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Dimitrios Sokoutis

Dimitrios Sokoutis

Dimitrios Sokoutis publication distribution in Earth Science in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Earth Science in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Dimitrios Sokoutis sits on this spectrum.

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38 publications 510+

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Dimitrios Sokoutis D-index placement in Earth Science in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Earth Science scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Dimitrios Sokoutis sits on this spectrum.

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Research.com Recognitions

  • 2015 - Member of Academia Europaea

Overview

Dimitrios Sokoutis is affiliated with Utrecht University in the Netherlands. Their research primarily focuses on Earth and Planetary Sciences, with a strong emphasis on Geophysics, Earth-Surface Processes, Geology, and Mechanics of Materials.

The main topics covered in their work include:

  • Earthquake and tectonic studies
  • Geological and Geochemical Analysis
  • High-pressure geophysics and materials
  • Geological formations and processes
  • Geological Formations and Processes Exploration
  • Geological Studies and Exploration
  • Hydrocarbon exploration and reservoir analysis

Sokoutis has published multiple papers in notable scientific journals. Recent publications include:

  • "Strain localization mechanisms for subduction initiation at passive margins," 2020, Global and Planetary Change
  • "The structural evolution of pull-apart basins in response to changes in plate motion," 2020, Basin Research
  • "Passive margin inversion controlled by stability of the mantle lithosphere," 2021, Tectonophysics
  • "Cooling and Vertical Motions of Crustal Wedges Prior to, During, and After Lateral Extrusion in the Eastern Alps: New Field Kinematic and Fission Track Data from the Mur-Mürz Fault System," 2020, Tectonics
  • "Strain localization during burial and exhumation of the continental upper crust: A case study from the Northern Sporades (Pelagonian thrust sheet, Greece)," 2020, Global and Planetary Change

Frequent collaboration is evident in their work, with co-authors including:

  • Ernst Willingshofer
  • Antoine Auzemery
  • Kristóf Porkoláb
  • Philippe Yamato
  • Thibault Duretz

The publication venues where Sokoutis often publishes comprise:

  • Global and Planetary Change
  • Tectonophysics
  • Solid Earth
  • Basin Research
  • Tectonics

In recognition of their scientific contributions, Sokoutis was awarded membership in the Academia Europaea in 2015.

Best Publications

  • Analogue modelling of continental extension: a review focused on the relations between the patterns of deformation and the presence of magma

    Giacomo Corti;Marco Bonini;Sandro Conticelli;Fabrizio Innocenti

  • Timing, kinematics and cause of Aegean extension: a scenario based on a comparison with simple analogue experiments

    Pierre Gautier;Jean-Pierre Brun;Richard Moriceau;Dimitrios Sokoutis

  • Analogue modeling of detachment fault systems and core complexes

    Jean-Pierre Brun;Dimitrios Sokoutis;Jean Van Den Driessche

  • Kinematics of the Southern Rhodope Core Complex (North Greece)

    Jean-Pierre Brun;Dimitrios Sokoutis

  • Lithospheric memory, state of stress and rheology: neotectonic controls on Europe's intraplate continental topography.

    S. Cloetingh;P.A. Ziegler;F. Beekman;P.A.M. Andriessen

  • A two‐step process for the reflooding of the Mediterranean after the Messinian Salinity Crisis

    François Bache;François Bache;Speranta-Maria Popescu;Marina Rabineau;Christian Gorini

  • Deformation of brittle-ductile thrust wedges in experiments and nature

    J. H. W. Smit;J. H. W. Smit;J. P. Brun;D. Sokoutis

  • 45 m.y. of Aegean crust and mantle flow driven by trench retreat

    Jean-Pierre Brun;Dimitrios Sokoutis

  • Lithosphere tectonics and thermo-mechanical properties: An integrated modelling approach for Enhanced Geothermal Systems exploration in Europe

    S. Cloetingh;J.D. van Wees;P.A. Ziegler;L. Lenkey

  • A major Oligo-Miocene detachment in southern Rhodope controlling north Aegean extension

    D. Sokoutis;J. P. Brun;J. Van Den Driessche;S. Pavlides

  • Extension of thickened and hot lithospheres: Inferences from laboratory modeling

    C. Tirel;C. Tirel;J.-P. Brun;D. Sokoutis

  • Mechanical interactions between rigid particles in a deforming ductile matrix. Analogue experiments in simple shear flow

    Benoît Ildefonse;Dimitrios Sokoutis;Neil S. Mancktelow

  • The two-stage Aegean extension, from localized to distributed, a result of slab rollback acceleration

    Jean Pierre Brun;Claudio Faccenna;Frederic Gueydan;Dimitrios Sokoutis;Dimitrios Sokoutis

  • The effect of convergence angle on the kinematic evolution of strain partitioning in transpressional brittle wedges: Insight from analog modeling and high-resolution digital image analysis

    Karen A. Leever;Roy H. Gabrielsen;Dimitrios Sokoutis;Ernst Willingshofer

  • Modelling hanging wall accommodation above rigid thrust ramps

    Marco Bonini;Dimitrios Sokoutis;Genene Mulugeta;Emmanouil Katrivanos

  • Analogue models of orogenic wedges controlled by erosion

    Katarina S Persson;Dimitrios Sokoutis

  • Basin evolution in a folding lithosphere: Altai-Sayan and Tien Shan belts in Central Asia

    D. Delvaux;D. Delvaux;S Cloetingh;F. Beekman;D. Sokoutis

  • Modelling recent deformation of the Pannonian lithosphere: Lithospheric folding and tectonic topography

    Endre Dombrádi;Endre Dombrádi;Dimitrios Sokoutis;Gábor Bada;Sierd Cloetingh

  • Slip re-orientation in oblique rifts

    Melody Philippon;Melody Philippon;E. Willingshofer;D. Sokoutis;D. Sokoutis;G. Corti

  • Continental rift architecture and patterns of magma migration: A dynamic analysis based on centrifuge models

    Giacomo Corti;Marco Bonini;Dimitrios Sokoutis;Fabrizio Innocenti

Frequent Co-Authors

Sierd Cloetingh
Sierd Cloetingh Utrecht University
Jean-Pierre Brun
Jean-Pierre Brun University of Rennes
Giacomo Corti
Giacomo Corti National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine
Marco Bonini
Marco Bonini National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine
Piero Manetti
Piero Manetti University of Florence
Fabrizio Innocenti
Fabrizio Innocenti University of Pisa
Liviu Matenco
Liviu Matenco Utrecht University
Rob Govers
Rob Govers Utrecht University
Ken McCaffrey
Ken McCaffrey Durham University

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