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Turkey
2026

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Earth Science

D-Index
58
Citations
10536
World Ranking
2193
National Ranking
4

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Earth Science in Turkey Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Earth Science in Turkey Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Earth Science in Turkey Leader Award
  • 2004 - Member of Academia Europaea

Overview

Hans Thybo is affiliated with Istanbul Technical University in Turkey and focuses primarily on Earth and Planetary Sciences, with a significant part of their research dedicated to Geophysics and Geology. Their work spans several specialized subfields including Environmental Chemistry, Epidemiology, and Pathology and Forensic Medicine.

The scientist's research topics cover the following areas:

  • High-pressure geophysics and materials
  • Geological and Geochemical Analysis
  • Earthquake and tectonic studies
  • Geological Studies and Exploration
  • Seismic Waves and Analysis
  • Methane Hydrates and Related Phenomena
  • Seismic Imaging and Inversion Techniques

Hans Thybo has published in a range of journals, frequently appearing in:

  • Nature Communications
  • Earth-Science Reviews
  • Acta Geologica Sinica - English Edition
  • Journal of Geophysical Research Solid Earth
  • Journal of Geodynamics

Recent papers include:

  • Formation of giant copper deposits in Tibet driven by tearing of the subducted Indian plate, 2023, Earth-Science Reviews
  • Cretaceous long-distance lithospheric extension and surface response in South China, 2023, Earth-Science Reviews
  • No mafic layer in 80 km thick Tibetan crust, 2021, Nature Communications
  • Lithosphere Mantle Density of the North China Craton, 2020, Journal of Geophysical Research Solid Earth
  • Coupled Lithospheric Deformation in the Qinling Orogen, Central China: Insights From Seismic Reflection and Surface-Wave Tomography, 2022, Geophysical Research Letters

Frequent coauthors in their body of work include:

  • Irina Artemieva (23 collaborations)
  • Shuwen Dong (5 collaborations)
  • Yueqiao Zhang (5 collaborations)
  • Jianhua Li (4 collaborations)
  • Rui Gao (4 collaborations)

Hans Thybo was recognized as a Member of Academia Europaea in 2004.

Best Publications

  • Moho and magmatic underplating in continental lithosphere

    H. Thybo;I.M. Artemieva

  • The Seismic 8° Discontinuity and Partial Melting in Continental Mantle

    H. Thybo;E. Perchuć

  • Magma-compensated crustal thinning in continental rift zones

    H. Thybo;C. A. Nielsen

  • Crustal velocity structure across the Main Ethiopian Rift: Results from two-dimensional wide-angle seismic modelling

    G.D. Mackenzie;Hans Thybo;P.K.H. Maguire

  • The heterogeneous upper mantle low velocity zone

    Hans Thybo

  • Crustal structure of the Northern Main Ethiopian Rift from the EAGLE controlled source survey; a snapshot of incipient lithospheric break-up

    P.K.H. Maguire;G.R. Keller;S.L. Klemperer;G.D. Mackenzie

  • EUNAseis: A seismic model for Moho and crustal structure in Europe, Greenland, and the North Atlantic region

    Irina M. Artemieva;Hans Thybo

  • POLONAISE '97 — an international seismic experiment between Precambrian and Variscan Europe in Poland

    A. Guterch;M. Grad;H. Thybo;G.R. Keller

  • The influence of pre-existing structures on the evolution of the southern Kenya Rift Valley - evidence from seismic and gravity studies

    C.S. Birt;P.K.H. Maguire;M.A. Khan;H. Thybo

  • Deep Europe today: geophysical synthesis of the upper mantle structure and lithospheric processes over 3.5 Ga

    Irina M. Artemieva;Hans Thybo;Mikhail K. Kaban

  • Crustal structure of the Trans‐European suture zone region along POLONAISE'97 seismic profile P4

    Marek Grad;Susanne L. Jensen;G. Randy Keller;Aleksander Guterch

  • Cenozoic uplift and subsidence in the North Atlantic region: Geological evidence revisited

    I. Anell;H. Thybo;I.M. Artemieva

  • Crustal and uppermost mantle structure of the Bohemian Massif based on CELEBRATION 2000 data

    P. Hrubcová;P. Środa;A. Špičák;A. Guterch

  • Crustal structure of the Siberian craton and the West Siberian basin: An appraisal of existing seismic data

    Yulia Cherepanova;Irina M. Artemieva;Hans Thybo;Zurab Chemia

  • CELEBRATION 2000 seismic experiment

    A. Guterch;M. Grad;G.R. Keller;K. Posgay

  • Crustal structure due to collisional and escape tectonics in the Eastern Alps region based on profiles Alp01 and Alp02 from the ALP 2002 seismic experiment

    Ewald Brückl;Florian Bleibinhaus;Florian Bleibinhaus;Andrej Gosar;Marek Grad

  • MONA LISA : Deep seismic investigations of the lithosphere in the southeastern North Sea

    T. Abramovitz;A. Berthelsen;F. Schjøth;H. Thybo

  • 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

  • Crustal structure along the Central Segment of the EGT from seismic-refraction studies

    B Aichroth;C Prodehl;H Thybo

  • Caveats on tomographic images

    Gillian R. Foulger;Giuliano F. Panza;Giuliano F. Panza;Irina M. Artemieva;Ian D. Bastow

  • Large-scale variation in lithospheric structure along and across the Kenya rift

    C. Prodehl;J. Mechie;W. Kaminski;K. Fuchs

Frequent Co-Authors

Marek Grad
Marek Grad University of Warsaw
A. Guterch
A. Guterch Polish Academy of Sciences
Tomasz Janik
Tomasz Janik Polish Academy of Sciences
Lev Vinnik
Lev Vinnik Russian Academy of Sciences
Alan Levander
Alan Levander Rice University
Randell Stephenson
Randell Stephenson University of Aberdeen
Jan Inge Faleide
Jan Inge Faleide University of Oslo
Rolf Mjelde
Rolf Mjelde University of Bergen
Niels Balling
Niels Balling Aarhus University
Giuliano F. Panza
Giuliano F. Panza Beijing University of Civil Engineering and Architecture

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