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Robert D. van der Hilst

Robert D. van der Hilst

D-Index & Metrics

Earth Science

D-Index
80
Citations
30779
World Ranking
522
National Ranking
270

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2014 - Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
  • 1997 - Fellow of American Geophysical Union (AGU)
  • 1997 - James B. Macelwane Medal, American Geophysical Union (AGU)

Overview

Robert D. van der Hilst is affiliated with MIT in the United States and works primarily in the field of Earth and Planetary Sciences, with a specific focus on Geophysics. Their research intersects several subfields including Artificial Intelligence and Ocean Engineering.

The main topics of van der Hilst's work encompass:

  • High-pressure geophysics and materials
  • Earthquake and tectonic studies
  • Seismic Imaging and Inversion Techniques
  • Geological and Geochemical Analysis
  • Seismic Waves and Analysis
  • Earthquake Detection and Analysis
  • Seismology and Earthquake Studies

Notable recent publications by van der Hilst include:

  • "Space-time monitoring of groundwater fluctuations with passive seismic interferometry," 2022, Nature Communications
  • "Variations in Seismic Wave Speed and VP/VS Ratio in the North American Lithosphere," 2020, Journal of Geophysical Research Solid Earth
  • "Compositional heterogeneity in the mantle transition zone," 2022, Nature Reviews Earth & Environment
  • "Seismic evidence for global basalt accumulation in the mantle transition zone," 2023, Science Advances
  • "Microseismic Constraints on the Mechanical State of the North Anatolian Fault Zone 13 Years After the 1999 M7.4 Izmit Earthquake," 2022, Journal of Geophysical Research Solid Earth

Van der Hilst has frequently collaborated with several coauthors, including:

  • Michel Campillo
  • Éric Beaucé
  • E. M. Golos
  • Saskia Goes
  • Chunquan Yu

Their research has been published in multiple prominent venues, with repeated publications in:

  • Journal of Geophysical Research Solid Earth
  • Earth and Planetary Science Letters
  • Inverse Problems
  • Nature Communications
  • Nature Reviews Earth & Environment

Robert D. van der Hilst has been recognized as a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences since 2014 and of the American Geophysical Union (AGU) since 1997, reflecting a continued involvement in the geoscience research community.

Best Publications

  • Global teleseismic earthquake relocation with improved travel times and procedures for depth determination

    E. Robert Engdahl;Rob D. van der Hilst;Raymond P. Buland

  • The Geological Evolution of the Tibetan Plateau

    Leigh H. Royden;B. Clark Burchfiel;Robert D. van der Hilst

  • Evidence for deep mantle circulation from global tomography

    R. D. van der Hilst;Sri Widiyantoro;E. R. Engdahl

  • Surface-wave array tomography in SE Tibet from ambient seismic noise and two-station analysis: I - Phase velocity maps

    Huajian Yao;Robert D. van der Hilst;Maarten V. de Hoop

  • High resolution global tomography : a snapshot of convection in the Earth

    S.P. Grand;R.D. van der Hilst;S. Widiyantoro

  • Global seismic tomography: A snapshot of convection in the earth

    Stephen P. Grand;Rob D. Van Der Hilst;Sri Widiyantoro

  • A geological and geophysical context for the Wenchuan earthquake of 12 May 2008, Sichuan, People's Republic of China

    B.C. Burchfiel;L.H. Royden;R.D. van der Hilst;B.H. Hager

  • Compositional stratification in the deep mantle

    Louise H. Kellogg;Bradford H. Hager;Rob D. van der Hilst

  • Subduction of the Indian lithosphere beneath the Tibetan Plateau and Burma

    Chang Li;Robert D. van der Hilst;Anne S. Meltzer;E. Robert Engdahl

  • A new global model for P wave speed variations in Earth's mantle

    Chang Li;Robert D. van der Hilst;E. Robert Engdahl;Scott Burdick

  • Surface wave array tomography in SE Tibet from ambient seismic noise and two-station analysis - II. Crustal and upper-mantle structure

    Huajian Yao;Caroline Beghein;Robert D. van der Hilst

  • Travel-time tomography of the European-Mediterranean mantle down to 1400 km

    Wim Spakman;Suzan van der Lee;Suzan van der Lee;Rob van der Hilst

  • Eastward expansion of the Tibetan Plateau by crustal flow and strain partitioning across faults

    Qi Yuan Liu;Robert D. van der Hilst;Yu Li;Hua Jian Yao

  • Compositional heterogeneity in the bottom 1000 kilometers of earth's mantle : Toward a hybrid convection model

    Rob D. van der Hilst;Hrafnkell Kárason

  • Heterogeneity and anisotropy of the lithosphere of SE Tibet from surface wave array tomography

    Huajian Yao;Huajian Yao;Robert D. van der Hilst;Jean-Paul Montagner

  • Structure of the upper mantle and transition zone beneath Southeast Asia from traveltime tomography

    Chang Li;Robert D. van der Hilst

  • Structure of the crust beneath the southeastern Tibetan Plateau from teleseismic receiver functions

    Lili Xu;Stéphane Rondenay;Robert D. van der Hilst

  • Complex morphology of subducted lithosphere in the mantle beneath the Tonga trench

    R.D. van der Hilst

  • 4-D evolution of SE Asia’s mantle from geological reconstructions and seismic tomography

    Anne Replumaz;Hrafnkell Karason;Rob Dyan van der Hilst;Jean Besse

  • Direct inversion of surface wave dispersion for three-dimensional shallow crustal structure based on ray tracing: methodology and application

    Hongjian Fang;Huajian Yao;Haijiang Zhang;Yu-Chih Huang

  • Geodynamics of the southeastern Tibetan Plateau from seismic anisotropy and geodesy

    S. Sol;A. Meltzer;R. Bürgmann;R.D. van der Hilst

Frequent Co-Authors

Huajian Yao
Huajian Yao University of Science and Technology of China
Maarten V. de Hoop
Maarten V. de Hoop Rice University
Michel Campillo
Michel Campillo Grenoble Alpes University
Frederik J. Simons
Frederik J. Simons Princeton University
Maureen D. Long
Maureen D. Long Yale University
Sébastien Chevrot
Sébastien Chevrot Paul Sabatier University
Haijiang Zhang
Haijiang Zhang University of Science and Technology of China
Sergei Lebedev
Sergei Lebedev Dublin Institute For Advanced Studies
Brian Kennett
Brian Kennett Australian National University
Stéphane Rondenay
Stéphane Rondenay University of Bergen

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