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D-Index
142
Citations
89343
World Ranking
9
National Ranking
3

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Earth Science in China Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Earth Science in China Leader Award
  • 2023 - Research.com Earth Science in China Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Earth Science in China Leader Award

Overview

M. Santosh is a researcher affiliated with the China University of Geosciences in China. Their work primarily lies within the fields of Earth and Planetary Sciences and Environmental Science. Santosh has contributed extensively to multiple subfields, including Geophysics, Global and Planetary Change, Artificial Intelligence, Geochemistry and Petrology, and Environmental Engineering.

The scientist's research is concentrated on several main topics of study, such as Geological and Geochemical Analysis, earthquake and tectonic studies, Geochemistry and Geologic Mapping, High-pressure geophysics and materials, Geochemistry and Elemental Analysis, Flood Risk Assessment and Management, and Landslides and related hazards.

Santosh has published numerous papers in frequent publication venues, reflecting the breadth of their research output. These venues include Gondwana Research, Geoscience Frontiers, Geosystems and Geoenvironment, Ore Geology Reviews, and Precambrian Research.

Some of the recent papers published by M. Santosh are:

  • Arsenic contamination of groundwater: A global synopsis with focus on the Indian Peninsula (2020, Geoscience Frontiers)
  • Fluoride contamination in groundwater: A global review of the status, processes, challenges, and remedial measures (2023, Geoscience Frontiers)
  • A review on the environmental impact of phosphogypsum and potential health impacts through the release of nanoparticles (2021, Chemosphere)
  • Airborne microplastics: A review of current perspectives and environmental implications (2022, Journal of Cleaner Production)
  • Bioaerosols: Characterization, pathways, sampling strategies, and challenges to geo-environment and health (2021, Gondwana Research)

M. Santosh collaborates frequently with several researchers, contributing to a network of joint research efforts. Frequent coauthors include:

  • Alireza Arabameri
  • Sanzhong Li
  • David I. Groves
  • Cheng-Xue Yang
  • Subodh Chandra Pal

Best Publications

  • The early Precambrian odyssey of the North China Craton: A synoptic overview

    Ming-Guo Zhai;Ming-Guo Zhai;M. Santosh

  • Configuration of Columbia, a Mesoproterozoic Supercontinent

    John J.W. Rogers;M. Santosh

  • Tectonic architecture and multiple orogeny of the Qinling Orogenic Belt, Central China

    Yunpeng Dong;M. Santosh;M. Santosh

  • Arsenic contamination of groundwater: A global synopsis with focus on the Indian Peninsula

    E. Shaji;M. Santosh;M. Santosh;K.V. Sarath;Pranav Prakash

  • Assembling North China Craton within the Columbia supercontinent: The role of double-sided subduction

    M. Santosh

  • Metallogeny of the North China Craton: Link with secular changes in the evolving Earth

    Mingguo Zhai;Mingguo Zhai;M. Santosh;M. Santosh

  • The supercontinent cycle: A retrospective essay

    R. Damian Nance;J. Brendan Murphy;M. Santosh;M. Santosh

  • Cenozoic tectono-magmatic and metallogenic processes in the Sanjiang region, southwestern China

    Jun Deng;Qingfei Wang;Qingfei Wang;Gongjian Li;M. Santosh

  • The western Central Asian Orogenic Belt: A window to accretionary orogenesis and continental growth

    Wenjiao Xiao;M. Santosh;M. Santosh

  • Superplume, supercontinent, and post-perovskite: Mantle dynamics and anti-plate tectonics on the Core–Mantle Boundary

    S. Maruyama;M. Santosh;D. Zhao

  • The Paleoproterozoic North Hebei Orogen: North China craton's collisional suture with the Columbia supercontinent

    Timothy Kusky;Timothy Kusky;Jianghai Li;M. Santosh

  • The dilemma of the Jiaodong gold deposits: Are they unique?

    Richard J. Goldfarb;M. Santosh

  • Supercontinents in earth history

    John J.W. Rogers;M. Santosh

  • Timing of Paleoproterozoic ultrahigh-temperature metamorphism in the North China Craton: Evidence from SHRIMP U–Pb zircon geochronology

    M. Santosh;S.A. Wilde;J.H. Li

  • Accretionary complexes in the Asia-Pacific region: Tracing archives of ocean plate stratigraphy and tracking mantle plumes

    I.Yu. Safonova;M. Santosh;M. Santosh

  • Configuration of the Late Paleoproterozoic Supercontinent Columbia: Insights from radiating mafic dyke swarms

    Guiting Hou;Guiting Hou;M. Santosh;Xianglin Qian;Gordon S. Lister

  • Anatomy of a Cambrian suture in Gondwana: Pacific-type orogeny in southern India?

    M. Santosh;Shigenori Maruyama;Kei Sato

  • Continents and Supercontinents

    John J.W. Rogers;M. Santosh

  • The Grenvillian and Pan-African orogens: World's largest orogenies through geologic time, and their implications on the origin of superplume

    S. Rino;Y. Kon;W. Sato;S. Maruyama

  • Tectonics and surface effects of the supercontinent Columbia

    John J.W. Rogers;M. Santosh

  • Discovery of sapphirine-bearing Mg–Al granulites in the North China Craton: Implications for Paleoproterozoic ultrahigh temperature metamorphism

    M. Santosh;T. Tsunogae;J.H. Li;S.J. Liu

Frequent Co-Authors

Toshiaki Tsunogae
Toshiaki Tsunogae University of Tsukuba
Zhaochong Zhang
Zhaochong Zhang China University of Geosciences
Hong-Fu Zhang
Hong-Fu Zhang Northwest University
Mingguo Zhai
Mingguo Zhai Chinese Academy of Sciences
Sanzhong Li
Sanzhong Li Ocean University of China
Hong-Rui Fan
Hong-Rui Fan Chinese Academy of Sciences
C. Manikyamba
C. Manikyamba Council of Scientific and Industrial Research
Sanghoon Kwon
Sanghoon Kwon Yonsei University
Shigenori Maruyama
Shigenori Maruyama Tokyo Institute of Technology
Liangshu Shu
Liangshu Shu Nanjing University

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