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Jacques Malavieille

Jacques Malavieille

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Earth Science

D-Index
58
Citations
14855
World Ranking
2130
National Ranking
143

Overview

Jacques Malavieille is affiliated with the University of Montpellier in France. Their research spans primary fields of Earth and Planetary Sciences and Computer Science, with particular focus on the subfields of Geophysics and Artificial Intelligence.

Malavieille's work covers a variety of topics, including:

  • Geochemistry and Geologic Mapping
  • Earthquake and Tectonic Studies
  • Geological and Geophysical Studies Worldwide
  • Geological and Geochemical Analysis
  • Seismic Waves and Analysis
  • Seismic Imaging and Inversion Techniques
  • Seismology and Earthquake Studies

Their recent publications include:

  • "Structural and tectono-stratigraphic review of the Sicilian orogen and new insights from analogue modeling," 2020, Earth-Science Reviews
  • "Repeated giant earthquakes on the Wairarapa fault, New Zealand, revealed by Lidar-based paleoseismology," 2020, Scientific Reports
  • "Automatic Fault Mapping in Remote Optical Images and Topographic Data With Deep Learning," 2021, Journal of Geophysical Research Solid Earth
  • "Active Fault Systems in the Inner Northwest Apennines, Italy: A Reappraisal One Century after the 1920 Mw ~6.5 Fivizzano Earthquake," 2021, Geosciences
  • "Dataset of manuscript 'Automatic fault mapping in remote optical images and topographic data with deep learning', Journal of Geophysical Research - Solid Earth, 2021," 2020, Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)

Frequent publication venues for Malavieille consist of:

  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • Earth-Science Reviews
  • Scientific Reports
  • Journal of Geophysical Research Solid Earth
  • Geosciences

Malavieille collaborates regularly with a number of researchers, with frequent co-authors including:

  • Stéphane Dominguez
  • Isabelle Manighetti
  • Lionel Mattéo
  • Yuliya Tarabalka
  • Jean-Michel Gaucel

Best Publications

  • Tectonics of the Qinling Belt: build-up and evolution of eastern Asia

    M. Mattauer;Ph. Matte;J. Malavieille;P. Tapponnier

  • Mesozoic and Cenozoic tectonics of the northern edge of the Tibetan plateau: fission-track constraints

    Marc Jolivet;Maurice Brunel;Diane Seward;Zhiqin Xu

  • A mechanism for syn-collisional rock exhumation and associated normal faulting: Results from physical modelling

    Alexander I. Chemenda;Maurice Mattauer;Jacques Malavieille;Alexander N. Bokun

  • Tectonic segmentation of the North Andean margin: impact of the Carnegie Ridge collision

    M.-A Gutscher;J Malavieille;S Lallemand;J.-Y Collot

  • The tectonic evolution of the Songpan-Garzê (North Tibet) and adjacent areas from Proterozoic to Present: A synthesis

    Françoise Roger;Marc Jolivet;Jacques Malavieille

  • Coulomb theory applied to accretionary and nonaccretionary wedges: Possible causes for tectonic erosion and/or frontal accretion

    Serge E. Lallemand;Philippe Schnürle;Jacques Malavieille

  • Timing of granite emplacement and cooling in the Songpan–Garzê Fold Belt (eastern Tibetan Plateau) with tectonic implications

    F. Roger;F. Roger;J. Malavieille;Ph.H. Leloup;S. Calassou

  • U–Pb dating on single detrital zircon grains from the Triassic Songpan–Ganze flysch (Central China): provenance and tectonic correlations

    O. Bruguier;J.R. Lancelot;J. Malavieille

  • Experimental modelling of orogenic wedges: A review

    Fabien Graveleau;Fabien Graveleau;Jacques Malavieille;Jacques Malavieille;Stéphane Dominguez;Stéphane Dominguez

  • UPPER PLATE DEFORMATION ASSOCIATED WITH SEAMOUNT SUBDUCTION

    S Dominguez;S.E Lallemand;J Malavieille;R von Huene

  • Submarine fault scarps in the Sea of Marmara pull-apart (North Anatolian Fault): Implications for seismic hazard in Istanbul

    Rolando Armijo;Nicolas Pondard;Bertrand Meyer;Gulsen Uçarkus

  • Deformation of accretionary wedges in response to seamount subduction: Insights from sandbox experiments

    Stephane Dominguez;Jacques Malavieille;Serge Lallemand

  • Modelisation experimentale des chevauchements imbriques; application aux chaines de montagnes

    J. Malavieille

  • Impact of erosion, sedimentation, and structural heritage on the structure and kinematics of orogenic wedges: Analog models and case studies

    Jacques Malavieille

  • Late Orogenic extension in mountain belts: Insights from the basin and range and the Late Paleozoic Variscan Belt

    Jacques Malavieille

  • Miocene emplacement and deformation of the Konga Shan granite (Xianshui He fault zone, west Sichuan, China): Geodynamic implications

    F. Roger;S. Calassou;J. Lancelot;J. Malavieille

  • The tectonic history of Drake Passage and its possible impacts on global climate

    Yves Lagabrielle;Yves Goddéris;Yannick Donnadieu;Jacques Malavieille

  • Collapse of the thickened Variscan crust in the French Massif Central: Mont Pilat extensional shear zone and St. Etienne Late Carboniferous basin

    J. Malavieille;P. Guihot;S. Costa;J.M. Lardeaux

  • Geochronological and geochemical constraints on Mesozoic suturing in east central Tibet

    Françoise Roger;Nicolas Arnaud;Nicolas Arnaud;Stuart Gilder;Paul Tapponnier

  • Extensional tectonics, basement uplift and Stephano-Permian collapse basin in a late Variscan metamorphic core complex (Montagne Noire, Southern Massif Central)

    H. Echtler;J. Malavieille

Frequent Co-Authors

Stéphane Dominguez
Stéphane Dominguez University of Montpellier
Isabelle Manighetti
Isabelle Manighetti Centre national de la recherche scientifique, CNRS
Serge Lallemand
Serge Lallemand University of Montpellier
Marc-André Gutscher
Marc-André Gutscher Centre national de la recherche scientifique, CNRS
Giancarlo Molli
Giancarlo Molli University of Pisa
Olivier Beyssac
Olivier Beyssac Sorbonne University
Yves Lagabrielle
Yves Lagabrielle University of Rennes
Stéphane Garambois
Stéphane Garambois Grenoble Alpes University
Roberto Compagnoni
Roberto Compagnoni University of Turin
Nina Kukowski
Nina Kukowski Friedrich Schiller University Jena

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