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  • 2016 - Fellow of American Geophysical Union (AGU)

Overview

Steven Constable is affiliated with the University of California, San Diego in the United States. Their research primarily spans the fields of Earth and Planetary Sciences and Engineering, with a strong focus on geophysics, ocean engineering, oceanography, geology, and environmental chemistry.

The scientist's work covers several main topics, including geophysical and geoelectrical methods, geophysical methods and applications, seismic waves and analysis, high-pressure geophysics and materials, underwater acoustics research, geological and geophysical studies, as well as methane hydrates and related phenomena.

Steven Constable has published extensively in various academic venues. Some of the frequent publication sites include:

  • Geophysical Research Letters
  • Geophysical Journal International
  • Journal of Geophysical Research Solid Earth
  • Nature Geoscience
  • Marine and Petroleum Geology

Notable recent papers authored or co-authored by Steven Constable are:

  • The Nature of the Lithosphere-Asthenosphere Boundary, 2020, Journal of Geophysical Research Solid Earth
  • Marine Electrical Imaging Reveals Novel Freshwater Transport Mechanism in Hawai'i, 2020, Science Advances
  • A Dynamic Lithosphere-Asthenosphere Boundary Near the Equatorial Mid-Atlantic Ridge, 2021, Earth and Planetary Science Letters
  • A Lithosphere-Asthenosphere Boundary and Partial Melt Estimated Using Marine Magnetotelluric Data at the Central Middle Atlantic Ridge, 2020, Geochemistry Geophysics Geosystems
  • Inferring the Magmatic Roots of Volcano-Geothermal Systems in the Rotorua Caldera and Okataina Volcanic Centre from Magnetotelluric Models, 2022, Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research

Frequent collaborators include:

  • Shunguo Wang
  • Kerry Key
  • Catherine A. Rychert
  • Nicholas Harmon
  • Eric Attias

In 2016, Steven Constable was recognized as a Fellow of the American Geophysical Union (AGU).

Best Publications

  • Occam's inversion; a practical algorithm for generating smooth models from electromagnetic sounding data

    Steven C. Constable;Robert L. Parker;Catherine G. Constable

  • Occam's inversion to generate smooth, two-dimensional models from magnetotelluric data

    C. D. de Groot-Hedlin;S. C. Constable

  • Ten years of marine CSEM for hydrocarbon exploration

    Steven Constable

  • Sea Bed Logging (SBL), a new method for remote and direct identification of hydrocarbon filled layers in deepwater areas

    T. Eidesmo;S. Ellingsrud;L.M. MacGregor;S. Constable

  • An introduction to marine controlled-source electromagnetic methods for hydrocarbon exploration

    Steven Constable;Leonard J. Srnka

  • Remote sensing of hydrocarbon layers by seabed logging (SBL)Results from a cruise offshore Angola

    S. Ellingsrud;T. Eidesmo;S. Johansen;M.C. Sinha

  • Mapping thin resistors and hydrocarbons with marine EM methods: Insights from 1D modeling

    Steven Constable;Chester J. Weiss

  • ELECTRICAL EXPLORATION METHODS FOR THE SEAFLOOR

    Alan D. Chave;Steven C. Constable;R. Nigel Edwards

  • Melt-rich channel observed at the lithosphere-asthenosphere boundary

    S. Naif;K. Key;S. Constable;R. L. Evans

  • Marine magnetotellurics for petroleum exploration Part I: A sea-floor equipment system

    Steven C. Constable;Arnold S. Orange;G. Michael Hoversten;H. Frank Morrison

  • Marine controlled-source electromagnetic sounding. 2. The PEGASUS experiment

    S. Constable;C. S. Cox

  • Controlled-source electromagnetic sounding of the oceanic lithosphere

    C. S. Cox;S. C. Constable;A. D. Chave;S. C. Webb

  • First results from a marine controlled‐source electromagnetic survey to detect gas hydrates offshore Oregon

    K. A. Weitemeyer;S. C. Constable;K. W. Key;J. P. Behrens

  • The feasibility of reservoir monitoring using time-lapse marine CSEM

    Arnold Orange;Kerry Key;Steven Constable

  • The electrical conductivity of an isotropic olivine mantle

    Steven Constable;Thomas J. Shankland;Al Duba

  • Mapping thin resistors and hydrocarbons with marine EM methods, Part II -Modeling and analysis in 3D

    Chester J. Weiss;Chester J. Weiss;Steven Constable;Steven Constable

  • Review paper: Instrumentation for marine magnetotelluric and controlled source electromagnetic sounding

    Steven Constable

  • Electrical image of passive mantle upwelling beneath the northern East Pacific Rise

    Kerry Key;Steven Constable;Lijun Liu;Anne Pommier

  • Marine electromagnetic methods—A new tool for offshore exploration

    Steven Constable

  • Electrical resistivity structure of the Valu Fa Ridge, Lau Basin, from marine controlled‐source electromagnetic sounding

    Lucy MacGregor;Martin Sinha;Steven Constable

  • Special Section — Marine Controlled-Source Electromagnetic Methods An introduction to marine controlled-source electromagnetic methods for hydrocarbon exploration

    Steven Constable;Leonard J. Srnka

Frequent Co-Authors

Kerry Key
Kerry Key Columbia University
Rob L. Evans
Rob L. Evans Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
Graham Heinson
Graham Heinson University of Adelaide
Laura A. Stern
Laura A. Stern United States Geological Survey
Nicholas Harmon
Nicholas Harmon Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
Catherine Constable
Catherine Constable University of California, San Diego
Alan D. Chave
Alan D. Chave Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
Spahr C. Webb
Spahr C. Webb Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory
Robert L. Parker
Robert L. Parker University of California, San Diego
Michael S. Zhdanov
Michael S. Zhdanov University of Utah

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