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W. A. Griffith

Earth and Planetary Sciences · The Ohio State University

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Established · publishing since 1984
earthquake and tectonic studiesRock Mechanics and ModelingHigh-pressure geophysics and materialsGeological and Geochemical AnalysisSeismic Imaging and Inversion Techniques

Publications

135

Citations

1,739

Est. group size

~3

Recurring co-author estimate

Active years

42

Publishing since 1984

Research summary
AI-generated

W. A. Griffith studies how rocks break, deform, and interact with fluids during earthquakes, volcanic activity, and landslides, combining laboratory rock-fracture experiments with field studies of faults and volcanic systems. Work spans topics like rock pulverization during earthquake rupture, fault-fluid interactions, magma emplacement controlled by stress in fault zones, and large-scale volcanic and landslide processes. The research often bridges structural geology, rock mechanics, and geophysics using both experimental methods and field/geophysical data.

Earthquake rupture and fault mechanicsRock fracture and fragmentation experimentsFluid-fault interactions and hydrothermal systemsVolcanic field evolution and magma emplacementLandslides and gravity-driven mass movements

Publication output has declined somewhat from a peak around 2019-2020 (8-10 papers/year) to a lower and fairly steady rate of about 3-5 papers/year in recent years.

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

Publication cadence
Publications per year over the last 10 years — averaging 3.6/year recently
2017: 8 publications172018: 4 publications182019: 8 publications192020: 10 publications10202021: 4 publications212022: 6 publications222023: 4 publications232024: 5 publications242025: 3 publications2526
Recent publications
Publishes in
  • AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts×11
  • Abstracts with programs - Geological Society of America×7
  • AGUFM×7
  • Geophysical Research Letters×4
  • Journal of Structural Geology×4
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Last updated Jul 19, 2026.

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