M. S. Steckler

9.9k total citations · 2 hit papers
130 papers, 7.2k citations indexed

About

M. S. Steckler is a scholar working on Geophysics, Earth-Surface Processes and Atmospheric Science. According to data from OpenAlex, M. S. Steckler has authored 130 papers receiving a total of 7.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 76 papers in Geophysics, 39 papers in Earth-Surface Processes and 26 papers in Atmospheric Science. Recurrent topics in M. S. Steckler's work include earthquake and tectonic studies (68 papers), Geological formations and processes (36 papers) and Geological and Geochemical Analysis (27 papers). M. S. Steckler is often cited by papers focused on earthquake and tectonic studies (68 papers), Geological formations and processes (36 papers) and Geological and Geochemical Analysis (27 papers). M. S. Steckler collaborates with scholars based in United States, Bangladesh and Italy. M. S. Steckler's co-authors include A. B. Watts, L. Seeber, J. H. Bodine, S. H. Akhter, Garry D. Karner, S. L. Goodbred, Gomaa I. Omar, Uri S. ten Brink, W. Roger Buck and L. L. Lavier and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Nature Communications.

In The Last Decade

M. S. Steckler

122 papers receiving 6.6k citations

Hit Papers

Subsidence of the Atlantic-type continental margin off Ne... 1978 2026 1994 2010 1978 2016 200 400 600
What are hit papers?

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.

  1. Subsidence of the Atlantic-type continental margin off New York
    1978 669 citations M. S. Steckler et al. Earth and Planetary Science Letters profile →
  2. Locked and loading megathrust linked to active subduction beneath the Indo-Burman Ranges
    2016 217 citations M. S. Steckler, D. R. Mondal et al. profile →

Peers

M. S. Steckler
Karl B. Föllmi Switzerland
Nicolas Tribovillard France
Flavio S. Anselmetti Switzerland
Grant M. Young Canada
Yuexing Feng Australia
Baruch Spiro United Kingdom
Douglas G. Masson United Kingdom
Henrik H. Svensen Norway
Brian G. Jones Australia
Xuefa Shi China
Karl B. Föllmi Switzerland
M. S. Steckler
Citations per year, relative to M. S. Steckler M. S. Steckler (= 1×) peers Karl B. Föllmi

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of M. S. Steckler

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of M. S. Steckler. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of M. S. Steckler based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with M. S. Steckler. M. S. Steckler is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

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Key, Kerry, et al.. (2025). Buried deep freshwater reserves beneath salinity-stressed coastal Bangladesh. Nature Communications. 16(1). 10740–10740.
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Steckler, M. S., et al.. (2024). Contribution of campaign GNSS toward parsing subsidence rates by time and depth in coastal Bangladesh. Frontiers in Earth Science. 12. 2 indexed citations
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Schmelz, William J., Kenneth G. Miller, Gregory S. Mountain, M. S. Steckler, & James V. Browning. (2024). Sensitivity of modelled passive margin stratigraphy to variations in sea level, sediment supply and subsidence. Basin Research. 36(1). 3 indexed citations
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Wei, Shengji, Patricia Persaud, M. S. Steckler, et al.. (2024). Mantle deformation in the highly oblique indo-burma subduction system inferred from shear wave splitting measurements. Earth and Planetary Science Letters. 643. 118895–118895. 6 indexed citations
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Steckler, M. S., et al.. (2023). New GNSS and Geological Data From the Indo‐Burman Subduction Zone Indicate Active Convergence on Both a Locked Megathrust and the Kabaw Fault. Journal of Geophysical Research Solid Earth. 128(4). 17 indexed citations
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Grimaud, Jean‐Louis, C. Grall, S. L. Goodbred, et al.. (2019). Flexural deformation controls on Late Quaternary sediment dispersal in the Garo‐Rajmahal Gap, NW Bengal Basin. Basin Research. 32(5). 1242–1260. 7 indexed citations
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Steckler, M. S., et al.. (2019). Updated Vertical and Horizontal GPS Velocity Field in Bangladesh. AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts. 2019. 2 indexed citations
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Grall, C., M. S. Steckler, Jennifer Pickering, et al.. (2018). A base-level stratigraphic approach to determining Holocene subsidence of the Ganges–Meghna–Brahmaputra Delta plain. Earth and Planetary Science Letters. 499. 23–36. 37 indexed citations
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Grall, C., Pierre Henry, M. Namık Çağatay, et al.. (2016). Marine-to-lacustrine transition, mud volcanism, and slope instability in an active tectonic setting: the MIS 5 to 4 transition in the Sea of Marmara, Turkey. EGU General Assembly Conference Abstracts. 1 indexed citations
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Margheriti, Lucia, Francesco Pio Lucente, J. Park, et al.. (2014). Large-scale coherent anisotropy of upper mantle beneath the Italian peninsula comparing quasi-Love waves and SKS splitting. Journal of Geodynamics. 82. 26–38. 13 indexed citations
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Reitz, M. D., M. S. Steckler, Paola Cianfarra, & L. Seeber. (2014). Modeling coupled avulsion and earthquake timescale dynamics. AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts. 2014. 1 indexed citations
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Steckler, M. S., D. R. Mondal, S. L. Nooner, et al.. (2013). GPS Velocity Field in Bangladesh: Delta Subsidence, Seasonal Water Loading and Shortening Across the Burma Accretionary Prism and Shillong Massif. AGUFM. 2013. 2 indexed citations
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Mondal, D. R., Cecilia M. McHugh, M. S. Steckler, et al.. (2013). Coseismic Deformation of the Great 1762 Arakan Subduction Earthquake Along South-Eastern Coast of Bangladesh. AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts. 2013. 1 indexed citations
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Steckler, M. S., S. H. Akhter, L. Seeber, et al.. (2010). GPS Velocities and Structure Across the Burma Accretionary Prism and Shillong Anticline in Bangladesh. AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts. 2010. 6 indexed citations
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Seeber, L., et al.. (2010). A Tilted and Dissected Relict Landscape on the east flank of the Sila Massif, Calabria, Southern Italy: Asymmetric Uplift in the Late Quaternary?. AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts. 2010. 2 indexed citations
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D’Agostino, N., et al.. (2009). Crustal motion of the Calabrian Arc from the CALARCO GPS deployment. AGUFM. 2009. 1 indexed citations
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Nooner, S. L., et al.. (2008). Modeling Earth Deformation from Monsoonal Flooding in Bangladesh using Hydrographic, GPS and GRACE Data. AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts. 2008. 3 indexed citations
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Pratson, Lincoln F., J. B. Swenson, Albert J. Kettner, et al.. (2004). Modeling Continental Shelf Formation in the Adriatic Sea and Elsewhere. Oceanography. 17(4). 118–131. 11 indexed citations

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