2026 Roy W. Schlische: Earth Science Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Earth Science	36	7070	6545	2443	2162	75	7405

Overview

Roy W. Schlische is affiliated with Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey in the United States. Their research centers primarily on Earth and Planetary Sciences, with specific focus on subfields such as Geophysics, Earth-Surface Processes, Geology, Ocean Engineering, and Mechanical Engineering.

The scientist's work extensively covers topics including geological formations and processes, geological and geochemical analysis, geological and geophysical studies, earthquake and tectonic studies, high-pressure geophysics and materials, drilling and well engineering, and hydraulic fracturing and reservoir analysis.

Schlische has published papers in academic venues like Abstracts with programs - Geological Society of America and Marine and Petroleum Geology. Some of their recent papers include:

The development of the eastern Orpheus rift basin, offshore eastern Canada: A case study of the interplay between rift-related faulting and salt deposition and flow (2022, Marine and Petroleum Geology)
3D ANALYSIS OF SMALL-SCALE FAULTING ASSOCIATED WITH OBLIQUE SHORTENING: A SCALED EXPERIMENTAL MODELING STUDY (2020, Abstracts with programs - Geological Society of America)
RELATIVE TIMING OF BASEMENT-INVOLVED FAULTING, DETACHED SHORTENING, AND SALT MOVEMENT DURING RIFTING IN THE SALT-RICH EASTERN ORPHEUS RIFT BASIN, OFFSHORE SOUTHEASTERN CANADA (2020, Abstracts with programs - Geological Society of America)
SEISMIC EXPRESSION OF CAMP-RELATED IGNEOUS SHEETS AND THEIR ROLE IN CONSTRAINING THE AGE OF SYNRIFT SALT IN THE EARLY MESOZOIC ORPHEUS RIFT BASIN, OFFSHORE SOUTHEASTERN CANADA (2020, Abstracts with programs - Geological Society of America)
UNRAVELING THE COMPLEX INTERPLAY AMONG BASEMENT-INVOLVED FAULTING, SALT DEPOSITION, AND DETACHED DEFORMATION DURING RIFTING: AN EXAMPLE FROM THE SALT-RICH ORPHEUS RIFT BASIN, OFFSHORE SOUTHEASTERN CANADA (2022, Abstracts with programs - Geological Society of America)

Their frequent collaborators include Martha O. Withjack, Michael A. Durcanin, Bari R. Hanafi, Paul E. Olsen, and Sean Kinney.

Best Publications

A review of recent developments concerning the structure, mechanics and fluid flow properties of fault zones

D.R. Faulkner;C.A.L. Jackson;R.J. Lunn;R.W. Schlische

1596
Citations
Geometry and scaling relations of a population of very small rift-related normal faults

Roy W. Schlische;Scott S. Young;Rolf V. Ackermann;Anupma Gupta

444
Citations
Geometry and Origin of Fault-Related Folds in Extensional Settings

Roy W. Schlische

416
Citations
Diachronous rifting, drifting, and inversion on the passive margin of central eastern North America; an analog for other passive margins

Martha Oliver Withjack;Roy W. Schlische;Paul E. Olsen

324
Citations
Overlapping Faults, Intrabasin Highs, and the Growth of Normal Faults

Mark H. Anders;Roy W. Schlische

298
Citations
High-resolution stratigraphy of the Newark rift basin (early Mesozoic, eastern North America)

Paul E. Olsen;Dennis V. Kent;Bruce Cornet;William K. Witte

297
Citations
The geometric and statistical evolution of normal fault systems: an experimental study of the effects of mechanical layer thickness on scaling laws

Rolf V. Ackermann;Rolf V. Ackermann;Roy W. Schlische;Martha O. Withjack;Martha O. Withjack

247
Citations
Influence of rift obliquity on fault-population systematics: results of experimental clay models

Amy E Clifton;Roy W Schlische;Martha O Withjack;Rolf V Ackermann

241
Citations
Rift-Basin Structure and Its Influence on Sedimentary Systems

Martha Oliver Withjack;Roy W. Schlische;Paul E. Olsen

230
Citations
QUANTITATIVE FILLING MODEL FOR CONTINENTAL EXTENSIONAL BASINS WITH APPLICATIONS TO EARLY MESOZOIC RIFTS OF EASTERN NORTH AMERICA

Roy W. Schlische;Paul E. Olsen

227
Citations
Half-graben basin filling models: new constraints on continental extensional basin development

Roy W. Schlische

220
Citations
Anatomy and evolution of the Triassic-Jurassic Continental Rift System, eastern North America

Roy W. Schlische

193
Citations
Structural and stratigraphic development of the Newark extensional basin, eastern North America: evidence for the growth of the basin and its bounding structures

Roy W. Schlische

173
Citations
Normal-fault development during two phases of non-coaxial extension: An experimental study

Alissa A. Henza;Martha O. Withjack;Roy W. Schlische

173
Citations
Analogue benchmarks of shortening and extension experiments

Guido Schreurs;Susanne J.H. Buiter;David Boutelier;Giacomo Corti

170
Citations
Tectonic evolution of the Fundy rift basin, Canada: Evidence of extension and shortening during passive margin development

Martha Oliver Withjack;Paul E. Olsen;Roy W. Schlische

168
Citations
Anticlustering of small normal faults around larger faults

Rolf V. Ackermann;Roy W. Schlische

160
Citations
Stratigraphic effects and tectonic implications of the growth of normal faults and extensional basins

Roy W. Schlische;Mark H. Anders

150
Citations
How do the properties of a pre-existing normal-fault population influence fault development during a subsequent phase of extension?

Alissa A. Henza;Martha Oliver Withjack;Roy W. Schlische

150
Citations
Relative timing of CAMP, rifting, continental breakup, and basin inversion: Tectonic significance

Roy W. Schlische;Martha Oliver Withjack;Paul E. Olsen

144
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Paul E. Olsen Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory

Hemin Koyi Uppsala University

Alexander R. Cruden Monash University

Susanne J. H. Buiter Helmholtz Centre Potsdam - GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences

Guido Schreurs University of Bern

George E. Hilley Stanford University

Jean-Paul Callot University of Pau and the Adour Region

Bruno C. Vendeville University of Lille

Dennis V. Kent Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory

Wouter Pieter Schellart Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam

External Links

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