John G. Sclater

18.6k citations
120 papers · 13.5k indexed · 7 hit papers · h-index 51

Impact in

  • Geophysics top 0.05%
    • Geological and Geochemical Analysis
    • earthquake and tectonic studies
    • High-pressure geophysics and materials
  • Geology top 0.01%
    • Geological and Geophysical Studies

Papers in

    • Geological and Geophysical Studies 43
    • Geological and Geochemical Analysis 61
    • earthquake and tectonic studies 52
    • High-pressure geophysics and materials 42
    • Seismic Imaging and Inversion Techniques 13

John G. Sclater

113 papers receiving 10.6k citations

Hit Papers

Digital isochrons of the world's ocean floor 1997 · 686 citations
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Peers

John G. Sclater
Comparison fields: 5 of 105
  • Geophysics 10.3k
  • Geology 3.7k
  • Earth-Surface Processes 1.9k
  • Atmospheric Science 2.7k
  • Paleontology 789
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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
#Work
1 20100
2
Geophysical Synthesis of the Indian/Southern Oceans: Part 1, the Southwest Indian Ocean
19978
3
Characteristics of Heat Flow through Diapiric Salt Structures on the Texas Continental Slope
19934
4
The Development of Plate Tectonics: a Personal Perspective. A Reply to a Series of Questions from Professor H. Frankel
19920
5 199136
6 198433
7 1983160
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Thermal Evolution of the Baltimore Canyon Trough and Georges Bank Basin: Tectonic Processes: Model Investigations of Margin Environmental and Tectonic Processes
19821
9 19816
10
The heat flow through oceanic and continental crust and the heat loss of the Earth
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1980883
11 197518
12 197269
13 19707
14 197019
15 196938
16 196914
17 196916
18 196876
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Studies of the Thermal State of the Earth. The 19th Paper : Heat-Flow Measurements in the Northwestern Pacific
196716
20 196620

About John G. Sclater

John G. Sclater is a scholar working on Geology, Geophysics, Earth-Surface Processes, Oceanography and Atmospheric Science, having authored 120 papers that have together received 13.5k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Geological and Geochemical Analysis (61 papers), earthquake and tectonic studies (52 papers), Geological and Geophysical Studies (43 papers), High-pressure geophysics and materials (42 papers), Geology and Paleoclimatology Research (19 papers), Hydrocarbon exploration and reservoir analysis (19 papers), Geomagnetism and Paleomagnetism Studies (17 papers) and Seismic Imaging and Inversion Techniques (13 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Geophysics (10.3k citations), Geology (3.7k citations), Earth-Surface Processes (1.9k citations), Atmospheric Science (2.7k citations) and Paleontology (789 citations). John G. Sclater has collaborated with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and France. Frequent co-authors include B. Parsons, P. A. F. Christie, Dan McKenzie, Claude Jaupart, Jean Francheteau, Ian O. Norton, D. A. Galson, Robert L. Fisher, Steven J. Hellinger and Jean‐Yves Royer. Their work appears in journals such as Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres, Earth and Planetary Science Letters, Geophysical Journal International, Geological Society of America Bulletin and Nature.

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