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Jacques Bourgois

Jacques Bourgois

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4466
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573

Overview

Jacques Bourgois is affiliated with Sorbonne University in France and has contributed extensively to the field of Engineering, with a focus on Ocean Engineering and Mechanical Engineering. They have also conducted research in Geophysics, Atmospheric Science, and Global and Planetary Change.

Their recent publication record includes papers across various venues and years, including the following:

  • The internal versus external dynamics in building the Andes (46°30'-47°30' S) at the Patagonia slab window, with special references to the lower Miocene morphotectonic frontline: a review, 2021, Earth-Science Reviews
  • The Sword of Damocles behind the Curtain of the Earth's Global Warming: A Review, 2024, International Journal of Geosciences
  • DSDP Leg 84, Hole 570 - Well Logging Data, 2020, Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • ODP Leg 112, Hole 679E - Well Logging Data, 2020, Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • DSDP Leg 84, Hole 566C - Well Logging Data, 2020, OPAL (Open@LaTrobe) (La Trobe University)

The majority of their publications have appeared in the repository Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research), with additional works published in OPAL (Open@LaTrobe) and well-regarded scientific journals such as Earth-Science Reviews and the International Journal of Geosciences.

The main topics covered in their research involve:

  • Drilling and Well Engineering
  • Hydraulic Fracturing and Reservoir Analysis
  • Oil and Gas Production Techniques
  • Reservoir Engineering and Simulation Methods
  • Geological and Geochemical Analysis
  • Geological and Tectonic Studies in Latin America
  • Earthquake and Tectonic Studies

Jacques Bourgois has frequently collaborated with researchers including Keith A. Kvenvolden, Rolvon Huene, Jean Aubouin, Robert J. Arnott, and Miriam Baltuck. Their collaborative works span a range of studies primarily centered on earth sciences and engineering disciplines.

Best Publications

  • 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

  • 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

  • Subduction erosion related to spreading-ridge subduction: Taitao peninsula (Chile margin triple junction area)

    J. Bourgois;H. Martin;Y. Lagabrielle;J. Le Moigne

  • 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

  • Slab-tearing following ridge-trench collision: Evidence from Miocene volcanism in Baja California, México

    Carlos Pallares;René C. Maury;Hervé Bellon;Jean-Yves Royer

  • Magmatic–tectonic effects of high thermal regime at the site of active ridge subduction: the Chile Triple Junction model

    Yves Lagabrielle;Christèle Guivel;René C. Maury;Jacques Bourgois

  • Development of the Gulf of Guayaquil (Ecuador) during the Quaternary as an effect of the North Andean block tectonic escape

    César Witt;Jacques Bourgois;François Michaud;Martha Ordoñez

  • Multichannel seismic data imaging of inversion tectonics of the Alboran Ridge (western Mediterranean Sea)

    J. Bourgois;A. Mauffret;A. Ammar;A. Demnati

  • Paleogeodynamic maps of the Caribbean; 14 steps from Lias to present

    J. F. Stephan;B. Mercier de Lepinay;E. Calais;M. Tardy

  • Volcanic record of the subduction of an active spreading ridge, Taitao Peninsula (southern Chile)

    Y. Lagabrielle;J. Le Moigne;R. C. Maury;J. Cotten

  • Oceanic-ridge subduction vs. slab break off: Plate tectonic evolution along the Baja California Sur continental margin since 15 Ma

    F. Michaud;Jean-Yves Royer;Jacques Bourgois;J. Dyment

  • New geochemical constraints for the origin of ridge-subduction-related plutonic and volcanic suites from the Chile triple junction (Taitao peninsula and Site 862, LEG ODP141 on the Taitao ridge)

    C. Guivel;Y. Lagabrielle;J. Bourgois;R.C. Maury

  • Depleted arc volcanism in the Alboran Sea and shoshonitic volcanism in Morocco: geochemical and isotopic constraints on Neogene tectonic processes

    R.C.O. Gill;A. Aparicio;M. El Azzouzi;J. Hernandez

  • Geological history of the Cretaceous ophiolitic complexes of northwestern South America (Colombian Andes)

    Jacques Bourgois;Jean-François Toussaint;Humberto Gonzalez;Jacques Azema

  • Late exhumation stages of the Alpujarride Complex (western Betic Cordilleras, Spain): new thermochronological and structural data on Los Reales and Ojen nappes

    Marc Sosson;Anne-Claire Morrillon;Jacques Bourgois;Gilbert Féraud

  • The geologic history of the Caribbean-Cocos plate boundary with special reference to the Nicoya ophiolite complex (Costa Rica) and D.S.D.P. results (Legs 67 and 84 off Guatemala): A synthesis

    Jacques Bourgois;Jacques Azema;Peter O. Baumgartner;Jean Tournon

  • A large tsunamogenic landslide and debris flow along the Peru Trench

    Roland von Huene;Jacques Bourgois;John Miller;Guy Pautot

  • Glacial‐interglacial trench supply variation, spreading‐ridge subduction, and feedback controls on the Andean margin development at the Chile triple junction area (45–48°S)

    Jacques Bourgois;Christele Guivel;Yves Lagabrielle;Thierry Calmus

  • Very shallow melting of oceanic crust during spreading ridge subduction: Origin of near-trench Quaternary volcanism at the Chile Triple Junction

    Christèle Guivel;Yves Lagabrielle;Jacques Bourgois;Hervé Martin

  • A new type of active margin: the convergent-extensional margin, as exemplified by the Middle America Trench off Guatemala

    Jean Aubouin;Jacques Bourgois;Jacques Azéma

  • Subduction erosion related to spreading-ridge subduction: Taitao Peninsula (Chile margin triple junction area)

    J. Bourgois;H. Martin;Y. Lagabrielle

Frequent Co-Authors

François Michaud
François Michaud Université de Sherbrooke
Marc Sosson
Marc Sosson Université Côte d'Azur
Jean-Yves Royer
Jean-Yves Royer Laboratoire de Planétologie et Géodynamique de Nantes
Philippe Huchon
Philippe Huchon Sorbonne University
René C. Maury
René C. Maury University of Western Brittany
Jérôme Dyment
Jérôme Dyment Institut de Physique du Globe de Paris
Yves Lagabrielle
Yves Lagabrielle University of Rennes
Hervé Bellon
Hervé Bellon University of Western Brittany
Joseph Cotten
Joseph Cotten University of Western Brittany
Jean Aubouin
Jean Aubouin Sorbonne University

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