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Richard D. Law

Richard D. Law

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Earth Science

D-Index
43
Citations
8360
World Ranking
4897
National Ranking
1853

Overview

Richard D. Law is affiliated with Virginia Tech in the United States and contributes to the field of Earth and Planetary Sciences, with a specialization in geophysics and related subfields. Their body of work encompasses multiple areas including geological and geochemical analysis, earthquake and tectonic studies, high-pressure geophysics and materials, geochemistry and geologic mapping, geology and paleoclimatology research, rock mechanics and modeling, and seismic waves and analysis.

They have published extensively with a strong presence in scientific journals and conference abstracts. Frequent publication venues include:

  • Abstracts with programs - Geological Society of America
  • Journal of the Geological Society
  • Tectonics
  • Journal of Structural Geology
  • Geological Society London Special Publications

Frequent co-authors in their research network include:

  • J. Ryan Thigpen
  • Calvin A. Mako
  • Mark J. Caddick
  • Ella Davis
  • Brandon M. Spencer

Some of the recent papers published include:

  • "Transpressive Deformation in the Southern European Variscan Belt: New Insights From the Aiguilles Rouges Massif (Western Alps)," 2020, Tectonics
  • "Unravelling the development of regional-scale shear zones by a multidisciplinary approach: The case study of the Ferriere-Mollières Shear Zone (Argentera Massif, Western Alps)," 2021, Journal of Structural Geology
  • "Water loss during dynamic recrystallization of Moine thrust quartzites, northwest Scotland," 2020, Geology
  • "Prolonged Slip on the South Tibetan Detachment Constrains Tectonic Models for Synorogenic Extension in the Central Himalaya," 2022, Tectonics
  • "Interplay Between Crustal-Scale Thrusting, High Metamorphic Heating Rates, and the Development of Inverted Thermal-Metamorphic Gradients: Numerical Models and Examples From the Caledonides of Northern Scotland," 2021, Tectonics

Their work addresses geological structures, tectonic deformation, and metamorphic processes, often employing multidisciplinary methods and numerical modeling approaches. The research spans significant geoscientific topics such as regional shear zone development, tectonic extension mechanisms, and metamorphic gradient formation within mountainous regions.

Best Publications

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

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

  • 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

  • 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

  • Deformation thermometry based on quartz c-axis fabrics and recrystallization microstructures: A review

    Richard D. Law

  • Defining the Himalayan Main Central Thrust in Nepal

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

  • Crystallographic fabrics: a selective review of their applications to research in structural geology

    R.D. Law

  • Coesite in Himalayan eclogite and implications for models of India-Asia collision

    P.J. O'Brien;N. Zotov;R. Law;M.A. Khan

  • Multiscale magmatic cyclicity, duration of pluton construction, and the paradoxical relationship between tectonism and plutonism in continental arcs

    Michel de Saint Blanquat;Eric Horsman;Guillaume Habert;Sven Morgan

  • Strain path partitioning within thrust sheets : microstructural and petrofabric evidence from the Moine Thrust zone at Loch Eriboll, northwest Scotland.

    R.D Law;R.J Knipe;H Dayan

  • Water-weakening of sandstone and quartzite deformed at various stress and strain rates

    J. Hadizadeh;R.D. Law

  • Structural evolution and vorticity of flow during extrusion and exhumation of the Greater Himalayan Slab, Mount Everest Massif, Tibet/Nepal: implications for orogen-scale flow partitioning

    M. J. Jessup;R. D. Law;M. P. Searle;Mary S. Hubbard

  • Channel Flow, Ductile Extrusion and Exhumation in Continental Collision Zones

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

  • Crustal structure, restoration and evolution of the Greater Himalaya in Nepal-South Tibet: implications for channel flow and ductile extrusion of the middle crust

    M. P. Searle;R. D. Law;M. J. Jessup

  • The Miocene elevation of Mount Everest

    Aude Gébelin;Andreas Mulch;Christian Teyssier;Micah J. Jessup

  • Kinematic and tectonic significance of microstructures and crystallographic fabrics within quartz mylonites from the Assynt and Eriboll regions of the Moine thrust zone, NW Scotland

    R. D. Law;M. Casey;R. J. Knipe

  • Structural insights into the early stages of exhumation along an orogen-scale detachment: The South Tibetan Detachment System, Dzakaa Chu section, Eastern Himalaya

    John M. Cottle;Micah J. Jessup;Dennis L. Newell;Michael P. Searle

  • Unusual transition in quartzite dislocation creep regimes and crystal slip systems in the aureole of the Eureka Valley–Joshua Flat–Beer Creek pluton, California: a case for anhydrous conditions created by decarbonation reactions

    Sven S. Morgan;Richard D. Law

  • Simple shear deformation and quartz crystallographic fabrics: a possible natural example from the Torridon area of NW Scotland

    R.D Law;S.M Schmid;J Wheeler

  • The Rigid Grain Net (RGN) : An alternative method for estimating mean kinematic vorticity number (Wm)

    Micah J. Jessup;Richard D. Law;Chiara Frassi

  • P-T-t-Dpaths of Everest Series schist, Nepal

    M. J. Jessup;J. M. Cottle;M. P. Searle;R. D. Law

  • Deformation temperatures and flow vorticities near the base of the Greater Himalayan Series, Sutlej Valley and Shimla Klippe, NW India

    R.D. Law;D.W. Stahr;M.K. Francsis;K.T. Ashley

Frequent Co-Authors

Michael P. Searle
Michael P. Searle University of Oxford
Geoffrey E. Lloyd
Geoffrey E. Lloyd University of Leeds
John M. Cottle
John M. Cottle University of California, Santa Barbara
David Mainprice
David Mainprice University of Montpellier
Allen F. Glazner
Allen F. Glazner University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
John M. Bartley
John M. Bartley University of Utah
David J. Waters
David J. Waters University of Oxford
Martin Casey
Martin Casey University of Leeds
Robert J. Knipe
Robert J. Knipe University of Leeds
John Wheeler
John Wheeler University of Liverpool

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