Kenneth S. Befus

773 total citations
42 papers, 592 citations indexed

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Kenneth S. Befus is a scholar working on Geophysics, Atmospheric Science and Geochemistry and Petrology. According to data from OpenAlex, Kenneth S. Befus has authored 42 papers receiving a total of 592 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 37 papers in Geophysics, 14 papers in Atmospheric Science and 5 papers in Geochemistry and Petrology. Recurrent topics in Kenneth S. Befus's work include Geological and Geochemical Analysis (36 papers), High-pressure geophysics and materials (18 papers) and earthquake and tectonic studies (18 papers). Kenneth S. Befus is often cited by papers focused on Geological and Geochemical Analysis (36 papers), High-pressure geophysics and materials (18 papers) and earthquake and tectonic studies (18 papers). Kenneth S. Befus collaborates with scholars based in United States, Switzerland and Argentina. Kenneth S. Befus's co-authors include James E. Gardner, James M. Watkins, B. J. Andrews, Michael Manga, Guilherme A.R. Gualda, M. S. Ghiorso, Miguel Cisneros, Edward W. Llewellin, Richard E. Hanson and Robert Zinke and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, Earth and Planetary Science Letters and Geophysical Research Letters.

In The Last Decade

Kenneth S. Befus

40 papers receiving 574 citations

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Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Kenneth S. Befus United States	15	493	174	102	83	46	42	592
Nicolas Cluzel France	14	621 1.3×	92 0.5×	134 1.3×	69 0.8×	37 0.8×	27	697
Morten S. Riishuus Iceland	11	368 0.7×	199 1.1×	125 1.2×	40 0.5×	47 1.0×	29	493
Federica Schiavi France	18	691 1.4×	85 0.5×	129 1.3×	78 0.9×	22 0.5×	44	811
Claudia D’Oriano Italy	14	509 1.0×	163 0.9×	114 1.1×	40 0.5×	33 0.7×	30	636
V. D. Wanless United States	16	845 1.7×	135 0.8×	126 1.2×	117 1.4×	58 1.3×	33	931
Matteo Masotta Italy	19	945 1.9×	229 1.3×	183 1.8×	131 1.6×	91 2.0×	58	1.1k
Valeria Di Renzo Italy	14	619 1.3×	177 1.0×	92 0.9×	39 0.5×	24 0.5×	26	714
Simon J. Barker New Zealand	19	728 1.5×	288 1.7×	140 1.4×	43 0.5×	27 0.6×	42	887
Abigail K. Barker Sweden	14	495 1.0×	146 0.8×	106 1.0×	63 0.8×	64 1.4×	35	585
L. A. Porritt Canada	15	775 1.6×	189 1.1×	290 2.8×	43 0.5×	36 0.8×	30	893

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Thompson, James O., et al.. (2025). The use of UAV-based visible and multispectral thermal infrared data for active volcano monitoring and analysis: test of a low-cost solution applied to the 2022 Meradalir eruption. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 8(1). 325–339. 1 indexed citations

Manga, Michael, et al.. (2024). Stressful crystal histories recorded around melt inclusions in volcanic quartz. Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology. 179(6).

Befus, Kenneth S., et al.. (2024). Rehydrated glass embayments record the cooling of a Yellowstone ignimbrite. Geology. 52(7). 507–511.

Befus, Kenneth S., et al.. (2024). Elastic thermobarometry on metapelites across the crustal section of the Famatinian Arc, Argentina. Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology. 179(4). 3 indexed citations

Befus, Kenneth S., et al.. (2023). Topaz from Mason County, Texas. Gems & Gemology. 59(4). 414–431. 1 indexed citations

Sonder, Ingo, Alison Graettinger, Tracianne B. Neilsen, et al.. (2022). Experimental Multiblast Craters and Ejecta—Seismo‐Acoustics, Jet Characteristics, Craters, and Ejecta Deposits and Implications for Volcanic Explosions. Journal of Geophysical Research Solid Earth. 127(8). 1 indexed citations

Thompson, James O., et al.. (2022). Thermal and seismic precursors to the explosive eruption at La Soufrière Volcano, St. Vincent in April 2021. Earth and Planetary Science Letters. 592. 117621–117621. 17 indexed citations

Befus, Kenneth S., et al.. (2020). Rhyolite lava emplacement dynamics inferred from surface morphology. Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research. 395. 106850–106850. 13 indexed citations

Befus, Kenneth S., et al.. (2020). Hydrogen Isotope Composition of a Large Silicic Magma Reservoir Preserved in Quartz‐Hosted Glass Inclusions of the Bishop Tuff Plinian Eruption. Geochemistry Geophysics Geosystems. 21(12). 6 indexed citations

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Brandon, A. D., et al.. (2020). Volcanic origin for Younger Dryas geochemical anomalies ca. 12,900 cal B.P.. Science Advances. 6(31). eaax8587–eaax8587. 11 indexed citations

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Andrews, B. J., Kenneth S. Befus, Dawnika Blatter, et al.. (2019). Rapid experimental determination of magmatic phase equilibria: coordinating a volcanic crisis response protocol. AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts. 2019. 1 indexed citations

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Befus, Kenneth S. & B. J. Andrews. (2018). Crystal nucleation and growth produced by continuous decompression of Pinatubo magma. Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology. 173(11). 29 indexed citations

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Gardner, James E., et al.. (2016). Nucleation rates of spherulites in natural rhyolitic lava. American Mineralogist. 101(11). 2367–2376. 2 indexed citations

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Watkins, James M., James E. Gardner, & Kenneth S. Befus. (2016). Nonequilibrium degassing, regassing, and vapor fluxing in magmatic feeder systems. Geology. 45(2). 183–186. 32 indexed citations

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Barnes, Jaime D., et al.. (2014). Stable chlorine isotope behavior during volcanic degassing of H2O and CO2 at Mono Craters, CA. Bulletin of Volcanology. 76(3). 27 indexed citations

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Befus, Kenneth S., Robert Zinke, Jacob S. Jordan, Michael Manga, & James E. Gardner. (2014). Pre-eruptive storage conditions and eruption dynamics of a small rhyolite dome: Douglas Knob, Yellowstone volcanic field, USA. Bulletin of Volcanology. 76(3). 41 indexed citations

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Williams, Mark, Kenneth S. Befus, & James E. Gardner. (2012). Magmatic storage conditions along the Mono Craters chain, Eastern California. AGUFM. 2012. 1 indexed citations

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Gardner, James E., Kenneth S. Befus, James M. Watkins, Marc A. Hesse, & Nathan Miller. (2012). Compositional gradients surrounding spherulites in obsidian and their relationship to spherulite growth and lava cooling. Bulletin of Volcanology. 74(8). 1865–1879. 32 indexed citations

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Befus, Kenneth S., James E. Gardner, Nathan Miller, & Robert Zinke. (2011). Spherulites and cooling histories of obsidian lavas, Yellowstone Caldera. AGUFM. 2011. 1 indexed citations

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Befus, Kenneth S., Richard E. Hanson, Daniel P. Miggins, John A. Breyer, & Arthur B. Busbey. (2009). Nonexplosive and explosive magma/wet-sediment interaction during emplacement of Eocene intrusions into Cretaceous to Eocene strata, Trans-Pecos igneous province, West Texas. Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research. 181(3-4). 155–172. 16 indexed citations

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