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  • 2016 - Fellow of American Geophysical Union (AGU)

Overview

Andréa Tommasi is affiliated with the University of Montpellier in France. Their research primarily focuses on Earth and Planetary Sciences, with a particular emphasis on geophysics, infectious diseases, mechanics of materials, atmospheric science, and artificial intelligence.

The main topics covered in their work include:

  • Geological and Geochemical Analysis
  • High-pressure geophysics and materials
  • Earthquake and tectonic studies
  • Geochemistry and Geologic Mapping
  • Hydrocarbon exploration and reservoir analysis
  • Microstructure and mechanical properties
  • COVID-19 Clinical Research Studies

Their research has been published frequently in several scientific venues, with notable publication counts in the following journals:

  • Tectonophysics (7 publications)
  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research) (4 publications)
  • Earth and Planetary Science Letters (3 publications)
  • Antibiotics (3 publications)
  • SSRN Electronic Journal (3 publications)

Recent papers authored or co-authored by Andréa Tommasi include:

  • "Association of Toll-like receptor 7 variants with life-threatening COVID-19 disease in males: findings from a nested case-control study," 2021, published in eLife
  • "Dislocation-driven recrystallization in AZ31B magnesium alloy imaged by quasi-in situ EBSD in annealing experiments," 2020, published in Materials Characterization
  • "The Borborema Strike-Slip Shear Zone System (NE Brazil): Large-Scale Intracontinental Strain Localization in a Heterogeneous Plate," 2021, published in Lithosphere
  • "Strain Localization in the Root of Detachment Faults at a Melt-Starved Mid-Ocean Ridge: A Microstructural Study of Abyssal Peridotites From the Southwest Indian Ridge," 2021, published in Geochemistry Geophysics Geosystems
  • "Dynamic recrystallization by subgrain rotation in olivine revealed by electron backscatter diffraction," 2021, published in Tectonophysics

Frequent co-authors in their collaborations include:

  • Fabrice Barou (9 joint publications)
  • Sylvie Demouchy (8 joint publications)
  • Carlo Pallotto (8 joint publications)
  • Elisabetta Svizzeretto (7 joint publications)
  • Giovanni Genga (7 joint publications)

In 2016, Andréa Tommasi was recognized as a Fellow of the American Geophysical Union (AGU).

Best Publications

  • The Lherz spinel lherzolite: Refertilized rather than pristine mantle

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

  • Viscoplastic self‐consistent and equilibrium‐based modeling of olivine lattice preferred orientations: Implications for the upper mantle seismic anisotropy

    Andréa Tommasi;David Mainprice;Gilles Canova;Yvan Chastel

  • Pressure sensitivity of olivine slip systems and seismic anisotropy of Earth's upper mantle.

    David Mainprice;Andréa Tommasi;Hélène Couvy;Hélène Couvy;Patrick Cordier

  • 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

  • Deformation patterns in the southern Brazilian branch of the Dom Feliciano Belt: A reappraisal

    L.A.D. Fernandes;A. Tommasi;C.C. Porcher

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

    Alain Vauchez;Andréa Tommasi;David Mainprice

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

    Alain Vauchez;Andrea Tommasi;Guilhem Barruol

  • Olivine, and the Origin of Kimberlite

    Nicholas Arndt;M. Guitreau;Anne Marie Boullier;A. Le Roex

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

    A Vauchez;Guilhem Barruol;Andrea Tommasi

  • Deformation and Fluid–Rock Interaction in the Supra-subduction Mantle: Microstructures and Water Contents in Peridotite Xenoliths from the Avacha Volcano, Kamchatka

    Vincent Soustelle;Andrea Tommasi;Sylvie Demouchy;D. A. Ionov

  • 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

  • Forward modeling of the development of seismic anisotropy in the upper mantle

    Andréa Tommasi

  • Plastic deformation and development of clinopyroxene lattice preferred orientations in eclogites

    Jérôme Bascou;Jérôme Bascou;Andréa Tommasi;David Mainprice

  • Structural reactivation in plate tectonics controlled by olivine crystal anisotropy

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

  • Seismic anisotropy and compositionally induced velocity anomalies in the lithosphere above mantle plumes: a petrological and microstructural study of mantle xenoliths from French Polynesia

    Andréa Tommasi;Marguerite Godard;Guilhem Coromina;Jean-Marie Dautria

  • 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

  • Deformation, static recrystallization, and reactive melt transport in shallow subcontinental mantle xenoliths (Tok Cenozoic volcanic field, SE Siberia)

    Andréa Tommasi;Alain Vauchez;Dmitri A. Ionov

  • Low strength of Earth’s uppermost mantle inferred from tri-axial deformation experiments on dry olivine crystals

    Sylvie Demouchy;Andréa Tommasi;Tiziana Boffa Ballaran;Patrick Cordier

  • Crystal preferred orientations of garnet: comparison between numerical simulations and electron back-scattered diffraction (EBSD) measurements in naturally deformed eclogites

    David Mainprice;Jérôme Bascou;Patrick Cordier;Andréa Tommasi

  • Heterogeneity and anisotropy in the lithospheric mantle

    Andréa Tommasi;Alain Vauchez

Frequent Co-Authors

David Mainprice
David Mainprice University of Montpellier
Carlos J. Garrido
Carlos J. Garrido Spanish National Research Council
Patrick Cordier
Patrick Cordier Institut Universitaire de France
José Alberto Padrón-Navarta
José Alberto Padrón-Navarta Spanish National Research Council
Alain Vauchez
Alain Vauchez University of Montpellier
Sylvie Demouchy
Sylvie Demouchy University of Montpellier
Claudio Marchesi
Claudio Marchesi University of Granada
Csaba Szabó
Csaba Szabó University of Fribourg
Jean-Louis Bodinier
Jean-Louis Bodinier University of Montpellier
Guilhem Barruol
Guilhem Barruol Institut de Physique du Globe de Paris

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