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- PhD Geology Université Paris Cité
- Bachelors Earth Sciences University of Strasbourg
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- Textures and Fabrics of Upper-Mantle Peridotites as Illustrated by Xenoliths from Basalts (1975) (826)
- Crystalline plasticity and solid state flow in metamorphic rocks (1976) (793)
- Structures of Ophiolites and Dynamics of Oceanic Lithosphere (1989) (753)
- Mechanisms of flow in naturally and experimentally deformed peridotites (1973) (331)
- A Melt Extraction Model Based on Structural Studies in Mantle Peridotites (1986) (294)
- Formation of Anisotropy in Upper Mantle Peridotites ‐ A Review (2013) (291)
- Shear zones, thrusts and related magmatism in the Oman ophiolite: Initiation of thrusting on an oceanic ridge (1988) (285)
- Ophiolite genesis and evolution of the oceanic lithosphere : proceedings of the Ophiolite Conference, held in Muscat, Oman, 7-18 January 1990 (1991) (251)
- Development of shape and lattice preferred orientations: application to the seismic anisotropy of the lower crust (1989) (249)
- Nature of the Moho Transition Zone in the Oman Ophiolite (1995) (241)
- Kinematics in Magmatic Rocks with Special Reference to Gabbros (1992) (221)
- Harzburgite and lherzolite subtypes in ophiolitic and oceanic environments (1985) (217)
- Textures, structures and fabrics due to solid state flow in some European lherzolites (1971) (196)
- Ophiolites and Oceanic Crust: New Insights from Field Studies and the Ocean Drilling Program (2000) (189)
- Deformation-Induced Recrystallization Due to Progressive Misorientation of Subgrains, with Special Reference to Mantle Peridotites (1975) (189)
- Mantle flow patterns at an oceanic spreading centre: The Oman peridotites record (1988) (189)
- A new magma chamber model based on structural studies in the Oman ophiolite (1988) (188)
- Mountain building: strike-parallel motion and mantle anisotropy (1991) (181)
- Structural classification of chromite pods in southern New Caledonia (1981) (172)
- Cumulative or Residual Origin for the Transition Zone in Ophiolites: Structural Evidence (1983) (171)
- Fabric asymmetry and shear sense in movement zones (1983) (165)
- CLASSIFICATION OF TEXTURES AND FABRICS OF PERIDOTITE XENOLITHS FROM SOUTH AFRICAN KIMBERLITES (1975) (155)
- Structural mapping in the Oman ophiolites: Mantle diapirism along an oceanic ridge (1988) (141)
- Mantle—crust transition zone and origin of wehrlitic magmas: Evidence from the Oman ophiolite (1988) (137)
- Melt segregation and flow in mantle diapirs below spreading centers: Evidence from the Oman Ophiolite (1987) (127)
- Structure and Petrology of Peridotites: Clues to Their Geodynamic Environment (Paper 6R0344) (1986) (121)
- Kinematics of oceanic thrusting in the Oman ophiolite: model of plate convergence (1985) (118)
- Velocity anisotropy in a mantle peridotite from the Ivrea Zone: Application to upper mantle anisotropy (1974) (114)
- Mantle flow at oceanic spreading centers: Models derived from ophiolites (1982) (110)
- High Temperature Dikes in Peridotites: Origin by Hydraulic Fracturing (1982) (108)
- A rolling mill effect in asthenosphere beneath oceanic spreading centers (1984) (106)
- Variable crustal thickness in the Oman ophiolite: Implication for oceanic crust (1996) (104)
- Geological aspects of deformation in continental shear zones (1977) (101)
- Flow mechanism and viscosity in basaltic magma chambers (1996) (95)
- Thrusting of young lithosphere in subduction zones with special reference to structures in ophiolitic peridotites (1980) (93)
- Principles of Rock Deformation (1987) (92)
- Slow spreading accretion and mantle denudation in the Mirdita ophiolite (Albania) (1999) (92)
- Seismic anisotropy in an ophiolite peridotite: Application to oceanic upper mantle (1978) (91)
- High‐temperature seawater circulation throughout crust of oceanic ridges: A model derived from the Oman ophiolites (2003) (85)
- The Skaergaard Layered Series. Part II. Magmatic flow and Dynamic Layering (1997) (82)
- Structures in the new caledonia peridotites-gabbros: Implications for oceanic mantle and crust (1980) (79)
- Structure of Zabargad Island and early rifting of the Red Sea (1987) (76)
- Deformation of Mantle Rocks (1980) (75)
- Mantle and lower crust exposed in oceanic ridges and in ophiolites : contributions to a specialized symposium of the VII [sic] EUG Meeting, Strasbourg, spring 1993 (1995) (72)
- Detailed mapping of a mantle diapir below a paleo-spreading center in the Oman ophiolite (1998) (70)
- Why fast polarization directions of SKS seismic waves are parallel to mountain belts (1993) (70)
- Root zone of the sheeted dike complex in the Oman ophiolite (2008) (68)
- Structural relationships in the Antalya ophiolite complex, Turkey: Possible model for an oceanic ridge (1977) (64)
- The Bogota Peninsula, New Caledonia: A Possible Oceanic Transform Fault (1980) (62)
- Was the Hercynian Orogenic Belt of Europe of the Andean Type ? (1972) (60)
- The Moho transition zone in the Oman ophiolite-relation with wehrlites in the crust and dunites in the mantle (2000) (58)
- Where ophiolites come from and what they tell us (2003) (57)
- Sampling and observation of oceanic mantle and crust on Gorringe Bank (1978) (55)
- Axial melt lenses at oceanic ridges — A case study in the Oman ophiolite (2011) (54)
- Magma chambers at oceanic ridges: How large? (1993) (54)
- Subsidence in magma chamber and the development of magmatic foliation in Oman ophiolite gabbros (2009) (54)
- Origin of ophiolitic and oceanic lherzolites (1984) (53)
- Structures in podiform chromite from the Maqsad district (Sumail ophiolite, Oman) (1985) (53)
- OROGENIC LHERZOLITES AND MANTLE PROCESSES (1991) (52)
- Kinematics of oceanic thrusting and subduction from basal sections of ophiolites (1982) (52)
- Kinematic interpretation of folds in alpine-type peridotites (1975) (47)
- Rift initiation by lithospheric rupture (1994) (47)
- The Mid-Oceanic Ridges: Mountains Below Sea Level (1995) (45)
- Chromite-Rich and Chromite-Poor Ophiolites: The Oman Case (1991) (42)
- Structural evolution of the northern end of the Oman Ophiolite and enclosed granulites (1996) (41)
- Evidence from the Oman ophiolite for sudden stress changes during melt injection at oceanic spreading centres (1993) (39)
- Large mantle upwellings and related variations in crustal thickness in the Oman ophiolite (2000) (38)
- Structure of an atypical ophiolite: The Trinity complex, eastern Klamath Mountains, California (1989) (36)
- Numerical models of magma chambers in the Oman ophiolite (1998) (35)
- Paleomagnetic results from Oman ophiolites related to their emplacement (1988) (35)
- Mantle flow patterns and magma chambers at ocean ridges: Evidence from the Oman ophiolite (1988) (35)
- Lherzolites of the Western Alps: A Structural Review (1984) (32)
- Flow in upper-mantle rocks: Some geophysical and geodynamic consequences (1976) (29)
- Burst of high‐temperature seawater injection throughout accreting oceanic crust: a case study in Oman ophiolite (2005) (29)
- Shear sense inversion in the Hilti mantle section (Oman ophiolite) and active mantle uprise (2000) (29)
- The gneiss of Zabargad Island: deep crust of a rift (1988) (28)
- Microstructures and crystallographic preferred orientation of anorthosites from Oman ophiolite and the dynamics of melt lenses (2011) (26)
- A Detailed Study of Mantle Flow away from Diapirs in the Oman Ophiolite (1995) (25)
- Structure and dynamics of ridge axial melt lenses in the Oman ophiolite (2011) (25)
- The mid-oceanic ridges (1995) (23)
- Comment on “SKS splitting beneath continental rifts zones” by Gao et al. (1999) (23)
- Comment on “dating the geologic history of Oman’s Semail ophiolite: insights from U–Pb geochronology” by C. J. Warren, R. R. Parrish, D. J. Waters and M. P. Searle (2007) (21)
- Large shear zones with no relative displacement (2008) (20)
- Structure and tectonics of lower crustal and upper mantle rocks in the Jurassic Mirdita ophiolites, Albania (2010) (20)
- Mantle flow pattern at oceanic spreading centres: relation with ophiolitic and oceanic structures (1984) (18)
- Chemical Aspects of Rock Deformation [and Discussion] (1976) (17)
- Does Anisotropy of Thermal Contraction Control Hydrothermal Circulation at the Moho Level below Fast Spreading Oceanic Ridges? (2005) (17)
- Chapter 5 Dike Patterns in Diapirs beneath Oceanic Ridges: The Oman Ophiolite (1994) (15)
- Structural contribution from the Oman ophiolite to processes of crustal accretion at the East Pacific Rise (2015) (14)
- Crustal feeding in the Oman ophiolite: From the top and from the bottom? A thermal and mass balance model (1997) (12)
- Emplacement of Semail–Emirates ophiolite at ridge–trench collision (2017) (12)
- Comment on “The genesis of oceanic crust: Magma injection, hydrothermal circulation, and crustal flow” by Jason Phipps Morgan and Y. John Chen (1994) (12)
- 33 – CLASSIFICATION OF TEXTURES AND FABRICS OF PERIDOTITE XENOLITHS FROM SOUTH AFRICAN KIMBERLITES (1975) (11)
- High-Temperature Hydrothermal Alteration of Peridotite, Zabargad Island (Red Sea) (1991) (10)
- Transmission electron microscope analysis of the deformation of chromites from ophiolites (1984) (10)
- Aswad Massif (United Arab Emirates): Archetype of the Oman-UAE ophiolite belt (2000) (10)
- Inside the magma chamber of a dying ridge segment in the Oman ophiolite (2015) (8)
- Mylonites in ophiolite of Mirdita (Albania): Oceanic detachment shear zone (2017) (7)
- Synchronous Seafloor Spreading and Subduction at the Paleo‐Convergent Margin of Semail and Arabia (2018) (7)
- Melt migration and mechanical state in the lower crust of oceanic ridges (2001) (4)
- T. E. M. investigation of chromites from New-Caledonia (1979) (4)
- The Various Ophiolites and their Oceanic Environments of Origin (1989) (3)
- Paragenesis of magma chamber internal wall discovered in Oman ophiolite gabbros (2016) (3)
- Analytical Methods in Ophiolites (1989) (3)
- Textural Insights on Significance of Ophiolitic Chromitites, with Special Reference to Oman (2020) (2)
- Ophiolites and oceanic lithosphere (2012) (2)
- Anorthosites in Oman ophiolite crust, a clue to crust origin at a fast spreading ridge (2011) (2)
- Magmatic Processes in the Uppermost Mantle at Oceanic Spreading Centers (1989) (2)
- Oceanic Spreading Center (2015) (2)
- Principes de tectonique (2018) (2)
- Xigaze and Trinity Ophiolites — Plagioclase Lherzolite Massifs: The Lherzolite Ophiolite Type (1989) (1)
- Birds attacking Butterflies and Moths (1902) (1)
- high temperature circulation throughout crust of oceanic ridges-a model derived from the Oman ophiolite (2003) (1)
- Brittle deformation (2021) (1)
- 70. Olivine and Quartz Tectonites Related to Intra-Oceanic Thrusting (1998) (1)
- Oman Ophiolite: The Harzburgite Ophiolite Type (1989) (1)
- Theory of Discontinuous Deformation (1987) (0)
- The Forges of Vulcan in the Kingdom of Neptune (1995) (0)
- Horizontal/vertical displacements and their rates (2021) (0)
- Bogota Peninsula and NE Districts of New Caledonia — Wadi Tayin in Oman Coastal Complex of Newfoundland: Possible Origin in Transform Faults (1989) (0)
- Crustal Accretion at Fast Spreading Ridges, Insight from Oman Ophiolite (2011) (0)
- Ophiolites — or in Search of Lost Oceans (1995) (0)
- Generation of Oceanic Crust (1989) (0)
- BOOK REVIEWS PRINCIPLES OF ROCK DEFORMATION (2019) (0)
- Sea floor spreading : a viewpoint from ophiolites (1997) (0)
- The Earth — a Heat Engine (1995) (0)
- Young and Living Oceans (1995) (0)
- Mantle Flow, Lithospheric Accretion and Segmentation of Oceanic Ridges (1989) (0)
- The Major Pulsations of the Earth (1995) (0)
- Where and what is the Deep Off-Axis Magmatism in the Oman Ophiolite (Invited) (2013) (0)
- Deformation/strain and stress (2021) (0)
- Ophiolite Belts Through Time (1989) (0)
- SEGMENTATION IN OMAN OPHIOLITE, IMPLICATIONS FOR FAST SPREADING RIDGES TECTONICS AND HIGH TEMPERATURE HYDROTHERMAL ACTIVITY (2005) (0)
- Root Zone of Sheeted Dike Complex in Oman Ophiolite-Comparison with Results from IODP Site 1256 (2008) (0)
- The Ridges — Cradles of the Oceans (1995) (0)
- Interpretation of Continuous Homogeneous Deformation Structures (1987) (0)
- Structures Caused by Homogeneous Deformation (1987) (0)
- TEXTURES AND FABRICS OF PERIDOTITE NODULES FROM KIMBERLITE AT MOTHAE, THABA PUTSOA AND KIMBERLEY (2018) (0)
- Kinematics in Plastically Deformed Rocks (1986) (0)
- Melt Generation and Extraction in Mantle Diapirs (1989) (0)
- Continuous Heterogeneous Deformation; Typical Structures (1987) (0)
- Discontinuous Deformation: Structures, Interpretations (1987) (0)
- Mechanisms of Continuous Deformation (1987) (0)
- Canyon Mountain Ophiolite : Possible Origin in an Island Arc (1989) (0)
- Strain and Stress (1987) (0)
- Magmatic fabrics, structures and microstructures (2021) (0)
- From Rifts to Fast-Spreading Ridges (1995) (0)
- Plastic Flow in the Deep Crust and Upper Mantle (2013) (0)
- Segmentation in Oman Ophiolite and Fast Spreading Ridges Tectonics (2004) (0)
- Ductile deformation and microstructures (2021) (0)
- Macroscopic imprints of ductile deformation (2021) (0)
- Melting-impregnation or subsolidus reactions during upwelling of mantle lherzolites (2005) (0)
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