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  • 2012 - Fellow of American Geophysical Union (AGU)

Overview

David Mainprice is affiliated with the University of Montpellier in France and specializes in Earth and Planetary Sciences, with a particular focus on geophysics and the mechanics of materials. Their research primarily addresses high-pressure geophysics and materials, geological and geochemical analysis, earthquake and tectonic studies, seismic imaging and inversion techniques, rock mechanics and modeling, and composite material mechanics.

The scientist's publication record includes studies across notable venues such as Computers & Geosciences, Geoscience Frontiers, Journal of Structural Geology, Tectonophysics, and Minerals.

  • "AnisEulerSC: A MATLAB program combined with MTEX for modeling the anisotropic seismic properties of a polycrystalline aggregate with microcracks using self-consistent approximation" (2020, Computers & Geosciences)
  • "Anomalous elasticity of talc at high pressures: Implications for subduction systems" (2022, Geoscience Frontiers)
  • "Crystallographic preferred orientations and microtexture of the Himalayan eclogites revealing records of syn-deformation peak metamorphic stage and subsequent exhumation" (2023, Journal of Structural Geology)
  • "Textural insights into the significance of ophiolitic chromitites, with special reference to Oman" (2021, Tectonophysics)
  • "Effect of Low Viscosity Contrast between Quartz and Plagioclase on Creep Behavior of the Mid-Crustal Shear Zone" (2024, Minerals)

Mainprice has collaborated frequently with other researchers including Fabrice Barou, Hafiz Ur Rehman, Hiroshi Yamamoto, Françoise Boudier, and Adolphe Nicolas.

Their work intersects multiple topics relevant to both fundamental studies and applied geosciences:

  • High-pressure geophysics and materials
  • Geological and Geochemical Analysis
  • Earthquake and tectonic studies
  • Seismic Imaging and Inversion Techniques
  • Rock Mechanics and Modeling
  • Composite Material Mechanics

Mainprice has also contributed to academic literature through book publications, notably with Cambridge University Press. A forthcoming book titled Anisotropic Seismology is scheduled for publication in 2025.

In recognition of their contributions to the geophysical sciences, Mainprice was named a Fellow of the American Geophysical Union in 2012.

Best Publications

  • An olivine fabric database: an overview of upper mantle fabrics and seismic anisotropy

    Walid Ben Ismaı̈l;David Mainprice

  • Dominant c slip in naturally deformed quartz: Implications for dramatic plastic softening at high temperature

    David Mainprice;Jean-Luc Bouchez;Philippe Blumenfeld;José Maria Tubià

  • Interpretation of SKS-waves using samples from the subcontinental lithosphere

    David Mainprice;Paul G. Silver

  • A FORTRAN program to calculate seismic anisotropy from the lattice preferred orientation of minerals

    David Mainprice

  • 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

  • The Seismic Anisotropy of the Earth's Mantle: from Single Crystal to Polycrystal

    D. Mainprice;G. Barruol;W. Ben IsmaïL

  • Calculating anisotropic physical properties from texture data using the MTEX open source package

    David Mainprice;Ralf Hielscher;Helmut Schaeben

  • Descriptive tools for the analysis of texture projects with large datasets using MTEX: strength, symmetry and components

    David Mainprice;Florian Bachmann;Ralf Hielscher;Helmut Schaeben

  • Development of shape and lattice preferred orientations: application to the seismic anisotropy of the lower crust

    David Mainprice;Adolphe Nicolas

  • Seismic Anisotropy of the Deep Earth from a Mineral and Rock Physics Perspective

    David Mainprice

  • Fault-induced seismic anisotropy by hydration in subducting oceanic plates

    Manuele Faccenda;Luigi Burlini;Taras V. Gerya;David Mainprice

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

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

  • C-slip in quartz from subsolidus deformed granite

    P. Blumenfeld;D. Mainprice;J.L. Bouchez

  • A quantitative evaluation of the contribution of crustal rocks to the shear-wave splitting of teleseismic SKS waves

    Guilhem Barruol;David Mainprice

  • Misorientation analysis and the formation and orientation of subgrain and grain boundaries

    Geoffrey E. Lloyd;Andrew B. Farmer;David Mainprice

  • Methods of calculating petrophysical properties from lattice preferred orientation data

    David Mainprice;Michel Humbert

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

    Alain Vauchez;Andréa Tommasi;David Mainprice

  • Seismic properties and anisotropy of the continental crust: Predictions based on mineral texture and rock microstructure

    Bjarne S. G. Almqvist;David Mainprice

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

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

  • The Role of Pre-existing Mechanical Anisotropy on Shear Zone Development within Oceanic Mantle Lithosphere: an Example from the Oman Ophiolite

    Katsuyoshi Michibayashi;David Mainprice

  • Deformation mechanisms in a high-temperature quartz-feldspar mylonite: evidence for superplastic flow in the lower continental crust

    J.H. Behrmann;D. Mainprice

Frequent Co-Authors

Andréa Tommasi
Andréa Tommasi University of Montpellier
Patrick Cordier
Patrick Cordier Institut Universitaire de France
Geoffrey E. Lloyd
Geoffrey E. Lloyd University of Leeds
Martin Casey
Martin Casey University of Leeds
Guilhem Barruol
Guilhem Barruol Institut de Physique du Globe de Paris
Benoit Ildefonse
Benoit Ildefonse University of Montpellier
Carlos J. Garrido
Carlos J. Garrido Spanish National Research Council
Richard D. Law
Richard D. Law Virginia Tech
Katsuyoshi Michibayashi
Katsuyoshi Michibayashi Nagoya University
Françoise Boudier
Françoise Boudier University of Montpellier

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