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Michele L. Cooke 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 Michele L. Cooke sits on this spectrum.

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38 publications 510+

This scientist: 181 publications — 52nd percentile

52% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 510 publications or more.

Michele L. Cooke 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 Michele L. Cooke sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 94+

This scientist: 36 D-Index — 13th percentile

13% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 94 D-Index or more.

Research.com Recognitions

  • Fellow of the Geological Society of America
  • Fellow of the Geological Society of America
  • Fellow of the Geological Society of America

Overview

Michele L. Cooke is affiliated with the University of Massachusetts Amherst in the United States. Their research primarily falls within the field of Earth and Planetary Sciences, with a strong focus on Geophysics. Additional academic interests include Mechanics of Materials, Atmospheric Science, Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law, and Artificial Intelligence.

The scientist's main topics of work cover earthquake and tectonic studies, geological and geochemical analysis, high-pressure geophysics and materials, seismic waves and analysis, rock mechanics and modeling, seismic imaging and inversion techniques, and geology and paleoclimatology research.

Frequent venues for Michele L. Cooke's publications include:

  • Abstracts with programs - Geological Society of America
  • Geosphere
  • Eos
  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • Earth-Science Reviews

Notable recent papers authored or co-authored by Michele L. Cooke are:

  • What model material to use? A Review on rock analogs for structural geology and tectonics, 2020, Earth-Science Reviews
  • Dynamic models of earthquake rupture along branch faults of the eastern San Gorgonio Pass region in California using complex fault structure, 2020, Geosphere
  • Onset of slip partitioning under oblique convergence within scaled physical experiments, 2020, Geosphere
  • Why is Denali (6,194 m) so big? Caught inside the tectonic wake of a migrating restraining bend, 2021, Terra Nova
  • From alert to action: earthquake early warning and deaf communities, 2024, Natural Hazards

Frequent co-authors associated with Michele L. Cooke's work include:

  • Hanna Elston
  • D. D. Oglesby
  • Jennifer L. Hatch
  • Jessica McBeck
  • Roby Douilly

Among awards, Michele L. Cooke is recognized as a Fellow of the Geological Society of America.

Best Publications

  • Fracture termination and step-over at bedding interfaces due to frictional slip and interface opening

    Michele L. Cooke;Chad A. Underwood

  • Community Fault Model (CFM) for Southern California

    Andreas Plesch;John H. Shaw;Christine Benson;William A. Bryant

  • Stratigraphic controls on vertical fracture patterns in Silurian dolomite, northeastern Wisconsin

    Chad A. Underwood;Michele L. Cooke;J. A. Simo;Maureen A. Muldoon

  • Mechanical stratigraphic controls on fracture patterns within carbonates and implications for groundwater flow

    Michele L. Cooke;J.A. Simo;J.A. Simo;Chad A. Underwood;Peggy Rijken

  • Role of shale thickness on vertical connectivity of fractures: application of crack-bridging theory to the Austin Chalk, Texas

    Peggy Rijken;Peggy Rijken;Michele L. Cooke;Michele L. Cooke

  • Fracture localization along faults with spatially varying friction

    Michele L. Cooke

  • Fracture propagation paths under mixed mode loading within rectangular blocks of polymethyl methacrylate

    Michele L. Cooke;David D. Pollard

  • Bedding-plane slip in initial stages of fault-related folding

    M.L. Cooke;D.D. Pollard

  • Evidence for temporally changing mechanical stratigraphy and effects on joint-network architecture

    J. Ryan Shackleton;Michele L. Cooke;Aviva J. Sussman

  • Why blind thrust faults do not propagate to the Earth's surface: Numerical modeling of coseismic deformation associated with thrust‐related anticlines

    Joshua J. Roering;Michele L. Cooke;David D. Pollard

  • What model material to use? A Review on rock analogs for structural geology and tectonics

    Jacqueline E. Reber;Michele L. Cooke;Tim P. Dooley

  • Benchmarking numerical models of brittle thrust wedges

    Susanne J. H. Buiter;Guido Schreurs;Markus Albertz;Taras V. Gerya

  • Evolution of Fault Efficiency at Restraining Bends within Wet Kaolin Analog Experiments

    Michele L. Cooke;Mariel T. Schottenfeld;Steve W. Buchanan

  • Interlayer slip and joint localization in the East Kaibab Monocline, Utah: field evidence and results from numerical modelling

    M. L. Cooke;P. N. Mollema;D. D. Pollard;A. Aydin

  • How much can off-fault deformation contribute to the slip rate discrepancy within the eastern California shear zone?

    Justin W. Herbert;Michele L. Cooke;Michael Oskin;Ohilda Difo

  • Polymodal faulting: Time for a new angle on shear failure

    David Healy;Thomas G. Blenkinsop;Nicholas E. Timms;Philip G. Meredith

  • Underthrusting‐accretion cycle: Work budget as revealed by the boundary element method

    Mario Del Castello;Michele L. Cooke

  • San Andreas fault geometry through the San Gorgonio Pass, California

    Laura Dair;Michele L. Cooke

  • Simulating the recent evolution of the southern big bend of the San Andreas fault, Southern California

    Michele L. Cooke;Laura C. Dair;Laura C. Dair

  • Is the Earth Lazy? A review of work minimization in fault evolution

    Michele Lynn Cooke;Elizabeth H Madden

Frequent Co-Authors

David Pollard
David Pollard Pennsylvania State University
François Renard
François Renard University of Oslo
Rebecca J. Dorsey
Rebecca J. Dorsey University of Oregon
Nathan A. Niemi
Nathan A. Niemi University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Naomi E. Levin
Naomi E. Levin University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Tapan Mukerji
Tapan Mukerji Stanford University
Guido Schreurs
Guido Schreurs University of Bern
Stephan A. Graham
Stephan A. Graham Stanford University
Mya Breitbart
Mya Breitbart University of South Florida
Michael E. Oskin
Michael E. Oskin University of California, Davis

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