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Benoit Ildefonse is affiliated with the University of Montpellier in France. Their research primarily spans the fields of Earth and Planetary Sciences and Engineering, with a significant concentration in subfields such as Geophysics, Ocean Engineering, Environmental Chemistry, Mechanics of Materials, and Artificial Intelligence.

Their work encompasses a variety of topics in geoscience and engineering, including:

  • Geological and Geochemical Analysis
  • Earthquake and tectonic studies
  • High-pressure geophysics and materials
  • Methane Hydrates and Related Phenomena
  • Seismic Imaging and Inversion Techniques
  • Hydrocarbon exploration and reservoir analysis
  • Drilling and Well Engineering

Benoit Ildefonse has contributed to numerous publications, with recurrent contributions to venues such as:

  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • Journal of Geophysical Research Solid Earth
  • OPAL (Open@LaTrobe) (La Trobe University)
  • Journal of Structural Geology
  • Goldschmidt2021 abstracts

Recent notable papers include:

  • "Magma-Mush Interactions in the Lower Oceanic Crust: Insights From Atlantis Bank Layered Series (Southwest Indian Ridge)", 2021, Journal of Geophysical Research Solid Earth
  • "Role of compaction in melt extraction and accumulation at a slow spreading center: Microstructures of olivine gabbros from the Atlantis Bank (IODP Hole U1473A, SWIR)", 2021, Tectonophysics
  • "Retrieving timescales of oceanic crustal evolution at Oceanic Core Complexes: Insights from diffusion modelling of geochemical profiles in olivine", 2020, Lithos
  • "Quantifying the Axial Magma Lens Dynamics at the Roof of Oceanic Magma Reservoirs (Dike/Gabbro Transition): Oman Drilling Project GT3 Site Survey", 2021, Journal of Geophysical Research Solid Earth
  • "Plastic Deformation of Plagioclase in Oceanic Gabbro Accreted at a Slow-Spreading Ridge (Hole U1473A, Atlantis Bank, Southwest Indian Ridge)", 2021, Journal of Geophysical Research Solid Earth

Benoit Ildefonse frequently collaborates with other researchers, with notable co-authors including:

  • Natsue Abe
  • H. J. Dick
  • Lydéric France
  • Marguerite Godard
  • M. J. Cheadle

Best Publications

  • A long in situ section of the lower ocean crust: results of {ODP} Leg 176 drilling at the Southwest Indian Ridge

    Henry J.B. Dick;James H. Natland;Jeffrey C. Alt;Wolfgang Bach

  • Unraveling the sequence of serpentinization reactions: petrography, mineral chemistry, and petrophysics of serpentinites from MAR 15°N (ODP Leg 209, Site 1274)

    Wolfgang Bach;Wolfgang Bach;Holger Paulick;Carlos J. Garrido;Benoit Ildefonse

  • Oceanic core complexes and crustal accretion at slow-spreading ridges

    B. Ildefonse;D.K. Blackman;B.E. John;Y. Ohara

  • Accretion of Oman and United Arab Emirates ophiolite – Discussion of a new structural map

    A. Nicolas;F. Boudier;B. Ildefonse;E. Ball

  • Magma chambers in the Oman ophiolite: fed from the top and the bottom

    Françoise Boudier;Adolphe Nicolas;Benoiˆt Ildefonse

  • Onset and Progression of Serpentinization and Magnetite Formation in Olivine-rich Troctolite from IODP Hole U1309D

    J. S. Beard;B. R. Frost;P. Fryer;A. Mccaig

  • Effect of mechanical interactions on the development of shape preferred orientations: a two-dimensional experimental approach

    Benoît Ildefonse;Patrick Launeau;Jean-Luc Bouchez;Angel Fernandez

  • Hydrous partial melting in the sheeted dike complex at fast spreading ridges: experimental and natural observations

    Juergen Koepke;Benoit Ildefonse;Sarah B. Cichy

  • Geochemical and petrographic evidence for magmatic impregnation in the oceanic lithosphere at Atlantis Massif, Mid-Atlantic Ridge (IODP Hole U1309D, 30°N)

    Marion Drouin;Marguerite Godard;Benoit Ildefonse;Olivier Bruguier

  • Deformation around rigid particles: The influence of slip at the particle/matrix interface

    Benoît Ildefonse;Neil S. Mancktelow

  • Tectonic structure, evolution, and the nature of oceanic core complexes and their detachment fault zones (13°20′N and 13°30′N, Mid Atlantic Ridge)

    J. Escartín;C. Mével;Sven Petersen;D. Bonnemains

  • Primitive layered gabbros from fast-spreading lower oceanic crust

    Kathryn M. Gillis;Jonathan E. Snow;Adam Klaus;Natsue Abe

  • Mechanical interactions between rigid particles in a deforming ductile matrix. Analogue experiments in simple shear flow

    Benoît Ildefonse;Dimitrios Sokoutis;Neil S. Mancktelow

  • Variable crustal thickness in the Oman ophiolite: Implication for oceanic crust

    Adolphe Nicolas;FrançOise Boudier;Benoã®T. Ildefonse

  • Interactions between magma and hydrothermal system in Oman ophiolite and in IODP Hole 1256D: Fossilization of a dynamic melt lens at fast spreading ridges

    Benoit Ildefonse;Juergen Koepke

  • Seismic Anisotropy of Subduction Zone Minerals–Contribution of Hydrous Phases

    David Mainprice;Benoit Ildefonse

  • Flow mechanism and viscosity in basaltic magma chambers

    A. Nicolas;B. Ildefonse

  • Leg 209 summary : processes in a 20-km-thick conductiver boundary layer beneath the Mid-Atlantic Ridge, 14°-16°N

    Peter Kelemen;Eiichi Kikawa;D. Jay Miller;Benoit Ildefonse

  • Drilling constraints on lithospheric accretion and evolution at Atlantis Massif, Mid‐Atlantic Ridge 30°N

    D. K. Blackman;B. Ildefonse;B. E. John;Y. Ohara

  • Past and Future Impact of Deep Drilling in the Oceanic Crust and Mantle

    Henry Dick;James Natland;Benoit Ildefonse

  • Fossil clams from a serpentinite‐hosted sedimented vent field near the active smoker complex Rainbow, MAR, 36°13′N: Insight into the biogeography of vent fauna

    Franck Lartaud;Marc de Rafelis;Graham Oliver;Elena Krylova

Frequent Co-Authors

Marguerite Godard
Marguerite Godard University of Montpellier
Damon A. H. Teagle
Damon A. H. Teagle University of Southampton
Donna K. Blackman
Donna K. Blackman University of California, San Diego
Christopher J. MacLeod
Christopher J. MacLeod Cardiff University
Katsuyoshi Michibayashi
Katsuyoshi Michibayashi Nagoya University
Barbara E. John
Barbara E. John University of Wyoming
Peter B. Kelemen
Peter B. Kelemen Columbia University
Michael J. Cheadle
Michael J. Cheadle University of Wyoming
Philippe Pezard
Philippe Pezard University of Montpellier
David Mainprice
David Mainprice University of Montpellier

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