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- Masters Geophysics University of Oxford
- Bachelors Earth Sciences Stanford University
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- The closing of Tethys and the tectonics of the Himalaya (1987) (663)
- Continental Extensional Tectonics (1987) (552)
- Collision tectonics in the NW Himalayas (1986) (280)
- K‐Ar and Ar‐Ar geochronology of the Himalayan collision in NW Pakistan: Constraints on the timing of suturing, deformation, metamorphism and uplift (1989) (265)
- Preliminary conclusions of the Royal Society and Academia Sinica 1985 geotraverse of Tibet (1986) (256)
- Structural inversion and its controls : examples from the Alpine foreland and the French Alps (1987) (217)
- Complex strain patterns developed at the frontal and lateral tips to shear zones and thrust zones (1983) (213)
- The structure of the 1985 Tibet Geotraverse, Lhasa to Golmud (1988) (170)
- Thrust tectonics and the deep structure of the Pakistan Himalaya (1985) (167)
- The tectonic history of Kohistan and its implications for Himalayan structure (1987) (158)
- Strain within thrust sheets (1981) (151)
- Thrust tectonics, thin skinned or thick skinned, and the continuation of thrusts to deep in the crust (1983) (146)
- Geo-tectonic framework of the Himalaya of N Pakistan (1982) (136)
- Frontal part of the northern Apennines fold and thrust belt in the Romagna‐Marche area (Italy): Shallow and deep structural styles (1999) (124)
- An interpretation of the Variscan structures in SW England (1982) (119)
- Early Precambrian Processes (1995) (115)
- Crustal lineaments and shear zones in Africa: Their relationship to plate movements (1984) (115)
- Structure, metamorphism an geochronology of the Arequipa Massif of coastal Peru (1979) (111)
- The effect of Late Caledonian and Variscan continental escape tectonics on basement structure, Paleozoic basin kinematics and subsequent Mesozoic basin development in NW Europe (1993) (111)
- Deformation, metamorphism and imbrication of the Indian plate, south of the Main Mantle Thrust, north Pakistan (1989) (110)
- Collision zone between the Kohistan arc and the Asian plate in NW Pakistan (1985) (110)
- The San Pedro and San Pablo volcanoes of northern Chile and their hot avalanche deposits (1974) (107)
- Geological constraints, structural evolution, and deep geology of the northwest Scottish Caledonides (1984) (106)
- Heterogeneous stretching, simple shear and basin development (1986) (106)
- Synthesis of salt tectonics in the southern North Sea, UK (1995) (105)
- Himalayan-Tibetan analogies for the evolution of the Zimbabwe Craton and Limpopo Belt (1992) (104)
- Geological mapping of the 1985 Chinese—British Tibetan (Xizang—Qinghai) Plateau Geotraverse route (1988) (101)
- Strains and folds within thrust sheets: An analysis of the Heilam sheet, northwest Scotland (1982) (100)
- The Precambrian, Caledonian and Variscan framework to NW Europe (1990) (97)
- Structural and tectonic setting of the Permo-Triassic basins of northwest Europe (1995) (95)
- Northern margin of the Limpopo mobile belt, southern Africa (1976) (95)
- Folding and imbrication of the Indian crust during Himalayan collision (1988) (93)
- THE CHAIDAM BASIN (NW CHINA): FORMATION AND HYDROCARBON POTENTIAL (1990) (93)
- Surge zones in the Moine thrust zone of NW Scotland (1982) (91)
- Cannabis as a substitute for alcohol and other drugs: A dispensary-based survey of substitution effect in Canadian medical cannabis patients (2013) (89)
- The thrust and shear zones of the Moine thrust zone and the NW Scottish Caledonides (1983) (89)
- A tectonostratigraphic framework for the Mid-Norway region (1998) (84)
- Development of the Witwatersrand Basin, South Africa (1995) (83)
- Tectonic development of North African basins (2003) (81)
- The Structure of the West Orkney Basin, northern Scotland (1987) (78)
- Structural Geology in Reservoir Characterization (1998) (77)
- Indian Plate motion and shape: constraints on the geometry of the Himalayan orogen (1991) (75)
- An interpretation of the Variscan tectonics of SW Britain (1984) (74)
- The Caledonian thrust and shear zones of N.W. Scotland (1980) (73)
- Devonian basins of Northern Scotland: extension and inversion related to Late Caledonian — Variscan tectonics (1989) (73)
- THE TARIM BASIN, NW CHINA: FORMATION AND ASPECTS OF PETROLEUM GEOLOGY (1992) (70)
- The role of mid-crustal shear zones in the Early Proterozoic evolution of the Lewisian (1987) (67)
- The structure and evolution of the Northern Tyrrhenian Sea (1996) (62)
- The distribution of petroleum reserves in basins of the South Atlantic margins (1999) (62)
- Metamorphism and crustal stacking in the North Indian Plate, North Pakistan (1989) (62)
- Balancing sections through inverted basins (1996) (62)
- The Okahandja Lineament and its significance for Damaran tectonics in Namibia (1981) (61)
- Thrust tectonics of S Devon (1983) (61)
- The tectonic evolution of the Welsh Caledonides (1979) (60)
- Thrust geometries, interferences and rotations in the Northwest Himalaya (1992) (59)
- The Evolution of the Kamila Shear Zone, Kohistan, Pakistan (1990) (58)
- Salt-Influenced Structures in the Mesozoic-Tertiary Cover of the Southern North Sea, U.K. (1995) (55)
- Remnants of an Early Metasedimentary Assemblage in the Lewisian Complex of the Outer Hebrides (1969) (53)
- Shear zones in the Precambrian crust of Southern Africa (1980) (51)
- The Lufilian arc and Irumide belt of Zambia: Results of a geotraverse across their intersection (1984) (51)
- Basement-cover imbrication south of the Main Mantle Thrust, north Pakistan (1989) (47)
- The strain and textural history of thin-skinned tectonic zones: examples from the Assynt region of the Moine thrust zone, NW Scotland (1984) (47)
- A Discussion on natural strain and geological structure - Archaean deformation patterns in southern Africa (1976) (46)
- Gravity and structural evidence for the deep structure of the limpopo belt, southern africa (1980) (44)
- Late Jurassic-Early Cretaceous inversion of the northern East Shetland Basin, northern North Sea (1995) (44)
- Structural evolution of a crustal section in the western Himalaya (1982) (42)
- Large-scale Laxfordian structures of the outer hebrides in relation to those of the Scottish mainland (1970) (39)
- The structural evolution of the Gariep arc in southern Namibia (South-West Africa) (1982) (39)
- Reconstruction of Cretaceous rifts incorporated in the Outer West Carpathian wedge by balancing (1997) (39)
- The thrust structures of southern Assynt, Moine thrust zone (1985) (37)
- The analysis of flow profiles in a basaltic dyke using strained vesicles (1980) (37)
- The deformation patterns of two Archaean greenstone belts in Rhodesia and Botswana (1974) (33)
- Texture and fabric studies across the Kishorn Nappe, near Kyle of Lochalsh, Western Scotland (1979) (32)
- Results of 2D balancing along 20° and 21°30' longitude and pseudo-3D in the smilno tectonic window: Implications for shortening mechanisms of the west Carpathian accretionary wedge (2000) (31)
- A Discussion on the evolution of the Precambrian crust - A structural interpretation of the northern margin of the Limpopo orogenic belt, southern Africa (1973) (31)
- Tertiary extension development and extension/compression interplay in the west Carpathian mountain belt (1998) (30)
- Oblique transpression in the western thrust front of the Colombian Eastern Cordillera (2004) (30)
- Shear zones at the Laxford front, NW Scotland and their significance in the interpretation of lower crustal structure (1990) (28)
- Flat-lying structures within the Lewisian basement gneiss complex of NW. Scotland (1974) (26)
- THE JIUXI BASIN, HEXI CORRIDOR, NW CHINA: FORELAND STRUCTURAL FEATURES AND HYDROCARBON POTENTIAL (1993) (25)
- The Eastern Gneisses of South Uist (1972) (23)
- Diapirism and gravity tectonics: report of a Tectonic Studies Group conference held at Leeds University, 25–26 March 1980 (1981) (23)
- Thrust zones and shear zones of the margin of the Namaqua and Kheis mobile belts, southern Africa (1983) (22)
- Anomalous glacial erratics in the southern part of the Outer Hebrides (1977) (22)
- Crustal Scale Thrusting and Continental Subduction During Himalayan Collision Tectonics on the NW Indian Plate (1989) (21)
- Structure of the West Carpathian accretionary wedge: Insights from cross section construction and sandbox validation (1999) (21)
- A geometrical study of the Arnaboll and Heilam thrust sheets, NW of Ben Arnaboll, Sutherland (1984) (20)
- Rootless vents in welded ash-flow tuffs from northern Snowdonia, North Wales, indicating deposition in a shallow water environment (1977) (20)
- Basin development and basement structure of the Celtic Sea basins (SW Britain) (1989) (19)
- STRAIN PARTITIONING ALONG THE WESTERN MARGIN OF THE CARPATHIANS (1998) (19)
- Heterogeneous deformation in the development of the Laxfordian complex of South Uist, Outer Hebrides (1973) (17)
- Masirah Graben, Oman: A Hidden Cretaceous Rift Basin? (1995) (17)
- More evidence of pre-Himalayan orogenesis in Northern Pakistan (1988) (16)
- Genetic interpretation and mapping of salt structures (1996) (15)
- Large scale Palaeozoic shear zone in Australia and present extension to the Antarctic Ridge (1976) (14)
- Salt tectonics in the Algarve Basin; the Loule Diapir (1990) (14)
- Reactivated Palaeozoic normal faults: controls on the formation of Carlin-type gold deposits in north-central Nevada (2007) (14)
- Basement tectonics and their relationship to Mesozoic megasequences in the Celtic Seas and Bristol Channel area (1992) (13)
- Stratigraphy, structure and geochronology of ore leads in the Matsitama Schist belt of Northern Botswana (1977) (13)
- Nickel ore troughs in Archaean volcanic rocks, Kambalda, Western Australia: indicators of early extension (1999) (12)
- Inversion tectonics of the fold-and-thrust belt, western Taiwan (2002) (11)
- The structure and origin of areas of anomalously low-intensity finite deformation in the basement gneiss complex of the outer hebrides (1973) (11)
- A method for the measurement of volume change (1974) (9)
- Geometry and tectonic evolution of megasequences in the Plymouth Bay Basin, English Channel (1995) (9)
- The structural and metamorphic geology of South Uist, Outer Hebrides (1969) (8)
- The Moabi syncline: the West Congolian of Gabon and its tectonic significance (1981) (7)
- BASEMENT FAULTING AND INVERSION OF THE NW NEUQUEN BASIN, ARGENTINA. (1996) (6)
- The thrust and normal faults of the Ullapool–Strath Kanaird region and their implications for NW Highland tectonics (1988) (6)
- An island arc section in the Himalayas (1980) (5)
- Deformation around the Beinn an Dubhaich granite, Skye (1979) (5)
- Thermodynamics of Leather Dyeing (2008) (4)
- The Frontal Fold Systems of Collisional Belts: Thin-Skinned Versus Thick-Skinned Tectonics: ABSTRACT (1994) (4)
- Dynamics of the Polish and Eastern Slovakian parts of the Carpathian accretionary wedge: insights from palaeostress analyses (2007) (4)
- Structural inversion in the external French Alps (1989) (3)
- Discussion on a model for the deep structure of the Moine Thrust Zone (1983) (3)
- Salt tectonics in the North Sea (1995) (2)
- Thin skinned tectonics in the Moine thrust zone (1981) (1)
- Synthesis of Salt Tectonics in the Southern North Sea: ABSTRACT (1994) (1)
- Discussion on thrust tectonics of S. Devon; and reply (1984) (1)
- The evolution of mountain belts: structure of the Himalayas and Tibet (1987) (1)
- Salt Tectonics in the North Sea: ABSTRACT (1995) (0)
- Aspects of Collision Tectonics and Intraplate Deformation: ABSTRACT (1988) (0)
- ABSTRACT: Petroleum Systems in the Compressional/Transpressional Margin of Eastern Venezuela and Trinidad (2001) (0)
- Introduction to the special issue Deformation and Plate Tectonics (1991) (0)
- The Bradman Museum's World of Cricket (2015) (0)
- Caribbean odyssey : Australia and cricket in the West Indies (1991) (0)
- Extension and Inversion in Rift Basins around the Complex Evolving North Sea Triple Junction: ABSTRACT (1994) (0)
- A Revised Hypothesis for the Structural Evolution of the East Brae Region of the South Viking Graben, North Sea : ABSTRACTS (1997) (0)
- Aspects of collision tectonics and intraplate deformation (1988) (0)
- Tectonic Evolution of the East China Sea Basin--Implication for the Development of the Western Pacific Marginal Seas: ABSTRACT (1994) (0)
- BASIN INVERSION IN THE EASTERN CORDILLERAS (1996) (0)
- Inversion of the post-Variscan basins of Southern England (1993) (0)
- Reply by M. P. Coward, P. W. Francis, R. H. Graham, J. S. Myers and J. Watson (1970) (0)
- ABSTRACT: 3D Fault Restoration and Kinematic Analysis, Viking Graben, North Sea (2001) (0)
- Basement Uplifts, Basin Structuration and Fluid Dynamics, Oriente Basin, Ecuador: ABSTRACT (1994) (0)
- Crustal extension, subsidence and inversion in NW Europe (1993) (0)
- The earth and its mountains, R. A. Lyttleton. Wiley, Chichester, 1983. No. of pages: 206. Price: £15.50 (1983) (0)
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