B. C. Burchfiel

21.9k citations
130 papers · 17.4k · 8 hit papers · h-index 63

Impact in

  • Geophysics top 0.02%
    • earthquake and tectonic studies
    • Geological and Geochemical Analysis
    • High-pressure geophysics and materials
  • Geology top 0.05%
    • Geological and Geophysical Studies

Papers in

    • Geological and Geochemical Analysis 88
    • earthquake and tectonic studies 78
    • High-pressure geophysics and materials 32
    • Geological Formations and Processes Exploration 13
    • Geological and Geophysical Studies 28

B. C. Burchfiel

124 papers receiving 16.0k citations

B. C. Burchfiel's Hit Papers

A geological and geophysical context for the Wenchuan earthquake of 12 May 2008, Sichuan, People's Republic of China 2008 · 606 citations
6060+14+29Years since publication4008001.2k

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B. C. Burchfiel
Comparison fields: 5 of 118
  • Geophysics 14.8k
  • Geology 2.4k
  • Earth-Surface Processes 1.8k
  • Atmospheric Science 3.4k
  • Paleontology 701
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Co-authors

The 25 scholars most cited alongside B. C. Burchfiel, linked wherever they have co-authored with each other. Click a name or a connecting line to browse the papers they share.

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All Works

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1
The Geological Evolution of the Tibetan Plateau
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20081422
2
Surface Deformation and Lower Crustal Flow in Eastern Tibet
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19971404
3
Tectonics of the Longmen Shan and Adjacent Regions, Central China
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1995835
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Surface uplift, tectonics, and erosion of eastern Tibet from large‐scale drainage patterns
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2004786
5
The South Tibetan Detachment System, Himalayan Orogen: Extension Contemporaneous With and Parallel to Shortening in a Collisional Mountain Belt
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1992704
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Modes of extensional tectonics
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1982664
7
Late Cenozoic uplift of southeastern Tibet
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2005645
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A geological and geophysical context for the Wenchuan earthquake of 12 May 2008, Sichuan, People's Republic of China
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2008606
9 1985446
10 2000443
11 1995434
12 1992337
13 1991279
14 1997278
15 1989275
16 2004267
17 1999242
18 2000220
19 1997218
20 2001213

About B. C. Burchfiel

B. C. Burchfiel is a scholar working on Geophysics, Geology, Atmospheric Science, Artificial Intelligence and Mechanics of Materials, having authored 130 papers that have together received 17.4k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Geological and Geochemical Analysis (88 papers), earthquake and tectonic studies (78 papers), High-pressure geophysics and materials (32 papers), Geological and Geophysical Studies (28 papers), Geology and Paleoclimatology Research (26 papers), Geochemistry and Geologic Mapping (18 papers), Geological Formations and Processes Exploration (13 papers) and Hydrocarbon exploration and reservoir analysis (7 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Geophysics (14.8k citations), Geology (2.4k citations), Earth-Surface Processes (1.8k citations), Atmospheric Science (3.4k citations) and Paleontology (701 citations). B. C. Burchfiel has collaborated with scholars based in United States, China and Bulgaria. Frequent co-authors include L. H. Royden, Zhiliang Chen, Robert D. van der Hilst, Erchie Wang, R. W. King, Brian P. Wernicke, Yuping Liu, Péter Molnár, K. X. Whipple and Feng Shen. Their work appears in journals such as Geological Society of America Bulletin, Geology, Tectonics, Geosphere and Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres.

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