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D-Index
63
Citations
15844
World Ranking
1579
National Ranking
698

Research.com Recognitions

  • 1993 - Fellow of American Geophysical Union (AGU)

Overview

Stephen H. Kirby is affiliated with the United States Geological Survey in the United States. Their research primarily spans Earth and Planetary Sciences and Engineering, with a total of 10 and 6 publications in these fields respectively.

Their work includes several subfields such as Geophysics, General Health Professions, Geology, Mechanics of Materials, and Biomedical Engineering. The research topics covered feature Geological and Geochemical Analysis, earthquake and tectonic studies, High-pressure geophysics and materials, Geological Studies and Exploration, Hydrocarbon exploration and reservoir analysis, as well as Air Traffic Management and Optimization, and Traffic Prediction and Management Techniques.

Frequent co-authors associated with Stephen H. Kirby include:

  • Abhishek Prakash
  • C. W. Holyoke
  • P. B. Kelemen
  • A. K. Kronenberg
  • William M. Lamb

Publication venues where Kirby has appeared multiple times include:

  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • European journal of transport and infrastructure research
  • Physics of The Earth and Planetary Interiors
  • International journal of advanced research in chemical sciences

Recent papers authored or co-authored by Stephen H. Kirby include:

  • Carbonates and intermediate-depth seismicity: Stable and unstable shear in altered subducting plates and overlying mantle, 2023, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • Combining Machine Learning Models to Improve Estimated Time of Arrival Predictions, 2025, European journal of transport and infrastructure research
  • Frequency-size distributions of Wadati-Benioff zone and near-boundary intraplate earthquakes: Implications for intermediate and deep seismicity, 2021, Physics of The Earth and Planetary Interiors
  • ODP Leg 118, Hole 735B - Well Logging Data, 2020, Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • Carbonates and Intermediate-Depth Seismicity: Stable and Unstable Shear in Altered Subducting Plates and Overlying Mantle, 2023, Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)

Stephen H. Kirby was awarded the status of Fellow of the American Geophysical Union (AGU) in 1993.

Best Publications

  • Rheology of the lithosphere

    Stephen H. Kirby

  • Rheology of the lithosphere: Selected topics

    S. H. Kirby;A. K. Kronenberg

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

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

  • Anomalous Preservation of Pure Methane Hydrate at 1 atm

    Laura A. Stern;Susan Circone;Stephen H. Kirby;William B. Durham

  • Mantle phase changes and deep-earthquake faulting in subducting lithosphere

    Stephen H. Kirby;William B. Durham;Laura A. Stern

  • Intermediate-Depth Intraslab Earthquakes and Arc Volcanism as Physical Expressions of Crustal and Uppermost Mantle Metamorphism in Subducting Slabs

    Stephen H. Kirby;E. Robert Engdahl;Roger P. Denlinger

  • Peculiarities of Methane Clathrate Hydrate Formation and Solid-State Deformation, Including Possible Superheating of Water Ice

    Laura A. Stern;Stephen H. Kirby;William B. Durham

  • Tectonic stresses in the lithosphere: constraints provided by the experimental deformation of rocks.

    Stephen H. Kirby

  • Localized polymorphic phase transformations in high‐pressure faults and applications to the physical mechanism of deep earthquakes

    Stephen H. Kirby

  • Rock mechanics observations pertinent to the rheology of the continental lithosphere and the localization of strain along shear zones

    Stephen H. Kirby

  • The strength and rheology of methane clathrate hydrate

    William B. Durham;Stephen H. Kirby;Laura A. Stern;Wu Zhang;Wu Zhang

  • CO2 hydrate: Synthesis, composition, structure, dissociation behavior, and a comparison to structure I CH4 hydrate

    Susan Circone;Laura A. Stern;Stephen H. Kirby;William B. Durham

  • Lithostratigraphic Evolution of an In-Situ Section of Oceanic Layer 3

    H.J.B. Dick;P.S. Meyer;S. Bloomer;S. Kirby

  • Basal slip and mechanical anisotropy of biotite

    Andreas K. Kronenberg;Stephen H. Kirby;John Pinkston

  • Simultaneous determination of thermal conductivity, thermal diffusivity and specific heat in sI methane hydrate

    William F. Waite;Laura A. Stern;S. H. Kirby;William J. Winters

  • Temperature, pressure, and compositional effects on anomalous or "self" preservation of gas hydrates

    Laura A. Stern;Susan Circone;Stephen H. Kirby;William B. Durham

  • Transformations in methane hydrates.

    I-Ming Chou;Anurag Sharma;Robert C. Burruss;Jinfu Shu

  • Experimental deformation of polycrystalline H2O ice at high pressure and low temperature - Preliminary results

    W. B. Durham;H. C. Heard;S. H. Kirby

  • Solubility and diffusional uptake of hydrogen in quartz at high water pressures: Implications for hydrolytic weakening

    A. K. Kronenberg;S. H. Kirby;R. D. Aines;G. R. Rossman

  • Deformation of clinopyroxenite: Evidence for a transition in flow mechanisms and semibrittle behavior

    Stephen H. Kirby;Andreas K. Kronenberg

  • Friction of ice

    M.L. Beeman;W.B. Durham;Stephen H. Kirby

  • Effects of dispersed particulates on the rheology of water ice at planetary conditions

    William B. Durham;Stephen H. Kirby;Laura A. Stern

  • The orthoenstatite to clinoenstatite transformation by shearing and reversion by annealing: Mechanism and potential applications

    Robert S. Coe;Stephen H. Kirby;Stephen H. Kirby

  • Transient creep and semibrittle behavior of crystalline rocks

    Neville L. Carter;Stephen H. Kirby

  • Hydrogen speciation in synthetic quartz

    Roger D. Aines;Stephen H. Kirby;George R. Rossman

Frequent Co-Authors

Laura A. Stern
Laura A. Stern United States Geological Survey
Emile A. Okal
Emile A. Okal Northwestern University
William F. Waite
William F. Waite United States Geological Survey
Naoki Uchida
Naoki Uchida Tohoku University
Amos Nur
Amos Nur Stanford University
Ryota Hino
Ryota Hino Tohoku University
Ray E. Wells
Ray E. Wells United States Geological Survey
Norihito Umino
Norihito Umino Tohoku University
Roland von Huene
Roland von Huene United States Geological Survey

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