Based on the publication “Coupled tectonic evolution of Andean orogeny and global climate” inEarth Science Review, Robin Lacassin created a movie to explain the model of evolution he explained. You can show it there, and complete it by reading the page “Andean Orogeny“. Licence Creative Common CC-BY-NC References : Armijo R., Lacassin R., Coudurier-Curveur A., Carrizo D., Coupled tectonic evolution […]
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» Read moreSeveral Members of the Frontier Project “Earth as a living Planet” published their work in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Science and Frontiers in Earth Science. Amor, M., Busigny, V., Durand-Dubief, M., Tharaud, M., Ona-Nguema, G., Gélabert, A., Alphandéry, E., Menguy, N., Benedetti, M., Cgebbi, I., Guyot, F., 2015. Chemical signature of magnetotactic bacteria. Proc. Nat. Acad. Sci., […]
» Read moreCoupe des Andes centrales (à la latitude 21°S): développement “en éventail”, bivergent, avec des chevauchements à la fois vers l’ouest et vers l’est; intégration du bloc marginal dans la chaîne andine en lien direct avec la subduction de la plaque Nazca. © Armijo et al. 2015 Robin Lacassin of UnivEarthS Labex UnivEarthS participated to a paper about the links between […]
» Read moreAfter Johanna Marin Carbonne and Ernesto Pecoits, Wafa Abouchami recently joined our group to work on the Frontier project F1-1 dedicated to the Redox Evolution of the Earth. Wafa is a geochemist, specialized in the analysis of Cd and Pb isotopes as tracers of past and present oceanic circulations and crustal growth processes. She is joining IPGP to perform the […]
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