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Robert Reilinger

Robert Reilinger

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Earth Science

D-Index
54
Citations
16034
World Ranking
2629
National Ranking
1093

Overview

Robert Reilinger is affiliated with MIT in the United States and specializes in Earth and Planetary Sciences. Their primary research focus lies within geophysics, with additional work involving artificial intelligence approaches. Their scholarly output encompasses 20 publications in the field of Earth and Planetary Sciences, particularly concentrated on geophysical phenomena.

The scientist's work extensively covers earthquake and tectonic studies, geological and geochemical analysis, high-pressure geophysics and materials, as well as geological and geophysical studies worldwide. Additional topics include earthquake detection and analysis, and geochemistry and geologic mapping.

Frequent publication venues for their research include:

  • Geophysical Journal International
  • Tectonics
  • ANAS Transactions Earth Sciences
  • TURKISH JOURNAL OF EARTH SCIENCES

Coauthors regularly collaborating with Robert Reilinger include:

  • Michael Floyd
  • Renier Viltres
  • Sigurjón Jónsson
  • Abdulaziz Alothman
  • Shaozhuo Liu

Some recent publications are as follows:

  • Present-Day Motion of the Arabian Plate, 2022, Tectonics
  • Kinematics and deformation of the southern Red Sea region from GPS observations, 2020, Geophysical Journal International
  • Fragmentation of the Sinai Plate indicated by spatial variation in present-day slip rate along the Dead Sea Fault System, 2020, Geophysical Journal International
  • Interseismic deformation in the Gulf of Aqaba from GPS measurements, 2021, Geophysical Journal International
  • Present GPS velocity field along 1999 Izmit rupture zone: evidence for continuing afterslip 20 yr after the earthquake, 2020, Geophysical Journal International

Best Publications

  • Global Positioning System constraints on plate kinematics and dynamics in the eastern Mediterranean and Caucasus

    S. McClusky;S. Balassanian;A. Barka;C. Demir

  • GPS constraints on continental deformation in the Africa-Arabia-Eurasia continental collision zone and implications for the dynamics of plate interactions

    Robert Reilinger;Simon McClusky;Philippe Vernant;Shawn Lawrence;Shawn Lawrence

  • Global Positioning System measurements of present-day crustal movements in the Arabia-Africa-Eurasia plate collision zone

    R. E. Reilinger;S. C. McClusky;M. B. Oral;R. W. King

  • Relatively recent construction of the Tien Shan inferred from GPS measurements of present-day crustal deformation rates

    K. Ye. Abdrakhmatov;S. A. Aldazhanov;B. H. Hager;M. W. Hamburger

  • GPS velocity field for the Tien Shan and surrounding regions

    Alexander V. Zubovich;Xiao-qiang Wang;Yuri G. Scherba;Gennady G. Schelochkov

  • Active tectonics of the Eastern Mediterranean region: deduced from GPS, neotectonic and seismicity data

    A. Barka;R. Reilinger

  • Coseismic and Postseismic Fault Slip for the 17 August 1999, M = 7.5, Izmit, Turkey Earthquake.

    R. E. Reilinger;S. Ergintav;R. Bürgmann;S. McClusky

  • Geodetic constraints on the tectonic evolution of the Aegean region and strain accumulation along the Hellenic subduction zone

    Robert Reilinger;Simon McClusky;Demitris Paradissis;Semih Ergintav

  • GPS‐derived strain rate field within the boundary zones of the Eurasian, African, and Arabian Plates

    Hans-Gert Kahle;Marc Cocard;Yannick Peter;Alain Geiger

  • Estimates of Seismic Potential in the Marmara Sea Region from Block Models of Secular Deformation Constrained by Global Positioning System Measurements

    Brendan J. Meade;Bradford H. Hager;Simon C. McClusky;Robert E. Reilinger

  • Global Positioning System constraints on fault slip rates in southern California and northern Baja, Mexico

    Richard A. Bennett;Richard A. Bennett;William Rodi;Robert E. Reilinger

  • New GPS constraints on active deformation along the Africa-Iberia plate boundary

    A. Koulali;D. Ouazar;A. Tahayt;R.W. King

  • Dynamics of Izmit Earthquake Postseismic Deformation and Loading of the Duzce Earthquake Hypocenter

    Elizabeth Harding Hearn;Roland Bürgmann;Robert E. Reilinger

  • Time-Dependent Distributed Afterslip on and Deep below the İzmit Earthquake Rupture

    Roland Bürgmann;Semih Ergintav;Paul Segall;Elizabeth H. Hearn

  • Geodetic constraints on present-day motion of the Arabian Plate: Implications for Red Sea and Gulf of Aden rifting

    Abdullah ArRajehi;Simon McClusky;Robert Reilinger;Mohamed Daoud

  • Strain and rotation rate from GPS in Tibet, Anatolia, and the Altiplano

    Richard W. Allmendinger;Robert Reilinger;John P. Loveless

  • The strain rate field in the eastern Mediterranean region, estimated by repeated GPS measurements

    Hans-Gert Kahle;Christian Straub;Robert Reilinger;Simon McClusky

  • Nubia–Arabia–Eurasia plate motions and the dynamics of Mediterranean and Middle East tectonics

    Robert Reilinger;Simon McClusky

  • Active tectonics of the western Mediterranean: Geodetic evidence for rollback of a delaminated subcontinental lithospheric slab beneath the Rif Mountains, Morocco

    Abdelali Fadil;Philippe Vernant;Simon McClusky;Robert Reilinger

  • Global Positioning System offers evidence of plate motions in eastern Mediterranean

    M. Burc Oral;Robert E. Reilinger;M. Nafi Toksöz;Robert W. King

Frequent Co-Authors

Simon McClusky
Simon McClusky Australian National University
Semih Ergintav
Semih Ergintav Kandilli Observatory and Earthquake Research Institute
Philippe Vernant
Philippe Vernant University of Montpellier
Ziyadin Cakir
Ziyadin Cakir Istanbul Technical University
Hayrullah Karabulut
Hayrullah Karabulut Boğaziçi University
Aykut Barka
Aykut Barka Istanbul Technical University
Muawia Barazangi
Muawia Barazangi Cornell University
Peter Molnar
Peter Molnar University of Colorado Boulder

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