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I. Selwyn Sacks

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86

Publications

6K

Citations

43

H-Index

1959

Active since

Affiliations

Carnegie Institution for Science(Current)

Carnegie Observatories

Department of Terrestrial Magnetism

University of Memphis

I. Selwyn Sacks is an author at Carnegie Institution for Science specializing in engineering, earth science, and tectonics.

Top concepts

EngineeringEarth ScienceTectonicsGeophysicsSeismologyGeologyGeographyGeodesyCivil EngineeringSeismic Imaging

Publications per year

1959–2015

86

Publications

86

Testing the completeness of earthquake catalogues and the hypothesis of self-similarity

P. A. Rydelek, I. Selwyn Sacks · Nature · 1989 · 365 citations

Geophysics, Earthquake Engineering, Engineering +12

Sediment incorporation in island-arc magmas: Inferences from 10Be

F. Tera, Louis Brown, Julie Morris et al. · Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta · 1986 · 362 citations

Magmatic Process, Sediment Incorporation, Volcanology +7

Space Geodetic Observations of Nazca-South America Convergence Across the Central Andes

Edmundo Norabuena, Lisa Marie Leffler-Griffin, Ailin Mao et al. · Science · 1998 · 286 citations

Engineering, Continental Tectonics, Active Tectonics +18

Triggering of volcanic eruptions

A. T. Linde, I. Selwyn Sacks · Nature · 1998 · 274 citations

Volcano Monitoring, Volcanology, Engineering +5

Thermal and dynamical evolution of the upper mantle in subduction zones

C. R. Kincaid, I. Selwyn Sacks · Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres · 1997 · 254 citations · Full text

Geophysics, Mantle Wedge, Plate Tectonics +15

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