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Mexico
2026

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D-Index
55
Citations
10602
World Ranking
2567
National Ranking
4

Research.com Recognitions

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

Overview

Surendra P. Verma is affiliated with the National Autonomous University of Mexico in Mexico. Their research spans multiple fields with a focus on engineering and earth and planetary sciences. The scientist has contributed notably to the subfields of ocean engineering, geophysics, mechanical engineering, artificial intelligence, and mechanics of materials.

The main topics covered in Surendra P. Verma's research include drilling and well engineering, hydraulic fracturing and reservoir analysis, oil and gas production techniques, geochemistry and geologic mapping, geological and geochemical analysis, earthquake and tectonic studies, and hydrocarbon exploration and reservoir analysis.

The scientist has published extensively, with recent work highlighting various aspects of geochemistry and geologic classification. Selected recent papers include:

  • Comprehensive multidimensional tectonomagmatic discrimination from log-ratio transformed major and trace elements, 2020, Lithos
  • A statistically coherent robust multidimensional classification scheme for water, 2020, The Science of The Total Environment
  • 40Ar/39Ar geochronology and petrogenesis of the Sierra de San Miguelito Volcanic Complex, Mesa Central, Mexico, 2020, Lithos
  • Geochemistry, petrogenesis, and tectonic setting of the Los Tuxtlas Volcanic Field, Mexico, 2020, Geological Journal
  • New multidimensional classification scheme of altered igneous rocks from performance comparison of isometric and modified log-ratio transformations of major elements, 2020, Earth Science Informatics

Surendra P. Verma has collaborated frequently with several coauthors. The most frequent collaborations have been with Kenneth A. Pisciotto, Robert S. Yeats, Bilal U. Haq, John A. Barron, and David Bukry.

Publication venues where Surendra P. Verma's work appears most often include:

  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • Lithos
  • Geological Journal
  • The Science of The Total Environment
  • Earth Science Informatics

Best Publications

  • Geochemistry of Sandstones from the Upper Miocene Kudankulam Formation, Southern India: Implications for Provenance, Weathering, and Tectonic Setting

    J.S. Armstrong-Altrin;Yong Il Lee;Surendra P. Verma;S. Ramasamy

  • New multi-dimensional diagrams for tectonic discrimination of siliciclastic sediments and their application to Precambrian basins

    Surendra P. Verma;John S. Armstrong-Altrin

  • Critical evaluation of six tectonic setting discrimination diagrams using geochemical data of Neogene sediments from known tectonic settings

    J.S. Armstrong-Altrin;Surendra P. Verma;Surendra P. Verma

  • New improved equations for , and SiO2 geothermometers by outlier detection and rejection

    Surendra P. Verma;Edgar Santoyo

  • Tectonic Discrimination of Basic and Ultrabasic Volcanic Rocks through Log-Transformed Ratios of Immobile Trace Elements

    Salil Agrawal;Mirna Guevara;Surendra P. Verma

  • Geochemical discrimination of siliciclastic sediments from active and passive margin settings

    Surendra P. Verma;John S. Armstrong-Altrin

  • Geochemistry of Cenezoic volcanic rocks, Baja California, Mexico: Implications for the petrogenesis of post-subduction magmas

    A.D. Saunders;G. Rogers;G.F. Marriner;D.J. Terrell

  • SINCLAS: standard igneous norm and volcanic rock classification system

    Surendra P. Verma;Ignacio S. Torres-Alvarado;Zulma T. Sotelo-Rodríguez

  • Geochemistry of Holocene volcanic rocks associated with ridge subduction in Baja California, Mexico

    G. Rogers;A. D. Saunders;D. J. Terrell;S. P. Verma

  • Critical values for six Dixon tests for outliers in normal samples up to sizes 100, and applications in science and engineering

    Surendra P. Verma;Alfredo Quiroz Ruiz

  • Discriminating four tectonic settings: Five new geochemical diagrams for basic and ultrabasic volcanic rocks based on log-ratio transformation of major-element data

    Surendra P Verma;Mirna Guevara;Salil Agrawal

  • Alkalic (ocean-island basalt type) and calc-alkalic volcanism in the Mexican volcanic belt: A case for plume-related magmatism and propagating rifting at an active margin?

    Alvaro Márquez;Roberto Oyarzun;Miguel Doblas;Surendra P. Verma

  • Extreme enrichment of Sb, Tl and other trace elements in altered MORB

    K.P. Jochum;S.P. Verma

  • Seawater alteration effects on REE, K, Rb, Cs, Sr, U, Th, Pb and Sr–Nd–Pb isotope systematics of Mid-Ocean Ridge Basalt

    Surendra P. Verma

  • Tectonics and volcanism of Sierra Chichinautzin : extension at the front of the Central Trans-Mexican Volcanic belt

    Alvaro Márquez;Surendra P Verma;Francisco Anguita;Roberto Oyarzun

  • Geochemistry of the subducting Cocos plate and the origin of subduction-unrelated mafic volcanism at the volcanic front of the central Mexican Volcanic Belt

    Surendra P. Verma

  • Fifteen new discriminant-function-based multi-dimensional robust diagrams for acid rocks and their application to Precambrian rocks

    Surendra P. Verma;Kailasa Pandarinath;Sanjeet K. Verma;Salil Agrawal

  • Isotopic and trace element constraints on the origin and evolution of alkaline and calc-alkaline magmas in the Northwestern Mexican Volcanic Belt

    Surendra P. Verma;Stephen A. Nelson

  • Galapagos Hot Spot‐SPreading Center System: 2. 87SR/86 SR and large ion lithophile element variations (85°W‐101°W)

    Surendra Pal Verma;Jean-Guy Schilling

  • Absence of Cocos plate subduction-related basic volcanism in southern Mexico: A unique case on Earth?

    Surendra P. Verma

  • Geochemistry of evolved magmas and their relationship to subduction-unrelated mafic volcanism at the volcanic front of the central Mexican Volcanic Belt

    Surendra P Verma

Frequent Co-Authors

John S. Armstrong-Altrin
John S. Armstrong-Altrin National Autonomous University of Mexico
C. Manikyamba
C. Manikyamba Council of Scientific and Industrial Research
Gerardo Carrasco-Núñez
Gerardo Carrasco-Núñez National Autonomous University of Mexico
Yong Il Lee
Yong Il Lee Seoul National University of Science and Technology
Elson P. Oliveira
Elson P. Oliveira State University of Campinas
Hetu Sheth
Hetu Sheth Indian Institute of Technology Bombay
Richard H. Worden
Richard H. Worden University of Liverpool
Subir K. Banerjee
Subir K. Banerjee University of Minnesota
J.-G. Schilling
J.-G. Schilling University of Rhode Island
Paul L. Younger
Paul L. Younger University of Glasgow

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