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  • 2013 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

Overview

Kevin P. Furlong is affiliated with Pennsylvania State University in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on Earth and Planetary Sciences, with significant contributions to subfields including Geophysics, Atmospheric Science, Artificial Intelligence, Geology, and Nuclear and High Energy Physics.

The scientist's work encompasses key topics such as:

  • earthquake and tectonic studies
  • High-pressure geophysics and materials
  • Geological and Geochemical Analysis
  • Geology and Paleoclimatology Research
  • Seismic Waves and Analysis
  • Seismic Imaging and Inversion Techniques
  • Earthquake Detection and Analysis

Recent publications by Kevin P. Furlong include:

  • Triggering an unexpected earthquake in an uncoupled subduction zone, 2021, Science Advances
  • Isolating non-subduction-driven tectonic processes in Cascadia, 2021, Geoscience Letters
  • Prospects for a high-field, compact break-even axisymmetric mirror (BEAM) and applications, 2024, Journal of Plasma Physics
  • Terrestrial Heat Flow Variation With Depth Caused by Anomalously High Radiogenic Heat Production, 2023, Geophysical Research Letters
  • Regional and Local Patterns of Upper-Plate Deformation in Cascadia: The Importance of the Down-Dip Extent of Locking Relative to Upper-Plate Strength Contrasts, 2022, Tectonics

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Kevin P. Furlong include:

  • Kirsty A. McKenzie
  • Matthew Herman
  • Eric Kirby
  • H. Benz
  • Passakorn Pananont

The scientist has published extensively in several venues, including:

  • Abstracts with programs - Geological Society of America
  • Geoscience Letters
  • Frontiers in Earth Science
  • Tectonics
  • Journal of Plasma Physics

Kevin P. Furlong was recognized as a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in 2013.

Best Publications

  • Two-phase growth of high topography in eastern Tibet during the Cenozoic

    E. Wang;E. Kirby;E. Kirby;Kevin P. Furlong;M. van Soest

  • Continental crustal underplating: Thermal considerations and seismic‐petrologic consequences

    Kevin P. Furlong;David M. Fountain

  • Surface rupture during the 2010 Mw 7.1 Darfield (Canterbury) earthquake: Implications for fault rupture dynamics and seismic-hazard analysis

    M. Quigley;R. Van Dissen;N. Litchfield;P. Villamor

  • Continuing megathrust earthquake potential in Chile after the 2014 Iquique earthquake

    Gavin P. Hayes;Matthew W. Herman;William D. Barnhart;Kevin P. Furlong

  • Quaternary uplift astride the aseismic Cocos Ridge, Pacific coast, Costa Rica

    Thomas W. Gardner;David Verdonck;Nicholas M. Pinter;Rudy Slingerland

  • The 2006–2007 Kuril Islands great earthquake sequence

    Thorne Lay;Hiroo Kanamori;Charles J. Ammon;Alexander R. Hutko

  • Heat Flow, Heat Generation, and the Thermal State of the Lithosphere

    Kevin Patrick Furlong;David S. Chapman

  • Modeling thermal regimes

    Kevin P. Furlong;R. Brooks Hanson;James R. Bowers

  • Codependent histories of the San Andreas and San Jacinto fault zones from inversion of fault displacement rates

    Richard A. Bennett;Anke M. Friedrich;Kevin P. Furlong

  • Geometry and evolution of the San Andreas Fault Zone in northern California

    Kevin P. Furlong;William D. Hugo;George Zandt

  • INFLUENCE OF THE MENDOCINO TRIPLE JUNCTION ON THE TECTONICS OF COASTAL CALIFORNIA

    Kevin P. Furlong;Susan Y. Schwartz

  • Evolution and thickness of the lithosphere beneath coastal California

    George Zandt;Kevin P. Furlong

  • Crustal heterogeneities and the thermal structure of the continental crust

    Kevin P. Furlong;David S. Chapman

  • Simulating Clastic Sedimentary Basins: Physical Fundamentals And Computer Programs For Creating Dynamic Systems

    Rudy Slingerland;John Warvelle Harbaugh;Kevin Furlong

  • Seismic evidence for a lower-crustal detachment beneath san francisco bay, california.

    Thomas M. Brocher;Jill McCarthy;Patrick E. Hart;W. Steven Holbrook

  • Late Neogene and Quaternary landscape evolution of the northern California Coast Ranges: Evidence for Mendocino triple junction tectonics

    Jane Lock;Harvey Kelsey;Kevin Furlong;Adam Woolace

  • Heat production and thermal conductivity of rocks from the Pikwitonei–Sachigo continental cross section, central Manitoba: implications for the thermal structure of Archean crust

    David M. Fountain;Matthew H. Salisbury;Kevin P. Furlong

  • SURFACE RUPTURE OF THE GREENDALE FAULT DURING THE DARFIELD (CANTERBURY) EARTHQUAKE, NEW ZEALAND: INITIAL FINDINGS

    M. Quigley;R. Van Dissen;P. Villamor;N. Litchfield

  • Lithospheric behavior with triple junction migration: an example based on the Mendocino triple junction

    Kevin P. Furlong

  • Ephemeral crustal thickening at a triple junction:The Mendocino crustal conveyor

    Kevin Patrick Furlong;Rob Govers

  • Thermal modeling of the geometry of subduction with implications for the tectonics of the overriding plate

    Kevin P. Furlong;David S. Chapman;Peter W. Alfeld

Frequent Co-Authors

Rob Govers
Rob Govers Utrecht University
Harley M. Benz
Harley M. Benz United States Geological Survey
Gavin P. Hayes
Gavin P. Hayes United States Geological Survey
Eric Kirby
Eric Kirby Oregon State University
Antonio Villaseñor
Antonio Villaseñor Spanish National Research Council
Peter J.J. Kamp
Peter J.J. Kamp University of Waikato
Mark Quigley
Mark Quigley University of Melbourne
Rudy Slingerland
Rudy Slingerland Pennsylvania State University
Pilar Villamor
Pilar Villamor GNS Science

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