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Robert J. Twiss

RJ

22

Publications

1.6K

Citations

19

H-Index

1965

Active since

Affiliations

University of California, Davis(Current)

Williams & Associates

Princeton University

The University of Texas at Austin

California Institute of Technology

Robert J. Twiss is an author at University of California, Davis specializing in engineering, mechanical engineering, and geomechanics.

Top concepts

EngineeringGeomechanicsMechanical EngineeringTectonicsEarth ScienceMaterial ScienceSeismologyStructural GeologyMechanics Of MaterialsGeology

Publications per year

1965–2010

22

Publications

22

Theory and applicability of a recrystallized grain size paleopiezometer

Robert J. Twiss · Pure and Applied Geophysics · 1977 · 470 citations

Materials Science, Engineering, Paleosols +4

Analysis of fault slip inversions: Do they constrain stress or strain rate?

Robert J. Twiss, Jeffrey R. Unruh · Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres · 1998 · 312 citations · Full text

Engineering, Fault Geology, Mechanical Engineering +17

Subsidence, Sea Level Rise, and Seismicity in the Sacramento–San Joaquin Delta

Jeffrey F. Mount, Robert J. Twiss · San Francisco Estuary and Watershed Science · 2005 · 157 citations · Full text

Engineering, Geomorphology, Seismic Hazard +18

The effect of block rotations on the global seismic moment tensor and the patterns of seismic P and T axes

Robert J. Twiss, B. J. Souter, Jeffrey R. Unruh · Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres · 1993 · 85 citations

Engineering, Seismic Wave, Fault Geology +23

Theory of slickenline patterns based on the velocity gradient tensor and microrotation

Robert J. Twiss, Gretchen M. Protzman, Stephen D. Hurst · Tectonophysics · 1991 · 77 citations

Pattern Formation, Engineering, Mechanics +4

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