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Earth Science

D-Index
36
Citations
4730
World Ranking
7265
National Ranking
2508

Best Publications

  • Mantle shear-wave velocity structure beneath the Hawaiian hot spot.

    Cecily J. Wolfe;Sean C. Solomon;Gabi Laske;John A. Collins

  • Structure of young East Pacific Rise lithosphere from ambient noise correlation analysis of fundamental- and higher-mode Scholte-Rayleigh waves

    Huajian Yao;Huajian Yao;Pierre Gouédard;John A. Collins;Jeffrey J. McGuire

  • In situ evidence for the nature of the seismic layer 2/3 boundary in oceanic crust

    R. Detrick;J. Collins;R. Stephen;S. Swift

  • Crustal thickness and structure along three contrasting spreading segments of the Mid-Atlantic Ridge, 33.5°–35°N

    E. E. E. Hooft;R. S. Detrick;D. R. Toomey;J. A. Collins

  • Determination of New Zealand Ocean Bottom Seismometer Orientation via Rayleigh-Wave Polarization

    J. C. Stachnik;Anne F. Sheehan;D.W. Zietlow;Z. Yang

  • The Cascadia Initiative: A Sea Change In Seismological Studies of Subduction Zones

    Douglas R. Toomey;Richard M. Allen;Andrew H. Barclay;Samuel W. Bell

  • Crustal and upper mantle seismic structure beneath the rift mountains and across a nontransform offset at the Mid-Atlantic Ridge (35°N)

    J. Pablo Canales;Robert S. Detrick;Jian Lin;John A. Collins

  • Ocean Seismic Network Pilot Experiment

    Ralph A. Stephen;Fred N. Spiess;John A. Collins;John A. Hildebrand

  • Crustal magma plumbing within a segment of the Mid-Atlantic Ridge, 35°N

    Laura S. Magde;Andrew H. Barclay;Douglas R. Toomey;Robert S. Detrick

  • High-resolution seismic constraints on flow dynamics in the oceanic asthenosphere.

    Pei Ying Patty Lin;Pei Ying Patty Lin;James B. Gaherty;Ge Jin;John A. Collins

  • Spreading-rate dependence of melt extraction at mid-ocean ridges from mantle seismic refraction data

    Daniel Lizarralde;James B. Gaherty;John A. Collins;Greg Hirth

  • Underplating of the Hawaiian Swell: evidence from teleseismic receiver functions

    Garrett M. Leahy;John A. Collins;Cecily J. Wolfe;Gabi Laske

  • Drilling constraints on lithospheric accretion and evolution at Atlantis Massif, Mid‐Atlantic Ridge 30°N

    D. K. Blackman;B. Ildefonse;B. E. John;Y. Ohara

  • Seismic reflection imaging of an oceanic detachment fault: Atlantis megamullion (Mid-Atlantic Ridge, 30°10′N)

    J.P. Canales;B.E. Tucholke;J.A. Collins

  • Broadband seismology in the oceans: Lessons from the Ocean Seismic Network Pilot Experiment

    J. A. Collins;F. L. Vernon;J. A. Orcutt;R. A. Stephen

  • 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

  • Seismic evidence for large-scale compositional heterogeneity of oceanic core complexes

    J. Pablo Canales;Brian E. Tucholke;Min Xu;John A. Collins

  • Seismic velocity constraints on the material properties that control earthquake behavior at the Quebrada-Discovery-Gofar transform faults, East Pacific Rise

    Emily C. Roland;Emily C. Roland;Daniel Lizarralde;Jeffrey J. McGuire;John A. Collins

  • Variations in earthquake rupture properties along the Gofar transform fault, East Pacific Rise

    Jeffrey J. McGuire;John A. Collins;Pierre Gouédard;Emily Roland;Emily Roland

  • Geologic and seismic velocity structure of the crust/mantle transition in the Bay of Islands Ophiolite Complex

    J. A. Karson;J. A. Collins;J. F. Casey

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