Robert W. Simpson

7.1k citations
96 papers · 4.5k indexed · 1 hit paper · h-index 32

Impact in

  • Geophysics top 0.2%
    • earthquake and tectonic studies
    • High-pressure geophysics and materials
    • Geological and Geochemical Analysis
    • Earthquake Detection and Analysis
    • Seismic Waves and Analysis
    • Seismic Imaging and Inversion Techniques
  • Geology top 5%

Papers in

    • earthquake and tectonic studies 46
    • Geological and Geochemical Analysis 23
    • Seismic Waves and Analysis 21
    • High-pressure geophysics and materials 17
    • Earthquake Detection and Analysis 9
    • Geophysics and Gravity Measurements 17

Robert W. Simpson

85 papers receiving 3.8k citations

Hit Papers

Response of Regional Seismicity to the Static Stress Change Produced by the Loma Prieta Earthquake 1992 · 657 citations
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Peers

Robert W. Simpson
Comparison fields: 5 of 94
  • Geophysics 4.1k
  • Geology 139
  • Artificial Intelligence 634
  • Atmospheric Science 289
  • Earth-Surface Processes 65
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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
#Work
1 20231
2 201443
3
Advantages and Limitations of Cluster Analysis in Interpreting Regional GPS Velocity Fields in California and Elsewhere
20121
4 200811
5
Drainage-Divide Approach to Finding Boundaries of Geologic Bodies Using Gradients of 2D Potential Field Anomalies and 3D Tomographic Velocity Anomalies
20081
6
Geophysical Investigations Along the Hayward Fault, Northern California, and Their Implications on Earthquake Hazards
20071
7
A Three-dimensional Geologic Model of the Hayward-Calaveras Fault Junction
20073
8
Segmentation of the Calaveras-Hayward Fault System Based on 3-D Geometry and Geology at Large-Earthquake Depth
20071
9
Three-Dimensional Geologic Map of Northern California: A Foundation for Earthquake Simulations and Other Predictive Modeling
20061
10
Southern extension of the Hayward Fault and its relationship to the Calaveras and Silver Creek Faults, Northern California
20054
11 20048
12
Pliocene Reorganization of Hayward-Calaveras Fault Junction, San Francisco Bay Region, California, USA
20032
13
Geophysical Anomalies and Seismicity Suggest a Connection Between the Hayward and Calaveras Faults, Eastern San Francisco Bay Area, Northern California
20033
14
The Calaveras Fault, Northern California: A Geophysical Perspective on Offset and 3-D Geometry
20024
15 200149
16 199943
17
IMPACTS OF TECHNOLOGY ON THE CAPACITY NEEDS OF THE US NATIONAL AIRSPACE SYSTEM
19921
18 19895
19 19802
20
An extension of Multhopp's lifting surface theory
19601

About Robert W. Simpson

Robert W. Simpson is a scholar working on Geophysics, Oceanography, Geochemistry and Petrology, Earth-Surface Processes and Artificial Intelligence, having authored 96 papers that have together received 4.5k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include earthquake and tectonic studies (46 papers), Geological and Geochemical Analysis (23 papers), Seismic Waves and Analysis (21 papers), High-pressure geophysics and materials (17 papers), Geophysics and Gravity Measurements (17 papers), Seismology and Earthquake Studies (12 papers), Earthquake Detection and Analysis (9 papers) and Geochemistry and Geologic Mapping (8 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Geophysics (4.1k citations), Geology (139 citations), Artificial Intelligence (634 citations), Atmospheric Science (289 citations) and Earth-Surface Processes (65 citations). Robert W. Simpson has collaborated with scholars based in United States, Australia and Netherlands. Frequent co-authors include Paul A. Reasenberg, Ruth Harris, R. C. Jachens, J. J. Lienkaemper, J. C. Savage, Richard J. Blakely, David H. Oppenheimer, Allan Cox, Ross S. Stein and Richard W. Saltus. Their work appears in journals such as Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres, Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America, Geophysical Research Letters, Science and Nature.

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