C. J. Ebinger

15.5k total citations · 1 hit paper
183 papers, 12.0k citations indexed

About

C. J. Ebinger is a scholar working on Geophysics, Geology and Earth-Surface Processes. According to data from OpenAlex, C. J. Ebinger has authored 183 papers receiving a total of 12.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 151 papers in Geophysics, 57 papers in Geology and 47 papers in Earth-Surface Processes. Recurrent topics in C. J. Ebinger's work include earthquake and tectonic studies (100 papers), Geological and Geochemical Analysis (92 papers) and High-pressure geophysics and materials (61 papers). C. J. Ebinger is often cited by papers focused on earthquake and tectonic studies (100 papers), Geological and Geochemical Analysis (92 papers) and High-pressure geophysics and materials (61 papers). C. J. Ebinger collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and Ethiopia. C. J. Ebinger's co-authors include Derek Keir, Norman H. Sleep, Atalay Ayele, G. W. Stuart, N. J. Hayward, M. Casey, Gezahegn Yirgu, J. M. Kendall, Tim Wright and I. D. Bastow and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Nature Communications and Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres.

In The Last Decade

C. J. Ebinger

180 papers receiving 11.5k citations

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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.

Cenozoic magmatism throughout east Africa resulting from impact of a single plume

1998 681 citations C. J. Ebinger et al. Nature profile →

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Author						Papers	Cites
C. J. Ebinger	10.1k	2.2k	2.0k	1.8k	1.2k	183	12.0k
Brian P. Wernicke	9.4k 0.9×	1.1k 0.5×	1.0k 0.5×	2.3k 1.2×	1.3k 1.1×	111	10.5k
James Jackson	20.5k 2.0×	1.1k 0.5×	1.5k 0.7×	2.7k 1.5×	1.6k 1.4×	188	22.5k
P. Tapponnier	19.0k 1.9×	3.9k 1.8×	1.7k 0.8×	3.5k 1.9×	1.7k 1.5×	141	21.2k
R. S. White	12.7k 1.3×	2.8k 1.3×	1.2k 0.6×	1.6k 0.9×	1.1k 0.9×	235	14.1k
B. C. Burchfiel	14.8k 1.5×	2.4k 1.1×	1.8k 0.9×	3.4k 1.9×	1.5k 1.3×	130	17.4k
L. H. Royden	18.2k 1.8×	2.4k 1.1×	2.3k 1.1×	3.7k 2.0×	1.5k 1.2×	123	21.2k
Paul Tapponnier	20.0k 2.0×	4.3k 1.9×	2.1k 1.0×	4.1k 2.2×	1.4k 1.2×	158	23.0k
John Suppe	11.3k 1.1×	1.6k 0.7×	1.6k 0.8×	2.1k 1.2×	849 0.7×	130	13.0k
Richard G. Gordon	15.8k 1.6×	1.6k 0.7×	780 0.4×	2.5k 1.4×	785 0.7×	127	17.0k
Claudio Faccenna	15.9k 1.6×	555 0.3×	1.4k 0.7×	2.1k 1.1×	722 0.6×	293	17.4k

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Ebinger, C. J., Finnigan Illsley‐Kemp, Ian Hamling, et al.. (2025). Cascading Earthquake Swarms in the Northern Taupō Volcanic Zone, New Zealand. Geochemistry Geophysics Geosystems. 26(4).

Ebinger, C. J., et al.. (2024). Active deformation in the central section of the East African Rift from tectonic, volcanic, and hydrologic processes: Observations from satellite geodesy. Journal of African Earth Sciences. 219. 105390–105390. 2 indexed citations

Ebinger, C. J., I. D. Bastow, Garrett A. Sullivan, et al.. (2023). Active Deformation Constraints on the Nubia‐Somalia Plate Boundary Through Heterogenous Lithosphere of the Turkana Depression. Geochemistry Geophysics Geosystems. 24(9). 12 indexed citations

Iacopini, David, Stefano Tavani, Vittorio Maselli, et al.. (2022). Architecture, structural and tectonic significance of the Seagap fault (offshore Tanzania) in the framework of the East African Rift. Basin Research. 35(1). 387–412. 10 indexed citations

Muirhead, James D., Tobias P. Fischer, S. J. C. Oliva, et al.. (2020). Displaced cratonic mantle concentrates deep carbon during continental rifting. Nature. 582(7810). 67–72. 63 indexed citations

Accardo, N. J., J. B. Gaherty, D. J. Shillington, et al.. (2020). Thermochemical Modification of the Upper Mantle Beneath the Northern Malawi Rift Constrained From Shear Velocity Imaging. Geochemistry Geophysics Geosystems. 21(6). 21 indexed citations

Bendick, Rebecca, C. J. Ebinger, Elias Lewi, et al.. (2020). Accommodation of East African Rifting Across the Turkana Depression. Journal of Geophysical Research Solid Earth. 125(2). 37 indexed citations

Shillington, D. J., Christopher A. Scholz, P. R. N. Chindandali, et al.. (2020). Controls on Rift Faulting in the North Basin of the Malawi (Nyasa) Rift, East Africa. Tectonics. 39(3). 33 indexed citations

Ebinger, C. J., S. J. C. Oliva, P. R. N. Chindandali, et al.. (2019). Kinematics of Active Deformation in the Malawi Rift and Rungwe Volcanic Province, Africa. Geochemistry Geophysics Geosystems. 20(8). 3928–3951. 44 indexed citations

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Ebinger, C. J., et al.. (2019). Depth Extent and Kinematics of Faulting in the Southern Tanganyika Rift, Africa. Tectonics. 38(3). 842–862. 55 indexed citations

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Femina, P. C. La, Andrew Bell, Machel Higgins, et al.. (2019). Deformation of a Basaltic Shield Volcano: Uplift, Trapdoor Faulting, Eruption Triggering and Subsidence associated with the 2018 eruption of Sierra Negra Volcano, Galapagos. AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts. 2019. 1 indexed citations

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Illsley‐Kemp, Finnigan, Derek Keir, Jonathan M. Bull, et al.. (2018). Seismicity During Continental Breakup in the Red Sea Rift of Northern Afar. Journal of Geophysical Research Solid Earth. 123(3). 2345–2362. 37 indexed citations

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Nyblade, A., N. J. Accardo, J. B. Gaherty, et al.. (2018). Seismic Evidence for Plume‐ and Craton‐Influenced Upper Mantle Structure Beneath the Northern Malawi Rift and the Rungwe Volcanic Province, East Africa. Geochemistry Geophysics Geosystems. 19(10). 3980–3994. 33 indexed citations

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Illsley‐Kemp, Finnigan, et al.. (2017). Crustal Structure at a Young Continental Rift: A Receiver Function Study From the Tanganyika Rift. Tectonics. 36(12). 2806–2822. 32 indexed citations

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Lee, Hyunwoo, Tobias P. Fischer, James D. Muirhead, et al.. (2017). Incipient rifting accompanied by the release of subcontinental lithospheric mantle volatiles in the Magadi and Natron basin, East Africa. Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research. 346. 118–133. 44 indexed citations

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Lee, Hyunwoo, James D. Muirhead, Tobias P. Fischer, et al.. (2016). Massive and prolonged deep carbon emissions associated with continental rifting. Nature Geoscience. 9(2). 145–149. 185 indexed citations

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Oliva, S. J. C., C. J. Ebinger, Derek Keir, D. J. Shillington, & P. R. N. Chindandali. (2016). Deciphering the role of fluids in early stage rifting from full moment tensor inversion of East African earthquakes. AGUFM. 2016. 2 indexed citations

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Ebinger, C. J., Christel Tiberi, Claire A. Currie, Jolante van Wijk, & Julie Albaric. (2016). Rifting an Archaean Craton: Insights from Seismic Anisotropy Patterns in E. Africa. AGUFM. 2016. 1 indexed citations

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Kattenhorn, S. A., et al.. (2013). Contribution of transverse structures, magma, and crustal fluids to continental rift evolution: the East African rift in southern Kenya. AGUFM. 2013. 2 indexed citations

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Fairhead, J. D., et al.. (2009). Determination of the isostatic compensation mechanism of the region of the Adamawa dome, West Central Africa using the admittance technique of gravity data.. 1(4). 10 indexed citations

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