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P. Tapponnier

Active 1975–2014

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World map of the countries and regions citing this authorChina: 1,059 citing papers, 32% of this breakdownUnited States: 554 citing papers, 16.7% of this breakdownFrance: 278 citing papers, 8.4% of this breakdownAustralia: 186 citing papers, 5.6% of this breakdownUnited Kingdom: 176 citing papers, 5.3% of this breakdownGermany: 111 citing papers, 3.4% of this breakdownCanada: 108 citing papers, 3.3% of this breakdownItaly: 71 citing papers, 2.1% of this breakdownJapan: 65 citing papers, 2% of this breakdownTaiwan: 62 citing papers, 1.9% of this breakdownRussia: 56 citing papers, 1.7% of this breakdownHong Kong: 47 citing papers, 1.4% of this breakdown
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Fields

  • Earth and Planetary Sciences92.1%
  • Computer Science1.9%
  • Environmental Science1.7%
  • Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology1.6%
  • Engineering1.2%
  • Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.6%
  • Other0.9%

Topics

  • Geological and Geochemical Analysis26.3%
  • earthquake and tectonic studies21.3%
  • Geochemistry and Geologic Mapping13.3%
  • High-pressure geophysics and materials12.5%
  • Geological and Geophysical Studies3.6%
  • Geology and Paleoclimatology Research3.3%
  • Other19.7%

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  1. 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

    Authors: Péter Molnár, P. Tapponnier - Science 1975 cited by 4,499

  2. Propagating extrusion tectonics in Asia: New insights from simple experiments with plasticine

    Authors: P. Tapponnier, G. Peltzer, A. Y. Le Dain, Rolando Armijo, P.R. Cobbold - Geology 1982 cited by 2,860

  3. The Ailao Shan/Red River metamorphic belt: Tertiary left-lateral shear between Indochina and South China

    Authors: P. Tapponnier, Robin Lacassin, Philippe Hervé Leloup, Urs Schärer, Zhong Dalai, Wu Haiwei, Xiaohan Liu, Shaocheng Ji, Zhang Lianshang, Zhong Jiayou - Nature 1990 cited by 1,050

  4. Tectonics of the Qinling Belt: build-up and evolution of eastern Asia

    Authors: Maurice Mattauer, Ph. Matte, Jacques Malavieille, P. Tapponnier, H. Maluski, Xu Qin, Lu Yi Lun, Tang Yao Qin - Nature 1985 cited by 671

  5. Structure and evolution of the Himalaya–Tibet orogenic belt

    Authors: Claude J. Allègre, Vincent Courtillot, P. Tapponnier, A. Hirn, Maurice Mattauer, C. Coulon, Jean‐Jacques Jaeger, J. Achache, Urs Schärer, J. Marcoux, Jean‐Pierre Burg, J. Girardeau, Rolando Armijo, Clément Gariépy, C. Göpel, Li Tindong, Xiao Xuchang, Chang Chenfa, Li Guangqin, Lin Baoyu, Teng Jiwen, Wang Naiwen, Chen Guoming, Han Tonglin, Wang Xibin, Den Wanming, Sheng Huaibin, Cao Yougong, Zhou Ji, Qiu Hongrong, Bao Peisheng, Wang Songchan, Bixiang Wang, Zhou Yaoxiu, Xu Ronghua - Nature 1984 cited by 1,066

  6. Active thrusting and folding along the northern Tien Shan and Late Cenozoic rotation of the Tarim relative to Dzungaria and Kazakhstan

    Authors: Jean‐Philippe Avouac, P. Tapponnier, Meixiang Bai, Hongzi You, G. Wang - Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres 1993 cited by 777

  7. Mesozoic and Cenozoic tectonics of the northern edge of the Tibetan plateau: fission-track constraints

    Authors: Marc Jolivet, M Brunel, Diane Seward, Zhigang Xu, Jingsui Yang, Françoise Roger, P. Tapponnier, Jacques Malavieille, Nicolas Arnaud, Chen Wu - Tectonophysics 2001 cited by 592

  8. Crustal thickening in Gansu-Qinghai, lithospheric mantle subduction, and oblique, strike-slip controlled growth of the Tibet plateau

    Authors: Bertrand Meyer, P. Tapponnier, Laurence Bourjot, François Métivier, Y. Gaudemer, G. Peltzer, Guo Shunmin, Zhitai Chen - Geophysical Journal International 1998 cited by 971

  9. Quantifying landscape differences across the Tibetan plateau: Implications for topographic relief evolution

    Authors: Jing Liu‐Zeng, P. Tapponnier, Y. Gaudemer, Luyao Ding - Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres 2008 cited by 339

  10. Partitioning of crustal slip between linked, active faults in the eastern Qilian Shan, and evidence for a major seismic gap, the ‘Tianzhu gap', on the western Haiyuan Fault, Gansu (China)

    Authors: Y. Gaudemer, P. Tapponnier, Bertrand Meyer, G. Peltzer, Guo Shunmin, Zhitai Chen, Huagung Dai, Inés Cifuentes - Geophysical Journal International 1995 cited by 375

  11. Reconstruction of the deformed collision zone Between India and Asia by backward motion of lithospheric blocks

    Authors: Anne Replumaz, P. Tapponnier - Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres 2003 cited by 522

  12. Co-seismic ruptures of the 12 May 2008, Ms 8.0 Wenchuan earthquake, Sichuan: East–west crustal shortening on oblique, parallel thrusts along the eastern edge of Tibet

    Authors: Jing Liu‐Zeng, Zhuzhen Zhang, L. Wen, P. Tapponnier, Jimin Sun, Xiaoru Xing, Guisheng Hu, Qiang Xu, Lingsen Zeng, Lin Ding, Chen Ji, K. W. Hudnut, J. van der Woerd - Earth and Planetary Science Letters 2009 cited by 343

  13. New constraints on the structure, thermochronology, and timing of the Ailao Shan‐Red River shear zone, SE Asia

    Authors: Philippe Hervé Leloup, Nicolas Arnaud, Robin Lacassin, J. R. Kienast, T. Mark Harrison, T. T. Phan Trong, Anne Replumaz, P. Tapponnier - Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres 2001 cited by 740

  14. Structural, petrological and thermal evolution of a Tertiary ductile strike‐slip shear zone, Diancang Shan, Yunnan

    Authors: Philippe Hervé Leloup, T. Mark Harrison, F. J. Ryerson, Chen Wenji, Li Qi, P. Tapponnier, Robin Lacassin - Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres 1993 cited by 315

  15. Teleseismic imaging of subducting lithosphere and Moho offsets beneath western Tibet

    Authors: G. Wittlinger, Jérôme Vergne, P. Tapponnier, Véronique Farra, G. Poupinet, M Jiang, Hongyi Su, Georges Herquel, Anne Paul - Earth and Planetary Science Letters 2004 cited by 272

  16. On the mechanics of the collision between India and Asia

    Authors: P. Tapponnier, G. Peltzer, Rolando Armijo - Geological Society London Special Publications 1986 cited by 1,330

  17. On causal links between flood basalts and continental breakup

    Authors: Vincent Courtillot, Claude Jaupart, Isabelle Manighetti, P. Tapponnier, Jean Besse - Earth and Planetary Science Letters 1999 cited by 765

  18. Millennial Recurrence of Large Earthquakes on the Haiyuan Fault near Songshan, Gansu Province, China

    Authors: Jing Liu‐Zeng, Yann Klinger, Xiwei Xu, Cécile Lasserre, Guihua Chen, Weitao Chen, P. Tapponnier, Bo Zhang - Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America 2007 cited by 139

  19. Active thrusting and folding in the Qilian Shan, and decoupling between upper crust and mantle in northeastern Tibet

    Authors: P. Tapponnier, Bertrand Meyer, Jean‐Philippe Avouac, G. Peltzer, Y. Gaudemer, Guo Shunmin, Xiang Hongfa, Yin Kelun, Zhitai Chen, Cai Shuahua, Dai Huagang - Earth and Planetary Science Letters 1990 cited by 426

  20. Large river offsets and Plio‐Quaternary dextral slip rate on the Red River fault (Yunnan, China)

    Authors: Anne Replumaz, Robin Lacassin, P. Tapponnier, Philippe Hervé Leloup - Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres 2001 cited by 272

  21. Estimating the return times of great Himalayan earthquakes in eastern Nepal: Evidence from the Patu and Bardibas strands of the Main Frontal Thrust

    Authors: Laurent Bollinger, S. N. Sapkota, P. Tapponnier, Yann Klinger, Magali Rizza, J. van der Woerd, D. R. Tiwari, R. Pandey, Adnand Bitri, Séverine Bès de Berc - Journal of Geophysical Research Solid Earth 2014 cited by 236

  22. Arc parallel extension and localization of volcanic complexes in Guadeloupe, Lesser Antilles

    Authors: N. Feuillet, Isabelle Manighetti, P. Tapponnier, E. Jacques - Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres 2002 cited by 230

  23. Slip-Rate Measurements on the Karakorum Fault May Imply Secular Variations in Fault Motion

    Authors: Marie‐Luce Chevalier, F. J. Ryerson, P. Tapponnier, Robert C. Finkel, J. van der Woerd, Li Haibing, Qing Liu - Science 2005 cited by 221

  24. Cretaceous paleomagnetic results from western Tibet and tectonic implications

    Authors: Yan Chen, Jean‐Pascal Cogné, Vincent Courtillot, P. Tapponnier, Xin Zhu - Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres 1993 cited by 94