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Dominique Cluzel is affiliated with the University of New Caledonia in New Caledonia and specializes in Earth and Planetary Sciences, focusing extensively on geophysics and geology. Their research spans a range of subfields including geophysics, geology, paleontology, ecology, evolution, behavior and systematics, and artificial intelligence.

Their work covers multiple key topics in the earth sciences, namely:

  • Geological and Geochemical Analysis
  • Geological and Geophysical Studies
  • High-pressure geophysics and materials
  • Earthquake and tectonic studies
  • Paleontology and Stratigraphy of Fossils
  • Geochemistry and Geologic Mapping
  • Plant Diversity and Evolution

Dominique Cluzel has contributed to several recent publications that reflect a focus on regional geology and geological processes in New Caledonia. Notable papers include:

  • "Serpentinization of New Caledonia peridotites: from depth to (sub-)surface" (2020), published in Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology
  • "Chapter 5 The Eocene Subduction-Obduction Complex of New Caledonia" (2020), Geological Society London Memoirs
  • "Infertile landscapes on an old oceanic island: the biodiversity hotspot of New Caledonia" (2020), Biological Journal of the Linnean Society
  • "Chapter 7 Post-obduction evolution of New Caledonia" (2020), Geological Society London Memoirs
  • "Chapter 2 Geodynamics of the SW Pacific: a brief review and relations with New Caledonian geology" (2020), Geological Society London Memoirs

The researcher maintains active collaborations with several frequent co-authors, including Arianna Secchiari and Alessandra Montanini, each with 17 joint publications, as well as Pierre Maurizot with 10 collaborations. Other notable co-authors include Julien Collot and Jonathan C. Aitchison.

Dominique Cluzel's publications often appear in recognized venues such as Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research), Geological Society London Memoirs, Geochemistry Geophysics Geosystems, Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology, and the Bulletin de la Société Géologique de France.

Best Publications

  • Palaeozoic tectonic evolution of the Tianshan belt, NW China

    Jacques Charvet;Liangshu S. Shu;Sébastien Laurent-Charvet;Bo Wang

  • Paleozoic tectonics of the southern Chinese Tianshan: Insights from structural, chronological and geochemical studies of the Heiyingshan ophiolitic mélange (NW China)

    Bo Wang;Bo Wang;Bo Wang;Liangshu S. Shu;Michel Faure;Bor-Ming Jahn

  • Nickel Laterite Ore Deposits: Weathered Serpentinites

    Charles R. M. Butt;Dominique Cluzel

  • Tectonic accretion and underplating of mafic terranes in the Late Eocene intraoceanic fore-arc of New Caledonia (Southwest Pacific) : geodynamic implications

    Dominique Cluzel;Jonathan C Aitchison;Christian Picard

  • Eocene arc-continent collision in New Caledonia and implications for regional southwest Pacific tectonic evolution

    J. C. Aitchison;G. L. Clarke;S. Meffre;D. Cluzel

  • Geochemical constraints on Carboniferous volcanic rocks of the Yili Block (Xinjiang, NW China): Implication for the tectonic evolution of Western Tianshan

    B. Wang;B. Wang;L.S. Shu;D. Cluzel;M. Faure

  • Structural and Geochronological Study of High-Pressure Metamorphic Rocks in the Kekesu Section (Northwestern China): Implications for the Late Paleozoic Tectonics of the Southern Tianshan

    Bo Wang;Michel Faure;Liangshu S. Shu;Koenraad de Jong

  • Evolution of calc-alkaline to alkaline magmatism through Carboniferous convergence to Permian transcurrent tectonics, western Chinese Tianshan

    Bo Wang;Bo Wang;Bo Wang;Dominique Cluzel;Liangshu S. Shu;Michel Faure

  • Primary Carboniferous and Permian paleomagnetic results from the Yili Block (NW China) and their implications on the geodynamic evolution of Chinese Tianshan Belt

    Bo Wang;Bo Wang;Yan Chen;Sheng Zhan;Sheng Zhan;Liangshu Shu

  • Geodynamics of the Ogcheon Belt (South Korea)

    Dominique Cluzel;Jean-Paul Cadet;Henriette Lapierre

  • New 40Ar/39Ar age constraints on the Late Palaeozoic tectonic evolution of the western Tianshan (Xinjiang, northwestern China), with emphasis on Permian fluid ingress

    Koenraad de Jong;Bo Wang;Bo Wang;Michel Faure;Liangshu S. Shu

  • Paleozoic tectonic evolution of the Yili Block, western Chinese Tianshan

    Bo Wang;Michel Faure;Liangshu S. Shu;Dominique Cluzel

  • From oblique accretion to transpression in the evolution of the Altaid collage: New insights from West Junggar, northwestern China

    Flavien Choulet;Michel Faure;Dominique Cluzel;Yan Chen

  • Eclogites and Blueschists of the Pam Peninsula, NE New Caledonia: a Reappraisal

    G.L. Clarke;J.C. Aitchison;D. Cluzel

  • Early Middle Paleozoic Intraplate Orogeny in the Ogcheon Belt (South Korea): A new insight on the Paleozoic buildup of east Asia

    Dominique Cluzel;Laurent Jolivet;Jean-Paul Cadet

  • Late Paleozoic tectonic evolution of the northern West Chinese Tianshan Belt

    Bo Wang;Michel Faure;Dominique Cluzel;Liangshu Shu

  • An Outline of the Geology of New Caledonia; from Permian - Mesozoic Southeast Gondwanaland Active Margin to Cenozoic Obduction and Supergene Evolution

    Dominique Cluzel;Pierre Maurizot;Julien Collot;Brice Sevin

  • Multiple melting stages and refertilization as indicators for ridge to subduction formation: The New Caledonia ophiolite

    Marc Ulrich;Christian Picard;Stéphane Guillot;Catherine Chauvel

  • Late Paleozoic paleogeographic reconstruction of Western Central Asia based upon paleomagnetic data and its geodynamic implications

    Flavien Choulet;Yan Chen;Yan Chen;Bo Wang;Bo Wang;Michel Faure;Michel Faure

  • Late Paleozoic pre- and syn-kinematic plutons of the Kangguer–Huangshan Shear zone: Inference on the tectonic evolution of the eastern Chinese north Tianshan

    Bo Wang;Dominique Cluzel;Bor-Ming Jahn;Liangshu S. Shu

  • Primary Carboniferous and Permian paleomagnetic results from the Yili Block (NW China) and their geodynamic implications on the evolution of Chinese Tianshan Belt.

    B. Wang;Y. Chen;S. Zhan;L. Shu

Frequent Co-Authors

Michel Faure
Michel Faure University of Orléans
Sebastien Meffre
Sebastien Meffre University of Tasmania
Jacques Charvet
Jacques Charvet University of Orléans
Yan Chen
Yan Chen University of Orléans
Liangshu Shu
Liangshu Shu Nanjing University
Jonathan C. Aitchison
Jonathan C. Aitchison University of Queensland
Liangshu Shu
Liangshu Shu Nanjing University
Jean-Yves Collot
Jean-Yves Collot Centre national de la recherche scientifique, CNRS
Delphine Bosch
Delphine Bosch University of Montpellier
Wei Lin
Wei Lin Chinese Academy of Sciences

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