Bruce A. Bolt

5.6k total citations · 1 hit paper
152 papers, 3.7k citations indexed

About

Bruce A. Bolt is a scholar working on Geophysics, Artificial Intelligence and Civil and Structural Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Bruce A. Bolt has authored 152 papers receiving a total of 3.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 108 papers in Geophysics, 41 papers in Artificial Intelligence and 25 papers in Civil and Structural Engineering. Recurrent topics in Bruce A. Bolt's work include earthquake and tectonic studies (72 papers), Seismic Waves and Analysis (52 papers) and Seismology and Earthquake Studies (37 papers). Bruce A. Bolt is often cited by papers focused on earthquake and tectonic studies (72 papers), Seismic Waves and Analysis (52 papers) and Seismology and Earthquake Studies (37 papers). Bruce A. Bolt collaborates with scholars based in United States, Australia and Spain. Bruce A. Bolt's co-authors include Yao Shi, K. È. Bullen, John W. Rudnicki, K. E. Bullen, David R. Brillinger, Otto W. Nuttli, Norman Abrahamson, Agustín Udías, T. V. McEvilly and James A. Dorman and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres.

In The Last Decade

Bruce A. Bolt

144 papers receiving 3.0k citations

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Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Bruce A. Bolt United States 32 3.0k 571 551 419 199 152 3.7k
Markus Båth Kazakhstan 25 2.2k 0.7× 510 0.9× 241 0.4× 295 0.7× 133 0.7× 114 2.6k
B. Gutenberg United States 22 3.8k 1.3× 804 1.4× 644 1.2× 374 0.9× 342 1.7× 47 4.6k
Ari Ben‐Menahem Israel 34 3.9k 1.3× 377 0.7× 405 0.7× 830 2.0× 542 2.7× 111 4.5k
Francesco Mulargia Italy 28 2.7k 0.9× 763 1.3× 709 1.3× 258 0.6× 235 1.2× 126 3.4k
C. F. Richter United States 13 3.9k 1.3× 992 1.7× 697 1.3× 283 0.7× 312 1.6× 33 4.6k
M. J. S. Johnston United States 37 4.1k 1.4× 987 1.7× 130 0.2× 363 0.9× 116 0.6× 122 4.4k
Paul Bodin United States 32 3.6k 1.2× 1.0k 1.8× 488 0.9× 307 0.7× 124 0.6× 89 4.1k
E. R. Kanasewich Canada 28 2.6k 0.9× 417 0.7× 101 0.2× 491 1.2× 151 0.8× 97 2.9k
Ludovic Margerin France 33 2.9k 1.0× 523 0.9× 331 0.6× 668 1.6× 344 1.7× 89 3.4k
Joan Gomberg United States 41 5.7k 1.9× 1.2k 2.1× 323 0.6× 319 0.8× 259 1.3× 128 6.1k

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All Works

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Bolt, Bruce A.. (1999). Estimating Seismic Ground Motion. Earthquake Spectra. 15(2). 187–197. 6 indexed citations
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Bolt, Bruce A., et al.. (1998). 1. Spectral Comparison of Vertical and Horizontal Seismic Strong Ground Motions in Alluvial Basins. Earthquake Spectra. 14(4). 573–595. 12 indexed citations
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Bolt, Bruce A.. (1996). From earthquake acceleration to seismic displacement. Wiley eBooks. 8 indexed citations
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Bolt, Bruce A., et al.. (1993). Seismic condition assessment of the San Francisco-Oakland Bay bridge. 277–282. 1 indexed citations
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Abrahamson, Norman, Bruce A. Bolt, Robert B. Darragh, Joseph Penzien, & Y.-B. Tsai. (1987). 2. The SMART I Accelerograph Array (1980‐1987): A Review. Earthquake Spectra. 3(2). 263–287. 70 indexed citations
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Bolt, Bruce A., et al.. (1987). Seismic Strong Motion Synthetics. Academic Press eBooks. 35 indexed citations
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Bolt, Bruce A., R. A. Uhrhammer, & Robert B. Darragh. (1985). 1. The Morgan Hill Earthquake of April 24, 1984—Seismological Aspects. Earthquake Spectra. 1(3). 407–418. 2 indexed citations
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Bolt, Bruce A.. (1982). The constitution of the core: seismological evidence. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London Series A Mathematical and Physical Sciences. 306(1492). 11–20. 7 indexed citations
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Drake, Lawrence A. & Bruce A. Bolt. (1980). Love waves normally incident at a continental boundary. Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America. 70(4). 1103–1123. 20 indexed citations
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Bolt, Bruce A.. (1977). MemorialKeith Edward Bullen, F.A.A., F.R.S. (1906-1976). Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America. 67(2). 553–557. 1 indexed citations
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Bolt, Bruce A.. (1977). Constancy of P travel times from Nevada explosions to Oroville dam station 1970-1976. Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America. 67(1). 27–32. 14 indexed citations
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Bolt, Bruce A. & Warwick D. Smith. (1976). Finite-element computation of seismic anomalies for bodies of arbitrary shape. Geophysics. 41(1). 145–150. 17 indexed citations
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Bolt, Bruce A.. (1972). San Fernando rupture mechanism and the Pacoima strong-motion record. Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America. 62(4). 1053–1061. 17 indexed citations
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Bolt, Bruce A.. (1970). Seismological notesJottings from Australia: Australian seismographic stations, earthquake engineering and the 1968 Meckering earthquake. Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America. 60(2). 675–683. 1 indexed citations
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Bolt, Bruce A.. (1970). Earthquake location for small networks using the generalized inverse matrix. Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America. 60(6). 1823–1828. 10 indexed citations
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Bolt, Bruce A., Cinna Lomnitz, & T. V. McEvilly. (1968). Seismological evidence on the tectonics of central and northern California and the Mendocino escarpment. Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America. 58(6). 1725–1767. 93 indexed citations
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Lomnitz, Cinna & Bruce A. Bolt. (1967). Evidence on crustal structure in California from the CHASE V explosion and the Chico earthquake of May 24, 1966. Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America. 57(5). 1093–1114. 12 indexed citations
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Bolt, Bruce A.. (1957). The epicentre of the Adelaide earthquake of 1954 March 1. Journal and proceedings of the Royal Society of New South Wales. 90(2). 39–43. 2 indexed citations

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