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Claude Lepvrier

Claude Lepvrier

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Earth Science

D-Index
31
Citations
7392
World Ranking
8823
National Ranking
720

Overview

Claude Lepvrier is affiliated with Sorbonne University in France and conducts research primarily in Earth and Planetary Sciences. Their work spans multiple subfields including Geophysics, Artificial Intelligence, Geology, Paleontology, and Geochemistry and Petrology.

Their research topics cover a broad spectrum focused on geological and geochemical analysis, earthquake and tectonic studies, geochemistry and geologic mapping, geological and geophysical studies, paleontology and stratigraphy of fossils, high-pressure geophysics and materials, as well as geochemistry and elemental analysis.

Claude Lepvrier has authored several scientific papers, including:

  • Neoproterozoic to Early Triassic tectono-stratigraphic evolution of Indochina and adjacent areas: A review with new data (2020, Journal of Asian Earth Sciences)
  • Detrital zircon U Pb age distributions and Hf isotopic constraints of the Ailaoshan-Song Ma Suture Zone and their paleogeographic implications for the Eastern Paleo-Tethys evolution (2021, Earth-Science Reviews)
  • Correlation among the Ailaoshan-Song Ma-Song Chay orogenic belts and implications for the evolution of the eastern Paleo-Tethys Ocean (2022, Tectonophysics)
  • Detrital Zircon U-Pb Age Distribution and Hf Isotopic Constraints From the Terrigenous Sediments of the Song Chay Suture Zone (NE Vietnam) and Their Paleogeographic Implications on the Eastern Paleo-Tethys Evolution (2021, Tectonics)
  • Corrigendum to Correlation among the Ailaoshan-Song Ma-Song Chay orogenic belts and implications for the evolution of the eastern Paleo-Tethys Ocean (2022, Tectonophysics)

The scientist frequently publishes in journals such as:

  • Tectonophysics
  • Journal of Asian Earth Sciences
  • Earth-Science Reviews
  • Tectonics

Collaborations have occurred with a number of coauthors, notably:

  • Michel Faure
  • Vuong Van Nguyen
  • Hoai Luong Thi Thu
  • Tich Van Vu
  • Qiuli Li

Best Publications

  • Geological evolution of the tethys belt from the atlantic to the pamirs since the LIAS

    J. Dercourt;L.P. Zonenshain;L.-E. Ricou;V.G. Kazmin

  • The Early Triassic Indosinian orogeny in Vietnam (Truong Son Belt and Kontum Massif); implications for the geodynamic evolution of Indochina

    C. Lepvrier;H. Maluski;Vu Van Tich;A. Leyreloup

  • The South China block-Indochina collision: Where, when, and how?

    Michel Faure;Claude Lepvrier;Vuong Van Nguyen;Tich Van Vu

  • Presentation de 9 cartes paleogeographiques au 1/20000000000eme s'etendant de l'Atlantique au Pamir pour la periode du Lias a l'Actuel

    J. Dercourt;L. P. Zonenshain;L. E. Ricou;V. G. Kazmin

  • Indosinian tectonics in Vietnam

    Claude Lepvrier;Nguyen Van Vuong;Henri Maluski;Phan Truong Thi

  • Indosinian NW-trending shear zones within the Truong Son belt (Vietnam) 40Ar39Ar Triassic ages and Cretaceous to Cenozoic overprints

    Claude Lepvrier;Henri Maluski;Nguyen Van Vuong;Delphine Roques

  • Geodynamic Significance of the Kontum Massif in Central Vietnam: Composite 40Ar/39Ar and U‐Pb Ages from Paleozoic to Triassic

    Elizabeth A. Nagy;Henri Maluski;Claude Lepvrier;Urs Schärer

  • Ar–Ar and fission-track ages in the Song Chay Massif: Early Triassic and Cenozoic tectonics in northern Vietnam

    H. Maluski;C. Lepvrier;L. Jolivet;Andrew Carter

  • Oligo‐Miocene midcrustal subhorizontal shear zone in Indochina

    Laurent Jolivet;Olivier Beyssac;Bruno Goffé;Dov Avigad

  • Triassic tectonics of the southern margin of the South China Block

    Michel Faure;Wei Lin;Yang Chu;Claude Lepvrier

  • North-directed Triassic nappes in Northeastern Vietnam (East Bac Bo)

    Claude Lepvrier;Michel Faure;Vuong Nguyen Van;Tich Van Vu

  • Geological constraints on the alpine evolution of the Mediterranean Tethys

    L.E. Ricou;J. Dercourt;J. Geyssant;C. Grandjacquet

  • Arabia-Somalia plate kinematics, evolution of the Aden-Owen-Carlsberg triple junction, and opening of the Gulf of Aden

    Marc Fournier;Marc Fournier;Marc Fournier;Nicolas Chamot-Rooke;Carole Petit;Carole Petit;Philippe Huchon;Philippe Huchon

  • A geologic reconnaissance of the Cycladic blueschist belt, Greece

    M. C. Blake;Michel Bonneau;Jacques Geyssant;J. R. Kienast

  • U-Pb dating of high temperature metamorphic episodes in the Kon Tum Massif (Vietnam)

    Françoise Roger;Henri Maluski;André Leyreloup;Claude Lepvrier

  • Cenozoic deformation of central and south Vietnam

    C. Rangin;P. Huchon;X. Le Pichon;H. Bellon

  • LA-ICPMS zircons U/Pb dating of Permo-Triassic and Cretaceous magmatisms in Northern Vietnam – Geodynamical implications

    Françoise Roger;Henri Maluski;Claude Lepvrier;Tich Vu Van

  • Early Paleozoic or Early-Middle Triassic collision between the South China and Indochina Blocks: The controversy resolved? Structural insights from the Kon Tum massif (Central Vietnam)

    Michel Faure;Van Vuong Nguyen;Luong Thi Thu Hoai;Claude Lepvrier

  • From rifting to spreading in the eastern Gulf of Aden: a geophysical survey of a young oceanic basin from margin to margin

    Sylvie Leroy;Pascal Gente;Marc Fournier;Elia d'Acremont

  • Triassic tectonics of the Ailaoshan Belt (SW China): Early Triassic collision between the South China and Indochina Blocks, and Middle Triassic intracontinental shearing

    Michel Faure;Wei Lin;Yang Chu;Claude Lepvrier

  • Late Cretaceous to Paleogene post-obduction extension and subsequent Neogene compression in the Oman Mountains

    Marc Fournier;Claude Lepvrier;Philippe Razin;Laurent Jolivet

  • Triassic tectonics of the southern margin of the South

    Michel Faure;Wei Lin;Yang Chu;Claude Lepvrier

Frequent Co-Authors

Henri Maluski
Henri Maluski University of Montpellier
Michel Faure
Michel Faure University of Orléans
Marc Fournier
Marc Fournier Sorbonne University
Wei Lin
Wei Lin Chinese Academy of Sciences
Philippe Huchon
Philippe Huchon Sorbonne University
Laurent Jolivet
Laurent Jolivet Sorbonne University
Nicolas Chamot-Rooke
Nicolas Chamot-Rooke École Normale Supérieure
Jean-Claude Sibuet
Jean-Claude Sibuet French Research Institute for Exploitation of the Sea
Olivier Beyssac
Olivier Beyssac Sorbonne University
Elia d'Acremont
Elia d'Acremont Sorbonne University

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