Casey W. Nixon

2.2k total citations · 1 hit paper
38 papers, 1.5k citations indexed

About

Casey W. Nixon is a scholar working on Geophysics, Earth-Surface Processes and Environmental Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Casey W. Nixon has authored 38 papers receiving a total of 1.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 28 papers in Geophysics, 10 papers in Earth-Surface Processes and 8 papers in Environmental Engineering. Recurrent topics in Casey W. Nixon's work include earthquake and tectonic studies (24 papers), Seismic Imaging and Inversion Techniques (11 papers) and Geological formations and processes (10 papers). Casey W. Nixon is often cited by papers focused on earthquake and tectonic studies (24 papers), Seismic Imaging and Inversion Techniques (11 papers) and Geological formations and processes (10 papers). Casey W. Nixon collaborates with scholars based in Norway, United Kingdom and United States. Casey W. Nixon's co-authors include David J. Sanderson, Atle Rotevatn, David Peacock, Jonathan M. Bull, Luisa F. Zuluaga, Pål Næverlid Sævik, Björn Nyberg, Robert L. Gawthorpe, Rebecca Bell and C.K. Morley and has published in prestigious journals such as Earth and Planetary Science Letters, Water Resources Research and Geology.

In The Last Decade

Casey W. Nixon

38 papers receiving 1.4k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

The use of topology in fracture network characterization

2015 259 citations David J. Sanderson, Casey W. Nixon Journal of Structural Geology profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Casey W. Nixon Norway	20	928	513	361	277	272	38	1.5k
Roger Soliva France	23	1.4k 1.5×	721 1.4×	166 0.5×	297 1.1×	270 1.0×	67	1.9k
Alessandro Iannace Italy	24	929 1.0×	367 0.7×	177 0.5×	202 0.7×	258 0.9×	69	1.5k
Mark P. Fischer United States	19	942 1.0×	568 1.1×	120 0.3×	332 1.2×	222 0.8×	40	1.4k
John Reinecker Germany	20	2.1k 2.3×	513 1.0×	135 0.4×	369 1.3×	157 0.6×	37	2.4k
T. Manzocchi Ireland	28	1.8k 1.9×	930 1.8×	410 1.1×	510 1.8×	483 1.8×	79	2.7k
Marlène Villeneuve New Zealand	21	870 0.9×	590 1.2×	148 0.4×	158 0.6×	79 0.3×	58	1.4k
Ronald N. McGinnis United States	20	830 0.9×	483 0.9×	119 0.3×	345 1.2×	196 0.7×	52	1.3k
Jan Tveranger Norway	20	661 0.7×	433 0.8×	231 0.6×	178 0.6×	171 0.6×	68	1.2k
Jean‐Marc Daniel France	26	1.3k 1.4×	488 1.0×	262 0.7×	550 2.0×	193 0.7×	52	1.9k
Linda M. Bonnell United States	12	483 0.5×	625 1.2×	169 0.5×	352 1.3×	122 0.4×	22	1.1k

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Nixon, Casey W., L.C. McNeill, Robert L. Gawthorpe, et al.. (2024). Increasing fault slip rates within the Corinth Rift, Greece: A rapidly localising active rift fault network. Earth and Planetary Science Letters. 636. 118716–118716. 7 indexed citations

Nixon, Casey W., et al.. (2023). Topological Characterization of a Fault Network Along the Northern North Sea Rift Margin. Tectonics. 42(8). 2 indexed citations

Markovaara‐Koivisto, Mira, et al.. (2023). Multiscale mapping and scaling analysis of the censored brittle structural framework within the crystalline bedrock of southern Finland. Bulletin of the Geological Society of Finland. 95(1). 5–32. 5 indexed citations

Fernø, Martin A., et al.. (2023). Room-Scale CO2 Injections in a Physical Reservoir Model with Faults. Transport in Porous Media. 151(5). 913–937. 18 indexed citations

Rotevatn, Atle, et al.. (2020). The Relationship between Fluid Flow, Structures, and Depositional Architecture in Sedimentary Rocks: An Example-Based Overview. Geofluids. 2020. 1–19. 16 indexed citations

McNeill, L.C., D. J. Shillington, Casey W. Nixon, et al.. (2019). High resolution analysis of rates of early rifting, fault development, sedimentation and climate-basin environment interaction from IODP drilling of the Corinth active rift, Greece. AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts. 2019. 1 indexed citations

Nyberg, Björn, Casey W. Nixon, & David J. Sanderson. (2018). NetworkGT: A GIS tool for geometric and topological analysis of two-dimensional fracture networks. Geosphere. 14(4). 1618–1634. 86 indexed citations

Whittaker, Alexander C., et al.. (2018). Are landscapes buffered to high-frequency climate change? A comparison of sediment fluxes and depositional volumes in the Corinth Rift, central Greece, over the past 130 k.y.. Geological Society of America Bulletin. 131(3-4). 372–388. 35 indexed citations

Nixon, Casey W., et al.. (2018). Earthquake Clustering and Energy Release of the African–Arabian Rift System. Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America. 108(1). 155–162. 9 indexed citations

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Nixon, Casey W., et al.. (2018). Spatial distribution of damage and strain within a normal fault relay at Kilve, U.K.. Journal of Structural Geology. 118. 194–209. 19 indexed citations

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Sanderson, David J., David Peacock, Casey W. Nixon, & Atle Rotevatn. (2018). Graph theory and the analysis of fracture networks. Journal of Structural Geology. 125. 155–165. 57 indexed citations

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Duclaux, Guillaume, Tristan Salles, Casey W. Nixon, et al.. (2017). Evaluating Key Controls on Sediment Flux to the Gulf of Corinth over the Last 130 kyrs Using a Forward Modeling Approach. EGUGA. 2017. 14146. 1 indexed citations

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Peacock, David, et al.. (2017). Changes of scaling relationships in an evolving population: The example of “sedimentary” stylolites. Journal of Structural Geology. 96. 118–133. 5 indexed citations

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Nixon, Casey W., L.C. McNeill, Jonathan M. Bull, et al.. (2016). Rapid spatiotemporal variations in rift structure during development of the Corinth Rift, central Greece. Tectonics. 35(5). 1225–1248. 102 indexed citations

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Ayele, Atalay, C. J. Ebinger, Derek Keir, et al.. (2015). Seismicity of the central Afar rift and implications for Tendaho dam hazards. Geological Society London Special Publications. 420(1). 341–354. 14 indexed citations

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Sanderson, David J. & Casey W. Nixon. (2015). The use of topology in fracture network characterization. Journal of Structural Geology. 72. 55–66. 259 indexed citations breakdown →

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McNeill, L.C., Dimitris Sakellariou, & Casey W. Nixon. (2014). Drilling to Resolve the Evolution of the Corinth Rift. Eos. 95(20). 170–170. 1 indexed citations

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Nixon, Casey W., Jonathan M. Bull, & David J. Sanderson. (2014). Localized vs distributed deformation associated with the linkage history of an active normal fault, Whakatane Graben, New Zealand. Journal of Structural Geology. 69. 266–280. 24 indexed citations

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Nixon, Casey W., L.C. McNeill, T. Henstock, et al.. (2013). Basin evolution, organization of faulting and the distribution of displacement within the Gulf of Corinth rift. AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts. 2013. 1 indexed citations

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Nixon, Casey W., Jonathan M. Bull, & David J. Sanderson. (2012). The distribution of strain within a rifting fault network. AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts. 2012. 1 indexed citations

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