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Eric Deville is affiliated with the University of Montpellier in France. Their research primarily spans Earth and Planetary Sciences, Engineering, and Environmental Science, with a notable focus on subfields such as Geophysics, Mechanics of Materials, Environmental Chemistry, Atmospheric Science, and Global and Planetary Change.

The scientist's work concentrates on key topics including hydrocarbon exploration and reservoir analysis, methane hydrates and related phenomena, geological and geochemical analysis, geology and paleoclimatology research, earthquake and tectonic studies, atmospheric and environmental gas dynamics, and geological formations and processes.

Eric Deville has contributed to a range of scientific papers in various publication venues. Their recent papers include:

  • "Structure of the Tectonic Front of the Western Alps: Control of Fluid Pressure and Halite Occurrence on the Decollement Processes" (2021) in Tectonics
  • "Fluid seepage associated with slope destabilization along the Zambezi margin (Mozambique)" (2020) in Marine Geology

Other notable publications with coauthors include papers led by Omar Maiga and Isabelle Moretti focusing on natural hydrogen reservoirs and hydrogen emanations. Some of these papers have appeared in the International Journal of Hydrogen Energy, Scientific Reports, and Geosciences.

Frequent coauthors include Valentine Combaudon, O.J. Sissmann, Hannelore Derluyn, Alain Prinzhofer, and Sylvain Bernard, reflecting collaborative efforts across related research fields.

Eric Deville has published multiple papers in leading scientific venues, notably:

  • International Journal of Hydrogen Energy
  • Tectonics
  • Marine Geology
  • Marine and Petroleum Geology
  • Scientific Reports

The researcher's work contributes technical insights into tectonic processes, fluid pressure dynamics, and natural hydrogen exploration, integrating geophysical, mechanical, and environmental chemistry perspectives.

Best Publications

  • Evolution of the Raman spectrum of carbonaceous material in low‐grade metasediments of the Glarus Alps (Switzerland)

    A. Lahfid;O. Beyssac;O. Beyssac;E. Deville;F. Negro

  • Natural Molecular Hydrogen Seepage Associated with Surficial, Rounded Depressions on the European Craton in Russia

    Nikolay Larin;Viacheslav Zgonnik;Svetlana Rodina;Eric Deville

  • Reduced gas seepages in ophiolitic complexes: Evidences for multiple origins of the H 2 -CH 4 -N 2 gas mixtures

    Christèle Vacquand;Eric Deville;Valérie Beaumont;François Guyot

  • From oceanic closure to continental collision: A synthesis of the Schistes lustrés metamorphic complex of the Western Alps

    Eric Deville;Serge Fudral;Yves Lagabrielle;Michel Marthaler

  • Seafloor geological studies above active gas chimneys off Egypt (Central nile deep sea fan)

    Stéphanie Dupré;John Woodside;Jean-Paul Foucher;Gert de Lange

  • Evidence for natural molecular hydrogen seepage associated with Carolina bays (surficial, ovoid depressions on the Atlantic Coastal Plain, Province of the USA)

    Viacheslav Zgonnik;Valérie Beaumont;Eric Deville;Nikolay Larin

  • The origin and processes of mud volcanism: new insights from Trinidad

    E. Deville;A. Battani;R. Griboulard;S. Guerlais

  • The Jura fold-and-thrust belt : a kinematic model based on map-balancing

    Y. Philippe;B. Colletta;E. Deville;A. Mascle

  • Liquefied vs stratified sediment mobilization processes: Insight from the South of the Barbados accretionary prism

    Eric Deville;Sophie-Hélène Guerlais;Yannick Callec;Roger Griboulard

  • Characterization of the spontaneously recharging natural hydrogen reservoirs of Bourakebougou in Mali

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  • Natural H2 in Kansas: Deep or shallow origin?

    Julia Guélard;Julia Guélard;Valérie Beaumont;Virgile Rouchon;F. Guyot

  • Offshore Frontal Part of the Makran Accretionary Prism: The Chamak Survey (Pakistan)

    Nadine Ellouz-Zimmermann;Siegfried Lallemant;Raymi Castilla;Nicolas Mouchot

  • The origin of N2-H2-CH4-rich natural gas seepages in ophiolitic context: A major and noble gases study of fluid seepages in New Caledonia

    Eric Deville;Alain Prinzhofer

  • Hydrogen Emanations in Intracratonic Areas: New Guide Lines for Early Exploration Basin Screening

    Isabelle Moretti;Emyrose Brouilly;Keanu Loiseau;Alain Prinzhofer

  • Cyclic activity of mud volcanoes: Evidences from Trinidad (SE Caribbean)

    E. Deville;S.-H. Guerlais

  • Channel profiles through the active thrust front of the southern Barbados prism

    Pascale Huyghe;Michel Foata;Eric Deville;Georges Mascle

  • Thin-skinned inversion tectonics at oblique basin margins: example of the western Vercors and Chartreuse Subalpine massifs (SE France)

    Yann Philippe;Eric Deville;Alain Mascle

  • Impact of Sedimentation on Convergent Margin Tectonics: Example of the Makran Accretionary Prism (Pakistan)

    N. Ellouz-Zimmermann;E. Deville;C. Müller;S. Lallemant

  • Tectonics and sedimentation interactions in the east Caribbean subduction zone: An overview from the Orinoco delta and the Barbados accretionary prism

    Eric Deville;A. Mascle;Y. Callec;P. Huyghe

  • Fluid dynamics and subsurface sediment mobilization processes: an overview from Southeast Caribbean

    Éric Deville;Sophie-Hélène Guerlais;Siegfried Lallemant;Frédéric Schneider

  • Channel profiles through the active thrust front of the Southern Barbados Prism

    M. Foata;P. Huyghe;E. Deville;J. L. Mugnier

Frequent Co-Authors

Pascale Huyghe
Pascale Huyghe Grenoble Alpes University
Siegfried Lallemant
Siegfried Lallemant CY Cergy Paris University
Graham K. Westbrook
Graham K. Westbrook University of Birmingham
Gwenael Jouet
Gwenael Jouet French Research Institute for Exploitation of the Sea
Olivier Beyssac
Olivier Beyssac Sorbonne University
Christian Chopin
Christian Chopin École Normale Supérieure
Bruno Goffé
Bruno Goffé Aix-Marseille University
Antje Boetius
Antje Boetius Max Planck Society
Catherine Pierre
Catherine Pierre Université Paris Cité
François Guyot
François Guyot French National Museum of Natural History

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