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Dominique Chardon

Dominique Chardon

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Earth Science

D-Index
38
Citations
5365
World Ranking
6512
National Ranking
496

Overview

Dominique Chardon is affiliated with Paul Sabatier University in France and conducts research primarily in the field of Earth and Planetary Sciences. Their work spans several specialized subfields, including Geophysics, Earth-Surface Processes, Geology, Atmospheric Science, and Paleontology.

The scientific contributions of Dominique Chardon focus on a variety of main topics around geological and geochemical analysis, geological formations and processes, earthquake and tectonic studies, and geological and geophysical investigations on a global scale. Additional areas of research include geology and paleoclimatology and studies related to high-pressure geophysics and materials.

Recent publications demonstrate the diversity and scope of their research interests. Notable papers include:

  • Eburnean deformation pattern of Burkina Faso and the tectonic significance of shear zones in the West African craton, 2020, Bulletin de la Société Géologique de France
  • Paleoproterozoic collision tectonics in West Africa: Insights into the geodynamics of continental growth, 2022, Precambrian Research
  • Superimposed Rifting at the Junction of the Central and Equatorial Atlantic: Formation of the Passive Margin of the Guiana Shield, 2021, Tectonics
  • Contrasting thermal evolution of the West African Equatorial and Central Atlantic continental margins, 2022, Gondwana Research
  • Landform-regolith patterns of Northwestern Africa: Deciphering Cenozoic surface dynamics of the tropical cratonic geosystem, 2023, Earth-Science Reviews

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Dominique Chardon include Delphine Rouby, Massimo Dall'Asta, Ousmane Bamba, Artiom Loparev, and Flora Bajolet. These partnerships reflect ongoing research efforts and shared interests within the broader geoscience community.

Their work appears regularly in select scientific journals, with repeated publications in Earth-Science Reviews, Precambrian Research, and Gondwana Research, as well as contributions to the Bulletin de la Société Géologique de France and Tectonics.

Best Publications

  • 2.61 Ga potassic granites and crustal reworking in the western Dharwar craton, southern India: Tectonic, geochronologic and geochemical constraints

    M. Jayananda;D. Chardon;J.-J. Peucat;R. Capdevila

  • Neoarchean greenstone volcanism and continental growth, Dharwar craton, southern India: Constraints from SIMS U–Pb zircon geochronology and Nd isotopes

    M. Jayananda;J-J Peucat;D Chardon;B. Krishna Rao

  • The lower crust of the Dharwar Craton, Southern India: Patchwork of Archean granulitic domains

    Jean-Jacques Peucat;Mudlappa Jayananda;Dominique Chardon;Ramon Capdevila

  • Flow of ultra-hot orogens: A view from the Precambrian, clues for the Phanerozoic

    Dominique Chardon;Dominique Chardon;Denis Gapais;Florence Cagnard

  • Lateral constrictional flow of hot orogenic crust: Insights from the Neoarchean of south India, geological and geophysical implications for orogenic plateaux

    Dominique Chardon;Dominique Chardon;Mudlappa Jayananda;Jean-Jacques Peucat

  • Precambrian continental strain and shear zone patterns: South Indian case

    Dominique Chardon;Dominique Chardon;Mudlappa Jayananda;Talari R. K. Chetty;Jean-Jacques Peucat

  • Archean granite-greenstone tectonics at Kolar (South India): Interplay of diapirism and bulk inhomogeneous contraction during juvenile magmatic accretion

    Dominique Chardon;Jean-Jacques Peucat;Mudlappa Jayananda;Pierre Choukroune

  • Paleo- to Mesoarchean TTG accretion and continental growth in the western Dharwar craton, Southern India: Constraints from SHRIMP U–Pb zircon geochronology, whole-rock geochemistry and Nd–Sr isotopes

    M. Jayananda;M. Jayananda;Dominique Chardon;Dominique Chardon;J. J. Peucat;Tushipokla

  • Strain patterns in Archaean dome-and-basin structures: The Dharwar craton (Karnataka, South India)

    Hugues Bouhallier;Dominique Chardon;Pierre Choukroune

  • Late Cenozoic partitioning of oblique plate convergence in the Zagros fold-and-thrust belt (Iran)

    Christine Authemayou;Dominique Chardon;Dominique Chardon;Olivier Bellier;Zaman Malekzadeh

  • Sinking of the Dharwar Basin (South India): implications for Archaean tectonics

    Dominique Chardon;Pierre Choukroune;Mudlappa Jayananda

  • Strain patterns, décollement and incipient sagducted greenstone terrains in the Archaean Dharwar craton (south India)

    Dominique Chardon;Pierre Choukroune;Mudlappa Jayananda

  • Archaean crustal growth and tectonic processes: a comparison of the Superior Province, Canada and the Dharwar Craton, India

    P. Choukroune;J. N. Ludden;D. Chardon;A. J. Calvert

  • Strain partitioning in an obliquely convergent orogen, plutonism, and synorogenic collapse: Coast Mountains Batholith, British Columbia, Canada

    Christopher L. Andronicos;Christopher L. Andronicos;Dominique H. Chardon;Dominique H. Chardon;Lincoln S. Hollister;George E. Gehrels

  • Large‐scale transpressive shear zone patterns and displacements within magmatic arcs: The Coast Plutonic Complex, British Columbia

    Dominique Chardon;Christopher L. Andronicos;Lincoln S. Hollister

  • Modes, tempo, and spatial variability of Cenozoic cratonic denudation: The West African example

    Anicet Beauvais;Dominique Chardon;Dominique Chardon

  • Three-dimensional field perspective on deformation, flow, and growth of the lower continental crust (Dharwar craton, India)

    Dominique Chardon;Dominique Chardon;Mudlappa Jayananda

  • Role of the Kazerun fault system in active deformation of the Zagros fold-and-thrust belt (Iran)

    Christine Authemayou;Olivier Bellier;Dominique Chardon;Zaman Malekzade

  • Subsurface electrical imaging of anisotropic formations affected by a slow active reverse fault, Provence, France

    Frederic Nguyen;Frederic Nguyen;S Garambois;D Chardon;D Hermitte

  • KINEMATICS AND TECTONIC SIGNIFICANCE OF TRANSPRESSIVE STRUCTURES WITHIN THE COAST PLUTONIC COMPLEX, BRITISH COLUMBIA

    Christopher L Andronicos;Lincoln S Hollister;Cameron Davidson;Dominique Chardon

Frequent Co-Authors

Mudlappa Jayananda
Mudlappa Jayananda University of Hyderabad
Olivier Bellier
Olivier Bellier Aix-Marseille University
Jean-Jacques Peucat
Jean-Jacques Peucat University of Rennes
Stéphane Garambois
Stéphane Garambois Grenoble Alpes University
Pierre Choukroune
Pierre Choukroune University of Rennes
Cécile Robin
Cécile Robin University of Rennes
Nicolas Arnaud
Nicolas Arnaud University of Montpellier
Frédéric Nguyen
Frédéric Nguyen University of Liège
Patrice Baby
Patrice Baby Paul Sabatier University
Lincoln S. Hollister
Lincoln S. Hollister Princeton University

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