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Earth Science

D-Index
38
Citations
6501
World Ranking
6406
National Ranking
2280

Best Publications

  • Anomalous Preservation of Pure Methane Hydrate at 1 atm

    Laura A. Stern;Susan Circone;Stephen H. Kirby;William B. Durham

  • Mantle phase changes and deep-earthquake faulting in subducting lithosphere

    Stephen H. Kirby;William B. Durham;Laura A. Stern

  • Peculiarities of Methane Clathrate Hydrate Formation and Solid-State Deformation, Including Possible Superheating of Water Ice

    Laura A. Stern;Stephen H. Kirby;William B. Durham

  • The strength and rheology of methane clathrate hydrate

    William B. Durham;Stephen H. Kirby;Laura A. Stern;Wu Zhang;Wu Zhang

  • CO2 hydrate: Synthesis, composition, structure, dissociation behavior, and a comparison to structure I CH4 hydrate

    Susan Circone;Laura A. Stern;Stephen H. Kirby;William B. Durham

  • Simultaneous determination of thermal conductivity, thermal diffusivity and specific heat in sI methane hydrate

    William F. Waite;Laura A. Stern;S. H. Kirby;William J. Winters

  • Temperature, pressure, and compositional effects on anomalous or "self" preservation of gas hydrates

    Laura A. Stern;Susan Circone;Stephen H. Kirby;William B. Durham

  • Transformations in methane hydrates.

    I-Ming Chou;Anurag Sharma;Robert C. Burruss;Jinfu Shu

  • Effects of dispersed particulates on the rheology of water ice at planetary conditions

    William B. Durham;Stephen H. Kirby;Laura A. Stern

  • Creep of water ices at planetary conditions: A compilation

    William B. Durham;Stephen H. Kirby;Laura A. Stern

  • Dissolution rates of pure methane hydrate and carbon-dioxide hydrate in undersaturated seawater at 1000-m depth

    Gregor Rehder;Stephen H. Kirby;William B. Durham;Laura A. Stern

  • Polycrystalline Methane Hydrate: Synthesis from Superheated Ice, and Low-Temperature Mechanical Properties

    Laura A. Stern;Stephen H. Kirby;William B. Durham

  • Scanning Electron Microscopy investigations of laboratory-grown gas clathrate hydrates formed from melting ice, and comparison to natural hydrates

    Laura A. Stern;Stephen H. Kirby;Susan Circone;William B. Durham

  • Direct measurement of methane hydrate composition along the hydrate equilibrium boundary.

    Susan Circone;Stephen H. Kirby;Laura A. Stern

  • Rheology of ice I at low stress and elevated confining pressure

    William B. Durham;Laura A. Stern;Stephen H. Kirby

  • Comparison of the physical and geotechnical properties of gas-hydrate-bearing sediments from offshore India and other gas-hydrate-reservoir systems

    William J. Winters;R. W. Wilcox-Cline;Philip E. Long;S. K. Dewri

  • Flow of ices in the ammonia‐water system

    W. B. Durham;S. H. Kirby;L. A. Stern

  • Cold compaction of water ice

    William B. Durham;William B. McKinnon;Laura A. Stern

  • Laboratory synthesis of pure methane hydrate suitable for measurement of physical properties and decomposition behavior

    Laura A. Stern;Stephen H. Kirby;William B. Durham;Susan Circone

  • Neutron powder diffraction studies as a function of temperature of structure II hydrate formed from propane

    C J Rawn;A J Rondinone;B C Chakoumakos;S Circone

Frequent Co-Authors

Stephen H. Kirby
Stephen H. Kirby United States Geological Survey
Steven Constable
Steven Constable University of California, San Diego
William F. Waite
William F. Waite United States Geological Survey
Amos Nur
Amos Nur Stanford University
John W. Pohlman
John W. Pohlman United States Geological Survey
Edward T. Peltzer
Edward T. Peltzer Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute
Peter G. Brewer
Peter G. Brewer Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute
Bryan C. Chakoumakos
Bryan C. Chakoumakos Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Alexander F. Goncharov
Alexander F. Goncharov Carnegie Institution for Science

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