D. M. Saffer

12.4k total citations · 4 hit papers
207 papers, 8.5k citations indexed

About

D. M. Saffer is a scholar working on Geophysics, Environmental Chemistry and Mechanics of Materials. According to data from OpenAlex, D. M. Saffer has authored 207 papers receiving a total of 8.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 159 papers in Geophysics, 31 papers in Environmental Chemistry and 26 papers in Mechanics of Materials. Recurrent topics in D. M. Saffer's work include earthquake and tectonic studies (147 papers), High-pressure geophysics and materials (69 papers) and Geological and Geochemical Analysis (68 papers). D. M. Saffer is often cited by papers focused on earthquake and tectonic studies (147 papers), High-pressure geophysics and materials (69 papers) and Geological and Geochemical Analysis (68 papers). D. M. Saffer collaborates with scholars based in United States, Japan and New Zealand. D. M. Saffer's co-authors include Chris Marone, Matt J. Ikari, Harold Tobin, B. Bekins, J. Casey Moore, B. M. Carpenter, Laura Wallace, J. R. Leeman, Hiroko Kitajima and Marco Maria Scuderi and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Nature Communications.

In The Last Decade

D. M. Saffer

199 papers receiving 8.3k 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.

Hydrogeology and Mechanics of Subduction Zone Forearcs: Fluid Flow and Pore Pressure

2011 443 citations D. M. Saffer, Harold Tobin profile →
Frictional and hydrologic properties of clay‐rich fault gouge

2009 391 citations Matt J. Ikari, D. M. Saffer et al. profile →
Laboratory observations of slow earthquakes and the spectrum of tectonic fault slip modes

2016 304 citations D. M. Saffer, Chris Marone et al. Nature Communications profile →
Recurring and triggered slow-slip events near the trench at the Nankai Trough subduction megathrust

2017 222 citations Eiichiro Araki, D. M. Saffer et al. profile →

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#	Work	Indexed citations
1	Dissociating Gas Hydrate Beneath the Hydrate Stability Zone 2025 ·Geophysical Research Letters ·Ingo A. Pecher, Ann E. Cook, E. A. Solomon, Xiujuan Wang, Shuoshuo Han, Matteo Paganoni, Min Luo, Katja U. Heeschen, David D. McNamara, Michael A. Nole, Leah J. LeVay, Katerina Petronotis, Philip M. Barnes, Laura Wallace, D. M. Saffer	1
2	A physical explanation for an unusually long-duration slow slip event in the Nankai Trough 2024 ·Tectonophysics ·Keisuke Ariyoshi, Akira Nagano, Takuya Hasegawa, Takeshi Iinuma, Masaru Nakano, D. M. Saffer, Hiroyuki Matsumoto, (unknown), Eiichiro Araki, Narumi Takahashi, Takane Hori, Shuichi Kodaira	0
3	Foreshock properties illuminate nucleation processes of slow and fast laboratory earthquakes 2023 ·Nature Communications ·David Bolton, Chris Marone, D. M. Saffer, Daniel T. Trugman	18
4	The Role of Clay in Limiting Frictional Healing in Fault Gouges 2023 ·Geophysical Research Letters ·(unknown), Srisharan Shreedharan, D. M. Saffer, Chris Marone	7
5	Subducting volcaniclastic-rich upper crust supplies fluids for shallow megathrust and slow slip 2023 ·Science Advances ·(unknown), Nathan L. Bangs, D. M. Saffer, Shuoshuo Han, (unknown), Rebecca Bell, Ryuta Arai, Stuart Henrys, Shuichi Kodaira, Richard Davy, (unknown), D. H. N. Barker	15
6	Trench floor depositional response to glacio‐eustatic changes over the last 45 ka, northern Hikurangi subduction margin, New Zealand 2022 ·New Zealand Journal of Geology and Geophysics ·Adam D. Woodhouse, Philip M. Barnes, (unknown), Lorna J. Strachan, Martin P. Crundwell, Helen Bostock, Jenni L. Hopkins, Steffen Kutterolf, (unknown), Erik Behrens, Annika Greve, Rebecca Bell, Ann E. Cook, Katerina Petronotis, Leah J. LeVay, R. A. Jamieson, Tracy Aze, Laura Wallace, D. M. Saffer, Ingo A. Pecher	10
7	Using Seafloor Geodesy to Detect Vertical Deformation at the Hikurangi Subduction Zone: Insights From Self‐Calibrating Pressure Sensors and Ocean General Circulation Models 2022 ·Journal of Geophysical Research Solid Earth ·(unknown), Spahr C. Webb, Laura Wallace, Yoshihiro Ito, (unknown), N. Palmer, Ryota Hino, M. K. Savage, D. M. Saffer, Earl E. Davis, D. H. N. Barker	10
8	Frictional and Lithological Controls on Shallow Slow Slip at the Northern Hikurangi Margin 2022 ·Geochemistry Geophysics Geosystems ·Srisharan Shreedharan, Matt J. Ikari, (unknown), D. M. Saffer, Laura Wallace, Chris Marone	24
9	Friction experiments under in-situ stress reveal unexpected velocity-weakening in Nankai accretionary prism samples 2020 ·Earth and Planetary Science Letters ·(unknown), Matt J. Ikari, D. M. Saffer, (unknown), (unknown), Achim Kopf	23
10	Physical Properties and Gas Hydrate at a Near‐Seafloor Thrust Fault, Hikurangi Margin, New Zealand 2020 ·Geophysical Research Letters ·Ann E. Cook, Matteo Paganoni, Michael B. Clennell, David D. McNamara, Michael A. Nole, Xiujuan Wang, Shuoshuo Han, Rebecca Bell, E. A. Solomon, D. M. Saffer, Philip M. Barnes, Ingo A. Pecher, Laura Wallace, Leah J. LeVay, Katerina Petronotis	24
11	The Hydraulic Diffusivity of Faults 2020 ·AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts ·E. E. Brodsky, D. M. Saffer	0
12	Effects of temperature on the frictional behavior of material from the Alpine Fault Zone, New Zealand 2019 ·Tectonophysics ·(unknown), Hiroko Kitajima, D. M. Saffer	17
13	2017 ·Achim Kopf, D. M. Saffer, S. Toczko, Eiichiro Araki, Stephanie Carr, Toshinori Kimura, Chihiro Kinoshita, Reiji Kobayashi, Yuya Machida, (unknown), Laura Wallace, (unknown), Kyuichi Kanagawa, Toshiya Kanamatsu, Gaku Kimura, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown)	4
14	In Situ Stress and Pore Pressure in the Deep Interior of the Nankai Accretionary Prism, Integrated Ocean Drilling Program Site C0002 2017 ·Geophysical Research Letters ·Hiroko Kitajima, D. M. Saffer, Hiroki Sone, Harold Tobin, Takehiro Hirose	20
15	Friction of Megathrust Gouges at in-Situ Subduction Zone Conditions: Strength, Rate Dependence, and Microphysical Mechanisms 2014 ·AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts ·Sabine A.M. den Hartog, Chris Marone, André Niemeijer, D. M. Saffer	1
16	Permeability and of the San Andreas Fault core and damage zone from SAFOD drill core 2012 ·AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts ·(unknown), (unknown), Hiroko Kitajima, I. Song, B. M. Carpenter, Chris Marone, D. M. Saffer	1
17	NanTroSEIZE Stage 2: NanTroSEIZE riser/riserless observatory, IODP Expedition 319 Scientific Prospectus 2009 ·ePrints Soton (University of Southampton) ·(unknown), Tim Byrne, L.C. McNeill, D. M. Saffer, N. Eguchi, (unknown), S. Toczko	3
18	Hydraulic Fracture Measurements at Site C0009 of IODP Expedition 319, NanTroSEIZE 2009 ·AGUFM ·(unknown), Takashi Ito, Wei‐Cheng Lin, P. B. Flemings, David F. Boutt, Mai‐Linh Doan, L.C. McNeill, T. B. Byrne, D. M. Saffer, (unknown), N. Eguchi, Kuniaki Takahashi, S. Toczko, (unknown)	1
19	Fluid overpressures on the San Andreas Fault following the passage of the Mendocino Triple Junction 2004 ·AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts ·P. M. Fulton, D. M. Saffer, B. Bekins	1
20	A global, critically pressured free gas zone beneath methane hydrate provinces 2003 ·EAEJA ·Matthew J. Hornbach, (unknown), D. M. Saffer	1

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