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L. M. Flesch

Earth and Planetary Sciences · Purdue University West Lafayette

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Established · publishing since 1994
earthquake and tectonic studiesGeological and Geochemical AnalysisHigh-pressure geophysics and materialsGeological and Geophysical StudiesGeological Studies and Exploration

Publications

125

Citations

2,855

Est. group size

—

Recurring co-author estimate

Active years

31

Publishing since 1994

Research summary
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L. M. Flesch studies how the Earth's crust and upper mantle deform in tectonically active regions, using 3-D computer models and seismic data to understand processes like continental collision, faulting, and mantle flow. Regional case studies include Alaska, the Tibetan Plateau, the Pamir range in Central Asia, the India-Eurasia collision zone, and the Main Ethiopian Rift. This work combines geodynamic modeling (simulating rock deformation under stress) with seismic imaging techniques (using earthquake and surface wave data to map subsurface structure).

Continental tectonics and deformation modelingLithosphere and asthenosphere structureSeismic imaging (receiver functions, surface waves)Geodynamics of collision zones (India-Eurasia, Pamir, Tibet)Crustal and mantle rheology

Publication output peaked around 2018-2019 and has since slowed, averaging about 1.4 publications per year over the last five years, with several recent entries being peer-reviewer acknowledgments rather than original research.

Generated by claude-sonnet-5 from public bibliographic data · Jul 20, 2026

Publication cadence
Publications per year over the last 10 years — averaging 1.4/year recently
2017: 3 publications172018: 7 publications7182019: 6 publications192020: 2 publications202021: 2 publications212022: 5 publications222023: 1 publication232024: 1 publication242526
Recent publications
Publishes in
  • AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts×10
  • Geophysical Research Letters×7
  • Journal of Geophysical Research Solid Earth×5
  • Nature Communications×3
  • Earth and Planetary Science Letters×2
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Last updated Jul 20, 2026.

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