Pierre Choukroune

6.5k total citations · 1 hit paper
60 papers, 5.5k citations indexed

About

Pierre Choukroune is a scholar working on Geophysics, Earth-Surface Processes and Geology. According to data from OpenAlex, Pierre Choukroune has authored 60 papers receiving a total of 5.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 50 papers in Geophysics, 8 papers in Earth-Surface Processes and 8 papers in Geology. Recurrent topics in Pierre Choukroune's work include Geological and Geochemical Analysis (39 papers), earthquake and tectonic studies (29 papers) and Geological and Geophysical Studies Worldwide (25 papers). Pierre Choukroune is often cited by papers focused on Geological and Geochemical Analysis (39 papers), earthquake and tectonic studies (29 papers) and Geological and Geophysical Studies Worldwide (25 papers). Pierre Choukroune collaborates with scholars based in France, United States and Algeria. Pierre Choukroune's co-authors include D. Berthé, Pierre Jégouzo, Dominique Chardon, Denis Gapais, M. Jayananda, Maurice Mattauer, Jean‐Pierre Brun, Michel Séguret, François Roure and Jean Francheteau and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Earth and Planetary Science Letters and Geology.

In The Last Decade

Pierre Choukroune

59 papers receiving 4.9k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

Orthogneiss, mylonite and non coaxial deformation of granites: the example of the South Armorican Shear Zone

1979 1.1k citations Pierre Choukroune et al. Journal of Structural Geology profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Pierre Choukroune France	34	4.9k	693	684	649	411	60	5.5k
Denis Gapais France	42	4.8k 1.0×	611 0.9×	981 1.4×	528 0.8×	324 0.8×	102	5.1k
D. H. W. Hutton United Kingdom	29	4.8k 1.0×	766 1.1×	940 1.4×	486 0.7×	226 0.5×	61	5.1k
Stephen Marshak United States	35	3.6k 0.7×	600 0.9×	955 1.4×	563 0.9×	554 1.3×	92	4.5k
J. P. Platt United States	53	10.1k 2.1×	1.0k 1.5×	915 1.3×	703 1.1×	417 1.0×	135	10.5k
Richard S. Fiske United States	32	3.2k 0.6×	1.1k 1.6×	565 0.8×	467 0.7×	130 0.3×	62	3.7k
Arnaud Pêcher France	39	4.4k 0.9×	672 1.0×	866 1.3×	257 0.4×	225 0.5×	117	5.0k
Dominique Frizon de Lamotte France	42	5.4k 1.1×	678 1.0×	408 0.6×	846 1.3×	659 1.6×	102	6.0k
G. R. Keller United States	46	4.7k 1.0×	275 0.4×	491 0.7×	438 0.7×	309 0.8×	148	5.1k
J. Casey Moore United States	42	4.3k 0.9×	1.1k 1.5×	243 0.4×	693 1.1×	765 1.9×	93	5.4k
Isabelle Manighetti France	35	3.9k 0.8×	847 1.2×	477 0.7×	354 0.5×	232 0.6×	67	4.3k

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All Works

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Choukroune, Pierre, et al.. (2000). La déformation post-Miocène en Provence occidentale. Geodinamica Acta. 13(2-3). 67–85. 44 indexed citations

Chardon, Dominique, Pierre Choukroune, & M. Jayananda. (1998). Sinking of the Dharwar Basin (South India): implications for Archaean tectonics. Precambrian Research. 91(1-2). 15–39. 126 indexed citations

Choukroune, Pierre, et al.. (1997). Archaean crustal growth and tectonic processes: a comparison of the Superior Province, Canada and the Dharwar Craton, India. Geological Society London Special Publications. 121(1). 63–98. 73 indexed citations

Choukroune, Pierre, et al.. (1997). Kinematics of a complex Alpine segment; superimposed tectonic and metamorphic events in the Petite Kabylie Massif (northern Algeria). 168(5). 649–661. 26 indexed citations

Chardon, Dominique, Pierre Choukroune, & M. Jayananda. (1996). Strain patterns, décollement and incipient sagducted greenstone terrains in the Archaean Dharwar craton (south India). Journal of Structural Geology. 18(8). 991–1004. 117 indexed citations

Choukroune, Pierre, et al.. (1990). A geochemical investigation of the age, significance and structural evolution of the Caledonian-Variscan granite-gneisses of the Śnieżnik metamorphic area (Central Sudetes, Poland).. Geologia Sudetica. 25(1). 1–27. 43 indexed citations

Choukroune, Pierre, François Roure, & B. Pinet. (1990). Main results of the ECORS Pyrenees profile. Tectonophysics. 173(1-4). 411–423. 85 indexed citations

Choukroune, Pierre. (1986). Principes de tectonique. Journal of Structural Geology. 8(6). 721–722. 27 indexed citations

Brun, Jean‐Pierre, et al.. (1985). Les discontinuites significatives de l'amincissement crustal; application aux marges passives. Bulletin de la Société Géologique de France. I(1). 139–144. 20 indexed citations

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Choukroune, Pierre & Denis Gapais. (1983). Strain pattern in the Aar Granite (Central Alps): Orthogneiss developed by bulk inhomogeneous flattening. Journal of Structural Geology. 5(3-4). 411–418. 136 indexed citations

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Rathore, J.S., et al.. (1983). Study of ductile shear zones (Galicia, Spain) using texture goniometry and magnetic fabric methods. Tectonophysics. 98(1-2). 87–109. 29 indexed citations

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Needham, H. D., Pierre Choukroune, T. Juteau, et al.. (1981). First manned submersible dives on the East Pacific Rise at 21�N (project RITA): General results. Marine Geophysical Research. 4(4). 345–379. 73 indexed citations

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Choukroune, Pierre, et al.. (1979). Orientations préférentielles du quartz et orthogneissification progressive en régime cisaillant : l'exemple du cisaillement sud-armoricain. Bulletin de Minéralogie. 102(2). 265–272. 100 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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Choukroune, Pierre, et al.. (1978). Les Pyrenees (compte rendu). Bulletin de la Société Géologique de France. S7-XX(5). 587–629. 2 indexed citations

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Choukroune, Pierre. (1976). A Discussion on natural strain and geological structure - Strain patterns in the Pyrenean Chain. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London Series A Mathematical and Physical Sciences. 283(1312). 271–280. 33 indexed citations

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Choukroune, Pierre, et al.. (1976). Un modele cinematique de la fracturation liee au plissement concentrique; l'exemple des Petites Pyrenees. Bulletin de la Société Géologique de France. S7-XVIII(6). 1591–1597. 2 indexed citations

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Needham, H. D., Pierre Choukroune, J. L. Cheminée, et al.. (1976). The accreting plate boundary Ardoukoˆba Rift (northeast Africa) and the oceanic Rift Valley. Earth and Planetary Science Letters. 28(3). 439–453. 39 indexed citations

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Choukroune, Pierre. (1969). Un exemple d'analyse microtectonique d'une série calcaire affectée de plis isopaques (“concentriques”). Tectonophysics. 7(1). 57–70. 28 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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