What is he best known for?
The fields of study he is best known for:
- Statistics
- Seismology
- Optics
His scientific interests lie mostly in Seismology, Subduction, Mantle, Seismic wave and Geophysics.
His study in the field of Seismic velocity is also linked to topics like Transverse plane.
His Subduction research incorporates elements of Slab and Continental crust.
His work in Mantle tackles topics such as Convection which are related to areas like Upwelling, Rift valley and Lithosphere.
Robert W. Clayton focuses mostly in the field of Seismic wave, narrowing it down to matters related to Tomography and, in some cases, Least squares, Jacobi method, Image, Noise and Weighting.
Robert W. Clayton interconnects Induced seismicity and Anomaly in the investigation of issues within Geophysics.
His most cited work include:
- Lower mantle heterogeneity, dynamic topography and the geoid (653 citations)
- Finite difference simulations of seismic scattering: Implications for the propagation of short‐period seismic waves in the crust and models of crustal heterogeneity (501 citations)
- Time series modelling and maximum entropy (386 citations)
What are the main themes of his work throughout his whole career to date?
Seismology, Subduction, Crust, Mantle and Geophysics are his primary areas of study.
As part of his studies on Seismology, Robert W. Clayton frequently links adjacent subjects like Structural basin.
His biological study spans a wide range of topics, including Slab, Receiver function and Volcanic belt.
His study ties his expertise on Slab suction together with the subject of Slab.
His primary area of study in Crust is in the field of Continental crust.
His Mantle study frequently involves adjacent topics like Transition zone.
He most often published in these fields:
- Seismology (58.70%)
- Subduction (19.84%)
- Crust (14.17%)
What were the highlights of his more recent work (between 2016-2021)?
- Seismology (58.70%)
- Subduction (19.84%)
- Ambient noise level (5.67%)
In recent papers he was focusing on the following fields of study:
Robert W. Clayton spends much of his time researching Seismology, Subduction, Ambient noise level, Mantle and Crust.
His Seismology study integrates concerns from other disciplines, such as Slab and Attenuation.
Robert W. Clayton has included themes like Continental crust and Volcanic belt in his Subduction study.
Robert W. Clayton combines subjects such as Surface wave, Dispersion and Noise with his study of Ambient noise level.
Mantle is a subfield of Geophysics that Robert W. Clayton investigates.
His Crust study incorporates themes from Transition zone and Autocorrelation.
Between 2016 and 2021, his most popular works were:
- Rayleigh and S wave tomography constraints on subduction termination and lithospheric foundering in central California (19 citations)
- Structure of the Northern Los Angeles Basins Revealed in Teleseismic Receiver Functions from Short‐Term Nodal Seismic Arrays (12 citations)
- Imaging the Eastern Trans‐Mexican Volcanic Belt With Ambient Seismic Noise: Evidence for a Slab Tear (11 citations)
In his most recent research, the most cited papers focused on:
- Statistics
- Seismology
- Optics
Robert W. Clayton mostly deals with Seismology, Crust, Ambient noise level, Subduction and Transition zone.
His work is dedicated to discovering how Seismology, Magnitude are connected with Igneous rock and other disciplines.
His research integrates issues of Lithosphere and Plate tectonics in his study of Crust.
He has researched Ambient noise level in several fields, including Seismic noise and Noise.
The various areas that Robert W. Clayton examines in his Subduction study include Slab, Mantle and Volcanic belt.
Robert W. Clayton works mostly in the field of Transition zone, limiting it down to concerns involving Autocorrelation and, occasionally, Structural basin and Virtual source.
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