2026 Richard M. Iverson: Earth Science Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Earth Science	50	3320	3041	1316	1171	132	21135

Research.com Recognitions

2006 - Fellow of American Geophysical Union (AGU)

Overview

Richard M. Iverson is affiliated with the United States Geological Survey in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on environmental science and earth and planetary sciences, with notable contributions in several subfields. These subfields include management, monitoring, policy and law; global and planetary change; ecology; atmospheric science; and geophysics.

The main topics covered in Iverson's work encompass landslides and related hazards, fire effects on ecosystems, hydrology and sediment transport processes, cryospheric studies and observations, earthquake and tectonic studies, seismic waves and analysis, and seismology and earthquake studies.

Iverson's published papers include:

Measuring Basal Force Fluctuations of Debris Flows Using Seismic Recordings and Empirical Green's Functions, 2020, Journal of Geophysical Research Earth Surface
Using High Sample Rate Lidar to Measure Debris-Flow Velocity and Surface Geometry, 2021, Environmental and Engineering Geoscience
Reconstructing the Velocity and Deformation of a Rapid Landslide Using Multiview Video, 2020, Journal of Geophysical Research Earth Surface
Modeling the dynamics of lahars that originate as landslides on the west side of Mount Rainier, Washington, 2022, Antarctica A Keystone in a Changing World
When hazard avoidance is not an option: lessons learned from monitoring the postdisaster Oso landslide, USA, 2021, Landslides

Frequent co-authors of Iverson include:

Kate E. Allstadt
Maciej K. Obryk
Thomas Rapstine
Joel B. Smith
David L. George

The main publication venues where Iverson's work appears are:

Journal of Geophysical Research Earth Surface
Environmental and Engineering Geoscience
Landslides
Perspectives of Earth and Space Scientists
Antarctica A Keystone in a Changing World

Iverson was awarded the Fellow of the American Geophysical Union (AGU) in 2006.

Best Publications

The physics of debris flows

Richard M. Iverson

3755
Citations
Landslide triggering by rain infiltration

Richard M. Iverson

2472
Citations
Debris-flow mobilization from landslides

Richard M. Iverson;Mark E. Reid;Richard G. LaHusen

1180
Citations
Flow of variably fluidized granular masses across three‐dimensional terrain: 1. Coulomb mixture theory

Richard M. Iverson;Roger P. Denlinger

1147
Citations
Positive feedback and momentum growth during debris-flow entrainment of wet bed sediment

Richard M. Iverson;Mark E. Reid;Matthew Logan;Richard G. LaHusen

670
Citations
The perfect debris flow? Aggregated results from 28 large-scale experiments

Richard M. Iverson;Matthew Logan;Richard G. LaHusen;Matteo Berti;Matteo Berti

615
Citations
OBJECTIVE DELINEATION OF LAHAR-INUNDATION HAZARD ZONES

Richard M. Iverson;Steven P. Schilling;James W. Vallance

604
Citations
Flow of variably fluidized granular masses across three‐dimensional terrain: 2. Numerical predictions and experimental tests

Roger P. Denlinger;Richard M. Iverson

550
Citations
Acute Sensitivity of Landslide Rates to Initial Soil Porosity

Richard M. Iverson;M. E. Reid;Neal R. Iverson;R. G. LaHusen

483
Citations
Debris-flow deposition: Effects of pore-fluid pressure and friction concentrated at flow margins

Jon J. Major;Richard M. Iverson

460
Citations
Landslide mobility and hazards: implications of the 2014 Oso disaster

R.M. Iverson;D.L. George;K. Allstadt;M.E. Reid

435
Citations
Scaling and design of landslide and debris-flow experiments

Richard M. Iverson

429
Citations
Grain-size segregation and levee formation in geophysical mass flows

C.G. Johnson;C.G. Johnson;B.P. Kokelaar;Richard M. Iverson;M. Logan

418
Citations
New views of granular mass flows

Richard M. Iverson;James W. Vallance

418
Citations
Elementary theory of bed-sediment entrainment by debris flows and avalanches

Richard M. Iverson

366
Citations
Granular avalanches across irregular three-dimensional terrain: 1. Theory and computation

Roger P. Denlinger;Richard M. Iverson

363
Citations
Regulation of landslide motion by dilatancy and pore pressure feedback

Richard M. Iverson

352
Citations
Entrainment of bed material by Earth‐surface mass flows: Review and reformulation of depth‐integrated theory

Richard M. Iverson;Chaojun Ouyang

352
Citations
Rainfall, ground-water flow, and seasonal movement at Minor Creek landslide, northwestern California: Physical interpretation of empirical relations

Richard M. Iverson;Jon J. Major

332
Citations
Dynamic Pore-Pressure Fluctuations in Rapidly Shearing Granular Materials

Richard M. Iverson;Richard G. LaHusen

309
Citations
The debris-flow rheology myth

R. M. Iverson

298
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Jon J. Major United States Geological Survey

Neal R. Iverson Iowa State University

Warren Mori University of California, Los Angeles

Roger P. Denlinger United States Geological Survey

Jason W. Kean United States Geological Survey

Victor C. Tsai Brown University

Jonathan W. Godt United States Geological Survey

Francis K. Rengers United States Geological Survey

Peter Richard Wilcock Utah State University

Christoph Bostedt Paul Scherrer Institute

External Links

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