Wayne Thatcher

10.3k total citations · 1 hit paper
133 papers, 8.2k citations indexed

About

Wayne Thatcher is a scholar working on Geophysics, Artificial Intelligence and Aerospace Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Wayne Thatcher has authored 133 papers receiving a total of 8.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 117 papers in Geophysics, 35 papers in Artificial Intelligence and 15 papers in Aerospace Engineering. Recurrent topics in Wayne Thatcher's work include earthquake and tectonic studies (107 papers), Geological and Geochemical Analysis (59 papers) and High-pressure geophysics and materials (56 papers). Wayne Thatcher is often cited by papers focused on earthquake and tectonic studies (107 papers), Geological and Geochemical Analysis (59 papers) and High-pressure geophysics and materials (56 papers). Wayne Thatcher collaborates with scholars based in United States, Japan and United Kingdom. Wayne Thatcher's co-authors include Thomas C. Hanks, C. W. Wicks, John B. Rundle, Fred F. Pollitz, W. C. Hammond, Daniel Dzurisin, Ross S. Stein, M. Nyst, Takeshi Sagiya and M. Lisowski and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres.

In The Last Decade

Wayne Thatcher

127 papers receiving 6.9k citations

Hit Papers

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Author Peers

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Author Last Decade Papers Cites
Wayne Thatcher 7.5k 1.0k 899 773 480 133 8.2k
Yoshimitsu Okada 7.6k 1.0× 920 0.9× 548 0.6× 643 0.8× 539 1.1× 30 8.1k
J. C. Savage 9.3k 1.3× 1.1k 1.1× 924 1.0× 564 0.7× 386 0.8× 232 10.4k
K. W. Hudnut 4.9k 0.7× 675 0.7× 646 0.7× 1.1k 1.4× 677 1.4× 129 6.5k
Zheng‐Kang Shen 8.3k 1.1× 671 0.7× 834 0.9× 781 1.0× 238 0.5× 110 9.1k
E. Calais 9.6k 1.3× 536 0.5× 1.1k 1.2× 1.3k 1.7× 387 0.8× 193 11.1k
Yuri Fialko 5.6k 0.8× 424 0.4× 500 0.6× 1.1k 1.5× 209 0.4× 115 6.5k
Florian Wobbe 4.1k 0.5× 646 0.6× 652 0.7× 417 0.5× 169 0.4× 13 5.3k
Juliet Biggs 4.8k 0.6× 673 0.7× 1.3k 1.5× 2.0k 2.6× 194 0.4× 162 6.5k
C. Vigny 5.9k 0.8× 535 0.5× 457 0.5× 417 0.5× 243 0.5× 81 6.4k
Pierre Briole 3.4k 0.5× 309 0.3× 1.2k 1.3× 1.8k 2.3× 270 0.6× 148 5.3k

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Fields of papers citing papers by Wayne Thatcher

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Wayne Thatcher

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All Works

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Pollitz, Fred F., J. R. Murray, S. E. Minson, et al.. (2019). Observations and models of crustal deformation transients following the 2019 Ridgecrest, California, earthquake sequence. AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts. 2019. 1 indexed citations
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Murray, J. R., Evelyn Roeloffs, B. A. Brooks, et al.. (2018). Leveraging geodetic data to reduce losses from earthquakes. Antarctica A Keystone in a Changing World. 2 indexed citations
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Thatcher, Wayne & David S. Chapman. (2018). Heat Flow Data and Seismic Imaging Reveal Both Transient and Steady-State Thermo-Mechanical Processes at Work Beneath Southern California. AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts. 2018. 1 indexed citations
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Thatcher, Wayne, et al.. (2016). Building a Community Thermal Model for Southern California Using Heat Flow, Geologic, Seismologic and Petrologic Constraints II: Model Formulation and Bounds on Geotherms. AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts. 2016.
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Thatcher, Wayne, David S. Chapman, Colin F. Williams, & E. H. Hearn. (2015). Importance of the temperature field and its uncertainties in modeling ductile deformation of the southern California lithosphere. 2015 AGU Fall Meeting. 2015.
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Thatcher, Wayne, J. L. Svarc, & M. Lisowski. (2014). Present-Day Deformation in Northeastern California, Northwest Nevada and Southern Oregon. AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts. 2014. 1 indexed citations
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Field, Edward H., G. P. Biasi, Peter Bird, et al.. (2013). Uniform California earthquake rupture forecast, version 3 (UCERF3): the time-independent model. Antarctica A Keystone in a Changing World. 130 indexed citations
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Field, Edward H., R. Arrowsmith, G. P. Biasi, et al.. (2013). Overview of the Uniform California Earthquake Rupture Forecast Version 3 (UCERF3) Time-Independent Model. AGUFM. 2013. 1 indexed citations
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Thatcher, Wayne, J. C. Savage, & Robert W. Simpson. (2012). Advantages and Limitations of Cluster Analysis in Interpreting Regional GPS Velocity Fields in California and Elsewhere. AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts. 2012. 1 indexed citations
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Hanks, Thomas C. & Wayne Thatcher. (2006). The Slip-Rate Discrepancy for the Altyn Tagh Fault: An Example of Epistemic Uncertainty. AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts. 2006. 6 indexed citations
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Nyst, M., Fred F. Pollitz, Wayne Thatcher, Takuya Nishimura, & Nobuo Hamada. (2005). The Stress Triggering Role of the 1923 Kanto Earthquake.. AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts. 2005(1). 107–17. 1 indexed citations
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Thatcher, Wayne. (2005). Present-Day Microplate Tectonics of Tibet and its Relation to Rheological Stratification and Flow in the Lithosphere. AGUFM. 2005. 1 indexed citations
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Hammond, W. C. & Wayne Thatcher. (2003). Crustal Deformation of the Northern Basin and Range from Measurement with the Global Positioning System. AGUFM. 2003. 1 indexed citations
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Murray, M. H., Yehuda Bock, Roland Bürgmann, et al.. (2002). Broadband Observations of Plate Boundary Deformation in the San Francisco Bay Area. AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts. 2002. 2 indexed citations
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Wicks, C. W., Wayne Thatcher, & Daniel Dzurisin. (2002). Satellite InSAR Reveals a new Style of Deformation at Yellowstone Caldera. AGUFM. 2002. 2 indexed citations
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Hammond, W. C. & Wayne Thatcher. (2001). Integrated Kinematic Analysis of GPS and Fault Slip Data in the Eastern California Shear Zone, Walker Lane and Sierra Nevada. AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts. 2001. 1 indexed citations
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Thatcher, Wayne, Peter L. Ward, David J. Wald, James W. Hendley, & Peter H. Stauffer. (1996). When will the next great quake strike northern California?. Fact sheet.
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Hill, David P. & Wayne Thatcher. (1992). An energy constraint for frictional slip on misoriented faults. Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America. 82(2). 883–897. 14 indexed citations
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Marshall, Grant, Ross S. Stein, & Wayne Thatcher. (1991). Faulting geometry and slip from co-seismic elevation changes: The 18 October 1989, Loma Prieta, California, earthquake. Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America. 81(5). 1660–1693. 76 indexed citations
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Rundle, John B. & Wayne Thatcher. (1980). Speculations on the nature of the southern California uplift. Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America. 70(5). 1869–1886. 15 indexed citations

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