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Jean-Bernard Edel

Jean-Bernard Edel

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Earth Science

D-Index
33
Citations
3573
World Ranking
8453
National Ranking
673

Overview

Jean-Bernard Edel is affiliated with the University of Strasbourg in France and has focused research efforts within Earth and Planetary Sciences, contributing notably to subfields such as Geophysics, Atmospheric Science, Geology, and Ecology.

Their published work encompasses key topics including:

  • Geological Formations and Processes Exploration
  • Geological and Geochemical Analysis
  • High-pressure geophysics and materials
  • Geological Studies and Exploration
  • Geology and Paleoclimatology Research
  • Plant Ecology and Soil Science
  • Tree-ring climate responses

Jean-Bernard Edel's recent scholarly papers reflect a focus on tectonics and orogenic processes within the Variscan Belt, characterized by the following publications:

  • "Tectonic evolution and global crustal architecture of the European Variscan belt constrained by geophysical data," 2022, published in Earth-Science Reviews
  • "Oroclinal arcs of the Variscan Belt: a consequence of transpression during the consolidation of Pangaea," 2024, published in Journal of the Geological Society

The scientist frequently collaborates with other researchers. Among their frequent co-authors are:

  • Karel Schulmann
  • José R. Martínez Catalán
  • Jean-Marc Lardeaux
  • P. Ayarza
  • Stanisław Mazur

Edel's primary publication venues include Earth-Science Reviews and the Journal of the Geological Society, contributing to the broader geological and geophysical discourse through these established journals.

Best Publications

  • An Andean type Palaeozoic convergence in the Bohemian Massif

    Karel Schulmann;Jiří Konopásek;Vojtĕch Janoušek;Ondrej Lexa

  • Oligo-Miocene rotation of Sardinia: KAr ages and paleomagnetic data of Tertiary volcanics

    R. Montigny;J.B. Edel;R. Thuizat

  • Vertical extrusion and horizontal channel flow of orogenic lower crust: key exhumation mechanisms in large hot orogens?

    K. Schulmann;O. Lexa;P. Štípská;M. Racek

  • Anatomy of a diffuse cryptic suture zone: An example from the Bohemian Massif, European Variscides

    Karel Schulmann;Ondrej Lexa;Vojtěch Janoušek;Jean Marc Lardeaux

  • Deep structure of the southern Rhinegraben area from seismic refraction investigations

    J.B. Edel;K. Fuchs;C. Gelbke;C. Prodehl

  • The Moldanubian Zone in the French Massif Central, Vosges/Schwarzwald and Bohemian Massif revisited: differences and similarities

    J. M. Lardeaux;Karel Schulmann;Michel Faure;V Janoušek

  • Localization of temperature anomalies in the Upper Rhine Graben: insights from geophysics and neotectonic activity

    Paul Baillieux;Eva Schill;Jean-Bernard Edel;Guillaume Mauri

  • Rapid burial and exhumation during orogeny: Thickening and synconvergent exhumation of thermally weakened and thinned crust (Variscan orogen in Western Europe)

    Karel Schulmann;Urs Schaltegger;Josef Jezek;Alan Bruce Thompson

  • Late Palaeozoic palaeomagnetic and tectonic constraints for amalgamation of Pangea supercontinent in the European Variscan belt

    Jean Bernard Edel;Karel Schulmann;Ondrej Lexa;Jean Marc Lardeaux

  • Cadomian terranes, wrench faulting and thrusting in the central Europe Variscides: geophysical and geological evidence

    J. B. Edel;K. Weber

  • Le deplacement de la Sardaigne; synthese des donnees geochronologiques, magmatiques et paleomagnetiques

    H. Bellon;C. Coulon;J. B. Edel

  • The Variscan tectonic inheritance of the Upper Rhine Graben: evidence of reactivations in the Lias, Late Eocene–Oligocene up to the recent

    J.-B. Edel;K. Schulmann;Y. Rotstein

  • Anticlockwise and clockwise rotations of the Eastern Variscides accommodated by dextral lithospheric wrenching: palaeomagnetic and structural evidence

    J.B. Edel;K. Schulmann;K. Schulmann;F.V. Holub

  • Tectonic evolution and global crustal architecture of the European Variscan belt constrained by geophysical data

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  • Crustal influx, indentation, ductile thinning and gravity redistribution in a continental wedge: Building a Moldanubian mantled gneiss dome with underthrust Saxothuringian material (European Variscan belt)

    F. Chopin;F. Chopin;K. Schulmann;E. Skrzypek;J. Lehmann

  • A geophysical model of the Variscan orogenic root (Bohemian Massif): Implications for modern collisional orogens

    Alexandra Guy;Alexandra Guy;Jean-Bernard Edel;Karel Schulmann;Čestmir Tomek

  • Late Paleozoic rotations of Corsica and Sardinia: New evidence from paleomagnetic and K-Ar studies

    J.B. Edel;R. Montigny;R. Thuizat

  • Model of syn‐convergent extrusion of orogenic lower crust in the core of the Variscan belt: implications for exhumation of high‐pressure rocks in large hot orogens

    J. Franěk;K. Schulmann;O. Lexa;Č. Tomek

  • The upper Rhenish Shield basement (Vosges, Upper Rhinegraben and Schwarzwald): Main structural features deduced from magnetic, gravimetric and geological data

    J.B. Edel;P. Fluck

  • Insight into the structure of the Upper Rhine Graben and its basement from a new compilation of Bouguer Gravity

    Y. Rotstein;J.-B. Edel;G. Gabriel;D. Boulanger

  • Tectonic evolution of the European Variscan belt constrained by palaeomagnetic, structural and anisotropy of magnetic susceptibility data from the Northern Vosges magmatic arc (eastern France)

    J.-B. Edel;Karel Schulmann;E. Skrzypek;Alain Cocherie

  • La rotation miocène inférieur du bloc corso-sarde. Nouvelles contraintes paléomagnétiques sur la fin du mouvement.

    Jean-Bernard Edel;David Dubois;Robin Marchant;Jean Hernandez

  • Tectonic evolution of the Rehamna metamorphic dome (Morocco) in the context of the Alleghanian-Variscan orogeny

    Francis Chopin;Michel Corsini;Karel Schulmann;Mohamed El Houicha

Frequent Co-Authors

Karel Schulmann
Karel Schulmann University of Strasbourg
Ondrej Lexa
Ondrej Lexa Charles University
Pavla Štípská
Pavla Štípská University of Strasbourg
Jean-François Ghienne
Jean-François Ghienne University of Strasbourg
Yves Géraud
Yves Géraud University of Lorraine
Urs Schaltegger
Urs Schaltegger University of Geneva
Giacomo Oggiano
Giacomo Oggiano University of Sassari
Michel Faure
Michel Faure University of Orléans
Jean Besse
Jean Besse Institut de Physique du Globe de Paris

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