John Townend

9.4k total citations · 1 hit paper
149 papers, 6.1k citations indexed

About

John Townend is a scholar working on Geophysics, Artificial Intelligence and Atmospheric Science. According to data from OpenAlex, John Townend has authored 149 papers receiving a total of 6.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 125 papers in Geophysics, 37 papers in Artificial Intelligence and 9 papers in Atmospheric Science. Recurrent topics in John Townend's work include earthquake and tectonic studies (101 papers), High-pressure geophysics and materials (59 papers) and Seismic Waves and Analysis (57 papers). John Townend is often cited by papers focused on earthquake and tectonic studies (101 papers), High-pressure geophysics and materials (59 papers) and Seismic Waves and Analysis (57 papers). John Townend collaborates with scholars based in New Zealand, United States and United Kingdom. John Townend's co-authors include Mark D. Zoback, M. K. Savage, Rupert Sutherland, Björn Lund, Carolin Boese, Stephen Bannister, Virginia Toy, Richard Arnold, C. J. Chamberlain and T. A. Stern and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología and Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres.

In The Last Decade

John Townend

143 papers receiving 5.9k citations

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#	Work	Indexed citations
1	Introduction to the BSSA Special Issue and SRL Focus Section on Seismic Hazard Models 2024 ·Seismological Research Letters ·Matthew C. Gerstenberger, Allison L. Bent, P. Martín, John Townend	0
2	Evidence From Intermediate‐Depth Earthquakes of Slab‐Derived Fluids Beneath the Taupō Volcanic Zone 2024 ·Journal of Geophysical Research Solid Earth ·(unknown), Finnigan Illsley‐Kemp, John Townend, Simon J. Barker	1
3	Ambient seismic noise tomography of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia 2023 ·USGS professional paper ·(unknown), Walter D. Mooney, M. K. Savage, John Townend	1
4	Parametric Testing of EQTransformer’s Performance against a High-Quality, Manually Picked Catalog for Reliable and Accurate Seismic Phase Picking 2023 ·SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología ·(unknown), C. J. Chamberlain, John Townend, Emily Warren‐Smith	7
5	Strong Upper‐Plate Heterogeneity at the Hikurangi Subduction Margin (North Island, New Zealand) Imaged by Adjoint Tomography 2022 ·Journal of Geophysical Research Solid Earth ·(unknown), Yoshihiro Kaneko, Carl Tape, Ryan Modrak, N. Mortimer, Stephen Bannister, John Townend	10
6	A Repeating Earthquake Catalog From 2003 to 2020 for the Raukumara Peninsula, Northern Hikurangi Subduction Margin, New Zealand 2021 ·Geochemistry Geophysics Geosystems ·(unknown), C. J. Chamberlain, John Townend, Amanda M. Thomas	5
7	Thermal properties of the hanging wall of the central Alpine Fault, New Zealand 2020 ·New Zealand Journal of Geology and Geophysics ·(unknown), Rupert Sutherland, John Townend, Weiren Lin	2
8	Crustal imaging of northern Harrat Rahat, Saudi Arabia, from ambient noise tomography 2019 ·Geophysical Journal International ·(unknown), Walter D. Mooney, M. K. Savage, John Townend, Hani Zahran	3
9	Seismic Response to Injection Well Stimulation in a High‐Temperature, High‐Permeability Reservoir 2019 ·Geochemistry Geophysics Geosystems ·Chet Hopp, (unknown), (unknown), M. K. Savage, John Townend	17
10	Crustal Fault Connectivity of the M _w 7.8 2016 Kaikōura Earthquake Constrained by Aftershock Relocations 2019 ·Geophysical Research Letters ·Federica Lanza, C. J. Chamberlain, Katrina Jacobs, Emily Warren‐Smith, (unknown), (unknown), C. H. Thurber, M. K. Savage, John Townend, S. W. Roecker, Donna Eberhart‐Phillips	34
11	Temperature-dependent frictional properties of heterogeneous Hikurangi Subduction Zone input sediments, ODP Site 1124 2019 ·Tectonophysics ·Carolyn Boulton, André Niemeijer, Christopher J. Hollis, John Townend, Mark Raven, Denise K. Kulhanek, Claire L. Shepherd	29
12	Detecting Real Earthquakes Using Artificial Earthquakes: On the Use of Synthetic Waveforms in Matched‐Filter Earthquake Detection 2018 ·Geophysical Research Letters ·C. J. Chamberlain, John Townend	6
13	Quantitative geometric description of fracture systems in an andesite lava flow using terrestrial laser scanner data 2017 ·Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research ·Cécile Massiot, Andrew Nicol, John Townend, David D. McNamara, D. García-Sellés, Chris E. Conway, Garth Archibald	11
14	Microseismicity and P–wave tomography of the central Alpine Fault, New Zealand 2016 ·New Zealand Journal of Geology and Geophysics ·(unknown), C. H. Thurber, John Townend, S. W. Roecker, Stephen Bannister, Carolin Boese, N. E. Lord, Sandra Bourguignon, Donna Eberhart‐Phillips	13
15	Clay mineral formation and fabric development in the DFDP‐1B borehole, central Alpine Fault, New Zealand 2015 ·New Zealand Journal of Geology and Geophysics ·Anja M. Schleicher, Rupert Sutherland, John Townend, Virginia Toy, Ben A. van der Pluijm	28
16	Gravity analysis of glaciotectonic processes, central Alpine Fault, South Island, New Zealand 2013 ·New Zealand Journal of Geology and Geophysics ·Richard Davy, T. A. Stern, John Townend	8
17	Tectonic tremor and deep slow slip on the Alpine Fault 2012 ·Geophysical Research Letters ·A. Wech, Carolin Boese, T. A. Stern, John Townend	81
18	Introduction to the Canterbury earthquake sequence special issue 2012 ·New Zealand Journal of Geology and Geophysics ·John Townend, Pilar Villamor, Mark Quigley	3
19	Heat flow through the West Coast, South Island, New Zealand 1999 ·New Zealand Journal of Geology and Geophysics ·John Townend	24
20	Cretaceous carbonaceous rocks from the Norfolk Ridge system, Southwest Pacific: Implications for regional petroleum potential 1999 ·New Zealand Journal of Geology and Geophysics ·R. H. Herzer, Richard Sykes, S.D. Killops, Rob Funnell, (unknown), John Townend, J. Ian Raine, Graeme J. Wilson	24

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