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W. Steven Holbrook

W. Steven Holbrook

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Earth Science

D-Index
61
Citations
11940
World Ranking
1811
National Ranking
795

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2012 - Fellow of American Geophysical Union (AGU)
  • Fellow of the Geological Society of America
  • Fellow of the Geological Society of America

Overview

W. Steven Holbrook is affiliated with Virginia Tech in the United States and has a research focus spanning Earth and Planetary Sciences and Engineering. Their work encompasses several subfields including Geophysics, Ocean Engineering, Artificial Intelligence, Environmental Engineering, and Mechanics of Materials.

Their research topics include seismic waves and analysis, drilling and well engineering, seismic imaging and inversion techniques, geochemistry and geologic mapping, earthquake and tectonic studies, geophysical methods and applications, and hydrocarbon exploration and reservoir analysis.

Recent papers authored or coauthored by Holbrook include the following:

  • Forest vulnerability to drought controlled by bedrock composition, 2022, Nature Geoscience
  • Geophysical imaging of the Yellowstone hydrothermal plumbing system, 2022, Nature
  • Strong slope-aspect control of regolith thickness by bedrock foliation, 2020, Earth Surface Processes and Landforms
  • Subsurface Weathering Revealed in Hillslope-Integrated Porosity Distributions, 2020, Geophysical Research Letters
  • Limited Mantle Hydration by Bending Faults at the Middle America Trench, 2020, Journal of Geophysical Research Solid Earth

Frequent coauthors in Holbrook's collaborations include Bradley J. Carr, Sylvain Pasquet, B. A. Flinchum, Ryo Matsumoto, and C. K. Paull.

Holbrook's research has appeared in multiple publication venues, notably including Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research), Earth Surface Processes and Landforms, Journal of Geophysical Research Solid Earth, Frontiers in Water, and OPAL (Open@LaTrobe) from La Trobe University.

W. Steven Holbrook has been recognized as a Fellow of the American Geophysical Union (AGU) since 2012 and also holds the title of Fellow of the Geological Society of America.

Best Publications

  • Methane Hydrate and Free Gas on the Blake Ridge from Vertical Seismic Profiling

    W. Steven Holbrook;Hartley Hoskins;Warren T. Wood;Ralph A. Stephen

  • Crustal structure of the southeast Greenland margin from joint refraction and reflection seismic tomography

    J. Korenaga;W. S. Holbrook;G. M. Kent;P. B. Kelemen

  • Geophysical imaging reveals topographic stress control of bedrock weathering

    J. St. Clair;S. Moon;W. S. Holbrook;J. T. Perron

  • Thermohaline fine structure in an oceanographic front from seismic reflection profiling.

    W. Steven Holbrook;Pedro Páramo;Scott Pearse;Raymond W. Schmitt

  • Variation in styles of rifting in the Gulf of California

    Daniel Lizarralde;Gary J. Axen;Hillary E. Brown;John M. Fletcher

  • Structure and composition of the Aleutian island arc and implications for continental crustal growth

    W. Steven Holbrook;D. Lizarralde;S. McGeary;N. Bangs

  • Large igneous province on the US Atlantic margin and implications for magmatism during continental breakup

    W. S. Holbrook;P. B. Kelemen

  • Origin of thick, high‐velocity igneous crust along the U.S. East Coast Margin

    Peter B. Kelemen;W. Steven Holbrook

  • Multiscale geophysical imaging of the critical zone

    A. D. Parsekian;K. Singha;B. J. Minsley;W. S. Holbrook

  • Mantle thermal structure and active upwelling during continental breakup in the North Atlantic

    W.Steven Holbrook;H.C. Larsen;J. Korenaga;T. Dahl-Jensen

  • Geophysical constraints on deep weathering and water storage potential in the Southern Sierra Critical Zone Observatory

    W. Steven Holbrook;Clifford S. Riebe;Mehrez Elwaseif;Jorden L. Hayes

  • Structure of the SE Greenland margin from seismic reflection and refraction data: Implications for nascent spreading center subsidence and asymmetric crustal accretion during North Atlantic opening

    John R. Hopper;Trine Dahl-Jensen;W. Steven Holbrook;Hans Christian Larsen

  • Critically pressured free-gas reservoirs below gas-hydrate provinces

    Matthew J. Hornbach;Demian M. Saffer;W. Steven Holbrook

  • Crustal structure of the ocean‐continent transition at Flemish Cap: Seismic refraction results

    Thomas Funck;John R. Hopper;Hans Christian Larsen;Keith E. Louden

  • Ocean internal wave spectra inferred from seismic reflection transects

    W. Steven Holbrook;Ilker Fer

  • Combined vertical-incidence and wide-angle seismic study of a gas hydrate zone, Blake Ridge

    Rafael Katzman;W. Steven Holbrook;Charles K. Paull

  • Deep structure of the U.S. Atlantic continental margin, offshore South Carolina, from coincident ocean bottom and multichannel seismic data

    W. Steven Holbrook;E. C. Reiter;G. M. Purdy;D. Sawyer

  • Migration of methane gas through the hydrate stability zone in a low-flux hydrate province

    Andrew R. Gorman;W. Steven Holbrook;Matthew J. Hornbach;Kara L. Hackwith

  • An interpretation of wide-angle compressional and shear wave data in southwest Germany: Poisson's ratio and petrological implications

    W. Steven Holbrook;Dirk Gajewski;Anton Krammer;Claus Prodehl

  • Structure and serpentinization of the subducting Cocos plate offshore Nicaragua and Costa Rica

    H. J. A. Van Avendonk;W. S. Holbrook;D. Lizarralde;P. Denyer

  • Continental breakup and the onset of ultraslow seafloor spreading off Flemish Cap on the Newfoundland rifted margin

    John R. Hopper;Thomas Funck;Brian E. Tucholke;Hans Christian Larsen

Frequent Co-Authors

Daniel Lizarralde
Daniel Lizarralde Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
John R. Hopper
John R. Hopper Geological Survey of Denmark and Greenland
Harm J. A. Van Avendonk
Harm J. A. Van Avendonk The University of Texas at Austin
Matthew J. Hornbach
Matthew J. Hornbach Southern Methodist University
Peter B. Kelemen
Peter B. Kelemen Columbia University
Brian E. Tucholke
Brian E. Tucholke Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
Keith E. Louden
Keith E. Louden Dalhousie University
Graham M. Kent
Graham M. Kent University of Nevada Reno
Raymond W. Schmitt
Raymond W. Schmitt Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
Ingo Pecher
Ingo Pecher GNS Science

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