P. A. Cowie

10.7k total citations · 2 hit papers
82 papers, 8.3k citations indexed

About

P. A. Cowie is a scholar working on Geophysics, Earth-Surface Processes and Atmospheric Science. According to data from OpenAlex, P. A. Cowie has authored 82 papers receiving a total of 8.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 60 papers in Geophysics, 18 papers in Earth-Surface Processes and 14 papers in Atmospheric Science. Recurrent topics in P. A. Cowie's work include earthquake and tectonic studies (56 papers), Geological and Geochemical Analysis (30 papers) and Geological formations and processes (17 papers). P. A. Cowie is often cited by papers focused on earthquake and tectonic studies (56 papers), Geological and Geochemical Analysis (30 papers) and Geological formations and processes (17 papers). P. A. Cowie collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, United States and Norway. P. A. Cowie's co-authors include Christopher H. Scholz, Gerald Roberts, Zoe K. Shipton, Nancye H. Dawers, Ian Main, Alexander C. Whittaker, Sanjeev Gupta, Mikaël Attal, Gregory E. Tucker and Brian Berkowitz and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres and Scientific Reports.

In The Last Decade

P. A. Cowie

80 papers receiving 7.9k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

Scaling of fracture systems in geological media

2001 1.1k citations Ian Main, P. A. Cowie et al. profile →
Physical explanation for the displacement-length relationship of faults using a post-yield fracture mechanics model

1992 491 citations P. A. Cowie, Christopher H. Scholz Journal of Structural Geology profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
P. A. Cowie United Kingdom	47	6.0k	1.8k	1.6k	1.4k	911	82	8.3k
Philippe Davy France	59	5.0k 0.8×	1.4k 0.7×	1.1k 0.7×	2.1k 1.4×	3.9k 4.3×	159	11.3k
David J. Sanderson United Kingdom	51	7.2k 1.2×	1.0k 0.5×	1.4k 0.9×	2.5k 1.7×	1.1k 1.2×	155	9.5k
Jean Braun France	55	5.2k 0.9×	3.0k 1.6×	2.0k 1.3×	783 0.5×	418 0.5×	190	8.5k
Domenico Giardini Switzerland	68	12.7k 2.1×	1.3k 0.7×	717 0.4×	665 0.5×	460 0.5×	322	15.0k
E. J. Fielding United States	62	7.3k 1.2×	2.7k 1.5×	678 0.4×	657 0.5×	1.1k 1.3×	202	11.8k
W. Steven Holbrook United States	51	5.5k 0.9×	1.1k 0.6×	678 0.4×	1.2k 0.8×	498 0.5×	149	7.9k
John Suppe United States	49	11.3k 1.9×	2.1k 1.2×	1.6k 1.0×	1.3k 0.9×	155 0.2×	130	13.0k
Atilla Aydin United States	50	6.6k 1.1×	898 0.5×	1.1k 0.7×	3.5k 2.4×	816 0.9×	122	9.1k
P.R. Cobbold France	61	9.7k 1.6×	1.6k 0.9×	2.4k 1.5×	1.9k 1.3×	201 0.2×	156	12.0k
B. Parsons United Kingdom	64	10.5k 1.7×	2.0k 1.1×	567 0.4×	991 0.7×	425 0.5×	167	13.3k

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Lunn, Rebecca J., et al.. (2026). Modelling hydraulic permeability evolution in fault damage zones. 675–682.

Cowie, P. A., Guillaume Duclaux, Rob L. Gawthorpe, et al.. (2018). Drainage integration and sediment dispersal in active continental rifts: A numerical modelling study of the central Italian Apennines. Basin Research. 30(5). 965–989. 36 indexed citations

Duclaux, Guillaume, Tristan Salles, Casey W. Nixon, et al.. (2017). Evaluating Key Controls on Sediment Flux to the Gulf of Corinth over the Last 130 kyrs Using a Forward Modeling Approach. EGUGA. 2017. 14146. 1 indexed citations

Wilkinson, M., Gerald Roberts, Ken McCaffrey, et al.. (2014). Slip distributions on active normal faults measured from LiDAR and field mapping of geomorphic offsets: an example from L'Aquila, Italy, and implications for modelling seismic moment release. Geomorphology. 237. 130–141. 61 indexed citations

Cowie, P. A., Christopher H. Scholz, Gerald Roberts, Joanna Faure Walker, & Philippe Steer. (2013). Viscous roots of active seismogenic faults revealed by geologic slip rate variations. Nature Geoscience. 6(12). 1036–1040. 53 indexed citations

Walker, Joanna Faure, Gerald Roberts, P. A. Cowie, et al.. (2012). Relationship between topography, rates of extension and mantle dynamics in the actively-extending Italian Apennines. Earth and Planetary Science Letters. 325-326. 76–84. 65 indexed citations

Roberts, Gerald, Giancanio Sileo, Alberto Pizzi, et al.. (2010). Shallow subsurface structure of the 2009 April 6 Mw 6.3 L’Aquila earthquake surface rupture at Paganica, investigated with ground-penetrating radar. Geophysical Journal International. 183(2). 774–790. 34 indexed citations

McCaffrey, Ken, M. Wilkinson, P. A. Cowie, et al.. (2009). Post-seismic slip on the 6th April 2009 L'Aquila earthquake surface rupture, measured using a terrestrial laser scanner (tripod-mounted lidar). AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts. 2009. 1 indexed citations

Hobley, Daniel E. J., Hugh D. Sinclair, & P. A. Cowie. (2009). How should we model incision into coarse, loose, heterogeneous grain mixtures in mountain catchments?. AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts. 2009. 1 indexed citations

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Attal, Mikaël, Gregory E. Tucker, P. A. Cowie, Alexander C. Whittaker, & Gerald Roberts. (2007). Modeling Fluvial Incision and Transient Landscape Evolution: Influence of Dynamic Channel Adjustment. BIROn (Birkbeck, University of London). 2007. 2 indexed citations

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Tucker, Gregory E., Alexander C. Whittaker, P. A. Cowie, Mikaël Attal, & Gerald Roberts. (2005). Valley Formation by Debris-Flow Incision in the Central Apennines, Italy. AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts. 2005. 1 indexed citations

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Cowie, P. A., John R. Underhill, M. D. Behn, Jian Lin, & Christopher Gill. (2005). Spatio-temporal evolution of strain accumulation derived from multi-scale observations of Late Jurassic rifting in the northern North Sea: A critical test of models for lithospheric extension. Earth and Planetary Science Letters. 234(3-4). 401–419. 134 indexed citations

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Nascimento, Aderson Farias do, Rebecca J. Lunn, & P. A. Cowie. (2003). 3. Modelling heterogeneous hydraulic properties of faults using constraints from reservoir induced seismicity. EAEJA. 6125. 4 indexed citations

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Gupta, Sanjeev & P. A. Cowie. (2000). INVITED EDITORIAL Processes and controls in the stratigraphic development of extensional basins. Basin Research. 12(3-4). 185–194. 2 indexed citations

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Gupta, Sanjeev, P. A. Cowie, Nancye H. Dawers, & John R. Underhill. (1998). A mechanism to explain rift-basin subsidence and stratigraphic patterns through fault-array evolution. Geology. 26(7). 595–595. 223 indexed citations

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Cowie, P. A.. (1998). A healing–reloading feedback control on the growth rate of seismogenic faults. Journal of Structural Geology. 20(8). 1075–1087. 245 indexed citations

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Cowie, P. A.. (1996). Fractals and Dynamic Systems in Geoscience. Journal of Structural Geology. 18(5). 716–717. 3 indexed citations

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Cowie, P. A., Ian Main, & R. J. Knipe. (1995). Looking for patterns in fault populations. Eos. 76(12). 125–125. 1 indexed citations

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Bjarnason, Ingi Th., P. A. Cowie, Mark H. Anders, L. Seeber, & Christopher H. Scholz. (1993). The 1912 Iceland earthquake rupture: Growth and development of a nascent transform system. Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America. 83(2). 416–435. 72 indexed citations

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Scholz, Christopher H. & P. A. Cowie. (1990). Determination of total strain from faulting using slip measurements. Nature. 346(6287). 837–839. 320 indexed citations

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