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Frauke Klingelhoefer is affiliated with the French Research Institute for Exploitation of the Sea in France. Their research primarily focuses on Earth and Planetary Sciences, with significant contributions to the subfields of Geophysics, Earth-Surface Processes, Geology, Ocean Engineering, and Oceanography.

The scientist has published extensively on a range of topics, including:

  • Earthquake and tectonic studies
  • Geological and geochemical analysis
  • Geological and geophysical studies worldwide
  • Geological and tectonic studies in Latin America
  • Geological formations and processes
  • Geological and geophysical studies
  • High-pressure geophysics and materials

Klingelhoefer's recent papers cover various aspects of tectonics and geophysical research, reflecting their broad expertise. Notable publications include:

  • "Genetic Relations Between the Aves Ridge and the Grenada Back-Arc Basin, East Caribbean Sea," 2020, Journal of Geophysical Research Solid Earth
  • "Paleogene V-Shaped Basins and Neogene Subsidence of the Northern Lesser Antilles Forearc," 2021, Tectonics
  • "Structure and evolution of the Atlantic passive margins: A review of existing rifting models from wide-angle seismic data and kinematic reconstruction," 2021, Marine and Petroleum Geology
  • "Seismic Imaging of an Intracrustal Deformation in the Northwestern Margin of the South China Sea: The Role of a Ductile Layer in the Crust," 2021, Tectonics
  • "Deep structure of the Demerara Plateau: From a volcanic margin to a Transform Marginal Plateau," 2020, Tectonophysics

The scientist frequently publishes in the following venues:

  • Tectonics
  • Geophysical Monograph
  • Tectonophysics
  • Earth and Planetary Science Letters
  • Journal of Geophysical Research Solid Earth

Klingelhoefer collaborates often with several researchers, including:

  • David Graindorge
  • W. R. Roest
  • Boris Marcaillou
  • Lies Loncke
  • Christophe Basile

Best Publications

  • Evidence for active subduction beneath Gibraltar

    M.-A. Gutscher;J. Malod;J.-P. Rehault;I. Contrucci

  • Geological constraints on the evolution of the Angolan margin based on reflection and refraction seismic data (ZaïAngo project)

    Maryline Moulin;Daniel Aslanian;Jean-Louis Olivet;Isabelle Contrucci

  • Limits of the seismogenic zone in the epicentral region of the 26 December 2004 great Sumatra-Andaman earthquake: Results from seismic refraction and wide-angle reflection surveys and thermal modeling

    Frauke Klingelhoefer;Marc-André Gutscher;S. Ladage;J.-X. Dessa

  • 26th December 2004 great Sumatra-Andaman earthquake: Co-seismic and post-seismic motions in northern Sumatra

    Jean-Claude Sibuet;Claude Rangin;Xavier Le Pichon;Satish Singh

  • The crustal structure of the NW-Moroccan Continental Margin for Wide-angle and Reflection Seismic Data

    Isabelle Contrucci;Frauke Klingelhoëfer;J. Perrott;Rafael Bartolomé

  • Deep structure of the Santos Basin-São Paulo Plateau System, SE Brazil

    Mikael Evain;A. Afilhado;A. Afilhado;A. Afilhado;C. Rigoti;Afonso Loureiro

  • Tectonic history of northern New Caledonia Basin from deep offshore seismic reflection: Relation to late Eocene obduction in New Caledonia, southwest Pacific

    Julien Collot;Louis Geli;Yves Lafoy;Roland Vially

  • Impact of lower plate structure on upper plate deformation at the NW Sumatran convergent margin from seafloor morphology

    David Graindorge;Frauke Klingelhoefer;Jean-Claude Sibuet;Lisa McNeill

  • Multiphased tectonic evolution of the Central Algerian margin from combined wide-angle and reflection seismic data off Tipaza, Algeria

    Angélique Leprêtre;Frauke Klingelhoefer;David Graindorge;Philippe Schnurle

  • Crustal structure of the basin and ridge system west of New Caledonia (southwest Pacific) from wide‐angle and reflection seismic data

    Frauke Klingelhoefer;Y Lafoy;Julien Collot;Emmanuel Cosquer

  • Crustal structure of the SW-Moroccan margin from wide-angle and reflection seismic data (the DAKHLA experiment) Part A: Wide-angle seismic models

    Frauke Klingelhoefer;Cinthia Labails;Emmanuel Cosquer;Stephane Rouzo

  • The crustal structure of the Central Mozambique continental margin — Wide-angle seismic, gravity and magnetic study in the Mozambique Channel, Eastern Africa

    Volker Thor Leinweber;Frauke Klingelhoefer;Sönke Neben;Christian Reichert

  • The 2010 Haiti earthquake: A complex fault pattern constrained by seismologic and tectonic observations

    Bernard Mercier de Lépinay;Anne Deschamps;Frauke Klingelhoefer;Yves Mazabraud

  • Seismic imaging of forearc backthrusts at northern Sumatra subduction zone

    Ajay Chauhan;Satish C. Singh;Nugroho Hananto;Hélène Carton

  • Crustal structure of a young margin pair: New results across the Liguro–Provencal Basin from wide-angle seismic tomography

    A. Gailler;Frauke Klingelhoefer;Jean-Louis Olivet;Daniel Aslanian

  • Structural evolution and strike-slip tectonics off north-western Sumatra

    Kai Berglar;Christoph Gaedicke;Dieter Franke;Stefan Ladage

  • Megathrust earthquakes can nucleate in the forearc mantle: Evidence from the 2004 Sumatra event

    J.-X. Dessa;F. Klingelhoefer;David Graindorge;Camille André

  • Imaging a lithospheric detachment at the continent–ocean crustal transition off Morocco

    Agnès Maillard;J. Malod;Emmanuelle Thiébot;Frauke Klingelhoefer

  • Opening of the central Atlantic Ocean: Implications for geometric rifting and asymmetric initial seafloor spreading after continental breakup

    Youssef Biari;Frauke Klingelhoefer;Mohamed Sahabi;T. Funck

  • Crustal Structure of the Ionian Basin and Eastern Sicily Margin: Results From a Wide???Angle Seismic Survey

    David Dellong;David Dellong;Frauke Klingelhoefer;Heidrun Kopp;David Graindorge

  • Deep crustal structure across a young passive margin from wide-angle and reflection seismic data (The SARDINIA Experiment) – I. Gulf of Lion’s margin

    Maryline Moulin;Frauke Klingelhoefer;Alexandra Afilhado;Alexandra Afilhado;Daniel Aslanian

  • Origin of volcanism on the flanks of the Pacific-Antarctic ridge between 41°30'S and 52°S

    Anne Briais;Hélène Ondréas;Frauke Klingelhoefer;Laure Dosso

Frequent Co-Authors

Marc-André Gutscher
Marc-André Gutscher Centre national de la recherche scientifique, CNRS
Daniel Aslanian
Daniel Aslanian French Research Institute for Exploitation of the Sea
Jean-Claude Sibuet
Jean-Claude Sibuet French Research Institute for Exploitation of the Sea
Louis Géli
Louis Géli Centre national de la recherche scientifique, CNRS
Serge Lallemand
Serge Lallemand University of Montpellier
Walter R. Roest
Walter R. Roest University of Western Brittany
Heidrun Kopp
Heidrun Kopp GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel
Christian Reichert
Christian Reichert Federal Institute for Geosciences and Natural Resources
Jacques Déverchère
Jacques Déverchère Centre national de la recherche scientifique, CNRS
Antonio Cattaneo
Antonio Cattaneo French Research Institute for Exploitation of the Sea

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