2026 Ken McClay: 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	69	1071	947	107	94	236	14979

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Earth Science

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14979

Overview

Ken McClay is affiliated with Royal Holloway University of London in the United Kingdom. Their research primarily spans the field of Earth and Planetary Sciences, with a focus on Geophysics, Geology, Earth-Surface Processes, Mechanics of Materials, and Atmospheric Science.

The scientist's work covers a range of topics within geological and geophysical studies, including:

Geological and Geophysical Studies
Geological formations and processes
Earthquake and tectonic studies
Seismic Imaging and Inversion Techniques
Hydrocarbon exploration and reservoir analysis
Geological and Geochemical Analysis
Geological Studies and Exploration

Ken McClay has published multiple scientific papers in various peer-reviewed venues. Notable recent publications include:

About this title - Passive Margins: Tectonics, Sedimentation and Magmatism (2020, Geological Society London Special Publications)
South China Sea documents the transition from wide continental rift to continental break up (2020, Nature Communications)
Three-dimensional geometry and growth of a basement-involved fault network developed during multiphase extension, Enderby Terrace, North West Shelf of Australia (2021, Geological Society of America Bulletin)
Tectonic and stratigraphic evolution of the central Exmouth Plateau, NW Shelf of Australia (2021, Marine and Petroleum Geology)
Structural control of inherited salt structures during inversion of a domino basement-fault system from an analogue modelling approach (2023, Solid Earth)

Among frequent co-authors in their work are Awad Bilal, Nicola Scarselli, Hongdan Deng, Oriol Ferrer, and Eloi Carola. Collaborative research has been published especially in venues such as the Geological Society London Special Publications, Basin Research, Nature Communications, Marine and Petroleum Geology, and Solid Earth.

The focus of their papers often involves the analysis of structural geology, tectonics, stratigraphic evolution, and fault network development, indicating an extensive engagement with both theoretical and applied aspects of geosciences related to sedimentation, magmatism, and continental rifting processes.

Best Publications

The Red Sea and Gulf of Aden Basins

William Bosworth;Philippe Huchon;Ken McClay

1073
Citations
Analog models of restraining stepovers in strike-slip fault systems

Ken McClay;Massimo Bonora

408
Citations
Physical models of thrust wedges

Liu Huiqi;K. R. McClay;D. Powell

376
Citations
Analog Modeling of Pull-Apart Basins

Tim Dooley;Ken McClay

358
Citations
Analogue modelling of orthogonal and oblique rifting

K.R. McClay;M.J. White

344
Citations
4D analogue modelling of transtensional pull-apart basins

Jonathan E. Wu;Ken McClay;Paul Whitehouse;Tim P Dooley

338
Citations
Extensional fault systems in sedimentary basins: a review of analogue model studies

K.R. McClay

329
Citations
4-D evolution of rift systems: Insights from scaled physical models

K. R. McClay;T. Dooley;P. Whitehouse;M. Mills

274
Citations
Influence of syntectonic sedimentation on thrust wedges in analogue models

Fabrizio Storti;Ken McClay

266
Citations
Geometries of extensional fault systems developed in model experiments

K. R. McClay;P. G. Ellis

260
Citations
Analogue models of inversion tectonics

K. R. McClay

236
Citations
3D evolution of fold and thrust belts formed by oblique convergence

K. R. McClay;P. S. Whitehouse;Tim P Dooley;M. Richards

235
Citations
Structural and stratigraphic evolution of the Gulf of Suez Rift, Egypt: a synthesis

William Bosworth;Ken Mcclay

235
Citations
Thrust faults in inverted extensional basins

K. R. McClay;P. G. Buchanan

226
Citations
Listric extensional fault systems - results of analogue model experiments

P. G. Ellis;K. R. McClay

224
Citations
Sandbox experiments of inverted listric and planar fault systems

P.G. Buchanan;K.R. McClay

223
Citations
Geometries of syntectonic sediments associated with single-layer detachment folds

Josep Poblet;Ken McClay;Fabrizio Storti;Josep Anton Muñoz

219
Citations
Development of Accommodation Zones in the Gulf of Suez-Red Sea Rift, Egypt

Amgad I. Younes;Ken McClay

218
Citations
Extensional fault-related folding, northwestern Red Sea, Egypt

S.M. Khalil;K.R. McClay

217
Citations
Sedimentation and shale tectonics of the northwestern Niger Delta front

Harvey A. Cohen;Ken McClay

217
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Tim P. Dooley The University of Texas at Austin

Josep Anton Muñoz University of Barcelona

Fabrizio Storti University of Parma

Stuart Hardy University of Barcelona

William Bosworth Apache Corporation

Dan Bosence Royal Holloway University of London

Cynthia J. Ebinger Tulane University

Francesco Salvini Roma Tre University

Joel A. Baker University of Washington

Victor A. Ramos University of Buenos Aires

External Links

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