Desmond Darby

1.7k total citations · 1 hit paper
26 papers, 1.2k citations indexed

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Desmond Darby is a scholar working on Geophysics, Artificial Intelligence and Nuclear and High Energy Physics. According to data from OpenAlex, Desmond Darby has authored 26 papers receiving a total of 1.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 22 papers in Geophysics, 4 papers in Artificial Intelligence and 3 papers in Nuclear and High Energy Physics. Recurrent topics in Desmond Darby's work include earthquake and tectonic studies (21 papers), High-pressure geophysics and materials (12 papers) and Seismic Waves and Analysis (10 papers). Desmond Darby is often cited by papers focused on earthquake and tectonic studies (21 papers), High-pressure geophysics and materials (12 papers) and Seismic Waves and Analysis (10 papers). Desmond Darby collaborates with scholars based in New Zealand, United States and Netherlands. Desmond Darby's co-authors include John Beavan, Laura Wallace, Robert J. McCaffrey, Graeme Blick, Sarah Beanland, C. M. Meertens, K. M. Hodgkinson, Chris Pearson, Stephen Bourne and Philip England and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres, Nuclear Physics B and Geophysical Research Letters.

In The Last Decade

Desmond Darby

25 papers receiving 1.2k 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.

Subduction zone coupling and tectonic block rotations in the North Island, New Zealand

2004 528 citations Laura Wallace, John Beavan et al. Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Desmond Darby New Zealand	14	1.1k	181	56	53	47	26	1.2k
Arnold T. Okamura United States	15	1.1k 0.9×	208 1.1×	37 0.7×	78 1.5×	78 1.7×	21	1.1k
Jean‐Claude Ruegg France	13	960 0.8×	124 0.7×	86 1.5×	46 0.9×	51 1.1×	14	1.0k
John J. Dvorak United States	16	1.0k 0.9×	234 1.3×	56 1.0×	50 0.9×	94 2.0×	31	1.2k
Joseph F. Engeln United States	16	957 0.8×	137 0.8×	126 2.3×	114 2.2×	51 1.1×	21	1.1k
Steinunn S. Jakobsdóttir Iceland	20	1.2k 1.1×	205 1.1×	31 0.6×	71 1.3×	121 2.6×	28	1.4k
Eysteinn Tryggvason Iceland	16	959 0.8×	250 1.4×	67 1.2×	65 1.2×	58 1.2×	28	1.1k
P. E. Jansma United States	16	1.5k 1.3×	173 1.0×	101 1.8×	47 0.9×	104 2.2×	40	1.6k
Judith Zachariasen United States	9	827 0.7×	259 1.4×	83 1.5×	134 2.5×	87 1.9×	14	953
M. Belachew United States	16	1.3k 1.1×	182 1.0×	110 2.0×	140 2.6×	76 1.6×	26	1.4k
Axel Björnsson Iceland	13	894 0.8×	195 1.1×	38 0.7×	71 1.3×	60 1.3×	21	1.0k

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Featherstone, W. E., N. T. Penna, Mark Leonard, et al.. (2004). GPS-geodetic deformation monitoring of the south-west seismic zone of Western Australia: review, description of methodology and results from epoch-one. eSpace (Curtin University). 87(1). 1–8. 3 indexed citations

Wallace, Laura, John Beavan, Robert J. McCaffrey, & Desmond Darby. (2004). Subduction zone coupling and tectonic block rotations in the North Island, New Zealand. Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres. 109(B12). 528 indexed citations breakdown →

Cohen, Steven C. & Desmond Darby. (2003). Tectonic plate coupling and elastic thickness derived from the inversion of a steady state viscoelastic model using geodetic data: Application to southern North Island, New Zealand. Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres. 108(B3). 7 indexed citations

Berryman, Kelvin, Mark Stirling, Terry Webb, John Beavan, & Desmond Darby. (2002). Kinematics and Strain At The Australia-pacific Plate Boundary, South Island, New Zealand: Integration of Seismicity, Earthquake Geology, Geodesy and Plate Motions.. EGSGA. 6874. 1 indexed citations

Darby, Desmond & John Beavan. (2001). Evidence from GPS measurements for contemporary interplate coupling on the southern Hikurangi subduction thrust and for partitioning of strain in the upper plate. Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres. 106(B12). 30881–30891. 55 indexed citations

Darby, Desmond, K. M. Hodgkinson, & Graeme Blick. (2000). Geodetic measurement of deformation in the Taupo Volcanic Zone, New Zealand: The north Taupo network revisited. New Zealand Journal of Geology and Geophysics. 43(2). 157–170. 58 indexed citations

Beavan, John, Margaret Moore, Chris Pearson, et al.. (1999). Crustal deformation during 1994–1998 due to oblique continental collision in the central Southern Alps, New Zealand, and implications for seismic potential of the Alpine fault. Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres. 104(B11). 25233–25255. 137 indexed citations

Bourne, Stephen, Þóra Árnadóttir, John Beavan, et al.. (1998). Crustal deformation of the Marlborough Fault Zone in the South Island of New Zealand: Geodetic constraints over the interval 1982–1994. Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres. 103(B12). 30147–30165. 64 indexed citations

Pearson, Chris, John Beavan, Desmond Darby, Graeme Blick, & R. I. Walcott. (1995). Strain distribution across the Australian‐Pacific plate boundary in the central South Island, New Zealand, from 1992 GPS and earlier terrestrial observations. Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres. 100(B11). 22071–22081. 42 indexed citations

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Darby, Desmond & C. M. Meertens. (1995). Terrestrial and GPS measurements of deformation across the Taupo back arc and Hikurangi forearc regions in New Zealand. Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres. 100(B5). 8221–8232. 69 indexed citations

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Darby, Desmond & Sarah Beanland. (1992). Possible source models for the 1855 Wairarapa Earthquake, New Zealand. Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres. 97(B9). 12375–12389. 77 indexed citations

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Darby, Desmond & R. O. Williams. (1991). A new geodetic estimate of deformation in the Central Volcanic Region of the North Island, New Zealand. New Zealand Journal of Geology and Geophysics. 34(2). 127–136. 27 indexed citations

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Darby, Desmond. (1989). Preliminary study of the time dependence of creep after the 1987 Edgecumbe earthquake, New Zealand. New Zealand Journal of Geology and Geophysics. 32(1). 129–133. 9 indexed citations

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Darby, Desmond. (1989). Dislocation modelling of the 1987 Edgecumbe earthquake, New Zealand. New Zealand Journal of Geology and Geophysics. 32(1). 115–122. 24 indexed citations

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Darby, Desmond & N. D. Perrin. (1986). Mechanical strain gauge measurements at Te Marau. Bulletin of the New Zealand Society for Earthquake Engineering. 19(2). 104–110. 1 indexed citations

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Darby, Desmond, Javier González, & Philippe Lesage. (1984). Geodetic studies in Baja California, Mexico, and the evaluation of short‐range data from 1974 to 1982. Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres. 89(B4). 2478–2490. 4 indexed citations

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Darby, Desmond. (1982). The analysis of variance of an underdetermined geodetic displacement problem. Geophysical Research Letters. 9(6). 641–644. 5 indexed citations

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Darby, Desmond, et al.. (1981). Strain and displacement measurements for the June 9, 1980 Victoria, Mexico Earthquake. Geophysical Research Letters. 8(6). 549–551. 4 indexed citations

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Darby, Desmond & G. Grammer. (1978). A gauge model without parity violation in heavy atoms. Nuclear Physics B. 139(4). 490–506. 4 indexed citations

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Darby, Desmond & G. Grammer. (1976). Weak correction to the muon magnetic moment in a gauge model. Nuclear Physics B. 111(1). 56–66. 6 indexed citations

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