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Overview

J Ramón Arrowsmith is affiliated with Arizona State University in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on Earth and Planetary Sciences, with a strong emphasis on geophysics, atmospheric science, geology, artificial intelligence, and management, monitoring, policy, and law within the geosciences.

The scientist's work covers several main topics, including earthquake and tectonic studies, geological and geochemical analysis, geology and paleoclimatology research, landslides and related hazards, 3D surveying and cultural heritage, seismic waves and analysis, and seismology and earthquake studies.

Arrowsmith's recent publications demonstrate this broad range of interests and expertise. Notable papers include:

  • Early human impacts and ecosystem reorganization in southern-central Africa, 2021, Science Advances
  • High-resolution surface faulting from the 1983 Idaho Lost River Fault Mw 6.9 earthquake and previous events, 2021, Scientific Data
  • Airborne Lidar and Electro-Optical Imagery along Surface Ruptures of the 2019 Ridgecrest Earthquake Sequence, Southern California, 2020, Seismological Research Letters
  • High-Detail Fault Segmentation: Deep Insight into the Anatomy of the 1983 Borah Peak Earthquake Rupture Zone (Mw 6.9, Idaho, USA), 2022, Lithosphere
  • Volcano morphology as an indicator of stress orientation in the Java Volcanic Arc, Indonesia, 2020, Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research

Frequent collaborators in Arrowsmith's research include Chelsea Scott, Federica Ferrarini, Giusy Lavecchia, Francesco Brozzetti, and Daniele Cirillo.

Their work appears regularly in specific publication venues, which include:

  • Abstracts with programs - Geological Society of America
  • Lithosphere
  • Publishing Network for Geoscientific and Environmental Data (PANGAEA) (Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research)
  • Frontiers in Earth Science
  • Geosphere

Arrowsmith's research contributions overwhelmingly focus on geophysics and earthquake-related phenomena, aligned with their subfield expertise. Their integration of artificial intelligence within geosciences reflects an interdisciplinary approach to advancing understanding in Earth and Planetary Sciences.

Best Publications

  • Uniform California Earthquake Rupture Forecast, Version 3 (UCERF3)—The Time‐Independent Model

    Edward H. Field;Ramon J. Arrowsmith;Glenn P. Biasi;Peter Bird

  • Early Homo at 2.8 Ma from Ledi-Geraru, Afar, Ethiopia

    Brian A. Villmoare;Brian A. Villmoare;Brian A. Villmoare;William H. Kimbel;Chalachew Seyoum;Christopher J. Campisano

  • Climatic control on rapid exhumation along the Southern Himalayan Front

    Rasmus C. Thiede;Bodo Bookhagen;J.Ramón Arrowsmith;Edward R. Sobel

  • Analyzing High Resolution Topography for Advancing the Understanding of Mass and Energy Transfer Through Landscapes: A Review

    Paola Passalacqua;Patrick Belmont;Dennis M. Staley;Jeffrey D. Simley

  • Slip in the 1857 and Earlier Large Earthquakes Along the Carrizo Plain, San Andreas Fault

    Olaf Zielke;J Ramón Arrowsmith;Lisa Grant Ludwig;Sinan O. Akçiz

  • Rapid mapping of ultrafine fault zone topography with structure from motion

    Kendra Johnson;Edwin Nissen;Srikanth Saripalli;J. Ramón Arrowsmith

  • Near-Field Deformation from the El Mayor–Cucapah Earthquake Revealed by Differential LIDAR

    Michael E. Oskin;J Ramon Arrowsmith;Alejandro Hinojosa Corona;Austin J. Elliott

  • Low Quaternary slip rate reconciles geodetic and geologic rates along the Altyn Tagh fault, northwestern Tibet

    Eric Cowgill;Ryan D. Gold;Chen Xuanhua;Wang Xiao-Feng

  • Tectonic geomorphology of the San Andreas Fault zone from high resolution topography: an example from the Cholame segment

    J Ramón Arrowsmith;Olaf Zielke

  • Fault slip and earthquake recurrence along strike-slip faults - Contributions of high-resolution geomorphic data

    Olaf Zielke;Yann Klinger;J. Ramon Arrowsmith

  • Dome formation and extension in the Tethyan Himalaya, Leo Pargil, northwest India

    Rasmus Christoph Thiede;J. Ramón Arrowsmith;Bodo Bookhagen;Michael O. McWilliams

  • Earliest known Oldowan artifacts at >2.58 Ma from Ledi-Geraru, Ethiopia, highlight early technological diversity

    David R. Braun;David R. Braun;Vera Aldeias;William Benjamin Dean Sipho Archer;J Ramon Arrowsmith

  • From tectonically to erosionally controlled development of the Himalayan orogen

    Rasmus Christoph Thiede;J. Ramón Arrowsmith;Bodo Bookhagen;Michael O. McWilliams

  • High-Resolution Topography-Derived Offsets along the 1857 Fort Tejon Earthquake Rupture Trace, San Andreas Fault

    Olaf Zielke;J Ramón Arrowsmith;Lisa Grant Ludwig;Sinan O. Akciz

  • Late Cenozoic tectonic development of the intramontane Alai Valley, (Pamir‐Tien Shan region, central Asia): An example of intracontinental deformation due to the Indo‐Eurasia collision

    Isabelle Coutand;Isabelle Coutand;Manfred R. Strecker;J. R. Arrowsmith;George E. Hilley

  • Geomorphic response to uplift along the Dragon's Back pressure ridge, Carrizo Plain, California

    George E. Hilley;J Ramón Arrowsmith

  • Riser diachroneity, lateral erosion, and uncertainty in rates of strike‐slip faulting: A case study from Tuzidun along the Altyn Tagh Fault, NW China

    Ryan D. Gold;Eric Cowgill;J Ramón Arrowsmith;John Gosse

  • Faulted terrace risers place new constraints on the late Quaternary slip rate for the central Altyn Tagh fault, northwest Tibet

    R. D. Gold;E. Cowgill;J. R. Arrowsmith;X. Chen

  • Rise and fall of the southern Santa Cruz Mountains, California, from fission tracks, geomorphology, and geodesy

    Roland Bürgmann;Ramón Arrowsmith;Trevor Dumitru;Robert McLaughlin

  • Understanding earth surface processes from remotely sensed digital terrain models

    Paolo Tarolli;J Ramon Arrowsmith;Enrique R. Vivoni

  • Orogenic-wedge deformation and potential for great earthquakes in the central Andean backarc

    Benjamin A. Brooks;Michael Bevis;Kelin Whipple;J Ramon Arrowsmith

  • The Hominin Sites and Paleolakes Drilling Project : High-Resolution Paleoclimate Records from the East African Rift System and Their Implications for Understanding the Environmental Context of Hominin Evolution

    Christopher J. Campisano;Andrew S. Cohen;J. Ramon Arrowsmith;Asfawossen Asrat

Frequent Co-Authors

Giusy Lavecchia
Giusy Lavecchia University of Chieti-Pescara
Alan L. Deino
Alan L. Deino Berkeley Geochronology Center
Edwin Nissen
Edwin Nissen University of Victoria
Michael E. Oskin
Michael E. Oskin University of California, Davis
David R. Braun
David R. Braun George Washington University
Eric Cowgill
Eric Cowgill University of California, Davis
Manfred R. Strecker
Manfred R. Strecker University of Potsdam
Guillaume Dupont-Nivet
Guillaume Dupont-Nivet University of Rennes
David D. Pollard
David D. Pollard Stanford University
Tammy M. Rittenour
Tammy M. Rittenour Utah State University

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