Ray J. Weldon

6.8k total citations · 1 hit paper
122 papers, 5.1k citations indexed

About

Ray J. Weldon is a scholar working on Geophysics, Artificial Intelligence and Atmospheric Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Ray J. Weldon has authored 122 papers receiving a total of 5.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 96 papers in Geophysics, 32 papers in Artificial Intelligence and 30 papers in Atmospheric Science. Recurrent topics in Ray J. Weldon's work include earthquake and tectonic studies (82 papers), Geological and Geochemical Analysis (49 papers) and Geology and Paleoclimatology Research (29 papers). Ray J. Weldon is often cited by papers focused on earthquake and tectonic studies (82 papers), Geological and Geochemical Analysis (49 papers) and Geology and Paleoclimatology Research (29 papers). Ray J. Weldon collaborates with scholars based in United States, China and Singapore. Ray J. Weldon's co-authors include G. P. Biasi, Katherine M. Scharer, Kerry Sieh, E. Humphreys, Thomas E. Fumal, Timothy E. Dawson, Tom Parsons, Edward H. Field, Charles M. Rubin and T. H. Jordan and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres and Earth and Planetary Science Letters.

In The Last Decade

Ray J. Weldon

119 papers receiving 4.7k citations

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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.

Uniform California Earthquake Rupture Forecast, Version 3 (UCERF3)--The Time-Independent Model

2014 458 citations Edward H. Field, R. Arrowsmith et al. Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Ray J. Weldon United States	39	4.2k	1.3k	742	410	331	122	5.1k
Joaquim Luís Portugal	19	4.8k 1.1×	847 0.6×	657 0.9×	190 0.5×	340 1.0×	36	6.2k
Florian Wobbe Germany	9	4.1k 1.0×	652 0.5×	646 0.9×	169 0.4×	223 0.7×	13	5.3k
Greg A. Valentine United States	40	3.7k 0.9×	1.8k 1.4×	607 0.8×	85 0.2×	867 2.6×	133	4.7k
Larry G. Mastin United States	33	2.6k 0.6×	1.6k 1.2×	273 0.4×	100 0.2×	336 1.0×	93	4.3k
Valerio Acocella Italy	49	5.9k 1.4×	1.3k 1.0×	724 1.0×	137 0.3×	500 1.5×	172	6.8k
Jing Liu‐Zeng China	43	5.5k 1.3×	1.8k 1.4×	762 1.0×	197 0.5×	591 1.8×	224	7.3k
Stephen R. McNutt United States	33	4.0k 0.9×	952 0.7×	900 1.2×	65 0.2×	159 0.5×	122	4.9k
Páll Einarsson Iceland	47	5.5k 1.3×	1.5k 1.1×	368 0.5×	148 0.4×	225 0.7×	167	6.5k
Daniele Andronico Italy	39	3.0k 0.7×	1.5k 1.1×	572 0.8×	62 0.2×	260 0.8×	122	4.5k
Francesco Salvini Italy	31	2.7k 0.6×	767 0.6×	350 0.5×	122 0.3×	414 1.3×	132	3.3k

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Cowgill, Eric, et al.. (2024). Transition From Reverse to Left‐Slip on the Eastern Haiyuan Fault, NE Tibetan Plateau, From the Structure and Age of the Ganyanchi Pull‐Apart Basin. Tectonics. 43(10). 2 indexed citations

Jordan, T. H., John G. Anderson, G. P. Biasi, et al.. (2023). Panel Review of the USGS 2023 Conterminous U.S. Time-Independent Earthquake Rupture Forecast. Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America. 114(1). 572–607. 9 indexed citations

Weldon, Ray J., et al.. (2019). THE ROCKY LEDGE FAULT, NE CALIFORNIA: DEVELOPMENT AND MORPHOLOGY OF A QUATERNARY OBLIQUE NORMAL FAULT IN BASALT. Abstracts with programs - Geological Society of America. 1 indexed citations

Weldon, Ray J., et al.. (2019). NEW INSIGHTS IN TO PALEOSEISMIC AGE MODELS ON THE NORTHERN SAN ANDREAS FAULT: AND UPDATED EARTHQUAKE CORRELATIONS. Abstracts with programs - Geological Society of America. 1 indexed citations

Field, Edward H., T. H. Jordan, M. T. Page, et al.. (2017). A Synoptic View of the Third Uniform California Earthquake Rupture Forecast (UCERF3). Seismological Research Letters. 88(5). 1259–1267. 88 indexed citations

McGill, Sally F., et al.. (2016). LATEST PLEISTOCENE SLIP RATES OF THE SAN BERNARDINO STRAND OF THE SAN ANDREAS FAULT AT BADGER AND PITMAN CANYONS, SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA. Abstracts with programs - Geological Society of America. 1 indexed citations

Egger, Anne E., et al.. (2016). THE INFLUENCE OF PLUVIAL LAKE CYCLES ON EARTHQUAKE RECURRENCE IN THE NORTHWESTERN BASIN AND RANGE EXTENSIONAL PROVINCE. Abstracts with programs - Geological Society of America. 1 indexed citations

Field, Edward H., G. P. Biasi, Peter Bird, et al.. (2013). Uniform California earthquake rupture forecast, version 3 (UCERF3): the time-independent model. Antarctica A Keystone in a Changing World. 130 indexed citations

Field, Edward H., R. Arrowsmith, G. P. Biasi, et al.. (2013). Overview of the Uniform California Earthquake Rupture Forecast Version 3 (UCERF3) Time-Independent Model. AGUFM. 2013. 1 indexed citations

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Rymer, M. J., Jerome A. Treiman, Katherine J. Kendrick, et al.. (2011). Triggered surface slips in southern California associated with the 2010 El Mayor-Cucapah, Baja California, Mexico, earthquake. Antarctica A Keystone in a Changing World. 35 indexed citations

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Weldon, Ray J.. (2011). To what extent does earthquake variability affect slip rate estimates; a test using San Andreas fault paleoseismology.. AGUFM. 2011. 1 indexed citations

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Arrowsmith, R., et al.. (2011). LiDAR-derived measurements of slip in the most recent ground-rupturing earthquakes along elements of the San Andreas fault system. AGUFM. 2011. 1 indexed citations

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Wald, David J., Kristin D. Marano, Trevor I. Allen, et al.. (2010). Best practices for using macroseismic intensity and ground motion to intensity conversion equations for hazard and loss models. Seismological Research Letters. 5 indexed citations

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Page, M. T., K. R. Felzer, Ray J. Weldon, & G. P. Biasi. (2008). The Magnitude-Frequency Distribution on the Southern San Andreas Fault Follows the Gutenberg-Richter Distribution. AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts. 2008. 4 indexed citations

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Schmidt, D. A., Reed J. Burgette, & Ray J. Weldon. (2007). The Distribution of Interseismic Locking on the Central Cascadia Subduction Zone Inferred From Coastal Uplift Rates in Oregon. AGUFM. 2007. 2 indexed citations

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Scharer, Katherine M., Ray J. Weldon, T. E. Fumal, & G. P. Biasi. (2003). Paleoseismic Data Used to Evaluate Long Term Earthquake Behavior. AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts. 2003. 1 indexed citations

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Miller, Martin G. & Ray J. Weldon. (1989). Structural evolution of part of the north-trending segment of the Squaw Peak Fault, Cajon Pass, California. Antarctica A Keystone in a Changing World. 1 indexed citations

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Weldon, Ray J., M. B. Boslough, & Thomas J. Ahrens. (1980). Shock-Induced Color Changes in Nontronite: a Possible Martian Surface Process. Lunar and Planetary Science Conference. 1234–1235. 2 indexed citations

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Boslough, M. B., Ray J. Weldon, & Thomas J. Ahrens. (1980). Impact-induced water loss from serpentine, nontronite and kernite. Lunar and Planetary Science Conference Proceedings. 3. 2145–2158. 32 indexed citations

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Boslough, M. B., Ray J. Weldon, & Thomas J. Ahrens. (1980). Release of Water from Hydrous Minerals due to Impact. LPI. 3(7). 97–99. 3 indexed citations

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