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Frédéric Mouthereau

Frédéric Mouthereau

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Earth Science

D-Index
47
Citations
7913
World Ranking
4039
National Ranking
294

Overview

Frédéric Mouthereau is affiliated with Paul Sabatier University in France and has contributed extensively to the field of Earth and Planetary Sciences. Their research primarily spans geophysics, with additional involvement in atmospheric science, earth-surface processes, geology, and mechanics of materials. The scope of their work covers various topics including earthquake and tectonic studies, geological and geochemical analysis, as well as geological and geophysical studies worldwide.

Their publication record demonstrates a strong presence in notable scientific venues. The majority of their works have appeared in the Bulletin de la Société Géologique de France, where they have published 12 papers. Other frequent publication platforms include Tectonics, Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research), Solid Earth, and the Journal of the Geological Society.

Some of their recent papers include:

  • Evolution of the Alpine orogenic belts in the Western Mediterranean region as resolved by the kinematics of the Europe-Africa diffuse plate boundary, 2021, Bulletin de la Société Géologique de France
  • Strain Partitioning and Exhumation in Oblique Taiwan Collision: Role of Rift Architecture and Plate Kinematics, 2020, Tectonics
  • A reconstruction of Iberia accounting for Western Tethys-North Atlantic kinematics since the late-Permian-Triassic, 2020, Solid Earth
  • Geodynamic evolution of a wide plate boundary in the Western Mediterranean, near-field versus far-field interactions, 2021, Bulletin de la Société Géologique de France
  • Evolution of a low convergence collisional orogen: a review of Pyrenean orogenesis, 2022, Bulletin de la Société Géologique de France

Their collaborative network includes frequent coauthors such as Emmanuel Masini, Sylvain Calassou, Sébastien Chevrot, Anthony Jourdon, and Mary Ford, reflecting a consistent partnership pattern across multiple publications.

Frédéric Mouthereau's primary domains of study within Earth and Planetary Sciences are:

  • Geophysics
  • Atmospheric Science
  • Earth-Surface Processes
  • Geology
  • Mechanics of Materials

The main research topics they address are:

  • Earthquake and tectonic studies
  • Geological and geochemical analysis
  • Geological and geophysical studies worldwide
  • Geology and paleoclimatology research
  • High-pressure geophysics and materials
  • Geological formations and processes
  • Seismic imaging and inversion techniques

Best Publications

  • Convergence history across Zagros (Iran): constraints from collisional and earlier deformation

    Philippe Agard;J. Omrani;Laurent Jolivet;Frédéric Mouthereau

  • Building the Zagros collisional orogen: Timing, strain distribution and the dynamics of Arabia/Eurasia plate convergence

    Frédéric Mouthereau;Olivier Lacombe;Jaume Vergés

  • Placing limits to shortening evolution in the Pyrenees: Role of margin architecture and implications for the Iberia/Europe convergence

    Frédéric Mouthereau;Frédéric Mouthereau;Frédéric Mouthereau;Pierre-Yves Filleaudeau;Arnaud Vacherat;Arnaud Vacherat;Raphaël Pik

  • Tertiary sequence of deformation in a thin‐skinned/thick‐skinned collision belt: The Zagros Folded Belt (Fars, Iran)

    F. Mouthereau;J. Tensi;N. Bellahsen;O. Lacombe

  • Late Cenozoic and modern stress fields in the western Fars (Iran): Implications for the tectonic and kinematic evolution of central Zagros

    Olivier Lacombe;Frédéric Mouthereau;S. Kargar;Bertrand Meyer

  • Timing of uplift in the Zagros belt/Iranian plateau and accommodation of late Cenozoic Arabia–Eurasia convergence

    F. Mouthereau

  • Basement-involved shortening and deep detachment tectonics in forelands of orogens: Insights from recent collision belts (Taiwan, Western Alps, Pyrenees)

    Olivier Lacombe;Frédéric Mouthereau

  • The Zagros folded belt (Fars, Iran): constraints from topography and critical wedge modelling

    Frédéric Mouthereau;Olivier Lacombe;Bertrand Meyer

  • The deep roots of the western Pyrenees revealed by full waveform inversion of teleseismic P waves

    Yi Wang;Yi Wang;Sébastien Chevrot;Vadim Monteiller;Dimitri Komatitsch

  • Quaternary transfer faulting in the Taiwan Foothills: evidence from a multisource approach

    B. Deffontaines;O. Lacombe;J. Angelier;H.T. Chu

  • Structural, geodetic and seismological evidence for tectonic escape in SW Taiwan

    O Lacombe;F Mouthereau;J Angelier;B Deffontaines

  • Collision kinematics in the western external Alps

    Nicolas Bellahsen;Nicolas Bellahsen;Frédéric Mouthereau;Frédéric Mouthereau;Alexandre Boutoux;Alexandre Boutoux;Mathieu Bellanger

  • Magnetochronology of synorogenic Miocene foreland sediments in the Fars arc of the Zagros Folded Belt (SW Iran)

    Sh. Khadivi;Frédéric Mouthereau;J.C. Larrasoana;J. Vergés

  • Thermal imprint of rift-related processes in orogens as recorded in the Pyrenees

    Arnaud Vacherat;Arnaud Vacherat;Arnaud Vacherat;Frédéric Mouthereau;Frédéric Mouthereau;R Pik;M Bernet

  • Fracture patterns in the Zagros Simply Folded Belt (Fars, Iran): constraints on early collisional tectonic history and role of basement faults

    Olivier Lacombe;Nicolas Bellahsen;Frédéric Mouthereau

  • Dynamic constraints on the crustal-scale rheology of the Zagros fold belt, Iran

    Philippe Yamato;Boris J.P. Kaus;Frédéric Mouthereau;Sébastien Castelltort

  • Variations along the strike of the Taiwan thrust belt: Basement control on structural style, wedge geometry, and kinematics

    Frédéric Mouthereau;Benoît Deffontaines;Olivier Lacombe;J. Angelier

  • Structure of orogenic belts controlled by lithosphere age

    Frédéric Mouthereau;Frédéric Mouthereau;Anthony B. Watts;Evgueni Burov;Evgueni Burov

  • The non-cylindrical crustal architecture of the Pyrenees.

    Sébastien Chevrot;Matthieu Sylvander;Jordi Diaz;Roland Martin

  • Deformation history of the southwestern Taiwan foreland thrust belt: insights from tectono-sedimentary analyses and balanced cross-sections

    F Mouthereau;O Lacombe;B Deffontaines;J Angelier

  • Evidence of Quaternary activity along the Deshir Fault : implication for the Tertiary tectonics of Central Iran

    Bertrand Meyer;Frédéric Mouthereau;Olivier Lacombe;Philippe Agard

Frequent Co-Authors

Olivier Lacombe
Olivier Lacombe Sorbonne University
Raphaël Pik
Raphaël Pik University of Lorraine
Nicolas Bellahsen
Nicolas Bellahsen Sorbonne University
Laetitia Le Pourhiet
Laetitia Le Pourhiet Sorbonne University
Matthias Bernet
Matthias Bernet Grenoble Alpes University
Cécile Gautheron
Cécile Gautheron University of Paris-Saclay
Peter van der Beek
Peter van der Beek University of Potsdam
Laurent Jolivet
Laurent Jolivet Sorbonne University
Hao-Tsu Chu
Hao-Tsu Chu Central Geological Survey, MOEA
Jacques Angelier
Jacques Angelier Sorbonne University

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