Virginia Toy

4.5k total citations · 1 hit paper
73 papers, 2.7k citations indexed

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Virginia Toy is a scholar working on Geophysics, Mechanics of Materials and Geology. According to data from OpenAlex, Virginia Toy has authored 73 papers receiving a total of 2.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 68 papers in Geophysics, 8 papers in Mechanics of Materials and 6 papers in Geology. Recurrent topics in Virginia Toy's work include earthquake and tectonic studies (62 papers), Geological and Geochemical Analysis (41 papers) and High-pressure geophysics and materials (38 papers). Virginia Toy is often cited by papers focused on earthquake and tectonic studies (62 papers), Geological and Geochemical Analysis (41 papers) and High-pressure geophysics and materials (38 papers). Virginia Toy collaborates with scholars based in New Zealand, Germany and United States. Virginia Toy's co-authors include Richard J. Norris, Gordon Lister, Wouter P. Schellart, David J. Prior, Rupert Sutherland, John Townend, Carolyn Boulton, B. M. Carpenter, B. L. N. Kennett and Meghan S. Miller and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres and Earth and Planetary Science Letters.

In The Last Decade

Virginia Toy

72 papers receiving 2.7k citations

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A Late Cretaceous and Cenozoic reconstruction of the Southwest Pacific region: Tectonics controlled by subduction and slab rollback processes

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#	Work	Indexed citations
1	Fault zone architecture of a large plate-bounding strike-slip fault: a case study from the Alpine Fault, New Zealand 2020 ·Solid Earth ·(unknown), Anja M. Schleicher, C. Janssen, Virginia Toy, Georg Dresen	13
2	Seismic Anisotropy and Its Impact on Imaging the Shallow Alpine Fault: An Experimental and Modeling Perspective 2020 ·Journal of Geophysical Research Solid Earth ·Ludmila Adam, Marcel Frehner, Katrina Sauer, Virginia Toy, (unknown)	11
3	Micro- and nano-porosity of the active Alpine Fault zone, New Zealand 2020 ·Solid Earth ·(unknown), Virginia Toy, Katrina Sauer, François Renard, Klaus Gessner, Richard Wirth, Xianghui Xiao, (unknown)	1
4	Structural disorder of graphite and implications for graphite thermometry 2018 ·Solid Earth ·(unknown), Virginia Toy, (unknown), Carolina Giorgetti, Keith C. Gordon, Cristiano Collettini, Toru Takeshita	37
5	Controls on fault zone structure and brittle fracturing in the foliated hanging wall of the Alpine Fault 2018 ·Solid Earth ·Jack Williams, Virginia Toy, Cécile Massiot, David D. McNamara, Steven A. Smith, Steven Mills	16
6	The Alpine Fault Hangingwall Viewed From Within: Structural Analysis of Ultrasonic Image Logs in the DFDP‐2B Borehole, New Zealand 2018 ·Geochemistry Geophysics Geosystems ·Cécile Massiot, Bernard Célérier, Mai‐Linh Doan, Tim Little, John Townend, David D. McNamara, Jack Williams, Douglas R. Schmitt, Virginia Toy, Rupert Sutherland, (unknown), Phædra Upton, Philippe Pézard	18
7	Constraints on Alpine Fault (New Zealand) mylonitization temperatures and the geothermal gradient from Ti-in-quartz thermobarometry 2018 ·Solid Earth ·Steven Kidder, Virginia Toy, David J. Prior, Timothy A. Little, (unknown), Colin M. MacRae	8
8	Fracturing, fluid-rock interaction and mineralisation during the seismic cycle along the Alpine Fault 2017 ·Journal of Structural Geology ·Jack Williams, Virginia Toy, Steven A. Smith, Carolyn Boulton	21
9	Striation and slickenline development on quartz fault surfaces at crustal conditions: Origin and effect on friction 2017 ·Journal of Geophysical Research Solid Earth ·Virginia Toy, André Niemeijer, François Renard, Luiz F. G. Morales, Richard Wirth	15
10	A comparison of the use of X-ray and neutron tomographic core scanning techniques for drilling projects: insights from scanning core recovered during the Alpine Fault Deep Fault Drilling Project 2017 ·Scientific Drilling ·Jack Williams, Joseph J. Bevitt, Virginia Toy	4
11	High-velocity frictional properties of Alpine Fault rocks: Mechanical data, microstructural analysis, and implications for rupture propagation 2017 ·Journal of Structural Geology ·Carolyn Boulton, Lu Yao, D. R. Faulkner, John Townend, Virginia Toy, Rupert Sutherland, Shengli Ma, Toshihiko Shimamoto	50
12	Geochemical and microstructural evidence for interseismic changes in fault zone permeability and strength, Alpine Fault, New Zealand 2016 ·Geochemistry Geophysics Geosystems ·Carolyn Boulton, C.D. Menzies, Virginia Toy, John Townend, Rupert Sutherland	23
13	Clay mineral formation and fabric development in the DFDP‐1B borehole, central Alpine Fault, New Zealand 2015 ·New Zealand Journal of Geology and Geophysics ·Anja M. Schleicher, Rupert Sutherland, John Townend, Virginia Toy, Ben A. van der Pluijm	28
14	Bedrock Geology of the DFDP-2 Drill-Site 2015 ·2015 AGU Fall Meeting ·Virginia Toy, Rupert Sutherland, John Townend	0
15	Transient Stress Magnitudes in the Middle Crust along the Alpine Fault 2014 ·2014 AGU Fall Meeting ·Steven Kidder, Virginia Toy, David J. Prior	2
16	Laboratory measurements of the permeability and P and S wave velocity and anisotropy of rocks from DFDP-1A, Alpine fault zone, New Zealand 2012 ·AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts ·D. Tatham, D. R. Faulkner, Elisabetta Mariani, Virginia Toy	2
17	Lithological Characteristics of the Alpine Fault Zone from DFDP-1 and Outcrop Observations 2012 ·AGUFM ·Virginia Toy, Carolyn Boulton, David J. Prior, Richard J. Norris, (unknown), D. R. Faulkner, Rupert Sutherland, John Townend	3
18	Along strike applicability of results from the Deep Fault Drilling Project, Alpine Fault, New Zealand 2012 ·AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts ·Carolyn Boulton, Virginia Toy, Nicolas C. Barth, B. M. Carpenter	1
19	Experimental Fault Reactivation on Favourably and Unfavourably Oriented Faults 2010 ·AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts ·T. M. Mitchell, Richard H. Sibson, J. Renner, Virginia Toy, Giulio Di Toro, Steven A. Smith	1
20	Stratigraphic and structural evidence for an accretionary precursor to the Northland Allochthon: Mt Camel Terrane, northernmost New Zealand 2008 ·New Zealand Journal of Geology and Geophysics ·Virginia Toy, K. B. Spörli	2

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