J. W. Bell

1.9k total citations · 1 hit paper
26 papers, 1.4k citations indexed

About

J. W. Bell is a scholar working on Geophysics, Atmospheric Science and Ocean Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, J. W. Bell has authored 26 papers receiving a total of 1.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 17 papers in Geophysics, 10 papers in Atmospheric Science and 5 papers in Ocean Engineering. Recurrent topics in J. W. Bell's work include earthquake and tectonic studies (15 papers), Geology and Paleoclimatology Research (10 papers) and Geological and Geochemical Analysis (7 papers). J. W. Bell is often cited by papers focused on earthquake and tectonic studies (15 papers), Geology and Paleoclimatology Research (10 papers) and Geological and Geochemical Analysis (7 papers). J. W. Bell collaborates with scholars based in United States and France. J. W. Bell's co-authors include Falk Amelung, Devin L. Galloway, Randell J. Laczniak, H. A. Zebker, A. Ferretti, F. Novali, Marco Bianchi, Alan R. Ramelli, Tanzhuo Liu and James C. Yount and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres, Water Resources Research and Geophysical Research Letters.

In The Last Decade

J. W. Bell

25 papers receiving 1.3k 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.

Sensing the ups and downs of Las Vegas: InSAR reveals structural control of land subsidence and aquifer-system deformation

1999 525 citations Falk Amelung, J. W. Bell et al. Geology profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
J. W. Bell United States	16	680	551	445	302	294	26	1.4k
Michael Foumelis Greece	20	619 0.9×	362 0.7×	316 0.7×	356 1.2×	212 0.7×	80	1.2k
Karsten Spaans United Kingdom	12	905 1.3×	519 0.9×	412 0.9×	474 1.6×	206 0.7×	23	1.4k
Cristiano Tolomei Italy	24	605 0.9×	891 1.6×	348 0.8×	407 1.3×	166 0.6×	91	1.7k
Hans‐Ulrich Wetzel Germany	19	462 0.7×	285 0.5×	330 0.7×	343 1.1×	238 0.8×	36	1.1k
Marta Béjar‐Pizarro Spain	22	1.0k 1.5×	330 0.6×	465 1.0×	648 2.1×	368 1.3×	53	1.7k
Cécile Doubre France	25	522 0.8×	1.3k 2.3×	512 1.2×	409 1.4×	189 0.6×	63	2.1k
Stefano Salvi Italy	22	477 0.7×	955 1.7×	250 0.6×	408 1.4×	122 0.4×	63	1.5k
Michele Saroli Italy	25	548 0.8×	963 1.7×	382 0.9×	615 2.0×	243 0.8×	82	1.9k
Sébastien Leprince United States	20	280 0.4×	1.1k 2.0×	531 1.2×	336 1.1×	200 0.7×	24	2.1k
Simone Atzori Italy	26	573 0.8×	1.4k 2.5×	239 0.5×	414 1.4×	127 0.4×	80	2.0k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of J. W. Bell

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20 of 20 papers shown

Radke, Bruce, et al.. (2015). Hydrogeological Atlas of the Great Artesian Basin. 35 indexed citations

Bell, J. W., Falk Amelung, & Christopher D. Henry. (2012). InSAR analysis of the 2008 Reno‐Mogul earthquake swarm: Evidence for westward migration of Walker Lane style dextral faulting. Geophysical Research Letters. 39(18). 40 indexed citations

Blewitt, G., J. W. Bell, W. C. Hammond, et al.. (2008). GPS and InSAR Monitoring of the Mogul Swarm: Evidence for Mainly Aseismic Fault Creep, with Implications for Seismic Hazard. AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts. 2008. 3 indexed citations

Bell, J. W., Falk Amelung, A. Ferretti, Marco Bianchi, & F. Novali. (2008). Monitoring aquifer-system response to groundwater pumping and artificial recharge. First Break. 26(8). 10 indexed citations

Bell, J. W. & P. Kyle House. (2007). Did Plinian eruptions in California lead to debris flows in Nevada? An intriguing stratigraphic connection. Geology. 35(3). 219–219. 17 indexed citations

Bell, J. W., et al.. (2006). Bedrock Subsidence Associated with Mine-dewatering Identified by InSAR in Central Nevada. AGUFM. 2006. 1 indexed citations

Burbey, Thomas J., et al.. (2005). Three-dimensional deformation and strain induced by municipal pumping, part 1: Analysis of field data. Journal of Hydrology. 319(1-4). 123–142. 39 indexed citations

Lundstrom, Scott C., Anita G. Harris, V. E. Langenheim, et al.. (2005). Geologic and geophysical maps of the Las Vegas 30' x 60' quadrangle, Clark and Nye counties, Nevada, and Inyo County, California. Scientific investigations map. 21 indexed citations

House, P. Kyle, Keith A. Howard, P.A. Pearthree, & J. W. Bell. (2004). Preliminary geologic map of the Nevada and Arizona parts of the Mount Manchester quadrangle. International Conference on Multimedia Information Networking and Security. 2 indexed citations

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Bell, J. W.. (2004). Pattern and Rates of Faulting in the Central Nevada Seismic Belt, and Paleoseismic Evidence for Prior Beltlike Behavior. Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America. 94(4). 1229–1254. 57 indexed citations

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Bell, J. W. & Falk Amelung. (2001). InSAR derived focal mechanism of the 1994, M5.9 Double Spring Flat, Nevada earthquake. AGUFM. 2001. 1 indexed citations

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Bell, J. W., et al.. (2000). Landslide-induced flooding at Ophir Creek, Washoe County, western Nevada, May 30, 1983. USGS professional paper. 7 indexed citations

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Liu, Tanzhuo, Wallace S. Broecker, J. W. Bell, & Charles W. Mandeville. (2000). Terminal Pleistocene wet event recorded in rock varnish from Las Vegas Valley, southern Nevada. Palaeogeography Palaeoclimatology Palaeoecology. 161(3-4). 423–433. 55 indexed citations

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Bell, J. W., Craig M. dePolo, Alan R. Ramelli, Andrei M. Sarna‐Wojcicki, & C. Meyer. (1999). Surface faulting and paleoseismic history of the 1932 Cedar Mountain earthquake area, west-central Nevada, and implications for modern tectonics of the Walker Lane. Geological Society of America Bulletin. 111(6). 791–807. 49 indexed citations

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Ramelli, Alan R., J. W. Bell, Craig M. dePolo, & James C. Yount. (1999). Large-magnitude, late Holocene earthquakes on the Genoa fault, west-central Nevada and eastern California. Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America. 89(6). 1458–1472. 56 indexed citations

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Bell, J. W., James N. Brune, Tanzhuo Liu, Marek Zreda, & James C. Yount. (1998). Dating precariously balanced rocks in seismically active parts of California and Nevada. Geology. 26(6). 495–495. 56 indexed citations

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Brune, James N., J. W. Bell, & Abdolrasool Anooshehpoor. (1996). Precariously balanced rocks and seismic risk. Endeavour. 20(4). 168–172. 11 indexed citations

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Bell, J. W., et al.. (1995). Late Quaternary geomorphology and soils in Crater Flat, Yucca Mountain area, southern Nevada. Geological Society of America Bulletin. 107(4). 379–395. 22 indexed citations

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dePolo, Craig M., J. W. Bell, & Alan R. Ramelli. (1990). Estimating Earthquake Sizes in the Basin and Range Province, Western North America: Perspectives Gained from Historical Earthquakes. High Level Radioactive Waste Management. 117–123. 3 indexed citations

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Bell, J. W.. (1981). Quaternary fault map of the Reno 1° x 2° quadrangle. Antarctica A Keystone in a Changing World. 3 indexed citations

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