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Nathan L. Bangs is affiliated with The University of Texas at Austin in the United States. Their research focuses primarily on engineering and earth and planetary sciences, with significant work in several subfields including geophysics, ocean engineering, mechanical engineering, environmental chemistry, and geology.

The scientist's main research topics cover drilling and well engineering, reservoir engineering and simulation methods, earthquake and tectonic studies, hydraulic fracturing and reservoir analysis, geological and geochemical analysis, high-pressure geophysics and materials, and seismic imaging and inversion techniques.

Recent publications by Nathan L. Bangs include:

  • Slow slip along the Hikurangi margin linked to fluid-rich sediments trailing subducting seamounts, 2023, Nature Geoscience
  • Basal Accretion Along the South Central Chilean Margin and Its Relationship to Great Earthquakes, 2020, Journal of Geophysical Research Solid Earth

They have also contributed to works published in various venues, among them are:
  • Earth and Planetary Science Letters
  • Nature Geoscience
  • Journal of Geophysical Research Solid Earth
  • Geophysical Research Letters

Some notable recent papers, authored by colleagues or co-authored with Bangs, are:
  • Thick, strong sediment subduction along south-central Chile and its role in great earthquakes, 2020, Earth and Planetary Science Letters
  • Three-Dimensional P Wave Velocity Structure of the Northern Hikurangi Margin From the NZ3D Experiment: Evidence for Fault-Bound Anisotropy, 2020, Journal of Geophysical Research Solid Earth
  • Crustal Structure of the Hikurangi Margin From SHIRE Seismic Data and the Relationship Between Forearc Structure and Shallow Megathrust Slip Behavior, 2022, Geophysical Research Letters

Frequent coauthors with whom Bangs has collaborated include David Goldberg, Marta E. Torres, A. M. Tréhu, Gerhard Bohrmann, and Frank R. Rack.

Publication venues where Nathan L. Bangs has multiple contributions include:

  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • OPAL (Open@LaTrobe) (La Trobe University)
  • Journal of Geophysical Research Solid Earth
  • Geophysical Research Letters
  • Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Best Publications

  • Three-Dimensional Splay Fault Geometry and Implications for Tsunami Generation

    G. F. Moore;G. F. Moore;Nathan L Bangs;A. Taira;S. Kuramoto

  • Three-dimensional distribution of gas hydrate beneath southern Hydrate Ridge: Constraints from ODP Leg 204

    Anne M Tréhu;Philip E Long;Marta E Torres;Gerhard Bohrmann

  • Structure and composition of the Aleutian island arc and implications for continental crustal growth

    W. Steven Holbrook;D. Lizarralde;S. McGeary;N. Bangs

  • Structural and seismic stratigraphic framework of the NanTroSEIZE Stage 1 transect

    G.F. Moore;J.-O. Park;N.L. Bangs;S.P. Gulick

  • Episodic development of a convergent margin inferred from structures and processes along the southern Chile margin

    Nathan L. Bangs;Steve C. Cande

  • Cross section of an accretionary wedge: Barbados Ridge complex

    G. K. Westbrook;J. W. Ladd;P. Buhl;N. Bangs

  • Free gas at the base of the gas hydrate zone in the vicinity of the Chile triple junction

    Nathan L. B. Bangs;Dale S. Sawyer;Xenia Golovchenko

  • Feeding methane vents and gas hydrate deposits at south Hydrate Ridge

    Anne Martine Tréhu;Peter B. Flemings;Nathan Lawrence Bailey Bangs;Johanna Chevallier

  • Seismically inferred dilatancy distribution, northern Barbados Ridge decollement: Implications for fluid migration and fault strength

    Thomas H. Shipley;Gregory F. Moore;Nathan L. Bangs;J. Casey Moore

  • Evolution of the Nankai Trough décollement from the trench into the seismogenic zone: Inferences from three-dimensional seismic reflection imaging

    Nathan L. Bangs;Thomas H. Shipley;Sean P.S. Gulick;Gregory F. Moore

  • Seismic velocities from the Barbados Ridge Complex: Indicators of high pore fluid pressures in an accretionary complex

    Nathan L. B. Bangs;Graham K. Westbrook;John W. Ladd;Peter Buhl

  • Seamount subduction erosion in the Nankai Trough and its potential impact on the seismogenic zone

    Nathan L.B. Bangs;Sean P.S. Gulick;Thomas H. Shipley

  • Broad, weak regions of the Nankai Megathrust and implications for shallow coseismic slip

    Nathan L Bangs;G. F. Moore;G. F. Moore;Sean S Gulick;E. M. Pangborn

  • The nature, distribution, and origin of gas hydrate in the Chile Triple Junction region

    K.M. Brown;N.L. Bangs;P.N. Froelich;K.A. Kvenvolden

  • A low-velocity zone with weak reflectivity along the Nankai subduction zone

    Jin Oh Park;Jin Oh Park;Gou Fujie;Lalith Wijerathne;Takane Hori

  • Fluid accumulation and channeling along the northern Barbados Ridge decollement thrust

    Nathan L. B. Bangs;Thomas H. Shipley;J. Casey Moore;Gregory F. Moore

  • Upward shifts in the southern Hydrate Ridge gas hydrate stability zone following postglacial warming, offshore Oregon

    Nathan Lawrence Bailey Bangs;Robert J. Musgrave;Anne Martine Tréhu

  • Contrasting Décollement and Prism Properties over the Sumatra 2004–2005 Earthquake Rupture Boundary

    Simon M. Dean;Lisa C. McNeill;Timothy J. Henstock;Jonathan M. Bull

  • Updip rupture of the 2004 Sumatra earthquake extended by thick indurated sediments

    Sean P. S. Gulick;James A. Austin;Lisa C. McNeill;Nathan L. B. Bangs

  • Consolidation patterns during initiation and evolution of a plate-boundary decollement zone: Northern Barbados accretionary prism

    J. Casey Moore;Adam Klaus;Nathan L. Bangs;Barbara Bekins

Frequent Co-Authors

Gregory F. Moore
Gregory F. Moore University of Hawaii at Manoa
Shuichi Kodaira
Shuichi Kodaira Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology
Stuart Henrys
Stuart Henrys University of Auckland
Eli A. Silver
Eli A. Silver University of California, Santa Cruz
Anne M. Tréhu
Anne M. Tréhu Oregon State University
Sean P.S. Gulick
Sean P.S. Gulick The University of Texas at Austin
Thomas H. Shipley
Thomas H. Shipley The University of Texas at Austin
Mrinal K. Sen
Mrinal K. Sen The University of Texas at Austin
Asahiko Taira
Asahiko Taira Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology
Takeshi Tsuji
Takeshi Tsuji University of Tokyo

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