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Robert W. Clayton

406

Works

10,983

Citations

50

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127

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Research Topics

Seismic Waves and Analysis Seismic Imaging and Inversion Techniques earthquake and tectonic studies

Affiliations

Karlsruhe Institute of Technology1999–1999

Louisiana State University2022–2022

California Institute of Technology1984–2025

United States Geological Survey1982–2022

Southern California Earthquake Center1999–2001

Top Works

Absorbing boundary conditions for acoustic and elastic wave equations

Robert W. Clayton,Björn Engquist

19771,244 citations

Seismology and Earthquake Studies

High-pressure geophysics and materials

Lower mantle heterogeneity, dynamic topography and the geoid

Bradford H. Hager,Robert W. Clayton,et al.

1985840 citations

Finite difference simulations of seismic scattering: Implications for the propagation of short‐period seismic waves in the crust and models of crustal heterogeneity

Arthur D. Frankel,Robert W. Clayton

1986606 citations

High-resolution 3D shallow crustal structure in Long Beach, California: Application of ambient noise tomography on a dense seismic array

Fan‐Chi Lin,Dunzhu Li,et al.

2013438 citations

Adaptation of back projection tomography to seismic travel time problems

E. Humphreys,Robert W. Clayton

1988337 citations

Horizontal subduction and truncation of the Cocos Plate beneath central Mexico

Xyoli Pérez‐Campos,Young‐Hee Kim,et al.

2008300 citations

The origin of deep ocean microseisms in the North Atlantic Ocean

S. Kedar,M. S. Longuet‐Higgins,et al.

2008291 citations

A Born-WKBJ inversion method for acoustic reflection data

Robert W. Clayton,Robert H. Stolt

1981286 citations

Constraints on the Structure of Mantle Convection Using Seismic Observations, Flow Models, and the Geoid

Bradford H. Hager,Robert W. Clayton

1989278 citations