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Research.com Recognitions

  • 2009 - Member of Academia Europaea
  • 1989 - Fellow of American Geophysical Union (AGU)
  • 1963 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
  • Fellow of the Geological Society of America
  • Fellow of the Geological Society of America

Overview

Seth Stein is affiliated with Northwestern University in the United States and is active in the field of Earth and Planetary Sciences, with a strong focus on Geophysics. Their research spans multiple subfields including Artificial Intelligence, Civil and Structural Engineering, Earth-Surface Processes, and Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law.

Their scholarly work covers several main topics, notably:

  • earthquake and tectonic studies
  • High-pressure geophysics and materials
  • Geological and Geochemical Analysis
  • Seismology and Earthquake Studies
  • Seismic Waves and Analysis
  • Earthquake Detection and Analysis
  • Seismic Performance and Analysis

Stein has contributed extensively to scientific literature, with recent publications including:

  • The complex dynamics of earthquake fault systems: new approaches to forecasting and nowcasting of earthquakes (2021), Reports on Progress in Physics
  • Why do continental normal fault earthquakes have smaller maximum magnitudes? (2021), Tectonophysics
  • Three Major Failed Rifts in Central North America: Similarities and Differences (2022), GSA Today
  • California Historical Intensity Mapping Project (CHIMP): A Consistently Reinterpreted Dataset of Seismic Intensities for the Past 162 Yr and Implications for Seismic Hazard Maps (2020), Seismological Research Letters
  • A compilation of igneous rock volumes at volcanic passive continental margins from interpreted seismic profiles (2020), Marine and Petroleum Geology

Frequent coauthors in their work include Carol A. Stein, Leah Salditch, Molly M. Gallahue, James S. Neely, and S. E. Hough.

The scientist's publications appear most often in venues such as:

  • Abstracts with programs - Geological Society of America
  • Seismological Research Letters
  • Tectonophysics
  • Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America
  • Seismica

Throughout their career, Seth Stein has been recognized by multiple professional organizations. They are a Member of Academia Europaea since 2009, a Fellow of the American Geophysical Union since 1989, a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science since 1963, and have been named a Fellow of the Geological Society of America.

Best Publications

  • Current plate motions

    C. DeMets;R. G. Gordon;D. F. Argus;S. Stein

  • Effect of recent revisions to the geomagnetic reversal time scale on estimates of current plate motions

    Charles DeMets;Richard G. Gordon;Donald F. Argus;Seth Stein

  • An Introduction to Seismology, Earthquakes, and Earth Structure

    Seth Stein;Michael E. Wysession

  • A model for the global variation in oceanic depth and heat flow with lithospheric age

    Carol A. Stein;Seth Stein

  • A model for the motion of the Philippine Sea Plate consistent with NUVEL‐1 and geological data

    Tetsuzo Seno;Seth Stein;Alice E. Gripp

  • Seismology: speed and size of the Sumatra earthquake.

    Seth Stein;Emile A. Okal

  • Metastable mantle phase transformations and deep earthquakes in subducting oceanic lithosphere

    Stephen H. Kirby;Seth Stein;Emile A. Okal;David C. Rubie

  • Constraints on hydrothermal heat flux through the oceanic lithosphere from global heat flow

    Carol A. Stein;Seth Stein

  • Closure of the Africa‐Eurasia‐North America Plate motion circuit and tectonics of the Gloria Fault

    Donald F. Argus;Richard G. Gordon;Charles DeMets;Seth Stein

  • Observation of Glacial Isostatic Adjustment in “Stable” North America with GPS

    Giovanni F. Sella;Seth Stein;Timothy H. Dixon;Michael Craymer

  • Can the Okhotsk Plate be discriminated from the North American plate

    Tetsuzo Seno;Taro Sakurai;Seth Stein

  • Age dependence of oceanic intraplate seismicity and implications for lithospheric evolution

    Douglas A. Wiens;Seth Stein

  • Space Geodetic Observations of Nazca-South America Convergence Across the Central Andes

    Edmundo Norabuena;Lisa Leffler-Griffin;Ailin Mao;Timothy H. Dixon

  • Earth's Free Oscillations Excited by the 26 December 2004 Sumatra-Andaman Earthquake

    Jeffrey Park;Teh-Ru Alex Song;Jeroen Tromp;Emile A. Okal

  • Why earthquake hazard maps often fail and what to do about it

    Seth A Stein;Robert J. Geller;Mian Liu

  • SuomiNet: A Real-Time National GPS Network for Atmospheric Research and Education.

    Randolph H. Ware;David W. Fulker;Seth A. Stein;David N. Anderson

  • Rapid determination of earthquake magnitude using GPS for tsunami warning systems

    Geoffrey Blewitt;Corné Kreemer;William C. Hammond;Hans Peter Plag

  • Long aftershock sequences within continents and implications for earthquake hazard assessment

    S. Stein;Margaret Liu

  • Seismicity and tectonics of the Ninetyeast Ridge Area: Evidence for internal deformation of the Indian Plate

    Seth Stein;Emile A. Okal

  • Decelerating Nazca-South America and Nazca-Pacific Plate motions

    Edmundo O. Norabuena;Timothy H. Dixon;Seth Stein;Christopher G. A. Harrison

Frequent Co-Authors

Carol A. Stein
Carol A. Stein University of Illinois at Chicago
Mian Liu
Mian Liu University of Missouri
Douglas A. Wiens
Douglas A. Wiens Washington University in St. Louis
Emile A. Okal
Emile A. Okal Northwestern University
G. Randy Keller
G. Randy Keller University of Oklahoma
Eric Calais
Eric Calais École Normale Supérieure
Jonas Kley
Jonas Kley University of Göttingen
Charles DeMets
Charles DeMets University of Wisconsin–Madison
Timothy H. Dixon
Timothy H. Dixon University of South Florida
Susan E. Hough
Susan E. Hough United States Geological Survey

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