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 Unpublished Ph.D. thesis, Open University, G.B.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 Islands during the December 26th 2004 earthquake. Coral Reef Journal, DOI 10.1007/s00338-005-0051-z.

 

104. Godin, L., Grujic, D., Law, R.D. and Searle, M.P. 2006. Channel Flow, ductile extrusion and exhumation in continental collision zones: an introduction. In: Law, R.D., Searle, M.P. & Godin, L. (Eds) Channel Flow, Ductile Extrusion and Exhumation in Continental Collision Zones. Geological Society of London Special Publication, 268,1-23.

 

105. Searle, M.P., Law, R.D., Jessup, M. and Simpson, R.L. 2006. Crustal structure and evolution of the Greater Himalaya in Nepal Ð South Tibet: implications for channel flow and ductile extrusion of the middle crust. In: Law, R.D., Searle, M.P. & Godin, L. (Eds) Channel Flow, Ductile Extrusion and Exhumation in Continental Collision Zones. Geological Society of London Special Publication, 268, 355-378.

 

106. Jessup, M., Law, R.D., Searle, M.P. and Hubbard, M.S. 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. In: Law, R.D., Searle, M.P. & Godin, L. (Eds) Channel Flow, Ductile Extrusion and Exhumation in Continental Collision Zones. Geological Society of London Special Publication, 268, 379-413.

 

107. Scaillet, B. and Searle, M.P. 2006. Mechanisms and timescales of felsic magma segregation, ascent and emplacement in the Himalaya. In: Law, R.D., Searle, M.P. & Godin, L. (Eds) Channel Flow, Ductile Extrusion and Exhumation in Continental Collision Zones. Geological Society of London Special Publication, 268, 293-308.

 

108. Godin, L., Gleeson, T., Searle, M.P., Ullrich, T.D. and Parrish, R.R. 2006. Locking of southward extrusion in favour of rapid crustal-scale buckling of the Greater Himalayan Sequence, Nar valley, central Nepal. In: Law, R.D., Searle, M.P. & Godin, L. (Eds) Channel Flow, Ductile Extrusion and Exhumation in Continental Collision Zones. Geological Society of London, Special Publication, 268, 269-292.

 

109. Searle, M.P. 2006. Role of the Red River Fault, Yunnan and Vietnam, in the continental extrusion of Southeast Asia. Journal of the Geological Society, London, 163, 1-12.

 

110. St.Onge, M., Searle, M.P. and Wodicka, N. 2006. The Trans-Hudson orogen of North America and the Himalaya Ð Karakoram Ð Tibet orogen of Asia: structural and thermal characteristics of the upper and lower plate. Tectonics, 25, TC4006, doi:10.1029/2005TC001907.

 

111. Rai, S.S., Preistley, K., Gaur, V.K., Singh, M.P. and Searle, M.P. 2006. Configuration of the Indian Moho beneath the NW Himalaya and Ladakh. Geophysical Research Letters, 33, L15308, doi:10.1029/2006GL026076.

 

112. Parrish, R.R., Gough, S.J., Searle, M.P. and Waters, D.J. 2006. Plate velocity exhumation of Ultrahigh-pressure eclogites in the Pakistan Himalaya, Geology, 34, 989-992.

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113. Phillips, R.J. and Searle, M.P. 2007. Macro- and micro-structural architecture of the Karakoram Fault: the relationship between magmatism and strike-slip faulting. Tectonics, in press.

 

114. Searle, Mike and Phillips, Richard, R.J. 2007. Relationships between right-lateral shear along the Karakoram fault and metamorphism, magmatism, exhumation and uplift: evidence from the K2 Ð Gasherbrum ranges, North Pakistan and Ladakh. Journal of the Geological Society, London, 163, in press.

 

115. Searle, M.P. 2007. Structural geometry, style and timing of deformation in the Hawasina Window, Al Jabal al Akhdar and Saih Hatat culminations, Oman Mountains. GeoArabia, in press.

 

116. Searle, M.P. 2007. Diagnostic features and processes in the construction and evolution of Oman, Zagros, Himalayan, Karakoram and Tibet Ð type orogenic belts. In: Geological Society of America, Special Publication, in press.

 

117. Phillips, R.J., Searle, M.P., Parrish, R.R. and Darbyshire, F. 2007. Evolution of the South Asian margin, Eastern Karakoram: Geochemical and geochronological constraints. submitted.

 

118. Searle, M.P., Stephenson, B.J., Walker, C.B., Walker, J.D. and Waters, D.J. 2007. Restoration of the Himalaya in Zanskar-Lahoul: implications for metamorphic protoliths, extensional faulting and folded isograds in the western Himalaya. Journal of Geology, submitted.

 

119. Green, O.R., Searle, M.P., Corfield, R.I. and Corfield, R.M. 2007. Carbonate platform evolution and age of the India Ð Asia collision during late Neo-Tethyan closure along the Ladakh Himalaya. Journal of Geology, submitted.