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Nikolas I. Christensen

Nikolas I. Christensen

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Earth Science

D-Index
60
Citations
19562
World Ranking
1845
National Ranking
82

Overview

Nikolas I. Christensen is affiliated with the University of British Columbia in Canada. Their research primarily focuses on Earth and Planetary Sciences, with a significant emphasis on Geophysics. Key subfields in their work include Environmental Chemistry, Geochemistry and Petrology, Geology, and Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis.

The scientist's research topics include earthquake and tectonic studies, high-pressure geophysics and materials, geochemistry and elemental analysis, geological and geochemical analysis, seismic imaging and inversion techniques, geological and geophysical studies, and methane hydrates and related phenomena.

Frequent publication venues for Christensen's work are:

  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • Journal of Geophysical Research Solid Earth
  • Environment International
  • PEDIATRICS
  • Geochemistry Geophysics Geosystems

They have authored and co-authored recent papers such as:

  • "Exposure to perfluoroalkyl substances during fetal life and hospitalization for infectious disease in childhood: A study among 1,503 children from the Odense Child Cohort" (2021) published in Environment International
  • "Breastfeeding and Infections in Early Childhood: A Cohort Study" (2020) published in PEDIATRICS
  • "The Northern Terminus of Cascadia Subduction" (2020) published in Journal of Geophysical Research Solid Earth
  • "A Double Difference Tomography Study of the Washington Forearc: Does Siletzia Control Crustal Seismicity?" (2020) published in Journal of Geophysical Research Solid Earth
  • "Constraints on Early Paleozoic Deep-Ocean Oxygen Concentrations From the Iron Geochemistry of the Bay of Islands Ophiolite" (2022) published in Geochemistry Geophysics Geosystems

Frequent collaborators include:

  • M. G. Bostock
  • Simon M. Peacock
  • Geneviève Savard
  • Jesse Hutchinson
  • Honn Kao

Best Publications

  • Seismic velocity structure and composition of the continental crust: A global view

    Nikolas I. Christensen;Walter D. Mooney

  • Poisson's ratio and crustal seismology

    Nikolas I. Christensen

  • Formation of Anisotropy in Upper Mantle Peridotites ‐ A Review

    Adolphe Nicolas;Nikolas I. Christensen

  • Structure and constitution of the lower oceanic crust

    Nikolas I. Christensen;Matthew H. Salisbury

  • Seismic evidence for overpressured subducted oceanic crust and megathrust fault sealing.

    Pascal Audet;Michael G. Bostock;Nikolas I. Christensen;Nikolas I. Christensen;Simon M. Peacock

  • Seismic anisotropy of shales

    Joel E. Johnston;Nikolas I. Christensen

  • Elasticity of ultrabasic rocks

    Nikolas I. Christensen

  • The magnitude, symmetry and origin of upper mantle anisotropy based on fabric analyses of ultramafic tectonites

    Nikolas I. Christensen

  • Compressional wave velocities in metamorphic rocks at pressures to 10 kilobars

    Nikolas I. Christensen

  • Constitution of the Lower Continental Crust Based on Experimental Studies of Seismic Velocities in Granulite

    Nikolas I. Christensen;David M. Fountain

  • Compressional wave velocities in rocks at high temperatures and pressures, critical thermal gradients, and crustal low‐velocity zones

    Nikolas I. Christensen

  • Serpentinites, Peridotites, and Seismology

    Nikolas I. Christensen

  • The influence of pore pressure and confining pressure on dynamic elastic properties of Berea Sandstone

    N. I. Christensen;H. F. Wang

  • Compressional wave velocities in possible mantle rocks to pressures of 30 kilobars

    Nikolas I. Christensen

  • Ophiolites, seismic velocities and oceanic crustal structure

    Nikolas I. Christensen

  • Geology and seismic structure of the northern section of the Oman ophiolite

    Nikolas I. Christensen;John D. Smewing

  • High pore pressures and porosity at 35 km depth in the Cascadia subduction zone

    Simon M. Peacock;Nikolas I. Christensen;Michael G. Bostock;Pascal Audet

  • The Abundance of Serpentinites in the Oceanic Crust

    Nikolas I. Christensen

  • The seismic velocity structure of a traverse through the Bay of Islands Ophiolite Complex, Newfoundland, An exposure of oceanic crust and upper mantle

    Matthew H. Salisbury;Nikolas I. Christensen

  • Elasticity of Mafic Rocks from the Mid-Atlantic Ridge

    Nikolas I. Christensen;George H. Shaw

Frequent Co-Authors

Michael G. Bostock
Michael G. Bostock University of British Columbia
Matthew H. Salisbury
Matthew H. Salisbury Bedford Institute of Oceanography
Thomas M. Brocher
Thomas M. Brocher United States Geological Survey
Michael Fisher
Michael Fisher University of Manchester
Gary S. Fuis
Gary S. Fuis United States Geological Survey
Walter D. Mooney
Walter D. Mooney United States Geological Survey
Simon M. Peacock
Simon M. Peacock University of British Columbia
Tom Parsons
Tom Parsons United States Geological Survey
Ray E. Wells
Ray E. Wells United States Geological Survey
Roy H Wilkens
Roy H Wilkens University of Hawaiʻi Sea Grant

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