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Yani Najman is affiliated with Lancaster University in the United Kingdom and works primarily in the field of Earth and Planetary Sciences, with a notable focus on geophysics. Their research encompasses subfields such as atmospheric science, geology, environmental chemistry, and mechanics of materials. Najman's research topics include geological and geochemical analysis, earthquake and tectonic studies, geology and paleoclimatology research, geological and geophysical studies, high-pressure geophysics and materials, methane hydrates and related phenomena, and seismic imaging and inversion techniques.

Najman has contributed to multiple research articles published in recognized scientific venues. Some recent publications include:

  • Temperate rainforests near the South Pole during peak Cretaceous warmth, 2020, Nature
  • Does pulsed Tibetan deformation correlate with Indian plate motion changes?, 2020, Earth and Planetary Science Letters
  • Active strike-slip faults and an outer frontal thrust in the Himalayan foreland basin, 2020, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • Early onset and late acceleration of rapid exhumation in the Namche Barwa syntaxis, eastern Himalaya, 2020, Geology
  • Anisotropy of Magnetic Susceptibility (AMS) Analysis of the Gonjo Basin as an Independent Constraint to Date Tibetan Shortening Pulses, 2020, Geophysical Research Letters

Najman frequently collaborates with other researchers. Their frequent co-authors include:

  • Andrew Carter
  • Ian Millar
  • James D. Gleason
  • Shihu Li
  • Chris Mark

Najman's work has appeared predominantly in publication venues such as:

  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • Basin Research
  • Tectonics
  • Abstracts with programs - Geological Society of America
  • Journal of Geophysical Research Earth Surface

The combination of their research topics and publication record positions Najman as an active contributor in studies related to earth science phenomena, tectonic movements, and associated geophysical processes.

Best Publications

  • Timing of India‐Asia collision: Geological, biostratigraphic, and palaeomagnetic constraints

    Yani Najman;Erwin Appel;Marcelle Boudagher-Fadel;Paul Bown

  • The detrital record of orogenesis: A review of approaches and techniques used in the Himalayan sedimentary basins

    Yani Najman

  • Detrital geochronology and geochemistry of Cretaceous-Early Miocene strata of Nepal: implications for timing and diachroneity of initial Himalayan orogenesis

    P. G. DeCelles;G. E. Gehrels;Y. Najman;A. J. Martin

  • Mineralogical and chemical variability of fluvial sediments 1. Bedload sand (Ganga–Brahmaputra, Bangladesh)

    Eduardo Garzanti;Sergio Andò;Christian France-Lanord;Giovanni Vezzoli

  • Weathering geochemistry and Sr‐Nd fingerprints of equatorial upper Nile and Congo muds

    Eduardo Garzanti;Marta Padoan;Massimo Setti;Yani Najman

  • Reconstructing early Himalayan tectonic evolution and paleogeography from Tertiary foreland basin sedimentary rocks, northern India

    Yani Najman;Eduardo Garzanti

  • The Tethyan Himalayan detrital record shows that India–Asia terminal collision occurred by 54 Ma in the Western Himalaya

    Yanina Manya Rachel Najman;Daniel Jenks;Laurent Godin;Marcelle BouDagher‐Fadel

  • Constraints on the exhumation and erosion of the High Himalayan Slab, NW India, from foreland basin deposits

    Nikki M. White;M. Pringle;E. Garzanti;M. Bickle

  • Dating of the oldest continental sediments from the Himalayan foreland basin

    Yani Najman;Yani Najman;Malcolm Pringle;Laurent Godin;Laurent Godin;Grahame Oliver

  • The Paleogene record of Himalayan erosion: Bengal Basin, Bangladesh

    Y. Najman;M.J. Bickle;M. Boudagher-Fadel;Andrew Carter

  • Laser 40Ar/39Ar dating of single detrital muscovite grains from early foreland-basin sedimentary deposits in India: Implications for early Himalayan evolution

    Y. M. R. Najman;Y. M. R. Najman;M. S. Pringle;M. R. W. Johnson;A. H. F. Robertson

  • Provenance of Eocene foreland basin sediments, Nepal: Constraints to the timing and diachroneity of early Himalayan orogenesis

    Yani Najman;Andy Carter;Grahame Oliver;Eduardo Garzanti

  • The Brahmaputra tale of tectonics and erosion: Early Miocene river capture in the Eastern Himalaya

    Laura Bracciali;Laura Bracciali;Yanina Manya Rachel Najman;Randall R. Parrish;Randall R. Parrish;Syed H. Akhter

  • Evolution of the Himalayan foreland basin, NW India

    Yani Najman;Kit Johnson;Nicola White;Grahame Oliver

  • Provenance of the Tertiary sedimentary rocks of the Indo-Burman Ranges, Burma (Myanmar): Burman arc or Himalayan-derived?

    R. Allen;Y. Najman;A. Carter;D.N. Barfod

  • Tectonic evolution of the Himalaya constrained by detrital 40Ar–39Ar, Sm–Nd and petrographic data from the Siwalik foreland basin succession, SW Nepal

    A. G. Szulc;Y. Najman;H. D. Sinclair;M. Pringle

  • Evolving strain partitioning in the Eastern Himalaya: The growth of the Shillong Plateau

    Yanina Manya Rachel Najman;Laura Bracciali;Randall Parrish;Emdad Chisty

  • The record of Himalayan erosion preserved in the sedimentary rocks of the Hatia Trough of the Bengal Basin and the Chittagong Hill Tracts, Bangladesh

    Yani Najman;Ruth Allen;Edward A F Willett;Andrew Carter

  • Temperate rainforests near the South Pole during peak Cretaceous warmth

    Johann P Klages;Ulrich Salzmann;Torsten Bickert;Claus-Dieter Hillenbrand

  • Geology of the Cenozoic Indus Basin sedimentary rocks:Paleoenvironmental interpretation of sedimentation from the western Himalaya during the early phases of India-Eurasia collision

    Alexandra L. Henderson;Yani Najman;Randall Parrish;Marcelle BouDagher-Fadel

  • UPb LA-(MC)-ICP-MS dating of rutile: New reference materials and applications to sedimentary provenance

    Laura Bracciali;Laura Bracciali;Randall R. Parrish;Randall R. Parrish;Matthew S.A. Horstwood;Daniel J. Condon

  • Sediment recycling at convergent plate margins (Indo-Burman Ranges and Andaman–Nicobar Ridge)

    Eduardo Garzanti;Mara Limonta;Alberto Resentini;Pinaki C. Bandopadhyay

  • The initiation and evolution of the River Nile

    Laura Fielding;Yanina Manya Rachel Najman;Ian Millar;Peter Butterworth

Frequent Co-Authors

Eduardo Garzanti
Eduardo Garzanti University of Milano-Bicocca
Andrew Carter
Andrew Carter Birkbeck, University of London
Sergio Andò
Sergio Andò University of Milano-Bicocca
Ian L. Millar
Ian L. Millar British Geological Survey
Giovanni Vezzoli
Giovanni Vezzoli University of Milano-Bicocca
Guillaume Dupont-Nivet
Guillaume Dupont-Nivet University of Rennes
Jan Wijbrans
Jan Wijbrans Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
Mike J. Bickle
Mike J. Bickle University of Cambridge
Pascale Huyghe
Pascale Huyghe Grenoble Alpes University
Randall R. Parrish
Randall R. Parrish University of Portsmouth

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