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Overview

Graham M. Kent is affiliated with the University of Nevada Reno in the United States. Their research predominantly falls within the field of Earth and Planetary Sciences, with a focus on several subfields including Geophysics, Earth-Surface Processes, Atmospheric Science, Global and Planetary Change, and Safety, Risk, Reliability and Quality.

The main research topics covered by their work include:

  • Earthquake and tectonic studies
  • Geological and Geochemical Analysis
  • High-pressure geophysics and materials
  • Seismic Waves and Analysis
  • Geological formations and processes
  • Seismic Imaging and Inversion Techniques
  • Geology and Paleoclimatology Research

Graham M. Kent has contributed to multiple recent papers, reflecting a range of interests within earth sciences. Notable publications include:

  • "Stacked sills forming a deep melt-mush feeder conduit beneath Axial Seamount," 2020, Geology
  • "Ground-Based Corroboration of GOES-17 Fire Detection Capabilities During Ignition of the Kincade Fire," 2020, Journal of Operational Meteorology
  • "Nevada Seismological Laboratory Rapid Seismic Monitoring Deployment and Data Availability for the 2020 Mww 6.5 Monte Cristo Range, Nevada, Earthquake Sequence," 2021, Seismological Research Letters
  • "The Rocks That Did Not Fall: A Multidisciplinary Analysis of Near-Source Ground Motions From an Active Normal Fault," 2023, AGU Advances
  • "High-Resolution 3D Seismic Imaging of Fault Interaction and Deformation Offshore San Onofre, California," 2021, Frontiers in Earth Science

Frequent publication venues associated with the scientist's work include:

  • Frontiers in Earth Science
  • Geology
  • Journal of Operational Meteorology
  • Seismological Research Letters
  • AGU Advances

The scientist has collaborated multiple times with a number of coauthors, including:

  • Neal W. Driscoll
  • A. J. Harding
  • Kenneth D. Smith
  • J. J. Holmes
  • Héctor Perea

Best Publications

  • Crustal structure of the southeast Greenland margin from joint refraction and reflection seismic tomography

    J. Korenaga;W. S. Holbrook;G. M. Kent;P. B. Kelemen

  • Variation in styles of rifting in the Gulf of California

    Daniel Lizarralde;Gary J. Axen;Hillary E. Brown;John M. Fletcher

  • A multichannel seismic investigation of upper crustal structure at 9°N on the East Pacific Rise: Implications for crustal accretion

    Alistair J. Harding;Graham M. Kent;John. A. Orcutt

  • Mantle thermal structure and active upwelling during continental breakup in the North Atlantic

    W.Steven Holbrook;H.C. Larsen;J. Korenaga;T. Dahl-Jensen

  • Distribution of magma beneath the East Pacific Rise between the Clipperton Transform and the 9°17′N Deval from forward modeling of common depth point data

    Graham M. Kent;Alistair J. Harding;John A. Orcutt

  • Seismic Structure of the Southern East Pacific Rise

    R. S. Detrick;A. J. Harding;G. M. Kent;J. A. Orcutt

  • Structure of the SE Greenland margin from seismic reflection and refraction data: Implications for nascent spreading center subsidence and asymmetric crustal accretion during North Atlantic opening

    John R. Hopper;Trine Dahl-Jensen;W. Steven Holbrook;Hans Christian Larsen

  • Evidence for a smaller magma chamber beneath the East Pacific Rise at 9°30′ N

    G. M. Kent;A. J. Harding;J. A. Orcutt

  • Melt to mush variations in crustal magma properties along the ridge crest at the southern East Pacific Rise

    S. C. Singh;G. M. Kent;J. S. Collier;A. J. Harding

  • Seismic structure and indicators of magma budget along the Southern East Pacific Rise

    Emilie E. E. Hooft;Robert S. Detrick;Graham M. Kent

  • Uniform accretion of oceanic crust south of the Garrett transform at 14°15′S on the East Pacific Rise

    Graham M. Kent;Alistair J. Harding;John A. Orcutt;Robert S. Detrick

  • Rift topography linked to magmatism at the intermediate spreading Juan de Fuca Ridge

    Suzanne M. Carbotte;Robert S. Detrick;Alistair Harding;Juan Pablo Canales

  • Seismic structure of the Endeavour Segment, Juan de Fuca Ridge: Correlations with seismicity and hydrothermal activity

    E. M. Van Ark;R. S. Detrick;J. P. Canales;S. M. Carbotte

  • Evidence from three-dimensional seismic reflectivity images for enhanced melt supply beneath mid-ocean -ridge discontinuities

    G. M. Kent;S. C. Singh;S. C. Singh;A. J. Harding;M. C. Sinha;M. C. Sinha

  • Tectonic evolution of the Salton Sea inferred from seismic reflection data

    N. W. Driscoll;G. M. Kent;A. J. Harding

  • Distribution of magma beneath the East Pacific Rise near the 9°03′N overlapping spreading center from forward modeling of common depth point data

    Graham M. Kent;Alistair J. Harding;John A. Orcutt

  • Frozen magma lenses below the oceanic crust

    Mladen R. Nedimović;Suzanne M. Carbotte;Alistair J. Harding;Robert S. Detrick

  • Seismic analysis of the axial magma chamber reflector along the southern East Pacific Rise from conventional reflection profiling

    Stefan A. Hussenoeder;John A. Collins;Graham M. Kent;Robert S. Detrick

  • Upper crustal structure and axial topography at intermediate spreading ridges: Seismic constraints from the southern Juan de Fuca Ridge

    J. Pablo Canales;Robert S. Detrick;Suzanne M. Carbotte;Graham M. Kent

  • 60 k.y. record of extension across the western boundary of the Basin and Range province: Estimate of slip rates from offset shoreline terraces and a catastrophic slide beneath Lake Tahoe

    G.M. Kent;J.M. Babcock;N.W. Driscoll;A.J. Harding

Frequent Co-Authors

Alistair J. Harding
Alistair J. Harding University of California, San Diego
Neal W. Driscoll
Neal W. Driscoll University of California, San Diego
Robert S. Detrick
Robert S. Detrick Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
Mladen R. Nedimović
Mladen R. Nedimović Dalhousie University
Suzanne M. Carbotte
Suzanne M. Carbotte Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory
John A. Orcutt
John A. Orcutt University of California, San Diego
Daniel Lizarralde
Daniel Lizarralde Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
Gary J. Axen
Gary J. Axen New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology
Satish C. Singh
Satish C. Singh Institut de Physique du Globe de Paris
Richard Hobbs
Richard Hobbs Durham University

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