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Whitney Behr

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44

Publications

2.6K

Citations

30

H-Index

2010

Active since

Affiliations

The University of Texas at Austin(Current)

University of Southern California

École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne

Southern California Earthquake Center

Whitney Behr is an author at The University of Texas at Austin specializing in engineering, tectonics, and earth science.

Top concepts

EngineeringTectonicsGeologyEarth ScienceGeochemistryPetrologyGeomechanicsPlate TectonicsCivil EngineeringStructural Geology

Publications per year

2010–2024

44

Publications

44

A naturally constrained stress profile through the middle crust in an extensional terrane

Whitney Behr, J. P. Platt · Earth and Planetary Science Letters · 2011 · 212 citations

Geophysics, Stress Profile, Plate Tectonics +12

What’s down there? The structures, materials and environment of deep-seated slow slip and tremor

Whitney Behr, Roland Bürgmann · Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A Mathematical Physical and Engineering Sciences · 2021 · 212 citations · Full text

Grainsize evolution in ductile shear zones: Implications for strain localization and the strength of the lithosphere

J. P. Platt, Whitney Behr · Journal of Structural Geology · 2011 · 203 citations

Grainsize Evolution, Crustal Deformation, Engineering +10

Metamorphic core complexes: windows into the mechanics and rheology of the crust

J. P. Platt, Whitney Behr, F. J. Cooper · Journal of the Geological Society · 2014 · 151 citations

Core Complex Formation, Engineering, Metamorphic Core Complexes +18

Brittle faults are weak, yet the ductile middle crust is strong: Implications for lithospheric mechanics

Whitney Behr, J. P. Platt · Geophysical Research Letters · 2014 · 118 citations · Full text

Static Shear Stresses, Engineering, Fault Geology +20

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