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Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Earth Science in Ireland Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Earth Science in Ireland Leader Award
  • 2023 - Research.com Earth Science in Ireland Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Earth Science in Ireland Leader Award
  • 2017 - Gold Medal, Royal Irish Academy Environmental Sciences & Geosciences

Overview

John J. Walsh is affiliated with University College Dublin in Ireland and works primarily within the field of Earth and Planetary Sciences.

Their research spans several subfields including Geophysics, Astronomy and Astrophysics, Ocean Engineering, Earth-Surface Processes, and Artificial Intelligence. The main topics covered by their work include earthquake and tectonic studies, seismic imaging and inversion techniques, geological formations and processes, geological and geochemical analysis, seismology and earthquake studies, high-pressure geophysics and materials, and reservoir engineering and simulation methods.

Frequent co-authors in their research include Conrad Childs, Vincent Roche, Efstratios Delogkos, Muhammad Mudasar Saqab, and Yu An.

John J. Walsh has published regularly in several scientific journals, with multiple papers appearing in Earth-Science Reviews, Basin Research, Hydrogeology Journal, Solid Earth, and Journal of Geophysical Research Solid Earth.

Significant recent papers authored by or involving John J. Walsh include:

  • Deep convolutional neural network for automatic fault recognition from 3D seismic datasets, 2021, Computers & Geosciences
  • Variability in the three-dimensional geometry of segmented normal fault surfaces, 2021, Earth-Science Reviews
  • Current state and future directions for deep learning based automatic seismic fault interpretation: A systematic review, 2023, Earth-Science Reviews
  • Quantitative analysis of Cenozoic faults and fractures and their impact on groundwater flow in the bedrock aquifers of Ireland, 2021, Hydrogeology Journal
  • The influence of multiple salt layers on rift-basin development; The Slyne and Erris basins, offshore NW Ireland, 2021, Basin Research

They received the Gold Medal from the Royal Irish Academy in 2017 in recognition of contributions to Environmental Sciences & Geosciences.

Best Publications

  • Analysis of the relationship between displacements and dimensions of faults

    John J Walsh;Juan Watterson

  • Variations in fracture system geometry and their implications for fluid flow in fractures hydrocarbon reservoirs

    N. E. Odling;P. Gillespie;B. Bourgine;C. Castaing

  • Measurement and characterisation of spatial distributions of fractures

    P.A. Gillespie;C.B. Howard;J.J. Walsh;J. Watterson

  • A geometric model of fault zone and fault rock thickness variations

    Conrad Childs;Tom Manzocchi;John J. Walsh;Christopher G. Bonson

  • Displacement Geometry in the Volume Containing a Single Normal Fault

    Jim A. M. Barnett;John Mortimer;John H. Rippon;John J. Walsh

  • Fault overlap zones within developing normal fault systems

    C. Childs;J. Watterson;J. J. Walsh

  • Formation of segmented normal faults: a 3-D perspective

    J.J Walsh;W.R Bailey;W.R Bailey;C Childs;A Nicol

  • Geometric and kinematic coherence and scale effects in normal fault systems

    John J. Walsh;Juan Watterson

  • Fault transmissibility multipliers for flow simulation models

    T. Manzocchi;J. J. Walsh;P. Nell;G. Yielding

  • An alternative model for the growth of faults

    J.J. Walsh;A. Nicol;C. Childs

  • Distributions of cumulative displacement and seismic slip on a single normal fault surface

    J.J. Walsh;J. Watterson

  • The shapes, major axis orientations and displacement patterns of fault surfaces

    A. Nicol;J. Watterson;J.J. Walsh;C. Childs

  • The impact of porosity and crack density on the elasticity, strength and friction of cohesive granular materials : insights from DEM modelling

    Martin P.J. Schöpfer;Steffen Abe;Conrad Childs;John J. Walsh

  • The importance of small-scale faulting in regional extension

    John Walsh;Juan Watterson;Graham Yielding

  • The growth and propagation of synsedimentary faults

    Conrad Childs;Andrew Nicol;John J Walsh;Juan Watterson

  • Scaling relationships of joint and vein arrays from The Burren, Co. Clare, Ireland

    P.A Gillespie;J.J Walsh;J Watterson;C.G Bonson

  • Growth of vertically segmented normal faults

    Conrad Childs;Andrew Nicol;John J. Walsh;Juan Watterson

  • Fractal analysis of fracture patterns using the standard box-counting technique: valid and invalid methodologies

    J.J. Walsh;J. Watterson

  • Limitations of dimension and displacement data from single faults and the consequences for data analysis and interpretation

    P.A Gillespie;J.J Walsh;J Watterson

  • Displacement gradients on fault surfaces

    John J. Walsh;Juan Watterson

Frequent Co-Authors

Conrad Childs
Conrad Childs University College Dublin
Andrew Nicol
Andrew Nicol University of Canterbury
Juan Watterson
Juan Watterson University of Liverpool
Graham Yielding
Graham Yielding Badley Geoscience Ltd
Frank E. Muller-Karger
Frank E. Muller-Karger University of South Florida
Patrick M. Shannon
Patrick M. Shannon University College Dublin
Jonathan Imber
Jonathan Imber Durham University
John A. Howell
John A. Howell University of Aberdeen
Thomas R. Walter
Thomas R. Walter University of Potsdam
Stephen S. Flint
Stephen S. Flint University of Manchester

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