Michael Gurnis

Michael Gurnis

California Institute of Technology

H-index: 83

North America-United States

About Michael Gurnis

Michael Gurnis, With an exceptional h-index of 83 and a recent h-index of 46 (since 2020), a distinguished researcher at California Institute of Technology, specializes in the field of Earth Science, Geophysics, Geodynamics.

His recent articles reflect a diverse array of research interests and contributions to the field:

The Peculiar Case of Rift Tectonics on Venus: 3D Models of Rift Interactions with Thermal Plumes and Crustal Intrusions

A simple force balance model of subduction initiation

The Peculiar Case of Rift Tectonics on Venus

Photoferrotrophic bacteria initiated plate tectonics in the Neoarchean

An evolutionary perspective on subduction initiation

Strike slip motion and the triggering of subduction initiation

A Giant Impact Origin for the First Subduction on Earth

A Bayesian level set method for identifying subsurface geometries and rheological properties in Stokes flow

Michael Gurnis Information

University

Position

Professor of Geophysics

Citations(all)

23822

Citations(since 2020)

8716

Cited By

18666

hIndex(all)

83

hIndex(since 2020)

46

i10Index(all)

207

i10Index(since 2020)

156

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California Institute of Technology

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Michael Gurnis Skills & Research Interests

Earth Science

Geophysics

Geodynamics

Top articles of Michael Gurnis

Title

Journal

Author(s)

Publication Date

The Peculiar Case of Rift Tectonics on Venus: 3D Models of Rift Interactions with Thermal Plumes and Crustal Intrusions

LPI Contributions

AJP Gülcher

M Gurnis

SE Smrekar

2024/3

A simple force balance model of subduction initiation

Geophysical Journal International

Yida Li

Michael Gurnis

2023/1

The Peculiar Case of Rift Tectonics on Venus

LPI Contributions

AJP Gülcher

M Gurnis

S Smrekar

2023/3

Photoferrotrophic bacteria initiated plate tectonics in the Neoarchean

Geophysical Research Letters

Shengxing Zhang

Yiliang Li

Wei Leng

Michael Gurnis

2023/7/16

An evolutionary perspective on subduction initiation

Michael Gurnis

2023/1/1

Strike slip motion and the triggering of subduction initiation

Frontiers in Earth Science

Yida Li

Michael Gurnis

2023/4/17

A Giant Impact Origin for the First Subduction on Earth

LPI Contributions

Qian Yuan

Michael Gurnis

Paul D Asimow

2023/3

A Bayesian level set method for identifying subsurface geometries and rheological properties in Stokes flow

Geophysical Journal International

Lukas Holbach

Michael Gurnis

Georg Stadler

2023/10

Quantifying the contributions of Pacific Plate motion change and hotspot drift to the formation of Hawaiian-Emperor Bend

EGU General Assembly Conference Abstracts

Jiashun Hu

Michael Gurnis

Johann Rudi

Georg Stadler

Dietmart Müller

...

2022/5

Intra-oceanic subduction in North Pacific and its implication to the sudden change in Pacific Plate motion around 50 Ma

AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts

Jiashun Hu

Michael Gurnis

Johann Rudi

Georg Stadler

Dietmar Müller

2022/12

Simultaneous inference of plate boundary stresses and mantle rheology using adjoints: large-scale 2-D models

Geophysical Journal International

Johann Rudi

Michael Gurnis

Georg Stadler

2022/10

Stress transition from horizontal to vertical forces during subduction initiation

Nature Geoscience

Brandon Shuck

Sean PS Gulick

Harm JA Van Avendonk

Michael Gurnis

Rupert Sutherland

...

2022/2

A Cenozoic Wilson cycle along the Puysegur Margin, New Zealand: The role of rift architecture and strike-slip dynamics enabling subduction initiation

EGU General Assembly Conference Abstracts

Brandon Shuck

Harm Van Avendonk

Sean Gulick

Michael Gurnis

Rupert Sutherland

...

2022/5

Subduction initiation: From the observational record to earth dynamics

AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts

Michael Gurnis

Yida Li

Jiashun Hu

2022/12

Bridging Time Scales between Great Megathrust Earthquakes and Long-Term Plate Motion

AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts

Jiaqi Fang

Michael Gurnis

Nadia Lapusta

2022/12

Dynamics on Subduction Initiation: From Theory to a Case Study of Puysegur Subduction

AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts

Yida Li

Michael Gurnis

2022/12

Strong ULVZ and slab interaction at the northeastern edge of the Pacific LLSVP favors plume generation

Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems

Voon Hui Lai

Don V Helmberger

Vasilije V Dobrosavljevic

Wenbo Wu

Daoyuan Sun

...

2022/2

The Horizontal Slab Beneath East Asia and Its Subdued Surface Dynamic Response

EGU General Assembly Conference Abstracts

Bo Zhang

Pengfei Ma

Michael Gurnis

2022/5

On the Origin of Small‐Scale Seismic Scatters at 660‐km Depth

Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems

Wei Mao

Michael Gurnis

Wenbo Wu

2022/12

Timing of Eocene compressional plate failure during subduction initiation, northern Zealandia, southwestern Pacific

Geophysical Journal International

WR Stratford

R Sutherland

GR Dickens

P Blum

J Collot

...

2022/6

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