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Robert L. Gawthorpe

Robert L. Gawthorpe

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Earth Science
Norway
2026

D-Index & Metrics

Earth Science

D-Index
69
Citations
16460
World Ranking
1060
National Ranking
8

Robert L. Gawthorpe publication distribution in Earth Science in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Earth Science in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Robert L. Gawthorpe sits on this spectrum.

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38 publications 510+

This scientist: 366 publications — 92nd percentile

92% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 510 publications or more.

Robert L. Gawthorpe D-index placement in Earth Science in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Earth Science scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Robert L. Gawthorpe sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 94+

This scientist: 69 D-Index — 87th percentile

87% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 94 D-Index or more.

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Earth Science in Norway Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Earth Science in Norway Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Earth Science in Norway Leader Award

Overview

Robert L. Gawthorpe is affiliated with the University of Bergen in Norway. Their research primarily focuses on Earth and Planetary Sciences, with a significant body of work concentrated in related subfields such as Geophysics, Earth-Surface Processes, Atmospheric Science, Mechanics of Materials, and Ecology.

The main topics addressed in Robert L. Gawthorpe's research include:

  • Geological formations and processes
  • Seismic Imaging and Inversion Techniques
  • Earthquake and tectonic studies
  • Geological and Geochemical Analysis
  • Geology and Paleoclimatology Research
  • Hydrocarbon exploration and reservoir analysis
  • Hydrology and Sediment Transport Processes

Their publication record features contributions to various academic venues. Frequent publication venues include:

  • Basin Research
  • Tectonics
  • Geological Society London Special Publications
  • Journal of the Geological Society
  • Nature Communications

Selected recent papers by Robert L. Gawthorpe include:

  • "Global scale analysis on the extent of river channel belts," 2023, Nature Communications
  • "Turbidites, topography and tectonics: Evolution of submarine channel-lobe systems in the salt-influenced Kwanza Basin, offshore Angola," 2020, Basin Research
  • "How is a turbidite actually deposited?", 2022, Science Advances
  • "Late Quaternary mud-dominated, basin-floor sedimentation of the Gulf of Corinth, Greece: Implications for deep-water depositional processes and controls on syn-rift sedimentation," 2022, Basin Research
  • "The role of structural inheritance in the development of high-displacement crustal faults in the necking domain of rifted margins: The Klakk Fault Complex, Frøya High, offshore mid-Norway," 2020, Journal of Structural Geology

Robert L. Gawthorpe has collaborated extensively with several researchers, including frequent co-authors:

  • Atle Rotevatn
  • Gijs A. Henstra
  • Zhiyuan Ge
  • Christopher Jackson
  • Rodmar Ravnås

Best Publications

  • Tectono-sedimentary evolution of active extensional basins

    R. L. Gawthorpe;M. R. Leeder

  • Sedimentary models for extensional tilt-block/half-graben basins

    M. R. Leeder;R. L. Gawthorpe

  • Transfer zones in extensional basins: their structural style and influence on drainage development and stratigraphy

    R. L. Gawthorpe;J. M. Hurst

  • Sequence stratigraphy in active extensional basins: implications for the interpretation of ancient basin-fills

    Robert L. Gawthorpe;Alastair J. Fraser;Richard E.Li. Collier

  • Linked sequence stratigraphic and structural evolution of propagating normal faults

    Rob L Gawthorpe;Ian R Sharp;John R Underhill;Sanjeev Gupta

  • Fault-propagation folding in extensional settings: Examples of structural style and synrift sedimentary response from the Suez rift, Sinai, Egypt

    Ian R. Sharp;Rob L. Gawthorpe;John R. Underhill;Sanjeev Gupta

  • Role of fault interactions in controlling synrift sediment dispersal patterns: Miocene, Abu Alaqa Group, Suez Rift, Sinai, Egypt

    Sanjeev Gupta;John R Underhill;Ian R Sharp;Rob L Gawthorpe

  • Tectono-stratigraphic development and hydrocarbon habitat of the Carboniferous in northern England

    A. J. Fraser;R. L. Gawthorpe

  • Ground‐penetrating radar and coring used to study the large‐scale structure of point‐bar deposits in three dimensions

    John S. Bridge;Jan Alexander;Richard E. Ll. Collier;Rob. L. Gawthorpe

  • Seismic facies analysis using machine learning

    Thilo Wrona;Indranil Pan;Robert L. Gawthorpe;Haakon Fossen

  • Ground penetrating radar: Application to sandbody geometry and heterogeneity studies

    R. L. Gawthorpe;R. E. Li Collier;J. Alexander;J. S. Bridge

  • Carbonate Cementation in a Sequence-Stratigraphic Framework: Upper Cretaceous Sandstones, Book Cliffs, Utah-Colorado

    Kevin G. Taylor;Rob L. Gawthorpe;Charles D. Curtis;Jim D. Marshall

  • Discrete element modelling of contractional fault-propagation folding above rigid basement fault blocks

    Emma Finch;Stuart Hardy;Rob Gawthorpe

  • Normal fault growth, displacement localisation and the evolution of normal fault populations: the Hammam Faraun fault block, Suez rift, Egypt

    Rob L Gawthorpe;Christopher A.-L Jackson;Mike J Young;Ian R Sharp

  • Mudstone Lithofacies in the Kimmeridge Clay Formation, Wessex Basin, Southern England: Implications for the Origin and Controls of the Distribution of Mudstones

    J. H. S. MacQuaker;R. L. Gawthorpe

  • Sequence stratigraphy of (?)Pliocene ― Quaternary synrift, Gilbert-type fan deltas, northern Peloponnesos, Greece

    Chris J. Dart;Richard E.Ll. Collier;Rob L. Gawthorpe;João V.A. Keller

  • Normal fault array evolution above a reactivated rift fabric; a subsurface example from the northern Horda Platform, Norwegian North Sea

    P. S. Whipp;C. A-L. Jackson;R. L. Gawthorpe;T. Dreyer

  • Fault growth and interactions in a multiphase rift fault network: Horda Platform, Norwegian North Sea

    Oliver B. Duffy;Rebecca Bell;Christopher Aiden-Lee Jackson;Robert L Gawthorpe

  • High-Resolution Facies Analyses of Mudstones: Implications for Paleoenvironmental and Sequence Stratigraphic Interpretations of Offshore Ancient Mud-Dominated Successions

    Joe H. S. Macquaker;Kevin G. Taylor;Rob L. Gawthorpe

  • Jurassic tectono-sedimentary evolution of the Northern Lusitanian Basin (offshore Portugal)

    Tiago Marcos Alves;Robert L. Gawthorpe;David W. Hunt;Jose H. Monteiro

  • Inversion tectonics of the Variscan foreland of the British Isles

    S. M. Corfield;R. L. Gawthorpe;M. Gage;A. J. Fraser

  • Sedimentary responses to forced regressions

    D. Hunt;R. L. Gawthorpe

Frequent Co-Authors

Christopher A.-L. Jackson
Christopher A.-L. Jackson Imperial College London
Rebecca E. Bell
Rebecca E. Bell Imperial College London
Haakon Fossen
Haakon Fossen University of Bergen
Atle Rotevatn
Atle Rotevatn University of Bergen
Richard E. Ll. Collier
Richard E. Ll. Collier University of Leeds
Mike Leeder
Mike Leeder University of East Anglia
Stuart Hardy
Stuart Hardy University of Barcelona
Mary Ford
Mary Ford University of Lorraine
Patience A. Cowie
Patience A. Cowie University of Bergen
Alexander C. Whittaker
Alexander C. Whittaker Imperial College London

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