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Eric Debayle publication distribution in Earth Science in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Earth Science in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Eric Debayle sits on this spectrum.

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38 publications 510+

This scientist: 107 publications — 13th percentile

13% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 510 publications or more.

Eric Debayle D-index placement in Earth Science in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Earth Science scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Eric Debayle sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 94+

This scientist: 36 D-Index — 13th percentile

13% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 94 D-Index or more.

Overview

Eric Debayle is affiliated with the École Normale Supérieure de Lyon in France. Their research primarily focuses on Earth and Planetary Sciences, with extensive work in Geophysics. Additional areas of investigation include Artificial Intelligence and Geochemistry and Petrology.

The scientist's research topics cover several domains related to geophysical processes and seismic analysis. These main topics include:

  • High-pressure geophysics and materials
  • Earthquake and tectonic studies
  • Seismic Waves and Analysis
  • Geological and Geochemical Analysis
  • Seismic Imaging and Inversion Techniques
  • Geological Modeling and Analysis
  • Seismology and Earthquake Studies

Eric Debayle has published numerous papers, with notable recent contributions including:

  • Seismic evidence for partial melt below tectonic plates, 2020, Nature
  • Global reference seismological data sets: multimode surface wave dispersion, 2021, Geophysical Journal International
  • Evidence for radial anisotropy in the lower crust of the Apennines from Bayesian ambient noise tomography in Europe, 2021, Geophysical Journal International
  • Seismic Evidence for Craton Formation by Underplating and Development of the MLD, 2024, Geophysical Research Letters
  • RÉSIF-SI: A Distributed Information System for French Seismological Data, 2021, Seismological Research Letters

Frequent co-authors working alongside Eric Debayle include:

  • S. Durand
  • Thomas Bodin
  • Yanick Ricard
  • Anne Paul
  • Laurent Stehly

The scientist's publications commonly appear in these venues:

  • Geophysical Journal International
  • Nature
  • Tectonophysics
  • Geophysical Research Letters
  • Seismological Research Letters

Best Publications

  • Global azimuthal seismic anisotropy and the unique plate-motion deformation of Australia

    Eric Debayle;Brian Kennett;Keith Priestley

  • Upper mantle structure of eastern Asia from multimode surface waveform tomography

    Keith Priestley;Eric Debayle;D. McKenzie;S. Pilidou

  • Seismic evidence for a global low-velocity layer within the Earth/'s upper mantle

    Benoît Tauzin;Eric Debayle;Gérard Wittlinger

  • Seismic evidence for a deeply rooted low-velocity anomaly in the upper mantle beneath the northeastern Afro/Arabian continent

    Eric Debayle;Jean-Jacques Lévêque;Michel Cara

  • The Australian continental upper mantle: Structure and deformation inferred from surface waves

    E. Debayle;B. L. N. Kennett

  • Anisotropy in the Australasian upper mantle from Love and Rayleigh waveform inversion

    Eric Debayle;Eric Debayle;B.L.N. Kennett

  • Seismic observations of large-scale deformation at the bottom of fast-moving plates

    Eric Debayle;Yanick Ricard

  • An automatically updated S-wave model of the upper mantle and the depth extent of azimuthal anisotropy

    Eric Debayle;Fabien Dubuffet;Stéphanie Durand

  • The African upper mantle and its relationship to tectonics and surface geology

    Keith Priestley;Dan McKenzie;Eric Debayle;Sylvana Pilidou

  • Inversion of massive surface wave data sets: Model construction and resolution assessment

    Eric Debayle;Malcolm Sambridge

  • A global shear velocity model of the upper mantle from fundamental and higher Rayleigh mode measurements

    Eric Debayle;Yanick Ricard

  • Propagation of a melting anomaly along the ultraslow Southwest Indian Ridge between 46°E and 52°20′E: interaction with the Crozet hotspot?

    Daniel Sauter;Mathilde Cannat;Christine Meyzen;Antoine Bezos

  • The Zagros core: Deformation of the continental lithospheric mantle

    Keith Priestley;Dan McKenzie;Jamie Barron;Mohammad Tatar

  • Seismic evidence for partial melt below tectonic plates.

    Eric Debayle;Thomas Bodin;Stéphanie Durand;Yanick Ricard

  • Upper mantle heterogeneities in the Indian Ocean from waveform inversion

    E. Debayle;J. J. Lévêque

  • Rayleigh wave tomography in the North Atlantic: high resolution images of the Iceland, Azores and Eifel mantle plumes

    Sylvana Pilidou;Keith Priestley;Eric Debayle;Ólafur Gudmundsson

  • Multimode surface waveform tomography of the Pacific Ocean: a closer look at the lithospheric cooling signature

    Alessia Maggi;Eric Debayle;Keith Priestley;Guilhem Barruol

  • The mantle transition zone as seen by global Pds phases: No clear evidence for a thin transition zone beneath hotspots

    Benoit Tauzin;Eric Debayle;Gérard Wittlinger

  • SV-wave azimuthal anisotropy in the Australian upper mantle: preliminary results from automated Rayleigh waveform inversion

    E. Debayle

  • Seismic evidence for deep low-velocity anomalies in the transition zone beneath West Antarctica

    Anne Sieminski;Eric Debayle;Jean-Jacques Lévêque

  • Confirmation of a change in the global shear velocity pattern at around 1000 km depth

    S. Durand;E Debayle;Y. Ricard;C. Zaroli

  • Seismic Evidence for a Global Low Velocity Layer Within the Earth's Upper Mantle

    E. Debayle;B. Tauzin;G. Wittlinger

Frequent Co-Authors

Yanick Ricard
Yanick Ricard École Normale Supérieure de Lyon
Keith Priestley
Keith Priestley University of Cambridge
Thomas Bodin
Thomas Bodin École Normale Supérieure de Lyon
Guilhem Barruol
Guilhem Barruol Institut de Physique du Globe de Paris
Brian Kennett
Brian Kennett Australian National University
Bruno Reynard
Bruno Reynard École Normale Supérieure de Lyon
Malcolm Sambridge
Malcolm Sambridge Australian National University
Anne Paul
Anne Paul Grenoble Alpes University
Dan McKenzie
Dan McKenzie University of Cambridge
Nicolas Coltice
Nicolas Coltice École Normale Supérieure

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