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Ray E. Wells

Portland State University(US)United States Geological Survey(US)United States Geological Survey(US)

Publications by Year

Research Areas

earthquake and tectonic studies, Geological and Geochemical Analysis, Geology and Paleoclimatology Research, Seismic Waves and Analysis, Geochemistry and Geologic Mapping

Most-Cited Works

→ Fault locking, block rotation and crustal deformation in the Pacific Northwest(2007)404 cited
→ Fore-arc migration in Cascadia and its neotectonic significance(1998)365 cited
→ Basin‐centered asperities in great subduction zone earthquakes: A link between slip, subsidence, and subduction erosion?(2003)307 cited
→ A revised dislocation model of interseismic deformation of the Cascadia subduction zone(2003)264 cited
→ Subduction-zone magnetic anomalies and implications for hydrated forearc mantle(2005)196 cited
→ Life and death of the Resurrection plate: Evidence for its existence and subduction in the northeastern Pacific in Paleocene–Eocene time(2003)195 cited

→ Geologic history of Siletzia, a large igneous province in the Oregon and Washington Coast Range: Correlation to the geomagnetic polarity time scale and implications for a long-lived Yellowstone hotspot(2014)193 cited

→ Cenozoic plate motions and the volcano‐tectonic evolution of western Oregon and Washington(1984)164 cited

→ The relative contribution of accretion, shear, and extension to Cenozoic tectonic rotation in the Pacific Northwest(1988)157 cited

→ Location, structure, and seismicity of the Seattle fault zone, Washington: Evidence from aeromagnetic anomalies, geologic mapping, and seismic-reflection data(2002)132 cited