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Gregory A. Houseman

Gregory A. Houseman

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Earth Science

D-Index
53
Citations
12988
World Ranking
2814
National Ranking
316

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2015 - Member of Academia Europaea
  • 2001 - Fellow of American Geophysical Union (AGU)

Overview

Gregory A. Houseman is affiliated with the University of Leeds in the United Kingdom. Their research primarily focuses on Earth and Planetary Sciences, with significant work in the subfields of Geophysics, Ocean Engineering, Artificial Intelligence, Molecular Biology, and Oceanography.

The main topics covered in their work include earthquake and tectonic studies, high-pressure geophysics and materials, geological and geochemical analysis, seismic waves and analysis, drilling and well engineering, seismology and earthquake studies, and earthquake detection and analysis.

Houseman has contributed to multiple scientific venues, with frequent publications in:

  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • Geophysical Journal International
  • Journal of Geophysical Research Solid Earth
  • Terra Nova
  • SSRN Electronic Journal

Some of their recent papers include:

  • The Dynamics of the India-Eurasia Collision: Faulted Viscous Continuum Models Constrained by High-Resolution Sentinel-1 InSAR and GNSS Velocities (2024), published in Journal of Geophysical Research Solid Earth
  • Crustal velocity images of northwestern Türkiye along the North Anatolian Fault Zone from transdimensional Bayesian ambient seismic noise tomography (2023), published in Geophysical Journal International
  • Upper mantle deformation signatures of craton-orogen interaction in the Carpathian-Pannonian region from SKS anisotropy analysis (2020), published in Geophysical Journal International
  • Structure of the northwestern North Anatolian Fault Zone imaged via teleseismic scattering tomography (2021), published in Geophysical Journal International
  • Brief immersion of southern Australia by change in relative plate speed (2022), published in Terra Nova

The scientist has collaborated frequently with several co-authors, including:

  • Lynn Evans (5 collaborations)
  • Tim Wright (4 collaborations)
  • Jin Fang (3 collaborations)
  • T. J. Craig (3 collaborations)
  • John R. Elliott (3 collaborations)

In recognition of their professional contributions, Gregory A. Houseman has received awards including:

  • Member of Academia Europaea (2015)
  • Fellow of the American Geophysical Union (AGU) (2001)

Best Publications

  • FINITE STRAIN CALCULATIONS OF CONTINENTAL DEFORMATION .2. COMPARISON WITH THE INDIA-ASIA COLLISION ZONE

    Philip England;Gregory Houseman

  • Extension during continental convergence, with application to the Tibetan Plateau

    Philip England;Gregory Houseman

  • Convective instability of a thickened boundary layer and its relevance for the thermal evolution of continental convergent belts

    G. A. Houseman;D. P. McKenzie;Peter Molnar

  • The mechanics of the Tibetan Plateau

    Philip Christopher England;G. A. Houseman

  • Crustal thickening versus lateral expulsion in the Indian‐Asian continental collision

    Gregory Houseman;Philip England

  • Seismicity, normal faulting, and the geomorphological development of the Gulf of Corinth (Greece): the Corinth earthquakes of February and March 1981

    J.A. Jackson;J. Gagnepain;G. Houseman;G.C.P. King

  • Gravitational (Rayleigh–Taylor) instability of a layer with non-linear viscosity and convective thinning of continental lithosphere

    Gregory A. Houseman;Peter Molnar

  • Finite strain calculations of continental deformation: 1. Method and general results for convergent zones

    Gregory Houseman;Philip England

  • Crustal structure across Longmenshan fault belt from passive source seismic profiling

    Zhongjie Zhang;Yanghua Wang;Yun Chen;Gregory A. Houseman

  • Length scales for continental deformation in convergent, divergent, and strike‐slip Environments: Analytical and approximate solutions for a thin viscous sheet model

    Philip England;Gregory Houseman;Leslie Sonder

  • Role of lithospheric strength heterogeneities in the tectonics of Tibet and neighbouring regions

    Philip England;Gregory Houseman

  • A dynamical model of lithosphere extension and sedimentary basin formation

    Gregory Houseman;Philip England

  • Geodynamics of the Tarim Basin and the Tian Shan in central Asia

    Emily A. Neil;Gregory A. Houseman

  • Rayleigh–Taylor instability and convective thinning of mechanically thickened lithosphere: effects of non‐linear viscosity decreasing exponentially with depth and of horizontal shortening of the layer

    Peter Molnar;Gregory A. Houseman;Clinton P. Conrad

  • The evolution of the Gulf of Corinth (Greece): an aftershock study of the 1981 earthquakes

    G. C. P. King;Z. X. Ouyang;P. Papadimitriou;A. Deschamps

  • Far‐field lithospheric deformation in Tibet during continental collision

    Katherine E. Dayem;Peter Molnar;Marin K. Clark;Gregory A. Houseman

  • TOPO-EUROPE: the geoscience of coupled deep earth-surface processes

    S. A. P. L. Cloetingh;P. A. Ziegler;P. J. A. Bogaard;P. A. M. Andriessen

  • The dependence of convection planform on mode of heating

    Gregory Houseman;Gregory Houseman

  • Rayleigh–Taylor instability of the upper mantle and its role in intraplate orogeny

    Emily A. Neil;Gregory A. Houseman

  • 3D convection at infinite Prandtl number in Cartesian geometry — a benchmark comparison

    F. H. Busse;U. Christensen;R. Clever;L. Cserepes

  • Fifty years of the Wilson Cycle concept in plate tectonics : an overview.

    R. W. Wilson;G. A. Houseman;S. J. H. Buiter;K. J. W. McCaffrey

  • Evidence for active subduction beneath Gibraltar

    JP Platt;G Houseman

Frequent Co-Authors

Graham Stuart
Graham Stuart University of Leeds
Philip England
Philip England University of Oxford
Peter Molnar
Peter Molnar University of Colorado Boulder
Tim J. Wright
Tim J. Wright University of Leeds
György Hetényi
György Hetényi University of Lausanne
Yanghua Wang
Yanghua Wang Imperial College London
Nicholas Rawlinson
Nicholas Rawlinson University of Cambridge
Andrew Hooper
Andrew Hooper University of Leeds
Mark Girolami
Mark Girolami University of Cambridge
Geoffrey King
Geoffrey King Institut de Physique du Globe de Paris

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