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Overview

Robert B. Smith is affiliated with the University of Utah in the United States. Their research spans multiple disciplines and incorporates a variety of academic fields and topics.

Their recent published works include:

  • Geology of the Monte Cristo Area, Bear River Range, Utah, 2021, Utah State Research and Scholarship (Utah State University)
  • Should We Give Away the Annual Exclusion?, 2022, Florida Tax Review

The scientist's work has appeared predominantly in the following publication venues:

  • Utah State Research and Scholarship (Utah State University)
  • Florida Tax Review

Their research covers a diversity of subfields including:

  • Atmospheric Science
  • Mechanics of Materials
  • Artificial Intelligence
  • Political Science and International Relations
  • Economics and Econometrics

Key topics addressed in their scholarly works are:

  • Geology and Paleoclimatology Research
  • Hydrocarbon exploration and reservoir analysis
  • Geochemistry and Geologic Mapping
  • American Constitutional Law and Politics
  • Legal and Constitutional Studies

Best Publications

  • Seismic traveltime inversion for 2-D crustal velocity structure

    C. A. Zelt;R. B. Smith

  • Seismicity Remotely Triggered by the Magnitude 7.3 Landers, California, Earthquake

    D. P. Hill;P.A. Reasenberg;A. Michael;W.J. Arabaz

  • Cenozoic and Mesozoic structure of the eastern Basin and Range province, Utah, from COCORP seismic-reflection data

    Richard W. Allmendinger;James W. Sharp;Douglas Von Tish;Laura Serpa

  • INTRAPLATE EXTENSIONAL TECTONICS OF THE EASTERN BASIN-RANGE: INFERENCES ON STRUCTURAL STYLE FROM SEISMIC REFLECTION DATA, REGIONAL TECTONICS, AND THERMAL-MECHANICAL MODELS OF BRITTLE-DUCTILE DEFORMATION.

    Robert B. Smith;Ronald L. Bruhn

  • Contemporary tectonics and seismicity of the Western United States with emphasis on the Intermountain Seismic Belt

    Robert B. Smith;Marc L. Sbar

  • Geodynamics of the Yellowstone hotspot and mantle plume: Seismic and GPS imaging, kinematics, and mantle flow

    Robert B. Smith;Michael Jordan;Michael Jordan;Bernhard Steinberger;Christine M. Puskas

  • The Yellowstone hotspot

    Robert B. Smith;Robert B. Smith;Lawrence W. Braile;Lawrence W. Braile

  • The Yellowstone magmatic system from the mantle plume to the upper crust

    Hsin Hua Huang;Fan Chi Lin;Brandon Schmandt;Jamie Farrell

  • A methodology for probabilistic fault displacement hazard analysis (PFDHA)

    Robert R. Youngs;Walter J. Arabasz;R. Ernest Anderson;Alan R. Ramelli

  • 6: Seismicity, crustal structure, and intraplate tectonics of the interior of the western Cordillera

    Robert B. Smith

  • Evidence for gas and magmatic sources beneath the Yellowstone volcanic field from seismic tomographic imaging

    Stephan Husen;Robert B Smith;Gregory P Waite

  • Cenozoic Tectonics and Regional Geophysics of the Western Cordillera

    Robert B. Smith;Gordon P. Eaton

  • Earthquake swarm and b-value characterization of the Yellowstone volcano-tectonic system

    Jamie Farrell;Stephan Husen;Robert B. Smith

  • Strength and rheology of the western U.S. Cordillera

    Anthony R. Lowry;Robert B. Smith

  • A fluid-driven earthquake swarm on the margin of the Yellowstone caldera

    David R. Shelly;David P. Hill;Frédérick Massin;Jamie Farrell

  • Beneath Yellowstone: Evaluating Plume and Nonplume Models Using Teleseismic Images of the Upper Mantle

    Eugene D. Humphreys;Kenneth G. Dueker;Derek L. Schutt;Robert B. Smith

  • Seismicity of the Intermountain Seismic Belt

    Robert B. Smith;Walter J. Arabasz

  • Seismic evidence for fluid migration accompanying subsidence of the Yellowstone caldera

    Gregory P. Waite;Robert B. Smith

  • Dynamic elevation of the Cordillera, western United States

    Anthony R. Lowry;Neil M. Ribe;Robert B. Smith

  • Crustal structure along the Great Basin-Colorado Plateau Transition from seismic refraction studies

    G. R. Keller;R. B. Smith;L. W. Braile

  • Changes in geyser eruption behavior and remotely triggered seismicity in Yellowstone National Park produced by the 2002 M 7.9 Denali fault earthquake, Alaska

    S. Husen;R. Taylor;R.B. Smith;H. Healser

Frequent Co-Authors

Lawrence W. Braile
Lawrence W. Braile Purdue University West Lafayette
Stephan Husen
Stephan Husen ETH Zurich
Jacob B. Lowenstern
Jacob B. Lowenstern United States Geological Survey
Fan Chi Lin
Fan Chi Lin University of Utah
Ronald L. Bruhn
Ronald L. Bruhn University of Utah
Harley M. Benz
Harley M. Benz United States Geological Survey
Peter McGregor
Peter McGregor University of Strathclyde
David R. Shelly
David R. Shelly United States Geological Survey
Eugene D. Humphreys
Eugene D. Humphreys University of Oregon
Bernhard Steinberger
Bernhard Steinberger Helmholtz Centre Potsdam - GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences

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