G. Yielding

5.2k total citations · 1 hit paper
71 papers, 3.9k citations indexed

About

G. Yielding is a scholar working on Geophysics, Mechanics of Materials and Mechanical Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, G. Yielding has authored 71 papers receiving a total of 3.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 51 papers in Geophysics, 28 papers in Mechanics of Materials and 15 papers in Mechanical Engineering. Recurrent topics in G. Yielding's work include earthquake and tectonic studies (37 papers), Seismic Imaging and Inversion Techniques (33 papers) and Hydrocarbon exploration and reservoir analysis (26 papers). G. Yielding is often cited by papers focused on earthquake and tectonic studies (37 papers), Seismic Imaging and Inversion Techniques (33 papers) and Hydrocarbon exploration and reservoir analysis (26 papers). G. Yielding collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, Norway and Australia. G. Yielding's co-authors include Alan Roberts, John J. Walsh, Brett Freeman, Christopher Wibberley, Giulio Di Toro, J. Watterson, G. C. P. King, Benedictus Freeman, P. Bretan and Nick Kusznir and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Earth and Planetary Science Letters and Tectonophysics.

In The Last Decade

G. Yielding

67 papers receiving 3.5k citations

Hit Papers

Quantitative Fault Seal Prediction 1997 2026 2006 2016 1997 100 200 300 400
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.

  1. Quantitative Fault Seal Prediction
    1997 489 citations G. Yielding AAPG Bulletin profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
G. Yielding United Kingdom 32 2.9k 1.3k 692 627 536 71 3.9k
R. J. Knipe United Kingdom 36 3.3k 1.1× 1.4k 1.0× 365 0.5× 488 0.8× 528 1.0× 94 4.2k
Conrad Childs Ireland 37 4.1k 1.4× 1.5k 1.1× 695 1.0× 961 1.5× 431 0.8× 92 5.1k
Alvar Braathen Norway 37 2.1k 0.7× 1.6k 1.3× 1.0k 1.5× 608 1.0× 383 0.7× 153 3.7k
Atle Rotevatn Norway 34 2.7k 0.9× 1.3k 1.0× 933 1.3× 1.0k 1.6× 400 0.7× 102 3.8k
David A. Ferrill United States 38 3.6k 1.2× 1.4k 1.0× 314 0.5× 563 0.9× 754 1.4× 125 4.7k
Alan P. Morris United States 34 2.7k 0.9× 1.2k 0.9× 271 0.4× 420 0.7× 733 1.4× 99 3.7k
Mark Tingay Australia 34 3.5k 1.2× 1.7k 1.3× 1.0k 1.5× 460 0.7× 1.2k 2.3× 102 4.8k
T. Manzocchi Ireland 28 1.8k 0.6× 930 0.7× 239 0.3× 483 0.8× 510 1.0× 79 2.7k
Roy W. Schlische United States 27 3.1k 1.1× 918 0.7× 688 1.0× 915 1.5× 232 0.4× 41 3.9k
Magdalena Scheck‐Wenderoth Germany 34 1.8k 0.6× 1.1k 0.8× 693 1.0× 541 0.9× 187 0.3× 166 3.1k

Countries citing papers authored by G. Yielding

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Fields of papers citing papers by G. Yielding

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of G. Yielding

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Ringrose, Philip & G. Yielding. (2022). Geoscience for CO 2 storage: an introduction to the thematic collection. Petroleum Geoscience. 28(1). 1 indexed citations
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Fisher, Q.J., et al.. (2021). Fault and top seals thematic collection: a perspective. Petroleum Geoscience. 27(2). 3 indexed citations
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Karolytė, Rūta, Gareth Johnson, G. Yielding, & Stuart Gilfillan. (2020). Fault seal modelling – the influence of fluid properties on fault sealing capacity in hydrocarbon and CO 2 systems. Petroleum Geoscience. 26(3). 481–497. 23 indexed citations
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Bretan, P., et al.. (2019). Observations on Hanging-Wall Traps that Are Dependent on Fault-Rock Seal. 1–5. 1 indexed citations
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Imber, Jonathan B., et al.. (2017). Application of material balance methods to CO 2 storage capacity estimation within selected depleted gas reservoirs. Petroleum Geoscience. 23(3). 339–352. 4 indexed citations
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Childs, Conrad, et al.. (2017). The Geometry and Growth of Normal Faults. 66 indexed citations
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Yielding, G.. (2016). The geometry of branch lines. Geological Society London Special Publications. 439(1). 11–22. 7 indexed citations
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Yielding, G.. (2015). Trapping of buoyant fluids in fault-bound structures. Geological Society London Special Publications. 421(1). 29–39. 16 indexed citations
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Yielding, G., et al.. (2011). The role of stratigraphic juxtaposition for seal integrity in proven CO 2 fault-bound traps of the Southern North Sea. Petroleum Geoscience. 17(2). 193–203. 25 indexed citations
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Yielding, G., Benedictus Freeman, David Healy, et al.. (2007). Elastic dislocation modelling for prediction of small-scale fault and fracture network characteristics. Geological Society London Special Publications. 270(1). 139–155. 19 indexed citations
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Freeman, Benedictus, et al.. (2005). Best practice in structural geological analysis. First Break. 23(4). 8 indexed citations
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Healy, David, Nick Kusznir, & G. Yielding. (2004). An inverse method to derive fault slip and geometry from seismically observed vertical stratigraphic displacements using elastic dislocation theory. Marine and Petroleum Geology. 21(7). 923–932. 6 indexed citations
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Roberts, Alan, G. Yielding, & Michael E. Badley. (1993). Tectonic and bathymetric controls on stratigraphic sequences within evolving half-graben. Geological Society London Special Publications. 71(1). 87–121. 26 indexed citations
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Yielding, G.. (1990). Footwall uplift associated with Late Jurassic normal faulting in the northern North Sea. Journal of the Geological Society. 147(2). 219–222. 65 indexed citations
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Freeman, Benedictus, et al.. (1990). Fault correlation during seismic interpretation. First Break. 8(3). 32 indexed citations
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Yielding, G., et al.. (1984). Source studies of the Hamran (1972.9.3), Darel (1981.9.12) and Patan (1974.12.28) earthquakes in Kohistan, Pakistan. Pages. 1 indexed citations
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King, G. C. P. & G. Yielding. (1984). The evolution of a thrust fault system: processes of rupture initiation, propagation and termination in the 1980 El Asnam (Algeria) earthquake. Geophysical Journal International. 77(3). 915–933. 97 indexed citations
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Jackson, James & G. Yielding. (1983). The seismicity of Kohistan, Pakistan: Source studies of the Hamran (1972.9.3), Darel (1981.9.12) and Patan (1974.12.28) earthquakes. Tectonophysics. 91(1-2). 15–28. 22 indexed citations

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