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- Channel flow, ductile extrusion and exhumation in continental collision zones: an introduction (2006) (402)
- Strain, deformation temperatures and vorticity of flow at the top of the Greater Himalayan Slab, Everest Massif, Tibet (2004) (358)
- The structural geometry, metamorphic and magmatic evolution of the Everest massif, High Himalaya of Nepal–South Tibet (2003) (326)
- Defining the Himalayan Main Central Thrust in Nepal (2008) (289)
- Crystallographic fabrics: a selective review of their applications to research in structural geology (1990) (287)
- Deformation thermometry based on quartz c-axis fabrics and recrystallization microstructures: A review (2014) (266)
- Coesite in Himalayan eclogite and implications for models of India-Asia collision (2001) (243)
- Channel Flow, Ductile Extrusion and Exhumation in Continental Collision Zones (2006) (241)
- Strain path partitioning within thrust sheets : microstructural and petrofabric evidence from the Moine Thrust zone at Loch Eriboll, northwest Scotland. (1984) (210)
- Multiscale magmatic cyclicity, duration of pluton construction, and the paradoxical relationship between tectonism and plutonism in continental arcs (2011) (209)
- Simple shear deformation and quartz crystallographic fabrics: a possible natural example from the Torridon area of NW Scotland (1990) (141)
- Structural evolution and vorticity of flow during extrusion and exhumation of the Greater Himalayan Slab, Mount Everest Massif, Tibet/Nepal: implications for orogen-scale flow partitioning (2006) (134)
- Kinematic and tectonic significance of microstructures and crystallographic fabrics within quartz mylonites from the Assynt and Eriboll regions of the Moine thrust zone, NW Scotland (1986) (133)
- Water-weakening of sandstone and quartzite deformed at various stress and strain rates (1991) (125)
- Crustal structure, restoration and evolution of the Greater Himalaya in Nepal-South Tibet: implications for channel flow and ductile extrusion of the middle crust (2006) (125)
- Structural insights into the early stages of exhumation along an orogen-scale detachment: The South Tibetan Detachment System, Dzakaa Chu section, Eastern Himalaya (2007) (114)
- Deformation temperatures and flow vorticities near the base of the Greater Himalayan Series, Sutlej Valley and Shimla Klippe, NW India (2013) (111)
- The Rigid Grain Net (RGN) : An alternative method for estimating mean kinematic vorticity number (Wm) (2007) (107)
- Internal structure and emplacement of the Papoose Flat pluton: An integrated structural, petrographic, and magnetic susceptibility study (2001) (106)
- Telescoping of isotherms beneath the South Tibetan Detachment System, Mount Everest Massif (2011) (105)
- The Miocene elevation of Mount Everest (2013) (104)
- Unusual transition in quartzite dislocation creep regimes and crystal slip systems in the aureole of the Eureka Valley–Joshua Flat–Beer Creek pluton, California: a case for anhydrous conditions created by decarbonation reactions (2004) (102)
- P–T–t–D paths of Everest Series schist, Nepal (2008) (101)
- Heterogeneous deformation and quartz crystallographic fabric transitions: natural examples from the Moine Thrust zone at the Stack of Glencoul, northern Assynt (1987) (96)
- Continental tectonics and mountain building : the legacy of Peach and Horne (2010) (93)
- Relationships between strain and quartz crystallographic fabrics in the Roche Maurice quartzites of Plougastel, western Brittany (1986) (90)
- The influence of crystallographic orientation and grain boundary migration on microstructural and textural evolution in an S-C mylonite (1987) (81)
- Paleozoic deformation in the Sierras de Cordoba and Sierra de Las Minas, eastern Sierras Pampeanas, Argentina (2003) (76)
- Experimental intrahepatic portacaval anastomosis: use of expandable Gianturco stents. (1987) (74)
- Cataclastic deformation mechanism for the development of core-mantle structures in amphibole (1992) (63)
- Rongbuk re-visited: Geochronology of leucogranites in the footwall of the South Tibetan Detachment System, Everest Region, Southern Tibet (2015) (63)
- Deformation path partitioning within the transpressional White Mountain shear zone, California and Nevada (2007) (62)
- Laccolith-like emplacement model for the Papoose Flat pluton based on porphyroblast-matrix analysis (1998) (61)
- Moine Thrust zone mylonites at the Stack of Glencoul: II - results of vorticity analyses and their tectonic significance (2010) (56)
- Microstructural and crystal fabric evolution during shear zone formation (1992) (52)
- Moine Thrust zone mylonites at the Stack of Glencoul: I – microstructures, strain and influence of recrystallization on quartz crystal fabric development (2010) (50)
- Thermo‐kinematic evolution of the Annapurna‐Dhaulagiri Himalaya, central Nepal: The Composite Orogenic System (2016) (46)
- Conditions of contact metamorphism, Papoose Flat Pluton, eastern California, USA: implications for cooling and strain histories (1995) (45)
- Deformation temperatures, vorticity of flow and strain symmetry in the Loch Eriboll mylonites, NW Scotland: implications for the kinematic and structural evolution of the northernmost Moine Thrust zone (2010) (43)
- Comparing Tibet-Himalayan and Caledonian crustal architecture, evolution and mountain building processes (2010) (42)
- Deformation temperatures, vorticity of flow, and strain in the Moine thrust zone and Moine nappe: Reassessing the tectonic evolution of the Scandian foreland–hinterland transition zone (2010) (42)
- The Papoose Flat Pluton of eastern California: a reassessment of its emplacement history in the light of new microstructural and crystallographic fabric observations (1992) (42)
- Kinematics and vorticity of flow associated with post-collisional oblique transpression in the Variscan Inner Zone of northern Sardinia (Italy) (2009) (41)
- Mid-crustal deformation of the Annapurna-Dhaulagiri Himalaya, central Nepal: An atypical example of channel flow during the Himalayan orogeny (2016) (35)
- Microstructures and crystal fabrics of the Moine Thrust zone and Moine Nappe: history of research and changing tectonic interpretations (2010) (35)
- Extensional origin of ductile fabrics in the Schist Belt, Central Brooks Range, Alaska—II. Microstructural and petrofabric evidence (1994) (32)
- Extensional origin of ductile fabrics in the Schist Belt, Central Brooks Range, Alaska—I. Geologic and structural studies (1994) (31)
- Incremental assembly and emplacement of Mesozoic plutons in the Sierra Nevada and White and Inyo ranges, California (2005) (30)
- Modeling prograde TiO2 activity and its significance for Ti-in-quartz thermobarometry of pelitic metamorphic rocks (2015) (29)
- Ti resetting in quartz during dynamic recrystallization: Mechanisms and significance (2014) (27)
- Orogen‐parallel deformation of the Himalayan midcrust: Insights from structural and magnetic fabric analyses of the Greater Himalayan Sequence, Annapurna‐Dhaulagiri Himalaya, central Nepal (2016) (27)
- Discriminatory petrofabric analysis of quartz rocks using SEM electron channelling (1987) (26)
- Infiltration of meteoric water in the South Tibetan Detachment (Mount Everest, Himalaya): When and why? (2017) (24)
- Crystal fabric development and slip systems in a quartz mylonite: an approach via transmission electron microscopy and viscoplastic self-consistent modelling (2011) (23)
- Prograde evolution of the Scottish Caledonides and tectonic implications (2015) (23)
- Geology of the Dhaulagiri-Annapurna-Manaslu Himalaya, Western Region, Nepal. 1:200,000 (2016) (22)
- A new technique for quantifying symmetry and opening angles in quartz c-axis pole figures: Implications for interpreting the kinematic and thermal properties of rocks (2018) (21)
- Effect of finite strain on clast-based vorticity gauges (2011) (21)
- Formation, evolution, and inversion of the middle Tertiary Diligencia basin, Orocopia Mountains, southern California (2001) (20)
- Significance of “stretched” mineral inclusions for reconstructing P–T exhumation history (2015) (20)
- Transpressive Deformation in the Southern European Variscan Belt: New Insights From the Aiguilles Rouges Massif (Western Alps) (2020) (18)
- Quantifying displacement on the South Tibetan Detachment normal fault, Everest massif, and the timing of crustal thickening and uplift in the Himalaya and South Tibet (2002) (17)
- An Overview of Paleozoic-Mesozoic Structures Developed in the Central White-Inyo Range, Eastern California (1998) (17)
- The upper Mississippian Bluefield Formation in the Central Appalachian basin: A hierarchical sequence-stratigraphic record of a greenhouse to icehouse transition (2006) (17)
- Forceful emplacement of the Eureka Valley–Joshua Flat–Beer Creek composite pluton into a structural basin in eastern California; internal structure and wall rock deformation (2013) (16)
- Emplacement of the Santa Rita Flat pluton as a pluton-scale saddle reef (2000) (16)
- The Tarskavaig Nappe of Skye, northwest Scotland: a re-examination of the fabrics and their kinematic significance (1987) (16)
- Thermal evolution of the Scandian hinterland, Naver nappe, northern Scotland (2019) (15)
- A spherical electron channelling pattern map for use in quartz petrofabric analysis: correction and verification (1987) (15)
- Orientation of specimens: Essential data for all fields of geology (1987) (15)
- Relationships between the Loch Ailsh and Borralan alkaline intrusions and thrusting in the Moine Thrust zone, southern Assynt culmination, NW Scotland (2010) (13)
- Thermobarometry of the Moine and Sgurr Beag thrust sheets, northern Scotland (2018) (13)
- Synchrotron FTIR imaging of OH in quartz mylonites (2017) (12)
- Strain memory of 2D and 3D rigid inclusion populations in viscous flows - What is clast SPO telling us? (2014) (12)
- 144. Quartz Mylonites from the Moine Thrust Zone at the Stack of Glencoul, Northwest Scotland (1998) (11)
- Continental tectonics and mountain building. The legacy of Peach and Horne: an introduction (2010) (11)
- Linkages and Feedbacks in Orogenic Systems (2017) (11)
- Predicting seismic properties from three-dimensional microstructures: a new look at an old quartzite (2010) (10)
- Crystallographic fabrics and deformation histories (1987) (9)
- Preferred orientation in deformed metals and rocks: An introduction to modern texture analysis: Wenk, H.-R. (Editor) 1985. Academic Press, London. Price £55.00 (1988) (9)
- Extensional origin of ductile fabrics in the schist belt, central Brooks Range, Alaska - I. Geologic and structural studies (1994) (8)
- Structural and thermal evolution of the South Tibetan Detachment shear zone in the Mt Everest region, from the 1933 sample collection of L. R. Wager (2018) (7)
- Two-phase exhumation of ultra high-pressure and medium-pressure Indian Plate rocks from the Pakistan Himalaya (2007) (7)
- Unravelling the development of regional-scale shear zones by a multidisciplinary approach: The case study of the Ferriere-Mollières Shear Zone (Argentera Massif, Western Alps) (2021) (6)
- Telescoping of isotherms beneath the South Tibetan Detachment, Mount Everest Massif: implications for magnitude of internal flow during extrusi on of the Greater Himalayan Slab (2008) (6)
- Papoose Flat, Eureka Valley–Joshua Flat–Beer Creek, and Sage Hen Flat plutons: Examples of rising, sinking, and cookie-cutter plutons in the central White–Inyo Range, eastern California (2000) (6)
- “Geological field-trips in the Himalaya, Karakoram and Tibet" (2014) (6)
- 145. Quartz Mylonites from the Moine Thrust Zone in Southern Assynt, Northwest Scotland (1998) (6)
- Rapid cooling during late-stage orogenesis and implications for the collapse of the Scandian retrowedge, northern Scotland (2020) (5)
- Interplay Between Crustal‐Scale Thrusting, High Metamorphic Heating Rates, and the Development of Inverted Thermal‐Metamorphic Gradients: Numerical Models and Examples From the Caledonides of Northern Scotland (2021) (5)
- Garnet morphology distribution in the northern part of the Moine Supergroup, Scottish Caledonides (2017) (4)
- Crystallographically controlled void space at grain boundaries in the Harkless quartzite (2020) (4)
- Rethinking the Assembly and Evolution of Plutons: Field Tests and Perspectives (2006) (3)
- Growth and fluid-assisted alteration of accessory phases before, during and after Rodinia breakup: U-Pb geochronology from the Moine Supergroup rocks of northern Scotland (2021) (3)
- Texture Determination Via SEM Electron Channelling (1991) (2)
- Orogen-scale along-strike continuity in quartz recrystallization microstructures adjacent to the Main Central Thrust: implications for deformation temperatures, strain rates and flow stresses (2015) (2)
- Water loss during dynamic recrystallization of Moine thrust quartzites, northwest Scotland (2020) (2)
- Contact metamorphism associated with emplacement of the Papoose Flat pluton, Inyo Mountains, California (1992) (1)
- Detrital zircon age populations from the Moine Supergroup, Scotland, and their implications for tectonic evolution (2016) (1)
- Quartz fabric-based deformation thermometry: examples of its application, relationships to petrology-based PT paths, and potential problems (2013) (1)
- Extensional origin of ductile fabrics in the schist belt, central Brooks Range, Alaska - II. Microstructural and petrofabric evidence : Journal of Structural Geology, 16(7), 1994, pp 919–940 (1994) (1)
- A refined approach for quantitative kinematic vorticity number estimation using microstructures (2021) (1)
- Spatial Distribution of Magnetic Susceptibility in the Mt. Barcroft Granodiorite, White Mountains, California: Implications for Arc Magmatic Processes (2007) (1)
- PETROLOGY AND MONAZITE GEOCHRONOLOGY OF THE SCARBORO FORMATION, JEFFERSON, MAINE (2017) (1)
- RAPID RATES OF OROGENIC COLLAPSE IN THE SCOTTISH CALEDONIDES (2019) (1)
- Tectonic Transport Directions, Shear Senses and Deformation Temperatures Indicated by Quartz c-Axis Fabrics and Microstructures in a NW-SE Transect across the Moine and Sgurr Beag Thrust Sheets, Caledonian Orogen of Northern Scotland (2021) (1)
- FTIR Maps and Spatial Distributions of OH in Caledonide and Himalayan Shear Zones: Implications for Dislocation Creep and Water Weakening (2014) (1)
- Revision 1 1 2 Ti resetting in quartz during dynamic recrystallization : Mechanisms and 3 significance (2014) (0)
- Asyntectonic granites and the structural memory of plutonic rocks (2003) (0)
- Day 5: EJB and Sage Hen Flat Plutons, White-Inyo Range (2005) (0)
- APPARENT MECHANICAL HARDENING OF HIGHLY STRAINED QUARTZITE IN THE INNER AUREOLE OF THE PAPOOSE FLAT PLUTON, EASTERN CALIFORNIA (2017) (0)
- Linkages and feedbacks in orogenic systems: An introduction (2017) (0)
- TIMING OF GARNET GROWTH AND BREAKDOWN USING MONAZITE GEOCHRONOLOGY IN THE SCANDIAN (TACONIC) OROGENIC WEDGE, NW SCOTLAND (2016) (0)
- Parsonsetal2016 Geosphere Supplemental Material 01 (2016) (0)
- Micromechanics of Formation of a Quartzofeldspathic Shear Zone (1991) (0)
- S1 SUPPLEMENTAL INFORMATION Water loss during dynamic recrystallization of Moine thrust quartzites, NW Scotland (2020) (0)
- Prolonged Slip on the South Tibetan Detachment Constrains Tectonic Models for Synorogenic Extension in the Central Himalaya (2022) (0)
- CRYSTALLOGRAPHICALLY CONTROLLED VOID SPACE AT GRAIN BOUNDARIES IN EXHUMED METAMORPHIC ROCKS (2019) (0)
- Field Forum Scheduled: Rethinking the Assembly and Evolution of Plutons: Field Tests and Perspectives (2005) (0)
- Microstructural analysis of the Greater Himalayan Sequence, Annapurna-Dhaulagiri Himalaya, central Nepal: Channel Flow and Orogen-parallel deformation. (2014) (0)
- Distribution of garnet grain sizes and morphologies across the Moine Supergroup, northern Scottish Caledonides (2016) (0)
- Mineral analyses: Structural and thermal evolution of the South Tibetan Detachment shear zone in the Mt Everest region, from the 1933 sample collection of L. R. Wager (2018) (0)
- Vorticity of flow and extrusion of the Greater Himalayan Slab (2005) (0)
- Day 4: South Fork Big Pine Creek (2005) (0)
- endoscopic tools for removal of intragastric balloon type devices (2013) (0)
- Miocene paleoaltimetry of the Mt. Everest region (2013) (0)
- A practical method to determine the complete orientation of intragranular boundaries (2019) (0)
- NUMERICAL INVESTIGATIONS OF RAPID HEATING IN THRUST BELTS AND IMPLICATIONS FOR METAMORPHISM IN THE SCANDIAN OROGENIC WEDGE, NW SCOTLAND (2020) (0)
- HORIZONTAL LENS-LIKE EMPLACEMENT OF THE SAGE HEN FLAT PLUTON, CALIFORNIA (2022) (0)
- INFLUENCE OF THRUST-RELATED ADVECTION AND MASS TRANSFER ON METAMORPHIC HEATING RATES IN OROGENS (2016) (0)
- Imaging Water in Deformed Quartzites: Examples from Caledonian and Himalayan Shear Zones (2016) (0)
- Geomechanics abstract GeologyExtensional origin of ductile fabrics in the schist belt, central Brooks Range, Alaska - I. Geologic and structural studies : Journal of Structural Geology, 16(7), 1994, pp 899–918 (1994) (0)
- Stable isotope paleoaltimetry of the Mount Everest region (2012) (0)
- FTIR MEASUREMENTS OF WATER IN FAULT ROCKS OF THE SOUTH TIBETAN DETACHMENT, GREATER HIMALAYA (2017) (0)
- Day 2: May Lake to Murphy Creek (2005) (0)
- Deformation mechanisms and ductile strain localization in the lithosphere (2015) (0)
- MONAZITE-XENOTIME THERMOMETRY CONSTRAINTS ON THE METAMORPHIC EVOLUTION OF THE SCANDIAN NAPPE STACK, NW HIGHLANDS TERRANE, SCOTLAND (2016) (0)
- FTIR measurements of OH in deformed quartz and feldspars of the South Tibetan Detachment, Greater Himalaya (2017) (0)
- Exploiting Quartz to Constrain Pressure-Temperature-time-Deformation Histories in Metamorphic Rocks Through Recent Innovations in Thermobarometry and Geospeedometry (2013) (0)
- 77. Oblique Grain-Shape Fabrics in a Mylonitic Quartz Vein (1998) (0)
- Caledonian evolution of the Moine Supergroup: Prograde garnet growth and context for quartz fabric-based deformation thermometry (2014) (0)
- APPLYING GARNET-MONAZITE THERMOMETRY TO SCANDIAN THRUST SHEETS IN NORTHWEST SCOTLAND (2019) (0)
- MONAZITE AND TITANITE CONSTRAINTS ON THE PRECAMBRIAN METAMORPHIC EVOLUTION OF THE NW HIGHLANDS TERRANE, SCOTLAND (2017) (0)
- An Evaluation of Erosional‐Geodynamic Thresholds for Rapid Orogenic Denudation (2021) (0)
- CONTRASTING RECORDS OF MONAZITE FLUID ALTERATION IN NORTHERN SCOTLAND (2019) (0)
- THERMAL EVOLUTION OF THE SCANDIAN OROGENIC RETROWEDGE, NORTHERN SCOTLAND: TECTONIC IMPLICATIONS OF RAPID COLLAPSE (2020) (0)
- Coaxial spinning deformation and non-rotation of porphyroblasts surrounding the Papoose Flat pluton, Inyo Mts. , California (1992) (0)
- MODELING FEEDBACKS BETWEEN TRANSIENT THERMAL EVOLUTION, RHEOLOGICAL BEHAVIOR, AND STRAIN LOCALIZATION IN COLLISIONAL THRUST BELTS (2017) (0)
- Day 3: Lamarck Pluton at Long Lake (2005) (0)
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