Robin A. Strachan

938 total citations · 1 hit paper
18 papers, 719 citations indexed

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Robin A. Strachan is a scholar working on Geophysics, Artificial Intelligence and Geology. According to data from OpenAlex, Robin A. Strachan has authored 18 papers receiving a total of 719 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 17 papers in Geophysics, 7 papers in Artificial Intelligence and 5 papers in Geology. Recurrent topics in Robin A. Strachan's work include Geological and Geochemical Analysis (17 papers), earthquake and tectonic studies (9 papers) and Geochemistry and Geologic Mapping (7 papers). Robin A. Strachan is often cited by papers focused on Geological and Geochemical Analysis (17 papers), earthquake and tectonic studies (9 papers) and Geochemistry and Geologic Mapping (7 papers). Robin A. Strachan collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, Australia and United States. Robin A. Strachan's co-authors include J. Brendan Murphy, Peter A. Cawood, Sergei Pisarevsky, Д. П. Гладкочуб, R. E. Holdsworth, Michael Brown, R. S. D’Lemos, Peter J. Treloar, Craig Storey and James Darling and has published in prestigious journals such as Earth and Planetary Science Letters, Geology and Tectonophysics.

In The Last Decade

Robin A. Strachan

17 papers receiving 690 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.

Linking collisional and accretionary orogens during Rodinia assembly and breakup: Implications for models of supercontinent cycles

2016 358 citations Peter A. Cawood, Robin A. Strachan et al. Earth and Planetary Science Letters profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Robin A. Strachan United Kingdom	10	689	261	113	112	56	18	719
Meng-Wan Yeh Taiwan	15	694 1.0×	182 0.7×	58 0.5×	129 1.2×	58 1.0×	26	747
Zhu Tong-xing China	10	625 0.9×	227 0.9×	152 1.3×	74 0.7×	79 1.4×	18	697
S. V. Zyabrev Russia	9	467 0.7×	151 0.6×	73 0.6×	119 1.1×	40 0.7×	22	507
И. В. Кемкин Russia	11	440 0.6×	205 0.8×	96 0.8×	131 1.2×	55 1.0×	38	506
Kathryn Cutts Brazil	16	896 1.3×	481 1.8×	107 0.9×	85 0.8×	86 1.5×	44	931
Qinggao Zeng China	12	444 0.6×	231 0.9×	97 0.9×	63 0.6×	78 1.4×	23	500
Huafu Lu China	12	792 1.1×	371 1.4×	44 0.4×	108 1.0×	70 1.3×	18	866
Longqing He China	6	397 0.6×	205 0.8×	75 0.7×	56 0.5×	87 1.6×	9	461
Zhenhong Li China	11	566 0.8×	197 0.8×	50 0.4×	98 0.9×	61 1.1×	19	618
Beihang Zhang China	17	657 1.0×	278 1.1×	50 0.4×	115 1.0×	38 0.7×	38	717

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18 of 18 papers shown

Holdsworth, R. E., et al.. (2024). Overprinting orogenic events, ductile extrusion and strain partitioning during Caledonian transpression, NW Mainland Shetland. Journal of Structural Geology. 180. 105088–105088. 1 indexed citations

Nance, R. Damian, Robin A. Strachan, Cecilio Quesada, & Shoufa Lin. (2023). Supercontinents, orogenesis and magmatism: a tribute to the career of J. Brendan Murphy. Geological Society London Special Publications. 542(1). 1–13.

Law, Richard D., J. Ryan Thigpen, Sarah E. Mazza, et al.. (2021). Tectonic Transport Directions, Shear Senses and Deformation Temperatures Indicated by Quartz c-Axis Fabrics and Microstructures in a NW-SE Transect across the Moine and Sgurr Beag Thrust Sheets, Caledonian Orogen of Northern Scotland. Geosciences. 11(10). 411–411. 8 indexed citations

Archibald, Donnelly B., J. Brendan Murphy, Robin A. Strachan, et al.. (2021). The construction of the Donegal composite batholith, Irish Caledonides: Temporal constraints from U-Pb dating of zircon and titanite. Geological Society of America Bulletin. 21 indexed citations

Storey, Craig, et al.. (2021). Detrital rutile tracks the first appearance of subduction zone low T/P paired metamorphism in the Palaeoproterozoic. Earth and Planetary Science Letters. 570. 117069–117069. 23 indexed citations

Holdsworth, R. E., et al.. (2020). Late Carboniferous dextral transpressional reactivation of the crustal-scale Walls Boundary Fault, Shetland: the role of pre-existing structures and lithological heterogeneities. Journal of the Geological Society. 178(1). 9 indexed citations

Storey, Craig, et al.. (2020). Detrital rutile ages can deduce the tectonic setting of sedimentary basins. Earth and Planetary Science Letters. 537. 116193–116193. 37 indexed citations

Murphy, J. Brendan, Robin A. Strachan, & Cecilio Quesada. (2020). Pannotia to Pangaea: Neoproterozoic and Paleozoic Orogenic Cycles in the Circum-Atlantic Region: A celebration of the career of Damian Nance. Geological Society London Special Publications. 503(1). 1–11. 3 indexed citations

Cawood, Peter A., Robin A. Strachan, Sergei Pisarevsky, Д. П. Гладкочуб, & J. Brendan Murphy. (2016). Linking collisional and accretionary orogens during Rodinia assembly and breakup: Implications for models of supercontinent cycles. Earth and Planetary Science Letters. 449. 118–126. 358 indexed citations breakdown →

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Bozkurt, Erdi̇n, Manuel Francisco Pereira, Robin A. Strachan, & Cecilio Quesada. (2008). Evolution of the Rheic Ocean. Tectonophysics. 461(1-4). 1–8. 26 indexed citations

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Strachan, Robin A.. (1994). Evidence in North-East Greenland for Late Silurian-Early Devonian regional extension during the Caledonian orogeny. Geology. 22(10). 913–913. 36 indexed citations

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Dallmeyer, R. D., Michael Brown, R. S. D’Lemos, & Robin A. Strachan. (1993). Variable Variscan thermal rejuvenation in the St Malo region, Cadomian Orogen, France: evidence from ⁴⁰Ar/³⁹Ar mineral ages. Journal of Metamorphic Geology. 11(1). 137–154. 5 indexed citations

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Holdsworth, R. E. & Robin A. Strachan. (1991). Interlinked system of ductile strike slip and thrusting formed by Caledonian sinistral transpression in northeastern Greenland. Geology. 19(5). 510–510. 91 indexed citations

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Strachan, Robin A., Peter J. Treloar, Michael Brown, & R. S. D’Lemos. (1989). Short Paper: Cadomian terrane tectonics and magmatism in the Armorican Massif. Journal of the Geological Society. 146(3). 423–426. 50 indexed citations

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Strachan, Robin A.. (1988). The metamorphic rocks of the Scaraben area, East Sutherland and Caithness. Scottish Journal of Geology. 24(1). 1–13. 7 indexed citations

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Roberts, Alan, Robin A. Strachan, A. L. Harris, David Barr, & R. E. Holdsworth. (1987). The Sgurr Beag nappe: A reassessment of the stratigraphy and structure of the Northern Highland Moine. Geological Society of America Bulletin. 98(5). 497–497. 19 indexed citations

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Strachan, Robin A.. (1986). Shallow marine sedimentation in the proterozoic moine succession, northern Scotland. Precambrian Research. 32(1). 17–33. 24 indexed citations

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Strachan, Robin A.. (1951). With the Nuba Hillmen of Kordofan. National geographic/The complete National geographic/The National geographic magazine. 99(2). 249–278. 1 indexed citations

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