PUBLICATIONS
LIST: M.P.SEARLE. (Only
refereed papers, no Abstracts)
Searle, M.P. 1980. The Metamorphic Sheet and
underlying volcanic rocks beneath the Semail Ophiolite in the Northern Oman
Mountains of Arabia.
Unpublished Ph.D. thesis, Open University, G.B.
1. Searle,
M.P., Lippard, S.J., Smewing, J.D. and Rex, D.C. 1980. Volcanic rocks beneath
the Semail Ophiolite nappe in the northern Oman Mountains and their
significance in the Mesozoic evolution of Tethys. Journal Geological Society,
London, 137, 589-604.
2. Searle,
M.P. 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 Sciences, 71, 247-262.
3. Pearce,
J.A., Alabaster, T., Shelton, A.W. and Searle, M.P. 1981. The Oman Ophiolite as
a Cretaceous Arc-Basin complex: evidence and implications. Philosophical
Transactions of the Royal Society, London, A300, 299-317.
4. Searle,
M.P. and Graham, G.M. 1982. The "Oman Exotics" - carbonate build-ups
associated with the early stages of continental rifting. Geology, 10, 43-49.
5. Searle,
M.P. and Malpas, J. 1982. Petrochemistry and origin of sub-ophiolite
metamorphic and related rocks in the Oman Mountains. Journal Geological
Society, London, 139,
235-248.
6. Searle,
M.P. 1983. Stratigraphy, structure and evolution of the Tibetan-Tethys zone in
Zanskar and the Indus Suture Zone in the Ladakh Himalayas. Trans. Royal
Society of Edinburgh, Earth Sciences, 73, 203-217.
7. Searle,
M.P. 1983. On the Tectonics of the Western Himalaya. Episodes 4, 21-26.
8. Searle,
M.P., James, N.P., Calon, T.J. and Smewing, J.D. 1983. Sedimentological and
structural evolution of the Arabian continental margin in the Musandam
Mountains and Dibba zone, United Arab Emirates. Bulletin Geological Society
of America, 94, 1381-1400.
9. Searle,
M.P. and Stevens, R.K. 1984. Ophiolite obduction processes in ancient, modern
and future ophiolites. In "Ophiolites and the oceanic lithosphere" eds Gass, I.G., Lippard, S.J. and
Shelton, A.W. Special Publication of the Geological Society, London 13,
303-319.
10. Searle,
M.P. 1984. Alkaline peridotite, pyroxenite and gabbroic intrusions in the Oman
Mountains, Arabia. Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences, 21, 396-406.
11. Searle,
M.P. 1985. Sequence of thrusting and origin of culminations in the northern and
central Oman Mountains of Arabia. Journal of Structural Geology, 7, 129-143.
12. Searle,
M.P. and Fryer, B.J. 1986. Garnet, tourmaline and muscovite- bearing
leucogranites, gneisses and migmatites from the Higher Himalaya of Zanskar,
Lahoul, Kulu and Kashmir. In "Collision Tectonics", eds Coward, M.P. and Ries, A.C.
Special Publication of the Geological Society, London, 19, 185-201.
13. England,
P.C. and Searle, M.P. 1986. The Cretaceous - Tertiary deformation of the Lhasa
block and its implications for the crustal thickening in Tibet. Tectonics, 5, 1-14.
14. Searle,
M.P. and Cooper, D.J.W. 1986. Structure of the Hawasina Window culmination,
central Oman Mountains. Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh,
Earth Sciences, 77,
143-156.
15. Searle,
M.P., Rex, A.J., Tirrul, R., Windley, B.F., StOnge, M. and Hoffman, P. 1986. A
geological profile across the Baltoro Karakoram Range. Geological Bulletin
University of Peshawar,
19, 1-12.
16. Searle,
M.P. 1986. Structural evolution and sequence of thrusting in the High
Himalayan, Tibetan-Tethys and Indus suture zones of Zanskar and Ladakh, western
Himalaya. Journal of Structural Geology, 8,923-936.
17. Searle,
M.P. and Windley, B.F. 1986. Comment on "Thrust tectonics and the deep
structure of the Pakistan Himalaya". Geology, 441-442.
18. Searle,
M.P., Windley, B.F., Coward, M.P., Cooper, D.J.W., Rex, A.J., Rex, D.C., Li
Tingdong, Xiao Xuchang, Jan,M.Q., Thakur, V.C. and Kumar, S. 1987. The closing
of Tethys and the tectonics of the Himalaya. Bulletin Geological Society of
America, 98, 678-701.
19. Searle,
M.P. 1988. Thrust tectonics of the Dibba zone and the structural evolution of
the Arabian continental margin along the Musandam mountains (Oman and United
Arab Emirates). Journal Geological Society, London, 145, 43-53.
20. Searle,
M.P. 1988. Structure of the Musandam culmination (Sultanate of Oman and United
Arab Emirates) and the Straits of Hormuz syntaxis. Journal Geological
Society, London, 145,
831-845.
21. Searle,
M.P. 1988. Structural evolution and sequence of thrusting in the High
Himalayan, Tibetan Tethys and Indus suture zones of Zanskar and Ladakh, western
Himalaya: Reply. Journal of Structural Geology,10, 130-132.
22. Searle,
M.P., Cooper, D.J.W. and Rex, A.J. 1988. Collision tectonics of the Ladakh -
Zanskar Himalaya. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society, London, A326, 117-150.
23. Rex,
A.J., Searle, M.P., Tirrul, R., Crawford, M.B., Prior, D.J., Rex, D.C. and
Barnicoat, A. 1988. The geochemical and tectonic evolution of the central
Karakoram, N. Pakistan. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society,
London, A326, 229-255.
24. Searle,
M.P. and Rex, A.J. 1989. Thermal model for the Zanskar Himalaya. Journal of
Metamorphic Geology, 7,
127-134.
25. Mohan,
A., Windley, B.F. and Searle, M.P. 1989. Geothermobarometry and development of
inverted metamorphism in the Darjeeling - Sikkim region of the eastern
Himalaya. Journal of Metamorphic Geology, 7, 95-110.
26. Searle,
M.P., Rex, A.J., Tirrul, R., Rex, D.C., Barnicoat, A. and Windley, B.F. 1989.
Metamorphic, magmatic and tectonic evolution of the Central Karakoram in the
Biafo-Baltoro-Hushe regions of N. Pakistan. Geological Society of America,
Special Paper 232, 47-73.
27. Searle,
M.P. 1989. Thermal model for the Baltoro - Muztagh Karakoram. Geological
Bulletin, University of Peshawar, 22, 1-9.
28. Searle,
M.P., Smewing, J.D., Nolan, S.C., Hart, M. and Ramsay, A.T.S. 1989. Correction
to "Sedimentological and structural evolution of the Arabian continental
margin in the Musandam Mountains and Dibba zone, United Arab Emirates". Geological
Society of America Bulletin,
101, 314-316.
29.
Treloar, P.J., Rex, D.C., Guise, P.G., Coward, M.P., Petterson, M.G., Searle,
M.P., Windley, B.F., Luff, I.W. and Jan, M.Q. 1989. K-Ar and Ar-Ar
geochronology of the Himalayan collision in NW Pakistan: constraints on the
timing of suturing, deformation, metamorphism and uplift. Tectonics, 8, 881-909.
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30.
SchŠrer, U., Copeland, P., Harrison, T.M. and Searle, M.P. 1990. Age, cooling
history, and origin of post-collisional leucogranites in the Karakoram
Batholith: a multi-system isotope study. Journal of Geology, 98, 233-251.
31. Searle,
M.P., Pickering, K.T. and Cooper, D.J.W. 1990. Restoration and evolution of the
intermontane Indus molasse basin, Ladakh Himalaya, India. Tectonophysics, 174, 301-314.
32. Searle,
M.P., Parrish, R.R., Tirrul, R. and Rex, D.C. 1990. Age of crystallization and
cooling of the K2 gneiss in the Baltoro Karakoram. Journal Geological
Society, London, 147, 603-606.
33.
Robertson, A.H.F. and Searle, M.P. 1990. The Oman Tethyan continental margin: stratigraphy,
structure, concepts and controversies, In: "Geology and Tectonics of
the Oman Region" eds
Robertson, A.H.F., Searle, M.P. and Ries, A.C. Special Publication of the
Geological Society, London, 49, 3-25.
34.
Robertson, A.H.F., Blome, C.D., Cooper, D.J.W., Kemp, A.E.S. and Searle, M.P.
1990. Evolution of the Arabian continental margin in the Dibba zone, northern
Oman Mountains. In: "Geology and Tectonics of the Oman Region" eds Robertson, A.H.F, Searle, M.P.
and Ries, A.C. Special Publication of the Geological Society, London, 49,
251-284.
35. Searle,
M.P., Cooper, D.J.W. and Watts, K.F. 1990. Structure of the Jebel Sumeini -
Jebel Ghawil area, northern Oman. In: "Geology and Tectonics of the
Oman Region" eds
Robertson, A.H.F., Searle, M.P. and Ries, A.C. Special Publication of the
Geological Society, London, 49, 361-374.
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36. Searle,
M.P. and Tirrul, R. 1991. Structural and thermal evolution of the Karakoram
crust. Journal Geological Society, London, 148, 65-82.
37. Searle,
M.P. 1991. Comment on "Precollision and postcollision thermal events in
the Himalaya". Geology, 19, 666-667.
38. Searle,
M.P. 1991. ÒGeology and Tectonics of the Karakoram MountainsÓ. John Wiley and Sons, Chichester, 358p.
Includes: Geological Map of the Central Karakoram, scale 1:250,000.
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39.
Crawford, M.B. and Searle, M.P. 1992. Field relationships and geochemistry of
pre-collisional (India-Asia) granitoid magmatism in the Central Karakoram,
North Pakistan. Tectonophysics, 206, 171-192.
40. Searle,
M.P., Waters, D.J., Rex, D.C. and Wilson, R.N. 1992. Pressure, temperature and
time constraints on Himalayan metamorphism from eastern Kashmir and western
Zanskar. Journal of the Geological Society, London, 149, 753-773.
41. Searle,
M.P., Crawford, M.B. and Rex, A.J. 1992. Field relations, geochemistry, origin
and emplacement of the Baltoro granite, central Karakoram. Transactions of
the Royal Society, Edinburgh: Earth Sciences, 83, 519-538.
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42. Wake,
Cameron and Searle, Mike. 1993. Rapid advance of the Pumarikish Glacier, Hispar
Glacier Basin, Karakoram Himalaya. Journal of Glaciology, 39, 131, 204-206.
43. Searle,
M.P. and Treloar, P.J. 1993.
Introduction: Himalayan Tectonics, Geological Society of London, Special Publication,
74, 1-8.
44.
Crawford, M.B. and Searle, M.P. 1993. Collision-related granitoid magmatism and
crustal structure of the Hunza Karakoram, north Pakistan. In: Treloar, P.J. and
Searle, M.P. (eds) Himalayan Tectonics, Geological Society of London, Special Publication,
74, 53-68.
45. Reddy,
S.M., Searle, M.P. and Massey, J.A. 1993. Structural evolution of the High
Himalayan gneiss sequence, Langtang valley, Nepal. In: Treloar, P.J. and
Searle, M.P. (eds) Himalayan Tectonics, Geological Society of London, Special Publication,
74, 375-390.
46. Searle,
M.P., Metcalfe, R.P., Rex, A.J. and Norry, M.J. 1993. Field relations,
petrogenesis and emplacement of the Bhagirathi leucogranite, Garhwal Himalaya.
In: Treloar, P.J. and Searle, M.P. (eds) Himalayan Tectonics, Geological Society of London, Special
Publication, 74, 429-443.
47.
Metcalfe, R.P. 1993. Pressure, temperature and time constraints on metamorphism
across the Main Central Thrust zone and High Himalayan Slab in the Garhwal
Himalaya. In: Treloar,P.J. and Searle,M.P. (eds) Himalayan Tectonics, Geological Society of London, Special
Publication, 74, 485-509. (written
by M.P.Searle following the death of P. Metcalfe in March 1992.
48. Searle,
M.P., Dransfield, M.W. and Johnson, M.R.W. 1993. Inverted metamorphism in the
intracontinental ductile shear zone during Himalayan collision - Comment. Geology, 90-91.
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49. Searle,
M.P., Waters, D.J., Martin, H.N. and Rex, D.C. 1994. Structure and metamorphism
of blueschist-eclogite facies rocks from the northeastern Oman Mountains. Journal
Geological Society, London,
151, 555-576.
50. Searle,
M.P. 1994. Structure of the intra-plate eastern Palmyride Fold Belt, Syria. Geological
Society of America Bulletin, 106,
1332-1350.
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51. Searle,
M.P. 1995. The Rise and Fall of Tibet. Nature 2nd March vol. 374, 17-18.
52. Noble.
S. and Searle, M.P. 1995. Age of crustal melting and leucogranite formation
from U-Pb zircon and monazite dating in the western Himalaya, Zanskar, India. Geology, 23, 1135-38.
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53. Searle,
M.P. 1996. Geological evidence against large-scale pre-Holocene offsets along
the Karakoram Fault: implications for the limited extrusion of the Tibetan
Plateau. Tectonics, 15,
171-186.
54. Searle,
M.P. 1996. Cooling history, Erosion, Exhumation and Kinematics of the Himalaya
- Karakoram - Tibet orogenic belt. In: "Tectonics of Asia" (Eds: An Yin and T.M. Harrison). Rubey Symposium volume, Los
Angeles, p.110-137.
55. Hodges,
K.V., Parrish, R.R. and Searle, M.P. 1996. Tectonic evolution of the Central
Annapurna Range, Nepalese Himalayas. Tectonics, 15, 1264-1291.
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56. Searle,
M.P., Corfield, R.I., Stephenson, B.J. and McCarron, J. 1997. Structure of the
North Indian continental magin in the Ladakh - Zanskar Himalayas: implications
for the timing of ophiolite obduction, India - Asia collision and deformation
events in the Himalaya. Geological Magazine, 134, 297-316.
57. Searle,
M.P., Parrish, R.R., Hodges, K.V., Hurford, A., Ayres, M.W. and Whitehouse,
M.J. 1997. Shisha Pangma leucogranite, South Tibet: Field relations,
geochemistry, age, origin and emplacement. Journal of Geology, 105, 295-317.
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58. Searle,
M.P., Weinberg, R.F. and Dunlap, W.J. 1998. Transpressional tectonics along the
Karakoram fault zone, northern Ladakh: constraints on Tibetan extrusion. In:
Holdsworth,R.E., Strachan,R.A. and Dewey,J.F. (eds) Continental
Transpressional and Transtensional Tectonics. Geological Society, London, Special Publication,
135, 307-325.
59.
Weinberg, R.F. and Searle, M.P. 1998. The Pangong Injection Complex, Indian
Karakoram: a case of pervasive granite flow through hot, viscous crust. Journal
of Geological Society, London,
155, 883-891.
60. Dunlap,
W.J., Weinberg, R.F. and Searle, M.P. 1998. Karakoram fault zone rocks cool in
two phases. Journal of Geological Society, London, 155, 903-912.
61. Hildebrand, P.R., Noble, S.R., Searle, M.P., Parrish, R.R. and Shakirullah. 1998. Tectonic significance of 24 Ma crustal melting in the eastern Hindu Kush, Pakistan. Geology, 26, 871-4.
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62. Searle,
M.P. 1999. Extensional and compressional faults in the Everest - Lhotse massif,
Khumbu Himalaya, Nepal. Journal
of Geological Society, London,
156, 227-240.
63. Searle,
M.P. 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, 17, 773-783.
64.
Weinberg, Roberto and Searle, Mike 1999. Volatile-assited intrusion and
autometasomatism of leucogranites in the Khumbu Himalaya, Nepal. Journal of
Geology, 107, 27-48.
65. Searle,
Mike and Cox, Jon. 1999. Tectonic setting, Origin and Obduction of the Oman
Ophiolite. Geological Society of America, Bulletin, 111,104-122.
66. Searle,
M.P., Noble, S.R., Hurford, A.J. and Rex, D.C. 1999. Age of crustal melting,
emplacement and exhumation history of the Shivling leucogranite. Geological
Magazine, 136, 513-525.
67. Searle,
M.P., Waters, D.J., Dransfield, M.W., Stephenson, B.J., Walker, C.B., Walker,
J.D. and Rex, D.C. 1999. Thermal and mechanical models for the structural and
metamorphic evolution of the Zanskar High Himalaya. In: MacNiocaill, C. and
Ryan, P. (eds) Continental Tectonics. Geological Society, London, Special Publication,
164, 139-156.
68.
Corfield, Richard, Searle, Mike and Green, Owen. 1999. The Photang Thrust
Sheet: a subduction - accretion complex beneath the Spontang ophiolite, Ladakh
Himalaya. Journal of the Geological Society, London, 156, 1031-1044.
69. Cox,
Jon, Searle, Mike, and Pedersen, Rolf 1999. The petrogenesis of peraluminous leucogranitic
dykes intruding the northern Semail ophiolite, United Arab Emirates: field
relationships, geochemistry and Sr/Nd isotope systematics. Contributions to
Mineralogy and Petrology,
137, 267-287.
70. Searle,
M.P., Asif Khan, M., Fraser, J.E., Gough, S.J. and Qasim Jan, M. 1999. The
tectonic evolution of the Kohistan Ð Karakoram collision belt along the
Karakoram Highway transect, North Pakistan. Tectonics, 18, 929-949.
71. Walker,
J.D., Martin, M.W., Bowring, S., Searle, M.P., Waters, D.J. and Hodges, K.V.
1999. Metamorphism, melting and extension: age constraints from the High
Himalayan slab of SE Zanskar and NW Lahoul, Indian Himalaya. Journal of
Geology, 107, 473-495.
72. Searle,
M.P. and Owen, L.A. 1999. The evolution of the Indus River in relation to
topographic uplift, erosion, climate and geology of western Tibet, the
Trans-Himalayan and High Himalayan Ranges. In: Meadows, A. and Meadows, P.
(Eds) The Indus River: Biodiversity, Resources, Humankind. Proceedings of the Linnean Society,
London, Oxford University Press, Karachi, 210-231.
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73.
Corfield, R.I. and Searle, M.P. 2000. Crustal shortening estimates across the
north Indian continental margin, Ladakh, NW India. In: Asif Khan, M., Treloar,
P.J., Searle, M.P. and M. Qasim Jan, (Eds) Tectonics of the Nanga Parbat
Syntaxis and the Western Himalayas, Geological Society, London Special Publication, 170, 395-410.
74.
Hildebrand, P.R., Searle, M.P., Shakirullah, Zafarali Khan, and van Heijst,
H.J. 2000. Geological evolution of the Hindu Kush, NW frontier Pakistan: Active
margin to continent Ð continent collision zone. In: Asif Khan, M., Treloar,
P.J., Searle, M.P. and Qasim Jan,M.,
(Eds) Tectonics of the Nanga Parbat Syntaxis and the Western
Himalayas, Geological
Society, London Special Publication, 170, 277-293.
75.
Simpson, R.L., Parrish, R.R., Searle, M.P. and Waters, D.J. 2000. Two episodes
of monazite crystallization during metamorphism and crustal melting in the
Everest region of the Nepalese Himalaya. Geology, 28, 403-406.
76. Stephenson,
B.J., Waters, D.J., Searle, M.P., Rex, D.C. and Guise, P. 2000. New PTt
constraints on the metamorphic evolution of the Main Central Thrust zone and
High Himalayan slab around the Kishtwar and Kulu Windows, N.W.India. Journal of Metamorphic Geology, 18, 571-590.
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77.
Hildebrand, P.R., Noble, S.R., Searle, M.P and Parrish, R.R. 2001. Old origin
for an active mountain range: geology and geochronology of the eastern Hindu
Kush, Pakistan. Geological Society of America Bulletin, 113, 625-639.
78.
Pedersen, R-B., Searle, M.P. and Corfield, R.I. 2001. U-Pb zircon ages from the
Spontang Ophiolite, Ladakh Himalaya. Journal of the Geological Society,
London, 158, 513-520.
79. Searle, M.P. 2001. Dating the Indian continental
subduction and collisional thickening in the northwest Himalaya:
Multichronology of the Tso Morari eclogites: Comment. Geology,
191-2.
80. Noble,
S.R., Searle, M.P. and Walker, C.B. 2001. Age and tectonic significance of
Permian granites, Zanskar, NW India. Journal of Geology, 109,127-135.
81. Searle,
M.P., Hacker, B.R. and Bilham, Roger, 2001. The Hindu Kush seismic zone as a
paradigm for the creation of Ultra-High Pressure diamond and coesite-bearing
continental rocks. Journal of Geology, 109, 143-153.
82. Walker,
C.B., Searle, M.P. and Waters, D.J. 2001. An integrated tectono-thermal model
for the evolution of the High Himalayas in western Zanskar, with constraints
from thermobarometry metamorphic modelling. Tectonics, 20, 810-833.
83.
Stephenson, B.J., Searle, M.P., Waters, D.J. and Rex, D.C. 2001. Structure of
the Main Central Thrust and extrusion of the High Himalayan deep crustal wedge,
Kishtwar Ð Zanskar Himalaya. Journal of Geological Society, London, 158, 637-652.
84. Fraser,
J.E., Searle, M.P., Parrish, R.R. and Noble, S.R. 2001. Chronology of
deformation, metamorphism and magmatism in the southern Karakoram. Geological
Society of America Bulletin,
113, 1443-1455.
85.
Corfield, R.I., Searle, M.P. and Pedersen, R-B. 2001. Tectonic setting, origin
and obduction history of the Spontang Ophiolite, Ladakh Himalaya, NW India. Journal
of Geology, 109, 715-736.
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86. Searle,
M.P., Simpson, R.L., Law, R.D., Waters, D.J. and Parrish, R.R. 2002.
Quantifying displacement on the South Tibetan Detachment normal fault, Everest
massif, and the timing of crustal thickening and uplift in the Himalaya and
South Tibet. Journal of Nepal Geological Society, 26, 1-6.
87. Searle,
M.P., Waters, D.J. and Stephenson, B.J. 2002. Pressure - temperature - time
path discontinuity in the Main Central thrust zone, central Nepal: Comment. Geology, 479-480.
88. Searle,
M.P. and Cox, J.S. 2002. Subduction zone metamorphism during formation and
emplacement of the Semail Ophiolite in the Oman Mountains. Geological
Magazine, 139, 241-255.
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89. Searle,
M.P., Simpson, R.L., Law, R.D, Parrish, R.R. and Waters, D.J. 2003. The
structural geometry, metamorphic and magmatic evolution of the Everest massif,
High Himalaya of Nepal Ð south Tibet. Journal of Geological Society, London, 160, 345-366.
90. Searle,
M.P. and Godin, L. 2003. The South Tibetan Detachment and the Manaslu
Leucogranite: A structural re-interpretation and restoration of the
Annapurna-Manaslu Himalaya, Nepal, Journal of Geology, 111, 505-523.
91.
Searle, M.P., Warren, C.J., Waters, D.J. and Parrish, R.R. 2003. Subduction
zone polarity in the Oman Mountains: implications for ophiolite emplacement.
In: Dilek, Y. and Robinson, P.T. (Eds). Ophiolites in Earth History. Geological Society of London, Special
Publication 218, 467-480.
92. Warren, C.J., Parrish, R.R., Searle,
M.P. and Waters, D.J. 2003. Dating the subduction of the Arabian continental
margin beneath the Semail ophiolite, Oman, Geology, 31, 889-892.
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93. Law,
R.D., Searle, M.P. and Simpson, R.L. 2004. Strain, deformation temperatures and
vorticity of flow at the top of the Greater Himalayan Slab, Everest massif,
Tibet. Journal of Geological Society, London, 161, 305-320.
94.
Searle, M.P., Warren, C.J., Waters, D.J. and Parrish, R.R. 2004. Structural
evolution, metamorphism and restoration of the Arabian continental margin, Saih
Hatat region, Oman mountains. Journal of Structural Geology, 26, 451-473.
95.
Searle, M.P. and Phillips, R.J. 2004. A Comment on ÒLarge-scale geometry,
offset and kinematic evolution of the Karakoram fault, TibetÓ by R. Laccassin
et al. Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 229, 155-158.
96.
Phillips, R.J., Parrish, R.R. and Searle, M.P. 2004. Age constraints on ductile
deformation and long-term slip rates along the Karakoram fault zone, Ladakh. Earth
and Planetary Science Letters,
226, 305-319.
97.
Searle, M.P. 2004. Mountain Building and Orogeny. In: Encylopaedia
Brittanica, p.
417-425.
98.
Corfield, R.I., Watts, A.B. and Searle, M.P. 2004. Subsidence history of the
North Indian continental margin, Zanskar Ð Ladakh Himalaya, NW India. Journal
of the Geological Society, London, 162, 135-146.
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99.
Searle, M.P. and Szulc, A.G. 2005. Channel Flow and ductile extrusion of the
High Himalayan slab, Kangchenjunga Ð Darjeeling profile, Sikkim Himalaya. Journal
of Asian Earth Sciences,
25, 173-185.
100.
Searle, M.P., Warren, C.J., Waters, D.J. and Parrish, R.R. 2005. Reply to
Comment by Gray, Gregory & Miller on ÒStructural evolution, metamorphism
and restoration of the Arabian continental margin, Saih Hatat region, Oman
MountainsÓ. Journal of Structural Geology, 27, 375-377.
101.
Warren, C.J., Parrish, R.R., Waters, D.J. and Searle, M.P. 2005. Dating the
geological history of OmanÕs Semail Ophiolite: insights from U-Pb
geochronology. Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology, DOI 10.1007/s00410-005-0028-5.
102.
Corfield, R.I., Watts, A.B. and Searle, M.P. 2005. Discussion on subsidence
history of the North Indian continental margin, Zanskar Ð Ladakh Himalaya, NW
India. Journal of the Geological Society, London, 162, 889-892.
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103.
Searle, Mike. 2006. Co-seismic uplift of coral reefs along the western Andaman
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