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Olivier Galland

Olivier Galland

D-Index & Metrics

Earth Science

D-Index
40
Citations
4172
World Ranking
5970
National Ranking
78

Olivier Galland 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 Olivier Galland sits on this spectrum.

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38 publications 603+

This scientist: 161 publications — 45th percentile

45% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Olivier Galland 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 Olivier Galland sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 106+

This scientist: 40 D-Index — 38th percentile

38% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Best Publications

  • Saucer-shaped intrusions: Occurrences, emplacement and implications

    Stéphane Polteau;Adriano Mazzini;Olivier Galland;Sverre Planke

  • Experimental modelling of shallow magma emplacement: Application to saucer-shaped intrusions

    Olivier Galland;Sverre Planke;Else-Ragnhild Neumann;Anders Malthe-Sørenssen

  • Effects of igneous intrusions on the petroleum system: a review

    Kim Senger;John Millett;Sverre Planke;Kei Ogata

  • Use of vegetable oil and silica powder for scale modelling of magmatic intrusion in a deforming brittle crust

    Olivier Galland;Peter R. Cobbold;Erwan Hallot;Jean de Bremond d'Ars

  • Volcanism in a compressional Andean setting: A structural and geochronological study of Tromen volcano (Neuquèn province, Argentina)

    Olivier Galland;Erwan Hallot;Peter R. Cobbold;Gilles Ruffet

  • Rise and emplacement of magma during horizontal shortening of the brittle crust: Insights from experimental modeling

    Olivier Galland;Peter R. Cobbold;Jean de Bremond d’Ars;Erwan Hallot

  • Igneous sill and finger emplacement mechanism in shale-dominated formations: a field study at Cuesta del Chihuido, Neuquén Basin, Argentina

    Juan Bautista Spacapan;Olivier Galland;Hector Armando Leanza;Sverre Planke

  • MMASTER: Improved ASTER DEMs for Elevation Change Monitoring

    Luc Maurice Ramuntcho Girod;Christopher Nuth;Andreas Kääb;Robert Whitfield McNabb

  • Physical models of magmatic intrusion during thrusting

    Olivier Galland;Jean De Bremond d'Ars;Peter R. Cobbold;Erwan Hallot

  • 3D relationships between sills and their feeders: evidence from the Golden Valley Sill Complex (Karoo Basin) and experimental modelling

    Christophe Y. Galerne;Olivier Galland;Else-Ragnhild Neumann;Sverre Planke

  • Fracture mode analysis and related surface deformation during dyke intrusion: Results from 2D experimental modelling

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  • Direct measurement of strain rates in ductile shear zones: A new method based on syntectonic dikes

    Caroline Sassier;Philippe-Hervé Leloup;D. Rubatto;O. Galland

  • Dynamics of dikes versus cone sheets in volcanic systems

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  • Laboratory Modelling of Volcano Plumbing Systems: A Review

    Olivier Galland;Eoghan P. Holohan;Benjamin van Wyk de Vries;Steffi Burchardt

  • Experimental modelling of ground deformation associated with shallow magma intrusions

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  • Thermal impact of igneous sill-complexes on organic-rich formations and implications for petroleum systems: A case study in the northern Neuquén Basin, Argentina

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  • Analytical model of surface uplift above axisymmetric flat-lying magma intrusions: Implications for sill emplacement and geodesy

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  • Fracturing of doleritic intrusions and associated contact zones: Implications for fluid flow in volcanic basins

    Kim Senger;Kim Senger;Simon J. Buckley;Luc Chevallier;Åke Fagereng

  • Application of open-source photogrammetric software MicMac for monitoring surface deformation in laboratory models

    Olivier Galland;Håvard S. Bertelsen;Frank Guldstrand;Frank Guldstrand;Luc Girod

  • Structure, emplacement mechanism and magma-flow significance of igneous fingers ? Implications for sill emplacement in sedimentary basins

    Olivier Galland;Juan Bautista Spacapan;Ole Rabbel;Karen Mair

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