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Françoise Bergerat

Françoise Bergerat

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Earth Science

D-Index
36
Citations
4553
World Ranking
7290
National Ranking
571

Overview

Françoise Bergerat is affiliated with Sorbonne University in France and focuses research efforts within Earth and Planetary Sciences. Their work encompasses several subfields including Geophysics, Earth-Surface Processes, Atmospheric Science, Geology, and Geochemistry and Petrology.

The scientist's research topics broadly cover geological formations and processes, geological and paleoclimatology research, and karst systems and hydrogeology. Specific areas of interest include:

  • Geological Formations and Processes Exploration
  • Geological formations and processes
  • Geology and Paleoclimatology Research
  • Geological Studies and Exploration
  • Geological and Geophysical Studies Worldwide
  • Karst Systems and Hydrogeology
  • Geological Modeling and Analysis

Bergerat has contributed to multiple recent publications in various scientific journals. Notable papers include:

  • "Dyke emplacement and its interaction with fracture systems and regional stress fields: Combination of a field study and geochronology in Cserhát Hills, Hungary," 2025, published in Tectonophysics
  • "Les carrières de craie médiévalo-modernes de Wellington et de Blenheim (Arras, Pas-de-Calais): bilan et perspectives de la prospection thématique," 2022, published in Revue du Nord
  • "QUA volume 94 Cover and Back matter," 2020, published in Quaternary Research
  • "Miocene Dyke Emplacement and its Interaction with Fracture Systems and Regional Stress Fields: A Multidisciplinary Case Study at Cserhát Hills, Hungary," 2024, published in SSRN Electronic Journal
  • "Une excursion de la Société Géologique du Nord dans les carrières souterraines d'Arras le 21 octobre 2023. Stratigraphie et fracturation des craies coniaciennes," 2024, published in Annales de la Société Géologique du Nord

The frequent collaborators with whom Bergerat has worked include:

  • Dorina Juhász
  • Chiara Lanzi
  • Freysteinn Sigmundsson
  • Barbara Beke
  • Brigitte Van Vliet-Lanoë

Key publication venues where Bergerat's work appears are:

  • Tectonophysics
  • Revue du Nord
  • Quaternary Research
  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • Annales de la Société Géologique du Nord

Best Publications

  • Stress fields in the European platform at the time of Africa-Eurasia collision

    Françoise Bergerat

  • Plate kinematics and tectonics leading to the Alpine belt formation; A new analysis

    Xavier Le Pichon;Françoise Bergerat;Marie-José Roulet

  • Characterization of stress perturbations near major fault zones: insights from 2-D distinct-element numerical modelling and field studies (Jura mountains)

    C. Homberg;J.C. Hu;J. Angelier;F. Bergerat

  • Déformations cassantes et champs de contrainte tertiaires dans la plate-forme européenne.

    Françoise Bergerat

  • Evolution of the stress fields in the Carpatho-Pannonian area during the Neogene

    L. Csontos;G. Tari;F. Bergerat;L. Fodor

  • Inferring stress from faulting: From early concepts to inverse methods

    Bernard Célérier;Arnaud Etchecopar;Françoise Bergerat;Pierre Vergely

  • Effective tension-shear relationships in extensional fissure swarms, axial rift zone of northeastern Iceland

    Jacques Angelier;Françoise Bergerat;Olivier Dauteuil;Thierry Villemin

  • L'evolution structurale du fosse rhenan au cours du Cenozoique ; un bilan de la deformation et des effets thermiques de l'extension

    T. Villemin;F. Bergerat

  • Joint analyses of calcite twins and fault slips as a key for deciphering polyphase tectonics: Burgundy as a case study

    O. Lacombe;J. Angelier;Ph. Laurent;F. Bergerat

  • Rift jump process in Northern Iceland since 10 Ma from 40Ar/39Ar geochronology

    Sebastian Garcia;Nicolas O. Arnaud;Jacques Angelier;Françoise Bergerat

  • Tectonic analysis and the evolution of a curved collision belt: The Hsüehshan Range, Northern Taiwan

    Jacques Angelier;Françoise Bergerat;Chu Hao-Tsu;Lee Teh-Quei

  • Tectonic-stratigraphic record of paleostress time changes in the Oligocene basins of the Provence, southern France

    Jean-Claude Hippolyte;Jacques Angelier;Françoise Bergerat;Denise Nury

  • Fault systems and stress patterns on emerged oceanic ridges: a case study in Iceland

    Françoise Bergerat;Jacques Angelier;Thierry Villemin

  • Keys and pitfalls in mesoscale fault analysis and paleostress reconstructions, the use of Angelier's methods

    Jean-Claude Hippolyte;Jean-Claude Hippolyte;Françoise Bergerat;Mark B. Gordon;Olivier Bellier;Olivier Bellier

  • Palaeotectonic maps of the Middle East : Tectono-Sedimentary-Palinspastic maps from Late Norian to Pliocene

    Eric Barrier;Bruno Vrielynck;Françoise Bergerat;Marie-Françoise Brunet

  • Structural inheritance and cenozoic stress fields in the Jura fold-and-thrust belt (France)

    C. Homberg;Françoise Bergerat;Y. Philippe;Olivier Lacombe

  • Variscan tectonics in the Holy Cross Mountains (Poland) and the role of structural inheritance during Alpine tectonics

    J Lamarche;J.L Mansy;F Bergerat;O Averbuch

  • Paleo-champs de contrainte tertiaires dans la plate-forme europeenne au front de l'orogene alpin

    F. Bergerat

  • Sedimentary Basin Tectonics from the Black Sea and Caucasus to the Arabian Platform

    M. Sosson;N. Kaymakci;R. A. Stephenson;F. Bergerat

  • Tectonic analysis of an oceanic transform fault zone based on fault-slip data and earthquake focal mechanisms: the Húsavı́k–Flatey Fault zone, Iceland

    Sebastian Garcia;Jacques Angelier;Françoise Bergerat;Catherine Homberg

  • From pull-apart to the rifting process: the formation of the Pannonian Basin

    F. Bergerat

Frequent Co-Authors

Jacques Angelier
Jacques Angelier Sorbonne University
Olivier Lacombe
Olivier Lacombe Sorbonne University
Agust Gudmundsson
Agust Gudmundsson Royal Holloway University of London
Hao-Tsu Chu
Hao-Tsu Chu Central Geological Survey, MOEA
Marc Sosson
Marc Sosson Université Côte d'Azur
Nicolas Espurt
Nicolas Espurt Aix-Marseille University
Nuretdin Kaymakci
Nuretdin Kaymakci Middle East Technical University
Frédéric Cappa
Frédéric Cappa Université Côte d'Azur
Olivier Bellier
Olivier Bellier Aix-Marseille University
Randell Stephenson
Randell Stephenson University of Aberdeen

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