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George Zandt publication distribution in Earth Science in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Earth Science in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where George Zandt sits on this spectrum.

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38 publications 510+

This scientist: 191 publications — 57th percentile

57% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 510 publications or more.

George Zandt D-index placement in Earth Science in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Earth Science scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where George Zandt sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 94+

This scientist: 72 D-Index — 90th percentile

90% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 94 D-Index or more.

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2011 - Fellow of American Geophysical Union (AGU)

Overview

George Zandt is affiliated with the University of Arizona in the United States and has contributed extensively to research in the field of Earth and Planetary Sciences. Their body of work primarily focuses on Geophysics, complemented by contributions to Artificial Intelligence, Ocean Engineering, and Oceanography.

The scientist's research addresses important topics including:

  • Earthquake and tectonic studies
  • Geological and Geochemical Analysis
  • High-pressure geophysics and materials
  • Geological and Tectonic Studies in Latin America
  • Seismology and Earthquake Studies
  • Earthquake Detection and Analysis
  • Reservoir Engineering and Simulation Methods

George Zandt has published in various academic venues, with frequent publications found in:

  • UNC Libraries
  • Journal of Geophysical Research Solid Earth
  • Geophysical Research Letters
  • OPAL (Open@LaTrobe) (La Trobe University)
  • Abstracts with programs - Geological Society of America

Their recent papers include:

  • Detailed Structure of the Subducted Nazca Slab into the Lower Mantle Derived From Continent-Scale Teleseismic P Wave Tomography, 2020, Journal of Geophysical Research Solid Earth
  • Upper Mantle Earthquakes Along the Edge of the Wyoming Craton, 2025, Geophysical Research Letters
  • Supplemental Material: Unusually deep earthquakes in the central Sierra Nevada (California, USA): Foundering ultramafic lithosphere?, 2020, OPAL (Open@LaTrobe) (La Trobe University)
  • Seismicity and state of stress in the central and southern Peruvian flat slab, 2020, UNC Libraries
  • Causes and consequences of flat-slab subduction in southern Peru, 2020, UNC Libraries

Frequent co-authors in their research collaborations include:

  • S. L. Beck
  • L. S. Wagner
  • Hernando Tavera
  • Abhash Kumar
  • Maureen D. Long

In recognition of their scientific contributions, George Zandt was awarded the status of Fellow of the American Geophysical Union (AGU) in 2011.

Best Publications

  • On the nonuniqueness of receiver function inversions

    Charles J. Ammon;George E. Randall;George Zandt

  • Implications of crustal property variations for models of Tibetan plateau evolution

    Thomas J. Owens;George Zandt;George Zandt

  • Cyclicity in Cordilleran orogenic systems

    Peter G. DeCelles;Mihai N. Ducea;Paul Kapp;George Zandt

  • Continental crust composition constrained by measurements of crustal Poisson's ratio

    George Zandt;Charles J. Ammon

  • Seismic evidence for an ancient rift beneath the Cumberland Plateau, Tennessee: A detailed analysis of broadband teleseismic P waveforms

    Thomas J. Owens;George Zandt;Steven R. Taylor

  • Implications of shortening in the Himalayan fold-thrust belt for uplift of the Tibetan Plateau

    Peter G. DeCelles;Delores M. Robinson;George Zandt

  • Active foundering of a continental arc root beneath the southern Sierra Nevada in California

    George Zandt;Hersh Gilbert;Thomas J. Owens;Mihai Ducea

  • Subduction and collision processes in the Central Andes constrained by converted seismic phases

    X. Yuan;S. V. Sobolev;R. Kind;O. Oncken

  • The nature of orogenic crust in the central Andes

    Susan L. Beck;George Zandt

  • Segmented African lithosphere beneath the Anatolian region inferred from teleseismic P-wave tomography

    C. Berk Biryol;Susan L. Beck;George Zandt;A. Arda Özacar

  • Crustal-thickness variations in the central Andes

    Susan L. Beck;George Zandt;Stephen C. Myers;Terry C. Wallace

  • Crust and mantle structure across the Basin and Range-Colorado Plateau boundary at 37°N latitude and implications for Cenozoic extensional mechanism

    George Zandt;Stephen C. Myers;Terry C. Wallace

  • Lithospheric evolution of the Andean fold-thrust belt, Bolivia, and the origin of the central Andean plateau

    Nadine McQuarrie;Nadine McQuarrie;Brian K. Horton;George Zandt;Susan Beck

  • Geometry and brittle deformation of the subducting Nazca Plate, Central Chile and Argentina

    Megan Anderson;Patricia Alvarado;George Zandt;Susan Beck

  • The Central Andean Altiplano‐Puna magma body

    Josef Chmielowski;George Zandt;Christian Haberland

  • Seismic imaging of the magmatic underpinnings beneath the Altiplano-Puna volcanic complex from the joint inversion of surface wave dispersion and receiver functions

    Kevin M. Ward;George Zandt;Susan L. Beck;Douglas H. Christensen

  • Seismic Detection and Characterization of the Altiplano-Puna Magma Body, Central Andes

    George Zandt;Mark Leidig;Josef Chmielowski;David Baumont

  • Toroidal mantle flow through the western U.S. slab window

    G. Zandt;E. Humphreys

  • Lithospheric and upper mantle structure of central Chile and Argentina

    Hersh Gilbert;Susan Beck;George Zandt

  • Crustal fabric in the Tibetan Plateau based on waveform inversions for seismic anisotropy parameters

    Heather Folsom Sherrington;George Zandt;Andrew Frederiksen

Frequent Co-Authors

Susan L. Beck
Susan L. Beck University of Arizona
Thomas J. Owens
Thomas J. Owens University of South Carolina
Craig H. Jones
Craig H. Jones University of Colorado Boulder
Maureen D. Long
Maureen D. Long Yale University
Mihai N. Ducea
Mihai N. Ducea University of Arizona
Terry C. Wallace
Terry C. Wallace Los Alamos National Laboratory
Peter G. DeCelles
Peter G. DeCelles University of Arizona
Nadine McQuarrie
Nadine McQuarrie University of Pittsburgh
Charles J. Ammon
Charles J. Ammon Pennsylvania State University
Paul G. Silver
Paul G. Silver Carnegie Institution for Science

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