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Thorne Lay(1956)
Thorne Lay is a recipient of the Vetlesen Prize (2010) from United States.
United StatesUniversity of California, Santa Cruz
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Major Awards
585
Publications
23,233
Citations
78
h-index
305
i10-index
39.7
Avg Citations/Paper
Awards & Recognition
Most Cited Works
Top publications by citation count#2
14
citations
#3
The source rupture process of the Great Banda Sea earthquake of November 4, 1963
Physics of the Earth and Planetary Interiors(1987)
15
citations
Recent Publications
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Open AccessThe source rupture process of the Great Banda Sea earthquake of November 4, 1963
Physics of the Earth and Planetary Interiors1987
15citations
Open AccessCareer History
Distinguished Professor Emeritus
University of California, Santa Cruz
Santa Cruz, US
External Profiles
Top Publications
A review of the rupture characteristics of the 2011 Tohoku-oki Mw 9.1 earthquake
Tectonophysics2018140 citations
Coseismic Rupture Process of the Large 2019 Ridgecrest Earthquakes From Joint Inversion of Geodetic and Seismological Observations
Geophysical Research Letters2019126 citations
Complex multi-fault rupture and triggering during the 2023 earthquake doublet in southeastern Türkiye
Nature Communications2023102 citations
The 16 April 2016, M7.8 (M7.5) Ecuador earthquake: A quasi-repeat of the 1942 M7.5 earthquake and partial re-rupture of the 1906 M8.6 Colombia–Ecuador earthquake
Earth and Planetary Science Letters2016101 citations
Two regions of seafloor deformation generated the tsunami for the 13 November 2016, Kaikoura, New Zealand earthquake
Geophysical Research Letters201788 citations
Related Laureates
Other winners of the same award(s)
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Syukuro Manabe
Nobel Prize in Physics (2021)
JJ
Jean Jouzel
Vetlesen Prize (2016)
SS
Susan Solomon
Vetlesen Prize (2013)
WM
Walter Munk
Crafoord Prize in Geosciences (2010)
SG
S. George Philander
Vetlesen Prize (2000)
DA
Don Anderson
Crafoord Prize in Geosciences (1998)
RR
Roger Revelle
Balzan Prize (1986)
HC
Harold C. Urey
Vetlesen Prize (1973)
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