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Regional Tectonics

Regional Tectonics is a subfield of tectonics that investigates the origin, geometry, and evolution of crustal structures and deformation patterns at the scale of geological regions, integrating structural, stratigraphic, geophysical, and geodynamic data to reconstruct their tectonic history.

31K

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Geologic Evolution of the Himalayan-Tibetan Orogen

An Yin, T. Mark Harrison · Annual Review of Earth and Planetary Sciences · 2000 · 6K citations

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Tectonic discrimination of granitoids

P.D. Maniar, Philip M. Piccoli · Geological Society of America Bulletin · 1989 · 4.6K citations

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Cenozoic Tectonics of Asia: Effects of a Continental Collision: Features of recent continental tectonics in Asia can be interpreted as results of the India-Eurasia collision

Péter Molnár, P. Tapponnier · Science · 1975 · 4.5K citations

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Oblique Stepwise Rise and Growth of the Tibet Plateau

Paul Tapponnier, Xu Zhiqin, Françoise Roger et al. · Science · 2001 · 3.9K citations

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Evolution of the Altaid tectonic collage and Palaeozoic crustal growth in Eurasia

A. M. Celâl Şengör, Boris A. Natal’in · Nature · 1993 · 3.8K citations

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Authors

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  1. MS
    M. Santosh

    China University of Geosciences (Beijing), China

    258 publications · 23.2K citations

    82

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  2. GZ
    Guochun Zhao

    University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR China

    138 publications · 21.5K citations

    76

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  3. MS
    Min Sun

    University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR China

    139 publications · 19.7K citations

    74

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  4. BF
    Brian F. Windley

    University of Leicester, United Kingdom

    115 publications · 22.9K citations

    62

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  5. WX
    Wenjiao Xiao

    Chinese Academy of Sciences, China

    149 publications · 16.9K citations

    61

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Institutions

4.7K

  1. Chinese Academy of Sciences

    Beijing, China

    166 h-index

    4.6K publications

    382K citations

  2. Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique

    Paris, France

    157 h-index

    3.9K publications

    312.3K citations

  3. Institute of Geology and Geophysics

    Beijing, China

    144 h-index

    2.6K publications

    241K citations

  4. Chinese Academy of Geological Sciences

    Beijing, China

    140 h-index

    2.8K publications

    254.8K citations

  5. China University of Geosciences (Beijing)

    Beijing, China

    119 h-index

    2.4K publications

    151.1K citations

  6. University of Hong Kong

    Pok Fu Lam, Hong Kong

    107 h-index

    727 publications

    92.9K citations

  7. Guangzhou Institute of Geochemistry

    Guangzhou, China

    104 h-index

    1.1K publications

    99.9K citations

  8. United States Geological Survey

    Reston, United States

    104 h-index

    1K publications

    70.7K citations

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  1. Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

    JGR · 963 publications · 126.5K citations

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  2. Tectonophysics

    2.3K publications · 184.1K citations

    179

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  3. Tectonics

    1.5K publications · 127.5K citations

    164

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  4. Geological Society of America Bulletin

    811 publications · 84K citations

    143

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  5. Earth and Planetary Science Letters

    732 publications · 69.2K citations

    141

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