Author

Steven G. Wesnousky

Observed names: S. G. Wesnousky, S. Wesnousky, S.G. Wesnousky, STEVEN G. WESNOUSKY, STEVEN G. Wesnousky, Steve Wesnousky, Steven G. Wesnousky, Steven G Wesnousky, Steven G. Wesnousky (8760963), Steven G. Wesnousky A, Steven Wesnousky, Wesnousky, Steve, Wesnousky, Steven, Wesnousky, Steven G

Observed institutions: California Institute of Technology, United States Geological Survey, University of Nevada, Reno, Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, Earthquake Science Center, Desert Research Institute, Columbia University, University of Memphis

ORCID: 0000-0002-6734-6183

Observed ORCID: 0000-0002-6734-6183

OpenAlex ID: A5014248774

Displacement and Geometrical Characteristics of Earthquake Surface Ruptures: Issues and Implications for Seismic-Hazard Analysis and the Process of Earthquake Rupture

2008 · S. G. Wesnousky · Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America · 837

Predicting the endpoints of earthquake ruptures

2006 · Steven G. Wesnousky · Nature · 722

Seismological and structural evolution of strike-slip faults

1988 · Steven G. Wesnousky · Nature · 541

The Gutenberg-Richter or characteristic earthquake distribution, which is it?

1994 · Steven G. Wesnousky · Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America · 429

Paleoseismic evidence of great surface rupture earthquakes along the Indian Himalaya

2006 · Senthil Kumar, Steven G. Wesnousky, et al. · Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres · 367

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Uplift and convergence along the Himalayan Frontal Thrust of India

1999 · Steven G. Wesnousky, Senthil Kumar, et al. · Tectonics · 340

Fault trace complexity, cumulative slip, and the shape of the magnitude-frequency distribution for strike-slip faults: a global survey

1996 · Mark W. Stirling, Steven G. Wesnousky, et al. · Geophysical Journal International · 323

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Earthquakes, quaternary faults, and seismic hazard in California

1986 · Steven G. Wesnousky · Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres · 321

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Scaling differences between large interplate and intraplate earthquakes

1985 · Christopher H. Scholz, C. A. Aviles, et al. · CaltechAUTHORS (California Institute of Technology) · 309

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Surface Rupture of the 2005 Kashmir, Pakistan, Earthquake and Its Active Tectonic Implications

2008 · H. Kaneda, T. Nakata, et al. · Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America · 253

Earthquake frequency distribution and the mechanics of faulting

1983 · S. G. Wesnousky, C. H. Scholz, et al. · Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres · 238

Paleoseismological evidence of surface faulting along the northeastern Himalayan front, India: Timing, size, and spatial extent of great earthquakes

2010 · Senthil Kumar, Steven G. Wesnousky, et al. · Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres · 228

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Earthquake Recurrence and Rupture Dynamics of Himalayan Frontal Thrust, India

2001 · Senthil Kumar, Steven G. Wesnousky, et al. · Science · 219

Steps and Gaps in Ground Ruptures: Empirical Bounds on Rupture Propagation

2016 · Glenn P. Biasi, Steven G. Wesnousky · Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America · 215

Deformation of an island arc: Rates of moment release and crustal shortening in intraplate Japan determined from seismicity and Quaternary fault data

1982 · Steven G. Wesnousky, Christopher H. Scholz, et al. · Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres · 205

Shoreline processes and the age of the Lake Lahontan highstand in the Jessup embayment, Nevada

1998 · Kenneth D. Adams, Steven G. Wesnousky · Geological Society of America Bulletin · 186

Earthquake size as a function of fault slip rate

1996 · John G. Anderson, Steven G. Wesnousky, et al. · Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America · 179

Active faulting in the Walker Lane

2005 · Steven G. Wesnousky · Tectonics · 173

The San Andreas and Walker Lane fault systems, western North America: transpression, transtension, cumulative slip and the structural evolution of a major transform plate boundary

2005 · Steven G. Wesnousky · Journal of Structural Geology · 166

Bends and Ends of Surface Ruptures

2017 · Glenn P. Biasi, Steven G. Wesnousky · Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America · 154

Surface faulting of the 1954 Fairview Peak (MS7.2) and Dixie Valley (MS6.8) earthquakes, central Nevada

1996 · S. J. Caskey, S. G. Wesnousky, et al. · Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America · 135

Integration of geological and seismological data for the analysis of seismic hazard: A case study of Japan

1984 · Steven G. Wesnousky, Christopher H. Scholz, et al. · CaltechAUTHORS (California Institute of Technology) · 133

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Fault slip rates and earthquake histories for active faults in southern California

1994 · Mark D. Petersen, Steven G. Wesnousky · Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America · 125

The Effects of Double Fault Bends on Rupture Propagation: A Geometrical Parameter Study

2011 · J. C. Lozos, D. D. Oglesby, et al. · Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America · 123

Historical seismicity and rates of crustal deformation along the margins of the Ordos block, north China

1984 · S. G. Wesnousky, L. M. Jones, et al. · Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America · 89

Works count: 174

Citation count: 9,541

H-index: 47

I10-index: 88