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Jean-Pierre Gratier

Jean-Pierre Gratier

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Earth Science

D-Index
43
Citations
5364
World Ranking
5103
National Ranking
366

Overview

Jean-Pierre Gratier is affiliated with Grenoble Alpes University in France and focuses on research within Earth and Planetary Sciences, specifically in the subfield of Geophysics. Their work covers several main topics including earthquake and tectonic studies, geological and geochemical analysis, and high-pressure geophysics and materials.

The scientist has contributed to the understanding of crustal deformation and pressure solution creep mechanisms. Notable recent publications include:

  • Pressure Solution Grain Boundary Sliding as a Large Strain Mechanism of Superplastic Flow in the Upper Crust, 2023, Journal of Geophysical Research Solid Earth
  • How the Earth's upper crust deforms in a viscous or brittle manner and how these behaviors interact and evolve over time: the crucial role of pressure solution creep and sealing processes, 2023, Revue Française de Géotechnique
  • Corrigendum for: How the Earth's upper crust deforms in a viscous or brittle manner and how these behaviors interact and evolve over time: the crucial role of pressure solution creep and sealing processes, 2024, Revue Française de Géotechnique

Jean-Pierre Gratier frequently publishes in the following venues:

  • Revue Française de Géotechnique
  • Journal of Geophysical Research Solid Earth

Collaborations have occurred with several co-authors, including:

  • Luca Menegon
  • François Renard

The focus on pressure solution processes and the interaction between brittle and viscous deformation mechanisms highlights an investigative interest in how the Earth's upper crust accommodates strain over time. The research contributes to interdisciplinary approaches connecting geological, geochemical, and tectonic perspectives within geophysics.

Best Publications

  • The Role of Pressure Solution Creep in the Ductility of the Earth’s Upper Crust

    Jean-Pierre Gratier;Dag K. Dysthe;François Renard;François Renard

  • Kinetics of crack-sealing, intergranular pressure solution, and compaction around active faults

    Franc ∞ ois Renard;Jean-Pierre Gratier;Bjørn Jamtveit

  • Pressure solution in sandstones: influence of clays and dependence on temperature and stress

    François Renard;Peter Ortoleva;Jean Pierre Gratier

  • Enhanced deformation of limestone and sandstone in the presence of high fluids

    Y. Le Guen;Y. Le Guen;F. Renard;F. Renard;R. Hellmann;E. Brosse

  • Experimental pressure solution-deposition on quartz grains: the crucial effect of the nature of the fluid

    J.P. Gratier;R. Guiguet Irigm

  • Modeling fluid transfer along California faults when integrating pressure solution crack sealing and compaction processes

    Jean-Pierre Gratier;Pascal Favreau;François Renard

  • How pressure solution creep and fracturing processes interact in the upper crust to make it behave in both a brittle and viscous manner

    Jean-Pierre Gratier;François Renard;Pierre Labaume

  • Aseismic sliding of active faults by pressure solution creep: Evidence from the San Andreas Fault Observatory at Depth

    Jean-Pierre Gratier;Julie Richard;François Renard;François Renard;S. Mittempergher

  • Stylolites: A review

    Renaud Toussaint;Renaud Toussaint;Einat Aharonov;Daniel Koehn;Jean-Pierre Gratier

  • Intense fracturing and fracture sealing induced by mineral growth in porous rocks

    Catherine Noiriel;François Renard;François Renard;Mai-Linh Doan;Jean-Pierre Gratier

  • Compaction and Porosity Reduction in Carbonates: A Review of Observations, Theory, and Experiments

    Delphine Croizé;François Renard;Jean-Pierre Gratier

  • A pressure solution creep law for quartz from indentation experiments

    Jean-Pierre Gratier;Robert Guiguet;François Renard;François Renard;Liliane Jenatton

  • Three-dimensional roughness of stylolites in limestones

    François Renard;François Renard;Jean Schmittbuhl;Jean-Pierre Gratier;Paul Meakin

  • An integrated model for transitional pressure solution in sandstones

    F. Renard;A. Park;P. Ortoleva;J.-P. Gratier

  • Dynamic fracturing by successive coseismic loadings leads to pulverization in active fault zones

    Frans Aben;Frans Aben;M.-L Doan;M.-L Doan;Thomas Mitchell;R Toussaint

  • Counterclockwise rotation of the western Alps since the Oligocene: New insights from paleomagnetic data

    M. Collombet;J. C. Thomas;A. Chauvin;P. Tricart

  • Transition between seismic and aseismic deformation in the upper crust

    J. P. Gratier;J. F. Gamond

  • A microstructural study of a “crack-seal” type serpentine vein using SEM and TEM techniques

    Muriel Andreani;Alain Baronnet;Anne Marie Boullier;Jean Pierre Gratier

  • Experimental pressure solution of Halite by an indenter technique

    Jean-Pierre Gratier

  • How travertine veins grow from top to bottom and lift the rocks above them: The effect of crystallization force

    Jean-Pierre Gratier;Emanuelle Frery;Emanuelle Frery;Pierre Deschamps;Anja Røyne

  • Restoration and balance of a folded and faulted surface by best-fitting of finite elements: principle and applications

    Jean-Pierre Gratier;Bertrand Guillier;Alain Delorme;Francis Odonne

Frequent Co-Authors

François Renard
François Renard University of Oslo
Jean Schmittbuhl
Jean Schmittbuhl University of Strasbourg
Ziyadin Cakir
Ziyadin Cakir Istanbul Technical University
Cécile Lasserre
Cécile Lasserre Centre national de la recherche scientifique, CNRS
Giulio Di Toro
Giulio Di Toro University of Padua
Dominique Blamart
Dominique Blamart Versailles Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines University
Anne-Marie Boullier
Anne-Marie Boullier Grenoble Alpes University
Pierre Deschamps
Pierre Deschamps Aix-Marseille University
Bruno Hamelin
Bruno Hamelin Aix-Marseille University
Jean Philippe Avouac
Jean Philippe Avouac California Institute of Technology

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