J. C. VanDecar

3.7k total citations · 1 hit paper
48 papers, 3.1k citations indexed

About

J. C. VanDecar is a scholar working on Geophysics, Artificial Intelligence and Geology. According to data from OpenAlex, J. C. VanDecar has authored 48 papers receiving a total of 3.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 45 papers in Geophysics, 5 papers in Artificial Intelligence and 2 papers in Geology. Recurrent topics in J. C. VanDecar's work include earthquake and tectonic studies (39 papers), High-pressure geophysics and materials (34 papers) and Geological and Geochemical Analysis (23 papers). J. C. VanDecar is often cited by papers focused on earthquake and tectonic studies (39 papers), High-pressure geophysics and materials (34 papers) and Geological and Geochemical Analysis (23 papers). J. C. VanDecar collaborates with scholars based in United States, Romania and Chile. J. C. VanDecar's co-authors include Robert S. Crosson, David E. James, Sean C. Solomon, Cecily J. Wolfe, Ingi Th. Bjarnason, Marcelo Assumpção, A. Nyblade, Suzan van der Lee, M. G. Bostock and M. J. Fouch and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres and Earth and Planetary Science Letters.

In The Last Decade

J. C. VanDecar

47 papers receiving 2.9k citations

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Determination of teleseismic relative phase arrival times using multi-channel cross-correlation and least squares

1990 598 citations J. C. VanDecar, Robert S. Crosson Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America profile →

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György Hetényi Switzerland

S. Gresta Italy

Jordi Díaz Spain

D. R. Toomey United States

V. K. Gaur India

François Beauducel France

V. Kostoglodov Mexico

M.R. Abbassi Iran

Alexandre Nercessian France

Ruey‐Juin Rau Taiwan

György Hetényi Switzerland

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of J. C. VanDecar

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Bremner, Paul, M. P. Panning, R. M. Russo, et al.. (2019). Crustal Shear Wave Velocity Structure of Central Idaho and Eastern Oregon From Ambient Seismic Noise: Results From the IDOR Project. Journal of Geophysical Research Solid Earth. 124(2). 1601–1625. 4 indexed citations

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Panning, M. P., R. M. Russo, D. Comte, et al.. (2011). Azimuthal anisotropy in the Chile Ridge subduction region retrieved from ambient noise. Lithosphere. 3(6). 393–400. 13 indexed citations

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Lee, Suzan van der, et al.. (2008). Three‐dimensional S velocity of the mantle in the Africa‐Eurasia plate boundary region from phase arrival times and regional waveforms. Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres. 113(B3). 48 indexed citations

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VanDecar, J. C., R. M. Russo, V. Mocanu, et al.. (2007). Subduction of the Chile Ridge Imaged by Teleseismic Travel-time Inversion. AGUSM. 2007. 1 indexed citations

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Gallego‐Schmid, Alejandro, R. M. Russo, D. Comte, et al.. (2007). Non-Volcanic Seismic Tremor in the Chile Triple Junction Region: Active Subducted Transform Faults?. AGUSM. 2007. 1 indexed citations

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Comte, D., Alejandro Gallego‐Schmid, R. M. Russo, et al.. (2007). The Aysen (Southern Chile) 2007 Seismic Swarm: Volcanic or Tectonic Origin?. AGUSM. 2007. 7 indexed citations

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Watson, T. B., A. Nyblade, Douglas A. Wiens, et al.. (2006). P and S velocity structure of the upper mantle beneath the Transantarctic Mountains, East Antarctic craton, and Ross Sea from travel time tomography. Geochemistry Geophysics Geosystems. 7(7). 66 indexed citations

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Benoit, M. H., A. Nyblade, & J. C. VanDecar. (2006). Upper mantle P-wave speed variations beneath Ethiopia and the origin of the Afar hotspot. Geology. 34(5). 329–329. 109 indexed citations

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Benoit, M. H., A. Nyblade, J. C. VanDecar, & Thomas Owens. (2004). Upper Mantle and Transition Zone Seismic Velocity Structure Beneath Ethiopia. AGUFM. 2004. 1 indexed citations

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Fouch, M. J., et al.. (2003). Mantle Seismic Structure Beneath Southern Africa. AGUFM. 2003. 3 indexed citations

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Arrowsmith, Stephen, J. M. Kendall, J. C. VanDecar, Nicky White, & David T. Booth. (2003). Seismic images reveal plume-lithosphere interaction beneath the British Isles. EGS - AGU - EUG Joint Assembly. 646. 1 indexed citations

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VanDecar, J. C., Paul G. Silver, David E. James, et al.. (2003). Mantle Structure Beneath Central South America. AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts. 2003.

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VanDecar, J. C., et al.. (2003). Upper mantle structure beneath southern Africa from multidisciplinary constraints. EGS - AGU - EUG Joint Assembly. 5918. 2 indexed citations

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Benoit, M. H., A. Nyblade, Atalay Ayele, et al.. (2003). Upper mantle seismic velocity structure beneath East Africa and the depth extent of thermal anomalies. EGS - AGU - EUG Joint Assembly. 7361. 3 indexed citations

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Benoit, M. H., A. Nyblade, J. C. VanDecar, & H. Gurrola. (2003). Upper mantle P wave velocity structure and transition zone thickness beneath the Arabian Shield. Geophysical Research Letters. 30(10). 56 indexed citations

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Wolfe, Cecily J., Sean C. Solomon, Paul G. Silver, J. C. VanDecar, & R. M. Russo. (2002). Inversion of body-wave delay times for mantle structure beneath the Hawaiian islands: results from the PELENET experiment. Earth and Planetary Science Letters. 198(1-2). 129–145. 20 indexed citations

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VanDecar, J. C. & Roel Snieder. (1994). Obtaining smooth solutions to large, linear, inverse problems. Geophysics. 59(5). 818–829. 57 indexed citations

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Bostock, M. G. & J. C. VanDecar. (1994). The influence of crust and upper-mantle heterogeneity on short-period waveform distortion. Physics of The Earth and Planetary Interiors. 83(3-4). 225–247. 5 indexed citations

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Nataf, Henri‐Claude & J. C. VanDecar. (1993). Seismological detection of a mantle plume?. Nature. 364(6433). 115–120. 77 indexed citations

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VanDecar, J. C. & Robert S. Crosson. (1990). Determination of teleseismic relative phase arrival times using multi-channel cross-correlation and least squares. Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America. 80(1). 150–169. 598 indexed citations breakdown →

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