Alastair Beach

2.2k total citations
41 papers, 1.8k citations indexed

About

Alastair Beach is a scholar working on Geophysics, Mechanics of Materials and Earth-Surface Processes. According to data from OpenAlex, Alastair Beach has authored 41 papers receiving a total of 1.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 27 papers in Geophysics, 18 papers in Mechanics of Materials and 9 papers in Earth-Surface Processes. Recurrent topics in Alastair Beach's work include Geological and Geochemical Analysis (20 papers), earthquake and tectonic studies (19 papers) and Hydrocarbon exploration and reservoir analysis (12 papers). Alastair Beach is often cited by papers focused on Geological and Geochemical Analysis (20 papers), earthquake and tectonic studies (19 papers) and Hydrocarbon exploration and reservoir analysis (12 papers). Alastair Beach collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, Australia and United States. Alastair Beach's co-authors include P. Brockbank, Alastair I. Welbon, Jean E. McCallum, Steven D. Knott, W. S. Fyfe, J. Tarney, Rodney Graham, A. D. Gibbs, M. P. Coward and John Wheeler and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Tectonophysics and Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology.

In The Last Decade

Alastair Beach

41 papers receiving 1.6k citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Alastair Beach United Kingdom 26 1.5k 468 299 288 236 41 1.8k
Rodney Graham United Kingdom 18 1.9k 1.3× 321 0.7× 407 1.4× 309 1.1× 239 1.0× 25 2.2k
Paul L. Hancock United Kingdom 12 1.5k 1.0× 279 0.6× 156 0.5× 349 1.2× 242 1.0× 18 1.7k
Donald T. Secor United States 17 1.2k 0.8× 308 0.7× 233 0.8× 126 0.4× 71 0.3× 30 1.5k
Clinton D. A. Dahlstrom United States 7 1.5k 1.0× 313 0.7× 162 0.5× 402 1.4× 333 1.4× 8 1.8k
B. Colletta France 22 1.4k 1.0× 286 0.6× 106 0.4× 387 1.3× 191 0.8× 39 1.7k
Laurel B. Goodwin United States 21 1.2k 0.8× 373 0.8× 148 0.5× 182 0.6× 81 0.3× 48 1.5k
David V. Wiltschko United States 22 1.1k 0.8× 335 0.7× 97 0.3× 204 0.7× 98 0.4× 49 1.4k
Eric A. Erslev United States 17 1.6k 1.1× 197 0.4× 276 0.9× 217 0.8× 97 0.4× 44 1.8k
J. Letouzey France 13 720 0.5× 269 0.6× 88 0.3× 201 0.7× 233 1.0× 30 1.0k
A. Pérez‐Estaún Spain 29 2.2k 1.5× 153 0.3× 273 0.9× 131 0.5× 184 0.8× 72 2.4k

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Fields of papers citing papers by Alastair Beach

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Alastair Beach

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Alastair Beach. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Alastair Beach based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Alastair Beach. Alastair Beach is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Beach, Alastair. (2019). Navigating the ‘shadow of loss’ in mental health social work. Journal of Social Work Practice. 33(4). 463–469. 1 indexed citations
2.
Goodenough, Kathryn, Maarten Krabbendam, John S. Myers, et al.. (2010). The Laxford Shear Zone: an end-Archaean terrane boundary?. Geological Society London Special Publications. 335(1). 103–120. 36 indexed citations
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Beach, Alastair, et al.. (2007). Structural geometry and development of the Witwatersrand Basin, South Africa. Geological Society London Special Publications. 272(1). 533–542. 18 indexed citations
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Beach, Alastair, et al.. (1997). Fault seal analysis of SE Asian basins with examples from West Java. Geological Society London Special Publications. 126(1). 185–194. 2 indexed citations
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Knott, Steven D., Alastair Beach, Alastair I. Welbon, & P. Brockbank. (1995). Basin inversion in the Gulf of Suez: implications for exploration and development in failed rifts. Geological Society London Special Publications. 88(1). 59–81. 32 indexed citations
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Beach, Alastair, et al.. (1993). Controls on reservoir quality in the Triassic Sherwood Sandstone of the Irish Sea. Geological Society London Petroleum Geology Conference series. 4(1). 823–833. 45 indexed citations
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Beach, Alastair, et al.. (1993). Structural and climatic controls on facies distribution in a mixed fluvial and aeolian reservoir: the Triassic Sherwood Sandstone in the Irish Sea. Geological Society London Special Publications. 73(1). 247–264. 48 indexed citations
8.
Beach, Alastair, et al.. (1991). The geometry of normal faults in a sector of the offshore Nile Delta, Egypt. Geological Society London Special Publications. 56(1). 173–182. 14 indexed citations
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Beach, Alastair, et al.. (1987). Extensional tectonics and crustal structure: deep seismic reflection data from the northern North Sea Viking graben. Geological Society London Special Publications. 28(1). 467–476. 52 indexed citations
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Beach, Alastair. (1985). Retrogressive metamorphic processes in shear zones with special reference to the Lewisian complex. Medical Entomology and Zoology. 8. 257–263. 1 indexed citations
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Beach, Alastair. (1985). Some comments on sedimentary basin development in the Northern North Sea. Scottish Journal of Geology. 21(4). 493–512. 34 indexed citations
12.
Beach, Alastair. (1982). Deformation mechanisms in some cover thrust sheets from the external French Alps. Journal of Structural Geology. 4(2). 137–149. 24 indexed citations
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Beach, Alastair. (1981). Some observations on the development of thrust faults in the Ultradauphinois Zone, French Alps. Geological Society London Special Publications. 9(1). 329–334. 16 indexed citations
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Beach, Alastair. (1981). Thrust structures in the eastern Dauphinois Zone (French Alps), north of the Pelvoux Massif. Journal of Structural Geology. 3(3). 299–308. 24 indexed citations
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Beach, Alastair. (1979). Pressure solution as a metamorphic process in deformed terrigenous sedimentary rocks. Lithos. 12(1). 51–58. 88 indexed citations
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Beach, Alastair & M.S. King. (1978). Discussion on pressure solution. Journal of the Geological Society. 135(6). 649–651. 12 indexed citations
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Beach, Alastair & J. Tarney. (1978). Major and trace element patterns established during retrogressive metamorphism of granulite-facies gneisses, NW Scotland. Precambrian Research. 7(4). 325–348. 55 indexed citations
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Beach, Alastair. (1976). A Discussion on global tectonics in Proterozoic times - The interrelations of fluid transport, deformation, geochemistry and heat flow in early Proterozoic shear zones in the Lewisian complex. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London Series A Mathematical and Physical Sciences. 280(1298). 569–604. 146 indexed citations
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Beach, Alastair. (1974). Amphibolitization of Scourian granulites. Scottish Journal of Geology. 10(1). 35–43. 28 indexed citations
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Beach, Alastair & W. S. Fyfe. (1972). Fluid transport and shear zones at Scourie, Sutherland: Evidence of overthrusting?. Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology. 36(3). 175–180. 65 indexed citations

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