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2014
Affiliations
California Institute of Technology(Current)
Stanford University
University of Iceland
ETH Zurich
Centre for the Observation and Modelling of Earthquakes, Volcanoes and Tectonics
Elías Rafn Heimisson is an author at California Institute of Technology specializing in engineering, seismology, and geomechanics.
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EngineeringSeismologyTectonicsGeomechanicsEarth ScienceCivil EngineeringGeographyMechanical EngineeringGeophysicsRock Mechanics
Publications per year
2014–2025
Segmented lateral dyke growth in a rifting event at Bárðarbunga volcanic system, Iceland
Freysteinn Sigmundsson, Andrew Hooper, Sigrún Hreinsdóttir et al. · Nature · 2014 · 523 citations
Rift System, Lateral Dyke Growth, Volcanology +13
Unexpected large eruptions from buoyant magma bodies within viscoelastic crust
Freysteinn Sigmundsson, Virginie Pinel, Ronni Grapenthin et al. · Nature Communications · 2020 · 78 citations · Full text
Constitutive Law for Earthquake Production Based on Rate‐and‐State Friction: Dieterich 1994 Revisited
Elías Rafn Heimisson, P. Segall · Journal of Geophysical Research Solid Earth · 2018 · 61 citations · Full text
Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Earthquake Hazards +18
Forecasting the path of a laterally propagating dike
Elías Rafn Heimisson, Andrew Hooper, Freysteinn Sigmundsson · Journal of Geophysical Research Solid Earth · 2015 · 58 citations · Full text
Forecasting Methodology, Volcanology, Engineering +16
Kilometer‐scale Kaiser effect identified in Krafla volcano, Iceland
Elías Rafn Heimisson, Páll Einarsson, Freysteinn Sigmundsson et al. · Geophysical Research Letters · 2015 · 55 citations · Full text
Volcanology, Kilometer‐scale Kaiser Effect, Engineering +17
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