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Harm J. A. Van Avendonk is affiliated with The University of Texas at Austin in the United States and has contributed extensively to the field of Earth and Planetary Sciences, with a primary focus on geophysics. Their research portfolio includes work in subfields such as geophysics, geology, atmospheric science, and earth-surface processes.

Their scholarly output is characterized by studies concentrating on earthquake and tectonic phenomena, geological and geochemical analysis, high-pressure geophysics and materials, as well as seismic imaging and inversion techniques. Additional research topics include seismic waves and analysis, geological and geophysical studies, and geophysical and geoelectrical methods.

Harm J. A. Van Avendonk has published numerous papers in reputable scientific journals. Notable recent papers include:

  • Stress transition from horizontal to vertical forces during subduction initiation (2022), published in Nature Geoscience
  • Limited Mantle Hydration by Bending Faults at the Middle America Trench (2020), published in Journal of Geophysical Research Solid Earth
  • Strike-Slip Enables Subduction Initiation Beneath a Failed Rift: New Seismic Constraints From Puysegur Margin, New Zealand (2021), published in Tectonics
  • Crustal Structure of the Hikurangi Margin From SHIRE Seismic Data and the Relationship Between Forearc Structure and Shallow Megathrust Slip Behavior (2022), published in Geophysical Research Letters
  • Crustal Structure of the Northern Hikurangi Margin, New Zealand: Variable Accretion and Overthrusting Plate Strength Influenced by Rough Subduction (2021), published in Journal of Geophysical Research Solid Earth

Frequent co-authors in their research include:

  • Nathan L. Bangs
  • Stuart Henrys
  • Andrew Gase
  • Dan Bassett
  • Brandon Shuck

Harm J. A. Van Avendonk's work appears regularly in key publication venues such as:

  • Journal of Geophysical Research Solid Earth
  • Geophysical Research Letters
  • Tectonics
  • Geophysical Journal International
  • Abstracts with programs - Geological Society of America

Best Publications

  • Crustal structure of the Yakutat terrane and the evolution of subduction and collision in southern Alaska

    Lindsay L. Worthington;Lindsay L. Worthington;Harm J. A. Van Avendonk;Sean P. S. Gulick;Gail L. Christeson

  • The Yakutat terrane: Dramatic change in crustal thickness across the Transition fault, Alaska

    Gail L. Christeson;Sean P.S. Gulick;Harm J.A. van Avendonk;Lindsay L. Worthington

  • Crustal-scale seismic profiles across the Manila subduction zone: The transition from intraoceanic subduction to incipient collision

    Daniel H. Eakin;Kirk D. McIntosh;H. J.A. Van Avendonk;Luc Lavier

  • Structure and serpentinization of the subducting Cocos plate offshore Nicaragua and Costa Rica

    H. J. A. Van Avendonk;W. S. Holbrook;D. Lizarralde;P. Denyer

  • Rifting and magmatism in the northeastern South China Sea from wide‐angle tomography and seismic reflection imaging

    Ryan Lester;Harm J. A. Van Avendonk;Kirk McIntosh;Luc Lavier

  • Inversion of a hyper-extended rifted margin in the Southern Central Range of Taiwan

    Kirk D McIntosh;Harm J Van Avendonk;Luc L Lavier;W. Ryan Lester

  • Crustal structure and inferred rifting processes in the northeast South China Sea

    Kirk D McIntosh;Luc L Lavier;Harm J Van Avendonk;Ryan Lester

  • Seismic velocity structure of the rifted margin of the eastern Grand Banks of Newfoundland, Canada

    Harm J. A. Van Avendonk;W. Steven Holbrook;Gregory T. Nunes;Donna J. Shillington

  • Inferring crustal structure in the Aleutian island arc from a sparse wide-angle seismic data set

    Harm J. A. Van Avendonk;Donna J. Shillington;W. Steven Holbrook;Matthew J. Hornbach

  • Composition and structure of the central Aleutian island arc from arc‐parallel wide‐angle seismic data

    Donna J. Shillington;Donna J. Shillington;Harm J. A. Van Avendonk;W. Steven Holbrook;Peter B. Kelemen

  • A two-dimensional tomographic study of the Clipperton transform fault

    Harm J. A. Van Avendonk;Alistair J. Harding;John A. Orcutt;James S. McClain

  • Continental crust under compression: A seismic refraction study of South Island Geophysical Transect I, South Island, New Zealand

    Harm J. A. Van Avendonk;W. Steven Holbrook;David Okaya;Jeffrey K. Austin

  • Extension of continental crust at the margin of the eastern Grand Banks, Newfoundland

    Harm J.A. Van Avendonk;Luc L. Lavier;Donna J. Shillington;Gianreto Manatschal

  • Evidence for asymmetric nonvolcanic rifting and slow incipient oceanic accretion from seismic reflection data on the Newfoundland margin

    Donna J. Shillington;Donna J. Shillington;W. Steven Holbrook;Harm J. A. Van Avendonk;Brian E. Tucholke

  • Hybrid shortest path and ray bending method for traveltime and raypath calculations

    Harm J. A. Van Avendonk;Alistair J. Harding;John A. Orcutt;W. Steven Holbrook

  • Crustal accretion in the Manila trench accretionary wedge at the transition from subduction to mountain-building in Taiwan

    Ryan Lester;Kirk D McIntosh;Harm J Van Avendonk;Luc L Lavier

  • Episodic magmatism and serpentinized mantle exhumation at an ultraslow-spreading centre

    Ingo Grevemeyer;Nicholas W. Hayman;Christine Peirce;Michaela Schwardt

  • Three-dimensional seismic imaging of the Blake Ridge methane hydrate province: Evidence for large, concentrated zones of gas hydrate and morphologically driven advection

    Matthew J. Hornbach;Demian M. Saffer;W. Steven Holbrook;Harm J. A. Van Avendonk

  • Deep crustal structure of the northeastern Gulf of Mexico: Implications for rift evolution and seafloor spreading

    Drew R. Eddy;Harm J. A. Van Avendonk;Gail L. Christeson;Ian O. Norton

  • Deep crustal structure in the eastern Gulf of Mexico

    G. L. Christeson;H. J. A. Van Avendonk;I. O. Norton;J. W. Snedden

  • Continental rifting and sediment infill in the northwestern Gulf of Mexico

    Harm J.A. Van Avendonk;Gail L. Christeson;Ian O. Norton;Drew R. Eddy

  • Decrease in oceanic crustal thickness since the breakup of Pangaea

    Harm J. A. Van Avendonk;Joshua K. Davis;Jennifer L. Harding;Lawrence A. Lawver

Frequent Co-Authors

Gail L. Christeson
Gail L. Christeson The University of Texas at Austin
Ingo Grevemeyer
Ingo Grevemeyer GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel
Sean P.S. Gulick
Sean P.S. Gulick The University of Texas at Austin
W. Steven Holbrook
W. Steven Holbrook Virginia Tech
Luc L. Lavier
Luc L. Lavier The University of Texas at Austin
Michael Gurnis
Michael Gurnis California Institute of Technology
Rupert Sutherland
Rupert Sutherland Victoria University of Wellington
Francis T. Wu
Francis T. Wu Binghamton University
Char-Shine Liu
Char-Shine Liu National Taiwan University
Joann M. Stock
Joann M. Stock California Institute of Technology

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