David J.W. Cooper

1.6k total citations · 1 hit paper
20 papers, 1.4k citations indexed

About

David J.W. Cooper is a scholar working on Geophysics, Paleontology and Earth-Surface Processes. According to data from OpenAlex, David J.W. Cooper has authored 20 papers receiving a total of 1.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 17 papers in Geophysics, 9 papers in Paleontology and 6 papers in Earth-Surface Processes. Recurrent topics in David J.W. Cooper's work include Geological and Geochemical Analysis (10 papers), Geological and Geophysical Studies Worldwide (10 papers) and earthquake and tectonic studies (9 papers). David J.W. Cooper is often cited by papers focused on Geological and Geochemical Analysis (10 papers), Geological and Geophysical Studies Worldwide (10 papers) and earthquake and tectonic studies (9 papers). David J.W. Cooper collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, United States and Canada. David J.W. Cooper's co-authors include M. P. Searle, A. J. Rex, Brian F. Windley, Xiao Xuchang, M. Q. Jan, M. P. Coward, D. C. Rex, Tingdong Li, V. C. Thakur and Sushil Kumar and has published in prestigious journals such as Tectonophysics, Geological Society of America Bulletin and Precambrian Research.

In The Last Decade

David J.W. Cooper

20 papers receiving 1.2k citations

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Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

The closing of Tethys and the tectonics of the Himalaya

1987 620 citations M. P. Searle, Brian F. Windley et al. Geological Society of America Bulletin profile →

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Jean‐Paul Cadet France

Ernst Willingshofer Netherlands

Joaquina Álvarez-Marrón Spain

Alexandre Kounov Switzerland

Ebbe H. Hartz Norway

Garry Quinlan Canada

H. J. Welsink South Africa

Juan Luis Alonso Alonso Spain

Valerio Bortolotti Italy

Werner von Gosen Germany

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of David J.W. Cooper

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20 of 20 papers shown

Cooper, David J.W., Mohammed Y. Ali, & M. P. Searle. (2017). Origin and implications of a thrust-bound gypsiferous unit along the western edge of Jabal Sumeini, northern Oman Mountains. Journal of Asian Earth Sciences. 154. 101–124. 3 indexed citations

Cooper, David J.W., et al.. (2016). Evolution of the Arabian continental margin of the northern Dibba Zone, eastern United Arab Emirates and Oman. Journal of Asian Earth Sciences. 129. 254–275. 10 indexed citations

Ali, Mohammed Y., David J.W. Cooper, M. P. Searle, & A. Al-Lazki. (2014). Origin of gypsiferous intrusions in the Hawasina Window, Oman Mountains: Implications from structural and gravity investigations. GeoArabia. 19(2). 107–132. 24 indexed citations

Dickin, Alan P., et al.. (2014). Nd isotope mapping of allochthonous Grenvillian klippen: Evidence for widespread ‘ramp-flat’ thrust geometry in the SW Grenville Province. Precambrian Research. 246. 268–280. 21 indexed citations

Searle, M. P., et al.. (2014). Tectonics of the Musandam Peninsula and northern Oman Mountains: From ophiolite obduction to continental collision. GeoArabia. 19(2). 135–174. 82 indexed citations

Cooper, David J.W., Mohammed Y. Ali, & M. P. Searle. (2014). Structure of the northern Oman Mountains from the Semail Ophiolite to the Foreland Basin. Geological Society London Special Publications. 392(1). 129–153. 29 indexed citations

Cooper, David J.W., Mohammed Y. Ali, M. P. Searle, & A. Al-Lazki. (2013). Salt intrusions in Jabal Qumayrah, northern Oman Mountains: Implications from structural and gravity investigations. GeoArabia. 18(2). 141–176. 12 indexed citations

Dickin, Alan P., et al.. (2012). Nd isotope mapping of the Lac Dumoine thrust sheet: implications for large‐scale crustal structure in the SW Grenville Province. Terra Nova. 24(5). 363–372. 13 indexed citations

Cooper, David J.W., M. P. Searle, & Mohammed Y. Ali. (2012). Structural evolution of Jabal Qumayrah: A salt-intruded culmination in the northern Oman Mountains. GeoArabia. 17(2). 121–150. 13 indexed citations

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Cooper, David J.W.. (2011). Structural architecture of a thin-skinned imbricate fan: Evidence from Mesozoic deepwater sediments in the Jabal Wahrah area of the central Oman Mountains. GeoArabia. 16(1). 17–42. 3 indexed citations

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Naish, Darren, David M. Martill, David J.W. Cooper, & Kent A. Stevens. (2004). Europe's largest dinosaur? A giant brachiosaurid cervical vertebra from the Wessex Formation (Early Cretaceous) of southern England. Cretaceous Research. 25(6). 787–795. 22 indexed citations

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Cooper, David J.W.. (1990). Sedimentary evolution and palaeogeographical reconstruction of the Mesozoic continental rise in Oman: evidence from the Hamrat Duru Group. Geological Society London Special Publications. 49(1). 161–187. 35 indexed citations

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Searle, M. P., et al.. (1990). Structure of the Jebel Sumeini-Jebel Ghawil area, Northern Oman. Geological Society London Special Publications. 49(1). 361–374. 40 indexed citations

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Searle, M. P., K.T. Pickering, & David J.W. Cooper. (1990). Restoration and evolution of the intermontane Indus molasse basin, Ladakh Himalaya, India. Tectonophysics. 174(3-4). 301–314. 118 indexed citations

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Cooper, David J.W.. (1989). A longitudinal carbonate fan from the Jurassic of the Oman Mountains: the Guweyza limestone formation of the Hamrat ad Duru. Sedimentary Geology. 61(3-4). 253–275. 21 indexed citations

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Searle, M. P., David J.W. Cooper, A. J. Rex, & M. Colchen. (1988). Collision tectonics of the Ladakh-Zanskar Himalaya. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London Series A Mathematical and Physical Sciences. 326(1589). 117–150. 195 indexed citations

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Cooper, David J.W.. (1988). Structure and sequence of thrusting in deep-water sediments during ophiolite emplacement in the south-central Oman Mountains. Journal of Structural Geology. 10(5). 473–485. 40 indexed citations

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Cooper, David J.W.. (1987). Hamrat Duru Group: revised stratigraphy of a Mesozoic deep-water passive margin in the Oman Mountains. Geological Magazine. 124(2). 157–164. 26 indexed citations

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Searle, M. P., Brian F. Windley, M. P. Coward, et al.. (1987). The closing of Tethys and the tectonics of the Himalaya. Geological Society of America Bulletin. 98(6). 678–678. 620 indexed citations breakdown →

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Searle, M. P. & David J.W. Cooper. (1986). Structure of the Hawasina Window culmination, central Oman Mountains. Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh Earth Sciences. 77(2). 143–156. 41 indexed citations

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