M. L. Leech

1.8k total citations · 1 hit paper
29 papers, 1.4k citations indexed

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M. L. Leech is a scholar working on Geophysics, Geochemistry and Petrology and Paleontology. According to data from OpenAlex, M. L. Leech has authored 29 papers receiving a total of 1.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 27 papers in Geophysics, 3 papers in Geochemistry and Petrology and 2 papers in Paleontology. Recurrent topics in M. L. Leech's work include Geological and Geochemical Analysis (27 papers), earthquake and tectonic studies (20 papers) and High-pressure geophysics and materials (19 papers). M. L. Leech is often cited by papers focused on Geological and Geochemical Analysis (27 papers), earthquake and tectonic studies (20 papers) and High-pressure geophysics and materials (19 papers). M. L. Leech collaborates with scholars based in United States, India and Russia. M. L. Leech's co-authors include S. L. Klemperer, Sandeep Singh, R. M. Manickavasagam, Arvind Kumar Jain, E. Ernst, R. J. Beane, B. Mack Kennedy, Yizhaq Makovsky, T. Harinarayana and Laura E. Webb and has published in prestigious journals such as Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, Earth and Planetary Science Letters and Geology.

In The Last Decade

M. L. Leech

29 papers receiving 1.4k 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 onset of India–Asia continental collision: Early, steep subduction required by the timing of UHP metamorphism in the western Himalaya

2005 511 citations M. L. Leech, S. L. Klemperer et al. Earth and Planetary Science Letters profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
M. L. Leech United States	15	1.3k	279	93	83	80	29	1.4k
Gary S. Solar United States	10	1.2k 0.9×	493 1.8×	78 0.8×	84 1.0×	33 0.4×	13	1.2k
Brenton Worley Australia	11	1.4k 1.0×	347 1.2×	78 0.8×	117 1.4×	106 1.3×	12	1.5k
David Gust Australia	14	1.4k 1.0×	501 1.8×	158 1.7×	115 1.4×	75 0.9×	24	1.4k
Matthew S. Spurlin United States	6	1.2k 0.9×	318 1.1×	97 1.0×	168 2.0×	140 1.8×	8	1.3k
Patrick Hayman Australia	12	686 0.5×	284 1.0×	64 0.7×	114 1.4×	55 0.7×	30	733
Saskia Erdmann France	23	1.4k 1.1×	479 1.7×	135 1.5×	89 1.1×	49 0.6×	65	1.5k
Stacia M. Gordon United States	19	1.1k 0.9×	280 1.0×	54 0.6×	76 0.9×	60 0.8×	39	1.2k
Deliang Liu China	18	1.5k 1.1×	525 1.9×	173 1.9×	76 0.9×	117 1.5×	47	1.5k
Leo M. Kriegsman Netherlands	19	1.3k 1.0×	359 1.3×	119 1.3×	103 1.2×	48 0.6×	43	1.4k
H. P. Zeck Denmark	22	1.5k 1.1×	251 0.9×	90 1.0×	136 1.6×	71 0.9×	50	1.5k

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Leech, M. L., et al.. (2021). Ultrahigh-temperature granulite-facies metamorphism and exhumation of deep crust in a migmatite dome during late- to post-orogenic collapse and extension in the central Adirondack Highlands (New York, USA). Geosphere. 18(1). 261–297. 8 indexed citations

Leech, M. L., et al.. (2020). DETERMINING THE PETROTECTONIC EVOLUTION OF LEDGE MOUNTAIN MIGMATITES WITH PHASE EQUILIBRIA MODELING AND MELT REINTEGRATION: ADIRONDACK HIGHLANDS, NEW YORK. Abstracts with programs - Geological Society of America. 1 indexed citations

Leech, M. L.. (2014). New U-Pb Age and Trace Element Composition of Young Metamorphic Zircon Rims from the UHP Tso Morari Complex, NW Himalaya, Distinguishes Peak from Retrograde Metamorphism. 2014 GSA Annual Meeting in Vancouver, British Columbia (19–22 October 2014). 2014. 7 indexed citations

Klemperer, S. L., et al.. (2013). Mantle fluids in the Karakoram fault: Helium isotope evidence. Earth and Planetary Science Letters. 366. 59–70. 135 indexed citations

Horton, Forrest & M. L. Leech. (2013). Age and origin of granites in the Karakoram shear zone and Greater Himalaya Sequence, NW India. Lithosphere. 5(3). 300–320. 33 indexed citations

Leech, M. L. & Laura E. Webb. (2012). Is the HP–UHP Hong’an–Dabie–Sulu orogen a piercing point for offset on the Tan–Lu fault?. Journal of Asian Earth Sciences. 63. 112–129. 44 indexed citations

Yang, Tiannan, et al.. (2010). Fold patterns indicating Triassic constrictional deformation on the Liaodong peninsula, eastern China, and tectonic implications. Journal of Asian Earth Sciences. 40(1). 72–83. 36 indexed citations

Leech, M. L., S. L. Klemperer, & Walter D. Mooney. (2010). Proceedings of the 25th Himalaya-Karakoram-Tibet Workshop. Antarctica A Keystone in a Changing World. 9 indexed citations

Leech, M. L., et al.. (2010). Evidence of former majoritic garnet in Himalayan eclogite points to 200-km-deep subduction of Indian continental crust. Geology. 38(5). 399–402. 3 indexed citations

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Leech, M. L., et al.. (2008). U-Pb and Trace Element Data From the Renbu Gneiss Dome, Southeast Tibet. AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts. 2008. 1 indexed citations

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Leech, M. L.. (2008). Does the Karakoram fault interrupt mid-crustal channel flow in the western Himalaya?. Earth and Planetary Science Letters. 276(3-4). 314–322. 79 indexed citations

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Leech, M. L., et al.. (2007). Early Miocene granitoids from the Leo Pargil gneiss dome, northwest Himalaya. AGUFM. 2007. 1 indexed citations

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Leech, M. L., et al.. (2006). New U-Pb SHRIMP dating for the Leo Pargil gneiss dome, western Himalaya. AGUFM. 2006. 1 indexed citations

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Leech, M. L. & Ernst Willingshofer. (2004). Thermal modeling of the UHP Maksyutov Complex in the south Urals. Earth and Planetary Science Letters. 226(1-2). 85–99. 15 indexed citations

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Tian, Yang, et al.. (2004). Mass balance during retrogression of eclogite-facies minerals in the Rongcheng eclogite, eastern Sulu ultrahigh-pressure terrane, China. American Mineralogist. 89(10). 1525–1532. 8 indexed citations

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Leech, M. L., David G. Howell, & Anne E. Egger. (2004). A Guided Inquiry Approach to Learning the Geology of the U.S.. Journal of Geoscience Education. 52(4). 368–373. 3 indexed citations

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Leech, M. L., et al.. (2002). New eclogitization and protolith ages for the Maksyutov Complex (south Ural Mountains) based on U-Pb zircon SHRIMP data. AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts. 2002. 5 indexed citations

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Leech, M. L. & Daniel F. Stöckli. (2000). The late exhumation history of the ultrahigh‐pressure Maksyutov Complex, south Ural Mountains, from new apatite fission track data. Tectonics. 19(1). 153–167. 41 indexed citations

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Beane, R. J., et al.. (1995). Petrotectonic Evolution of the Maksyutov Complex, Southern Urals, Russia: Implications for Ultrahigh-Pressure Metamorphism. International Geology Review. 37(7). 584–600. 58 indexed citations

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Beane, R. J., J. G. Liou, Robert G. Coleman, & M. L. Leech. (1995). Petrology and retrograde P‐T path for eclogites of the Maksyutov Complex, Southern Ural Mountains, Russia. Island Arc. 4(4). 254–266. 46 indexed citations

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