Thorne Lay

23.3k total citations · 5 hit papers
367 papers, 16.7k citations indexed

About

Thorne Lay is a scholar working on Geophysics, Artificial Intelligence and Ocean Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Thorne Lay has authored 367 papers receiving a total of 16.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 351 papers in Geophysics, 44 papers in Artificial Intelligence and 16 papers in Ocean Engineering. Recurrent topics in Thorne Lay's work include earthquake and tectonic studies (325 papers), High-pressure geophysics and materials (270 papers) and Geological and Geochemical Analysis (146 papers). Thorne Lay is often cited by papers focused on earthquake and tectonic studies (325 papers), High-pressure geophysics and materials (270 papers) and Geological and Geochemical Analysis (146 papers). Thorne Lay collaborates with scholars based in United States, China and France. Thorne Lay's co-authors include Hiroo Kanamori, Charles J. Ammon, Edward J. Garnero, S. L. Bilek, Han Yue, Lingling Ye, Keith D. Koper, A. R. Hutko, Kwok Fai Cheung and Jeroen Tromp and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Thorne Lay

361 papers receiving 15.6k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

The Great Sumatra-Andaman Earthquake of 26 December 2004

2005 858 citations Thorne Lay, Hiroo Kanamori et al. profile →
Theoretical Global Seismology

1999 630 citations Thorne Lay et al. profile →
Rupture Process of the 2004 Sumatra-Andaman Earthquake

2005 572 citations Charles J. Ammon, Hiroo Kanamori et al. profile →
Depth‐varying rupture properties of subduction zone megathrust faults

2012 500 citations Thorne Lay, Hiroo Kanamori et al. profile →
Complex multi-fault rupture and triggering during the 2023 earthquake doublet in southeastern Türkiye

2023 79 citations Thorne Lay et al. Nature Communications profile →

Author Peers

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Author						Papers	Cites
Thorne Lay	15.8k	1.5k	714	705	653	367	16.7k
Göran Ekström	15.3k 1.0×	1.4k 0.9×	1.4k 2.0×	604 0.9×	629 1.0×	269	16.7k
Walter D. Mooney	12.9k 0.8×	1.5k 1.0×	553 0.8×	338 0.5×	1.4k 2.2×	248	13.9k
Roger Bilham	11.2k 0.7×	916 0.6×	1.2k 1.7×	1.1k 1.6×	521 0.8×	215	12.8k
Seth Stein	16.0k 1.0×	1.2k 0.8×	2.1k 3.0×	544 0.8×	1.3k 2.0×	229	17.7k
Emile A. Okal	8.3k 0.5×	1.0k 0.7×	1.6k 2.2×	466 0.7×	763 1.2×	304	9.4k
B. L. N. Kennett	18.9k 1.2×	1.6k 1.1×	351 0.5×	596 0.8×	908 1.4×	386	19.9k
M. Simons	8.8k 0.6×	918 0.6×	2.2k 3.0×	373 0.5×	441 0.7×	200	12.2k
E. R. Engdahl	17.3k 1.1×	1.2k 0.8×	362 0.5×	334 0.5×	958 1.5×	129	17.8k
Lynn R. Sykes	11.4k 0.7×	1.8k 1.2×	706 1.0×	337 0.5×	740 1.1×	114	12.2k
Ross S. Stein	11.6k 0.7×	1.3k 0.9×	732 1.0×	533 0.8×	307 0.5×	134	12.5k

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Ye, Lingling, et al.. (2025). Narrow intermediate-depth seismogenic band related to flexural strain in relatively dry Peruvian flat slab. Communications Earth & Environment. 6(1).

Yamazaki, Yoshiki, Kwok Fai Cheung, Thorne Lay, et al.. (2025). A 700-year rupture sequence of great eastern Aleutian earthquakes from tsunami modeling of stratigraphic records. Nature Communications. 16(1). 2638–2638. 2 indexed citations

Yamazaki, Yoshiki, Thorne Lay, Kwok Fai Cheung, et al.. (2024). A Great Tsunami Earthquake Component of the 1957 Aleutian Islands Earthquake. Earth and Planetary Science Letters. 637. 118691–118691. 4 indexed citations

Zhu, Hejun, Jidong Yang, Thorne Lay, et al.. (2022). Detecting and Locating Aftershocks for the 2020 Mw 6.5 Stanley, Idaho, Earthquake Using Convolutional Neural Networks. Seismological Research Letters. 93(6). 3266–3277. 4 indexed citations

Yue, Han, Jianbao Sun, Min Wang, et al.. (2021). The 2019 Ridgecrest, California earthquake sequence: Evolution of seismic and aseismic slip on an orthogonal fault system. Earth and Planetary Science Letters. 570. 117066–117066. 32 indexed citations

Yang, Jidong, Hejun Zhu, Thorne Lay, et al.. (2021). Multifault Opposing‐Dip Strike‐Slip and Normal‐Fault Rupture During the 2020 M_w 6.5 Stanley, Idaho Earthquake. Geophysical Research Letters. 48(10). 15 indexed citations

Larson, Kristine M., Thorne Lay, Yoshiki Yamazaki, et al.. (2020). Dynamic Sea Level Variation From GNSS: 2020 Shumagin Earthquake Tsunami Resonance and Hurricane Laura. Geophysical Research Letters. 48(4). 32 indexed citations

Bosserelle, Cyprien, Kwok Fai Cheung, Thorne Lay, et al.. (2020). Effects of Source Faulting and Fringing Reefs on the 2009 South Pacific Tsunami Inundation in Southeast Upolu, Samoa. Journal of Geophysical Research Oceans. 125(12). 10 indexed citations

Lay, Thorne, et al.. (2019). Yield Estimates for the Six North Korean Nuclear Tests From TeleseismicPWave Modeling and Intercorrelation ofPandPnRecordings. Journal of Geophysical Research Solid Earth. 124(5). 4916–4939. 24 indexed citations

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Lay, Thorne, Lingling Ye, Yefei Bai, et al.. (2017). Rupture Along 400 km of the Bering Fracture Zone in the Komandorsky Islands Earthquake (M_W 7.8) of 17 July 2017. Geophysical Research Letters. 44(24). 14 indexed citations

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Ye, Lingling, Thorne Lay, Hiroo Kanamori, Zhongwen Zhan, & Zacharie Duputel. (2016). Diverse rupture processes in the 2015 Peru deep earthquake doublet. Science Advances. 2(6). e1600581–e1600581. 28 indexed citations

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Lay, Thorne, et al.. (2011). Analysis of Seismic Magnitude Differentials (mb - Mw) Across the Megathrust Faults in the Vicinity of Recent Great Earthquakes in Japan, Chile and Sumatra. AGUFM. 2011. 1 indexed citations

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Cheung, Kwok Fai, Yoshiki Yamazaki, Volker Roeber, & Thorne Lay. (2011). Modeling of the 2011 Tohoku-oki Tsunami and its Impacts on Hawaii. AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts. 2011. 1 indexed citations

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Koper, Keith D., A. R. Hutko, & Thorne Lay. (2011). Along Dip Variation of Teleseismic Short-period Radiation from the 11 March 2011 Tohoku Earthquake (Mw 9.0). AGUFM. 2011. 1 indexed citations

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Ammon, Charles J., H. Kanamori, Thorne Lay, & A. A. Velasco. (2006). The 17 July 2006 Java Tsunami Earthquake (Mw = 7.8). AGUFM. 2006. 5 indexed citations

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Ammon, Charles J., A. A. Velasco, & Thorne Lay. (2005). Rupture Process of the Great Sumatra-Andaman Earthquake. AGUSM. 2005. 3 indexed citations

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Lay, Thorne, et al.. (2003). Determining Shear Velocity Structure of ULVZs Using Stacked ScS Data. AGUFM. 2003. 1 indexed citations

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Xie, Xiao‐Bi & Thorne Lay. (1994). The Excitation of Lg Waves by Explosions: A Finite-Difference Investigation. Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America. 84(2). 324–342. 50 indexed citations

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Ammon, Charles J., Thorne Lay, A. A. Velasco, & J. E. Vidale. (1994). Routine estimation of earthquake source complexity: the 18 October 1992 Colombian earthquake. Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America. 84(4). 1266–1271. 20 indexed citations

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Lay, Thorne & Terry C. Wallace. (1988). Multiple ScS attenuation and travel times beneath western North America. Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America. 78(6). 2041–2061. 18 indexed citations

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