What is he best known for?
The fields of study he is best known for:
- Plate tectonics
- Subduction
- Volcano
Stephan V. Sobolev mostly deals with Mantle, Crust, Lithosphere, Petrology and Transition zone.
His Mantle study is concerned with the larger field of Geophysics.
His Crust research includes elements of Subduction and Oceanic crust.
Lithosphere is a subfield of Seismology that Stephan V. Sobolev studies.
His studies in Petrology integrate themes in fields like Mohorovičić discontinuity and Continental margin.
Stephan V. Sobolev has included themes like Mineralogy, Mantle wedge, Hotspot and Asthenosphere in his Transition zone study.
His most cited work include:
- An olivine-free mantle source of Hawaiian shield basalts (736 citations)
- Seismic Images of Crust and Upper Mantle Beneath Tibet: Evidence for Eurasian Plate Subduction (480 citations)
- Linking mantle plumes, large igneous provinces and environmental catastrophes (331 citations)
What are the main themes of his work throughout his whole career to date?
Stephan V. Sobolev mainly focuses on Seismology, Subduction, Lithosphere, Geophysics and Mantle.
His study in the field of Plate tectonics, Submarine landslide and Transform fault is also linked to topics like Global Positioning System.
His study in Lithosphere is interdisciplinary in nature, drawing from both Foreland basin, Rift and Crust.
Stephan V. Sobolev has researched Crust in several fields, including Tectonics and Petrology.
Mantle plume is closely connected to Plume in his research, which is encompassed under the umbrella topic of Geophysics.
His Mantle research is multidisciplinary, incorporating perspectives in Rheology, Transition zone and Oceanic crust.
He most often published in these fields:
- Seismology (33.99%)
- Subduction (29.41%)
- Lithosphere (29.41%)
What were the highlights of his more recent work (between 2014-2021)?
- Subduction (29.41%)
- Geophysics (28.76%)
- Petrology (21.57%)
In recent papers he was focusing on the following fields of study:
His primary scientific interests are in Subduction, Geophysics, Petrology, Mantle and Plume.
His Subduction research is multidisciplinary, incorporating elements of Slab and Plate tectonics.
His studies deal with areas such as Mantle plume, Lithosphere, Thermo mechanical and Oceanic crust as well as Geophysics.
His work in Lithosphere covers topics such as Crust which are related to areas like Intraplate earthquake.
His Petrology research is multidisciplinary, relying on both Foreland basin and Deformation.
The study incorporates disciplines such as Rheology, Suction flow and Wilson cycle in addition to Mantle.
Between 2014 and 2021, his most popular works were:
- Plate tectonics on the Earth triggered by plume-induced subduction initiation (148 citations)
- Survival of LLSVPs for billions of years in a vigorously convecting mantle: Replenishment and destruction of chemical anomaly (39 citations)
- Low-buoyancy thermochemical plumes resolve controversy of classical mantle plume concept (36 citations)
In his most recent research, the most cited papers focused on:
- Plate tectonics
- Subduction
- Thermodynamics
Stephan V. Sobolev spends much of his time researching Subduction, Mantle, Petrology, Oceanic crust and Geophysics.
Within the field of Seismology, Paleontology and Tectonics he studies Subduction.
His Tectonics research incorporates themes from Rheology, Crust, Stress field, Ocean surface topography and Seafloor spreading.
His Mantle study combines topics in areas such as Large Low Shear Velocity Provinces, Mantle convection, Neutral buoyancy, Oceanic basin and Upwelling.
In Petrology, Stephan V. Sobolev works on issues like Plate tectonics, which are connected to Huronian glaciation.
His work deals with themes such as Geochemistry, Metamorphism, Evaporite, Permian–Triassic extinction event and Carbon isotope excursion, which intersect with Oceanic crust.
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