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Philippe Muchez

Philippe Muchez

Philippe Muchez 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 Philippe Muchez sits on this spectrum.

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38 publications 510+

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Philippe Muchez 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 Philippe Muchez sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 94+

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

Overview

Philippe Muchez is a researcher affiliated with KU Leuven in Belgium, focusing primarily on Earth and Planetary Sciences, with significant contributions to Engineering and Computer Science fields. Their work spans various subfields, notably Geophysics, Artificial Intelligence, Geochemistry and Petrology, Mechanics of Materials, and Biomedical Engineering.

Their research covers a broad range of topics, including:

  • Geological and Geochemical Analysis
  • Geochemistry and Geologic Mapping
  • Earthquake and tectonic studies
  • Metal Extraction and Bioleaching
  • Hydrocarbon exploration and reservoir analysis
  • Mine drainage and remediation techniques
  • Mineralogy and Gemology Studies

Muchez's publication record includes papers in several notable venues, with frequent contributions to:

  • Ore Geology Reviews
  • Mineralium Deposita
  • Geologica Belgica
  • Minerals
  • Journal of African Earth Sciences

Some of their recent papers include:

  • Geochemical and Mineralogical Characterisation of Historic Zn-Pb Mine Waste, Plombières, East Belgium (2020, Minerals)
  • Review of the origin of breccias and their resource potential in the central Africa Copperbelt (2023, Ore Geology Reviews)
  • Sedimentary evolution and stratigraphy of the ~765-740 Ma Kansuki-Mwashya platform succession in the Tenke-Fungurume Mining District, Democratic Republic of the Congo (2020, Geologica Belgica)
  • Metamorphic and metasomatic evolution of the Western Domain of the Karagwe-Ankole Belt (Central Africa) (2020, Journal of African Earth Sciences)
  • Geometallurgy of Cobalt Black Ores in the Katanga Copperbelt (Ruashi Cu-Co Deposit): A New Proposal for Enhancing Cobalt Recovery (2022, Minerals)

The researcher has collaborated frequently with a number of co-authors, including Stijn Dewaele, Niels Hulsbosch, Pascal Mambwe, Srećko Bevandić, and Rudy Swennen.

Muchez's involvement extends to book publications, notably contributed to the Geologica Belgica conference proceedings, including the "7th International Geologica Belgica Meeting: 15-17 September 2021 - AfricaMuseum Tervuren (Belgium)" (2021).

Best Publications

  • Alkali metal and rare earth element evolution of rock-forming minerals from the Gatumba area pegmatites (Rwanda): Quantitative assessment of crystal-melt fractionation in the regional zonation of pegmatite groups

    Niels Hulsbosch;Jan Hertogen;Stijn Dewaele;Luc André

  • 7: Extensional tectonics and the timing and formation of basin-hosted deposits in Europe

    Philippe Muchez;Wouter Heijlen;David Banks;Derek Blundell

  • Multiphase origin of the Cu-Co ore deposits in the western part of the Lufilian fold-and-thrust belt, Katanga (Democratic Republic of Congo)

    Stijn Dewaele;Stijn Dewaele;Philippe Muchez;J Vets;M Fernandez-Alonzo

  • Carbonate-Hosted Zn-Pb Deposits in Upper Silesia, Poland: Origin and Evolution of Mineralizing Fluids and Constraints on Genetic Models

    Wouter Heijlen;Philippe Muchez;David A. Banks;Jens Schneider

  • Zinc, sulfur and lead isotopic variations in carbonate-hosted Pb–Zn sulfide deposits, southwest China

    Jia-Xi Zhou;Jia-Xi Zhou;Zhi-Long Huang;Mei-Fu Zhou;Xiang-Kun Zhu

  • Late Neoproterozoic overprinting of the cassiterite and columbite-tantalite bearing pegmatites of the Gatumba area, Rwanda (Central Africa)

    Stijn Dewaele;Friedhelm Henjes-Kunst;Frank Melcher;Maria Sitnikova

  • Unraveling rare earth element signatures in hydrothermal carbonate minerals using a source–sink system

    David Debruyne;Niels Hulsbosch;Philippe Muchez

  • Fluid fractionation of tungsten during granite–pegmatite differentiation and the metal source of peribatholitic W quartz veins: Evidence from the Karagwe-Ankole Belt (Rwanda)

    Niels Hulsbosch;Marie-Christine Boiron;Stijn Dewaele;Philippe Muchez

  • Two Cu–Co sulfide phases and contrasting fluid systems in the Katanga Copperbelt, Democratic Republic of Congo

    Hamdy Ahmed El Desouky;Philippe Muchez;Jacques Cailteux

  • Genesis of sediment-hosted stratiform copper–cobalt mineralization at Luiswishi and Kamoto, Katanga Copperbelt (Democratic Republic of Congo)

    Hamdy A. El Desouky;Philippe Muchez;Adrian J. Boyce;Jens Schneider

  • The Nature of Mineralizing Fluids of the Kipushi Zn-Cu Deposit, Katanga, Democratic Repubic of Congo: Quantitative Fluid Inclusion Analysis using Laser Ablation ICP-MS and Bulk Crush-Leach Methods

    Wouter Heijlen;David A. Banks;Philippe Muchez;Bo M. Stensgard

  • Origin and evolution of high-salinity, Zn–Pb mineralising fluids in the Variscides of Belgium

    Wouter Heijlen;Philippe Muchez;David A. Banks

  • Diagenetic origin of the stratiform Cu–Co deposit at Kamoto in the Central African Copperbelt

    Philippe Muchez;Anne-Sylvie André-Mayer;Hamdy A. El Desouky;Hamdy A. El Desouky;Laurie Reisberg

  • Geochemical constraints on the origin and migration of palaeofluids at the northern margin of the Variscan foreland, southern Belgium.

    Philippe Muchez;Marek Slobodník;Marek Slobodník;Willy.A. Viaene;Eddy Keppens

  • ISOTOPES ON THE BEACH, PART 1: STRONTIUM ISOTOPE RATIOS AS A PROVENANCE INDICATOR FOR LIME RAW MATERIALS USED IN ROMAN GLASS-MAKING

    Dieter Brems;Monica Ganio;Kris Latruwe;Lieve Balcaen

  • Origin of Dinantian zebra dolomites south of the Brabant-Wales Massif, Belgium

    P Nielsen;P Nielsen;Rudy Swennen;Philippe Muchez;E Keppens

  • Evolution of Cu–Co mineralizing fluids at Nkana Mine, Central African Copperbelt, Zambia

    Ph. Muchez;D. Brems;E. Clara;A. De Cleyn

  • Paragenesis of Cretaceous to Eocene carbonate reservoirs in the Ionian fold and thrust belt (Albania): relation between tectonism and fluid flow

    M Van Geet;Rudy Swennen;C Durmishi;F Roure

  • Cu ISOTOPE RATIO VARIATIONS IN THE DIKULUSHI Cu-Ag DEPOSIT, DRC: OF PRIMARY ORIGIN OR INDUCED BY SUPERGENE REWORKING?

    Maarten Haest;Philippe Muchez;Jérôme C. J. Petit;Frank Vanhaecke

  • Origin and migration of palaeofluids in the upper visean of the campine basin, northern belgium

    Philippe Muchez;Jim D. Marshall;Jacques L. R. Touret;Willy A. Viaene

  • Man and environment in the territory of Sagalassos, a classical city in SW Turkey

    Marc Waelkens;Etienne Paulissen;Marleen Vermoere;Patrick Degryse

  • Anhydrite pseudomorphs and the origin of stratiform Cu-Co ores in the Katangan Copperbelt

    P. Muchez;P. Vanderhaeghen;H. El Desouky;J. Schneider

Frequent Co-Authors

Rudy Swennen
Rudy Swennen KU Leuven
Adrian J. Boyce
Adrian J. Boyce Scottish Universities Environmental Research Centre
Frank Vanhaecke
Frank Vanhaecke Ghent University
Frank Melcher
Frank Melcher University of Leoben
Giancarlo Molli
Giancarlo Molli University of Pisa
David A. Banks
David A. Banks University of Leeds
Eddy Keppens
Eddy Keppens Vrije Universiteit Brussel
Luc André
Luc André Royal Museum for Central Africa
Jan Hertogen
Jan Hertogen KU Leuven

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