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Earth Science

D-Index
69
Citations
13477
World Ranking
1087
National Ranking
502

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2013 - Fellow of American Geophysical Union (AGU)

Best Publications

  • Seismic velocities in mantle minerals and the mineralogy of the upper mantle

    Thomas S. Duffy;Don L. Anderson

  • Quasi‐hydrostatic compression of magnesium oxide to 52 GPa: Implications for the pressure‐volume‐temperature equation of state

    Sergio Speziale;Chang-Sheng Zha;Thomas S. Duffy;Russell J. Hemley

  • Equation of state and shear strength at multimegabar pressures: Magnesium oxide to 227 GPa.

    Thomas S. Duffy;Russell J. Hemley;Ho Kwang Mao

  • Melting and crystal structure of iron at high pressures and temperatures

    Guoyin Shen;Ho Kwang Mao;Russell J. Hemley;Thomas S. Duffy

  • Acoustic velocities and refractive index of SiO 2 glass to 57.5 GPa by Brillouin scattering

    Chang Sheng Zha;Russell J. Hemley;Ho Kwang Mao;Thomas S. Duffy

  • Raman spectroscopy of Fe2O3 to 62 GPa

    Unknown

  • Elasticity of enstatite and its relationship to crystal structure

    Unknown

  • Ramp compression of diamond to five terapascals

    R. F. Smith;J. H. Eggert;R. Jeanloz;T. S. Duffy

  • Equation of state of gold and its application to the phase boundaries near 660 km depth in Earth’s mantle

    Unknown

  • Lattice strains in gold and rhenium under nonhydrostatic compression to 37 GPa

    Thomas S. Duffy;Guoyin Shen;Dion L. Heinz;Jinfu Shu

  • Experimental evidence for a phase transition in magnesium oxide at exoplanet pressures

    F. Coppari;R. F. Smith;J. H. Eggert;J. Wang

  • Sound velocity and elasticity of single-crystal forsterite to 16 GPa

    Chang Sheng Zha;Thomas S. Duffy;Robert T. Downs;Ho Kwang Mao

  • The post-spinel transformation in Mg2SiO4 and its relation to the 660-km seismic discontinuity

    Unknown

  • Elasticity of forsterite to 16 GPa and the composition of the upper mantle

    Thomas S. Duffy;Thomas S. Duffy;Chang Sheng Zha;Robert T. Downs;Ho Kwang Mao

  • Single-crystal elastic constants of fluorite (CaF2) to 9.3 GPa

    Unknown

  • High-pressure phase transition in brucite, Mg(OH)2

    Thomas S. Duffy;Charles Meade;Yingwei Fei;Ho-Kwang Mao

  • Plastic deformation of MgGeO3 post-perovskite at lower mantle pressures.

    Sébastien Merkel;Sébastien Merkel;Sébastien Merkel;Atsushi Kubo;Atsushi Kubo;Atsushi Kubo;Lowell Miyagi;Lowell Miyagi;Lowell Miyagi;Sergio Speziale;Sergio Speziale;Sergio Speziale

  • Deformation of (Mg,Fe)SiO3 post-perovskite and D'' anisotropy.

    Sébastien Merkel;Allen K. McNamara;Atsushi Kubo;Atsushi Kubo;Sergio Speziale;Sergio Speziale

  • Brillouin scattering and X-ray diffraction of San Carlos olivine: direct pressure determination to 32 GPa

    Chang Sheng Zha;Thomas S. Duffy;Robert T. Downs;Ho Kwang Mao

  • Raman spectroscopy of Co ( OH ) 2 at high pressures: Implications for amorphization and hydrogen repulsion

    Unknown

Frequent Co-Authors

Vitali B. Prakapenka
Vitali B. Prakapenka University of Chicago
Ho-kwang Mao
Ho-kwang Mao Carnegie Institution for Science
Gilbert Collins
Gilbert Collins University of Rochester
Russell J. Hemley
Russell J. Hemley University of Illinois at Chicago
Steven D. Jacobsen
Steven D. Jacobsen Northwestern University
Joseph R. Smyth
Joseph R. Smyth University of Colorado Boulder
Przemyslaw Dera
Przemyslaw Dera University of Hawaii at Manoa
Yue Meng
Yue Meng Argonne National Laboratory
Daniel J. Frost
Daniel J. Frost University of Bayreuth
Hans-Rudolf Wenk
Hans-Rudolf Wenk University of California, Berkeley

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