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Michael Strasser

Michael Strasser

D-Index & Metrics

Earth Science

D-Index
42
Citations
5888
World Ranking
5322
National Ranking
24

Michael Strasser publication distribution in Earth Science in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Earth Science in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Michael Strasser sits on this spectrum.

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38 publications 603+

This scientist: 293 publications — 86th percentile

86% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 603 publications or more.

Michael Strasser D-index placement in Earth Science in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Earth Science scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Michael Strasser sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 106+

This scientist: 42 D-Index — 44th percentile

44% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 106 D-Index or more.

Overview

Michael Strasser is affiliated with the University of Innsbruck in Austria, focusing on Earth and Planetary Sciences as well as Environmental Science. Their research covers various subfields including Geophysics, Environmental Chemistry, Atmospheric Science, Ocean Engineering, and Geology.

The scientist's recent published papers include the following:

  • Seismic control of large prehistoric rockslides in the Eastern Alps, 2021, Nature Communications
  • Event-dominated transport, provenance, and burial of organic carbon in the Japan Trench, 2021, Earth and Planetary Science Letters
  • Triggers and consequences of landslide-induced impulse waves - 3D dynamic reconstruction of the Taan Fiord 2015 tsunami event, 2021, Engineering Geology
  • Propagation of frontally confined subaqueous landslides: Insights from combining geophysical, sedimentological, and geotechnical analysis, 2021, Sedimentary Geology
  • Apposition of Fibroblasts With Metaplastic Gastric Cells Promotes Dysplastic Transition, 2023, Gastroenterology

Their frequent coauthors are:

  • Toshiya Kanamatsu
  • Gregory F. Moore
  • Gaku Kimura
  • Michael B. Underwood
  • Lena Maeda

Michael Strasser publishes regularly in venues such as:

  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • OPAL (Open@LaTrobe) (La Trobe University)
  • Nature Communications
  • Sedimentary Geology
  • Publishing Network for Geoscientific and Environmental Data (PANGAEA) (Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research)

Their book contributions include publications by:

  • Proceedings of the International Ocean Discovery Program. Expedition reports - including "Japan Trench Paleoseismology" (2023)
  • Preliminary report - including "Expedition 386 Preliminary Report: Japan Trench Paleoseismology" (2023)

Main topics of Michael Strasser's work are centered on geological and environmental processes, including:

  • Methane Hydrates and Related Phenomena
  • Geology and Paleoclimatology Research
  • Earthquake and tectonic studies
  • Seismic Imaging and Inversion Techniques
  • Reservoir Engineering and Simulation Methods
  • Geological formations and processes
  • Geological and Geophysical Studies

Best Publications

  • Submarine Mass Movements and Their Consequences

    Yasuhiro Yamada;Kiichiro Kawamura;Ken Ikehara;Yujiro Ogawa

  • Interactions between deformation and fluids in the frontal thrust region of the NanTroSEIZE transect offshore the Kii Peninsula, Japan: Results from IODP Expedition 316 Sites C0006 and C0007

    E Screaton;G Kimura;D Curewitz;D Curewitz;G Moore;G Moore

  • Lacustrine turbidites as a tool for quantitative earthquake reconstruction: New evidence for a variable rupture mode in south central Chile

    Jasper Moernaut;Jasper Moernaut;Maarten Van Daele;Katrien Heirman;Karen Fontijn

  • Origin and evolution of a splay fault in the Nankai accretionary wedge

    Michael Strasser;Gregory F. Moore;Gregory F. Moore;Gaku Kimura;Gaku Kimura;Yujin Kitamura

  • Magnitudes and source areas of large prehistoric northern Alpine earthquakes revealed by slope failures in lakes

    Michael Strasser;Flavio S. Anselmetti;Donat Fäh;Domenico Giardini

  • Lake sediments as natural seismographs: A compiled record of Late Quaternary earthquakes in Central Switzerland and its implication for Alpine deformation

    Michael Strasser;Katrin Monecke;Michael Schnellmann;Flavio S. Anselmetti

  • Quantifying subaqueous slope stability during seismic shaking: Lake Lucerne as model for ocean margins

    Michael Strasser;Sylvia Stegmann;Felix Bussmann;Flavio S. Anselmetti

  • Lacustrine turbidites produced by surficial slope sediment remobilization: A mechanism for continuous and sensitive turbidite paleoseismic records

    Jasper Moernaut;Jasper Moernaut;Maarten Van Daele;Michael Strasser;Michael Strasser;Michael A. Clare

  • Subduction zone earthquake as potential trigger of submarine hydrocarbon seepage

    David Fischer;José M. Mogollón;Michael Strasser;Thomas Pape

  • Slumping and mass transport deposition in the Nankai fore arc: Evidence from IODP drilling and 3‐D reflection seismic data

    Michael Strasser;Gregory F. Moore;Gaku Kimura;Achim J. Kopf

  • Documenting large earthquakes similar to the 2011 Tohoku-oki earthquake from sediments deposited in the Japan Trench over the past 1500 years

    Ken Ikehara;Toshiya Kanamatsu;Yoshitaka Nagahashi;Michael Strasser

  • Spatial and temporal evolution of the megasplay fault in the Nankai Trough

    Gaku Kimura;Gregory F Moore;Michael Strasser;Elizabeth J Screaton

  • Tectonically-triggered sediment and carbon export to the Hadal zone.

    Rui Bao;Michael Strasser;Michael Strasser;Michael Strasser;Ann P. McNichol;Negar Haghipour

  • A slump in the trench:Tracking the impact of the 2011 Tohoku-Oki earthquake

    M. Strasser;M. Kölling;C. dos Santos Ferreira;H.G. Fink

  • Larger earthquakes recur more periodically: New insights in the megathrust earthquake cycle from lacustrine turbidite records in south-central Chile

    J. Moernaut;J. Moernaut;M. Van Daele;K. Fontijn;K. Heirman

  • Evolution of tectono-sedimentary systems in the Kumano Basin, Nankai Trough forearc

    G.F. Moore;B.B. Boston;M. Strasser;M.B. Underwood

  • Lake-sediment based paleoseismology: Limitations and perspectives from the Swiss Alps

    Katrina Kremer;Katrina Kremer;Stefanie B. Wirth;Anna Reusch;Anna Reusch;Donat Fäh

  • Submarine Mass Movements and Their Consequences : 6th International Symposium

    Sebastian Krastel;Jan-Hinrich Behrmann;David Völker;Michael Stipp

  • Sediment dynamics and geohazards off Uruguay and the de la Plata River region (northern Argentina and Uruguay)

    Sebastian Krastel;Gerold Wefer;Till J. J. Hanebuth;Andrew A. Antobreh

  • Mapping basin-wide subaquatic slope failure susceptibility as a tool to assess regional seismic and tsunami hazards

    Michael Strasser;Michael Strasser;Michael Hilbe;Flavio S. Anselmetti

  • An interdisciplinary investigation of a recent submarine mass transport deposit at the continental margin off Uruguay

    Susann Henkel;Susann Henkel;Michael Strasser;Tilmann Schwenk;Till J J Hanebuth

  • Subduction zone earthquake as potential trigger of submarine hydrocarbon seepage offshore Pakistan

    David Fischer;José M. Mogollón;Michael Strasser;Thomas Pape

Frequent Co-Authors

Ken Ikehara
Ken Ikehara National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology
Gregory F. Moore
Gregory F. Moore University of Hawaii at Manoa
Achim J Kopf
Achim J Kopf University of Bremen
Sebastian Krastel
Sebastian Krastel Kiel University
Flavio S. Anselmetti
Flavio S. Anselmetti University of Bern
Shuichi Kodaira
Shuichi Kodaira Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology
Sabine Kasten
Sabine Kasten University of Bremen
Till J J Hanebuth
Till J J Hanebuth Coastal Carolina University

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