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Francis Lucazeau is affiliated with the Institut de Physique du Globe de Paris in France. Their research primarily focuses on Earth and Planetary Sciences, with significant contributions in the subfields of Geophysics, Geochemistry and Petrology, Atmospheric Science, Environmental Engineering, and Ocean Engineering.

The scientist's work encompasses various main topics, including:

  • Earthquake and tectonic studies
  • Groundwater and isotope geochemistry
  • Geological and tectonic studies in Latin America
  • Geological and geophysical studies worldwide
  • Geology and paleoclimatology research
  • Groundwater flow and contamination studies
  • Geological and geochemical analysis

Frequent co-authors of Francis Lucazeau include:

  • F. Rolandone
  • Pierre Agrinier
  • Magali Bonifacie
  • Gérard Bardoux
  • Thomas Giunta

Key recent publications are:

  • "Chlorine isotope data of chlorides challenge the pore fluid paradigm", 2021, Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta
  • "Thermally-constrained fluid circulation and seismicity in the Lesser Antilles subduction zone", 2022, Earth and Planetary Science Letters
  • "New heat flow data on the South Balearic margin: Evidence of regional fluid circulation system", 2023, Tectonophysics
  • "Heat flow estimates offshore Haiti in the Caribbean plate", 2020, Terra Nova
  • "Chlorine isotopes from chlorides in sedimentary fluids of the ocean crust and the Cl budget of Earth surface Chlorine", 2021, Goldschmidt2021 abstracts

Francis Lucazeau has published in various venues including:

  • Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta
  • Earth and Planetary Science Letters
  • Tectonophysics
  • Terra Nova
  • Goldschmidt2021 abstracts

Best Publications

  • Temperatures, Heat, and Energy in the Mantle of the Earth

    C. Jaupart;S. Labrosse;Francis Lucazeau;J.-C. Mareschal

  • Analysis and Mapping of an Updated Terrestrial Heat Flow Data Set

    F. Lucazeau

  • Effect of drainage area on hypsometry from an analysis of small-scale drainage basins in the Siwalik Hills (Central Nepal)

    J.-E. Hurtrez;J.-E. Hurtrez;C. Sol;F. Lucazeau

  • Investigation of the relationships between basin morphology, tectonic uplift, and denudation from the study of an active fold belt in the Siwalik Hills, central Nepal

    J.-E. Hurtrez;J.-E. Hurtrez;F. Lucazeau;F. Lucazeau;J. Lavé;J.-P. Avouac

  • From rifting to oceanic spreading in the Gulf of Aden: a synthesis

    Sylvie Leroy;Ph. Razin;J. Autin;F. Bache

  • Global heat flow trends resolved from multiple geological and geophysical proxies

    B. Goutorbe;Jeffrey Poort;F. Lucazeau;S. Raillard

  • A Proterozoic-rift origin for the structure and the evolution of the cratonic Congo basin

    Étienne Kadima Kabongo;Stanislas Sebagenzi Mwene Ntabwoba;Francis Lucazeau

  • Large uplift of rift flanks: A genetic link with lithospheric rigidity?

    J. Chéry;F. Lucazeau;M. Daignières;J.P. Vilotte

  • How does alluvial sedimentation at range fronts modify the erosional dynamics of mountain catchments

    S. Carretier;F. Lucazeau

  • Recent off-axis volcanism in the eastern Gulf of Aden: Implications for plume-ridge interaction

    Sylvie Leroy;Elia d'Acremont;Christel Tiberi;Clémence Basuyau

  • A moderate melting model for the Voring margin (Norway) based on structural observations and a thermo-kinematical modelling: Implication for the meaning of the lower crustal bodies

    Laurent Gernigon;Francis Lucazeau;Frederic Brigaud;Jean-Claude Ringenbach

  • Heat flow in the tectonic provinces crossed by the southern segment of the European Geotraverse

    B.Della Vedova;F. Lucazeau;V. Pasquale;G. Pellis

  • Contrasted styles of rifting in the eastern Gulf of Aden: A combined wide-angle, multichannel seismic, and heat flow survey

    Sylvie Leroy;Francis Lucazeau;Elia d'Acremont;Louise Watremez

  • The blanketing effect of sediments in basins formed by extension: a numerical model. Application to the Gulf of Lion and Viking graben

    F. Lucazeau;S. Le Douaran

  • Burial and exhumation history of the south-eastern Massif Central (France) constrained by apatite fission-track thermochronology

    J. Barbarand;F. Lucazeau;M. Pagel;M. Séranne

  • Polyphased uplift and erosion of the Cévennes (southern France). An example of slow morphogenesis

    Michel Séranne;Hubert Camus;Hubert Camus;Francis Lucazeau;Francis Lucazeau;Jocelyn Barbarand

  • Surrection et érosion polyphasées de la bordure cévenole. Un exemple de morphogenèse lente

    M. Séranne;H. Camus;F. Lucazeau;J. Barbarand

  • Persistent thermal activity at the Eastern Gulf of Aden after continental break-up

    Francis Lucazeau;Sylvie Leroy;Alain Bonneville;Bruno Goutorbe

  • Comparison of several BHT correction methods: a case study on an Australian data set

    Bruno Goutorbe;Francis Lucazeau;Alain Bonneville

  • Dynamic interactions between the gulf of Guinea passive margin and the Congo River drainage basin: 1. Morphology and mass balance

    Pascale Leturmy;Francis Lucazeau;Frédéric Brigaud

  • Heat flow density data from France and surrounding margins

    Francis Lucazeau;Guy Vasseur

Frequent Co-Authors

Elia d'Acremont
Elia d'Acremont Sorbonne University
Sylvie Leroy
Sylvie Leroy Sorbonne University
Nicolas Bellahsen
Nicolas Bellahsen Sorbonne University
Cynthia J. Ebinger
Cynthia J. Ebinger Tulane University
Pierre Agrinier
Pierre Agrinier Institut de Physique du Globe de Paris
Graham Stuart
Graham Stuart University of Leeds
Michel Séranne
Michel Séranne University of Montpellier
Philippe Huchon
Philippe Huchon Sorbonne University
Magali Ader
Magali Ader Institut de Physique du Globe de Paris

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