Michael L. Wells

Michael L. Wells

University of Nevada, Las Vegas

H-index: 28

North America-United States

About Michael L. Wells

Michael L. Wells, With an exceptional h-index of 28 and a recent h-index of 18 (since 2020), a distinguished researcher at University of Nevada, Las Vegas, specializes in the field of Structural Geology, Continental tectonics, Thermochronometry.

His recent articles reflect a diverse array of research interests and contributions to the field:

Integrating structural, paleomagnetic, and thermo/geochronologic studies to understand evolution of the Sevier and Laramide belts, northern Utah to Wyoming

Retroarc Jurassic burial and exhumation of Barrovian metamorphic rocks dated by monazite petrochronology, Funeral Mountains, California

Deviation between quartz-in-garnet elastic geobarometry and equilibrium-based pressure–temperature modelling in Barrovian metamorphic rocks

The Geologic History of Monarch Canyon of the Funeral Mountains Metamorphic Core Complex

Compositional Heterogeneity of Garnets from the Schist of Upper Narrows in Raft River Mountains, Northwestern Utah

Thermo-kinematic modeling of detachment-dominated extension, northeastern Death Valley area, USA: Implications for mid-crustal thermal-rheological evolution

Arc tempos, tectonic styles, and sedimentation patterns during evolution of the North American Cordillera: Constraints from the retroarc detrital zircon archive

Equation of State for Natural Almandine, Spessartine, Pyrope Garnet: Implications for Quartz-In-Garnet Elastic Geobarometry

Michael L. Wells Information

University

Position

Professor of Geology

Citations(all)

2175

Citations(since 2020)

996

Cited By

1507

hIndex(all)

28

hIndex(since 2020)

18

i10Index(all)

43

i10Index(since 2020)

28

Email

University Profile Page

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Michael L. Wells Skills & Research Interests

Structural Geology

Continental tectonics

Thermochronometry

Top articles of Michael L. Wells

Title

Journal

Author(s)

Publication Date

Integrating structural, paleomagnetic, and thermo/geochronologic studies to understand evolution of the Sevier and Laramide belts, northern Utah to Wyoming

WA Yonkee

AB Weil

ML Wells

2024/3/24

Retroarc Jurassic burial and exhumation of Barrovian metamorphic rocks dated by monazite petrochronology, Funeral Mountains, California

Suzanne Craddock Affinati

Thomas D Hoisch

Michael L Wells

Samuel Wright

2022/5/3

Deviation between quartz-in-garnet elastic geobarometry and equilibrium-based pressure–temperature modelling in Barrovian metamorphic rocks

Journal of Metamorphic Geology

Suzanne R Mulligan

Michael L. Wells

Thomas D Hoisch

Ashkan Salamat

Christian Childs

...

2022

The Geologic History of Monarch Canyon of the Funeral Mountains Metamorphic Core Complex

AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts

Suzanne R Mulligan

Michael L Wells

Thomas D Hoisch

2022/12

Compositional Heterogeneity of Garnets from the Schist of Upper Narrows in Raft River Mountains, Northwestern Utah

AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts

Nevin Jiang

Paul Kim

Troy Harris

Skylar Villasenor

Minghua Ren

...

2022/12

Thermo-kinematic modeling of detachment-dominated extension, northeastern Death Valley area, USA: Implications for mid-crustal thermal-rheological evolution

Tectonophysics

Brandon M Lutz

Richard A Ketcham

Gary J Axen

Mengesha A Beyene

Michael L Wells

...

2021/6/5

Arc tempos, tectonic styles, and sedimentation patterns during evolution of the North American Cordillera: Constraints from the retroarc detrital zircon archive

EA Balgord

WA Yonkee

ML Wells

A Gentry

AK Laskowski

2021/5/1

Equation of State for Natural Almandine, Spessartine, Pyrope Garnet: Implications for Quartz-In-Garnet Elastic Geobarometry

Minerals

Suzanne R Mulligan

Elissaios Stavrou

Stella Chariton

Oliver Tschauner

Ashkan Salamat

...

2021/4/27

Formation and forward propagation of the Indosinian foreland fold‐thrust belt and Nanpanjiang foreland basin in SW China

Tectonics

Wen‐Xin Yang

Dan‐Ping Yan

Liang Qiu

Michael L Wells

Jian‐Meng Dong

...

2021/4

Phase equilibria and geochronology of Triassic blueschists in the Bikou terrane and Mesozoic tectonic evolution of the northwestern margin of the Yangtze Block (SW China)

Journal of Asian Earth Sciences

Chenguang Xu

Michael L Wells

Dan-Ping Yan

Liang Qiu

Yu Zhou

...

2020/10/1

Quaternary deformation at the southeastern margin of the Ordos Block, North China: Inferred from structural analysis of basin-bounding faults

Journal of Asian Earth Sciences

Hong Chen

Jianmin Hu

Gang Jin

Michael L Wells

Xingke Yang

...

2020/8/1

Early Cretaceous tectonic transition and SW‐ward basin migration in northern Liaodong Peninsula, NE China: Sedimentary, structural, and geochronological constraints

Geological Journal

Ruoyan Kong

Dan‐Ping Yan

Liang Qiu

Michael L Wells

Anping Wang

...

2020/8

Pressure-temperature-time paths from the Funeral Mountains, California, reveal Jurassic retroarc underthrusting during early Sevier orogenesis

GSA Bulletin

Suzanne Craddock Affinati

Thomas D Hoisch

Michael L Wells

Jeffrey D Vervoort

2020/5/1

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