Xavier Le Pichon

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Xavier Le Pichon is affiliated with the following schools: Paris Sciences et Lettres University, University of Strasbourg, Aix-Marseille University, Columbia University

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According to Wikipedia, Xavier Le Pichon is a French geophysicist. Among many other contributions, he is known for his comprehensive model of plate tectonics , helping create the field of plate tectonics. In 1968 he combined the kinematic ideas of W. J. Morgan, D. McKenzie and R. L. Parker with the large data sets collected by Lamont, and especially with the respective magnetic profiles, to show that Plate Tectonics could accurately describe the evolution of the major ocean basins. He is professor at the Collège de France, holder of the Chair of Geodynamics . He is a lifelong devout Catholic, and has come to think of caring attention to others' weakness as an essential quality that allowed humanity to evolve. He lives with his wife and has five children and eleven grandchildren.

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Geological evolution of the tethys belt from the atlantic to the pamirs since the LIAS (1986) (1534)
The hellenic arc and trench system: A key to the neotectonic evolution of the eastern mediterranean area (1979) (1251)
Sea‐floor spreading and continental drift (1968) (1143)
Marine Magnetic Anomalies, Geomagnetic Field Reversals, and Motions of the Ocean Floor and (1968) (890)
THE NORTH ANATOLIAN FAULT: A NEW LOOK (2005) (694)
Geodetic determination of the kinematics of central Greece with respect to Europe: Implications for eastern Mediterranean tectonics (1995) (533)
Passive margins: A model of formation (1981) (437)
Deep basins of the Black Sea and Caspian Sea as remnants of Mesozoic back-arc basins (1986) (393)
The tectonic development of the hellenic arc and the sea of crete: A synthesis (1982) (383)
The active Main Marmara Fault (2001) (374)
From the tethys ocean to the mediterranean seas: a plate tectonic model of the evolution of the western alpine system (1977) (372)
Marginal Offsets, Fracture Zones, and the Early Opening of the (1971) (367)
Kinematic evolution of the tethys belt from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pamirs since the Triassic (1986) (359)
Magnetic Anomalies in the Indian Ocean and Sea-Floor Spreading Continents (1968) (287)
Crustal structure of the mid‐ocean ridges: 5. Heat flow through the Atlantic Ocean floor and convection currents (1966) (278)
Kinematics, topography, shortening, and extrusion in the India‐Eurasia collision (1992) (270)
Crustal structure of the mid‐ocean ridges: 2. Computed model from gravity and seismic refraction data (1965) (254)
A plate-tectonic analysis of the Red Sea—Gulf of Aden Area☆ (1978) (252)
Velocity field in Asia inferred from Quaternary fault slip rates and Global Positioning System observations (2000) (249)
Subsidence in the gulf of suez: implications for rifting and plate kinematics (1988) (236)
The fit of the continents around the North Atlantic Ocean (1977) (225)
The Red River fault system in the Tonkin Gulf, Vietnam (1995) (217)
The rotation of Arabia and the Levant fault system (1988) (214)
Two‐ship deep seismic soundings in the basins of the Eastern Mediterranean Sea (Pasiphae cruise) (1992) (212)
Plate kinematics and tectonics leading to the Alpine belt formation; A new analysis (1988) (210)
Full interseismic locking of the Nankai and Japan‐west Kurile subduction zones: An analysis of uniform elastic strain accumulation in Japan constrained by permanent GPS (2000) (200)
Kinematic, thermal and petrological model of the Central Alps: Lepontine metamorphism in the upper crust and eclogitisation of the lower crust (1997) (195)
Plate convergence measured by GPS across the Sundaland/Philippine Sea Plate deformed boundary: the Philippines and eastern Indonesia (1999) (191)
The Miocene-to-Present Kinematic Evolution of the Eastern Mediterranean and Middle East and Its Implications for Dynamics (2010) (183)
Kinematic, thermal and petrological model of the Himalayas: constraints related to metamorphism within the underthrust indian crust and topographic elevation (1997) (181)
East Asia plate tectonics since 15 Ma: constraints from the Taiwan region (2002) (168)
Fluid flow in and around a mud volcano field seaward of the Barbados accretionary wedge: Results from Manon cruise (1996) (160)
Chemical and isotopic evidence for sources of fluids in a mud volcano field seaward of the Barbados accretionary wedge (1996) (154)
Marginal Fracture Zones as Structural Framework of Continental Margins in South Atlantic Ocean (1972) (149)
The North Anatolian Fault in the Sea of Marmara, Turkey: Results of a Deep-towed Seismic and Multi-beam Bathymetric Survey (2003) (148)
Uplift of Tibet: from eclogites to granulites — implications for the Andean Plateau and the Variscan belt (1997) (138)
Coulomb wedge model applied to the subduction of seamounts in the Japan Trench (1987) (136)
Western extension of boundary between european and iberian plates during the pyrenean orogeny (1971) (129)
Nankai Trough and Zenisu Ridge: a deep-sea submersible survey (1987) (127)
Crustal motion and block behaviour in SE-Asia from GPS measurements (2001) (127)
Magnetic anomalies over the Reykjanes Ridge (1966) (125)
Indochina Peninsula and the collision of India and Eurasia (1994) (124)
Mud volcano field seaward of the Barbados Accretionary Complex: A submersible survey (1990) (123)
Magnetic anomalies in the Shikoku Basin: a new interpretation (1987) (123)
water flow in the Barbados Accretionary Complex (1990) (121)
Crustal structure of the mid‐ocean ridges: 1. Seismic refraction measurements (1965) (120)
Geophysical study of the opening of the Labrador Sea (1971) (118)
Subsidence of the Paris Basin (1982) (112)
Sediment transport and distribution in the Argentine Basin. 3. Nepheloid layer and processes of sedimentation (1971) (112)
Deep-sea sediment velocity determination made while reflection profiling (1968) (112)
MAGNETIC ANOMALY PATTERN IN THE WESTERN MEDITERRANEAN (1973) (111)
Seismic study of the crust of the northern Red Sea and Gulf of Suez (1988) (111)
Gas emissions and active tectonics within the submerged section of the North Anatolian Fault zone in the Sea of Marmara (2008) (110)
Strain distribution over the east Mediterranean ridge: A synthesis incorporating new Sea-Beam data (1982) (106)
Accretion and Erosion in Subduction Zones: The Role of Fluids (1993) (105)
Mud volcano field seaward of the Barbados Accretionary Complex: A deep‐towed side scan sonar survey (1990) (103)
Cenozoic deformation of central and south Vietnam (1995) (102)
Hydrothermal deposits sampled by diving saucer in transform fault a near 37°n on the mid-atlantic ridge, famous area (1978) (102)
La Mditerrane occidentale depuis l'Oligocne Schema d'evolution (1971) (100)
Arc deformation and marginal basin opening: Japan Sea as a case study (1991) (99)
Crustal structure of the mid‐ocean ridges: 3. Magnetic anomalies over the mid‐Atlantic ridge (1965) (97)
Thrusting of young lithosphere in subduction zones with special reference to structures in ophiolitic peridotites (1980) (93)
Co-seismic and post-seismic motions in northern Sumatra (2007) (92)
Continuous Deep Sea Salt Layer along North Atlantic Margins related to Early Phase of Rifting (1970) (91)
The Mediterranean Ridge backstop and the Hellenic nappes (2002) (91)
Constraints on the evolution and vertical coherency of deformation in the Northern Aegean from a comparison of geodetic, geologic and seismologic data (2004) (90)
Inner floor of the Rift Valley: first submersible study (1974) (90)
Passive margin formation by low-angle faulting within the upper crust: The Northern Bay of Biscay Margin (1987) (90)
Geoid, Pangea and convection (1984) (89)
The geometry of the North Anatolian transform fault in the Sea of Marmara and its temporal evolution: implications for the development of intracontinental transform faults (2014) (87)
Sunda Strait and Central Sumatra fault (1984) (87)
Thickening of the oceanic layer in the Pacific Ocean (1972) (87)
GPS determined eastward Sundaland motion with respect to Eurasia confirmed by earthquakes slip vectors at Sunda and Philippine trenches (1999) (86)
Tectonics of the hellenic trench: A synthesis of sea-beam and submersible observations (1982) (86)
Fluid venting activity within the eastern Nankai Trough accretionary wedge: A summary of the 1989 Kaiko-Nankai results (1992) (86)
Oceanic fracture zones do not provide deep sections in the crust (1976) (85)
The eastern and western ends of Nankai Trough: results of Box 5 and Box 7 Kaiko survey (1987) (81)
The Crust of the Western Mediterranean Ridge From Deep Seismic Data and Gravity Modelling (1993) (81)
SUBMERSIBLE STUDY OF MUD VOLCANOES SEAWARD OF THE BARBADOS ACCRETIONARY WEDGE : SEDIMENTOLOGY, STRUCTURE AND RHEOLOGY (1998) (80)
From subduction to transform motion: a seabeam survey of the Hellenic trench system (1979) (79)
Velocity of deep-sea sediments from sonobuoy data (1968) (79)
BAY OF BISCAY AND PYRENEES (1973) (78)
PLATE BOUNDARIES AND EXTENSIONAL TECTONICS (1982) (76)
Investigation of the tectonics of the Main Marmara Fault by means of deep-towed seismic data (2003) (76)
Interpretation of temperature measurements from the Kaiko-Nankai cruise: Modeling of fluid flow in clam colonies (1992) (75)
Asymmetry in elastic properties and the evolution of large continental strike-slip faults (2005) (69)
Propagation of a strike-slip plate boundary within an extensional environment: the westward propagation of the North Anatolian Fault (2016) (67)
Zenisu Ridge : A deep intraoceanic thrust related to subduction, off Southwest Japan (1989) (66)
Upper stratification of Hudson Apron Region (1963) (65)
Sediment transport and distribution in the Argentine Basin. 2. Antarctic bottom current passage into the Brazil Basin (1971) (65)
Charlie‐Gibbs Fracture Zone (1974) (64)
Transient and permanent deformation of central Japan estimated by GPS: 2. Strain partitioning and arc–arc collision (2001) (63)
Transient and permanent deformation of central Japan estimated by GPS: 2. Strain partitioning and arc–arc collision (2001) (63)
Deformation of the Japanese Islands and seismic coupling: an interpretation based on GSI permanent GPS observations (1998) (62)
Structure and evolution of the backstop in the eastern Nankai Trough area (Japan): Implications for the soon‐to‐come Tokai earthquake (1996) (61)
Crustal structure of the mid‐ocean ridges: 4. Sediment distribution in the South Atlantic Ocean and the Cenozoic history of the Mid‐Atlantic Ridge (1966) (59)
Nankai Trough and the fossil Shikoku Ridge: results of Box 6 Kaiko survey (1987) (59)
Thermal consequences of lithosphere extension over continental margins: the initial stretching phase (1984) (58)
Sediment transport and distribution in the Argentine Basin. 1. Antarctic Bottom Current passage through the Falkland fracture zone (1971) (55)
Sampling and observation of oceanic mantle and crust on Gorringe Bank (1978) (55)
Study provides data on active plate tectonics in southeast Asia region (1998) (51)
In situ structural observations along Transform Fault A in the FAMOUS area, Mid-Atlantic Ridge (1978) (51)
Intraplate shortening and underthrusting of a large basement ridge in the eastern Nankai subduction zone (2002) (51)
Fluid venting along Japanese trenches: tectonic context and thermal modeling (1989) (49)
Subsidence history of the North Aegean Trough (1984) (47)
Zenisu Ridge: mechanical model of formation (1989) (46)
Transient and permanent deformation of central Japan estimated by GPS: 1. Interseismic loading and subduction kinematics (2001) (45)
Neogene crustal shear zone along the western Gulf of Mexico margin and its implications for gravity sliding processes: Evidences from 2D and 3D multichannel seismic data (2008) (43)
AEROMAGNETIC SURVEY OF SOUTH-WESTERN EUROPE (1971) (43)
Geodynamics of the France Southeast Basin (2010) (43)
The accreting plate boundary Ardoukoˆba Rift (northeast Africa) and the oceanic Rift Valley (1976) (42)
The South Marmara Fault (2013) (42)
The Neogene Veracruz fault: evidences for left-lateral slip along the southern Mexico block (2008) (40)
Physiography and Structure of the Western Iberian Continental Margin off Galicia, from Sea Beam and Seismic Data (1987) (40)
East Pacific Rise: The Magnetic Pattern and the Fracture Zones. (1965) (40)
Models and structure of the oceanic crust (1969) (39)
The southern Mexico block: main boundaries and new estimation for its Quaternary motion (2008) (38)
Comments on the Evolution of the North-East Atlantic (1971) (35)
Opening of the Alboran Sea (1972) (33)
Regional gravity anomalies in the Indian Ocean (1969) (30)
Thickness of lithosphere deduced from gravity edge effects across the Mendocino Fault (1974) (29)
Seismic cycle in Taiwan derived from GPS measurements (2001) (29)
The deep water circulation in the southwest Indian Ocean (1960) (29)
Tectonic context of fluid venting at the toe of the eastern Nankai accretionary prism: Evidence for a shallow detachment fault (1992) (29)
Central Japan Triple Junction revisited (1987) (27)
Deep Sea Photographs of an Active Seismic Fault Zone near Gibraltar Straits (1971) (26)
Crustal structure and the mechanism of extension in the northern Red Sea: Constraints from gravity anomalies (1991) (25)
From stretching to subduction in back-arc regions: Dynamic considerations (1984) (24)
Amount and timing of extension along the continental margin off central Vietnam (1997) (23)
Coseismic slip resolution and post-seismic relaxation time of the 1999 Chi-Chi, Taiwan, earthquake as constrained by geological observations, geodetic measurements and seismicity (2004) (22)
Age of the ocean floor. (1966) (21)
Project Kaiko: introduction (1987) (21)
Pangea, Geoid and the Evolution of the Western Margin of the Pacific Ocean (1985) (21)
Rigid plate accretion in an inter-arc basin: Mariana trough. (1975) (19)
Comment on ''Subduction factory: 1. Theoretical mineralogy, densities, seismic wave speeds, and H2O contents'' by Bradley R. Hacker, (2005) (18)
Gravity tectonics in the SE Basin (Provence, France) imaged from seismic reflection data (2010) (18)
A sedimentary channel along Gibbs Fracture Zone (1971) (18)
Fluid flow along a decollement layer: A Model applied to the 16°N section of the Barbados Accretionary Wedge (1991) (17)
A schematic model of the evolution of the south atlantic (1978) (17)
The Rio Bravo fault, a major late Oligocene left-lateral shear zone (2008) (17)
DISTRIBUTION OF SHORTENING LANDWARD AND OCEANWARD OF THE EASTERN NANKAI TROUGH DUE TO THE IZU-OGASAWARA RIDGE COLLISION (1996) (17)
Time-variations of fluid expulsion velocities at the toe of the eastern Nankai accretionary complex (1992) (17)
Detailed structure and possible fluid paths at the toe of the Barbados accretionary wedge (ODP Leg 110 area) (1990) (16)
New structural constraints on the southern Provence thrust belt (France): evidences for an Eocene shortening event linked to the Corsica-Sardinia subduction (2010) (16)
Correction to paper by Xavier Le Pichon ‘Sea‐floor spreading and continental drift’ (1970) (16)
Plate tectonics of the Mediterranean (1988) (16)
Pervasive dextral strike-slip faulting within the backstop of the eastern Nankai wedge confirmed by deep-towed seismic data (KAIKO-TOKAI'96 cruise) (1998) (16)
Remanent Magnetization Vector Direction and the Statistical Properties of Magnetic Anomalies (1972) (15)
Shear partitioning near the central Japan triple junction: the 1923 great Kanto earthquake revisited—I (1996) (14)
Gravity survey of a seamount near 35°N 46°W in the North Atlantic (1964) (14)
The deformation of aegea: A finite element study (1982) (14)
FAMOUS: A Plate Tectonics Study of the Genesis of the Lithosphere (1974) (14)
Thermal regime of the NW shelf of the Gulf of Mexico. Part A: Thermal and pressure fields (2008) (14)
Cenozoic gravity tectonics in the northern Gulf of Mexico induced by crustal extension. A new interpretation of multichannel seismic data (2008) (13)
A new approach to the opening of the eastern Mediterranean Sea and the origin of the Hellenic subduction zone. Part 2: The Hellenic subduction zone (2019) (13)
Erosion and accretion along subduction zones : a model of evolution (1992) (13)
A new approach to the opening of the eastern Mediterranean Sea and the origin of the Hellenic Subduction Zone. Part 1: The eastern Mediterranean Sea (2019) (12)
Why does the co-seismic slip of the 1999 Chi-Chi (Taiwan) earthquake increase progressively northwestward on the plane of rupture? (2004) (11)
Shear partitioning in the eastern Nankai Trough: evidence from submersible dives (1994) (11)
Gravity tectonics and plate motions: the western margin of the Gulf of Mexico Introduction (2008) (10)
Where are the passive margins of the western Tethys Ocean (1978) (10)
Comment on: Subduction factory: 1. Theoretical mineralogy, densities, seismic wave speeds, and H2O contents. Authors' reply (2005) (10)
Thermal regime of the NW shelf of the Gulf of Mexico: Part B : Heat flow (2008) (10)
Introduction to the publication of the extended outline of Jason Morgan's April 17,1967 American Geophysical Union Paper on “Rises, Trenches, Great Faults and Crustal Blocks” (1991) (9)
Evolution of the Tethys. Part II: Maps (plates I-X) (1986) (9)
Comments on ‘Thermal Effects of the Formation of Atlantic Continental Margins by Continental Break up’ by N.H. Sleep (1972) (7)
26th December 2004 Great Sumatra-Andaman Earthquake: seismogenic zone and active splay faults (2006) (6)
Submersible study of lower continental slope-abyssal plain contact☆ (1975) (6)
Discussion on the subsidence of the North Aegean through: an alternative view. Reply (1987) (5)
Shallow detachment at the toe of the Eastern Nankai accretionary wedge revisited, new insights from a deep-tow SAR/PASISAR survey (KAIKOTOKAI 1996 cruise) (1998) (5)
Comments on a paper by D. H. Matthews and C. A. Williams (1968) (5)
Comments on “poles of rotation” by C.G.A. Harrison (1973) (5)
Discussion of paper by P. R. Vogt, R. H. Higgs, and G. L. Johnson, ‘Hypotheses on the origin of the Mediterranean Basin: Magnetic data’ (1972) (3)
Gravity Field Over the Atlantic Ocean (2013) (3)
1967–77: Ten years of marine geology and geophysics (1977) (2)
New Marine Data from Vietnam Margin Limit the Amount of Extrusion of Indochina During the Opening of the South China Sea: ABSTRACT (1994) (2)
Comments on paper by W. Jason Morgan, ‘Gravity anomalies and convection currents: 2. The Puerto Rico Trench and the Mid‐Atlantic Rise’ (1966) (2)
Sciences de la Terre et Mesures: Colloque International organisé pour le jubilé scientifique du Professeur Jean Goguel. Mémoire du B.R.G.M., no. 91, 1978, 491 pp., US $ 40,00 (1982) (2)
Reply [ to “>Comments on ‘Central Japan Triple Junctions revisited’ by Xavier le Pichon and Philippe Huchon”] (1987) (2)
Subduction of Oceanic Highs and Splay Faults in Eastern Nankai Subduction Zone (2001) (1)
Thermal regime of the NW shelf of the Gulf of Mexico. 1) Thermal and pressure fields (2008) (1)
Geodynamics of the France Southeast Basin: importance of gravity tectonics (2010) (1)
My Conversion to Plate Tectonics (2018) (1)
Structure of the Sumatra wedge affected by the 26th December 2004 :Effects of the lower plate volcanic ridges. (2009) (1)
The Northern Extension of The Philippine Fault : A Restraining Bend Within The Central Cordillera, Luzon Island, Philippines (2002) (1)
Correction to “Water flow in the Barbados Accretionary Complex” by Xavier Le Pichon, Pierre Henry, and Siegfried Lallemant (1991) (1)
Reply [to “Discussion of paper by X. Le Pichon, S. Eittreim, and J. Ewing, ‘A sedimentary channel along Gibbs Fracture Zone’”] (1971) (1)
Reply to the comments of Jean Philip on the paper entitled "New structural constraints on the southern Provence thrust belt (France): evidences for an Eocene shortening event linked to the Corsica-Sardinia subduction" (2013) (1)
Crustal cross-sections across central Mediterranean (2005) (1)
Deformation of plate edges in continent-continent collision (1974) (0)
Messinian Events in the Mediterranean: C.W. Drooger. Geodynamics Scientific Report no. 7. North-Holland, Amsterdam, 1974, 272 pp., dfl. 60.00 (1975) (0)
A New Kinematic Model of Diffuse Deformation In The Eastern Mediterranean (2002) (0)
Structure and evolution of the Ionian basin and its margins (2005) (0)
Structure and evolution of the western Mediterranean ridge (2005) (0)
Patterns of Magnetic Anomalies Over the Mid - Oceanic Ridge (1966) (0)
The oceans: new technology for new experiments (1989) (0)
Rifts et fosses anciens (Ancient rifts and troughs) (1987) (0)
Plate Tectonics of the Mediterranean: ABSTRACT (1988) (0)
Links between the evolution of the terrestrial surface and deep motions (1986) (0)
Is the extension of the Mexican Mesa Central (southern Basin & Range province) related to a gravitational collapse toward the Gulf of Mexico? (2009) (0)
MARNAUT 2017. Dive report (2007) (0)
Jean Francheteau (1943-2010) (2010) (0)
Morpho-bathymetric of the mediterranean sea (2008) (0)
The "revolution" of Plate Tectonics in earth sciences and the relation- ship between science, reason and truth (2013) (0)
Using finite and infinitesimal strain indicators to decipher the evolution and vertical coherency of deformation in the northern Aegean (2003) (0)
Splay Faults as Primary Targets for Drilling Within the Nankai Subduction Zone (2001) (0)
Perspectives and Retrospectives (1991) (0)
Understanding the Earth. F. Press and R. Siever, 1994. W.H. Freeman, New York, USA. Paperback, XII + 593 pp. Price £23.95. ISBN 0-7167-2239-9 (1994) (0)
Coordination needed between International Oceanic and Continental Scientific Drilling Programs (1998) (0)
Neogene tectonics of the Ionian basin and adjacent areas (2005) (0)
Maurice Ewing Medalist: Xavier Le Pichon (1984) (0)
Recent tectonics of the eastern mediterranean basins (2005) (0)
Deve lopments in Geotectonics 6 PLATE , TE , CTONTICS (2008) (0)
New EPSL associate editors for the People's Republic of China and the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (1988) (0)
Subsidence, Heat Flow, and Mechanisms of Extension Within Crust: ABSTRACT (1984) (0)
The Taiwan 1999 Chi-Chi Earthquake as the Rupture of an Elastically Loaded Splay Fault Branching out of a Ductile Decollement Within a Subaerial Accretionary Wedge (2001) (0)
Present-day crustal deformation from GPS observations in Mindanao Island, southern Philippines (2002) (0)
TECTONICA DE GRAVEDAD Y MOVIMIENTOS DE PLACAS: El margen occidental del golfo de Mexico Introduccion (2008) (0)
Subsidence and Stretching: Tectonic Processes: Model Investigations of Margin Environmental and Tectonic Processes (1982) (0)

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