Dieter Franke

6.0k total citations · 3 hit papers
120 papers, 4.7k citations indexed

About

Dieter Franke is a scholar working on Geology, Geophysics and Mechanics of Materials. According to data from OpenAlex, Dieter Franke has authored 120 papers receiving a total of 4.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 89 papers in Geology, 65 papers in Geophysics and 32 papers in Mechanics of Materials. Recurrent topics in Dieter Franke's work include Geological and Geophysical Studies (74 papers), earthquake and tectonic studies (44 papers) and Geological Studies and Exploration (39 papers). Dieter Franke is often cited by papers focused on Geological and Geophysical Studies (74 papers), earthquake and tectonic studies (44 papers) and Geological Studies and Exploration (39 papers). Dieter Franke collaborates with scholars based in Germany, France and United States. Dieter Franke's co-authors include S. Ladage, Manuel Pubellier, Stephan Steuer, Udo Barckhausen, K. Hinz, Bernd Schreckenberger, Florian Meresse, D. Savva, Jean-Luc Auxiètre and Michael Schnabel and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres, Scientific Reports and Earth and Planetary Science Letters.

In The Last Decade

Dieter Franke

118 papers receiving 4.5k citations

Hit Papers

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What are hit papers?

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.

Rifting, lithosphere breakup and volcanism: Comparison of magma-poor and volcanic rifted margins

2012 442 citations Dieter Franke Marine and Petroleum Geology profile →
The final rifting evolution in the South China Sea

2013 292 citations Dieter Franke, D. Savva et al. Marine and Petroleum Geology profile →
Evolution of the South China Sea: Revised ages for breakup and seafloor spreading

2014 275 citations Udo Barckhausen, Dieter Franke et al. Marine and Petroleum Geology profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Dieter Franke Germany	37	3.2k	2.8k	1.4k	1.2k	877	120	4.7k
A. G. Doré Norway	27	1.5k 0.5×	1.9k 0.7×	899 0.6×	1.3k 1.1×	478 0.5×	50	3.3k
Xinong Xie China	31	2.0k 0.6×	871 0.3×	1.3k 0.9×	1.5k 1.3×	916 1.0×	146	3.2k
Nick Kusznir United Kingdom	48	2.3k 0.7×	5.6k 2.0×	1.4k 1.0×	1.3k 1.1×	357 0.4×	150	6.9k
Peter Japsen Denmark	34	1.1k 0.3×	1.8k 0.6×	850 0.6×	1.2k 1.0×	359 0.4×	98	3.1k
Simon A. Stewart United Kingdom	29	677 0.2×	1.3k 0.5×	885 0.6×	761 0.6×	601 0.7×	82	2.4k
Patrick M. Shannon Ireland	30	974 0.3×	1.2k 0.4×	1.1k 0.7×	479 0.4×	255 0.3×	91	2.3k
R. B. Whitmarsh United Kingdom	37	1.2k 0.4×	3.6k 1.3×	689 0.5×	484 0.4×	204 0.2×	82	4.3k
Ian Davison United Kingdom	30	735 0.2×	2.1k 0.7×	1.1k 0.8×	692 0.6×	250 0.3×	58	2.9k
Lars Stemmerik Denmark	29	1.5k 0.5×	1.0k 0.4×	520 0.4×	1.5k 1.2×	462 0.5×	196	3.1k
J. Casey Moore United States	42	507 0.2×	4.3k 1.5×	693 0.5×	765 0.6×	1.0k 1.2×	93	5.4k

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Klitzke, Peter, Lutz Reinhardt, Pierpaolo Guarnieri, et al.. (2025). Late Devonian–Early Carboniferous structural control on rift basin evolution in NE Greenland. Geological Society London Special Publications. 557(1). 301–326.

Leroy, Sylvie, Matthias Delescluse, Nicolas Chamot‐Rooke, et al.. (2022). The East-Mayotte new volcano in the Comoros Archipelago: structure and timing of magmatic phases inferred from seismic reflection data. Comptes Rendus Géoscience. 354(S2). 65–79. 20 indexed citations

Smith, Emma C., Tore Hattermann, Gerhard Kühn, et al.. (2020). Detailed Seismic Bathymetry Beneath Ekström Ice Shelf, Antarctica: Implications for Glacial History and Ice‐Ocean Interaction. Geophysical Research Letters. 47(10). 17 indexed citations

Franke, Dieter, et al.. (2020). Attempt to estimate historical methane emissions from the oil and natural gas sector.

Schiffer, Christian, A. G. Doré, G. R. Foulger, et al.. (2019). Structural inheritance in the North Atlantic. Earth-Science Reviews. 206. 102975–102975. 103 indexed citations

Gernigon, Laurent, Dieter Franke, Laurent Geoffroy, et al.. (2019). Crustal fragmentation, magmatism, and the diachronous opening of the Norwegian-Greenland Sea. Earth-Science Reviews. 206. 102839–102839. 85 indexed citations

Kusznir, Nick, et al.. (2018). South China Sea crustal thickness and oceanic lithosphere distribution from satellite gravity inversion. Petroleum Geoscience. 25(1). 112–128. 60 indexed citations

Dorschel, Boris, Laura Jensen, Jan Erik Arndt, et al.. (2018). The Southwest Indian Ocean Bathymetric Compilation (swIOBC). Geochemistry Geophysics Geosystems. 19(3). 968–976. 10 indexed citations

Trumbull, Robert B., Dieter Franke, Klaus Bauer, & S. V. Sobolev. (2015). Petrophysical models of high velocity lower crust on the South Atlantic rifted margins: whence the asymmetry?. Publication Database GFZ (GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences). 10976. 1 indexed citations

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Aurelio, Mario, Dieter Franke, Manuel Pubellier, et al.. (2013). Middle to Late Cenozoic tectonic events in south and central Palawan (Philippines) and their implications to the evolution of the south-eastern margin of South China Sea: Evidence from onshore structural and offshore seismic data. Marine and Petroleum Geology. 58. 658–673. 61 indexed citations

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Meresse, Florian, D. Savva, Nicolas Chamot‐Rooke, et al.. (2012). Structural heritage as a key factor controlling the South China Sea opening. AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts. 2012. 2 indexed citations

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Piepjohn, Karsten, Christian Brandes, Christoph Gaedicke, et al.. (2012). The tectonic evolution of the New Siberian Islands. EGUGA. 7819. 1 indexed citations

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Schnabel, Michael, Dieter Franke, Marcelo Paterlini, & Alejandro Martı́nez. (2010). Deep seismic profiling at the Argentinian and Uruguayan continental margin. EGU General Assembly Conference Abstracts. 3515. 1 indexed citations

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Neben, S., Dieter Franke, Christoph Gaedicke, et al.. (2006). Project SUMATRA: The Fore-arc Basin System of Sumatra. AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts. 2006. 2 indexed citations

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Franke, Dieter, Christoph Gaedicke, S. Ladage, et al.. (2006). Contrasting styles of deformation along the Sumatra subduction zone. AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts. 2006. 1 indexed citations

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Berglar, Kai, Christoph Gaedicke, Rüdiger Lutz, et al.. (2006). Tectonic and Sedimentary Evolution of the Simeulue Fore-Arc Basin, Northwest Sumatra. AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts. 2006. 1 indexed citations

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Gaedicke, Christoph, Dieter Franke, S. Ladage, et al.. (2006). Imaging the Rupture Areas of the Giant Northern Sumatra Earthquakes: A Multidisciplinary Geophysical Experiment. AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts. 2006. 4 indexed citations

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Neben, S., et al.. (2003). The conjugate continental margins of Argentina and Namibia from seismic data. EGS - AGU - EUG Joint Assembly. 14428. 1 indexed citations

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Meyer, H., et al.. (2003). Properties of a gay hydrate province on a subduction-collision related margin off Sabah, NW Borneo (POPSCOMS). EAEJA. 10008. 1 indexed citations

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Schreckenberger, Bernd, K. Hinz, Dieter Franke, S. Neben, & H. A. Roeser. (2002). Marine Magnetic Anomalies and the Symmetry of the Conjugated Rifted Margins of the South Atlantic. AGUFM. 2002. 7 indexed citations

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