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2023

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Earth Science

D-Index
83
Citations
23219
World Ranking
432
National Ranking
14

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2023 - Research.com Earth Science in Canada Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Earth Science in Canada Leader Award
  • 2004 - Fellow of American Geophysical Union (AGU)
  • 1989 - Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada Academy of Science

Overview

Roy D. Hyndman was affiliated with the University of Victoria in Canada and contributed extensively to the fields of Earth and Planetary Sciences, with a focus on geophysics and related subfields.

Their work primarily covered topics such as geological and geochemical analysis, high-pressure geophysics and materials, earthquake and tectonic studies, geology and paleoclimatology research, hydrocarbon exploration and reservoir analysis, methane hydrates and related phenomena, and drilling and well engineering.

Among recent publications authored by Hyndman are:

  • Geophysical and Geochemical Constraints on Neogene-Recent Volcanism in the North American Cordillera, 2021, Geochemistry Geophysics Geosystems
  • The Thermal Regime of NW Canada and Alaska, and Tectonic and Seismicity Consequences, 2023, Geochemistry Geophysics Geosystems

Frequent coauthors included Dante Canil, Dominic Fode, Michael Riedel, Subbarao Yelisetti, and K. M. M. Rohr.

Hyndman published regularly in several venues, with the most frequent being Geochemistry Geophysics Geosystems and the Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences. Additional publications appeared in Geophysical Research Letters, Geosphere, and Goldschmidt Abstracts.

Their research spanned subfields such as geophysics, ocean engineering, atmospheric science, mechanics of materials, and environmental chemistry, contributing to a multidisciplinary understanding of earth sciences.

Major topics of study included:

  • Geological and Geochemical Analysis
  • High-pressure Geophysics and Materials
  • Earthquake and Tectonic Studies
  • Geology and Paleoclimatology Research
  • Hydrocarbon Exploration and Reservoir Analysis
  • Methane Hydrates and Related Phenomena
  • Drilling and Well Engineering

Throughout their career, Hyndman received recognition including being named a Fellow of the American Geophysical Union (AGU) in 2004 and a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada's Academy of Science in 1989.

Best Publications

  • Serpentinization of the forearc mantle

    Roy D Hyndman;Simon M Peacock

  • The seismogenic zone of subduction thrust faults

    R. D. Hyndman;M. Yamano;D. A. Oleskevich

  • An inverted continental Moho and serpentinization of the forearc mantle

    M. G. Bostock;R. D. Hyndman;R. D. Hyndman;S. Rondenay;S. Rondenay;S. M. Peacock

  • Thermal constraints on the zone of major thrust earthquake failure: The Cascadia Subduction Zone

    R. D. Hyndman;K. Wang

  • The updip and downdip limits to great subduction earthquakes: Thermal and structural models of Cascadia, south Alaska, SW Japan, and Chile

    D. A. Oleskevich;R. D. Hyndman;K. Wang

  • A seismic study of methane hydrate marine bottom simulating reflectors

    R. D. Hyndman;G. D. Spence

  • A mechanism for the formation of methane hydrate and seafloor bottom‐simulating reflectors by vertical fluid expulsion

    Roy D. Hyndman;Earl E. Davis

  • Subduction zone backarcs, mobile belts, and orogenic heat

    Roy D. Hyndman;Claire A. Currie;Stephane P. Mazzotti

  • The thermal structure of subduction zone back arcs

    Claire A. Currie;Claire A. Currie;Roy D. Hyndman;Roy D. Hyndman

  • The rupture zone of Cascadia great earthquakes from current deformation and the thermal regime

    R. D. Hyndman;K. Wang

  • Water in the lower continental crust: modelling magnetotelluric and seismic reflection results

    R. D. Hyndman;P. M. Shearer

  • Thermal constraints on the seismogenic portion of the southwestern Japan subduction thrust

    R. D. Hyndman;K. Wang;M. Yamano

  • Hydrous minerals in the mantle wedge and the maximum depth of subduction thrust earthquakes

    Simon M. Peacock;Roy D. Hyndman

  • A revised dislocation model of interseismic deformation of the Cascadia subduction zone

    Kelin Wang;Kelin Wang;Ray E. Wells;Stephane Mazzotti;Stephane Mazzotti;Roy D. Hyndman;Roy D. Hyndman

  • Decreased stability of methane hydrates in marine sediments owing to phase-boundary roughness.

    W. T. Wood;J. F. Gettrust;N. R. Chapman;G. D. Spence

  • Rates of fluid expulsion across the Northern Cascadia Accretionary Prism: Constraints from new heat row and multichannel seismic reflection data

    E. E. Davis;R. D. Hyndman;H. Villinger

  • Origin of bottom-simulating reflectors: Geophysical evidence from the Cascadia accretionary prism

    Mary E. MacKay;Richard D. Jarrard;Graham K. Westbrook;Roy D. Hyndman

  • Dipping Seismic Reflectors, Electrically Conductive Zones, and Trapped Water in the Crust Over a Subducting Plate

    R. D. Hyndman

  • Weakening of the subduction interface and its effects on surface heat flow, slab dehydration, and mantle wedge serpentinization

    Ikuko Wada;Kelin Wang;Kelin Wang;Jiangheng He;Roy D. Hyndman;Roy D. Hyndman

  • Accretion and recent deformation of sediments along the northern Cascadia subduction zone

    E. E. Davis;R. D. Hyndman

  • Seismic velocity increase and deep-sea gas hydrate concentration above a bottom-simulating reflector on the northern Cascadia continental slope

    T. Yuan;R. D. Hyndman;G. D. Spence;B. Desmons

Frequent Co-Authors

George D. Spence
George D. Spence University of Victoria
Michael Riedel
Michael Riedel GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel
Stéphane Mazzotti
Stéphane Mazzotti University of Montpellier
Kelin Wang
Kelin Wang Geological Survey of Canada
Earl E. Davis
Earl E. Davis Geological Survey of Canada
Garry C. Rogers
Garry C. Rogers Geological Survey of Canada
Thomas M. Brocher
Thomas M. Brocher United States Geological Survey
John F. Cassidy
John F. Cassidy Geological Survey of Canada
Thomas S. James
Thomas S. James Geological Survey of Canada
Honn Kao
Honn Kao Geological Survey of Canada

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