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Overview

Hervé Bellon is affiliated with the University of Western Brittany in France and has contributed extensively to the field of Earth and Planetary Sciences. Their research primarily focuses on Geophysics, with additional work in Artificial Intelligence, Atmospheric Science, Geology, and Earth-Surface Processes.

Their recent scholarly output includes numerous papers that address various geological and geophysical phenomena, particularly emphasizing geological and geochemical analysis, tectonic studies, geologic mapping, and high-pressure geophysics. Key topics in their work cover:

  • Geological and Geochemical Analysis
  • Geological and Geophysical Studies Worldwide
  • Earthquake and Tectonic Studies
  • Geochemistry and Geologic Mapping
  • High-pressure Geophysics and Materials
  • Geology and Paleoclimatology Research
  • Geological and Geophysical Studies

Hervé Bellon has published research in a variety of scientific venues. Frequent publication platforms include:

  • Journal of African Earth Sciences
  • Publishing Network for Geoscientific and Environmental Data (PANGAEA) (Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research)
  • Preprints.org
  • Geochemistry Geophysics Geosystems
  • Acta Geochimica

Their frequent co-authors are:

  • Karsten M. Haase
  • Michael U. Gress
  • S. M. Lima
  • Marcel Regelous
  • Christoph Beier

Selected recent papers include:

  • "Evolution of Magmatism in the New Hebrides Island Arc and in Initial Back-Arc Rifting, SW Pacific" (2020), published in Geochemistry Geophysics Geosystems
  • "Mantle source evolution beneath the Cameroon volcanic line: geochemical and geochronological evidences from Fotouni volcanic series, Western Cameroon" (2020), Arabian Journal of Geosciences
  • "Petrological and Geochemical Characteristics of the Cretaceous Ngaou Boh Anorogenic Complex (Adamawa Plateau, Cameroon Line): Preliminary Constraints" (2021), Journal of Geosciences and Geomatics
  • "The Bafoussam volcanic series: origin and evolution of the volcanism along the Cameroon volcanic line" (2022), Acta Geochimica
  • "Variscan lamprophyres of the South Armorican Domain and comparison with lamprophyres of the Western European Variscan belt" (2022), Mineralogy and Petrology

Best Publications

  • Trace element and SrNdPb isotopic constraints on a three-component model of Kamchatka Arc petrogenesis

    Pavel Kepezhinskas;Frank McDermott;Marc J. Defant;Alfred Hochstaedter

  • Cenozoic K-rich adakitic volcanic rocks in the Hohxil area, northern Tibet: Lower-crustal melting in an intracontinental setting

    Qiang Wang;Frank McDermott;Ji-feng Xu;Hervé Bellon

  • High field strength element enrichment of Pliocene-Pleistocene island arc basalts, Zamboanga Peninsula, Western Mindanao (Philippines)

    Fernando G. Sajona;René C. Maury;Hervé Bellon;Joseph Cotten

  • The geochemistry of young volcanism throughout western Panama and southeastern Costa Rica: an overview

    M. J. Defant;T. E. Jackson;M. S. Drummond;J. Z. De Boer

  • Initiation of subduction and the generation of slab melts in western and eastern Mindanao, Philippines

    Fernando G. Sajona;René C. Maury;Hervé Bellon;Joseph Cotten

  • Late Miocene adakites and Nb-enriched basalts from Vizcaino Peninsula, Mexico: Indicators of East Pacific Rise subduction below southern Baja California?

    Alfredo Aguillón-Robles;Thierry Calmus;Mathieu Benoit;Hervé Bellon

  • Dacite Genesis via both Slab Melting and Differentiation: Petrogenesis of La Yeguada Volcanic Complex, Panama

    Marc J. Defant;Phil M. Richerson;Jelle Z. De Boer;Robert H. Stewart

  • Magmatic source enrichment by slab-derived melts in a young post-collision setting, central Mindanao (Philippines)

    Fernando G. Sajona;René C. Maury;Manuel Pubellier;Jacques Leterrier

  • Post-collisional transition from calc-alkaline to alkaline volcanism during the Neogene in Oranie (Algeria): magmatic expression of a slab breakoff

    Christian Coulon;M'hamed Megartsi;Serge Fourcade;René C. Maury

  • Tertiary magmatic belts in Java

    R. Soeria-Atmadja;R.C. Maury;H. Bellon;H. Pringgoprawiro

  • Spatial and temporal evolution of basalts and magnesian andesites (''bajaites'') from Baja California, Mexico: the role of slab melts

    T Calmus;A Aguillón-Robles;A Aguillón-Robles;R.C Maury;H Bellon

  • Post-collisional Neogene magmatism of the Mediterranean Maghreb margin: a consequence of slab breakoff

    René C. Maury;Serge Fourcade;Christian Coulon;M'hammed El Azzouzi

  • Diachronous cooling along the Mogok Metamorphic Belt (Shan scarp, Myanmar): the trace of the northward migration of the Indian syntaxis

    Guillaume Bertrand;Claude Rangin;Henri Maluski;Hervé Bellon

  • Magmatic response to abrupt changes in geodynamic settings: Pliocene—Quaternary calc-alkaline and Nb-enriched lavas from Mindanao (Philippines)

    Fernando G. Sajona;Hervé Bellon;RenéC. Maury;Manuel Pubellier

  • Geochemical Diversity of Late Miocene Volcanism in Southern Baja California, Mexico: Implication of Mantle and Crustal Sources during the Opening of an Asthenospheric Window

    Mathieu Benoit;Alfredo Aguillón‐Robles;Alfredo Aguillón‐Robles;Thierry Calmus;René C. Maury

  • THE CRYSTALLINE COMPLEXES OF HAMADAN (SANANDAJ-SIRJAN ZONE, WESTERN IRAN): METASEDIMENTARY MESOZOIC SEQUENCES AFFECTED BY LATE CRETACEOUS TECTONO-METAMORPHIC AND PLUTONIC EVENTS

    Aliakbar Baharifar;Hossein Moinevaziri;Hervé Bellon;Alain Piqué

  • Andesite and dacite genesis via contrasting processes: the geology and geochemistry of El Valle Volcano, Panama

    Mare J. Defant;Lee F. Clark;Robert H. Stewart;Mark S. Drummond

  • Cretaceous to Cenozoic volcanism in South Korea and in the Sea of Japan: magmatic constraints on the opening of the back-arc basin

    André Pouclet;Jin-Soo Lee;Philippe Vidal;Brian Cousens

  • The geochemistry and tectonic setting of the northern section of the Luzon arc (The Philippines and Taiwan)

    Marc J Defant;RenéC Maury;Jean-Louis Joron;Mark D Feigenson

  • Miocene to Late Quaternary Patagonian basalts (46-47°S): Geochronometric and geochemical evidence for slab tearing due to active spreading ridge subduction

    Christèle Guivel;Diego Morata;Ewan Pelleter;Felipe Espinoza

  • Fusion de la croute oceanique dans les zones de subduction/collision recentes; l'exemple de Mindanao (Philippines)

    Rene C. Maury;Fernando G. Sajona;Manuel Pubellier;Herve Bellon

Frequent Co-Authors

René C. Maury
René C. Maury University of Western Brittany
Joseph Cotten
Joseph Cotten University of Western Brittany
Mireille Polvé
Mireille Polvé Federal University of Toulouse Midi-Pyrénées
Marc J. Defant
Marc J. Defant University of South Florida
Manuel Pubellier
Manuel Pubellier École Normale Supérieure
André Pouclet
André Pouclet University of Orléans
Jacques Bourgois
Jacques Bourgois Sorbonne University
Yves Lagabrielle
Yves Lagabrielle University of Rennes
J.L. Joron
J.L. Joron Centre National de Recherches Météorologiques
Claude Rangin
Claude Rangin Université Côte d'Azur

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