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T. W. Becker

The University of Texas at Austin · US
Area of research
Geophysics
Research interest
Research interests include earthquake and tectonic studies, Geological and Geochemical Analysis, High-pressure geophysics and materials, and Seismic Imaging and Inversion Techniques.
h-index
70
citations
14,961
works
480
NIH funding
primary concept
email

Recent publications

Collision, mantle convection and Tethyan closure in the Eastern Mediterranean
Nature Reviews Earth & Environment 2025cited by 3position: middledoi
Tectonic Reorganization of the Caribbean Plate System in the Paleogene Driven by Farallon Slab Anchoring
Geochemistry Geophysics Geosystems 2024cited by 8position: lastdoi
Asthenospheric low-velocity zone consistent with globally prevalent partial melting
Nature Geoscience 2023cited by 57position: middledoi
Assessing plate reconstruction models using plate driving force consistency tests
Scientific Reports 2023cited by 10position: middledoi
The effects of plate interface rheology on subduction kinematics and dynamics
Geophysical Journal International 2022cited by 51position: middledoi
Mantle plumes and their role in Earth processes
Nature Reviews Earth & Environment 2021cited by 236position: middledoi
Mountain building, mantle convection, and supercontinents: revisited
Earth and Planetary Science Letters 2021cited by 39position: middledoi
Confronting Racism to Advance Our Science
AGU Advances 2021cited by 1position: middledoi
Ancient helium and tungsten isotopic signatures preserved in mantle domains least modified by crustal recycling
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 2020cited by 77position: middledoi
Present-day uplift of the European Alps: Evaluating mechanisms and models of their relative contributions
Earth-Science Reviews 2019cited by 186position: middledoi
Role of dynamic topography in sustaining the Nile River over 30 million years
Nature Geoscience 2019cited by 89position: middledoi
Relationships Between Olivine CPO and Deformation Parameters in Naturally Deformed Rocks and Implications for Mantle Seismic Anisotropy
Geochemistry Geophysics Geosystems 2019cited by 77position: middledoi
Slab flattening and the rise of the Eastern Cordillera, Colombia
Earth and Planetary Science Letters 2019cited by 58position: middledoi
Initiation of the Andean orogeny by lower mantle subduction
Earth and Planetary Science Letters 2017cited by 136position: lastdoi
Dynamics of the Ryukyu/Izu-Bonin-Marianas double subduction system
Tectonophysics 2017cited by 70position: middledoi
Isostasy, flexure, and dynamic topography
Tectonophysics 2016cited by 84position: lastdoi
Anomalously fast convergence of India and Eurasia caused by double subduction
Nature Geoscience 2015cited by 368position: lastdoi
Universal Quake Statistics: From Compressed Nanocrystals to Earthquakes
Scientific Reports 2015cited by 121position: middledoi
Western US intermountain seismicity caused by changes in upper mantle flow
Nature 2015cited by 64position: firstdoi
Mantle dynamics in the Mediterranean
Reviews of Geophysics 2014cited by 580position: middledoi
Dehydration melting at the top of the lower mantle
Science 2014cited by 353position: middledoi
<i>Savani</i>: A variable resolution whole‐mantle model of anisotropic shear velocity variations based on multiple data sets
Journal of Geophysical Research Solid Earth 2014cited by 258position: middledoi
Acoustic emissions document stress changes over many seismic cycles in stick‐slip experiments
Geophysical Research Letters 2013cited by 309position: middledoi
The role of slabs and oceanic plate geometry in the net rotation of the lithosphere, trench motions, and slab return flow
Geochemistry Geophysics Geosystems 2012cited by 57position: middledoi

Grants

Collaborative Research: Magnetically-Controlled Modules with Reconfigurable Self-Assembly and Disassembly
NSF2130793$299,9632022–2026PIRePORTER
CPS: Medium: Collaborative Research: Wireless Magnetic Millibot Blood Clot Removal and Navigation in 3-D Printed Patient-Specific Phantoms using Echocardiography
NSF1932572$547,0592019–2024PIRePORTER
S&AS: FND: COLLAB: Planning Coordinated Event Observation for Structured Narratives
NSF1849303$200,0002019–2023PIRePORTER
CPS: Synergy: Collaborative Research: MRI Powered & Guided Tetherless Effectors for Localized Therapeutic Interventions
NSF1646566$623,9372017–2020PIRePORTER
CAREER: Massive Uniform Manipulation: Algorithmic and Control Theoretic Foundations for Large Populations of Simple Robots Controlled by Uniform Inputs
NSF1553063$582,0022016–2022PIRePORTER
RI: Small: Collaborative Research: Micro-Assembly Exploiting SofT RObotics (MAESTRO)
NSF1619278$209,3082016–2019PIRePORTER
NSF East Asia Summer Institutes for US Graduate Students
NSF0714471$4,0002007–2008PIRePORTER

Frequent collaborators

Claudio Faccenna · Utrecht University14 papers (2012–2025)Adam Holt · University of Miami7 papers (2015–2024)Zohar Gvirtzman · Hebrew University of Jerusalem3 papers (2016–2025)L. H. Royden · Massachusetts Institute of Technology3 papers (2014–2017) · 2 papers (2014–2019)Bernhard Steinberger · University of Oslo2 papers (2021–2025)Matthew G. Jackson · Columbia University2 papers (2020–2021)Mélanie Gérault · Université Claude Bernard Lyon 12 papers (2012–2019)Lapo Boschi · University of Padua2 papers (2014–2014)Whitney Behr · The University of Texas at Austin2 papers (2019–2022) · 2 papers (2013–2015) · 2 papers (2019–2025)Brandon Schmandt · California Institute of Technology2 papers (2014–2015) · 2 papers (2014–2019)L. M. Auer · Fudan University2 papers (2014–2014) · 2 papers (2013–2015)Ana P. Barros · University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign1 papers (2021–2021)Junlin Hua · Brown University1 papers (2023–2023)Esteban Gazel · Cornell University1 papers (2023–2023)Michael G. Tetley · Australian National University1 papers (2023–2023)