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Overview

Robert McCaffrey is affiliated with Portland State University in the United States and conducts research primarily in the field of Earth and Planetary Sciences. Their work focuses extensively on geophysics, reflected in the numerous publications within this subfield. Additionally, their research spans epidemiology, oceanography, experimental and cognitive psychology, and psychiatry and mental health.

Their scholarly output includes papers on topics such as earthquake and tectonic studies, high-pressure geophysics and materials, geological and geochemical analysis, earthquake detection and analysis, traumatic brain injury research, marine and environmental studies, as well as cognitive functions and memory.

  • earthquake and tectonic studies
  • High-pressure geophysics and materials
  • Geological and Geochemical Analysis
  • Earthquake Detection and Analysis
  • Traumatic Brain Injury Research
  • Marine and environmental studies
  • Cognitive Functions and Memory

McCaffrey has co-authored research frequently with the following colleagues:

  • Cecil R. Reynolds
  • Julie K. Lynch
  • Beatriz Cosenza-Muralles
  • Charles DeMets
  • B. Márquez-Azúa

Their publications appear most frequently in the Journal of Pediatric Neuropsychology and Geophysical Journal International. Other venues include Archives of Clinical Neuropsychology, Mediterranean Geoscience Reviews, and the Journal of Geophysical Research Solid Earth.

  • Journal of Pediatric Neuropsychology
  • Geophysical Journal International
  • Archives of Clinical Neuropsychology
  • Mediterranean Geoscience Reviews
  • Journal of Geophysical Research Solid Earth

Recent papers by Robert McCaffrey include:

  • Kinematics of the Marmara Region: a fusion of continuum and block models (2021, Mediterranean Geoscience Reviews)
  • Geodetic Constraints on a 25-year Magmatic Inflation Episode Near Three Sisters, Central Oregon (2021, Journal of Geophysical Research Solid Earth)
  • GPS-derived interseismic fault locking along the Jalisco-Colima segment of the Mexico subduction zone (2021, Geophysical Journal International)
  • Co-seismic and post-seismic deformation for the 1995 Colima-Jalisco and 2003 Tecomán thrust earthquakes, Mexico subduction zone, from modelling of GPS data (2021, Geophysical Journal International)
  • Assessment of cultural bias on the PdPVTS across gender and racial/ethnic groups (2022, Journal of Pediatric Neuropsychology)

Best Publications

  • Oblique plate convergence, slip vectors, and forearc deformation

    Robert McCaffrey

  • Subduction zone coupling and tectonic block rotations in the North Island, New Zealand

    Laura M. Wallace;John Beavan;Robert McCaffrey;Desmond Darby

  • Plate-boundary deformation associated with the great Sumatra–Andaman earthquake

    Cecep Subarya;Mohamed Chlieh;Linette Prawirodirdjo;Jean Philippe Avouac

  • Fault locking, block rotation and crustal deformation in the Pacific Northwest

    Robert McCaffrey;Anthony I. Qamar;Robert W. King;Ray Wells

  • Crustal motion in Indonesia from Global Positioning System measurements

    Y. Bock;L. Prawirodirdjo;J. F. Genrich;C. W. Stevens

  • The Tectonic Framework of the Sumatran Subduction Zone

    Robert McCaffrey

  • Block kinematics of the Pacific-North America plate boundary in the southwestern United States from inversion of GPS, seismological, and geologic data

    Robert McCaffrey

  • Slip vectors and stretching of the Sumatran fore arc

    Robert McCaffrey

  • Role of oblique convergence in the active deformation of the Himalayas and southern Tibet plateau

    Robert McCaffrey;John Nabelek

  • Crustal Block Rotations and Plate Coupling

    Robert Mccaffrey

  • Balancing the plate motion budget in the South Island, New Zealand using GPS, geological and seismological data

    Laura M. Wallace;John Beavan;Robert McCaffrey;Kelvin Berryman

  • Strain partitioning during oblique plate convergence in northern Sumatra: Geodetic and seismologic constraints and numerical modeling

    Robert McCaffrey;Peter C. Zwick;Yehuda Bock;Linette Prawirodirdjo

  • Active tectonics of northwestern U.S. inferred from GPS-derived surface velocities

    Robert McCaffrey;Robert W. King;Suzette J. Payne;Matthew Lancaster

  • Back arc thrusting in the Eastern Sunda Arc, Indonesia: A consequence of arc-continent collision

    Eli A. Silver;Donald Reed;Robert McCaffrey;Yoko Joyodiwiryo

  • Microblock rotations and fault coupling in SE Asia triple junction (Sulawesi, Indonesia) from GPS and earthquake slip vector data

    Anne Socquet;Anne Socquet;Wim Simons;Christophe Vigny;Robert McCaffrey

  • Global frequency of magnitude 9 earthquakes

    Robert McCaffrey

  • Rotation and plate locking at the Southern Cascadia Subduction Zone

    Robert McCaffrey;Maureen D. Long;Chris Goldfinger;Peter C. Zwick

  • Characterizing the seismogenic zone of a major plate boundary subduction thrust: Hikurangi Margin, New Zealand

    Laura M. Wallace;Martin Reyners;Ursula Cochran;Stephen Bannister

  • Active tectonics of the Eastern Sunda and Banda Arcs

    Robert McCaffrey

  • GPS and seismological constraints on active tectonics and arc‐continent collision in Papua New Guinea: Implications for mechanics of microplate rotations in a plate boundary zone

    Laura M. Wallace;Laura M. Wallace;Colleen Stevens;Eli Silver;Rob McCaffrey

Frequent Co-Authors

Yehuda Bock
Yehuda Bock University of California, San Diego
Laura M. Wallace
Laura M. Wallace The University of Texas at Austin
John Beavan
John Beavan GNS Science
Eli A. Silver
Eli A. Silver University of California, Santa Cruz
Charles DeMets
Charles DeMets University of Wisconsin–Madison
Vladimir Kostoglodov
Vladimir Kostoglodov National Autonomous University of Mexico
Geoffrey A. Abers
Geoffrey A. Abers Cornell University
Eric Calais
Eric Calais École Normale Supérieure
Cécile Lasserre
Cécile Lasserre Centre national de la recherche scientifique, CNRS

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