Sascha Brune

4.1k total citations · 2 hit papers
90 papers, 2.8k citations indexed

About

Sascha Brune is a scholar working on Geophysics, Earth-Surface Processes and Geology. According to data from OpenAlex, Sascha Brune has authored 90 papers receiving a total of 2.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 78 papers in Geophysics, 25 papers in Earth-Surface Processes and 20 papers in Geology. Recurrent topics in Sascha Brune's work include earthquake and tectonic studies (66 papers), Geological and Geochemical Analysis (54 papers) and High-pressure geophysics and materials (34 papers). Sascha Brune is often cited by papers focused on earthquake and tectonic studies (66 papers), Geological and Geochemical Analysis (54 papers) and High-pressure geophysics and materials (34 papers). Sascha Brune collaborates with scholars based in Germany, United Kingdom and Australia. Sascha Brune's co-authors include Christian Heine, S. V. Sobolev, R. Dietmar Müller, Simon Williams, Marta Pérez‐Gussinyé, Peter D. Clift, Anne Glerum, Anton Popov, Giacomo Corti and N. P. Butterworth and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Nature Communications and Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres.

In The Last Decade

Sascha Brune

82 papers receiving 2.8k 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.

Rift migration explains continental margin asymmetry and crustal hyper-extension

2014 302 citations Sascha Brune, S. V. Sobolev et al. Nature Communications profile →
Geodynamics of continental rift initiation and evolution

2023 83 citations Sascha Brune, Folarin Kolawole et al. Nature Reviews Earth & Environment profile →

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Sascha Brune

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All Works

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#	Work	Indexed citations
1	Crustal Heterogeneity Controls the Along‐Strike Segmentation: Analog and Numerical Models of the Northern South China Sea 2025 ·Tectonics ·(unknown), Hongwei Yin, Christian Schiffer, Sascha Brune, Dong Jia, Wei Wang	0
2	Fatbox: the fault analysis toolbox 2025 ·(unknown), Thilo Wrona, Sascha Brune, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), John Naliboff	1
3	Enriched mantle generated through persistent convective erosion of continental roots 2025 ·Nature Geoscience ·Thomas Gernon, Sascha Brune, Thea Hincks, Martin R. Palmer, Christopher J. Spencer, (unknown), Anne Glerum	0
4	Control of Gravitational Potential Energy on the Distribution of Off‐Rift Volcanic Activity in the Turkana Depression, East African Rift 2025 ·Geophysical Research Letters ·Giacomo Corti, Ameha Muluneh, D. Sarah Stamps, Derek Keir, Ilaria Isola, Francesco Mazzarini, Sascha Brune, Daniele Maestrelli	0
5	Geodynamic controls on clastic-dominated base metal deposits 2024 ·Solid Earth ·Anne Glerum, Sascha Brune, Joseph M. Magnall, Philipp Weis, Sarah A. Gleeson	2
6	Coordination between deformation, precipitation, and erosion during orogenic growth 2024 ·Nature Communications ·Xiaoping Yuan, (unknown), Sascha Brune, Kai Li, (unknown), (unknown)	4
7	(D)rifting in the 21st century: key processes, natural hazards, and geo-resources 2024 ·Solid Earth ·Frank Zwaan, Tiago M. Alves, Patricia Cadenas, Mohamed Gouiza, (unknown), Sascha Brune, Anne Glerum	2
8	The Role of Upper Mantle Forces in Post‐Subduction Tectonics: Plumelet and Active Rifting in the East Anatolian Plateau 2024 ·Geochemistry Geophysics Geosystems ·(unknown), R. N. Pysklywec, Andrea Sembroni, Sascha Brune, Claudio Faccenna	2
9	Fault Networks in Triaxial Tectonic Settings: Analog Modeling of Distributed Continental Extension With Lateral Shortening 2024 ·Tectonics ·Jun Liu, Matthias Rosenau, Sascha Brune, (unknown), Michael Rudolf, Onno Oncken	1
10	3D Interaction of Tectonics and Surface Processes Explains Fault Network Evolution of the Dead Sea Fault 2024 ·Publication Database GFZ (GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences) ·(unknown), (unknown), Sascha Brune, Anne Glerum, Roi Granot, Yariv Hamiel, S. V. Sobolev, (unknown)	2
11	Tectonic interactions during rift linkage: insights from analog and numerical experiments 2023 ·Solid Earth ·(unknown), Sascha Brune, Anne Glerum, Guido Schreurs	5
12	Geodynamics of continental rift initiation and evolution breakdown → 2023 ·Nature Reviews Earth & Environment ·Sascha Brune, Folarin Kolawole, Jean‐Arthur Olive, D. Sarah Stamps, W. Roger Buck, Susanne Buiter, Tanya Furman, D. J. Shillington	83
13	Crustal flow driving twin domes exhumation and low-angle normal faulting in the Menderes Massif of western Anatolia 2023 ·Earth and Planetary Science Letters ·(unknown), Oğuz H. Göğüş, Sascha Brune, (unknown), Anne Glerum, Andreas Fichtner, Hasan Sözbilir	3
14	3D seismic interpretation with deep learning: A brief introduction 2021 ·The Leading Edge ·Thilo Wrona, Indranil Pan, Rebecca Bell, Robert L. Gawthorpe, Haakon Fossen, Sascha Brune	18
15	Examining the impact of the Great Barrier Reef on tsunami propagation using numerical simulations 2021 ·Natural Hazards ·(unknown), Sascha Brune, Jody M. Webster, Dale Dominey‐Howes, Daniel Harris	5
16	Mechanism for Deep Crustal Seismicity: Insight From Modeling of Deformation Processes at the Main Ethiopian Rift 2020 ·Geochemistry Geophysics Geosystems ·Ameha Muluneh, Sascha Brune, Finnigan Illsley‐Kemp, Giacomo Corti, Derek Keir, Anne Glerum, Tesfaye Kidane, Jim Mori	21
17	Aborted propagation of the Ethiopian rift caused by linkage with the Kenyan rift 2019 ·Nature Communications ·Giacomo Corti, Raffaello Cioni, (unknown), Federico Sani, Stéphane Scaillet, Paola Molin, Ilaria Isola, Francesco Mazzarini, Sascha Brune, Derek Keir, (unknown), Ameha Muluneh, Finnigan Illsley‐Kemp, Anne Glerum	61
18	Formation of the Iberian‐European Convergent Plate Boundary Fault and Its Effect on Intraplate Deformation in Central Europe 2019 ·Geochemistry Geophysics Geosystems ·Armin Dielforder, (unknown), Sascha Brune, Mary Ford	34
19	Breakup Without Borders: How Continents Speed Up and Slow Down During Rifting 2018 ·Geophysical Research Letters ·Martina Ulvrová, Sascha Brune, Simon Williams	27
20	A two- and three-dimensional numerical comparison study of slab detachment 2015 ·Publication Database GFZ (GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences) ·Cédric Thieulot, Susanne Buiter, Sascha Brune, D. Rhodri Davies, Thibault Duretz, Muriel Gerbault, Anne Glerum, Javier Quinteros, Stefan M. Schmalholz, Wim Spakman	0

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