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Overview

Javier Escartín is affiliated with the École Normale Supérieure in France and focuses their research primarily within Earth and Planetary Sciences, with a strong emphasis on Geophysics.

Their work covers several subfields including:

  • Geophysics
  • Oceanography
  • Atmospheric Science
  • Environmental Chemistry
  • Artificial Intelligence

Key topics addressed in Escartín's research include:

  • Earthquake and tectonic studies
  • Geological and geochemical analysis
  • Geology and paleoclimatology research
  • High-pressure geophysics and materials
  • Methane hydrates and related phenomena
  • Geochemistry and geologic mapping
  • Hydrocarbon exploration and reservoir analysis

Escartín has contributed to numerous publications, several of which have been published in prominent venues such as Geochemistry Geophysics Geosystems, Earth and Planetary Science Letters, Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research), Communications Earth & Environment, and Marine Geology.

Some recent papers include:

  • Co-seismic and post-seismic deformation, field observations and fault model of the 30 October 2020 Mw = 7.0 Samos earthquake, Aegean Sea, 2021, Acta Geophysica
  • Fault responsible for Samos earthquake identified, 2020, Temblor
  • Fault Stability Across the Seismogenic Zone, 2020, Journal of Geophysical Research Solid Earth
  • Underwater 3D Reconstruction from Video or Still Imagery: Matisse and 3DMetrics Processing and Exploitation Software, 2023, Journal of Marine Science and Engineering
  • Geochemistry of serpentinized and multiphase altered Atlantis Massif peridotites (IODP Expedition 357): Petrogenesis and discrimination of melt-rock vs. fluid-rock processes, 2021, Chemical Geology

Frequent co-authors in Escartín's collaborative research include:

  • Mathilde Cannat
  • Thibaut Barreyre
  • Nathalie Feuillet
  • Frédérique Leclerc
  • Paraskevi Nomikou

Their research integrates observational fieldwork, laboratory analyses, and computational methods to investigate seismic processes, fault mechanics, and marine geological phenomena. The scope of their work spans from earthquake deformation models to geochemical processes in marine environments, contributing to understanding the dynamics of Earth's crust and mantle.

Best Publications

  • Corrugated slip surfaces formed at ridge–transform intersections on the Mid-Atlantic Ridge

    J. R. Cann;D. K. Blackman;D. K. Smith;E. McAllister

  • Central role of detachment faults in accretion of slow-spreading oceanic lithosphere

    Javier E. Escartin;Deborah K. Smith;Johnson R. Cann;Hans A. Schouten

  • Modes of seafloor generation at a melt-poor ultraslow-spreading ridge

    Mathilde Cannat;Daniel Sauter;Véronique Mendel;Etienne Ruellan

  • Strength of slightly serpentinized peridotites: Implications for the tectonics of oceanic lithosphere

    J. Escartín;G. Hirth;B. Evans

  • Constraints on deformation conditions and the origin of oceanic detachments: The Mid‐Atlantic Ridge core complex at 15°45′N

    J. Escartin;C. Mevel;Christopher John MacLeod;A. M. McCaig

  • Widespread active detachment faulting and core complex formation near 13° N on the Mid-Atlantic Ridge

    Deborah K. Smith;Johnson R. Cann;Javier E. Escartin

  • Discovery of a magma chamber and faults beneath a Mid-Atlantic Ridge hydrothermal field

    Satish C. Singh;Wayne C. Crawford;Hélène Carton;Tim Seher

  • Dynamic control on serpentine crystallization in veins: Constraints on hydration processes in oceanic peridotites

    Muriel Andréani;Muriel Andréani;C. Mével;A.-M. Boullier;J. Escartín

  • Effects of serpentinization on the lithospheric strength and the style of normal faulting at slow-spreading ridges

    J. Escartín;G. Hirth;B. Evans

  • Fault rotation and core complex formation : significant processes in seafloor formation at slow-spreading mid-ocean ridges (Mid-Atlantic Ridge, 13°–15°N)

    Deborah K. Smith;Javier E. Escartin;Hans A. Schouten;Johnson R. Cann

  • Direct geological evidence for oceanic detachment faulting: The Mid-Atlantic Ridge, 15°45′N

    Christopher John MacLeod;J. Escartin;D. Banerji;G. J. Banks

  • Nondilatant brittle deformation of serpentinites: Implications for Mohr-Coulomb theory and the strength of faults

    J. Escartín;G. Hirth;B. Evans

  • Mid-Atlantic Ridge–Azores hotspot interactions: along-axis migration of a hotspot-derived event of enhanced magmatism 10 to 4 Ma ago

    Mathilde Cannat;Anne Briais;Christine Deplus;Javier Escartı́n;Javier Escartı́n

  • Oceanic detachment faults focus very large volumes of black smoker fluids

    Andrew M. McCaig;Robert A. Cliff;Javier Escartin;Anthony E. Fallick

  • Serpentinization and Associated Hydrogen And Methane Fluxes at Slow Spreading Ridges

    Mathilde Cannat;Fabrice Fontaine;Javier EscartíN

  • Tectonic structure, evolution, and the nature of oceanic core complexes and their detachment fault zones (13°20′N and 13°30′N, Mid Atlantic Ridge)

    J. Escartín;C. Mével;Sven Petersen;D. Bonnemains

  • Ultramafic exposures and the gravity signature of the lithosphere near the Fifteen-Twenty Fracture Zone (Mid-Atlantic Ridge, 14°–16.5°N)

    Javier Escartín;Mathilde Cannat

  • Quantifying tectonic strain and magmatic accretion at a slow spreading ridge segment, Mid-Atlantic Ridge, 29°N

    J. Escartín;J. Escartín;J. Escartín;P. A. Cowie;R. C. Searle;S. Allerton

  • Crustal thickness of V‐shaped ridges south of the Azores: Interaction of the Mid‐Atlantic Ridge (36°–39°N) and the Azores hot spot

    Javier Escartín;Mathilde Cannat;Gaud Pouliquen;Aline Rabain

  • Spatial and temporal distribution of seismicity along the northern Mid‐Atlantic Ridge (15°–35°N)

    Deborah K. Smith;Javier Escartin;Mathilde Cannat;Maya Tolstoy

  • Drilling constraints on lithospheric accretion and evolution at Atlantis Massif, Mid‐Atlantic Ridge 30°N

    D. K. Blackman;B. Ildefonse;B. E. John;Y. Ohara

Frequent Co-Authors

Mathilde Cannat
Mathilde Cannat Institut de Physique du Globe de Paris
Wayne C. Crawford
Wayne C. Crawford Institut de Physique du Globe de Paris
Robert A. Sohn
Robert A. Sohn Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
Rafael Garcia
Rafael Garcia Complutense University of Madrid
Muriel Andreani
Muriel Andreani Claude Bernard University Lyon 1
Sven Petersen
Sven Petersen GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel
Catherine Mével
Catherine Mével Institut de Physique du Globe de Paris
Paraskevi Nomikou
Paraskevi Nomikou National and Kapodistrian University of Athens
Christopher J. MacLeod
Christopher J. MacLeod Cardiff University
Christine Deplus
Christine Deplus Institut de Physique du Globe de Paris

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