Elías Rafn Heimisson

1.3k total citations
28 papers, 486 citations indexed

About

Elías Rafn Heimisson is a scholar working on Geophysics, Mechanics of Materials and Mechanical Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Elías Rafn Heimisson has authored 28 papers receiving a total of 486 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 27 papers in Geophysics, 4 papers in Mechanics of Materials and 4 papers in Mechanical Engineering. Recurrent topics in Elías Rafn Heimisson's work include earthquake and tectonic studies (25 papers), High-pressure geophysics and materials (13 papers) and Geological and Geochemical Analysis (12 papers). Elías Rafn Heimisson is often cited by papers focused on earthquake and tectonic studies (25 papers), High-pressure geophysics and materials (13 papers) and Geological and Geochemical Analysis (12 papers). Elías Rafn Heimisson collaborates with scholars based in United States, Iceland and Switzerland. Elías Rafn Heimisson's co-authors include P. Segall, Freysteinn Sigmundsson, Jean‐Philippe Avouac, Andrew Hooper, Páll Einarsson, Bryndís Brandsdóttir, Eric M. Dunham, N. Lapusta, Jonathan Smith and John W. Rudnicki and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Nature Communications.

In The Last Decade

Elías Rafn Heimisson

25 papers receiving 475 citations

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Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Elías Rafn Heimisson United States 15 410 73 54 35 29 28 486
Hung‐Yu Wu Japan 11 335 0.8× 105 1.4× 41 0.8× 44 1.3× 33 1.1× 26 469
И. А. Гарагаш Russia 10 210 0.5× 68 0.9× 59 1.1× 56 1.6× 51 1.8× 51 338
R. Guiguet France 10 354 0.9× 74 1.0× 35 0.6× 34 1.0× 30 1.0× 14 435
Salvatore de Lorenzo Italy 15 536 1.3× 34 0.5× 60 1.1× 21 0.6× 18 0.6× 43 588
Shigekazu Kusumoto Japan 12 398 1.0× 81 1.1× 34 0.6× 41 1.2× 24 0.8× 38 490
Toshiko Terakawa Japan 15 846 2.1× 61 0.8× 173 3.2× 34 1.0× 35 1.2× 37 889
Alessandro Verdecchia Germany 12 351 0.9× 43 0.6× 68 1.3× 46 1.3× 10 0.3× 31 387
Kyoungtae Ko South Korea 3 270 0.7× 130 1.8× 31 0.6× 40 1.1× 39 1.3× 5 343
Anthony Lamur United Kingdom 12 345 0.8× 125 1.7× 32 0.6× 24 0.7× 32 1.1× 28 429
Jacqueline E. Reber United States 12 243 0.6× 97 1.3× 24 0.4× 29 0.8× 28 1.0× 25 352

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All Works

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Li, Jiaxuan, Ettore Biondi, Elías Rafn Heimisson, et al.. (2025). Minute-scale dynamics of recurrent dike intrusions in Iceland with fiber-optic geodesy. Science. 388(6752). 1189–1193. 3 indexed citations
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Xue, Lian, et al.. (2025). Tidal and hydrological seismicity modulations reveal pore fluid diffusion during earthquake nucleation. Science Advances. 11(49). eady6350–eady6350.
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Wang, Yuhan & Elías Rafn Heimisson. (2024). A coupled finite difference‐spectral boundary integral method with applications to fluid diffusion in fault structures. International Journal for Numerical and Analytical Methods in Geomechanics. 48(10). 2564–2591.
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Heimisson, Elías Rafn, et al.. (2024). Modeling dike trajectories in a biaxial stress field with coupled magma flow, fracture, and elasticity. Bulletin of Volcanology. 86(5). 1 indexed citations
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Heimisson, Elías Rafn, et al.. (2024). Applying and validating Coulomb rate-and-state seismicity models in acoustic emission experiments. Tectonophysics. 895. 230574–230574.
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Huang, Luyuan, Elías Rafn Heimisson, & Luca Dal Zilio. (2024). Poroelastic effects on rupture propagation across fault stepovers. Earth and Planetary Science Letters. 649. 119103–119103. 1 indexed citations
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Heimisson, Elías Rafn & Antonio Pio Rinaldi. (2022). Spectral boundary integral method for simulating static and dynamic fields from a fault rupture in a poroelastodynamic solid. Geomechanics and Geophysics for Geo-Energy and Geo-Resources. 8(2). 73–73. 3 indexed citations
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Im, Kyungjae, Jean‐Philippe Avouac, Elías Rafn Heimisson, & Derek Elsworth. (2021). Ridgecrest aftershocks at Coso suppressed by thermal destressing. Nature. 595(7865). 70–74. 37 indexed citations
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Heimisson, Elías Rafn, Jonathan Smith, Jean‐Philippe Avouac, & Stephen Bourne. (2021). Coulomb threshold rate-and-state model for fault reactivation: application to induced seismicity at Groningen. Geophysical Journal International. 228(3). 2061–2072. 24 indexed citations
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Heimisson, Elías Rafn, et al.. (2020). Logarithmic Growth of Dikes From a Depressurizing Magma Chamber. Geophysical Research Letters. 47(4). 4 indexed citations
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Heimisson, Elías Rafn & P. Segall. (2020). Physically Consistent Modeling of Dike‐Induced Deformation and Seismicity: Application to the 2014 Bárðarbunga Dike, Iceland. Journal of Geophysical Research Solid Earth. 125(2). 21 indexed citations
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Heimisson, Elías Rafn. (2020). Crack to pulse transition and magnitude statistics during earthquake cycles on a self-similar rough fault. Earth and Planetary Science Letters. 537. 116202–116202. 33 indexed citations
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Heimisson, Elías Rafn & Jean‐Philippe Avouac. (2020). Analytical Prediction of Seismicity Rate Due to Tides and Other Oscillating Stresses. Geophysical Research Letters. 47(23). 16 indexed citations
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Sigmundsson, Freysteinn, Virginie Pinel, Ronni Grapenthin, et al.. (2020). Unexpected large eruptions from buoyant magma bodies within viscoelastic crust. Nature Communications. 11(1). 2403–2403. 62 indexed citations
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Heimisson, Elías Rafn. (2019). Constitutive Law for Earthquake Production Based on Rate‐and‐State Friction: Theory and Application of Interacting Sources. Journal of Geophysical Research Solid Earth. 124(2). 1802–1821. 17 indexed citations
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Heimisson, Elías Rafn & P. Segall. (2018). Constitutive Law for Earthquake Production Based on Rate‐and‐State Friction: Dieterich 1994 Revisited. Journal of Geophysical Research Solid Earth. 123(5). 4141–4156. 41 indexed citations
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Sigmundsson, Freysteinn, Michelle Parks, Stéphanie Dumont, et al.. (2015). Comparison of the Bardarbunga 2014-2015 rifting event, slow caldera collapse and major effusive eruption with the 1975-1984 Krafla and 2005-2010 Dabbahu, Afar, rifting episodes. AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts. 2015. 1 indexed citations
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Heimisson, Elías Rafn, Páll Einarsson, Freysteinn Sigmundsson, & Bryndís Brandsdóttir. (2015). Kilometer‐scale Kaiser effect identified in Krafla volcano, Iceland. Geophysical Research Letters. 42(19). 7958–7965. 47 indexed citations
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Sigmundsson, Freysteinn, Vincent Drouin, Michelle Parks, et al.. (2014). Deflation and Deformation of the Askja Caldera Complex, Iceland, Since 1983: Strain and Stress Development on Caldera Boundaries Prior to Tsunami Generating Rockslide in 2014 at Lake Öskjuvatn. AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts. 2014. 1 indexed citations

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