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Eric C. Ferré is affiliated with New Mexico State University in the United States. Their research primarily spans the field of Earth and Planetary Sciences, with significant focus on Geophysics, Environmental Chemistry, Astronomy and Astrophysics, Molecular Biology, and Geochemistry and Petrology. The breadth of their work covers a range of topics related to methane hydrates, seismic imaging, geomagnetism, geological and geochemical analysis, planetary science, geological modeling, and tectonic studies.

The scientist has contributed to multiple recent papers, demonstrating a wide scope in geosciences and related disciplines. Notable publications include:

  • Shallow-water hydrothermal venting linked to the Palaeocene-Eocene Thermal Maximum (2023), Nature Geoscience
  • Faulting Processes Unveiled by Magnetic Properties of Fault Rocks (2020), Reviews of Geophysics
  • Magnetic sources in the Earth's mantle (2020), Nature Reviews Earth & Environment
  • Havre 2012 pink pumice is evidence of a short-lived, deep-sea, magnetite nanolite-driven explosive eruption (2022), Communications Earth & Environment
  • Ferromagnetic resonance of superparamagnetic nanoparticles: The effect of dipole-dipole interactions (2021), Journal of Applied Physics

Frequent co-authorships have been established with several researchers, such as:

  • Carlos A. Alvarez Zarikian
  • Geoffroy Mohn
  • Christian Berndt
  • Sverre Planke
  • Joost Frieling

Eric C. Ferré's work has appeared extensively in a variety of publication venues, including:

  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • Abstracts with programs - Geological Society of America
  • Journal of Structural Geology
  • Journal of Geophysical Research Solid Earth
  • Frontiers in Earth Science

The focus on topics such as methane hydrates and related phenomena, seismic imaging, geomagnetism, geological and geochemical analysis, astro and planetary science, geological modeling, and earthquake and tectonic studies reflects a multidisciplinary engagement with Earth system processes and planetary geosciences.

Best Publications

  • Rapid transition from continental breakup to igneous oceanic crust in the South China Sea

    H. C. Larsen;H. C. Larsen;G. Mohn;M. Nirrengarten;Z. Sun

  • Obliquely convergent tectonics and granite emplacement in the Trans-Saharan belt of Eastern Nigeria: a synthesis

    Eric Ferré;Gérard Gleizes;Renaud Caby

  • Subduction initiation and ophiolite crust: new insights from IODP drilling

    Mark K. Reagan;Julian A. Pearce;Katerina Petronotis;Renat R. Almeev

  • Pan-African, post-collisional, ferro-potassic granite and quartz–monzonite plutons of Eastern Nigeria

    E.C. Ferré;R. Caby;J.J. Peucat;R. Capdevila

  • Theoretical models of intermediate and inverse AMS fabrics

    Eric C. Ferré

  • The Pan-African reactivation of Eburnean and Archaean provinces in Nigeria: structural and isotopic data

    E. Ferré;J. Déléris;J.-L. Bouchez;A.U. Lar

  • Chemical and isotopic fractionation of wet andesite in a temperature gradient: Experiments and models suggesting a new mechanism of magma differentiation

    F. Huang;C.C. Lundstrom;J. Glessner;A. Ianno

  • Flow of partially molten crust and the internal dynamics of a migmatite dome, Naxos, Greece

    Seth C. Kruckenberg;Seth C. Kruckenberg;Olivier Vanderhaeghe;Eric C. Ferré;Christian Teyssier

  • Migration and accumulation of ultra-depleted subduction-related melts in the Massif du Sud ophiolite (New Caledonia)

    Claudio Marchesi;Claudio Marchesi;Carlos J. Garrido;Marguerite Godard

  • Flow of partially molten crust and origin of detachments during collapse of the Cordilleran Orogen

    C. Teyssier;E. C. Ferré;D. L. Whitney;B. Norlander

  • Geodynamic significance of early orogenic high-K crustal and mantle melts: example of the Corsica batholith

    Eric C. Ferré;Bernard Elgey Leake

  • Separation of paramagnetic and ferrimagnetic anisotropies: A review

    Fátima Martín-Hernández;Eric C. Ferré

  • Eight good reasons why the uppermost mantle could be magnetic

    Eric C. Ferré;Sarah A. Friedman;Fatíma Martín-Hernández;Joshua M. Feinberg

  • The magnetic susceptibility of granitic rocks as a proxy for geochemical composition: Example from the Saruhan granitoids, NE Turkey

    Ali Aydin;Eric C. Ferré;Zafer Aslan

  • Magma flow inferred from AMS fabrics in a layered mafic sill, Insizwa, South Africa

    Eric C. Ferré;Cécile Bordarier;Julian S. Marsh

  • How are saucer‐shaped sills emplaced? Constraints from the Golden Valley Sill, South Africa

    S. Polteau;E. C. Ferré;S. Planke;E.-R. Neumann

  • Paramagnetic and ferromagnetic anisotropy of magnetic susceptibility in migmatites: measurements in high and low fields and kinematic implications

    Eric C. Ferré;Fátima Martín-Hernández;Christian Teyssier;Mike Jackson

  • The magnetism of mantle xenoliths and potential implications for sub-Moho magnetic sources

    Eric C. Ferré;Sarah A. Friedman;Fatíma Martín-Hernández;Fatíma Martín-Hernández;Joshua M. Feinberg

  • Granite magma migration and emplacement along thrusts

    Eric C. Ferré;Olivier Galland;Domenico Montanari;Thomas J. Kalakay

  • Internal fabric and strike-slip emplacement of the Pan-African granite of Solli Hills, northern Nigeria

    E. Ferré;G. Gleizes;J. L. Bouchez;P. N. Nnabo

  • Viscoplastic flow in migmatites deduced from fabric anisotropy: An example from the Naxos dome, Greece

    Seth C. Kruckenberg;Seth C. Kruckenberg;Eric C. Ferré;Christian Teyssier;Olivier Vanderhaeghe

  • Deformation and magnetic fabrics in ductile shear zones: A review

    Eric C. Ferré;Aude Gébelin;Jessica L. Till;Caroline Sassier

Frequent Co-Authors

John W. Geissman
John W. Geissman The University of Texas at Dallas
Joshua M. Feinberg
Joshua M. Feinberg University of Minnesota
Christian Teyssier
Christian Teyssier University of Minnesota
Michael J Jackson
Michael J Jackson University of Minnesota
Julian S. Marsh
Julian S. Marsh Rhodes University
Basil Tikoff
Basil Tikoff University of Wisconsin–Madison
Dmitri A. Ionov
Dmitri A. Ionov University of Montpellier
Marguerite Godard
Marguerite Godard University of Montpellier
Gail L. Christeson
Gail L. Christeson The University of Texas at Austin
William W. Sager
William W. Sager University of Houston

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