G. D. Spence

5.8k total citations
109 papers, 4.3k citations indexed

About

G. D. Spence is a scholar working on Geophysics, Environmental Chemistry and Mechanics of Materials. According to data from OpenAlex, G. D. Spence has authored 109 papers receiving a total of 4.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 76 papers in Geophysics, 45 papers in Environmental Chemistry and 29 papers in Mechanics of Materials. Recurrent topics in G. D. Spence's work include Methane Hydrates and Related Phenomena (45 papers), Seismic Imaging and Inversion Techniques (42 papers) and earthquake and tectonic studies (34 papers). G. D. Spence is often cited by papers focused on Methane Hydrates and Related Phenomena (45 papers), Seismic Imaging and Inversion Techniques (42 papers) and earthquake and tectonic studies (34 papers). G. D. Spence collaborates with scholars based in Canada, United States and Germany. G. D. Spence's co-authors include R. D. Hyndman, N. Ross Chapman, Michael Riedel, T. Yuan, Graham K. Westbrook, S. C. Singh, T. A. Minshull, R. M. Clowes, R. S. White and Robert M. Ellis and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Angewandte Chemie International Edition.

In The Last Decade

G. D. Spence

106 papers receiving 3.9k citations

Author Peers

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Author Last Decade Papers Cites
G. D. Spence 2.8k 2.1k 1.4k 727 603 109 4.3k
Graham K. Westbrook 3.0k 1.1× 2.1k 1.0× 1.2k 0.9× 660 0.9× 714 1.2× 104 4.8k
A. M. Tréhu 3.0k 1.1× 2.0k 1.0× 1.3k 0.9× 313 0.4× 931 1.5× 156 5.0k
Ingo A. Pecher 1.5k 0.6× 2.7k 1.3× 1.7k 1.2× 450 0.6× 646 1.1× 126 3.8k
Nathan L. Bangs 3.2k 1.1× 1.0k 0.5× 620 0.4× 483 0.7× 300 0.5× 111 4.1k
Adriano Mazzini 1.2k 0.4× 1.5k 0.7× 909 0.7× 838 1.2× 252 0.4× 118 3.0k
Jörg Bialas 2.0k 0.7× 1.1k 0.5× 657 0.5× 395 0.5× 276 0.5× 114 3.2k
Dirk Klaeschen 3.1k 1.1× 880 0.4× 581 0.4× 577 0.8× 242 0.4× 139 4.0k
Stuart Henrys 3.0k 1.1× 966 0.5× 581 0.4× 433 0.6× 214 0.4× 141 4.1k
Michael Riedel 1.2k 0.4× 3.5k 1.7× 2.5k 1.8× 396 0.5× 1.2k 1.9× 153 4.4k
J. Casey Moore 4.3k 1.6× 1.0k 0.5× 765 0.5× 507 0.7× 196 0.3× 93 5.4k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of G. D. Spence

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Riedel, Michael, et al.. (2018). Distributed natural gas venting offshore along the Cascadia margin. Nature Communications. 9(1). 3264–3264. 61 indexed citations
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Scherwath, Martin, G. D. Spence, Koichiro Obana, et al.. (2011). Seafloor seismometers monitor northern Cascadia earthquakes. Eos. 92(47). 421–422. 15 indexed citations
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Spence, G. D., et al.. (2010). Tracking and Quantifying Methane Bubble Plumes on the North Cascadia Margin. AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts. 2010. 1 indexed citations
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Spence, G. D., et al.. (2010). Seismic structure of the Vancouver Island continental shelf using tomographic & waveform inversion of multichannel seismic refraction data. AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts. 2010. 1 indexed citations
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Dash, Ranjan K., G. D. Spence, R. D. Hyndman, et al.. (2009). Wide-area imaging from OBS multiples. Geophysics. 74(6). Q41–Q47. 43 indexed citations
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Spence, G. D., et al.. (2009). Imaging a hydrate-related cold vent offshore Vancouver Island from deep-towed multichannel seismic data. Geophysics. 74(2). B23–B36. 19 indexed citations
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Udachin, K.A., Hailong Lu, G.D. Enright, et al.. (2007). Single Crystals of Naturally Occurring Gas Hydrates: The Structures of Methane and Mixed Hydrocarbon Hydrates. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 46(43). 8220–8222. 44 indexed citations
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Marcaillou, Boris, et al.. (2005). Thermal regime from bottom simulating reflectors along the N Ecuador - S Colombia margin: relation between tectonic segmentation, thermal variation and the limit of the seismic rupture zones.. AGUFM. 2005. 1 indexed citations
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Spence, G. D., et al.. (2004). A Re-interpreted Seismic Velocity Model Beneath Vancouver Island, Canada: a Shallower Subducting Slab?. AGUSM. 2004. 1 indexed citations
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Pohlman, J., G. D. Spence, N. Ross Chapman, et al.. (2003). Evidence for anaerobic methane oxidation in gas hydrate rich sediments on the northern Cascadia Margin offshore Vancouver Island. EGS - AGU - EUG Joint Assembly. 14338. 3 indexed citations
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Pohlman, J., et al.. (2003). Thermogenic and Biogenic Gas Hydrates on the Northern Cascadia Margin: A Molecular, Isotopic and Geochemical Comparison. AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts. 2003. 2 indexed citations
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Nedimović, M. R., R. D. Hyndman, K. Ramachandran, & G. D. Spence. (2003). Reflection signature of seismic and aseismic slip on the northern Cascadia subduction interface. Nature. 424(6947). 416–420. 96 indexed citations
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Spence, G. D., et al.. (2002). Physical Properties of Gas Hydrate Related Sediments, Offshore Vancouver Island. AGUFM. 2002. 2 indexed citations
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Chapman, N. Ross, J. F. Gettrust, David Hannay, et al.. (2002). High-resolution, deep-towed, multichannel seismic survey of deep-sea gas hydrates off western Canada. Geophysics. 67(4). 1038–1047. 71 indexed citations
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Wood, Warren T., J. F. Gettrust, N. Ross Chapman, G. D. Spence, & R. D. Hyndman. (2002). Decreased stability of methane hydrates in marine sediments owing to phase-boundary roughness. Nature. 420(6916). 656–660. 181 indexed citations
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Riedel, Michael, John R. Delaney, G. D. Spence, et al.. (2001). Discovery of an Active Submarine Mud Volcano Along the Nootka Fault West of Vancouver Island. University of New Hampshire Scholars Repository (University of New Hampshire at Manchester). 2001. 2 indexed citations
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Spence, G. D. & R. D. Hyndman. (2001). The Challenge of Deep Ocean Drilling for Natural Gas Hydrate. Geoscience Canada. 28(4). 5 indexed citations
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Riedel, Michael, G. D. Spence, N. Ross Chapman, & R. D. Hyndman. (2001). Deep-sea gas hydrates on the northern Cascadia margin. The Leading Edge. 20(1). 87–109. 17 indexed citations
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Brocher, Thomas M., Tom Parsons, Robert S. Crosson, et al.. (1999). Wide-angle seismic recordings from the 1998 Seismic Hazards Investigation of Puget Sound (SHIPS), western Washington and British Columbia. Antarctica A Keystone in a Changing World. 17 indexed citations
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Spence, G. D., Kenneth P. Whittall, & R. M. Clowes. (1984). Practical synthetic seismograms for laterally varying media calculated by asymptotic ray theory. Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America. 74(4). 1209–1223. 54 indexed citations

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