Amos Nur

27.4k total citations · 8 hit papers
302 papers, 20.3k citations indexed

About

Amos Nur is a scholar working on Geophysics, Ocean Engineering and Mechanics of Materials. According to data from OpenAlex, Amos Nur has authored 302 papers receiving a total of 20.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 232 papers in Geophysics, 79 papers in Ocean Engineering and 71 papers in Mechanics of Materials. Recurrent topics in Amos Nur's work include Seismic Imaging and Inversion Techniques (141 papers), earthquake and tectonic studies (80 papers) and Seismic Waves and Analysis (72 papers). Amos Nur is often cited by papers focused on Seismic Imaging and Inversion Techniques (141 papers), earthquake and tectonic studies (80 papers) and Seismic Waves and Analysis (72 papers). Amos Nur collaborates with scholars based in United States, Israel and Netherlands. Amos Nur's co-authors include Jack Dvorkin, G. Mavko, Gene Simmons, Gary Mavko, De‐hua Han, Kenneth W. Winkler, Zvi Ben‐Avraham, J. D. Byerlee, Zohar Gvirtzman and Lev Vernik and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres.

In The Last Decade

Amos Nur

287 papers receiving 17.9k citations

Hit Papers

5 papers align trajectories

What are hit papers?

Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

Effects of porosity and clay content on wave velocities in sandstones

1986 825 citations Amos Nur et al. Geophysics profile →
An exact effective stress law for elastic deformation of rock with fluids

1971 732 citations Amos Nur et al. profile →
Elasticity of high-porosity sandstones; theory for two North Sea data sets

1996 570 citations Jack Dvorkin, Amos Nur Geophysics profile →
Elastic‐wave velocity in marine sediments with gas hydrates: Effective medium modeling

1999 504 citations Jack Dvorkin, Amos Nur et al. profile →
The effect of saturation on velocity in low porosity rocks

1969 490 citations Amos Nur et al. profile →
Ultrasonic velocity and anisotropy of hydrocarbon source rocks

1992 472 citations Lev Vernik, Amos Nur Geophysics profile →
Dynamic poroelasticity; a unified model with the squirt and the Biot mechanisms

1993 469 citations Jack Dvorkin, Amos Nur Geophysics profile →
Stress-induced velocity anisotropy in rock: An experimental study

1969 441 citations Amos Nur et al. profile →

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20 of 20 papers shown

#	Work	Indexed citations
1	Analysis of aeromagnetic data over Garkida and environs, North-Eastern Nigeria 2011 ·Global Journal of Pure and Applied Sciences ·Amos Nur, (unknown), (unknown)	3
2	Computational rock physics : Lattice-Boltzmann fluid flow simulation in porous media and its applications 2003 ·Youngseuk Keehm, Tapan Mukerji, Amos Nur	1
3	Identifying patchy saturation from well logs 1999 ·Geophysics ·Jack Dvorkin, Daniel Moos, (unknown), Amos Nur	61
4	Seismic Signatures of Patchy Saturation 1996 ·Engineering Mechanics ·Jack Dvorkin, Amos Nur	1
5	Seismic signatures of reservoir transport properties and pore fluid distribution 1994 ·Geophysics ·(unknown), Gary Mavko, Amos Nur, Jack Dvorkin	22
6	The squirt-flow mechanism; macroscopic description 1994 ·Geophysics ·Jack Dvorkin, Richard Nolen‐Hoeksema, Amos Nur	173
7	Counterclockwise rotation of the NW Mojave fault blocks 1993 ·Geological Society of America, Abstracts with Programs; (United States) ·Hagai Ron, Michael McWilliams, Amos Nur	1
8	Filtration fronts in pressure compliant reservoirs 1992 ·Geophysics ·Jack Dvorkin, Amos Nur	5
9	Ultrasonic velocity and anisotropy of hydrocarbon source rocks breakdown → 1992 ·Geophysics ·Lev Vernik, Amos Nur	472
10	The dynamics of viscous compressible fluid in a fracture 1992 ·Geophysics ·Jack Dvorkin, Gary Mavko, Amos Nur	9
11	Geometrical Effects In The Dielectric Response Of Partially Saturated Sandstones 1987 ·The Log analyst ·R. J. Knight, Amos Nur	28
12	[4]4 Seismic Reservoir Description and Monitoring 1987 ·Amos Nur	1
13	QUANTIFYING SOLID-FLUID INTERFACIAL PHENOMENA IN POROUS ROCKS WITH PROTON NMR. 1985 ·Ehud J. Schmidt, (unknown), Amos Nur	1
14	Monitoring of thermal EOR fronts by seismic methods 1984 ·Soc. Pet. Eng. AIME, Pap.; (United States) ·(unknown), (unknown), Amos Nur	4
15	Sonic and electrical properties of partially saturated tight-gas sands 1983 ·Amos Nur	1
16	Seismic attenuation: Effects of pore fluids and frictional-sliding 1982 ·Geophysics ·Kenneth W. Winkler, Amos Nur	405
17	Wave attenuation in partially saturated rocks 1979 ·Geophysics ·G. Mavko, Amos Nur	364
18	Destruction of porosity through pressure solution 1977 ·Geophysics ·Eve Sprunt, Amos Nur	55
19	A Discussion on the measurement and interpretation of changes of strain in the Earth - Role of pore fluids in faulting 1973 ·Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London Series A Mathematical and Physical Sciences ·Amos Nur	7
20	An active experiment with earthquake fault for an estimation of the in situ stress 1970 ·Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America ·Keiiti Aki, (unknown), Paul A. Reasenberg, Amos Nur	15

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