What is he best known for?
The fields of study he is best known for:
- Statistics
- Seismology
- Plate tectonics
His primary areas of investigation include Seismology, Mantle, Seismic wave, Lithosphere and Rift zone.
His specific area of interest is Seismology, where Stephen S. Gao studies Subduction.
Stephen S. Gao has included themes like Craton and Transition zone in his Mantle study.
His research investigates the connection between Transition zone and topics such as Shear wave splitting that intersect with problems in Seismic tomography, Slab, Slab window and Mantle wedge.
The various areas that Stephen S. Gao examines in his Seismic wave study include Aftershock, Magnitude and Seismogram.
His research integrates issues of Fold and Asthenosphere in his study of Rift zone.
His most cited work include:
- SKS splitting beneath continental rift zones (141 citations)
- Southern African crustal evolution and composition: Constraints from receiver function studies (135 citations)
- Temporal variation of seismic b‐values beneath northeastern Japan island arc (126 citations)
What are the main themes of his work throughout his whole career to date?
His main research concerns Seismology, Geophysics, Mantle, Shear wave splitting and Lithosphere.
He has included themes like Seismic anisotropy and Anisotropy in his Seismology study.
His Mantle research integrates issues from Mantle wedge, Petrology and Transition zone.
His Shear wave splitting research is multidisciplinary, incorporating elements of Subduction, Mantle flow and Shear waves.
His Lithosphere study combines topics from a wide range of disciplines, such as Body waves, Craton, Continental crust and USArray.
The concepts of his Receiver function study are interwoven with issues in Classification of discontinuities and Crust.
He most often published in these fields:
- Seismology (61.46%)
- Geophysics (24.92%)
- Mantle (25.58%)
What were the highlights of his more recent work (between 2015-2021)?
- Seismology (61.46%)
- Tectonophysics (11.63%)
- Receiver function (12.96%)
In recent papers he was focusing on the following fields of study:
His scientific interests lie mostly in Seismology, Tectonophysics, Receiver function, Shear wave splitting and Petrology.
His Seismology research is multidisciplinary, relying on both Seismic anisotropy, Mantle and Anisotropy.
His biological study spans a wide range of topics, including Craton and Classification of discontinuities.
His work carried out in the field of Shear wave splitting brings together such families of science as Shear flow and Subduction, Mantle flow.
He usually deals with Rift and limits it to topics linked to Crust and Plateau.
His Lithosphere research includes elements of Discontinuity and Continental crust.
Between 2015 and 2021, his most popular works were:
- Crustal Anisotropy and Ductile Flow beneath the Eastern Tibetan Plateau and Adjacent Areas (36 citations)
- Seismic azimuthal anisotropy beneath the eastern United States and its geodynamic implications (22 citations)
- Mantle transition zone discontinuities beneath the Indochina Peninsula: Implications for slab subduction and mantle upwelling† (17 citations)
In his most recent research, the most cited papers focused on:
- Seismology
- Statistics
- Plate tectonics
His primary scientific interests are in Seismology, Seismic anisotropy, Receiver function, Shear wave splitting and Lithosphere.
The study incorporates disciplines such as Seismic tomography and Mantle in addition to Seismology.
His studies examine the connections between Seismic anisotropy and genetics, as well as such issues in Azimuth, with regards to Polarization, Spatial coherency and Plateau.
Stephen S. Gao interconnects Classification of discontinuities, Craton, Petrology and Transition zone in the investigation of issues within Receiver function.
His studies deal with areas such as Shear waves and Mantle flow as well as Shear wave splitting.
Within one scientific family, he focuses on topics pertaining to USArray under Lithosphere, and may sometimes address concerns connected to Bouguer anomaly.
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