subduction zone

    Joshua C. Stachnik;Joshua C. Stachnik;Geoffrey A. Abers;Douglas H. Christensen

  • Seismic low-velocity layer at the top of subducting slabs: observations, predictions, and systematics

    Geoffrey A. Abers

  • Link between plate fabric, hydration and subduction zone seismicity in Alaska

    Donna J. Shillington;Anne Bécel;Mladen R. Nedimović;Harold Kuehn

  • Deep structure of an arc-continent collision: Earthquake relocation and inversion for upper mantle P and S wave velocities beneath Papua New Guinea

    Geoffrey A. Abers;Steven W. Roecker

  • Hydrated subducted crust at 100–250 km depth

    Geoffrey A Abers

  • Glacial Earthquakes

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Frequent Co-Authors

Kenneth C. Creager
Kenneth C. Creager University of Washington
Karen M. Fischer
Karen M. Fischer Brown University
Bradley R. Hacker
Bradley R. Hacker University of California, Santa Barbara
Stéphane Rondenay
Stéphane Rondenay University of Bergen
Spahr C. Webb
Spahr C. Webb Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory
Mladen R. Nedimović
Mladen R. Nedimović Dalhousie University
Alan Levander
Alan Levander Rice University
Demian M. Saffer
Demian M. Saffer The University of Texas at Austin
Robert McCaffrey
Robert McCaffrey Portland State University
Brandon Schmandt
Brandon Schmandt University of New Mexico

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