B. Clark Burchfiel

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PhD Geology California Institute of Technology
Masters Geology California Institute of Technology
Bachelors Geology California Institute of Technology

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According to Wikipedia, Burrell Clark Burchfiel is an American structural geologist. Born in Stockton, California, he earned his Ph.D. in 1961 at Yale University. His first academic appointment was to the Geology department at Rice University. He is the Schlumberger Professor Emeritus of Geology at MIT. Research interests: Origin, development, and structural evolution of the continental crust. His current work involves study of the geological history and evolution of the Tibetan plateau.

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The Geological Evolution of the Tibetan Plateau (2008) (1204)
The South Tibetan Detachment System, Himalayan Orogen: Extension Contemporaneous With and Parallel to Shortening in a Collisional Mountain Belt (1992) (864)
Tectonics of the Longmen Shan and Adjacent Regions, Central China (1995) (790)
Modes of extensional tectonics (1982) (780)
Surface uplift, tectonics, and erosion of eastern Tibet from large‐scale drainage patterns (2004) (724)
A geological and geophysical context for the Wenchuan earthquake of 12 May 2008, Sichuan, People's Republic of China (2008) (599)
Late Cenozoic uplift of southeastern Tibet (2005) (561)
North-south extension within the convergent Himalayan region (1985) (511)
Global Positioning System measurements from eastern Tibet and their implications for India/Eurasia intercontinental deformation (2000) (455)
Motion of the Pacific plate relative to Eurasia and its potential relation to Cenozoic extension along the eastern margin of Eurasia (1995) (403)
Late Cenozoic Xianshuihe-Xiaojiang, Red River, and Dali Fault Systems of Southwestern Sichuan and Central Yunnan, China (1998) (364)
Simultaneous Miocene Extension and Shortening in the Himalayan Orogen (1992) (349)
Tectonic overview of the Cordilleran orogen in the western United States: The Geology of North Ameri (1992) (344)
Geomorphic constraints on surface uplift, exhumation, and plateau growth in the Red River region, Yunnan Province, China (2004) (288)
Intracrustal detachment within zones of continental deformation (1989) (274)
Geology of the Haiyuan Fault Zone, Ningxia‐Hui Autonomous Region, China, and its relation to the evolution of the Northeastern Margin of the Tibetan Plateau (1991) (257)
Interpretation of Cenozoic Tectonics in the Right-Lateral Accommodation Zone Between the Ailao Shan Shear Zone and the Eastern Himalayan Syntaxis (1997) (253)
Structural framework and evolution of the southern part of the Cordilleran orogen, western United States (1972) (253)
The Cordilleran Orogen: Conterminous U.S. (1993) (241)
Quaternary Climate Change and the Formation of River Terraces across Growing Anticlines on the North Flank of the Tien Shan, China (1994) (239)
Seismicity, fault plane solutions, depth of faulting, and active tectonics of the Andes of Peru, Ecuador, and southern Colombia (1983) (234)
“PULL-APART” ORIGIN OF THE CENTRAL SEGMENT OF DEATH VALLEY, CALIFORNIA (1966) (231)
The Continental Crust. (1983) (230)
Crustal shortening on the margins of the Tien Shan (1999) (228)
Geodetic measurement of crustal motion in southwest China (1997) (228)
Large-scale crustal deformation of the Tibetan Plateau (2001) (222)
Eastern European Alpine system and the Carpathian orocline as an example of collision tectonics (1980) (222)
Late Cenozoic to Holocene deformation in southwestern Sichuan and adjacent Yunnan, China, and its role in formation of the southeastern part of the Tibetan Plateau (2000) (205)
Use of a regional, relict landscape to measure vertical deformation of the eastern Tibetan Plateau (2006) (202)
Garlock Fault: An Intracontinental Transform Structure, Southern California (1973) (189)
The formation of the intra-Carpathian basins as determined from subsidence data (1980) (178)
Transform faulting, extension, and subduction in the Carpathian Pannonian region (1982) (174)
The evolution of North America (1978) (172)
Are systematic variations in thrust belt style related to plate boundary processes? (The western Alps versus the Carpathians) (1989) (168)
Mesozoic Construction of the Cordilleran “Collage”, Central British Columbia to Central California (1978) (165)
Eastward migration of the Qaidam basin and its implications for Cenozoic evolution of the Altyn Tagh fault and associated river systems (2006) (159)
Amount and style of late Cenozoic deformation in the Liupan Shan area, Ningxia autonomous region, China (1991) (154)
Geology of Panamint Valley ‐ Saline Valley Pull‐Apart System, California: Palinspastic evidence for low‐angle geometry of a Neogene Range‐Bounding Fault (1987) (150)
Geomorphic evidence for active faulting in the Altyn Tagh and northern Tibet and qualitative estimates of its contribution to the convergence of India and Eurasia (1987) (149)
Propagation of surface uplift, lower crustal flow, and Cenozoic tectonics of the southeast margin of the Tibetan Plateau (2006) (148)
Neotectonics of the Min Shan, China: Implications for mechanisms driving Quaternary deformation along the eastern margin of the Tibetan Plateau (2000) (140)
Miocene to present activity along the Red River fault, China, in the context of continental extrusion, upper-crustal rotation, and lower-crustal flow (2006) (133)
The Kangmar Dome: A Metamorphic Core Complex in Southern Xizang (Tibet) (1990) (132)
The metamorphic signature of contemporaneous extension and shortening in the central Himalayan Orogen; data from the Nyalam transect, southern Tibet (1993) (130)
Mesozoic large-scale lateral extrusion, rotation, and uplift of the Tongbai-Dabie Shan belt in east China (2003) (129)
Estimation of slip rates in the southern Tien Shan using cosmic ray exposure dates of abandoned alluvial fans (1998) (126)
Cenozoic tectonics of Macedonia and its relation to the South Balkan extensional regime (2005) (124)
Bounds on the Holocene Slip Rate of the Haiyuan Fault, North-Central China (1988) (113)
Temperature‐time history of subducted continental crust, Mount Olympos Region, Greece (1990) (113)
Magnitude of crustal extension in the southern Great Basin (1982) (112)
Geologic Evolution of Northern Tibet: Results of an Expedition to Ulugh Muztagh (1987) (111)
Geometry, kinematics, and regional significance of the Chong Shan shear zone, Eastern Himalayan Syntaxis, Yunnan, China (2008) (108)
Evolution and dynamics of the Cenozoic tectonics of the South Balkan extensional system (2008) (103)
Analyse des klassischen nordalpinen Mesozoikums (1977) (100)
Thin-skinned N-S extension within the convergent Himalayan region: gravitational collapse of a Miocene topographic front (1987) (99)
Geology of Romania (1974) (91)
Thermobarometric and40Ar/39Ar geochronologic constraints on Eohimalayan metamorphism in the Dinggyê area, southern Tibet (1994) (84)
Tectonic of Asia 50 years after the death of Emile Argand (1991) (84)
Geology of the Spring Mountains, Nevada (1974) (82)
Structural evolution of an A‐type subduction zone, lofoten‐Rombak Area, northern Scandinavian Caledonides (1982) (75)
Active faulting and tectonics of the Ningxia‐Hui Autonomous Region, China (1984) (74)
Northwest-trending, middle Cenozoic, left-lateral faults in southern Yunnan, China, and their tectonic significance (2003) (72)
Evidence from the Mesta half-graben, SW Bulgaria, for the Late Eocene beginning of Aegean extension in the Central Balkan Peninsula (2003) (72)
Late Cenozoic tectonic evolution of the Ningxia-Hui Autonomous Region, China (1990) (70)
Constraints on Cenozoic tectonics in the southwestern Longmen Shan from low-temperature thermochronology (2013) (66)
Extinction of pull-apart basins (1989) (65)
Late Cenozoic Right-Lateral Movement along the Wenquan Fault and Associated Deformation: Implications for the Kinematic History of the Qaidam Basin, Northeastern Tibetan Plateau (2004) (62)
Crustal motion and strain accumulation in western Bulgaria (2006) (61)
Carpathian Foreland Fold and Thrust Belt and Its Relation to Pannonian and Other Basins (1982) (57)
Antler orogeny: A Mediterranean-type orogeny (1991) (57)
Geology of the Ulugh Muztagh area, northern Tibet (1989) (57)
GPS results for Macedonia and its importance for the tectonics of the Southern Balkan extensional regime (2006) (52)
Structural Geology of the Specter Range Quadrangle, Nevada, and its Regional Significance (1965) (51)
Structural geology of the Montgomery Mountains and the northern half of the Nopah and Resting Spring Ranges, Nevada and California (1983) (48)
GPS study of active tectonics in Bulgaria: results from 1996 to 1998 (2001) (44)
Late Precambrian tectonism in the Kingston Range, southern California (1986) (43)
Early Tertiary Gonjo basin, eastern Tibet: Sedimentary and structural record of the early history of India-Asia collision (2008) (43)
Exhumation of the Ailao Shan shear zone recorded by Cenozoic sedimentary rocks, Yunnan Province, China (2005) (40)
Southern Tibet Detachment System at Khula Kangri, Eastern Himalaya: A Large‐Area, Shallow Detachment Stretching into Bhutan? (1999) (39)
New age controls on initiation and timing of foreland belt thrusting in the Clark Mountains, southern California (1995) (39)
Pluton pinning of an active Miocene detachment fault system, eastern Mojave Desert, California (1993) (37)
Geologic and geophysical maps of the Las Vegas 30' x 60' quadrangle, Clark and Nye counties, Nevada, and Inyo County, California (2005) (36)
The Sub-Balkan graben system of central Bulgaria (1996) (34)
Bounds on the Average Recurrence Interval of Major Earthquakes Along the Haiyuan Fault In North-Central China (1988) (31)
Variations in the geometry and amount of slip on the Haiyuan (Nanxihaushan) fault zone, China and the surface rupture of the 1920 Haiyuan earthquake (2013) (30)
The multiply deformed foreland fold-thrust belt of the Balkan orogen, northern Bulgaria (2015) (26)
Grundprinzipien der alpinen Deckentektonik; eine Systemanalyse am Beispiel der noerdlichen Kalkalpen (1975) (26)
Paleozoic and Lower Mesozoic Volcanism and Continental Growth in the Western United States (1974) (26)
An Early Mesozoic Deformation Belt in South-Central Nevada-Southeastern California (1970) (25)
Example of a supradetachment basin within a pull‐apart tectonic setting: Mormon Point, Death Valley, California (1995) (25)
Brevard zone compared to Alpine root zones (1967) (25)
Geology of the Sagamore Canyon–Slaughterhouse Spring area, New York Mountains, California (1977) (23)
Extensional development of Gabo Valley, southern Tibet (1991) (22)
Isotopic complexities and the age of the Delfonte volcanic rocks, eastern Mescal Range, southeastern California: Stratigraphic and tectonic implications (1994) (21)
Orogen-parallel transport and vertical partitioning of strain during oblique collision, Efjorden, north Norway (1996) (20)
TIN MOUNTAIN LANDSLIDE, SOUTHEASTERN CALIFORNIA, AND THE ORIGIN OF MEGABRECCIA (1966) (20)
Compression and crustal shortening in Andean-type orogenesis (1976) (18)
A new type of decollement thrusting (1982) (17)
Patterns of Cenozoic Extensional Tectonism in the South Balkan Extensional System (2008) (15)
Geologic map of the Kingston Range, southern Death Valley, California (2000) (14)
Preliminary investigation into the complexities of the Ailao Shan and Day Nui Con Voi shear zones of SE Yunnan and Vietnam (2008) (14)
Precambrian and Paleozoic stratigraphy of Specter Range Quadrangle, Nye County, Nevada (1964) (13)
Crustal development within a retreating subduction system: The Hellenides (2018) (13)
Crustal Motion and Strain Accumulation in the South Balkan Region Inferred from GPS Measurements (2008) (13)
Geologic map of the Striped Hills quadrangle, Nye County, Nevada (1966) (12)
How much strain can continental crust accommodate without developing obvious through-going faults? (2007) (11)
Geologic map of the Lathrop Wells quadrangle, Nye County, Nevada (1966) (10)
Investigations into the tectonics of the Tibetan plateau (2008) (9)
Comment and Reply on “Late Precambrian tectonism in the Kingston Range, southern California”: REPLY (1987) (8)
Geology of the Wilson Cliffs-Potosi Mountain Area, Southern Nevada (1997) (7)
Flexural uplift of the Stara Planina range, central Bulgaria (1996) (7)
Reconnaissance geologic map of the Lathrop Wells 15-minute quadrangle, Nye County, Nevada (1966) (7)
Extensional Tectonics in the Basin and Range Province Between the Southern Sierra Nevada and the Colorado Plateau: The Basin and Range Province of Southern Nevada and Southeastern California June 30–July 7, 1989 (1989) (6)
The Aegean: A natural laboratory for tectonics (2008) (6)
Stratigraphic reassignment of four species in the Lower Miocene rocks of the Bear Creek area, Santa Cruz County, California (1964) (5)
An area of deformation: tectonic evolution of the himalayas and tibet. (1989) (5)
Erratum to “Crustal motion and strain accumulation in western Bulgaria” [Tectonophysics Volume 413 (2006) 127–318] (2006) (4)
NW Bulgaria — The Northern Boundary of the Aegean Extensional Domain (2002) (4)
Structure and prospects of Alpine basins and forelands; review (1998) (4)
Tectonics as theory, tectonics as history (1982) (4)
Sub-regional Dynamic Topography and Deformation of the Lower Crust by Decoupled Channel Flow in Tibet (2001) (4)
Editorial Policy for Tectonics (1982) (4)
Structural geology of the Earth's exterior. (1979) (4)
Crustal strain in Bulgaria (2004) (3)
Comment on “The Butte Valley and Layton Well thrusts of eastern California: Distribution and regional significance” by Chester T. Wrucke, Calvin H. Stevens, and Joseph L. Wooden (1997) (3)
Late Cenozoic uplift of southeastern Tibet: Implications for lower crustal flow (2003) (2)
Possible Igneous Analog of Salt Dome Tectonics, Clark Mountains, Southeastern California: GEOLOGICAL NOTES (1973) (2)
Paleomagnetic Data Bearing on Tectonic Rotations in Northern Indochina South of the Ailao Shan Shear Zone (2001) (2)
THE GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA. (2)
Crustal motion in central west bulgaria from triangulation and GPS data (2005) (2)
Pliocene uplift, river incision and faulting in the Red River region, Yunnan Province, China (2003) (1)
Day 6: Middle Miocene(?) Through Quaternary Extension, Northern Panamint Mountains Area, California (2013) (1)
Tectonic Style, Magnitude, and Age of Deformation in the Sevier Orogenic Belt in Southern Nevada and Eastern California: Discussion (1971) (1)
The ~(10)Be dating for surface of alluvium–diluvium fans in southern Tianshan piedmont (2004) (1)
Source terrane of the Keystone thrust plate, southern Nevada and southeastern California (1969) (1)
The Yulong Mountains Structural Culmination: Tectonic and Geomorphic Controls on Localized Uplift Rates and Exhumation (2005) (1)
Crustal Motion in Bulgaria Inferred from GPS Measurements (2004) (1)
Westward-derived conglomerates in Moenkopi formation of Southeastern California, and their probable tectonic significance (1983) (1)
HIGH-K CALC-ALKALINE PLUTONIC ROCKS FROM SOUTHEASTERN CALIFORNIA (1979) (1)
Foreland Fold and Thrust Belt of Carpathians and Its Relation to Pannonian and Related Basins: ABSTRACT (1980) (1)
Der Bau der noerdlichen Kalkalpen (1977) (0)
Large-Scale Geologic Structures (2000) (0)
Three-dimensional crustal velocity field for Bulgaria (2002) (0)
Afterword: A General Approach to Basin Analysis (1988) (0)
Day 7: Neogene Dextral Translation of the Cottonwood Mountains Area, California (2013) (0)
Geology of the southern Ningxia autonomous region, China, and its relationship to the evolution of the northeastern margin of the Tibetan Plateau (1987) (0)
MULTIPLY DEFORMED LATE MESOZOIC-EARLY CENOZOIC FORELAND FOLD-THRUST BELT OF THE BALKAN OROGEN, NORTHERN BULGARIA (2012) (0)
Geologic Atlas of China: An Application of the Tectonic Facies Concept to the Geology of China, Hsü and Chen, H., Elsevier, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, 1999., Hardcover, XVI+262 pp., Price $251.50., ISBN 0-444-82 (2000) (0)
Text and references accompanying Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology Map 176 Geologic Map of the Jean Quadrangle , Clark County , Nevada (2012) (0)
Allochthonous Nature of Numidian Flysch Complex, Western Mogod Mountains, Northern Tunisia: ABSTRACT (1979) (0)
Day 3. Western Part Of The Mormon Mountains, Meadow Valley Wash, and Muddy Mountains (2013) (0)
Seismicity and active tectonics of the Andes and the origin of the Altiplano (1982) (0)
Day 5: Spring Mountains Breakaway Zone, Amargosa Chaos, and the Death Valley Pulir‐Apart Basin (2013) (0)
Abstract: The Expression of Convergence Rate and Slab Pull in Foreland Basins (1992) (0)
Reply [to discussion of 'Brevard zone compared to alpine root zones,' by D. E. Dunn, J. R. Butler, 1967, and P. S. Justus, 1968] (1968) (0)
DELP symposium; tectonics of eastern Asia and western pacific continental margin (1989) (0)
The Cordilleran Orogen: Conterminous U.S. Sector (1982) (0)
Abstract: Late Cenozoic Orogenic Belts of the Mediterranean Region and their North American Counterparts (1992) (0)
Deformation of Authochthonous Foreland Basement, Clark Mountain Thrust Complex, Southeastern California (1979) (0)
Abstract: Eastern European Mountain Belts - The Highs and Lows (1992) (0)
Incision Along the Red River, Yunnan Province, China: a Transient Response to Regional Surface Uplift (2002) (0)
Day 4. Tertiary Extension In The Sheep Range Area, Northwestern Clark County, Nevada (2013) (0)
Day 1: Craton and Frontal Thrust Belt Near Las Vegas (2013) (0)
Day 2. Superimposed Thrust and Normal Faulting, Colorado Plateau to Eastern Mormon Mountains (2013) (0)
Day 8 Neogene Extension Between the Grapevine Mountains and Spring Mountains, California and Nevada (2013) (0)
Mio-Pliocene Extension in Central, Onshore Greece: Initial Field Investigations in the Aliveri-Kymi Basin, Evia (2006) (0)
Lack of Young Subsidence in the East Tibetan Foreland: Implications for Crustal Thickening Processes at Depth (2008) (0)
Himalayan tectonics: Edited by P.J. Treloar and M.P. Searle, Geological Society Special Publications No. 74, Geological Society of London, London, 630 pp., hardcover, £79.00, ISBN 0-903317-92-3 (1995) (0)
The history of the Earth's crust [book review] (1969) (0)
GPS data on the active tectonics of the Bulgarian Rhodopes (2001) (0)
Active deformation in southwestern Bulgaria inferred from GPS and seismicity data (2002) (0)
Thrust tectonics: edited by K.R. McClay. Chapman and Hall, London, 1992. 447 pp. £29.95. ISBN 0-412-43900-X (1993) (0)
Foreland Fold and Thrust Belts--Review: ABSTRACT (1980) (0)

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