Spahr C. Webb

7.3k total citations · 1 hit paper
120 papers, 5.5k citations indexed

About

Spahr C. Webb is a scholar working on Geophysics, Oceanography and Geology. According to data from OpenAlex, Spahr C. Webb has authored 120 papers receiving a total of 5.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 105 papers in Geophysics, 26 papers in Oceanography and 15 papers in Geology. Recurrent topics in Spahr C. Webb's work include earthquake and tectonic studies (70 papers), Seismic Waves and Analysis (55 papers) and High-pressure geophysics and materials (46 papers). Spahr C. Webb is often cited by papers focused on earthquake and tectonic studies (70 papers), Seismic Waves and Analysis (55 papers) and High-pressure geophysics and materials (46 papers). Spahr C. Webb collaborates with scholars based in United States, Japan and New Zealand. Spahr C. Webb's co-authors include John A. Hildebrand, Wayne C. Crawford, Douglas A. Wiens, Donald W. Forsyth, LeRoy M. Dorman, Robert A Sohn, G. A. Abers, Charles S. Cox, Mark A. McDonald and Göran Ekström and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres.

In The Last Decade

Spahr C. Webb

119 papers receiving 5.1k 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.

Slow slip near the trench at the Hikurangi subduction zone, New Zealand

2016 240 citations Laura Wallace, Spahr C. Webb et al. profile →

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Spahr C. Webb

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William S. D. Wilcock United States

Douglas A. Wiens United States

Barbara Romanowicz United States

Donald W. Forsyth United States

Jörg Bialas Germany

Y. Nakamura United States

Yoshio Fukao Japan

S. P. Grand United States

P. W. Schmidt Australia

M. C. Sinha United Kingdom

William S. D. Wilcock United States

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Wallace, Laura, C. A. Williams, Ian Hamling, et al.. (2024). Spatiotemporal Evolution of Slow Slip Events at the Offshore Hikurangi Subduction Zone in 2019 Using GNSS, InSAR, and Seafloor Geodetic Data. Journal of Geophysical Research Solid Earth. 129(8). 7 indexed citations

Webb, Spahr C. & Andrew H. Barclay. (2023). Optimizing Ocean Bottom Seismometers for Shallow Water Using Shielding and Horizontal Pressure Gradient Data. Journal of Geophysical Research Solid Earth. 128(8). 1 indexed citations

Brooks, B. A., Dara E. Goldberg, T. L. Ericksen, et al.. (2023). Rapid shallow megathrust afterslip from the 2021 M8.2 Chignik, Alaska earthquake revealed by seafloor geodesy. Science Advances. 9(17). eadf9299–eadf9299. 21 indexed citations

Webb, Spahr C., Laura Wallace, Yoshihiro Ito, et al.. (2022). Using Seafloor Geodesy to Detect Vertical Deformation at the Hikurangi Subduction Zone: Insights From Self‐Calibrating Pressure Sensors and Ocean General Circulation Models. Journal of Geophysical Research Solid Earth. 127(12). 10 indexed citations

Inoue, Tomohiro, Yoshihiro Ito, Laura Wallace, et al.. (2021). Water Depth Dependence of Long‐Range Correlation in Nontidal Variations in Seafloor Pressure. Geophysical Research Letters. 48(8). 8 indexed citations

Mochizuki, Kimihiro, Erin Todd, S. Y. Schwartz, et al.. (2021). Continuous Tremor Activity With Stable Polarization Direction Following the 2014 Large Slow Slip Event in the Hikurangi Subduction Margin Offshore New Zealand. Journal of Geophysical Research Solid Earth. 127(2). 3 indexed citations

Sheehan, A. F., S. Y. Schwartz, Kimihiro Mochizuki, et al.. (2019). Seismicity at the Northern Hikurangi Margin, New Zealand, and Investigation of the Potential Spatial and Temporal Relationships With a Shallow Slow Slip Event. Journal of Geophysical Research Solid Earth. 124(5). 4751–4766. 31 indexed citations

Jacobs, Katrina, M. K. Savage, Erin Todd, et al.. (2019). Temporal and spatial variations in seismic anisotropy and V/V ratios in a region of slow slip. Earth and Planetary Science Letters. 532. 115970–115970. 24 indexed citations

Ito, Yoshihiro, Daisuke Inazu, Laura Wallace, et al.. (2018). Seafloor Crustal Deformation on Ocean Bottom Pressure Records With Nontidal Variability Corrections: Application to Hikurangi Margin, New Zealand. Geophysical Research Letters. 46(1). 303–310. 19 indexed citations

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Todd, Erin, S. Y. Schwartz, Kimihiro Mochizuki, et al.. (2018). Earthquakes and Tremor Linked to Seamount Subduction During Shallow Slow Slip at the Hikurangi Margin, New Zealand. Journal of Geophysical Research Solid Earth. 123(8). 6769–6783. 84 indexed citations

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Chadwell, C. D., D. A. Schmidt, Spahr C. Webb, et al.. (2018). Expansion of GPS-Acoustic Arrays offshore the Cascadia and Alaska Subduction Zones. AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts. 2018. 1 indexed citations

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Wei, S. Shawn, et al.. (2016). Upper mantle structure of the Tonga‐Lau‐Fiji region from Rayleigh wave tomography. Geochemistry Geophysics Geosystems. 17(11). 4705–4724. 16 indexed citations

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Shillington, D. J., Anne Bécel, M. R. Nedimović, et al.. (2013). Local structural controls on outer-rise faulting, hydration, and seismicity in the Alaska subduction zone. AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts. 2013. 1 indexed citations

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Wei, S. Shawn, Douglas A. Wiens, Spahr C. Webb, et al.. (2012). Shear Velocity Structure of the Tonga Arc and Lau Backarc Basin from Rayleigh Wave Tomography. AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts. 2012. 1 indexed citations

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Bécel, Anne, D. J. Shillington, M. R. Nedimović, et al.. (2012). Seismic structure of the North Pacific oceanic crust prior plate bending at the Alaska subduction zone. AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts. 2012. 2 indexed citations

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Cormier, Marie‐Hélène, Spahr C. Webb, W. Roger Buck, et al.. (2008). Temporal Variability of Hydrothermal Plumes Along the 9N Segment of the East Pacific Rise. AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts. 2008. 1 indexed citations

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Webb, Spahr C.. (2007). Forcing by Infragravity Waves Interacting Over the Deep Ocean Basins is Important to Maintaining the Earth's Seismic Normal Mode Background (the 'Earth's Hum'). AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts. 2007. 1 indexed citations

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Webb, Spahr C.. (2005). The excitation of Earth Normal Modes by Ocean Waves and Atmospheric Turbulence. AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts. 2005. 1 indexed citations

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Weeraratne, D. S., Donald W. Forsyth, & Spahr C. Webb. (2004). The Seismic Low Velocity Zone West of the EPR Where an Off-Axis Plume may be Feeding the Ridge. AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts. 2004. 1 indexed citations

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Weeraratne, D. S., Donald W. Forsyth, & Spahr C. Webb. (2003). Rayleigh Wave Tomography Study of the Oceanic Upper Mantle Beneath Intraplate Volcanic Chains West of the East Pacific Rise. AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts. 2003. 3 indexed citations

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