Paul Tapponnier

26.8k citations
158 papers · 23.0k indexed · 11 hit papers · h-index 69
Topics
earthquake and tectonic studies (133 papers)Geological and Geochemical Analysis (103 papers)High-pressure geophysics and materials (65 papers)
Partner nations
FranceChinaSingapore

In The Last Decade

Paul Tapponnier

154 papers receiving 21.3k citations

Hit Papers

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Paul Tapponnier
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  • Geophysics 20.0k
  • Geology 4.3k
  • Atmospheric Science 4.1k
  • Earth-Surface Processes 2.1k
  • Artificial Intelligence 1.4k
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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Paul Tapponnier

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

All Works

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Composite seismic source of the great 1950 Assam earthquake, Eastern Himalayan Syntaxis
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Imaging the seismic history of the MFT: a 100km-long Airborne Lidar Survey in Eastern Nepal
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Surface rupture of the 1950 Assam earthquake: active faults and recurrence interval along the Eastern Himalayan Syntaxis
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Coseismic slip on shallow décollement megathrusts
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The Mw = 6.3, November 21, 2004, Les Saintes earthquake (Guadeloupe): Tectonic setting and static stress modeling
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About Paul Tapponnier

Paul Tapponnier is a scholar working on Geophysics, Geology and Earth-Surface Processes, having authored 158 papers that have together received 23.0k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include earthquake and tectonic studies (133 papers), Geological and Geochemical Analysis (103 papers) and High-pressure geophysics and materials (65 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Geophysics (20.0k citations), Geology (4.3k citations) and Earth-Surface Processes (2.1k citations). Paul Tapponnier has collaborated with scholars based in France, China and Singapore. Frequent co-authors include Péter Molnár, Bertrand Meyer, Rolando Armijo, G. Wittlinger, Nicolas Arnaud, Xu Zhiqin, Jingsui Yang, Françoise Roger, G. Peltzer and Jean‐Philippe Avouac. Their work appears in journals such as Nature, Science and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

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