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102
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Michael P. Searle 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 Michael P. Searle sits on this spectrum.

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38 publications 603+

This scientist: 371 publications — 93rd percentile

93% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Michael P. Searle 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 Michael P. Searle sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 106+

This scientist: 102 D-Index — 99th percentile

99% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Earth Science in United Kingdom Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Earth Science in United Kingdom Leader Award
  • 2019 - Member of Academia Europaea

Overview

Michael P. Searle is affiliated with the University of Oxford in the United Kingdom and is active in the field of Earth and Planetary Sciences, with a strong emphasis on geophysics. Their research spans multiple subfields including geophysics, artificial intelligence, geology, mechanics of materials, and atmospheric science.

The scientist's work broadly covers topics such as geological and geochemical analysis, earthquake and tectonic studies, high-pressure geophysics and materials, geochemistry and geologic mapping, geological and geophysical studies worldwide, geology and paleoclimatology research, and hydrocarbon exploration and reservoir analysis.

Recent notable publications by Michael P. Searle include:

  • Timing of Syenite-Charnockite Magmatism and Ruby and Sapphire Metamorphism in the Mogok Valley Region, Myanmar, 2020, Tectonics
  • Geophysical imaging of ophiolite structure in the United Arab Emirates, 2020, Nature Communications
  • High-Precision U-Pb Zircon Dating of Late Magmatism in the Samail Ophiolite: A Record of Subduction Initiation, 2021, Journal of Geophysical Research Solid Earth
  • Petrochronology of Wadi Tayin Metamorphic Sole Metasediment, With Implications for the Thermal and Tectonic Evolution of the Samail Ophiolite (Oman/UAE), 2020, Tectonics
  • Tectono-Stratigraphic Evolution of the Foreland Fold-and-Thrust Belt of the United Arab Emirates, 2022, Tectonics

Frequent co-authors who have collaborated extensively with Searle include:

  • Joshua M. Garber
  • Andrew J. Smye
  • Matthew Rioux
  • David J. Waters
  • Andrew Kylander-Clark

Publications are commonly found in a set of specific venues where the scientist has repeatedly contributed. These venues include:

  • Abstracts with programs - Geological Society of America
  • Tectonics
  • Geological Society of America Bulletin
  • Journal of Geophysical Research Solid Earth
  • Geological Magazine

Among the recognitions received, Michael P. Searle was named a Member of Academia Europaea in 2019.

Best Publications

  • The closing of Tethys and the tectonics of the Himalaya

    M. P. Searle;B. F. Windley;M. P. Coward;D.J.W. Cooper

  • Tectonic evolution of the central Annapurna Range, Nepalese Himalayas

    K. V. Hodges;R. R. Parrish;R. R. Parrish;M. P. Searle

  • The Oman Ophiolite as a Cretaceous Arc-Basin Complex: Evidence and Implications

    Julian A. Pearce;T. Alabaster;A. W. Shelton;M. P. Searle

  • Channel flow, ductile extrusion and exhumation in continental collision zones: an introduction

    L. Godin;Djordje Grujic;R. D. Law;M. P. Searle

  • Tectonic setting, origin, and obduction of the Oman ophiolite

    Mike Searle;Jon Cox

  • Shisha Pangma leucogranite, south Tibetan Himalaya: Field relations, geochemistry, age, origin, and emplacement

    M. P. Searle;R. R. Parrish;R. R. Parrish;R. R. Parrish;K. V. Hodges;K. V. Hodges;A. Hurford;A. Hurford

  • Strain, deformation temperatures and vorticity of flow at the top of the Greater Himalayan Slab, Everest Massif, Tibet

    R.D. Law;M.P. Searle;R.L. Simpson

  • Himalayan megathrust geometry and relation to topography revealed by the Gorkha earthquake

    John Elliott;Romain Jolivet;Romain Jolivet;Pablo González;Jean-Philippe Avouac;Jean-Philippe Avouac

  • The structural geometry, metamorphic and magmatic evolution of the Everest massif, High Himalaya of Nepal-South Tibet

    M.P. Searle;R.L. Simpson;R.D. Law;R.R. Parrish

  • Geology and Tectonics of the Karakoram Mountains

    M. P. Searle

  • Tectonic evolution of the Mogok metamorphic belt, Burma (Myanmar) constrained by U-Th-Pb dating of metamorphic and magmatic rocks

    M. P. Searle;S. R. Noble;J. M. Cottle;D. J. Waters

  • Defining the Himalayan Main Central Thrust in Nepal

    Michael P. Searle;Richard D. Law;Laurent Godin;Kyle P. Larson

  • K-Ar and Ar-Ar geochronology of the Himalayan collision in NW Pakistan: Constraints on the timing of suturing, deformation, metamorphism and uplift

    Peter J. Treloar;D. C. Rex;P. G. Guise;M. P. Coward

  • The South Tibetan Detachment and the Manaslu Leucogranite: A Structural Reinterpretation and Restoration of the Annapurna‐Manaslu Himalaya, Nepal

    Michael P. Searle;Laurent Godin

  • The tectonic evolution of the Kohistan‐Karakoram collision belt along the Karakoram Highway transect, north Pakistan

    M. P. Searle;M. Asif Khan;J. E. Fraser;S. J. Gough

  • Structure of the North Indian continental margin in the Ladakh–Zanskar Himalayas: implications for the timing of obduction of the Spontang ophiolite, India–Asia collision and deformation events in the Himalaya

    Mike Searle;Richard I. Corfield;Ben Stephenson;Joe McCarron

  • Structure and metamorphism of rocks beneath the Semail ophiolite of Oman and their significance in ophiolite obduction

    M. P. Searle;J. Malpas

  • Role of the Red River Shear zone, Yunnan and Vietnam, in the continental extrusion of SE Asia

    M.P. Searle

  • Structural evolution and sequence of thrusting in the High Himalayan, Tibetan-Tethys and Indus Suture zones of Zanskar and Ladakh, Western Himalaya: Reply

    M.P. Searle

  • Tectonic evolution of the Sibumasu-Indochina terrane collision zone in Thailand and Malaysia: constraints from new U-Pb zircon chronology of SE Asian tin granitoids

    Michael P Searle;Martin J Whitehouse;Laurence J Robb;Azman A Ghani

  • The Geology and tectonics of the Oman region

    A. H. F. Robertson;M. P. Searle;Alison C Ries

Frequent Co-Authors

David J. Waters
David J. Waters University of Oxford
Randall R. Parrish
Randall R. Parrish University of Portsmouth
Richard D. Law
Richard D. Law Virginia Tech
Sun-Lin Chung
Sun-Lin Chung National Taiwan University
Richard M. Palin
Richard M. Palin University of Oxford
Nick M.W. Roberts
Nick M.W. Roberts British Geological Survey
Matthew S.A. Horstwood
Matthew S.A. Horstwood British Geological Survey
John M. Cottle
John M. Cottle University of California, Santa Barbara
Christopher K. Morley
Christopher K. Morley PTT Exploration and Production Public Company Limited
Stephen R. Noble
Stephen R. Noble British Geological Survey

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