Maurice Mattauer

6.0k total citations · 1 hit paper
61 papers, 4.3k citations indexed

About

Maurice Mattauer is a scholar working on Geophysics, Artificial Intelligence and Atmospheric Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Maurice Mattauer has authored 61 papers receiving a total of 4.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 43 papers in Geophysics, 7 papers in Artificial Intelligence and 7 papers in Atmospheric Science. Recurrent topics in Maurice Mattauer's work include Geological and Geochemical Analysis (32 papers), earthquake and tectonic studies (24 papers) and Geological and Geophysical Studies Worldwide (23 papers). Maurice Mattauer is often cited by papers focused on Geological and Geochemical Analysis (32 papers), earthquake and tectonic studies (24 papers) and Geological and Geophysical Studies Worldwide (23 papers). Maurice Mattauer collaborates with scholars based in France, China and Australia. Maurice Mattauer's co-authors include Jacques Malavieille, F. Proust, Paul Tapponnier, Ph. Matte, P. Tapponnier, Jean‐Pierre Burg, Pierre Choukroune, J. Andrieux, H. Maluski and Robin Lacassin and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Earth and Planetary Science Letters and Geology.

In The Last Decade

Maurice Mattauer

61 papers receiving 4.0k citations

Hit Papers

Tectonics of the Qinling Belt: build-up and evolution of ... 1985 2026 1998 2012 1985 200 400 600
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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.

  1. Tectonics of the Qinling Belt: build-up and evolution of eastern Asia
    1985 622 citations Maurice Mattauer, Ph. Matte et al. Nature profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Maurice Mattauer France 27 4.1k 506 336 315 306 61 4.3k
Reinoud L.M. Vissers Netherlands 37 4.9k 1.2× 309 0.6× 478 1.4× 181 0.6× 375 1.2× 76 5.2k
Jeremy Hall Canada 35 2.6k 0.6× 286 0.6× 383 1.1× 450 1.4× 404 1.3× 109 3.0k
I. G. Gass United Kingdom 33 3.2k 0.8× 956 1.9× 531 1.6× 267 0.8× 208 0.7× 72 3.7k
V. G. Kaz’min Russia 16 2.1k 0.5× 425 0.8× 315 0.9× 230 0.7× 235 0.8× 37 2.5k
M. J. R. Wortel Netherlands 38 5.9k 1.5× 332 0.7× 681 2.0× 225 0.7× 336 1.1× 66 6.2k
D. J. Blundell United Kingdom 27 2.0k 0.5× 292 0.6× 415 1.2× 755 2.4× 465 1.5× 62 2.7k
Georges Mascle France 23 2.3k 0.6× 338 0.7× 361 1.1× 215 0.7× 374 1.2× 84 2.6k
Darrel S. Cowan United States 24 2.1k 0.5× 297 0.6× 530 1.6× 240 0.8× 349 1.1× 45 2.3k
D. H. W. Hutton United Kingdom 29 4.8k 1.2× 940 1.9× 766 2.3× 389 1.2× 486 1.6× 61 5.1k
Marc Sosson France 35 3.0k 0.7× 693 1.4× 405 1.2× 257 0.8× 229 0.7× 84 3.3k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Maurice Mattauer

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Mattauer, Maurice. (2004). Orthogneisses in the deepest levels of the Variscan belt are not a Precambrian basement but Ordovician granites: tectonic consequences. Comptes Rendus Géoscience. 336(6). 487–489. 13 indexed citations
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Mattauer, Maurice. (2002). New GPS data in China: a key for a better understanding of the Cainozoic tectonics of Asia. Comptes Rendus Géoscience. 334(11). 809–810. 5 indexed citations
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Burg, Jean‐Pierre, et al.. (2000). Evolutionary model of the Himalaya–Tibet system: geopoembased on new modelling, geological and geophysical data. Earth and Planetary Science Letters. 174(3-4). 397–409. 317 indexed citations
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Matte, Philippe, Joël Lancelot, & Maurice Mattauer. (1998). La zone axiale hercynienne de la Montagne Noire n’est pas un “metamorphic core complex” extensif mais un anticlinal post-nappe à cœur anatectique. Geodinamica Acta. 11(1). 13–22. 2 indexed citations
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Mattauer, Maurice, Ph. Laurent, & Ph. Matte. (1996). Plissement hercynien synschisteux post-nappe et étirement subhorizontal dans le versant sud de la Montagne Noire (Sud du Massif Central, France). Comptes Rendus de l Académie des Sciences - Series IIA - Earth and Planetary Science. 322(4). 309–315. 14 indexed citations
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Mattauer, Maurice, Jacques Malavieille, Patrick Monié, et al.. (1994). Tectonic model for the evolution of the western Alps: Comment and Reply. Geology. 22(8). 762–762. 2 indexed citations
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Etchecopar, A. & Maurice Mattauer. (1988). Methodes dynamiques d'analyse des populations de failles. Bulletin de la Société Géologique de France. IV(2). 289–302. 30 indexed citations
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Mattauer, Maurice. (1986). Intracontinental subduction, crust-mantle décollement and crustal-stacking wedge in the Himalayas and other collision belts. Geological Society London Special Publications. 19(1). 37–50. 183 indexed citations
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Zhiqin, Xu, Tang Yaoqing, Maurice Mattauer, et al.. (1986). Deformation Characteristics and Tectonic Evolution of the Eastern Qinling Orogenic Belt*. 60(3). 23–35. 29 indexed citations
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Lacassin, Robin & Maurice Mattauer. (1985). Kilometre-scale sheath fold at Mattmark and implications for transport direction in the Alps. Nature. 315(6022). 739–742. 90 indexed citations
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Mattauer, Maurice, et al.. (1985). Tectonics of the Qinling Belt: build-up and evolution of eastern Asia. Nature. 317(6037). 496–500. 622 indexed citations breakdown →
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Mattauer, Maurice. (1980). Les déformations des matériaux de l"écorce terrestre. Hermann eBooks. 48 indexed citations
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Choukroune, Pierre & Maurice Mattauer. (1978). Tectonique des plaques et Pyrenees; sur le fonctionnement de la faille transformante nord-pyreneenne; comparaisons avec des modeles actuels. Bulletin de la Société Géologique de France. S7-XX(5). 689–700. 193 indexed citations
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Mattauer, Maurice. (1976). Las deformaciones de los materiales de la corteza terrestre. Dialnet (Universidad de la Rioja). 98(4). 747–760. 8 indexed citations
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Allègre, Claude J. & Maurice Mattauer. (1972). Structure et dynamique de la lithosphère : [Colloque, Paris, novembre 1970]. Hermann eBooks. 1 indexed citations
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Mattauer, Maurice, F. Proust, & P. Tapponnier. (1972). Major Strike-slip Fault of Late Hercynian Age in Morocco. Nature. 237(5351). 160–162. 82 indexed citations
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Mattauer, Maurice, et al.. (1969). Précisions sur la tectonique tangentielle des terrains secondaires du massif de Pirin (Nord-Ouest du lac Titicaca, Pérou). LA Referencia (Red Federada de Repositorios Institucionales de Publicaciones Científicas). 1 indexed citations
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Choukroune, Pierre, Claude Martínez, Michel Séguret, & Maurice Mattauer. (1968). Sur l'extension, le style et l'âge de mise en place de la nappe de Gavarnie (Pyrénées centrales). 266. 1360–1363. 7 indexed citations

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