Udo Barckhausen

3.8k total citations · 1 hit paper
53 papers, 2.5k citations indexed

About

Udo Barckhausen is a scholar working on Geophysics, Geology and Earth-Surface Processes. According to data from OpenAlex, Udo Barckhausen has authored 53 papers receiving a total of 2.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 32 papers in Geophysics, 31 papers in Geology and 10 papers in Earth-Surface Processes. Recurrent topics in Udo Barckhausen's work include Geological and Geophysical Studies (31 papers), earthquake and tectonic studies (24 papers) and Geological and Geochemical Analysis (19 papers). Udo Barckhausen is often cited by papers focused on Geological and Geophysical Studies (31 papers), earthquake and tectonic studies (24 papers) and Geological and Geochemical Analysis (19 papers). Udo Barckhausen collaborates with scholars based in Germany, Spain and United States. Udo Barckhausen's co-authors include César R. Ranero, Dieter Franke, Peter D. Clift, M. Engels, S. Ladage, Roland von Huene, Jian Lin, H. A. Roeser, Manuel Pubellier and Martín Meschede and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature Communications, Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres and Earth and Planetary Science Letters.

In The Last Decade

Udo Barckhausen

51 papers receiving 2.4k 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.

Evolution of the South China Sea: Revised ages for breakup and seafloor spreading

2014 275 citations Udo Barckhausen, M. Engels et al. Marine and Petroleum Geology profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Udo Barckhausen Germany	25	1.8k	1.2k	505	389	374	53	2.5k
Laurent Gernigon Norway	31	1.6k 0.9×	1.3k 1.1×	386 0.8×	312 0.8×	926 2.5×	69	2.4k
Marta Pérez‐Gussinyé Germany	29	2.6k 1.4×	820 0.7×	455 0.9×	109 0.3×	366 1.0×	55	3.0k
Rolf Mjelde Norway	36	2.9k 1.6×	1.9k 1.6×	411 0.8×	544 1.4×	1.2k 3.3×	131	3.9k
Dale S. Sawyer United States	27	1.9k 1.0×	570 0.5×	410 0.8×	219 0.6×	341 0.9×	51	2.3k
Hideki Shimamura Japan	35	2.6k 1.5×	971 0.8×	190 0.4×	249 0.6×	477 1.3×	98	3.0k
D. J. Shillington United States	31	2.2k 1.2×	614 0.5×	289 0.6×	113 0.3×	226 0.6×	114	2.5k
Chao-Shing Lee Taiwan	16	924 0.5×	667 0.5×	144 0.3×	235 0.6×	159 0.4×	24	1.3k
Hervé Nouzé France	20	884 0.5×	492 0.4×	396 0.8×	617 1.6×	490 1.3×	38	1.6k
Donald L. Reed United States	20	1.1k 0.6×	584 0.5×	237 0.5×	302 0.8×	170 0.5×	26	1.4k
Thomas H. Shipley United States	28	1.9k 1.1×	342 0.3×	279 0.6×	474 1.2×	294 0.8×	49	2.4k

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Prada, Manel, et al.. (2025). Mode of Extension During the Xisha Trough Rift in the South China Sea. Journal of Geophysical Research Solid Earth. 130(7).

Dannowski, Anke, Michael Schnabel, Udo Barckhausen, et al.. (2023). Extension Dynamics of the Northern Fonualei Rift and Spreading Center and the Southern Mangatolu Triple Junction in the Lau Basin at 16°S. Geochemistry Geophysics Geosystems. 24(4). 6 indexed citations

Martínez‐Loriente, S., Valentı́ Sallarès, César R. Ranero, et al.. (2020). Influence of incoming plate relief on overriding plate deformation and earthquake nucleation: Cocos Ridge subduction (Costa Rica). DIGITAL.CSIC (Spanish National Research Council (CSIC)). 1 indexed citations

Ranero, César R., et al.. (2020). Understanding the 3D Formation of a Wide Rift: The Central South China Sea Rift System. Tectonics. 39(12). 29 indexed citations

Barckhausen, Udo, Ingo Heyde, Heidrun Kopp, & Mark D. Hannington. (2019). Seafloor Spreading and Crustal Extension of the Central and Northern Lau Basin: Some Insights From New Magnetic Data. AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts. 2019. 1 indexed citations

Franke, Dieter, Peter Klitzke, Udo Barckhausen, et al.. (2019). Polyphase Magmatism During the Formation of the Northern East Greenland Continental Margin. Tectonics. 38(8). 2961–2982. 17 indexed citations

Geersen, Jacob, César R. Ranero, Ingo Klaucke, et al.. (2018). Active Tectonics of the North Chilean Marine Forearc and Adjacent Oceanic Nazca Plate. Tectonics. 37(11). 4194–4211. 29 indexed citations

Geersen, Jacob, César R. Ranero, Heidrun Kopp, et al.. (2018). Does permanent extensional deformation in lower forearc slopes indicate shallow plate-boundary rupture?. Earth and Planetary Science Letters. 489. 17–27. 18 indexed citations

Ranero, César R., et al.. (2015). The continent‐ocean transition on the northwestern South China Sea. Basin Research. 29(S1). 73–95. 61 indexed citations

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Geersen, Jacob, César R. Ranero, Udo Barckhausen, & Christian Reichert. (2015). Subducting seamounts control interplate coupling and seismic rupture in the 2014 Iquique earthquake area. Nature Communications. 6(1). 8267–8267. 78 indexed citations

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Barckhausen, Udo, M. Engels, Dieter Franke, S. Ladage, & Manuel Pubellier. (2014). Reply to Chang et al., 2014, Evolution of the South China Sea: Revised ages for breakup and seafloor spreading. Marine and Petroleum Geology. 59. 679–681. 18 indexed citations

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Ranero, César R., et al.. (2013). The continent-ocean transition of the Pearl River margin. DIGITAL.CSIC (Spanish National Research Council (CSIC)). 2013. 1 indexed citations

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Barckhausen, Udo, Meike Bagge, & Douglas S. Wilson. (2013). Seafloor spreading anomalies and crustal ages of the Clarion-Clipperton Zone. Marine Geophysical Research. 34(2). 79–88. 29 indexed citations

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Harris, Robert N., G. A. Spinelli, César R. Ranero, et al.. (2010). Thermal regime of the Costa Rican convergent margin: 2. Thermal models of the shallow Middle America subduction zone offshore Costa Rica. Geochemistry Geophysics Geosystems. 11(12). 59 indexed citations

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Kopp, Heidrun, S. Ladage, Udo Barckhausen, et al.. (2007). Lower plate impact on earthquake rupture segmentation on the Sumatra margin. Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel (GEOMAR). 1 indexed citations

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Gaedicke, Christoph, Dieter Franke, S. Ladage, et al.. (2006). Imaging the Rupture Areas of the Giant Northern Sumatra Earthquakes: A Multidisciplinary Geophysical Experiment. AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts. 2006. 4 indexed citations

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Barckhausen, Udo. (2006). The Segmentation of the Subduction Zone Offshore Sumatra: Relations Between Upper and Lower Plate. AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts. 2006. 8 indexed citations

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Meyer, H., et al.. (2003). Properties of a gay hydrate province on a subduction-collision related margin off Sabah, NW Borneo (POPSCOMS). EAEJA. 10008. 1 indexed citations

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Barckhausen, Udo & César R. Ranero. (2003). New Maps of Magnetic and Gravimetric Anomalies in Costa Rica and Nicaragua. AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts. 2003. 1 indexed citations

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Kukowski, Nina, Andrea Hampel, Jörg Bialas, et al.. (2001). Tectonic Erosion at the Peruvian Margin: Evidence from Swath Bathymetry Data and Process Identification from 3D Sandbox Analogue Modeling. AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts. 2001. 4 indexed citations

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