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Matthew E. Pritchard

Matthew E. Pritchard

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Earth Science

D-Index
42
Citations
7055
World Ranking
5224
National Ranking
1957

Overview

Matthew E. Pritchard is affiliated with Cornell University in the United States and has contributed extensively to the field of Earth and Planetary Sciences, with a focus on geophysics. Their research spans multiple subfields, including Geophysics, Atmospheric Science, Artificial Intelligence, Aerospace Engineering, and Astronomy and Astrophysics.

Their main topics of work include earthquake and tectonic studies, geological and geochemical analysis, earthquake detection and analysis, high-pressure geophysics and materials, Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) applications and techniques, seismology and earthquake studies, and geochemistry and geologic mapping.

Frequent coauthors collaborating with Matthew E. Pritchard include Patricia MacQueen, Francisco Delgado, Joachim Gottsmann, K. Reath, and P. Lundgren.

Pritchard has published papers in several venues, with notable recurring publishing in Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research), Seismological Research Letters, Journal of Geophysical Research Solid Earth, Geophysical Research Letters, and Bulletin of Volcanology.

Selected recent papers include:

  • New Opportunities to Study Earthquake Precursors, 2020, Seismological Research Letters
  • Volcano-Tectonic Interactions at Sabancaya Volcano, Peru: Eruptions, Magmatic Inflation, Moderate Earthquakes, and Fault Creep, 2020, Journal of Geophysical Research Solid Earth
  • Spatial and Temporal Quantification of Subaerial Volcanism From 1980 to 2019: Solid Products, Masses, and Average Eruptive Rates, 2023, Reviews of Geophysics
  • From slab to surface: Earthquake evidence for fluid migration at Uturuncu volcano, Bolivia, 2021, Earth and Planetary Science Letters
  • Using Conceptual Models to Relate Multiparameter Satellite Data to Subsurface Volcanic Processes in Latin America, 2020, Geochemistry Geophysics Geosystems

Best Publications

  • The Constitution and Structure of the Lunar Interior

    Mark A. Wieczorek;Bradley L. Jolliff;Amir Khan;Matthew E. Pritchard

  • Thermal and Magmatic Evolution of the Moon

    Charles K. Shearer;Paul C. Hess;Mark A. Wieczorek;Matt E. Pritchard

  • A satellite geodetic survey of large-scale deformation of volcanic centres in the central Andes

    Matthew E. Pritchard;Mark Simons

  • An InSAR‐based survey of volcanic deformation in the central Andes

    M. E. Pritchard;M. Simons

  • Global link between deformation and volcanic eruption quantified by satellite imagery

    Juliet Biggs;S. K. Ebmeier;Willy P Aspinall;Z. Lu

  • Duration, magnitude, and frequency of subaerial volcano deformation events: New results from Latin America using InSAR and a global synthesis

    T. J. Fournier;M. E. Pritchard;S. N. Riddick

  • Ice loss from the Southern Patagonian Ice Field, South America, between 2000 and 2012

    Michael J. Willis;Andrew K. Melkonian;Matthew E. Pritchard;Andrés Rivera;Andrés Rivera

  • Evidence of Recent Thrust Faulting on the Moon Revealed by the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter Camera

    Thomas R. Watters;Mark S. Robinson;Ross A. Beyer;Ross A. Beyer;Maria E. Banks

  • Co-seismic slip from the 1995 July 30 Mw= 8.1 Antofagasta, Chile, earthquake as constrained by InSAR and GPS observations

    M. E. Pritchard;M. Simons;P. A. Rosen;S. Hensley

  • An aseismic slip pulse in northern Chile and along‐strike variations in seismogenic behavior

    M. E. Pritchard;M. Simons

  • Global Volcano Monitoring: What Does It Mean When Volcanoes Deform?

    Juliet Biggs;Matthew E. Pritchard

  • Uturuncu volcano, Bolivia: Volcanic unrest due to mid-crustal magma intrusion

    R Sj Sparks;Christopher Blake Folkes;Madeleine C S Humphreys;Daniel N Barfod

  • Ice loss rates at the Northern Patagonian Icefield derived using a decade of satellite remote sensing

    Michael J. Willis;Andrew K. Melkonian;Matthew E. Pritchard;Joan M. Ramage

  • Synthesis of global satellite observations of magmatic and volcanic deformation: implications for volcano monitoring & the lateral extent of magmatic domains

    S. K. Ebmeier;B. J. Andrews;M. C. Araya;D. W. D. Arnold

  • Subsidence at southern Andes volcanoes induced by the 2010 Maule, Chile earthquake

    M. E. Pritchard;J. A. Jay;F. Aron;S. T. Henderson

  • Geodetic, teleseismic, and strong motion constraints on slip from recent southern Peru subduction zone earthquakes

    M. E. Pritchard;E. O. Norabuena;C. Ji;C. Ji;R. Boroschek

  • Locating magma reservoirs using InSAR and petrology before and during the 2011–2012 Cordón Caulle silicic eruption

    Jennifer Jay;Fidel Costa;Matthew E Pritchard;Luis Lara

  • Decadal volcanic deformation in the Central Andes Volcanic Zone revealed by InSAR time series

    S. T. Henderson;M. E. Pritchard

  • Thermal Aspects of a Lunar Origin by Giant Impact

    M. E. Pritchard;D. J. Stevenson

  • Earthquake swarms in South America

    S. G. Holtkamp;S. G. Holtkamp;M. E. Pritchard;R. B. Lohman

  • An InSAR-based survey of volcanic deformation in the southern Andes

    M. E. Pritchard;M. Simons

Frequent Co-Authors

Juliet Biggs
Juliet Biggs University of Bristol
Michael P. Poland
Michael P. Poland United States Geological Survey
Paul Lundgren
Paul Lundgren California Institute of Technology
Thomas R. Watters
Thomas R. Watters Smithsonian Institution
Mark Simons
Mark Simons California Institute of Technology
Stephen R. McNutt
Stephen R. McNutt University of South Florida
James F. Bell
James F. Bell Arizona State University
Simon Carn
Simon Carn Michigan Technological University
Joachim H Gottsmann
Joachim H Gottsmann University of Bristol
Cynthia J. Ebinger
Cynthia J. Ebinger Tulane University

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