James A. Spotila - Concepedia

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James A. Spotila

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J SPOTILA, J. A. Spotila, J.A. Spotila, James A. Spotila, James Spotila, Lewis Owen, Max Garvue, Spotila, James Anthony, Virginia Tech, William J. Cochran

117

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3.1K

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Virginia Tech United States Geological Survey California Institute of Technology Purdue University West Lafayette University of Cincinnati

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James A. Spotila is an author at Virginia Tech specializing in engineering, earth science, and geography.

Top Concepts

#	Concept	H-Index	Publications	Citations
1	Engineering	28	39	2.6K
2	Geography	27	39	2.6K
3	Social Sciences	7	7	404
4	Civil Engineering	7	7	863
5	Archaeology	2	2	78

James A. Spotila

Publications

2.8K

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	Year	Citations
Near-Field Investigations of the Landers Earthquake Sequence, April to July 1992 Kerry Sieh, Lucile Jones, Egill Hauksson, Science Landers Earthquake SequenceEngineeringNear-field InvestigationsLanders EarthquakeEarth Science	1993	442
Quaternary tectonic response to intensified glacial erosion in an orogenic wedge Aaron L. Berger, S. P. S. Gulick, James A. Spotila, Nature Geoscience EngineeringGlacial ErosionGeomorphologyGeographyQuaternary Tectonic Deformation	2008	156
Long-term glacial erosion of active mountain belts: Example of the Chugach–St. Elias Range, Alaska James A. Spotila, Jamie T. Buscher, Andrew Meigs, Geology Elias RangeGlacierEngineeringDerring HallGeomorphology	2004	152
Stream capture as driver of transient landscape evolution in a tectonically quiescent setting Philip S. Prince, James A. Spotila, William S. Henika Geology EngineeringGeomorphologyLandscape ArchitecturePhysical GeographyAnthropogenic Geomorphology	2011	140
Orogen-parallel extension and exhumation enhanced by denudation in the trans-Himalayan Arun River gorge, Ama Drime Massif, Tibet-Nepal Micah J. Jessup, Dennis L. Newell, John M. Cottle, Geology OrogenyAma Drime MassifOrogen-parallel ExtensionEngineeringIndia-asia Collision Zone	2008	125
Uplift and erosion of the San Bernardino Mountains associated with transpression along the San Andreas fault, California, as constrained by radiogenic helium thermochronometry James A. Spotila, Kenneth A. Farley, Kerry Sieh Tectonics EngineeringTectonic EvolutionApatite Helium ThermochronometryEarth ScienceRegional Geology	1998	118
Architecture, kinematics, and exhumation of a convergent orogenic wedge: A thermochronological investigation of tectonic–climatic interactions within the central St. Elias orogen, Alaska Aaron L. Berger, James A. Spotila, James B. Chapman, Earth and Planetary Science Letters EngineeringStructural GeologyConvergent Orogenic WedgeGeographyThermochronological Investigation	2008	95
New physical evidence of the role of stream capture in active retreat of the Blue Ridge escarpment, southern Appalachians Philip S. Prince, James A. Spotila, William S. Henika Geomorphology EngineeringGeomorphologyStream CaptureActive RetreatGeography	2010	91
Near‐field transpressive deformation along the San Andreas fault zone in southern California, based on exhumation constrained by (U‐Th)/He dating James A. Spotila, Kenneth A. Farley, J. Douglas Yule, Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres EngineeringNear FieldNear‐field Transpressive DeformationEarth ScienceRegional Geology	2001	84
Origin of the Blue Ridge escarpment along the passive margin of Eastern North America James A. Spotila, Greg Bank, Peter W. Reiners, Basin Research EngineeringGeomorphologyContinental TectonicsPhysical GeographyEarth Science	2003	83

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