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Hervé Bertrand is affiliated with the École Normale Supérieure de Lyon in France and has contributed extensively to the Earth and Planetary Sciences. Their research primarily focuses on geological and geophysical studies, with a strong emphasis on geophysics and paleontology.

The scientist has published work in several notable venues including:

  • Science Advances
  • Lithos
  • Journal of Petrology
  • Results in Geochemistry
  • Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology

Hervé Bertrand's main fields of study encompass Earth and Planetary Sciences, with significant contributions specifically in geophysics. The subfields addressed in their work also include paleontology, artificial intelligence applications, geology, and atmospheric science.

Research topics covered by Hervé Bertrand often revolve around geological and geochemical analysis, earthquake and tectonic studies, and geological and geophysical studies worldwide. Their work additionally touches upon paleontology and stratigraphy of fossils, high-pressure geophysics and materials, and geochemistry and geologic mapping.

Frequent collaborators of Hervé Bertrand include Andrea Marzoli, Nasrrddine Youbi, Fred Jourdan, Joshua H.F.L. Davies, and Massimo Chiaradia, highlighting a collaborative research approach in their projects.

Selected recent publications are:

  • Calcium isotopic evidence for the mantle sources of carbonatites, 2020, Science Advances
  • New high precision U-Pb ages and Hf isotope data from the Karoo large igneous province; implications for pulsed magmatism and early Toarcian environmental perturbations, 2020, Results in Geochemistry
  • Zircon petrochronology in large igneous provinces reveals upper crustal contamination processes: new U-Pb ages, Hf and O isotopes, and trace elements from the Central Atlantic magmatic province (CAMP), 2021, Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology
  • Comment on "The Mesozoic Margin of the Maghrebian Tethys in the Rif Belt (Morocco): Evidence for Polyphase Rifting and Related Magmatic Activity" by Gimeno-Vives et al., 2020, Tectonics
  • Cratonic keels controlled the emplacement of the Central Atlantic Magmatic Province (CAMP), 2022, Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Best Publications

  • Synchrony of the Central Atlantic magmatic province and the Triassic-Jurassic boundary climatic and biotic crisis

    Andrea Marzoli;Hervé Bertrand;Kim B. Knight;Simonetta Cirilli

  • Major and Trace Element and Sr, Nd, Hf, and Pb Isotope Compositions of the Karoo Large Igneous Province, Botswana-Zimbabwe: Lithosphere vs Mantle Plume Contribution

    F. Jourdan;F. Jourdan;F. Jourdan;Hervé Bertrand;U. Schärer;Janne Blichert-Toft

  • End-Triassic mass extinction started by intrusive CAMP activity.

    Joshua Davies;Andréa Marzoli;H. Bertrand;N. Youbi;N. Youbi

  • The Central Atlantic Magmatic Province at the Triassic–Jurassic boundary: paleomagnetic and 40Ar/39Ar evidence from Morocco for brief, episodic volcanism

    K.B. Knight;S. Nomade;S. Nomade;P.R. Renne;P.R. Renne;A. Marzoli

  • Global warming of the mantle at the origin of flood basalts over supercontinents

    N. Coltice;B.R. Phillips;H. Bertrand;Y. Ricard

  • Karoo large igneous province: Brevity, origin, and relation to mass extinction questioned by new 40Ar/39Ar age data

    Fred Jourdan;Gilbert Féraud;Hervé Bertrand;Ali Bashira Kampunzu

  • 40Ar/39Ar ages and duration of the Central Atlantic Magmatic Province volcanism in Morocco and Portugal and its relation to the Triassic–Jurassic boundary

    Chrystèle Verati;Cédric Rapaille;Gilbert Féraud;Andrea Marzoli

  • 40Ar/39Ar dating and geochemistry of tholeiitic magmatism related to the early opening of the Central Atlantic rift

    A. Sebai;G. Feraud;H. Bertrand;J. Hanes

  • 40Ar/39Ar dating of the Jurassic volcanic province of Patagonia: migrating magmatism related to Gondwana break-up and subduction

    G. Feraud;V. Alric;V. Alric;M. Fornari;H. Bertrand

  • Geochemistry of early mesozoic tholeiites from Morocco

    H. Bertrand;J. Dostal;C. Dupuy

  • The South Ladakh ophiolites (NW Himalaya, India): an intra-oceanic tholeiitic arc origin with implication for the closure of the Neo-Tethys

    Gweltaz Mahéo;Hervé Bertrand;Stéphane Guillot;Igor Maria Villa

  • Timing and duration of the Central Atlantic magmatic province in the Newark and Culpeper basins, eastern U.S.A.

    Andrea Marzoli;Fred Jourdan;John H. Puffer;Tiberio Cuppone

  • The Central Atlantic Magmatic Province (CAMP): A Review

    Andrea Marzoli;Andrea Marzoli;Sara Callegaro;Jacopo Dal Corso;Joshua H. F. L. Davies

  • Age of Jurassic continental tholeiites of French Guyana, Surinam and Guinea: Implications for the initial opening of the Central Atlantic Ocean

    Katja Deckart;Gilbert Féraud;Hervé Bertrand

  • Geochemistry and Sr, Nd, Pb isotopic composition of the Central Atlantic Magmatic Province (CAMP) in Guyana and Guinea

    Katja Deckart;Hervé Bertrand;Jean-Paul Liégeois

  • Global warming of the mantle beneath continents back to the Archaean

    Nicolas Coltice;Hervé Bertrand;Patrice Rey;Fred Jourdan

  • The Mesozoic Tholeiitic Province of Northwest Africa: A Volcano-Tectonic Record of the Early Opening of Central Atlantic

    H. Bertrand

  • 40Ar/39Ar ages and Sr–Nd–Pb–Os geochemistry of CAMP tholeiites from Western Maranhão basin (NE Brazil)

    Renaud E. merle;Andrea Marzoli;Hervé Bertrand;Laurie Reisberg

  • The Karoo triple junction questioned: evidence from Jurassic and Proterozoic 40Ar/39Ar ages and geochemistry of the giant Okavango dyke swarm (Botswana)

    F. Jourdan;G. Féraud;H. Bertrand;A.B. Kampunzu

  • Distinct brief major events in the Karoo large igneous province clarified by new 40Ar/39Ar ages on the Lesotho basalts

    F. Jourdan;F. Jourdan;G. Féraud;Hervé Bertrand;M.K Watkeys

  • Global warming of the mantle at the origin of flood basalts over supercontinents

    N. Coltice;H. Bertrand;Y. Ricard;P. Rey

Frequent Co-Authors

Andrea Marzoli
Andrea Marzoli University of Padua
Nasrrddine Youbi
Nasrrddine Youbi Cadi Ayyad University
Fred Jourdan
Fred Jourdan Curtin University
Gilbert Féraud
Gilbert Féraud Université Côte d'Azur
Paul R. Renne
Paul R. Renne Berkeley Geochronology Center
Giuliano Bellieni
Giuliano Bellieni University of Padua
Massimo Chiaradia
Massimo Chiaradia University of Geneva
Urs Schaltegger
Urs Schaltegger University of Geneva
Simonetta Cirilli
Simonetta Cirilli University of Perugia
José Madeira
José Madeira University of Lisbon

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