William Bosworth

6.6k total citations · 2 hit papers
59 papers, 4.6k citations indexed

About

William Bosworth is a scholar working on Geophysics, Earth-Surface Processes and Geology. According to data from OpenAlex, William Bosworth has authored 59 papers receiving a total of 4.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 41 papers in Geophysics, 24 papers in Earth-Surface Processes and 17 papers in Geology. Recurrent topics in William Bosworth's work include earthquake and tectonic studies (25 papers), Geological and Geochemical Analysis (25 papers) and Geological formations and processes (24 papers). William Bosworth is often cited by papers focused on earthquake and tectonic studies (25 papers), Geological and Geochemical Analysis (25 papers) and Geological formations and processes (24 papers). William Bosworth collaborates with scholars based in United States, Egypt and France. William Bosworth's co-authors include René Guiraud, Ken McClay, Philippe Huchon, Jacques Thierry, Manfred R. Strecker, Joseph J. Lambiase, Daniel F. Stöckli, Kevin Burke, Marco Taviani and C.K. Morley and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres and Scientific Reports.

In The Last Decade

William Bosworth

56 papers receiving 4.2k citations

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What are hit papers?

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 Red Sea and Gulf of Aden Basins

2005 759 citations William Bosworth, Philippe Huchon et al. Journal of African Earth Sciences profile →
Phanerozoic geological evolution of Northern and Central Africa: An overview

2005 660 citations William Bosworth et al. Journal of African Earth Sciences profile →

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Fields of papers citing papers by William Bosworth

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of William Bosworth

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of William Bosworth. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of William Bosworth based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with William Bosworth. William Bosworth is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

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20 of 20 papers shown

#	Work	Indexed citations
1	Structural and facies modeling of the Aptian Dahab Formation, Matruh Basin, northern Western Desert, Egypt 2025 ·Journal of African Earth Sciences ·(unknown), (unknown), Adel R. Moustafa, William Bosworth	1
2	Structural setting and multiphase volcanism in the Shaban Deep, Northern Red Sea 2025 ·Marine and Petroleum Geology ·(unknown), Alessandro Decarlis, Hemin Koyi, Marco Ligi, Andrea Ceriani, William Bosworth	0
3	Imaging Pleistocene volcanic edifices along the Egyptian Red Sea margin: Insights from reflection seismics and 3D constrained inversion of gravity and magnetic data 2024 ·Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research ·(unknown), Alessandro Decarlis, Meixia Geng, William Bosworth, Philip Ball, Marco Ligi, Andrea Ceriani	5
4	Continental rift asymmetry and segmentation – contributions from the African plate 2023 ·Journal of African Earth Sciences ·William Bosworth	4
5	Structural and tectonostratigraphic evolution of Matruh Basin, northern Western Desert, Egypt: An example of an inverted rift basin 2023 ·Journal of African Earth Sciences ·(unknown), Adel R. Moustafa, William Bosworth	4
6	The Albian – Cenomanian boundary on the southern Tethyan margin: Abu Gharadig Basin, Northern Western Desert, Egypt 2023 ·Marine and Petroleum Geology ·(unknown), (unknown), (unknown), William Bosworth, Ahmed E. Radwan	10
7	Geophysical Evidence for Magmatism Southwest of the Brothers Islands, Northern Red Sea (Offshore Quseir, Egypt) 2022 ·Tectonics ·(unknown), Marco Ligi, Andrea Ceriani, Fateh Bouchaala, William Bosworth, Alessandro Decarlis	12
8	Red Sea rifting in central Egypt: constraints from the offshore Quseir province 2022 ·Journal of the Geological Society ·(unknown), Alessandro Decarlis, Marco Ligi, Philip Ball, William Bosworth, Andrea Ceriani	12
9	Hydrocarbon accumulation in basins with multiple phases of extension and inversion: examples from the Western Desert (Egypt) and the western Black Sea 2021 ·Solid Earth ·William Bosworth, Gábor Tari	40
10	Spatiotemporal evolution of transfer structures and linked fault systems in an extensional setting: Southwest Gebel Akheider, Cairo-Suez District, Egypt 2021 ·Marine and Petroleum Geology ·(unknown), (unknown), Adel R. Moustafa, William Bosworth	9
11	Seismic Hazards Implications of Uplifted Pleistocene Coral Terraces in the Gulf of Aqaba 2017 ·Scientific Reports ·William Bosworth, Paolo Montagna, Edwige Pons‐Branchu, Najeeb Rasul, Marco Taviani	28
12	Present-day stress fields of the Gulf of Suez (Egypt) based on exploratory well data: Non-uniform regional extension and its relation to inherited structures and local plate motion 2017 ·Journal of African Earth Sciences ·William Bosworth, (unknown)	30
13	Integrated outcrop, 3D seismic, and geochronologic interpretation of Red Sea dike-related deformation in the Western Desert, Egypt – The role of the 23Ma Cairo “mini-plume” 2015 ·Journal of African Earth Sciences ·William Bosworth, Daniel F. Stöckli, (unknown)	91
14	The Red Sea and Gulf of Aden Basins breakdown → 2005 ·Journal of African Earth Sciences ·William Bosworth, Philippe Huchon, Ken McClay	759
15	Magma chamber elongation as an indicator of intraplate stress field orientation: "borehole breakout mechanism" and examples from the Late Pleistocene to Recent Kenya Rift Valley 2000 ·Journal of the Virtual Explorer ·William Bosworth, Kevin Burke, Manfred R. Strecker	19
16	Fracture distribution in faulted basement blocks: Gulf of Suez, Egypt 1998 ·Geological Society London Special Publications ·(unknown), Terry Engelder, William Bosworth	25
17	Stress field changes in the Afro-Arabian rift system during the Miocene to Recent period 1997 ·Tectonophysics ·William Bosworth, Manfred R. Strecker	101
18	A model for the three-dimensional evolution of continental rift basins, north-east Africa 1994 ·International Journal of Earth Sciences ·William Bosworth	77
19	Basin and Range style tectonics in East Africa 1989 ·Journal of African Earth Sciences (and the Middle East) ·William Bosworth	24
20	East-directed imbrication and oblique-slip faulting in the Humber Arm Allochthon of western Newfoundland: structural and tectonic significance 1985 ·Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences ·William Bosworth	5

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