Gilles Borel

4.5k total citations · 1 hit paper
13 papers, 3.3k citations indexed

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Gilles Borel is a scholar working on Geophysics, Geology and Earth-Surface Processes. According to data from OpenAlex, Gilles Borel has authored 13 papers receiving a total of 3.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 10 papers in Geophysics, 5 papers in Geology and 3 papers in Earth-Surface Processes. Recurrent topics in Gilles Borel's work include Geological and Geochemical Analysis (8 papers), earthquake and tectonic studies (5 papers) and Geological and Geophysical Studies (4 papers). Gilles Borel is often cited by papers focused on Geological and Geochemical Analysis (8 papers), earthquake and tectonic studies (5 papers) and Geological and Geophysical Studies (4 papers). Gilles Borel collaborates with scholars based in Switzerland, Australia and Canada. Gilles Borel's co-authors include Gérard M. Stampfli, Jon Mosar, Robin Marchant, Jürgen von Raumer, F. Bussy, Didier Marquer, Thierry Baudin, Laurent Langhi, Stephen T. Johnston and Peter A. Ziegler and has published in prestigious journals such as Earth and Planetary Science Letters, Tectonophysics and Marine Geology.

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Gilles Borel

13 papers receiving 3.1k citations

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A plate tectonic model for the Paleozoic and Mesozoic constrained by dynamic plate boundaries and restored synthetic oceanic isochrons

2002 2.2k citations Gérard M. Stampfli, Gilles Borel Earth and Planetary Science Letters profile →

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13 of 13 papers shown

#	Work	Indexed citations
1	The Indian Promontory: A Bridge between Plate Tectonics and Life Evolution Models 2017 ·Christian Vérard, Gérard M. Stampfli, Gilles Borel, Cyril Hochard	10
2	Impact of lithospheric flexure on the evolution of shallow faults in the Timor foreland system 2011 ·Marine Geology ·Laurent Langhi, N. Bozkurt Çiftçi, Gilles Borel	42
3	Reverse structures in accommodation zone and early compartmentalization of extensional system, Laminaria High (NW shelf, Australia) 2008 ·Marine and Petroleum Geology ·Laurent Langhi, Gilles Borel	20
4	The odyssey of the Cache Creek terrane, Canadian Cordillera: Implications for accretionary orogens, tectonic setting of Panthalassa, the Pacific superwell, and break-up of Pangea 2006 ·Earth and Planetary Science Letters ·Stephen T. Johnston, Gilles Borel	60
5	Influence of the Neotethys rifting on the development of the Dampier Sub-basin (North West Shelf of Australia), highlighted by subsidence modelling 2004 ·Tectonophysics ·Laurent Langhi, Gilles Borel	25
6	A revised plate tectonic model for the western Tethys from Paleozoic to Cretaceous 2003 ·EGS - AGU - EUG Joint Assembly ·Gérard M. Stampfli, Gilles Borel	6
7	A plate tectonic model for the Paleozoic and Mesozoic constrained by dynamic plate boundaries and restored synthetic oceanic isochrons breakdown → 2002 ·Earth and Planetary Science Letters ·Gérard M. Stampfli, Gilles Borel	2217
8	Western Alps geological constraints on western Tethyan reconstructions 2002 ·Journal of the Virtual Explorer ·Gérard M. Stampfli, Gilles Borel, Robin Marchant, Jon Mosar	271
9	Organization of pre-Variscan basement areas at the north-Gondwanan margin 2001 ·International Journal of Earth Sciences ·Jürgen von Raumer, Gérard M. Stampfli, Gilles Borel, F. Bussy	275
10	Palaeotectonic and palaeogeographic evolution of the western Tethys and PeriTethyan domain (IGCP Project 369) 2001 ·Episodes ·Gérard M. Stampfli, Gilles Borel, William Cavazza, Jon Mosar, Peter A. Ziegler	85
11	Subsurface structures in the Chablais Préalpes : new tectonic interpretations of the Préalpes Médianes nappe based on palinspastic lengths 2000 ·Eclogae Geologicae Helvetiae ·Gilles Borel, Jon Mosar	1
12	Subduction and obduction processes in the Swiss Alps 1998 ·Tectonophysics ·Gérard M. Stampfli, Jon Mosar, Didier Marquer, Robin Marchant, Thierry Baudin, Gilles Borel	304
13	Préalpes médianes romandes : courbes de subsidence et implications géodynamiques 1995 ·E-Periodica ·Gilles Borel	3

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