Philippe Patriat

4.6k total citations · 2 hit papers
34 papers, 3.9k citations indexed

About

Philippe Patriat is a scholar working on Geophysics, Atmospheric Science and Geology. According to data from OpenAlex, Philippe Patriat has authored 34 papers receiving a total of 3.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 31 papers in Geophysics, 11 papers in Atmospheric Science and 8 papers in Geology. Recurrent topics in Philippe Patriat's work include earthquake and tectonic studies (26 papers), Geological and Geochemical Analysis (23 papers) and Geology and Paleoclimatology Research (11 papers). Philippe Patriat is often cited by papers focused on earthquake and tectonic studies (26 papers), Geological and Geochemical Analysis (23 papers) and Geology and Paleoclimatology Research (11 papers). Philippe Patriat collaborates with scholars based in France, United States and United Kingdom. Philippe Patriat's co-authors include J. Achache, A. Briais, Paul Tapponnier, J. Ségoufin, Daniel Sauter, S. C. Cande, Céline Rommevaux‐Jestin, Mathilde Cannat, J. Dyment and Vincent Courtillot and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres and Earth and Planetary Science Letters.

In The Last Decade

Philippe Patriat

34 papers receiving 3.6k citations

Hit Papers

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What are hit papers?

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.

Updated interpretation of magnetic anomalies and seafloor spreading stages in the south China Sea: Implications for the Tertiary tectonics of Southeast Asia

1993 1.2k citations A. Briais, Philippe Patriat et al. Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres profile →
India–Eurasia collision chronology has implications for crustal shortening and driving mechanism of plates

1984 1.1k citations Philippe Patriat, J. Achache Nature profile →

Peers

Philippe Patriat

GEOPH

GEOLO

K. Hinz Germany

Ian O. Norton United States

Jean‐Louis Olivet France

Philip A. Symonds Australia

M. Sdrolias Australia

Kara J. Matthews Australia

Nicolas Flament Australia

Tanya Atwater United States

Chi‐Yue Huang China

R. E. Houtz United States

K. Hinz Germany

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GEOPH

1.5k ×1.0

GEOLO

842 ×1.5

726 ×1.3

554 ×1.3

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Countries citing papers authored by Philippe Patriat

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Fields of papers citing papers by Philippe Patriat

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Philippe Patriat

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20 of 20 papers shown

Cande, S. C. & Philippe Patriat. (2014). The anticorrelated velocities of Africa and India in the Late Cretaceous and early Cenozoic. Geophysical Journal International. 200(1). 227–243. 51 indexed citations

Sauter, Daniel, Heather Sloan, Mathilde Cannat, et al.. (2011). From slow to ultra-slow: How does spreading rate affect seafloor roughness and crustal thickness?. Geology. 39(10). 911–914. 28 indexed citations

Cande, S. C., Philippe Patriat, & J. Dyment. (2010). Motion between the Indian, Antarctic and African plates in the early Cenozoic. Geophysical Journal International. 183(1). 127–149. 95 indexed citations

Patriat, Philippe, Heather Sloan, & Daniel Sauter. (2008). From slow to ultraslow: A previously undetected event at the Southwest Indian Ridge at ca. 24 Ma. Geology. 36(3). 207–207. 46 indexed citations

Sauter, Daniel, Philippe Patriat, Céline Rommevaux‐Jestin, Mathilde Cannat, & A. Briais. (2001). The Southwest Indian Ridge between 49°15′E and 57°E: focused accretion and magma redistribution. Earth and Planetary Science Letters. 192(3). 303–317. 117 indexed citations

Fournier, Marc, Philippe Patriat, & Sylvie Leroy. (2001). Reappraisal of the Arabia–India–Somalia triple junction kinematics. Earth and Planetary Science Letters. 189(3-4). 103–114. 51 indexed citations

Pouliquen, Gaud, et al.. (2001). A geomagnetic record over the last 3.5 million years from deep‐tow magnetic anomaly profiles across the Central Indian Ridge. Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres. 106(B6). 10941–10960. 24 indexed citations

Pouliquen, Gaud, et al.. (2001). Correction to “A geomagnetic record over the last 3.5 million years from deep‐tow magnetic anomaly profiles across the Central Indian Ridge” by Gaud Pouliquen, Yves Gallet, Jérôme Dyment, Philippe Patriat, and Chiori Tamura. Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres. 106(B12). 30549–30549. 3 indexed citations

Deplus, Christine, M. Diament, Hélène Hébert, et al.. (1998). Direct evidence of active deformation in the eastern Indian oceanic plate. Geology. 26(2). 131–131. 116 indexed citations

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Sclater, John G., Marc Munschy, Robert L. Fisher, et al.. (1997). Geophysical Synthesis of the Indian/Southern Oceans: Part 1, the Southwest Indian Ocean. eScholarship (California Digital Library). 8 indexed citations

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Rommevaux‐Jestin, Céline, Christine Deplus, & Philippe Patriat. (1997). Mantle Bouguer Anomaly Along an Ultra Slow-Spreading Ridge: Implications for Accretionary Processes and Comparison with Results from Central Mid-Atlantic Ridge. Marine Geophysical Research. 19(6). 481–503. 44 indexed citations

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Briais, A., Philippe Patriat, & Paul Tapponnier. (1993). Updated interpretation of magnetic anomalies and seafloor spreading stages in the south China Sea: Implications for the Tertiary tectonics of Southeast Asia. Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres. 98(B4). 6299–6328. 1203 indexed citations breakdown →

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Parson, Lindsay M., Philippe Patriat, R. C. Searle, & A. Briais. (1993). Segmentation of the Central Indian Ridge between 12°12′ S and the Indian Ocean Triple Junction. Marine Geophysical Research. 15(4). 265–282. 37 indexed citations

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Patriat, Philippe, et al.. (1992). Thermal diffusivity of the lithosphere derived from altimetry and bathymetry profiles across the Southwest Indian Ridge. Geophysical Research Letters. 19(15). 1543–1546. 8 indexed citations

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Royer, Jean‐Yves, Philippe Patriat, Hugh Bergh, & Christopher R. Scotese. (1988). Evolution of the Southwest Indian Ridge from the Late Cretaceous (anomaly 34) to the Middle Eocene (anomaly 20). Tectonophysics. 155(1-4). 235–260. 68 indexed citations

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Davies, H. L., I. Gautier, Bernard Gensous, et al.. (1987). Lower cretaceous basalt and sediments from the Kerguelen Plateau. Geo-Marine Letters. 7(4). 169–176. 39 indexed citations

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Patriat, Philippe & Vincent Courtillot. (1984). On the stability of triple junctions and its relation to episodicity in spreading. Tectonics. 3(3). 317–332. 65 indexed citations

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Goslin, Jean & Philippe Patriat. (1984). Absolute and relative plate motions and hypotheses on the origin of five aseismic ridges in the Indian Ocean. Tectonophysics. 101(3-4). 221–244. 43 indexed citations

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Patriat, Philippe & J. Achache. (1984). India–Eurasia collision chronology has implications for crustal shortening and driving mechanism of plates. Nature. 311(5987). 615–621. 1098 indexed citations breakdown →

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Schlich, R., et al.. (1965). Morphologie, tectonophysique et evolution geodynamique de la bordure sous-marine des Maures et de l'Esterel; relations avec les regions voisines. Bulletin de la Société Géologique de France. S7-VII(6). 998–1009. 10 indexed citations

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