Extended Publication List for Mike P Searle

Journal Publications
Books and Chapters

Journal Publications

2011

Searle, MP (2011) 'Geological evolution of the Karakoram Ranges', Italian Journal of Geosciences. Vol. 130, pp. 147-159
Searle, MP, Elliott, JR, Phillips, RJ and Chung, S-L, (2011) 'Crustal-lithospheric structure and continental extrusion of Tibet', Journal of the Geological Society. Vol. 168, pp. 633-672
Searle, MP, Chung, S-L and Lo, C-H, (2011) 'Reply to discussion on 'geological offsets and age constraints along the Northern Dead Sea fault, Syria'', Journal of the Geological Society. Vol. 168, pp. 623-624
Law, RD, Jessup, MJ, Searle, MP, Francsis, MK, Waters, DJ and Cottle, JM, (2011) 'Telescoping of isotherms beneath the South Tibetan Detachment System, Mount Everest Massif', Journal of Structural Geology.
Law, RD, Jessup, MJ, Searle, MP, Francsis, MK, Waters, DJ and Cottle, JM, (2011) 'Telescoping of isotherms beneath the South Tibetan Detachment System, Mount Everest Massif', Journal of Structural Geology. Vol. 33, pp. 1569-1594

2012

Lin, T-H, Chung, S-L, Chiu, H-Y, Wu, F-Y, Yeh, M-W, Searle, MP and Iizuka, Y, (2012) 'Zircon U-Pb and Hf isotope constraints from the Ailao Shan-Red River shear zone on the tectonic and crustal evolution of southwestern China', Chemical Geology. Vol. 291, pp. 23-37

2010

Streule, MJ, Searle, MP, Waters, DJ and Horstwood, MSA, (2010) 'Metamorphism, melting, and channel flow in the Greater Himalayan Sequence and Makalu leucogranite: Constraints from thermobarometry, metamorphic modeling, and U-Pb geochronology', Tectonics. Vol. 29,
Searle, MP, Parrish, RR, Thow, AV, Noble, SR, Phillips, RJ and Waters, DJ, (2010) 'Anatomy, age and evolution of a collisional mountain belt: The Baltoro granite batholith and Karakoram metamorphic complex, Pakistani Karakoram', Journal of the Geological Society. Vol. 167, pp. 183-202
Streule, MJ, Strachan, RA, Searle, MP and Law, RD, (2010) 'Comparing Tibet-Himalayan and Caledonian crustal architecture, evolution and mountain building processes', Geological Society Special Publication. Vol. 335, pp. 207-232
Agard, P, Searle, MP, Alsop, GI and Dubacq, B, (2010) 'Crustal stacking and expulsion tectonics during continental subduction: P-T deformation constraints from Oman', Tectonics. Vol. 29,
Robinson, DP, Das, S and Searle, MP, (2010) 'Earthquake fault superhighways', Tectonophysics.
Searle, MP, Chung, S-L and Lo, C-H, (2010) 'Geological offsets and age constraints along the northern Dead Sea fault, Syria', Journal of the Geological Society. Vol. 167, pp. 1001-1008
Searle, MP (2010) 'Low-angle normal faults in the compressional Himalayan orogen; evidence from the Annapurna-Dhaulagiri Himalaya, Nepal', Geosphere. Vol. 6, pp. 296-315
Searle, MP, Law, RD, Dewey, JF and Streule, MJ, (2010) 'Relationships between the Loch Ailsh and Borralan alkaline intrusions and thrusting in the Moine Thrust zone, southern Assynt culmination, NW Scotland', Geological Society Special Publication. Vol. 335, pp. 383-404
Searle, MP, Yeh, M-W, Lin, T-H and Chung, S-L, (2010) 'Structural constraints on the timing of left-lateral shear along the red river shear zone in the ailao shan and diancang shan ranges, Yunnan, SW China', Geosphere. Vol. 6, pp. 316-338
Pedersen, RB, Searle, MP, Carter, A and Bandopadhyay, PC, (2010) 'U-Pb zircon age of the andaman ophiolite: Implications for the beginning of subduction beneath the andaman-sumatra arc', Journal of the Geological Society. Vol. 167, pp. 1105-1112
Searle, MP and Treloar, PJ, (2010) 'Was Late Cretaceous-Paleocene obduction of ophiolite complexes the primary cause of crustal thickening and regional metamorphism in the Pakistan Himalaya?', Geological Society Special Publication. Vol. 338, pp. 345-359
St-Onge, MR, Rayner, N and Searle, MP, (2010) 'Zircon age determinations for the Ladakh batholith at Chumathang (Northwest India): Implications for the age of the India-Asia collision in the Ladakh Himalaya', Tectonophysics.
St-Onge, MR, Rayner, N and Searle, MP, (2010) 'Zircon age determinations for the Ladakh batholith at Chumathang (Northwest India): Implications for the age of the India-Asia collision in the Ladakh Himalaya', Tectonophysics. Vol. 495, pp. 171-183

2009

Crowley, JL, Waters, DJ, Searle, MP and Bowring, SA, (2009) 'Pleistocene melting and rapid exhumation of the Nanga Parbat massif, Pakistan: Age and P-T conditions of accessory mineral growth in migmatite and leucogranite', EARTH PLANET SC LETT. Vol. 288, pp. 408-420 doi: 10.1016/j.epsl.2009.09.044
Cottle, JM, Searle, MP, Horstwood, MSA and Waters, DJ, (2009) 'Timing of midcrustal metamorphism, melting, and deformation in the mount everest region of southern Tibet revealed by U(-Th)-Pb geochronology', Journal of Geology. Vol. 117, pp. 643-664
Streule, MJ, Phillips, RJ, Searle, MP, Waters, DJ and Horstwood, MSA, (2009) 'Evolution and chronology of the Pangong Metamorphic Complex adjacent to the Karakoram Fault, Ladakh: Constraints from thermobarometry, metamorphic modelling and U-Pb geochronology', Journal of the Geological Society. Vol. 166, pp. 919-932
Cottle, JM, Jessup, MJ, Newell, DL, Horstwood, MSA, Noble, SR, Parrish, RR, Waters, DJ and Searle, MP, (2009) 'Geochronology of granulitized eclogite from the Ama Drime Massif: Implications for the tectonic evolution of the South Tibetan Himalaya', Tectonics. Vol. 28,
Searle, MP and Phillips, RJ, (2009) 'Comment on: "Does the Karakoram fault interrupt mid-crustal channel flow in the western Himalaya?" by Mary L. Leech, Earth and Planetary Science Letters 276 (2008) 314-322', Earth and Planetary Science Letters. Vol. 286, pp. 589-591
Searle, MP, Cottle, JM, Streule, MJ and Waters, DJ, (2009) 'Crustal melt granites and migmatites along the Himalaya: Melt source, segregation, transport and granite emplacement mechanisms', Earth and Environmental Science Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh. Vol. 100, pp. 219-233
Boyce, JW, Hodges, KV, King, D, Crowley, JL, Jercinovic, M, Chatterjee, N, Bowring, SA and Searle, M, (2009) 'Improved confidence in (U-Th)/He thermochronology using the laser microprobe: An example from a Pleistocene leucogranite, Nanga Parbat, Pakistan', Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems. Vol. 10,
Chan, GH-N, Waters, DJ, Searle, MP, Aitchison, JC, Horstwood, MSA, Crowley, Q, Lo, C-H and Chan, JS-L, (2009) 'Probing the basement of southern Tibet: Evidence from crustal xenoliths entrained in a Miocene ultrapotassic dyke', Journal of the Geological Society. Vol. 166, pp. 45-52
Myrow, PM, Hughes, NC, Searle, MP, Fanning, CM, Peng, S-C and Parcha, SK, (2009) 'Stratigraphic correlation of Cambrian-Ordovician deposits along the Himalaya: Implications for the age and nature of rocks in the Mount Everest region', Bulletin of the Geological Society of America. Vol. 121, pp. 323-332
Searle, MP and Ali, MY, (2009) 'Structural and tectonic evolution of the Jabal Sumeini - Al Ain - Buraimi region, northern Oman and eastern United Arab Emirates', GeoArabia. Vol. 14, pp. 115-142

2008

Jessup, MJ, Cottle, JM, Searle, MP, Law, RD, Newell, DL, Tracy, RJ and Waters, DJ, (2008) 'P-T-t-D paths of Everest Series schist, Nepal', Journal of Metamorphic Geology. Vol. 26, pp. 717-739
Stork, AL, Selby, ND, Heyburn, R and Searle, MP, (2008) 'Accurate relative earthquake hypocenters reveal structure of the Burma subduction zone', Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America. Vol. 98, pp. 2815-2827
Green, OR, Searle, MP, Coifield, RI and Corfield, RM, (2008) 'Cretaceous-tertiary carbonate platform evolution and the age of the India-Asia collision along the Ladakh Himalaya (Northwest India)', Journal of Geology. Vol. 116, pp. 331-353
Searle, MP, Law, RD, Godin, L, Larson, KP, Streule, MJ, Cottle, JM and Jessup, MJ, (2008) 'Defining the Himalayan Main Central Thrust in Nepal', Journal of the Geological Society. Vol. 165, pp. 523-534
Chung, S-L, Searle, MP and Yeh, M-W, (2008) 'The age of the potassic alkaline igneous rocks along the Ailao Shan-Red River Shear Zone: Implications for the onset age of left-lateral shearing: A discussion', Journal of Geology. Vol. 116, pp. 201-204

2007

Warren, CJ, Searle, MP, Parrish, RR and Waters, DJ, (2007) 'Reply to comment by F. Boudier and A. Nicolas on "Dating the geologic history of oman's semail ophiolite: Insights from u-pb geochronology" by C.J. Warren, R.R. Parrish, M.P. Searle and D.J. Waters', CONTRIB MINERAL PETR. Vol. 154, pp. 115-118 doi: 10.1007/s00410-007-0182-z
Searle, MP, Noble, SR, Cottle, JM, Waters, DJ, Mitchell, AHG, Hlaing, T and Horstwood, MSA, (2007) 'Tectonic evolution of the Mogok metamorphic belt, Burma (Myanmar) constrained by U-Th-Pb dating of metamorphic and magmatic rocks', Tectonics. Vol. 26,
Searle, MP (2007) 'Diagnostic features and processes in the construction and evolution of Oman-, Zagros-, Himalayan-, Karakoram-, and Tibetan-type orogenic belts', Memoir of the Geological Society of America. Vol. 200, pp. 41-61
Leloup, PH, Tapponnier, P, Lacassin, R and Searle, MP, (2007) 'Discussion on the role of the Red River shear zone, Yunnan and Vietnam, in the continental extrusion of SE Asia', Journal of the Geological Society. Vol. 164, pp. 1253-1260
Searle, MP and Alsop, GI, (2007) 'Eye-to-eye with a mega-sheath fold: A case study from Wadi Mayh, northern Oman Mountains', Geology. Vol. 35, pp. 1043-1046
Phillips, RJ and Searle, MP, (2007) 'Macrostructural and microstructural architecture of the Karakoram fault: Relationship between magmatism and strike-slip faulting', Tectonics. Vol. 26,
Searle, MP and Phillips, RJ, (2007) 'Relationships between right-lateral shear along the Karakoram fault and metamorphism, magmatism, exhumation and uplift: Evidence from the K2-Gasherbrum-Pangong ranges, north Pakistan and Ladakh', Journal of the Geological Society. Vol. 164, pp. 439-450
Searle, MP, St-Onge, MR and Wodicka, N, (2007) 'Reply to comment by Jason Ali and Jonathan C. Aitchison on "Trans-Hudson Orogen of North America and Himalaya-Karakoram-Tibet Orogen of Asia: Structural and thermal characteristics of lower and upper plates" by M. R. St-Onge et al', Tectonics. Vol. 26,
Searle, MP, Stephenson, B, Walker, JD and Walker, C, (2007) 'Restoration of the Western Himalaya: Implications for metamorphic protoliths, thrust and normal faulting, and channel flow models', Episodes. Vol. 30, pp. 242-257
Rutter, EH, Faulkner, DR, Brodie, KH, Phillips, RJ and Searle, MP, (2007) 'Rock deformation processes in the Karakoram fault zone, Eastern Karakoram, Ladakh, NW India', Journal of Structural Geology. Vol. 29, pp. 1315-1326
Searle, MP (2007) 'Structural geometry, style and timing of deformation in the Hawasina Window, Al Jabal al Akhdar and Saih Hatat culminations, Oman Mountains', GeoArabia. Vol. 12, pp. 99-130
Cottle, JM, Jessup, MJ, Newell, DL, Searle, MP, Law, RD and Horstwood, MSA, (2007) 'Structural insights into the early stages of exhumation along an orogen-scale detachment: The South Tibetan Detachment System, Dzakaa Chu section, Eastern Himalaya', Journal of Structural Geology. Vol. 29, pp. 1781-1797

2006

Parrish, RR, Gough, SJ, Searle, MP and Waters, DJ, (2006) 'Plate velocity exhumation of ultrahigh-pressure eclogites in the Pakistan Himalaya', GEOLOGY. Vol. 34, pp. 989-992 doi: 10.1130/G22796A.1
Godin, L, Grujic, D, Law, RD and Searle, MP, (2006) 'Channel flow, ductile extrusion and exhumation in continental collision zones: An introduction', Geological Society Special Publication. pp. 1-23
Rai, SS, Priestley, K, Gaur, VK, Mitra, S, Singh, MP and Searle, M, (2006) 'Configuration of the Indian Moho beneath the NW Himalaya and Ladakh', Geophysical Research Letters. Vol. 33,
Searle, M (2006) 'Co-seismic uplift of coral reefs along the western Andaman Islands during the December 26th 2004 earthquake', Coral Reefs. Vol. 25, pp. 2-2
Searle, MP, Law, RD and Jessup, MJ, (2006) 'Crustal structure, restoration and evolution of the Greater Himalaya in Nepal-South Tibet: Implications for channel flow and ductile extrusion of the middle crust', Geological Society Special Publication. pp. 355-378
Godin, L, Gleeson, TP, Searle, MP, Ullrich, TD and Parrish, RR, (2006) 'Locking of southward extrusion in favour of rapid crustal-scale buckling of the Greater Himalayan sequence, Nar valley, central Nepal', Geological Society Special Publication. pp. 269-292
Scaillet, B and Searle, MP, (2006) 'Mechanisms and timescales of felsic magma segregation, ascent and emplacement in the Himalaya', Geological Society Special Publication. pp. 293-308
Searle, MP (2006) 'Role of the Red River Shear zone, Yunnan and Vietnam, in the continental extrusion of SE Asia', Journal of the Geological Society. Vol. 163, pp. 1025-1036
Jessup, MJ, Law, RD, Searle, MP and Hubbard, MS, (2006) 'Structural evolution and vorticity of flow during extrusion and exhumation of the Greater Himalayan Slab, Mount Everest Massif, Tibet/Nepal: Implications for orogen-scale flow partitioning', Geological Society Special Publication. pp. 379-413
St-Onge, MR, Searle, MP and Wodicka, N, (2006) 'Trans-Hudson orogen of North America and Himalaya-Karakoram-Tibetan orogen of Asia: Structural and thermal characteristics of the lower and upper plates', Tectonics. Vol. 25,

2005

Warren, CJ, Parrish, RR, Waters, DJ and Searle, MP, (2005) 'Dating the geologic history of Oman's Semail ophiolite: insights from U-Pb geochronology', CONTRIB MINERAL PETR. Vol. 150, pp. 403-422 doi: 10.1007/s00410-005-0028-5
Searle, MP and Szulc, AG, (2005) 'Channel flow and ductile extrusion of the high Himalayan slab-the Kangchenjunga-Darjeeling profile, Sikkim Himalaya', Journal of Asian Earth Sciences. Vol. 25, pp. 173-185
Garzanti, E, Sciunnach, D, Gaetani, M, Corfield, RI, Watts, AB and Searle, MP, (2005) 'Discussion on subsidence history of the north Indian continental margin, Zanskar-Ladakh Himalaya, NW India', Journal of the Geological Society. Vol. 162, pp. 889-892
Searle, MP, Warren, CJ, Waters, DJ and Parrish, RR, (2005) 'Reply to: Comment by Gray, Gregory and Miller on "Structural evolution, metamorphism and restoration of the Arabian continental margin, Saih Hatat region, Oman Mountains"', Journal of Structural Geology. Vol. 27, pp. 375-377
Corfield, RI, Watts, AB and Searle, MP, (2005) 'Subsidence history of the north Indian continental margin, Zanskar-Ladakh Himalaya, NW India', Journal of the Geological Society. Vol. 162, pp. 135-146

2004

Searle, MP and Phillips, RJ, (2004) 'A comment on "Large-scale geometry, offset, and kinematic evolution of the Karakoram fault, Tibet" by R. Lacassin et al.', EARTH PLANET SC LETT. Vol. 229, pp. 155-158
Phillips, RJ, Parrish, RR and Searle, MP, (2004) 'Age constraints on ductile deformation and long-term slip rates along the Karakoram fault zone, Ladakh', Earth and Planetary Science Letters. Vol. 226, pp. 305-319
Law, RD, Searle, MP and Simpson, RL, (2004) 'Strain, deformation temperatures and vorticity of flow at the top of the Greater Himalayan Slab, Everest Massif, Tibet', Journal of the Geological Society. Vol. 161, pp. 305-320
Searle, MP, Warren, CJ, Waters, DJ and Parrish, RR, (2004) 'Structural evolution, metamorphism and restoration of the Arabian continental margin, Saih Hatat region, Oman Mountains', Journal of Structural Geology. Vol. 26, pp. 451-473

2003

Warren, CJ, Parrish, RR, Searle, MP and Waters, DJ, (2003) 'Dating the subduction of the Arabian continental margin beneath the Semail ophiolite, Oman', GEOLOGY. Vol. 31, pp. 889-892
Searle, MP, Simpson, RL, Law, RD, Parrish, RR and Waters, DJ, (2003) 'The structural geometry, metamorphic and magmatic evolution of the Everest massif, High Himalaya of Nepal-South Tibet', Journal of the Geological Society. Vol. 160, pp. 345-366
Searle, MP and Godin, L, (2003) 'The South Tibetan detachment and the Manaslu leucogranite: A structural reinterpretation and restoration of the Annapurna-Manaslu Himalaya, Nepal', Journal of Geology. Vol. 111, pp. 505-523

2002

Searle, MP, Waters, DJ and Stephenson, BJ, (2002) 'Pressure-temperature-time path discontinuity in the Main Central thrust zone, Central Nepal: Comment', GEOLOGY. Vol. 30, pp. 479-480
Searle, MP and Cox, J, (2002) 'Subduction zone metamorphism during formation and emplacement of the Semail ophiolite in the Oman Mountains', GEOL MAG. Vol. 139, pp. 241-255 doi: 10.1017/S0016756802006532
Wang, CS, Barber, AJ, Wilson, CJL and Searle, MP, (2002) 'Foreword: 15th International Himalaya-Karakoram-Tibet Workshop - Chengdu,China,22-24 April 2000 - special issue', Journal of Asian Earth Sciences. Vol. 20, pp. 193-193
Searle, MP and Cox, J, (2002) 'Subduction zone metamorphism during formation and emplacement of the Semail ophiolite in the Oman Mountains', Geological Magazine. Vol. 139, pp. 241-255

2001

Walker, CB, Searle, MP and Waters, DJ, (2001) 'An integrated tectonothermal model for the evolution of the high Himalaya in Western Zanskar with constraints from thermobarometry and metamorphic modeling', Tectonics. Vol. 20, pp. 810-833
Corfield, RI, Searle, MP and Pedersen, RB, (2001) 'Tectonic setting, origin, and obduction history of the spontang ophiolite, Ladakh Himalaya, NW India', The Journal of Geology. Vol. 109, pp. 715-736 doi: 10.1086/323191
Hildebrand, PR, Noble, SR, Searle, MP, Waters, DJ and Parrish, RR, (2001) 'Old origin for an active mountain range: Geology and geochronology of the eastern Hindu Kush, Pakistan', Geological Society of America Bulletin. Vol. 113, pp. 625-639
Pedersen, RB, Searle, MP and Corfield, RI, (2001) 'U-Pb zircon ages from the Spontang Ophiolite, Ladakh Himalaya', Journal of the Geological Society. Vol. 158, pp. 513-520
Searle, MP (2001) 'Dating the Indian continental subduction and collisional thickening in the northwest Himalaya: Multichronology of the Tso Morari eclogites: Comment', GEOLOGY. Vol. 29, pp. 191-192
Searle, MP (2001) 'A new geological map of Mount Everest', Journal of Asian Earth Sciences. Vol. 19, pp. 59-59
Simpson, RL, Searle, MP and Parrish, RR, (2001) 'A review of U-Th-Pb ages from the Everest region', Journal of Asian Earth Sciences. Vol. 19, pp. 61-61
Noble, SR, Searle, MP and Walker, CB, (2001) 'Age and tectonic significance of Permian granites in western Zanskar, High Himalaya', The Journal of Geology. Vol. 109, pp. 127-135 doi: 10.1086/317966
Fraser, JE, Searle, MP, Parrish, RR and Noble, SR, (2001) 'Chronology of deformation, metamorphism, and magmatism in the southern Karakoram Mountains', Bulletin of the Geological Society of America. Vol. 113, pp. 1443-1455
Searle, MP (2001) 'Conference report: 15th Himalaya-Karakoram-Tibet workshop, Chengdu, China, 21-24 April 2000', Journal of Asian Earth Sciences. Vol. 19, pp. 547-551
Gough, SJ, Searle, MP, Waters, DJ and Khan, MA, (2001) 'Igneous crystallisation, high pressure metamorphism and subsequent tectonic exhumation of the Jijal and Kamila complexes, Kohistan', Journal of Asian Earth Sciences. Vol. 19, pp. 23-23
Thow, A and Searle, M, (2001) 'Structural geometry and metamorphic evolution of the Karakoram crust, Biafo-Panmah Karakoram, North Pakistan', Journal of Asian Earth Sciences. Vol. 19, pp. 68-68
Stephenson, BJ, Searle, MP, Waters, DJ and Rex, DC, (2001) 'Structure of the Main Central Thrust zone and extrusion of the High Himalayan deep crustal wedge, Kishtwar-Zanskar Himalaya', Journal of the Geological Society. Vol. 158, pp. 637-652
Searle, M, Hacker, BR and Bilham, R, (2001) 'The Hindu Kush seismic zone as a paradigm for the creation of ultrahigh-pressure diamond-and coesite-bearing continental rocks', Journal of Geology. Vol. 109, pp. 143-153
Searle, MP, Simpson, RL, Law, RD and Parrish, RR, (2001) 'The structural geometry, metamorphic and magmatic evolution of the Everest massif, Nepal and South Tibet', Journal of Asian Earth Sciences. Vol. 19, pp. 59-59

2000

Stephenson, BJ, Waters, DJ and Searle, MP, (2000) 'Inverted metamorphism and the main central thrust: field relations and thermobarometric constraints from the Kishtwar Window, NW Indian Himalaya', Journal of Metamorphic Geology. Vol. 18, pp. 571-590
Simpson, RL, Parrish, RR, Searle, MP and Waters, DJ, (2000) 'Two episodes of monazite crystallization during metamorphism and crustal melting in the Everest region of the Nepalese Himalaya', Geology. Vol. 28, pp. 403-406
Corfield, RI and Searle, MP, (2000) 'Crustal shortening estimates across the north Indian continental margin, Ladakh, NW India', Geological Society Special Publication. Vol. 170, pp. 395-410
Hildebrand, PR, Searle, MP, Shakirullah, , Khan, Z and Van Heijst, HJ, (2000) 'Geological evolution of the Hindu Kush, NW frontier Pakistan: Active margin to continent-continent collision zone', Geological Society Special Publication. Vol. 170, pp. 277-293
Treloar, PJ, Searle, MP, Khan, MA and Jan, MQ, (2000) 'Tectonics of the Nanga Parbat syntaxis and the western Himalaya: An introduction', Geological Society Special Publication. pp. 1-6
Cox, J, Searle, M and Pedersen, R, (2000) 'The petrogenesis of leucogranitic dykes intruding the northern Semail ophiolite, United Arab Emirates: field relationships, geochemistry and Sr/Nd isotope systematics (vol 137, pg 267, 1999)', Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology. Vol. 138, pp. 99-100
Searle, MP, Waters, DJ, Dransfield, MW, Stephenson, BJ, Walker, CB, Walker, JD and Rex, DC, (2000) 'Thermal and mechanical models for the structural and metamorphic evolution of the Zanskar High Himalaya', Geological Society Special Publication. Vol. 164, pp. 139-156

1999

Cox, J, Searle, M and Pedersen, R, (1999) 'The petrogenesis of leucogranitic dykes intruding the northern Semail ophiolite, United Arab Emirates: field relationships, geochemistry and Sr/Nd isotope systematics', CONTRIB MINERAL PETR. Vol. 137, pp. 267-287
Searle, MP, Noble, SR, Hurford, AJ and Rex, DC, (1999) 'Age of crustal melting, emplacement and exhumation history of the Shivling leucogranite, Garhwal Himalaya', Geological Magazine. Vol. 136, pp. 513-525
Searle, MP (1999) 'Emplacement of Himalayan leucogranites by magma injection along giant sill complexes: Examples from the Cho Oyu, Gyachung Kang and Everest leucogranites (Nepal Himalaya)', Journal of Asian Earth Sciences. Vol. 17, pp. 773-783
Searle, MP (1999) 'Extensional and compressional faults in the Everest-Lhotse massif, Khumbu Himalaya, Nepal', Journal of the Geological Society. Vol. 156, pp. 227-240
Walker, JD, Martin, MW, Bowring, SA, Searle, MP, Waters, DJ and Hodges, KV, (1999) 'Metamorphism, melting, and extension: Age constraints from the High Himalayan Slab of southeast Zanskar and northwest Lahaul', Journal of Geology. Vol. 107, pp. 473-495
Corfield, RI, Searle, MP and Green, OR, (1999) 'Photang thrust sheet: An accretionary complex structurally below the Spontang ophiolite constraining timing and tectonic environment of ophiolite obduction, Ladakh Himalaya, NW India', Journal of the Geological Society. Vol. 156, pp. 1031-1044
Searle, M and Cox, J, (1999) 'Tectonic setting, origin, and obduction of the Oman ophiolite', Bulletin of the Geological Society of America. Vol. 111, pp. 104-122
Searle, M and Cox, J, (1999) 'Tectonic setting, origin, and obduction of the Oman ophiolite', Geological Society of America Bulletin. Vol. 111, pp. 104-122
Cox, J, Searle, M and Pedersen, R, (1999) 'The petrogenesis of leucogranitic dykes intruding the northern Semail ophiolite, United Arab Emirates: Field relationships, geochemistry and Sr/Nd isotope systematics', Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology. Vol. 137, pp. 267-287
Searle, MP, Khan, MA, Fraser, JE, Gough, SJ and Jan, MQ, (1999) 'The tectonic evolution of the Kohistan-Karakoram collision belt along the Karakoram Highway transect, north Pakistan', Tectonics. Vol. 18, pp. 929-949
Weinberg, RF and Searle, MP, (1999) 'Volatile-assisted intrusion and autometasomatism of leucogranites in the Khumbu Himalaya, Nepal', Journal of Geology. Vol. 107, pp. 27-48

1998

Hildebrand, PR, Noble, SR, Searle, MP and Parrish, RR, (1998) 'Tectonic significance of 24 Ma crustal melting in the eastern Hindu Kush, Pakistan', Geology. Vol. 26, pp. 871-874
Dunlap, WJ, Weinberg, RF and Searle, MP, (1998) 'Karakoram fault zone rocks cool in two phases', Journal of the Geological Society. Vol. 155, pp. 903-912
Weinberg, RF and Searle, MP, (1998) 'The Pangong injection complex, Indian Karakoram: a case of pervasive granite flow through hot viscous crust', Journal of the Geological Society. Vol. 155, pp. 883-891
Searle, MP, Weinberg, RF and Dunlap, WJ, (1998) 'Transpressional tectonics along the Karakoram fault zone, northern Ladakh: constraints on Tibetan extrusion', Geological Society Special Publication. pp. 307-326

1997

Searle, MP, Parrish, RR, Hodges, KV, Hurford, A, Ayres, MW and Whitehouse, MJ, (1997) 'Shisha Pangma leucogranite, south Tibetan Himalaya: Field relations, geochemistry, age, origin, and emplacement', Journal of Geology. Vol. 105, pp. 295-317
Searle, M, Corfield, RI, Stephenson, B and McCarron, J, (1997) 'Structure of the north Indian continental margin in the Ladakh-Zanskar Himalayas: Implications for the timing of obduction of the Spontang ophiolite, India-Asia collision and deformation events in the Himalaya', Geological Magazine. Vol. 134, pp. 297-316

1996

Searle, MP (1996) 'Geological evidence against large-scale pre-Holocene offsets along the Karakoram Fault: Implications for the limited extrusion of the Tibetan plateau', Tectonics. Vol. 15, pp. 171-186
Hodges, KV, Parrish, RR and Searle, MP, (1996) 'Tectonic evolution of the central Annapurna Range, Nepalese Himalayas', Tectonics. Vol. 15, pp. 1264-1291

1995

NOBLE, S and SEARLE, M, (1995) 'Age Of Crustal Melting And Leukogranite Formation From U-Pb Zircon And Monazite Dating In The Western Himalaya, Zanskar, India', Geology. Vol. 23, pp. 1135-1138 doi: 10.1130/0091-7613(1995)023<1135:AOCMAL>2.3.CO;2
Searle, M (1995) 'The rise and fall of Tibet', Nature. Vol. 374, pp. 17-18

1994

SEARLE, M, DRANSFIELD, M and JOHNSON, M, (1994) 'Comment on "Inverted Metamorphism In The Intracontinental Ductile Shear Zone During Himalayan Collision"', Geology. Vol. 22, pp. 90-91
Searle, MP, Waters, DJ, Martin, HN and Rex, DC, (1994) 'Structure and metamorphism of blueschist-eclogite facies rocks from the northeastern Oman Mountains', Journal - Geological Society (London). Vol. 151, pp. 555-576
Searle, MP (1994) 'Structure of the intraplate eastern Palmyride Fold Belt, Syria', Geological Society of America Bulletin. Vol. 106, pp. 1332-1350

1993

Crawford, MB and Searle, MP, (1993) 'Collision-related granitoid magmatism and crustal structure of the Hunza Karakoram, North Pakistan', Geological Society Special Publication. Vol. 74, pp. 53-68
Searle, MP, Metcalfe, RP, Rex, AJ and Norry, MJ, (1993) 'Field relations, petrogenesis and emplacement of the Bhagirathi leucogranite, Garhwal Himalaya', Geological Society Special Publication. Vol. 74, pp. 429-444
Searle, MP and Treloar, PJ, (1993) 'Himalayan Tectonics - An introduction', Geological Society Special Publication. Vol. 74, pp. 1-7
WAKE, C and SEARLE, M, (1993) 'Rapid Advance Of Pumarikish Glacier, Hispar Glacier Basin, Karakoram Himalaya', Journal of Glaciology. Vol. 39, pp. 204-206
Reddy, SM, Searle, MP and Massey, JA, (1993) 'Structural evolution of the High Himalayan Gneiss sequence, Langtang Valley, Nepal', Geological Society Special Publication. Vol. 74, pp. 375-389

1992

SEARLE, M and TRELOAR, P, (1992) '7th Himalaya Karakoram Tibet Workshop', Journal of the Geological Society. Vol. 149, pp. 1045-1047
SEARLE, M, CRAWFORD, M and REX, A, (1992) 'Field Relations, Geochemistry, Origin And Emplacement Of The Baltoro Granite, Central Karakoram', Royal Society of Edinburgh. Transactions. Earth and Environmental Science. Vol. 83, pp. 519-538
Crawford, MB and Searle, MP, (1992) 'Field relationships and geochemistry of pre-collisional (India-Asia) granitoid magmatism in the central Karakoram, northern Pakistan', Tectonophysics. Vol. 206, pp. 171-192
SEARLE, M (1992) 'International-Symposium On The Karakoram And Kun-Lun Mountains - Kashgar, Xinjiang, China - 5-17 June 1992', Terra Nova. Vol. 4, pp. 531-534
Searle, MP, Waters, DJ, Rex, DC and Wilson, RN, (1992) 'Pressure, temperature and time constraints on Himalayan metamorphism from eastern Kashmir and western Zanskar', Journal - Geological Society (London). Vol. 149, pp. 753-773

1991

SEARLE, M (1991) 'Comment on "Precollision And Postcollision Thermal Events In The Himalaya"', Geology. Vol. 19, pp. 666-667
SEARLE, M and TIRRUL, R, (1991) 'Structural And Thermal Evolution Of The Karakoram Crust', Journal of the Geological Society. Vol. 148, pp. 65-82
Searle, MP and Tirrul, R, (1991) 'Structural and thermal evolution of the karakoram crust', Journal of the Geological Society. Vol. 148, pp. 65-82
SEARLE, M (1991) 'Symposium On Ophiolite Genesis And Evolution Of Oceanic Lithosphere', Journal of the Geological Society. Vol. 148, pp. 203-204
Searle, MP (1991) 'Symposium on ophiolite genesis and evolution of oceanic lithosphere', Journal of the Geological Society. Vol. 148, pp. 203-204

1990

SEARLE, M, PARRISH, R, TIRRUL, R and REX, D, (1990) 'Age Of Crystallization And Cooling Of The K2 Gneiss In The Baltoro Karakoram', Journal of the Geological Society. Vol. 147, pp. 603-606

1980

Searle, MP and Malpas, J, (1980) 'Structure and metamorphism of rocks beneath the Semail Ophiolite of Oman and their significance in ophiolite obduction', Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh. Earth and Environmental Science. Vol. 71, pp. 247-262
Searle, MP, Lippard, SJ, Smewing, JD and Rex, DC, (1980) 'Volcanic rocks beneath the Semail Ophiolite nappe in the northern Oman Mountains and their significance in the Mesozoic evolution of Tethys', Journal of the Geological Society. Vol. 137, pp. 589-604

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Books and Chapter Contributions

2006

Geological Society of London, (2006) Channel flow, ductile extrusion and exhumation in continental collision zones. Geological Society Pub House, , 620 pages.

2000

Geological Society of London, (2000) Tectonics of the Nanga Parbat syntaxis and the Western Himalaya. Geological Society Pub House, , 485 pages.

1993

American Association of Petroleum Geologists, (1993) Himalayan tectonics. American Association of Petroleum Geologists, , 630 pages.

1991

Searle, MP (1991) Geology and tectonics of the Karakoram Mountains. John Wiley & Sons, , 358 pages.

1990

Geological Society of London, (1990) The Geology and tectonics of the Oman region. Geological Society Pub House, , 845 pages.

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