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Lidia Lonergan 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 Lidia Lonergan sits on this spectrum.

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38 publications 510+

This scientist: 106 publications — 13th percentile

13% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 510 publications or more.

Lidia Lonergan 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 Lidia Lonergan sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 94+

This scientist: 34 D-Index — 7th percentile

7% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 94 D-Index or more.

Overview

Lidia Lonergan is affiliated with Imperial College London in the United Kingdom. Their research focuses primarily on Earth and Planetary Sciences, with significant contributions across several subfields.

The scientist's work spans the following main fields and subfields:

  • Earth and Planetary Sciences
  • Geophysics
  • Earth-Surface Processes
  • Geology
  • Atmospheric Science
  • Mechanics of Materials

Lonergan's research topics include:

  • Geological formations and processes
  • Geological and Geophysical Studies
  • Geology and Paleoclimatology Research
  • Earthquake and tectonic studies
  • Geological and Geochemical Analysis
  • Hydrocarbon exploration and reservoir analysis
  • Coastal and Marine Dynamics

The scientist has published in several venues, with frequent publications in:

  • Basin Research
  • Tectonics
  • Journal of Structural Geology
  • Marine and Petroleum Geology
  • AAPG Bulletin

Recent notable papers include:

  • Growth of a thrust fault array in space and time: An example from the deep-water Niger delta, 2020, Journal of Structural Geology
  • The formation of the Sichuan Basin, South China, during the Late Ediacaran to Early Cambrian, 2021, Basin Research
  • New models for submarine channel deposits on structurally complex slopes: Examples from the Niger delta system, 2021, Marine and Petroleum Geology
  • Quantifying the relationship between structural deformation and the morphology of submarine channels on the Niger Delta continental slope, 2020, Basin Research
  • Basin Evolution and Shale Tectonics on an Obliquely Convergent Margin: The Bahia Basin, Offshore Colombian Caribbean, 2020, Tectonics

Frequent collaborators include:

  • Alexander C. Whittaker
  • Mike Mayall
  • Marco Pizzi
  • W. Hamish Mitchell
  • S. Brooke-Barnett

Best Publications

  • Origin of the Betic-Rif mountain belt

    Lidia Lonergan;Nicky White

  • Mechanisms and controls on the formation of sand intrusions

    Richard J. H. Jolly;Lidia Lonergan

  • Volumetric contraction during the compaction of mudrocks: a mechanism for the development of regional-scale polygonal fault systems

    J. A. Cartwright;L. Lonergan

  • The development of polygonal fault systems by syneresis of colloidal sediments

    David N. Dewhurst;Joseph A. Cartwright;Lidia Lonergan

  • The geometry of polygonal fault systems in Tertiary mudrocks of the North Sea

    Lidia Lonergan;Joe Cartwright;Richard Jolly

  • Polygonal Faults and Their Influence on Deep-Water Sandstone Reservoir Geometries, Alba Field, United Kingdom Central North Sea

    Lidia Lonergan;Joe A. Cartwright

  • Exhumation of the Ronda peridotite and its crustal envelope: constraints from thermal modelling of a P–T–time array

    J.P. Platt;T.W. Argles;Andrew Carter;S.P. Kelley

  • Fractures, Fluid Flow and Mineralization

    Ken McCaffrey;Lidia Lonergan;Jamie Wilkinson

  • Evidence for Late Pleistocene ice stream activity in the Witch Ground Basin, central North Sea, from 3D seismic reflection data

    A.G.C. Graham;L. Lonergan;Martyn Stoker

  • Seven glacial cycles in the middle-late Pleistocene of northwest Europe: Geomorphic evidence from buried tunnel valleys

    Margaret A. Stewart;Lidia Lonergan

  • Strike-slip tectonics and basin inversion in the Western Mediterranean: the Post-Messinian evolution of the Alboran Sea

    P. Martínez-García;M. Comas;J. I. Soto;L. Lonergan

  • Remoblization and Injection in Deepwater Depositional Systems: Implications for Reservoir Architecture and Prediction

    Lidia Lonergan;Nick Lee;Howard D. Johnson;Joe A. Cartwright

  • The response of turbidite slope channels to growth-induced seabed topography

    Mike Mayall;Lidia Lonergan;Andrew Bowman;Stephen James

  • Timing and kinematics of deformation in the Malaguide Complex, internal zone of the Betic Cordillera, southeast Spain

    Lidia Lonergan

  • The Malaguide-Alpujarride boundary: a major extensional contact in the Internal Zone of the eastern Betic Cordillera, SE Spain

    Lidia Lonergan;John P. Platt

  • Palaeomagnetic rotations in the eastern Betic Cordillera, southern Spain

    Simon Allerton;L. Lonergan;J.P. Platt;E.S. Platzman

  • Pleistocene subglacial tunnel valleys in the central North Sea basin: 3‐D morphology and evolution

    Lidia Lonergan;Susannah C. R. Maidment;Jenny S. Collier

  • The Pleistocene Glaciations of the North Sea Basin

    Alastair G.C. Graham;Martyn S. Stoker;Lidia Lonergan;Tom Bradwell

  • Characterising the spatial distribution, frequency and geomorphic controls on landslide occurrence, Molise, Italy

    Edoardo Borgomeo;Edoardo Borgomeo;Katy V. Hebditch;Katy V. Hebditch;Alexander C. Whittaker;Lidia Lonergan

  • Strike-slip deformation within the Colombian Andes

    Jorge Acosta;Jorge Acosta;Francisco Velandia;Jairo Osorio;Lidia Lonergan

  • 3D seismic analysis of buried tunnel valleys in the central North Sea: morphology, cross-cutting generations and glacial history

    Margaret A. Stewart;Lidia Lonergan;Gary Hampson

  • Reconstructing orogenic exhumation histories using synorogenic detrital zircons and apatites: an example from the Betic Cordillera, SE Spain

    Lidia Lonergan;Christopher Johnson

Frequent Co-Authors

Alexander C. Whittaker
Alexander C. Whittaker Imperial College London
Joe Cartwright
Joe Cartwright University of Oxford
Alastair G C Graham
Alastair G C Graham University of South Florida
Jenny S. Collier
Jenny S. Collier Imperial College London
Martyn S. Stoker
Martyn S. Stoker University of Adelaide
Nicky White
Nicky White University of Cambridge
David J. Sanderson
David J. Sanderson University of Southampton
John P. Platt
John P. Platt University of Southern California
Gary J. Hampson
Gary J. Hampson Imperial College London
Jamie J. Wilkinson
Jamie J. Wilkinson Imperial College London

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