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Overview

Robert W. Clayton is affiliated with the California Institute of Technology in the United States. Their research primarily spans the field of Earth and Planetary Sciences, with a strong focus on geophysics. Within this discipline, their work covers several subfields, including geophysics, artificial intelligence, ocean engineering, civil and structural engineering, and astronomy and astrophysics.

The main topics addressed in their research include seismic waves and analysis, seismic imaging and inversion techniques, seismology and earthquake studies, earthquake and tectonic studies, high-pressure geophysics and materials, seismic performance and analysis, and geophysical methods and applications.

Their recent scholarly contributions include the following papers:

  • "Seismic Wave Propagation and Inversion with Neural Operators," 2021, published in The Seismic Record
  • "Urban Basin Structure Imaging Based on Dense Arrays and Bayesian Array-Based Coherent Receiver Functions," 2021, published in Journal of Geophysical Research Solid Earth
  • "Rapid Seismic Waveform Modeling and Inversion With Neural Operators," 2023, published in IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing
  • "Using a Time-Based Subarray Method to Extract and Invert Noise-Derived Body Waves at Long Beach, California," 2020, published in Journal of Geophysical Research Solid Earth
  • "Imaging the Subsurface with Ambient Noise Autocorrelations," 2020, published in Seismological Research Letters

Frequent co-authors who have collaborated extensively with Robert W. Clayton include:

  • Zachary E. Ross
  • Kamyar Azizzadenesheli
  • Jorge C. Castellanos
  • Patricia Persaud
  • Caifeng Zou

Their work is regularly published in several established venues, notable for their contributions to seismology and geophysical research. These publication venues include:

  • Seismological Research Letters
  • Journal of Geophysical Research Solid Earth
  • arXiv (Cornell University)
  • Geophysical Journal International
  • Geophysical Research Letters

Best Publications

  • Absorbing boundary conditions for acoustic and elastic wave equations

    Robert Clayton;Björn Engquist

  • Lower mantle heterogeneity, dynamic topography and the geoid

    Bradford H. Hager;Robert W. Clayton;Mark A. Richards;Robert P. Comer;Robert P. Comer

  • Finite difference simulations of seismic scattering: Implications for the propagation of short‐period seismic waves in the crust and models of crustal heterogeneity

    Arthur Frankel;Robert W. Clayton

  • Time series modelling and maximum entropy

    Tad J. Ulrych;Rob W. Clayton

  • High-resolution 3D shallow crustal structure in Long Beach, California: Application of ambient noise tomography on a dense seismic array

    Fan Chi Lin;Dunzhu Li;Robert W. Clayton;Dan Hollis

  • Adaptation of back projection tomography to seismic travel time problems

    Eugene Humphreys;Robert W. Clayton

  • A Born-WKBJ inversion method for acoustic reflection data

    Robert W. Clayton;Robert H. Stolt

  • Source shape estimation and deconvolution of teleseismic bodywaves

    Rob W. Clayton;Ralph A. Wiggins

  • The SCEC Southern California Reference Three-Dimensional Seismic Velocity Model Version 2

    Harold Magistrale;Steven Day;Robert W. Clayton;Robert Graves

  • Constraints on the Structure of Mantle Convection Using Seismic Observations, Flow Models, and the Geoid

    Bradford H. Hager;Robert W. Clayton

  • The origin of deep ocean microseisms in the North Atlantic Ocean

    Sharon Kedar;Michael Longuet-Higgins;Frank Webb;Nicholas Graham

  • Horizontal subduction and truncation of the Cocos Plate beneath central Mexico

    Xyoli Pérez-Campos;YoungHee Kim;Allen Husker;Paul M. Davis

  • Absorbing boundary conditions for wave-equation migration

    Robert W. Clayton;Björn Engquist

  • Origin of high mountains in the continents: The Southern Sierra Nevada

    Brian Wernicke;Robert Clayton;Mihai Ducea;Craig H. Jones

  • Subducting Slab Ultra-Slow Velocity Layer Coincident with Silent Earthquakes in Southern Mexico

    Teh-Ru Alex Song;Donald. V. Helmberger;Michael R. Brudzinski;Robert W. Clayton

  • A tomographic image of mantle structure beneath Southern California

    Eugene Humphreys;Robert W. Clayton;Bradford H. Hager

  • Nonvolcanic tremor observed in the Mexican subduction zone

    Juan S. Payero;Juan S. Payero;Vladimir Kostoglodov;Nikolai Shapiro;Takeshi Mikumo

  • P and S wave travel time inversions for subducting slab under the island arcs of the northwest Pacific

    Hua-Wei Zhou;Robert W. Clayton

  • Mantle Heterogeneities and the SCEC Reference Three-Dimensional Seismic Velocity Model Version 3

    M. D. Kohler;H. Magistrale;R. W. Clayton

  • Retrieval of Moho‐reflected shear wave arrivals from ambient seismic noise

    Zhongwen Zhan;Zhongwen Zhan;Sidao Ni;Don V. Helmberger;Robert W. Clayton

  • A finite-difference simulation of wave propagation in two-dimensional random media

    Arthur Frankel;Robert W. Clayton

Frequent Co-Authors

Thomas H. Heaton
Thomas H. Heaton California Institute of Technology
Paul M. Davis
Paul M. Davis University of California, Los Angeles
Joann M. Stock
Joann M. Stock California Institute of Technology
Donald V. Helmberger
Donald V. Helmberger California Institute of Technology
Egill Hauksson
Egill Hauksson California Institute of Technology
Gary S. Fuis
Gary S. Fuis United States Geological Survey
Adam M. Dziewonski
Adam M. Dziewonski Harvard University
Eugene D. Humphreys
Eugene D. Humphreys University of Oregon
Hiroo Kanamori
Hiroo Kanamori California Institute of Technology

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