Michael Gurnis

23.8k citations
231 papers · 17.3k · 5 hit papers · h-index 71

Impact in

  • Geophysics top 0.02%
    • Geological and Geochemical Analysis
    • earthquake and tectonic studies
    • High-pressure geophysics and materials
  • Geology top 0.05%
    • Geological and Geophysical Studies

Papers in

    • Geological and Geochemical Analysis 163
    • High-pressure geophysics and materials 158
    • earthquake and tectonic studies 154
    • Seismic Imaging and Inversion Techniques 15
    • Geological and Geophysical Studies 22

Michael Gurnis

227 papers receiving 16.6k citations

Michael Gurnis's Hit Papers

A Global Plate Model Including Lithospheric Deformation Along Major Rifts and Orogens Since the Triassic 2019 · 434 citations
4340+12+25Years since publication50010001.5k

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Michael Gurnis
Comparison fields: 5 of 120
  • Geophysics 14.7k
  • Geology 2.2k
  • Earth-Surface Processes 1.5k
  • Paleontology 1.1k
  • Atmospheric Science 2.0k
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All Works

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1
Global continental and ocean basin reconstructions since 200Ma
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20121544
2
GPlates: Building a Virtual Earth Through Deep Time
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2018533
3
Large-scale mantle convection and the aggregation and dispersal of supercontinents
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1988505
4 2000497
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A Global Plate Model Including Lithospheric Deformation Along Major Rifts and Orogens Since the Triassic
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2019434
6 2004375
7 2002328
8 2003318
9 2010304
10 2013289
11 1995273
12 2000255
13 2008255
14 2008251
15 1996236
16 2008235
17 2010230
18 1988227
19 2011223
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Reconstruction of northeast Asian deformation integrated with western Pacific plate subduction since 200 Ma
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2017219

About Michael Gurnis

Michael Gurnis is a scholar working on Geophysics, Geology, Earth-Surface Processes, Atmospheric Science and Mechanics of Materials, having authored 231 papers that have together received 17.3k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Geological and Geochemical Analysis (163 papers), High-pressure geophysics and materials (158 papers), earthquake and tectonic studies (154 papers), Geological and Geophysical Studies (22 papers), Geological formations and processes (20 papers), Geology and Paleoclimatology Research (15 papers), Seismic Imaging and Inversion Techniques (15 papers) and Hydrocarbon exploration and reservoir analysis (12 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Geophysics (14.7k citations), Geology (2.2k citations), Earth-Surface Processes (1.5k citations), Paleontology (1.1k citations) and Atmospheric Science (2.0k citations). Michael Gurnis has collaborated with scholars based in United States, Australia and China. Frequent co-authors include R. Dietmar Müller, Shijie Zhong, Louis Moresi, Maria Seton, Eh Tan, Sabin Zahirovic, Nicolas Flament, Lijun Liu, S. Spasojević and Trond H. Torsvik. Their work appears in journals such as Geophysical Research Letters, Earth and Planetary Science Letters, Geochemistry Geophysics Geosystems, Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres and Geophysical Journal International.

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