2026 Ganapathy Shanmugam: Earth Science Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Earth Science	44	4617	4249	1761	1564	143	9751

Overview

Ganapathy Shanmugam is affiliated with The University of Texas at Arlington in the United States. The scientist's research spans several fields and subfields, with a primary focus on Earth and Planetary Sciences and Environmental Science.

The scope of research includes various subfields such as Earth-Surface Processes, Atmospheric Science, Geophysics, Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law, and Ecology. This multidisciplinary approach reflects in the main topics explored by the scientist, which cover Geological formations and processes, Geology and Paleoclimatology Research, earthquake and tectonic studies, Landslides and related hazards, Hydrology and Sediment Transport Processes, Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics, and Methane Hydrates and Related Phenomena.

The scientist has contributed extensively to academic literature, with several notable publications. Recent papers include:

Gravity flows: Types, definitions, origins, identification markers, and problems (2020) published in Indian Association of Sedimentologists
The turbidite-contourite-tidalite-baroclinite-hybridite problem: orthodoxy vs. empirical evidence behind the "Bouma Sequence" (2021) published in Journal of Palaeogeography
200 Years of Fossil Fuels and Climate Change (1900-2100) (2023) published in Journal of the Geological Society of India
150 Years (1872-2022) of research on deep-water processes, deposits, settings, triggers, and deformation: A difficult domain of progress, dichotomy, diversion, omission, and groupthink (2022) published in Journal of Palaeogeography
Book Review on River Planet: Rivers from Deep Time to the Modern Crisis by Martin Gibling (2022) published in Journal of Palaeogeography

The outlets where the scientist frequently publishes research include the Journal of Palaeogeography, Indian Association of Sedimentologists, Earth-Science Reviews, Journal of the Geological Society of India, and International Journal of Agriculture Environment and Biotechnology.

Collaborations have been established with several frequent coauthors, including E. Janardhan Yadav, Prabhakar Yellanur Konda, T Vijaya Kumar, Manoj Kumar, and Natesan Vijayakumar.

Best Publications

Significance of Coniferous Rain Forests and Related Organic Matter in Generating Commercial Quantities of Oil, Gippsland Basin, Australia

G. Shanmugam

733
Citations
50 years of the turbidite paradigm (1950s—1990s): deep-water processes and facies models—a critical perspective

G Shanmugam

675
Citations
Fan-deltas and braid deltas: Varieties of coarse-grained deltas

John G. McPHERSON;Ganapathy Shanmugam;Richard J. Moiola

552
Citations
High-density turbidity currents; are they sandy debris flows?

G. Shanmugam

545
Citations
Sequence of structures in fine-grained turbidites: Comparison of recent deep-sea and ancient flysch sediments

Dorrik A.V. Stow;Dorrik A.V. Stow;Ganapathy Shanmugam;Ganapathy Shanmugam

517
Citations
Submarine fans: Characteristics, models, classification, and reservoir potential

G. Shanmugam;R.J. Moiola

355
Citations
The Bouma Sequence and the turbidite mind set

G. Shanmugam

333
Citations
Experiments on subaqueous sandy gravity flows: The role of clay and water content in flow dynamics and depositional structures

Jeffrey G. Marr;Peter A. Harff;G. Shanmugam;Gary Parker

288
Citations
Ten turbidite myths

Ganapathy Shanmugam

251
Citations
Deep-Water Processes and Facies Models: Implications for Sandstone Petroleum Reservoirs

G. Shanmugam

238
Citations
Basin-Floor Fans in the North Sea: Sequence Stratigraphic Models vs. Sedimentary Facies

G. Shanmugam;R. B. Bloch;S. M. Mitchell;G. W. J. Beamish

213
Citations
Deep-marine tidal bottom currents and their reworked sands in modern and ancient submarine canyons

G Shanmugam

210
Citations
Eustatic control of turbidites and winnowed turbidites

G. Shanmugam;R. J. Moiola

202
Citations
Process Sedimentology and Reservoir Quality of Deep-Marine Bottom-Current Reworked Sands (Sandy Contourites): An Example from the Gulf of Mexico

G. Shanmugam;T. D. Spalding;D. H. Rofheart

202
Citations
Process-sedimentological challenges in distinguishing paleo-tsunami deposits

G. Shanmugam

182
Citations
The landslide problem

G. Shanmugam;Yuan Wang

181
Citations
Submarine fans: A critical retrospective (1950-2015)

G. Shanmugam

172
Citations
Reinterpretation of Depositional Processes in a Classic Flysch Sequence (Pennsylvanian Jackfork Group), Ouachita Mountains, Arkansas and Oklahoma: Discussion

G. Shanmugam;R. J. Moiola

171
Citations
Slump and Debris-Flow Dominated Upper Slope Facies in the Cretaceous of the Norwegian and Northern North Seas (61-67°N): Implications for Sand Distribution

G. Shanmugam;Lee R. Lehtonen;Tone Straume;Svein Erik Syvertsen

168
Citations
Tide-Dominated Estuarine Facies in the Hollin and Napo ("T" and "U") Formations (Cretaceous), Sacha Field, Oriente Basin, Ecuador

G. Shanmugam;M. Poffenberger;J. Toro Álava

149
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

John E. Damuth The University of Texas at Arlington

Dorrik A. V. Stow Heriot-Watt University

Gary Parker University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

External Links

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