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Jean-Yves Royer is affiliated with the Laboratoire de Planétologie et Géodynamique de Nantes in France. Their research primarily focuses on Earth and Planetary Sciences, with particular emphasis on geophysics and oceanography. The scientist has contributed to several subfields including ecology, developmental biology, and geology.

Their work covers diverse main topics such as underwater acoustics research, marine animal studies, animal vocal communication and behavior, seismic waves and analysis, earthquake and tectonic studies, geological and geophysical studies, and GNSS positioning and interference.

Jean-Yves Royer has published frequently in various scientific venues. The most common publication venues include:

  • The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America
  • Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America
  • Scientific Reports
  • Geosciences
  • Marine Mammal Science

Recent papers authored or coauthored by Jean-Yves Royer include:

  • Multiple pygmy blue whale acoustic populations in the Indian Ocean: whale song identifies a possible new population (2021, Scientific Reports)
  • Detecting, classifying, and counting blue whale calls with Siamese neural networks (2021, The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America)
  • Distribution of blue whale populations in the Southern Indian Ocean based on a decade of acoustic monitoring (2020, Deep Sea Research Part II Topical Studies in Oceanography)
  • A Multi-Observation Least-Squares Inversion for GNSS-Acoustic Seafloor Positioning (2020, Remote Sensing)
  • Detecting strain with a fiber optic cable on the seafloor offshore Mount Etna, Southern Italy (2023, Earth and Planetary Science Letters)

Jean-Yves Royer collaborates frequently with several researchers including Sara Bazin, Maëlle Torterotot, Flore Samaran, Kathleen M. Stafford, and Robert P. Dziak.

Best Publications

  • Digital isochrons of the world's ocean floor

    R. Dietmar Müller;Walter R. Roest;Jean-Yves Royer;Lisa M. Gahagan

  • Revised plate motions relative to the hotspots from combined Atlantic and Indian Ocean hotspot tracks

    R. Dietmar Müller;Jean-Yves Royer;Lawrence A. Lawver

  • The tectonic history of the Tasman Sea: A puzzle with 13 pieces

    Carmen Gaina;Dietmar R. Müller;Jean-Yves Royer;Joann Stock

  • India-Asia collision and the Cenozoic slowdown of the Indian plate: Implications for the forces driving plate motions

    Alex Copley;Jean Philippe Avouac;Jean Yves Royer

  • Evolution of the eastern Indian Ocean since the Late Cretaceous: Constraints from Geosat altimetry

    Jean-Yves Royer;David T. Sandwell

  • Evidence for relative motions between the Indian and Australian Plates during the last 20 m.y. from plate tectonic reconstructions: Implications for the deformation of the Indo‐Australian Plate

    Jean-Yves Royer;Ted Chang

  • The Motion and Boundary Between the Capricorn and Australian Plates

    Jean-Yves Royer;Richard G. Gordon

  • Chapter 2 New constraints on the late cretaceous/tertiary plate tectonic evolution of the caribbean

    R. Dietmar Müller;Jean-Yves Royer;Steven C. Cande;Walter R. Roest

  • Late Cenozoic geodynamic evolution of eastern Indonesia

    Florent Hinschberger;Jacques-André Malod;Jean-Pierre Réhault;Michel Villeneuve

  • Asymmetric sea-floor spreading caused by ridge–plume interactions

    R. Dietmar Müller;Walter R. Roest;Jean-Yves Royer

  • Slab-tearing following ridge-trench collision: Evidence from Miocene volcanism in Baja California, México

    Carlos Pallares;René C. Maury;Hervé Bellon;Jean-Yves Royer

  • Evidence for long-term diffuse deformation of the lithosphere of the equatorial Indian Ocean

    Richard G. Gordon;Charles DeMets;Jean-Yves Royer

  • Evolution of the Southwest Indian Ridge from the Late Cretaceous (anomaly 34) to the Middle Eocene (anomaly 20)

    Jean-Yves Royer;Philippe Patriat;Hugh W Bergh;Christopher R Scotese

  • Plate‐tectonic setting of the Tasmanian region

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  • Seasonal and Geographic Variation of Southern Blue Whale Subspecies in the Indian Ocean

    Flore Samaran;Flore Samaran;Kathleen M. Stafford;Trevor A. Branch;Jason Gedamke

  • Oceanic-ridge subduction vs. slab break off: Plate tectonic evolution along the Baja California Sur continental margin since 15 Ma

    F. Michaud;Jean-Yves Royer;Jacques Bourgois;J. Dyment

  • Motion between the Indian, Capricorn and Somalian plates since 20 Ma: implications for the timing and magnitude of distributed lithospheric deformation in the equatorial Indian ocean

    Charles DeMets;Richard G. Gordon;Jean-Yves Royer

  • Evolution of the Louisiade triple junction

    Carmen Gaina;R. Dietmar Müller;Jean-Yves Royer;Phil Symonds

  • Location of the Nubia-Somalia boundary along the Southwest Indian Ridge

    James Lemaux;Richard G. Gordon;Jean-Yves Royer

  • Paleogene plate tectonic evolution of the Arabian and Eastern Somali basins

    Jean-Yves Royer;A. K. Chaubey;Jérome Dyment;G. C. Bhattacharya

  • Revised plate motions relative to the hotspots from combined Atlantic and Indian Ocean hotspot tracks: Comment and Reply

    Ajoy K. Baksi;R. Dietmar Müller;Jean Yves Royer;Lawrence A. Lawver

Frequent Co-Authors

François Michaud
François Michaud Université de Sherbrooke
Jacques Bourgois
Jacques Bourgois Sorbonne University
Jérôme Dyment
Jérôme Dyment Institut de Physique du Globe de Paris
Marc Sosson
Marc Sosson Université Côte d'Azur
Richard G. Gordon
Richard G. Gordon Rice University
Kathleen M. Stafford
Kathleen M. Stafford Oregon State University
Louis Géli
Louis Géli Centre national de la recherche scientifique, CNRS
Marc-André Gutscher
Marc-André Gutscher Centre national de la recherche scientifique, CNRS
Robert P. Dziak
Robert P. Dziak Pacific Marine Environmental Laboratory
Frauke Klingelhoefer
Frauke Klingelhoefer French Research Institute for Exploitation of the Sea

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