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Alain Vauchez is affiliated with the University of Montpellier in France and has contributed extensively to the field of Earth and Planetary Sciences, particularly focusing on geophysics. Their research spans 29 publications in this main field, with a specialization that includes geophysical processes and their interactions with geological structures.

The scientist's work covers several subfields, primarily Geophysics, with an emphasis on earthquake and tectonic studies, geological and geochemical analysis, and high-pressure geophysics and materials. Their research topics include:

  • Geological and Geochemical Analysis
  • Earthquake and Tectonic Studies
  • Geological and Geophysical Studies Worldwide
  • High-Pressure Geophysics and Materials
  • Geochemistry and Geologic Mapping

Vauchez's publication record features papers authored and co-authored on various geological phenomena, including intracontinental strain localization, serpentinization processes, and tectonic structures related to cratonic roots and shear zones. Notable recent papers include:

  • The Borborema Strike-Slip Shear Zone System (NE Brazil): Large-Scale Intracontinental Strain Localization in a Heterogeneous Plate (2021, Lithosphere)
  • Mineralogical and geochemical study of serpentinized peridotites from the North-Western Pyrenees: New insights on serpentinization along magma-poor continental passive margins (2021, Lithos)
  • A suture related accretionary wedge in the Gondwana assembly: Insights from serpentinites in the Hoggar shield, Algeria (2021, Precambrian Research)
  • Polyphase deformation and deformation-magmatism interaction in the Pan-African 4°50' shear zone (Hoggar, Southern Algeria) (2023, Precambrian Research)
  • The São Francisco cratonic root beneath the Neoproterozoic Brasilia belt (Brazil): Petrophysical data from kimberlite xenoliths (2021, Tectonophysics)

The frequent publication venues for Vauchez's research are diverse but mainly concentrated in Precambrian Research and Tectonophysics, with additional contributions to Lithosphere, Lithos, and Arabixiv (OSF Preprints).

Vauchez regularly collaborates with other researchers, with frequent co-authors including Andréa Tommasi, Jean-Marie Dautria, Abderrahmane Bendaoud, Sérgio P. Neves, and Jean-Louis Bodinier. These collaborations often intersect with their thematic focus on geophysical and geological investigations worldwide.

Best Publications

  • The Borborema shear zone system, NE Brazil

    A. Vauchez;S. Neves;S. Neves;R. Caby;M. Corsini

  • The Lherz spinel lherzolite: Refertilized rather than pristine mantle

    V. Le Roux;J.-L. Bodinier;A. Tommasi;O. Alard

  • Upper mantle tectonics: three-dimensional deformation, olivine crystallographic fabrics and seismic properties

    Andréa Tommasi;Basil Tikoff;Alain Vauchez

  • Continental rifting parallel to ancient collisional belts: an effect of the mechanical anisotropy of the lithospheric mantle

    Andréa Tommasi;Alain Vauchez

  • Faults (shear zones) in the Earth's mantle

    Alain Vauchez;Andréa Tommasi;David Mainprice

  • Mountain building: strike-parallel motion and mantle anisotropy

    A. Vauchez;A. Nicolas

  • Crustal Evolution and the Brasiliano Orogeny in Northeast Brazil

    R. Caby;A. N. Sial;M. Arthaud;A. Vauchez

  • Rheological heterogeneity, mechanical anisotropy and deformation of the continental lithosphere

    Alain Vauchez;Andrea Tommasi;Guilhem Barruol

  • Timing of crust formation, deposition of supracrustal sequences, and Transamazonian and Brasiliano metamorphism in the East Pernambuco belt (Borborema Province, NE Brazil): Implications for western Gondwana assembly

    Sérgio P. Neves;Olivier Bruguier;Alain Vauchez;Delphine Bosch

  • Why do continents break-up parallel to ancient orogenic belts?

    A Vauchez;Guilhem Barruol;Andrea Tommasi

  • Seismic anisotropy in the eastern United States: Deep structure of a complex continental plate

    Guilhem Barruol;Paul G. Silver;Alain Vauchez

  • EBSD-measured lattice-preferred orientations and seismic properties of eclogites

    Jérôme Bascou;Jérôme Bascou;Guilhem Barruol;Alain Vauchez;David Mainprice

  • Magma‐assisted strain localization in an orogen‐parallel transcurrent shear zone of southern Brazil

    Andréa Tommasi;Alain Vauchez;Luis A. D. Femandes;Carla C. Porcher

  • A simple parameterization of strain localization in the ductile regime due to grain size reduction: A case study for olivine

    Jean Braun;Jean Chéry;Alexei Poliakov;David Mainprice

  • Shear zone-controlled magma emplacement or magma-assisted nucleation of shear zones? Insights from northeast Brazil

    S.P. Neves;A. Vauchez;C.J. Archanjo

  • Microstructure, texture and seismic anisotropy of the lithospheric mantle above a mantle plume: Insights from the Labait volcano xenoliths (Tanzania)

    Alain Vauchez;Florence Dineur;Roberta Rudnick

  • Successive: mixing and mingling of magmas in a plutonic complex of Northeast Brazil

    S.P. Neves;A. Vauchez

  • Structural reactivation in plate tectonics controlled by olivine crystal anisotropy

    Andréa Tommasi;Mickael Knoll;Mickael Knoll;Alain Vauchez;Javier W. Signorelli

  • The Pombal granite pluton: Magnetic fabric, emplacement and relationships with the Brasiliano strike-slip setting of NE Brazil (Paraiba State)

    C.J. Archanjo;J.-L. Bouchez;M. Corsini;A. Vauchez

  • Deformation and Reactive Melt Transport in the Mantle Lithosphere above a Large-scale Partial Melting Domain: the Ronda Peridotite Massif, Southern Spain

    Vincent Soustelle;Andrea Tommasi;Jean-Louis Bodinier;C. J. Garrido

Frequent Co-Authors

Andréa Tommasi
Andréa Tommasi University of Montpellier
Carlos J. Garrido
Carlos J. Garrido Spanish National Research Council
Guilhem Barruol
Guilhem Barruol Institut de Physique du Globe de Paris
David Mainprice
David Mainprice University of Montpellier
José Alberto Padrón-Navarta
José Alberto Padrón-Navarta Spanish National Research Council
Jean-Louis Bodinier
Jean-Louis Bodinier University of Montpellier
Patrick Monié
Patrick Monié University of Montpellier
Claudio Marchesi
Claudio Marchesi University of Granada
Marcelo Assumpção
Marcelo Assumpção Universidade de São Paulo
Olivier Alard
Olivier Alard Macquarie University

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