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W. E. Holt

Earth and Planetary Sciences · Indiana University

OpenAlex ORCID
earthquake and tectonic studiesGeological and Geochemical AnalysisHigh-pressure geophysics and materialsSeismic Waves and AnalysisGeology and Paleoclimatology Research

Publications

200

Citations

6,447

Est. group size

—

Recurring co-author estimate

Active years

60

Publishing since 1967

Research summary
AI-generated

W. E. Holt studies how the Earth's crust and upper mantle deform over time, combining satellite-based measurements (GPS/GNSS and radar interferometry called InSAR) with geodynamic models to map ground motion, strain, and stress along fault systems. Much of this work focuses on tectonically active regions such as California's San Andreas Fault, the East African Rift, and the Basin and Range province, as well as how these deep-Earth processes connect to earthquakes, landscape evolution, and geologic history.

Crustal deformation and strain mappingSatellite geodesy (GNSS and InSAR)Earthquake and fault dynamicsLithospheric and geodynamic modelingTectonics and landscape/geologic evolution

Publication activity peaked around 2018-2019 and has since settled into a steady, somewhat lower output of roughly four to five papers per year.

Generated by claude-opus-4-8 from public bibliographic data · Jul 11, 2026

Publication cadence
Publications per year over the last 10 years — averaging 3.6/year recently
2017: 3 publications172018: 7 publications182019: 10 publications10192020: 7 publications202021: 4 publications212022: 4 publications222023: 4 publications232024: 5 publications242025: 4 publications252026: 1 publication26
Recent publications
Publishes in
  • AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts×12
  • Abstracts with programs - Geological Society of America×12
  • Journal of Geophysical Research Solid Earth×4
  • Nature Communications×3
  • Science Advances×2

This profile was generated automatically from public scholarly data (OpenAlex). Group size and activity levels are estimates derived from co-authorship patterns.

Last updated Jul 11, 2026.

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