Alexandre Kounov

2.0k total citations · 1 hit paper
53 papers, 1.6k citations indexed

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Alexandre Kounov is a scholar working on Geophysics, Artificial Intelligence and Geochemistry and Petrology. According to data from OpenAlex, Alexandre Kounov has authored 53 papers receiving a total of 1.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 53 papers in Geophysics, 11 papers in Artificial Intelligence and 6 papers in Geochemistry and Petrology. Recurrent topics in Alexandre Kounov's work include Geological and Geochemical Analysis (45 papers), Geological Formations and Processes Exploration (32 papers) and earthquake and tectonic studies (24 papers). Alexandre Kounov is often cited by papers focused on Geological and Geochemical Analysis (45 papers), Geological Formations and Processes Exploration (32 papers) and earthquake and tectonic studies (24 papers). Alexandre Kounov collaborates with scholars based in Switzerland, Bulgaria and South Africa. Alexandre Kounov's co-authors include Stefan M. Schmid, Bernhard Fügenschuh, Kamil Ustaszewski, Giulio Viola, M. A. G. Andreoli, Senecio Schefer, Urs Schaltegger, Daniel Bernoulli, Diane Seward and Jean‐Pierre Burg and has published in prestigious journals such as Tectonophysics, Precambrian Research and Lithos.

In The Last Decade

Alexandre Kounov

49 papers receiving 1.5k citations

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Tectonic units of the Alpine collision zone between Eastern Alps and western Turkey

2019 321 citations Stefan M. Schmid, Bernhard Fügenschuh et al. Gondwana Research profile →

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Alexandre Kounov

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Marco Maffione Netherlands

Senecio Schefer Switzerland

Luca Pandolfi Italy

Valerio Bortolotti Italy

Romain Augier France

Maria A. Mange United States

Michèle Marroni Italy

Christoph Breitkreuz Germany

Bruno Tomljenović Croatia

Alexandru Szakács Romania

Marco Maffione Netherlands

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179 ×0.8

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144 ×0.8

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Countries citing papers authored by Alexandre Kounov

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Alexandre Kounov

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Alexandre Kounov. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Alexandre Kounov 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 Alexandre Kounov. Alexandre Kounov is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

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Žák, Jiří, Martin Svojtka, Ianko Gerdjikov, et al.. (2025). Enigmatic granite–gneiss domes within the Balkan fold-and-thrust belt, Bulgaria: Tracers of Gondwana–Baltica proximity and large-scale terrane displacement during the waning stages of the Cadomian orogeny?. Gondwana Research. 151. 36–57.

Žák, Jiří, et al.. (2024). New U-Pb zircon ages from Cadomian basement of the Balkan fold-and-thrust belt of northern Bulgaria. Review of the Bulgarian Geological Society. 85(3). 43–45. 1 indexed citations

Kounov, Alexandre, et al.. (2024). On the presence of a Variscan metamorphism and deformation in the Sakar Unit of Strandja Massif. Review of the Bulgarian Geological Society. 85(3).

Gerdjikov, Ianko, et al.. (2023). Lower Paleozoic low-grade metamorphic units from the Central Balkan Zone, Bulgaria: tectonic relationships, framework and geodynamic significance. Geologica Balcanica. 52(1). 65–86. 6 indexed citations

Kounov, Alexandre, et al.. (2023). Late Alpine multistage exhumation of the northwestern Rhodope Metamorphic Complex (northern Rila Mountains, Bulgaria). International Journal of Earth Sciences. 112(6). 1635–1660. 5 indexed citations

Kounov, Alexandre, et al.. (2023). New advances in the understanding of Bulgarian geology through fission-track analysis – a review. Geologica Balcanica. 52(3). 33–39. 1 indexed citations

Gerdjikov, Ianko, et al.. (2022). Variscan magmatic evolution of the Strandja Zone (Southeast Bulgaria and northwest Turkey) and its relationship to other north Gondwanan margin terranes. Gondwana Research. 109. 253–273. 10 indexed citations

Gerdjikov, Ianko, et al.. (2021). Structural and geochronological constraints on the magmatic and tectonic events in the pre-Alpine basement of the central parts of the Balkan fold–thrust belt (Central Stara Planina Mountains, Bulgaria). International Journal of Earth Sciences. 110(4). 1181–1211. 14 indexed citations

Gerdjikov, Ianko, et al.. (2019). Main fault zones controlling the late Alpine structure in the area east of Sofia (Srednogorie Zone, Western Bulgaria). edoc (University of Basel). 2 indexed citations

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Kounov, Alexandre, et al.. (2017). First thermochronological constraints on the Cenozoic extension along the Balkan fold-thrust belt (Central Stara Planina Mountains, Bulgaria). International Journal of Earth Sciences. 107(4). 1515–1538. 19 indexed citations

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Gerdjikov, Ianko, et al.. (2016). Timok fault and Tertiary strike-slip tectonics in part of western Bulgaria. edoc (University of Basel). 3 indexed citations

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Kounov, Alexandre, Samuel Niedermann, Maarten J. de Wit, et al.. (2015). COSMOGENIC 21Ne AND 10Be REVEAL A MORE THAN 2 Ma ALLUVIAL FAN FLANKING THE CAPE MOUNTAINS, SOUTH AFRICA. South African Journal of Geology. 118(2). 129–144. 18 indexed citations

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Peytcheva, Irena, et al.. (2014). Geochronological and geochemical studies on crystalline rocks from the central Serbo-Macedonian massif with implications on its pre-Alpine evolution. Figshare. 1 indexed citations

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Kounov, Alexandre, et al.. (2014). Low-temperature evolution of the Serbo-Macedonian massif (SE Serbia): evidence from Ap and Zr fission-track analysis. Figshare. 46–47. 3 indexed citations

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Lelij, Roelant van der, Richard Spikings, Andrew C. Kerr, et al.. (2010). Thermochronology and Tectonics of the Leeward Antilles: evolution of the Southern Caribbean Plate Boundary Zone and accretion of the Bonaire Block. EGU General Assembly Conference Abstracts. 2649. 1 indexed citations

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Ustaszewski, Kamil, Alexandre Kounov, Stefan M. Schmid, et al.. (2010). Evolution of the Adria-Europe plate boundary in the northern Dinarides: From continent-continent collision to back-arc extension. Tectonics. 29(6). n/a–n/a. 160 indexed citations

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Kounov, Alexandre, Samuel Niedermann, Maarten J. de Wit, et al.. (2007). Present denudation rates at selected sections of the South African escarpment and the elevated continental interior based on cosmogenic 3He and 21Ne. South African Journal of Geology. 110(2-3). 235–248. 53 indexed citations

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Kounov, Alexandre, Diane Seward, Daniel Bernoulli, Jean‐Pierre Burg, & А. В. Иванов. (2002). Timing of Cenozoic extension in the Kraishte region, (SW Bulgaria): evidence from fission track analysis. Geotemas ( Madrid ). 107–110. 1 indexed citations

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Kounov, Alexandre, Diane Seward, Daniel Bernoulli, Jean‐Pierre Burg, & Zivko Ivanov. (2001). Timing of Cenozoic extension in thKraishte region (SW Bulgaria): evidence from fission track analysis. Geologica Balcanica. 31(1-2). 112–113. 1 indexed citations

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Ivanov, Z., Ianko Gerdjikov, & Alexandre Kounov. (2001). New data and considerations about the structure and tectonic evolution of the Sakar region, Southeast Bulgaria. 1 indexed citations

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