William Leith

1.2k total citations
42 papers, 812 citations indexed

About

William Leith is a scholar working on Geophysics, Artificial Intelligence and Political Science and International Relations. According to data from OpenAlex, William Leith has authored 42 papers receiving a total of 812 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 29 papers in Geophysics, 18 papers in Artificial Intelligence and 3 papers in Political Science and International Relations. Recurrent topics in William Leith's work include earthquake and tectonic studies (26 papers), Seismology and Earthquake Studies (16 papers) and Earthquake Detection and Analysis (8 papers). William Leith is often cited by papers focused on earthquake and tectonic studies (26 papers), Seismology and Earthquake Studies (16 papers) and Earthquake Detection and Analysis (8 papers). William Leith collaborates with scholars based in United States, Egypt and Russia. William Leith's co-authors include D. W. Simpson, Christian Scholz, Walter Álvarez, Arthur D. Frankel, V. I. Khalturin, T. G. Rautian, Paul G. Richards, В. В. Адушкин, L. S. Gee and A. V. Egorkin and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres.

In The Last Decade

William Leith

40 papers receiving 695 citations

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
William Leith United States	14	656	123	76	72	69	42	812
N. Purnachandra Rao India	23	1.3k 1.9×	160 1.3×	47 0.6×	56 0.8×	123 1.8×	60	1.4k
M. B. Magnani United States	18	842 1.3×	146 1.2×	28 0.4×	79 1.1×	29 0.4×	39	925
Yongkang Ran China	17	1.1k 1.6×	120 1.0×	80 1.1×	36 0.5×	64 0.9×	42	1.3k
S. Toczko Japan	12	1.0k 1.6×	120 1.0×	72 0.9×	18 0.3×	42 0.6×	39	1.2k
John K. Costain United States	17	680 1.0×	104 0.8×	56 0.7×	23 0.3×	24 0.3×	56	793
A. D. Miller United Kingdom	17	1.5k 2.3×	181 1.5×	78 1.0×	42 0.6×	33 0.5×	24	1.7k
Terry Webb New Zealand	18	1.3k 2.0×	138 1.1×	47 0.6×	23 0.3×	67 1.0×	28	1.4k
Junkee Rhie South Korea	19	1.3k 1.9×	353 2.9×	62 0.8×	78 1.1×	85 1.2×	66	1.4k
D. A. Ponce United States	16	711 1.1×	200 1.6×	51 0.7×	21 0.3×	66 1.0×	104	831
Van S. Mount United States	9	1.6k 2.4×	128 1.0×	190 2.5×	84 1.2×	32 0.5×	15	1.7k

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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

Gomberg, Joan, K. A. Ludwig, B. Bekins, et al.. (2017). Reducing risk where tectonic plates collide—U.S. Geological Survey subduction zone science plan. U.S. Geological Survey circular. 10 indexed citations

Leith, William. (2017). NEHRP Turns 40. Seismological Research Letters. 88(4). 943–947. 1 indexed citations

Ellsworth, W. L., S. Horton, H. Benz, et al.. (2012). Tremors in the Bayou: The Events on the Napoleonville Salt Dome, Louisiana. AGUFM. 2012. 5 indexed citations

Kalkan, Erol, et al.. (2012). Real-time seismic monitoring of instrumented hospital buildings. Fact sheet. 4 indexed citations

Kalkan, Erol, et al.. (2012). Helping safeguard Veterans Affairs' hospital buildings by advanced earthquake monitoring. Fact sheet. 2 indexed citations

Gee, L. S. & William Leith. (2011). The Global Seismographic Network. Fact sheet. 1–2. 12 indexed citations

Leith, William, H. Benz, & R. B. Herrmann. (2011). Improved earthquake monitoring in the central and eastern United States in support of seismic assessments for critical facilities. Antarctica A Keystone in a Changing World. i–29. 1 indexed citations

Leith, William, et al.. (2010). Arra-Funded Geotechnical Characterization of Seismographic Station Sites. AGUFM. 2010. 1 indexed citations

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Khalturin, V. I., T. G. Rautian, Paul G. Richards, & William Leith. (2005). A Review of Nuclear Testing by the Soviet Union at Novaya Zemlya, 1955–1990. Science and Global Security. 13(1-2). 1–42. 47 indexed citations

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Адушкин, В. В. & William Leith. (2001). The containment of Soviet underground nuclear explosions. Antarctica A Keystone in a Changing World. 16 indexed citations

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Leith, William. (2000). Geologic and engineering constraints on the feasibility of clandestine nuclear testing by decoupling in large underground cavities. Antarctica A Keystone in a Changing World. 11 indexed citations

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Leith, William, et al.. (1999). Ongoing Research Experiments At the Former Soviet Nuclear Test Site In Eastern Kazakhstan. 9(3). 1809–1813.

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Leith, William, et al.. (1997). Reports and maps of the Military Geology Unit, 1942-1975. 2 indexed citations

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Leith, William. (1995). Sakhalin earthquake renews concerns about seismic safety in the former Soviet Union. Eos. 76(26). 257–258. 1 indexed citations

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Leith, William. (1992). Geologic factors affecting seismic monitoring in countries of nuclear proliferation concern. Seismological Research Letters. 63(1). 26. 2 indexed citations

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Frankel, Arthur D. & William Leith. (1992). Evaluation of topographic effects on P and S‐waves of explosions at the northern Novaya Zemlya Test Site using 3‐D numerical simulations. Geophysical Research Letters. 19(18). 1887–1890. 39 indexed citations

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Leith, William. (1987). Geology of NRDC seismic station sites in eastern Kazakhstan, USSR. Antarctica A Keystone in a Changing World. 10 indexed citations

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Simpson, D. W. & William Leith. (1985). The 1976 and 1984 Gazli, USSR, earthquakes—were they induced?. Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America. 75(5). 1465–1468. 47 indexed citations

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Leith, William, D. W. Simpson, & Walter Álvarez. (1981). Structure and permeability: Geologic controls on induced seismicity at Nurek reservoir, Tadjikistan, USSR. Geology. 9(10). 440–440. 16 indexed citations

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