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Francisco Hervé

Francisco Hervé

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Earth Science
Chile
2026

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Earth Science

D-Index
47
Citations
7927
World Ranking
4037
National Ranking
5

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Earth Science in Chile Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Earth Science in Chile Leader Award
  • 2023 - Research.com Earth Science in Chile Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Earth Science in Chile Leader Award
  • 1980 - Fellow of John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation
  • GSA Honorary Fellow Award, The Geological Society of America
  • GSA Honorary Fellow Award, The Geological Society of America

Overview

Francisco Hervé is affiliated with the University of Chile in Chile. Their research primarily spans the field of Earth and Planetary Sciences with a focus on Geophysics, Artificial Intelligence, Atmospheric Science, Paleontology, and Geochemistry and Petrology as subfields. Their scientific contributions have been published in multiple venues, reflecting diverse aspects of geosciences and related disciplines.

The scientist's work covers several main topics including Geological and Geochemical Analysis, Geochemistry and Geologic Mapping, earthquake and tectonic studies, Geology and Paleoclimatology Research, Paleontology and Stratigraphy of Fossils, High-pressure geophysics and materials, and Geological and Geophysical Studies Worldwide.

Francisco Hervé has authored and co-authored numerous research papers. Some of the more recent papers include:

  • A revised interpretation of the Chon Aike magmatic province: Active margin origin and implications for the opening of the Weddell Sea (2021, Lithos)
  • The Devonian accretionary orogen of the North Patagonian cordillera (2021, Gondwana Research)
  • Deep Structure of the Continental Plate in the South-Central Chilean Margin: Metamorphic Wedge and Implications for Megathrust Earthquakes (2021, Journal of Geophysical Research Solid Earth)
  • Trace element composition of amphibole and petrogenesis of hornblendites and plutonic suites of Cretaceous magmatic arcs developed in the Fuegian Andes, southernmost South America (2020, Lithos)
  • Palaeozoic - Early Mesozoic geological history of the Antarctic Peninsula and correlations with Patagonia: Kinematic reconstructions of the proto-Pacific margin of Gondwana (2022, Earth-Science Reviews)

The frequent co-authors in Francisco Hervé's research collaborations are:

  • Mauricio Calderón
  • C. Mark Fanning
  • R. J. Pankhurst
  • Paulo Quezada
  • Joaquín Bastías

Prominent journals where Francisco Hervé has published repeatedly include:

  • Journal of South American Earth Sciences
  • Andean Geology
  • Lithos
  • Gondwana Research
  • Journal of Geophysical Research Solid Earth

Francisco Hervé has been recognized by awards such as the Fellowship of the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation awarded in 1980, and the GSA Honorary Fellow Award from The Geological Society of America.

Best Publications

  • The Liquiñe Ofqui fault zone: A long-lived intra-arc fault system in southern Chile

    José Cembrano;Francisco Hervé;Alain Lavenu

  • The South Patagonian batholith: 150 my of granite magmatism on a plate margin

    Francisco Herve;Robert J Pankhurst;Christopher Fanning;Mauricio Calderon

  • Mesozoic-Cenozoic evolution of the North Patagonian Batholith in Aysen, southern Chile

    R. J. Pankhurst;S. D. Weaver;F. Hervé;P. Larrondo

  • Geodynamic evolution and tectonostratigraphic terranes of northwestern Argentina and northern Chile

    Heinrich Bahlburg;Francisco Hervé

  • Detrital zircon age patterns and provenance of the metamorphic complexes of southern Chile

    Francisco Herve;Christopher Fanning;Robert J Pankhurst

  • Late Paleozoic subduction and accretion in southern Chile

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  • Late Jurassic bimodal magmatism in the northern sea-floor remnant of the Rocas Verdes basin, southern Patagonian Andes

    Mauricio Calderon;A. Fildani;Francisco Herve;Christopher Fanning

  • Mesozoic-Cenozoic denudation history of the Patagonian Andes (southern Chile) and its correlation to different subduction processes

    Stuart N. Thomson;Francisco Hervé;Bernhard Stöckhert

  • Provenance variations in the Late Paleozoic accretionary complex of central Chile as indicated by detrital zircons

    Francisco Herve;M. Calderon;Christopher Fanning;Robert J Pankhurst

  • Time markers for the evolution and exhumation history of a Late Palaeozoic paired metamorphic belt in North-Central Chile (34°-35°30′S)

    Arne P. Willner;Stuart N. Thomson;Stuart N. Thomson;Alfred Kröner;Jo Anne Wartho

  • Pacific subduction coeval with the Karoo mantle plume: the Early Jurasssic Subcordilleran belt of northwestern Patagonia

    Carlos Washington Rapela;Robert J. Pankhurst;Christopher Fanning;Francisco Hervé

  • Continental underthrusting and obduction during the Cretaceous closure of the Rocas Verdes rift basin, Cordillera Darwin, Patagonian Andes

    Keith Klepeis;Paul Betka;Paul Betka;Geoffrey Clarke;Mark Fanning

  • Granitoids of the Coast Range of central Chile: Geochronology and geologic setting

    F. Hervé;F. Munizaga;M.A. Parada;M. Brook

  • Postmagmatic cooling and late Cenozoic denudation of the North Patagonian Batholith in the Los Lagos region of Chile, 41°−42°15′S

    A. C. Adriasola;S. N. Thomson;M. R. Brix;F. Hervé

  • Magmatism and tectonics in continental Chiloé, Chile (42°–42°30′S)

    R.J. Pankhurst;F. Hervé;L. Rojas;J. Cembrano

  • New time constraints for the age of metamorphism at the ancestral Pacific Gondwana margin of southern Chile (42-52°S)

    Stuart N. Thomson;Francisco Hervé

  • Metamorphic and plutonic basement complexes

    Francisco Hervé;Victor Faundez;Mauricio Calderón;Hans Joachim Massonne

  • The metamorphic complexes of the Patagonian and Fuegian Andes

    Francisco Hervé;Mauricio Calderón;V. Faúndez

  • Geochronology of the Lake Region of south-central Chile (39°-42°S): Preliminary results

    F. Munizaga;F. Herve;R. Drake;R.J. Pankhurst

  • Early Permian to Late Triassic batholiths of the Chilean Frontal Cordillera (28°–31°S): SHRIMP U–Pb zircon ages and Lu–Hf and O isotope systematics

    Francisco Hervé;C. Mark Fanning;Mauricio Calderón;Constantino Mpodozis

  • The Southern Andes Between 39° and 44°S Latitude: The Geological Signature of a Transpressive Tectonic Regime Related to a Magmatic Arc

    Francisco Hervé

  • The late paleozoic in chile : stratigraphy, structure and possible tectonic framework

    F Herve;J Davidson;E Godoy;C Mpodozis

Frequent Co-Authors

Robert J. Pankhurst
Robert J. Pankhurst British Geological Survey
Christopher Fanning
Christopher Fanning Australian National University
Stuart N. Thomson
Stuart N. Thomson University of Arizona
Carlos W. Rapela
Carlos W. Rapela National University of La Plata
Hans-Joachim Massonne
Hans-Joachim Massonne University of Stuttgart
José Cembrano
José Cembrano Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile
Umberto G. Cordani
Umberto G. Cordani Universidade de São Paulo
Pierrick Roperch
Pierrick Roperch University of Rennes
Arne P. Willner
Arne P. Willner Ruhr University Bochum
Reynaldo Charrier
Reynaldo Charrier University of Chile

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