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Michael (Mike) Paul Searle is a British geologist best known for his studies of the large-scale structure of mountain belts, including the Himalaya and Karakoram mountains. Searle was awarded the Murchison Medal of the Geological Society of London in 2008.[1]

Education and career

Searle studied geology at Aberystwyth University, graduating in 1975. He then undertook a Ph.D. at the Open University, working on the Samail Ophiolite in Oman, under the supervision of Ian Gass.[2] After completing his doctoral thesis in 1980, Searle undertook research at the University of Newfoundland, University of Leicester, and University of Oxford. He was elected a fellow of Worcester College, Oxford in 1996.[3]

Over the course of his career, Searle has carried out geological field studies in many parts of the world, including Scotland, parts of the Arabian peninsula, and south-east Asia. In the course of his work he has written several books and made appearances in a number of documentary film series, including "How the Earth Was Made" (2010)[4] and "World's Greatest Mountains" (2018).[5]

Climbing career

Searle is an experienced climber, and he participated in a number of expeditions in the 1970s and 1980s. He visited the Kulu Himalaya in 1978, and led the British Langtang expedition in 1980[6] and the British Hispar Karakoram expedition in 1989.[7]

Awards

Books and maps

  • Searle, Mike, Geology and Tectonics of the Karakoram Mountains, 1991
  • Searle, Mike. 2013, 2017. Colliding Continents: A geological exploration of the Himalaya, Karakoram, and Tibet.[9]
  • Searle, Mike. 2019. Geology of the Oman Mountains, Eastern Arabia.[10]

References

  1. ^ "The Geological Society of London - 2008 Awards: Citations, Replies". www.geolsoc.org.uk.
  2. ^ https://oro.open.ac.uk/54606/8/354276_2.pdf
  3. ^ "Academy of Europe: Searle Michael". www.ae-info.org.
  4. ^ "Everest". January 19, 2010 – via IMDb.
  5. ^ "World's Greatest Mountains". April 3, 2018 – via IMDb.
  6. ^ "The HJ/38/7 BRITISH LANGTANG EXPEDITION". The HJ/38/7 BRITISH LANGTANG EXPEDITION.
  7. ^ "The HJ/46/17 BRITISH HISPAR KARAKORAM EXPEDITION, 1989". The HJ/46/17 BRITISH HISPAR KARAKORAM EXPEDITION, 1989.
  8. ^ "Mike Searle Elected to Academia Europaea".
  9. ^ Searle, Mike (2013). Colliding Continents: A geological exploration of the Himalaya, Karakoram, and Tibet. Oxford University Press. p. 444. ISBN 9780198798514.
  10. ^ Searle, Mike (2019). Geology of the Oman Mountains, Eastern Arabia. Springer. p. 478. ISBN 9783030184520.
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