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W. M. Kaula

WM

102

Publications

7.1K

Citations

45

H-Index

1957

Active since

Affiliations

University of California, Los Angeles(Current)

Planetary Science Institute

Jet Propulsion Laboratory

Goddard Space Flight Center

Earth and Space Research

W. M. Kaula is an author at University of California, Los Angeles specializing in engineering, geophysics, and earth science.

Top concepts

EngineeringGeophysicsEarth ScienceGeodesyTectonicsGeologyPlate TectonicsGeographyEarth System ScienceInternal Earth Processes

Publications per year

1957–1999

102

Publications

102

Tidal dissipation by solid friction and the resulting orbital evolution

W. M. Kaula · Reviews of Geophysics · 1964 · 428 citations

Geophysics, Plate Tectonics, Tidal Dissipation +13

The application of modern physics to the earth and planetary interiors

W. M. Kaula · Journal of the Franklin Institute · 1970 · 408 citations

Geophysics, Engineering, Planetary Body +7

Protostars and planets

W. M. Kaula · Icarus · 1979 · 373 citations

Solar System Formation, Space Weather, Protoplanetary Disk +1

Venus tectonics: An overview of Magellan observations

Sean C. Solomon, S. E. Smrekar, D. L. Bindschadler et al. · Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres · 1992 · 341 citations

Magellan Spacecraft, Volcanology, Engineering +17

Thermal evolution of Earth and Moon growing by planetesimal impacts

W. M. Kaula · Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres · 1979 · 258 citations

Geophysics, Earth-moon System, Engineering +11

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