J. Mechie

7.7k total citations · 1 hit paper
107 papers, 5.0k citations indexed

About

J. Mechie is a scholar working on Geophysics, Geology and Mechanics of Materials. According to data from OpenAlex, J. Mechie has authored 107 papers receiving a total of 5.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 104 papers in Geophysics, 25 papers in Geology and 4 papers in Mechanics of Materials. Recurrent topics in J. Mechie's work include earthquake and tectonic studies (81 papers), High-pressure geophysics and materials (77 papers) and Geological and Geochemical Analysis (59 papers). J. Mechie is often cited by papers focused on earthquake and tectonic studies (81 papers), High-pressure geophysics and materials (77 papers) and Geological and Geochemical Analysis (59 papers). J. Mechie collaborates with scholars based in Germany, United States and China. J. Mechie's co-authors include Xiaohui Yuan, R. Kind, C. Prodehl, Wei Zhao, Joachim Saul, James Ni, Bernd Schurr, Karl Fuchs, S. V. Sobolev and Christian Sippl and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Nature Communications and SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología.

In The Last Decade

J. Mechie

103 papers receiving 4.8k citations

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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.

Seismic Images of Crust and Upper Mantle Beneath Tibet: Evidence for Eurasian Plate Subduction

2002 569 citations R. Kind, Xiaohui Yuan et al. profile →

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Author						Papers	Cites
J. Mechie	4.8k	494	298	183	176	107	5.0k
C. Prodehl	3.5k 0.7×	508 1.0×	290 1.0×	181 1.0×	225 1.3×	85	3.7k
Irina Artemieva	3.8k 0.8×	649 1.3×	355 1.2×	398 2.2×	135 0.8×	90	4.2k
Sergei Lebedev	4.3k 0.9×	287 0.6×	177 0.6×	134 0.7×	85 0.5×	124	4.5k
D. J. Shillington	2.2k 0.5×	614 1.2×	141 0.5×	226 1.2×	289 1.6×	114	2.5k
Eric Sandvol	5.7k 1.2×	154 0.3×	390 1.3×	121 0.7×	83 0.5×	151	5.9k
Jeremy Hall	2.6k 0.5×	450 0.9×	286 1.0×	242 1.3×	404 2.3×	109	3.0k
P. K. H. Maguire	2.2k 0.4×	472 1.0×	171 0.6×	100 0.5×	229 1.3×	62	2.6k
Yongshun John Chen	3.3k 0.7×	255 0.5×	263 0.9×	136 0.7×	83 0.5×	95	3.6k
Bryndís Brandsdóttir	2.5k 0.5×	242 0.5×	192 0.6×	147 0.8×	133 0.8×	87	2.8k
J. P. Canales	3.6k 0.7×	292 0.6×	166 0.6×	175 1.0×	134 0.8×	127	3.8k

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Feng, Mei, Meijian An, Hui Qian, & J. Mechie. (2025). DA – H – κ : A Generic Method to Determine 6D Crustal Structure by P Receiver Functions. Seismological Research Letters. 96(4). 2540–2549.

Kufner, Sofia‐Katerina, Maximiliano Bezada, Sabrina Metzger, et al.. (2021). The Hindu Kush slab break-off as revealed by deep structure and crustal deformation. Nature Communications. 12(1). 1685–1685. 42 indexed citations

Dahm, Torsten, Manfred Stiller, J. Mechie, et al.. (2020). Seismological and Geophysical Signatures of the Deep Crustal Magma Systems of the Cenozoic Volcanic Fields Beneath the Eifel, Germany. Geochemistry Geophysics Geosystems. 21(9). 19 indexed citations

Schneider, Felix, Xiaohui Yuan, Bernd Schurr, et al.. (2019). The Crust in the Pamir: Insights From Receiver Functions. Journal of Geophysical Research Solid Earth. 124(8). 9313–9331. 53 indexed citations

Yuan, Xiaohui, et al.. (2018). Discrepant crustal deformation beneath the Pamir revealed by joint inversion of surface wave dispersion and receiver function. AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts. 2018. 1 indexed citations

Sippel, Judith, Mauro Cacace, J. Mechie, et al.. (2017). The Kenya rift revisited: insights into lithospheric strength through data-driven 3-D gravity and thermal modelling. Solid Earth. 8(1). 45–81. 43 indexed citations

Kind, R., Xiaohui Yuan, J. Mechie, & F. Sodoudi. (2015). Structure of the upper mantle in the north-western and central United States from USArray S-receiver functions. Solid Earth. 6(3). 957–970. 21 indexed citations

Schurr, Bernd, Christian Sippl, Felix Schneider, et al.. (2014). Evidence for deeply subducting Asian lithosphere beneath the Pamir-Hindu Kush region from lithospheric imaging. Publication Database GFZ (GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences). 3412. 1 indexed citations

Schurr, Bernd, Christian Haberland, Christian Sippl, et al.. (2014). Imaging continental collision and subduction in the Pamir mountain range, Central Asia, by seismic attenuation tomography. Publication Database GFZ (GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences). 13637. 2 indexed citations

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Kuo‐Chen, Hao, Francis T. Wu, David M. Jenkins, et al.. (2012). Seismic evidence for the α‐β quartz transition beneath Taiwan from Vp/Vs tomography. Geophysical Research Letters. 39(22). 31 indexed citations

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Schneider, Felix, Xiaohui Yuan, Christian Sippl, et al.. (2012). Evidence for southward subduction beneath the eastern Pamir constrained by teleseismic converted seismic waves. Publication Database GFZ (GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences). 4965. 2 indexed citations

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Kumar, Prakash, Xiaohui Yuan, R. Kind, & J. Mechie. (2012). The lithosphere-asthenosphere boundary observed with USArray receiver functions. Solid Earth. 3(1). 149–159. 25 indexed citations

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Nunn, Ceri, S. W. Roecker, Frederik Tilmann, et al.. (2011). P- and S-wave tomographic structure of NE Tibet. Publication Database GFZ (GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences). 2011. 1 indexed citations

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Sippl, Christian, Felix Schneider, Bernd Schurr, et al.. (2010). Analysis of local seismicity, crustal and upper mantle structure in Central Asia using data recorded by a seismological network in the Pamir and Tien Shan. Publication Database GFZ (GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences). 2010. 2 indexed citations

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Schurr, Bernd, Xiaohui Yuan, J. Mechie, et al.. (2009). A temporary seismological network across the Pamir and Tien Shan mountain ranges. AGUFM. 2009. 1 indexed citations

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Weber, Michael, et al.. (2007). Seismic Wide-Angle Reflection / Refraction Profiling from the DESIRE Project Reveals the Deep Structure Across the Southern Dead Sea Basin. Publication Database GFZ (GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences). 2007. 1 indexed citations

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Brown, Larry R., S. L. Klemperer, J. Mechie, et al.. (2007). Deep Structure of the NE Tibetan Plateau: An Introduction to Project INDEPTH, Phase IV. AGUFM. 2007. 1 indexed citations

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Krawczyk, Charlotte M., Stefan Buske, M. Stiller, et al.. (2005). Imaging the Seismogenic Coupling Zone in Chile: The 3-Component Reflection Seismic Survey of Project TIPTEQ. Publication Database GFZ (GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences). 2005. 1 indexed citations

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Kind, R., Joachim Saul, Douglas Nelson, et al.. (2003). Comprehensive seismic images of the crust and upper mantle beneath Tibet. Publication Database GFZ (GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences). 3179. 5 indexed citations

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Mechie, J., et al.. (1994). Finite-element modelling of the structure and evolution of the South Kenya Rift, East Africa. Tectonophysics. 236(1-4). 439–452. 9 indexed citations

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