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  • Fellow of The National Academy of Public Administration
  • Fellow of The National Academy of Public Administration

Overview

James C. Savage is affiliated with the United States Geological Survey in the United States. Their research spans multiple disciplines including Earth and Planetary Sciences as well as Biochemistry, Genetics, and Molecular Biology. The scientist has contributed notably to the subfields of Geophysics and Molecular Biology.

Their research topics include:

  • Earthquake and tectonic studies
  • High-pressure geophysics and materials
  • RNA research and splicing
  • Genomics and chromatin dynamics
  • RNA modifications and cancer
  • Geological and geochemical analysis
  • Earthquake detection and analysis

James C. Savage has published papers in the following venues:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Journal of Geophysical Research Solid Earth
  • Geophysical Journal International

Notable recent papers include:

  • "Dynamic Proximal Interactomics and Chemical Genetic Screening Reveal CCR4-NOT Sequestration in Stress Granules as a Mechanism for Transcript Stabilization," 2025, bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • "Rotation of the Microplates Within the Plate Boundary in Southwestern United States," 2024, Journal of Geophysical Research Solid Earth
  • "Comment on 'Evidence for a large strike-slip component during the 1960 Chilean earthquake' by H. Kanamori, L. Rivera and S. Lambotte," 2021, Geophysical Journal International

The scientist has worked collaboratively with several coauthors, including:

  • Yi-Cheng Tsai
  • Hiroyuki Uechi
  • Seán Millar
  • Eileigh Kadijk
  • Karl J. Schreiber

James C. Savage has also contributed to the academic literature through book publications. One such work is "Veri Yönetiminde Araştırmacılarla Etkileşim: Örnek Çalışmalar Kitabı," published by Hacettepe University in 2020.

The scientist has been recognized as a Fellow of The National Academy of Public Administration.

Best Publications

  • A dislocation model of strain accumulation and release at a subduction zone

    J. C. Savage

  • Geodetic determination of relative plate motion in central California

    J. C. Savage;R. O. Burford

  • Mechanism of the Chilean Earthquakes of May 21 and 22, 1960

    George Plafker;James C. Savage

  • Asthenosphere readjustment and the earthquake cycle

    J. C. Savage;W. H. Prescott

  • A reservoir analysis of the Denver earthquakes: A case of induced seismicity

    Paul A. Hsieh;John D. Bredehoeft

  • The velocity field along the San Andreas Fault in central and southern California

    M. Lisowski;J. C. Savage;W. H. Prescott

  • Relation of corner frequency to fault dimensions

    J. C. Savage

  • Surface deformation associated with dip‐slip faulting

    J. C. Savage;L. M. Hastie

  • Strain accumulation and rotation in the Eastern California Shear Zone

    J. C. Savage;Weijun Gan;J. L. Svarc

  • Radiation from a realistic model of faulting

    J. C. Savage

  • Equivalent strike‐slip earthquake cycles in half‐space and lithosphere‐asthenosphere earth models

    J. C. Savage

  • Precision of geodolite distance measurements for determining fault movements

    J. C. Savage;W. H. Prescott

  • An apparent shear zone trending north‐northwest across the Mojave Desert into Owens Valley, eastern California

    James C. Savage;Michael Lisowski;W.H. Prescott

  • Postseismic deformation associated with the 1992 M ω=7.3 Landers earthquake, southern California

    James C. Savage;Jerry L. Svarc

  • The relation between apparent stress and stress drop

    J. C. Savage;M. D. Wood

  • Magmatic resurgence in long valley caldera, california: possible cause of the 1980 mammoth lakes earthquakes.

    J. C. Savage;M. M. Clark

  • STRAIN ACCUMULATION IN WESTERN UNITED STATES

    J C Savage

  • Earthquake Swarm in Long Valley Caldera, California, January 1983: Evidence for Dike Inflation

    James C. Savage;R.S. Cockerham

  • Geodetic estimate of coseismic slip during the 1989 Loma Prieta, California, Earthquake

    M. Lisowski;W. H. Prescott;J. C. Savage;M. J. Johnston

  • Strain accumulation in southern California, 1973–1980

    J. C. Savage;W. H. Prescott;M. Lisowski;N. E. King

  • The mechanics of earthquakes and faulting

    J.C. Savage

Frequent Co-Authors

M. Lisowski
M. Lisowski United States Geological Survey
Robert W. Simpson
Robert W. Simpson United States Geological Survey
Wayne Thatcher
Wayne Thatcher United States Geological Survey
George Plafker
George Plafker United States Geological Survey
James D. Byerlee
James D. Byerlee United States Geological Survey
David A. Lockner
David A. Lockner United States Geological Survey
Shui-Beih Yu
Shui-Beih Yu Academia Sinica
James L. Davis
James L. Davis Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory
John Langbein
John Langbein United States Geological Survey
Mark D. Zoback
Mark D. Zoback Stanford University

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