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Jean-Claude Sibuet is affiliated with the French Research Institute for Exploitation of the Sea in France. Their research primarily focuses on Earth and Planetary Sciences, with significant work in the subfields of Geophysics, Geology, Ocean Engineering, Earth-Surface Processes, and Mechanical Engineering.

Their research spans multiple main topics, including:

  • Geological and Geophysical Studies
  • Earthquake and Tectonic Studies
  • Geological Formations and Processes
  • Geological and Geochemical Analysis
  • High-Pressure Geophysics and Materials
  • Drilling and Well Engineering
  • Hydraulic Fracturing and Reservoir Analysis

Jean-Claude Sibuet has published in several scientific venues, with frequent publications in:

  • Tectonophysics
  • Geological Society of America Bulletin
  • Marine and Petroleum Geology
  • Gondwana Research
  • Interpretation

Notable recent papers include:

  • "Geodynamic and plate kinematic context of South China Sea subduction during Okinawa trough opening and Taiwan orogeny," 2021, Tectonophysics
  • "Post-rift magmatism on the northern South China Sea margin," 2020, Geological Society of America Bulletin
  • "Structure and evolution of the Atlantic passive margins: A review of existing rifting models from wide-angle seismic data and kinematic reconstruction," 2021, Marine and Petroleum Geology
  • "Breakup mechanism of the northern South China Sea: Evidence from the deep crustal structure across the continent-ocean transition," 2022, Gondwana Research
  • "A revolution in understanding SE Asia geodynamics since 20.5-18 Ma," 2024, Tectonophysics

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Jean-Claude Sibuet include:

  • Minghui Zhao
  • Jonny Wu
  • Siqing Liu
  • William W. Hay
  • Eric J. Barron

Best Publications

  • Geological evolution of the tethys belt from the atlantic to the pamirs since the LIAS

    J. Dercourt;L.P. Zonenshain;L.-E. Ricou;V.G. Kazmin

  • Passive margins: A model of formation

    Xavier Le Pichon;Jean-Claude Sibuet

  • Back Arc Extension in the Okinawa Trough

    Jean-Claude Sibuet;Jean Letouzey;Florence Barbier;Jacques Charvet

  • Okinawa trough backarc basin: Early tectonic and magmatic evolution

    Jean-Claude Sibuet;Benoã®T. Deffontaines;Shu-Kun Hsu;Nicolas Thareau

  • Kinematic evolution of the tethys belt from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pamirs since the Triassic

    Léonid A. Savostin;Jean-Claude Sibuet;Lev P. Zonenshain;Xavier Le Pichon

  • High‐resolution detection of geologic boundaries from potential‐field anomalies: An enhanced analytic signal technique

    Shu Kun Hsu;Jean Claude Sibuet;Chuen Tien Shyu

  • Pyrenean orogeny and plate kinematics

    Jean-Claude Sibuet;Shiri P. Srivastava;Wim Spakman

  • How was Taiwan created

    Jean Claude Sibuet;Shu Kun Hsu

  • Presentation de 9 cartes paleogeographiques au 1/20000000000eme s'etendant de l'Atlantique au Pamir pour la periode du Lias a l'Actuel

    J. Dercourt;L. P. Zonenshain;L. E. Ricou;V. G. Kazmin

  • Breakup of the Newfoundland Iberia rift

    B. E. Tucholke;D. S. Sawyer;J.-C. Sibuet

  • Paleomagnetic implications on the evolution of the tethys belt from the atlantic ocean to the pamirs since the triassic

    Michel Westphal;Mikhail L. Bazhenov;Jean Paul Lauer;Diamar M. Pechersky

  • The fit of the continents around the North Atlantic Ocean

    Xavier Le Pichon;Jean-Claude Sibuet;Jean Francheteau

  • Turbidity currents, submarine landslides and the 2006 Pingtung earthquake off SW Taiwan

    Shu Kun Hsu;Jackie Kuo;Chung Liang Lo;Ching Hui Tsai

  • Geodynamics of the South China Sea

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  • Magnetic evidence for slow seafloor spreading during the formation of the Newfoundland and Iberian margins

    S.P. Srivastava;J.-C. Sibuet;S. Cande;W.R. Roest

  • East Asia plate tectonics since 15 Ma: constraints from the Taiwan region

    Jean Claude Sibuet;Shu Kun Hsu;Xavier Le Pichon;Jean Pierre Le Formal

  • Arc-continent collision in Taiwan: New marine observations and tectonic evolution

    Jacques Malavieille;Serge E. Lallemand;Stephane Dominguez;Anne Deschamps

  • Exhumed mantle-forming transitional crust in the Newfoundland-Iberia rift and associated magnetic anomalies

    Jean-Claude Sibuet;Shiri Srivastava;Gianreto Manatschal

  • Plate kinematic implications of Atlantic equatorial fracture zone trends

    Jean-Claude Sibuet;Jean Mascle

  • The ocean‐continent boundary off the western continental margin of Iberia: Crustal structure west of Galicia Bank

    Robert B. Whitmarsh;Robert S. White;Susan J. Horsefield;Jean-Claude Sibuet

  • Geodynamics of the Taiwan arc-arc collision

    Jean Claude Sibuet;Shu Kun Hsu

Frequent Co-Authors

Shu-Kun Hsu
Shu-Kun Hsu National Central University
Frauke Klingelhoefer
Frauke Klingelhoefer French Research Institute for Exploitation of the Sea
Xavier Le Pichon
Xavier Le Pichon Sorbonne University
Brian E. Tucholke
Brian E. Tucholke Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
Char-Shine Liu
Char-Shine Liu National Taiwan University
Jean-Paul Foucher
Jean-Paul Foucher French Research Institute for Exploitation of the Sea
Antonio Cattaneo
Antonio Cattaneo French Research Institute for Exploitation of the Sea
Jacques Angelier
Jacques Angelier Sorbonne University
Nabil Sultan
Nabil Sultan French Research Institute for Exploitation of the Sea
Keith E. Louden
Keith E. Louden Dalhousie University

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