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Overview

Nicholas Rawlinson is affiliated with the University of Cambridge in the United Kingdom and works primarily in the field of Earth and Planetary Sciences. Their research output includes over 200 publications focusing on geophysics, geology, and related subjects. A significant portion of their work explores earthquake and tectonic studies, high-pressure geophysics and materials, as well as seismic imaging and inversion techniques.

Their study topics encompass multiple aspects of geological and geophysical processes such as seismic waves and analysis, geological and geochemical analysis, and seismology and earthquake studies. This range of interests highlights a multidisciplinary approach within Earth sciences.

Rawlinson's frequently published work appears in several scientific journals. Key publication venues include:

  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • Journal of Geophysical Research Solid Earth
  • Geophysical Research Letters
  • Physics of The Earth and Planetary Interiors
  • Geophysical Journal International

Their recent papers include:

  • "Implications for megathrust earthquakes and tsunamis from seismic gaps south of Java Indonesia" (2020) published in Scientific Reports
  • "Fate of Forearc Lithosphere at Arc-Continent Collision Zones: Evidence From Local Earthquake Tomography of the Sunda-Banda Arc Transition, Indonesia" (2020) published in Geophysical Research Letters
  • "SASSY21: A 3-D Seismic Structural Model of the Lithosphere and Underlying Mantle Beneath Southeast Asia From Multi-Scale Adjoint Waveform Tomography" (2022) published in Journal of Geophysical Research Solid Earth
  • "Deep long period seismicity preceding and during the 2021 Fagradalsfjall eruption, Iceland" (2022) published in Bulletin of Volcanology
  • "On the potential for megathrust earthquakes and tsunamis off the southern coast of West Java and southeast Sumatra, Indonesia" (2022) published in Natural Hazards

Collaborative efforts have featured several frequent co-authors including:

  • Sri Widiyantoro
  • Pepen Supendi
  • Andri Dian Nugraha
  • Dwikorita Karnawati
  • Tim Greenfield

Their work in earthquake and tectonic studies spans topics related to seismic gaps, megathrust earthquake potential, and arc-continent collision zones. Rawlinson's publications reflect ongoing contributions to understanding seismic processes, earthquake tomography, and the dynamics of lithospheric structures in various tectonically active regions.

Best Publications

  • Wave front evolution in strongly heterogeneous layered media using the fast marching method

    Nicholas Rawlinson;Malcolm Sambridge

  • Transdimensional inversion of receiver functions and surface wave dispersion

    Thomas Bodin;Malcolm Sambridge;Hrvoje Tkalcic;Pierre Arroucau

  • The fast marching method: An effective tool for tomographic imaging and tracking multiple phases in complex layered media

    Nicholas Rawlinson;Malcolm Sambridge

  • Seismic tomography: a window into deep Earth

    Nicholas Rawlinson;Sara Pozgay;Stewart Fishwick

  • Multiple reflection and transmission phases in complex layered media using a multistage fast marching method

    Nicholas Rawlinson;Malcolm Sambridge

  • Seismic traveltime tomography of the crust and lithosphere

    Nicholas Rawlinson;Malcolm Sambridge

  • Transdimensional tomography with unknown data noise

    Thomas Bodin;Malcolm Sambridge;Nicholas Rawlinson;Pierre Arroucau

  • A practical grid-based method for tracking multiple refraction and reflection phases in three-dimensional heterogeneous media

    M. de Kool;N. Rawlinson;M. Sambridge

  • Lithospheric structure of Tasmania from a novel form of teleseismic tomography

    Nicholas Rawlinson;Anya M. Reading;Brian L. N. Kennett

  • Rapid estimation of relative and absolute delay times across a network by adaptive stacking

    Nicholas Rawlinson;Brian L. N. Kennett

  • On the use of sensitivity tests in seismic tomography

    N. Rawlinson;W. Spakman;W. Spakman

  • Seismic Tomography and the Assessment of Uncertainty

    Nicholas Rawlinson;Andreas Fichtner;Malcolm Sambridge;Mallory K. Young

  • Seismic ray tracing and wavefront tracking in laterally heterogeneous media

    Nicholas Rawlinson;Jurg Hauser;Malcolm Sambridge

  • Lithospheric controls on magma composition along Earth’s longest continental hotspot track

    D. R. Davies;N. Rawlinson;G. Iaffaldano;I. H. Campbell

  • AusMoho: the variation of Moho depth in Australia

    B. L. N. Kennett;M. Salmon;E. Saygin

  • Implications for megathrust earthquakes and tsunamis from seismic gaps south of Java Indonesia

    S. Widiyantoro;S. Widiyantoro;E. Gunawan;A. Muhari;N. Rawlinson

  • On the origin of recent intraplate volcanism in Australia

    D. Rhodri Davies;Nicholas Rawlinson

  • Global correlations between maximum magnitudes of subduction zone interface thrust earthquakes and physical parameters of subduction zones

    Wouter Pieter Schellart;Nick Rawlinson

  • 3‐D multiobservable probabilistic inversion for the compositional and thermal structure of the lithosphere and upper mantle: III. Thermochemical tomography in the Western‐Central U.S.

    Juan Carlos Afonso;Nicholas Rawlinson;Yingjie Yang;Derek L. Schutt

  • Simultaneous inversion of active and passive source datasets for 3-D seismic structure with application to Tasmania

    Nicholas Rawlinson;Marine Urvoy

  • High-frequency ambient noise tomography of southeast Australia: New constraints on Tasmania's tectonic past

    Mallory Young;Nicholas Rawlinson;Pierre Arroucau;Anya M Reading

Frequent Co-Authors

Malcolm Sambridge
Malcolm Sambridge Australian National University
Anya M. Reading
Anya M. Reading University of Tasmania
Hrvoje Tkalčić
Hrvoje Tkalčić Australian National University
Brian Kennett
Brian Kennett Australian National University
Yingjie Yang
Yingjie Yang Southern University of Science and Technology
Thomas Bodin
Thomas Bodin École Normale Supérieure de Lyon
Juan Carlos Afonso
Juan Carlos Afonso University of Twente
Alan G. Jones
Alan G. Jones Dublin Institute For Advanced Studies
Andrew Curtis
Andrew Curtis University of Edinburgh
Gregory A. Houseman
Gregory A. Houseman University of Leeds

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