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Gianreto Manatschal

Gianreto Manatschal

D-Index & Metrics

Earth Science

D-Index
70
Citations
16087
World Ranking
993
National Ranking
53

Gianreto Manatschal 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 Gianreto Manatschal sits on this spectrum.

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38 publications 603+

This scientist: 388 publications — 94th percentile

94% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 603 publications or more.

Gianreto Manatschal 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 Gianreto Manatschal sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 106+

This scientist: 70 D-Index — 90th percentile

90% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 106 D-Index or more.

Overview

Gianreto Manatschal is affiliated with the University of Strasbourg in France and has contributed extensively to the field of Earth and Planetary Sciences, with a particular focus on geophysics. Their research spans multiple subfields including Geophysics, Geology, Ocean Engineering, Earth-Surface Processes, and Mechanical Engineering.

The primary areas of study in Manatschal's work include geological and geochemical analysis, earthquake and tectonic studies, geological and geophysical studies worldwide, high-pressure geophysics and materials, geological formations and processes, and drilling and well engineering.

Manatschal has several recent published papers demonstrating diverse research interests. These include:

  • Geodynamic evolution of a wide plate boundary in the Western Mediterranean, near-field versus far-field interactions (2021), published in Bulletin de la Société Géologique de France
  • Rift inheritance controls the switch from thin- to thick-skinned thrusting and basal décollement re-localization at the subduction-to-collision transition (2021), published in Geological Society of America Bulletin
  • Role of rift-inheritance and segmentation for orogenic evolution: example from the Pyrenean-Cantabrian system (2020), published in Bulletin de la Société Géologique de France
  • Syn-rift magmatic characteristics and evolution at a sediment-rich margin: Insights from high-resolution seismic data from the South China Sea (2020), published in Gondwana Research
  • Competition between 3D structural inheritance and kinematics during rifting: Insights from analogue models (2021), published in Basin Research

Manatschal frequently publishes in several scientific venues with multiple contributions to:

  • Bulletin de la Société Géologique de France
  • Basin Research
  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • Earth-Science Reviews
  • Marine and Petroleum Geology

Collaboration is an important aspect of Manatschal's research, with frequent coauthors including:

  • Pauline Chenin (18 joint publications)
  • Marc Ulrich (14 joint publications)
  • Nick Kusznir (10 joint publications)
  • Emmanuel Masini (9 joint publications)
  • Rémi Coltat (7 joint publications)

Best Publications

  • Evolution of magma-poor continental margins from rifting to seafloor spreading

    R.B. Whitmarsh;Gianreto Manatschal;T.B. Minshull

  • A mechanism to thin the continental lithosphere at magma-poor margins

    Luc L. Lavier;Gianreto Manatschal

  • New models for evolution of magma-poor rifted margins based on a review of data and concepts from West Iberia and the Alps

    Gianreto Manatschal

  • The final rifting evolution at deep magma-poor passive margins from Iberia-Newfoundland: a new point of view

    Gwenn Péron-Pinvidic;Gianreto Manatschal

  • Structural comparison of archetypal Atlantic rifted margins: A review of observations and concepts

    Gwenn Peron-Pinvidic;Gianreto Manatschal;Per Terje Osmundsen

  • Tectonosedimentary evolution related to extreme crustal thinning ahead of a propagating ocean: Example of the western Pyrenees

    Suzon Jammes;Gianreto Manatschal;Luc L Lavier;Emmanuel Masini

  • Formation and deformation of hyperextended rift systems: Insights from rift domain mapping in the Bay of Biscay‐Pyrenees

    Julie Tugend;Gianreto Manatschal;N. J. Kusznir;Emmanuel Masini

  • A type sequence across an ancient magma-poor ocean-continent transition: The example of the western alpine tethys ophiolites.

    Gianreto Manatschal;Othmar Müntener

  • Kinematics of Jurassic rifting, mantle exhumation, and passive-margin formation in the Austroalpine and Penninic nappes (eastern Switzerland)

    Nikolaus Froitzheim;Gianreto Manatschal

  • Tectonosedimentary evolution of the deep Iberia‐Newfoundland margins: Evidence for a complex breakup history

    Gwenn Péron-Pinvidic;Gianreto Manatschal;Tim A. Minshull;Dale S. Sawyer

  • Continuous exhumation of mantle-derived rocks at the Southwest Indian Ridge for 11 million years

    Daniel Sauter;Mathilde Cannat;Stephane Rouméjon;Muriel Andreani

  • Architecture and tectonic evolution of nonvolcanic margins: Present‐day Galicia and ancient Adria

    Gianreto Manatschal;Daniel Bernoulli

  • Necking of continental crust in magma-poor rifted margins: Evidence from the fossil Alpine Tethys margins

    G. Mohn;Gianreto Manatschal;M. Beltrando;Emmanuel Masini

  • From microcontinents to extensional allochthons: witnesses of how continents rift and break apart?

    Gwenn Péron-Pinvidic;Gianreto Manatschal

  • Quantification and restoration of extensional deformation along the Western Iberia and Newfoundland rifted margins

    Emilie Sutra;Gianreto Manatschal;Geoffroy Mohn;Geoffroy Mohn;Patrick Unternehr

  • Hyper-extended crust in the South Atlantic: in search of a model

    Patrick Unternehr;Gwenn Péron-Pinvidic;Gianreto Manatschal;Emilie Sutra

  • Magmatic breakup as an explanation for magnetic anomalies at magma-poor rifted margins

    Adrien Bronner;Daniel Sauter;Gianreto Manatschal;Gwenn Péron-Pinvidic

  • Exhumed mantle-forming transitional crust in the Newfoundland-Iberia rift and associated magnetic anomalies

    Jean-Claude Sibuet;Shiri Srivastava;Gianreto Manatschal

  • The role of detachment faulting in the formation of an ocean-continent transition: insights from the Iberia Abyssal Plain

    G. Manatschal;N. Froitzheim;M. Rubenach;B.D. Turrin

  • The role of inheritance in structuring hyperextended rift systems: Some considerations based on observations and numerical modeling

    Gianreto Manatschal;Luc Lavier;Pauline Chenin

  • Plagioclase Peridotites in Ocean–Continent Transitions: Refertilized Mantle Domains Generated by Melt Stagnation in the Shallow Mantle Lithosphere

    Othmar Müntener;Gianreto Manatschal;Laurent Desmurs;Thomas Pettke

Frequent Co-Authors

Nick Kusznir
Nick Kusznir University of Liverpool
Daniel Sauter
Daniel Sauter University of Strasbourg
Othmar Müntener
Othmar Müntener University of Lausanne
Luc L. Lavier
Luc L. Lavier The University of Texas at Austin
Jean-François Ghienne
Jean-François Ghienne University of Strasbourg
Mathilde Cannat
Mathilde Cannat Institut de Physique du Globe de Paris
Daniel Bernoulli
Daniel Bernoulli University of Basel
Karel Schulmann
Karel Schulmann University of Strasbourg
Stefan M. Schmalholz
Stefan M. Schmalholz University of Lausanne
Josep Anton Muñoz
Josep Anton Muñoz University of Barcelona

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