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Marcelo Assumpção

Marcelo Assumpção

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Earth Science

D-Index
40
Citations
6592
World Ranking
5787
National Ranking
33

Overview

Marcelo Assumpção is affiliated with the Universidade de São Paulo in Brazil and has a substantial body of research in the field of Earth and Planetary Sciences, with a strong focus on Geophysics. Their scholarly work extends to related subfields including Artificial Intelligence, Ocean Engineering, Geology, and Civil and Structural Engineering.

Their research topics cover various aspects of seismic and tectonic phenomena. Key areas include:

  • Earthquake and tectonic studies
  • Seismic Waves and Analysis
  • High-pressure geophysics and materials
  • Seismology and Earthquake Studies
  • Earthquake Detection and Analysis
  • Seismic Imaging and Inversion Techniques
  • Geological and Geochemical Analysis

Marcelo Assumpção has collaborated frequently with several co-authors, including Marcelo Bianchi, Bruno Collaço, Jackson Calhau, Fábio L. Dias, and S. L. Beck.

The scientist's work has appeared in prominent publication venues such as:

  • Proceeding of the 17th International Congress of the Brazilian Geophysical
  • Journal of South American Earth Sciences
  • Geophysical Journal International
  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • Brazilian Journal of Geophysics

The following are selected recent papers illustrating the scope and themes of their research:

  • "Using Seismic Noise Levels to Monitor Social Isolation: An Example From Rio de Janeiro, Brazil" (2020), Geophysical Research Letters
  • "Adjoint Waveform Tomography of South America" (2022), Journal of Geophysical Research Solid Earth
  • "Mantle dynamics of the Andean Subduction Zone from continent-scale teleseismic S-wave tomography" (2020), Geophysical Journal International
  • "Lithospheric Architecture of the Paranapanema Block and Adjacent Nuclei Using Multiple-Frequency P-Wave Seismic Tomography" (2021), Journal of Geophysical Research Solid Earth
  • "Unraveling Precambrian cratonic roots beneath South America: A contribution from surface wave tomography" (2024), Tectonophysics

Best Publications

  • Global patterns of tectonic stress

    Mary Lou Zoback;Mark D. Zoback;J. Adams;M. Assumpção

  • Seismic evidence for a fossil mantle plume beneath South America and implications for plate driving forces

    J C Vandecar;D E James;Marcelo Sousa de Assumpção

  • The regional intraplate stress field in South America

    Marcelo Assumpcao

  • Models of crustal thickness for South America from seismic refraction, receiver functions and surface wave tomography

    Marcelo Assumpção;Mei Feng;Andrés Tassara;Jordi Julià

  • Upper mantle structure of South America from joint inversion of waveforms and fundamental mode group velocities of Rayleigh waves

    Mei Feng;Suzan van der Lee;Marcelo Assumpção

  • Superposition of local and regional stresses in northeast Brazil: evidence from focal mechanisms around the Potiguar marginal basin

    J. M. Ferreira;J. M. Ferreira;T. Oliveira;M. K. Takeya;M. Assumpção

  • Gravity derived Moho for South America

    M. van der Meijde;J. Julià;M. Assumpção

  • Quaternary tectonics in Brazil

    Claudio Riccomini;Marcelo Assumpção

  • Intraplate seismicity in SE Brazil: stress concentration in lithospheric thin spots

    Marcelo Assumpção;Martin Schimmel;Christian Escalante;José Roberto Barbosa

  • Crustal thickness map of Brazil: Data compilation and main features

    Marcelo Assumpção;Marcelo Bianchi;Jordi Julià;Fábio L. Dias

  • Group-velocity tomography and lithospheric S-velocity structure of the South American continent

    Mei Feng;Marcelo Assumpção;Suzan Van der Lee

  • Source mechanisms of moderate‐size earthquakes and stress orientation in mid‐plate South America

    Marcelo Assumpção;Gerardo Suárez

  • Crustal thicknesses in SE Brazilian Shield by receiver function analysis: Implications for isostatic compensation

    Marcelo Assumpção;David James;Arthur Snoke

  • Seismicity and stresses in the Brazilian passive margin

    Marcelo Assumpção

  • Moho map of South America from receiver functions and surface waves

    Simon Lloyd;Suzan van der Lee;George Sand França;Marcelo Assumpção

  • Correlation of seismicity and water level in the Açu reservoir—an example from Northeast Brazil

    Joaquim M. Ferreira;Ronaldo T. De Oliveira;Marcelo Assumpção;José A. M. Moreira

  • Upper-mantle seismic structure beneath SE and Central Brazil from P- and S-wave regional traveltime tomography

    Marcelo Peres Rocha;Martin Schimmel;Marcelo Assumpção

  • Stress orientations in Brazilian sedimentary basins from breakout analysis: implications for force models in the South American plate

    Cláudio Lima;Edes Nascimento;Marcelo Assumpção

  • Seismic velocity anomalies beneath SE Brazil from P and S wave travel time inversions

    Martin Schimmel;Martin Schimmel;M. Assumpçao;J.C. Vandecar

  • The tailings dam failure of 5 November 2015 in SE Brazil and its preceding seismic sequence

    Hans Agurto-Detzel;Marcelo Bianchi;M. Assumpçao;Martin Schimmel

  • LISPB — V. Studies of crustal shear waves

    M. Assumpção;D. Bamford

Frequent Co-Authors

Martin Schimmel
Martin Schimmel Spanish National Research Council
Francisco H.R. Bezerra
Francisco H.R. Bezerra Federal University of Rio Grande do Norte
Jordi Julià
Jordi Julià Federal University of Rio Grande do Norte
Suzan van der Lee
Suzan van der Lee Northwestern University
David E. James
David E. James Carnegie Institution for Science
Reinhardt A. Fuck
Reinhardt A. Fuck University of Brasília
Alain Vauchez
Alain Vauchez University of Montpellier
Claudio Riccomini
Claudio Riccomini Universidade de São Paulo
Susan L. Beck
Susan L. Beck University of Arizona
Arthur W. Snoke
Arthur W. Snoke University of Wyoming

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