2026 Laetitia Le Pourhiet: Earth Science Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Earth Science	35	7641	7077	614	587	128	4440

Overview

Laetitia Le Pourhiet is affiliated with Sorbonne University in France and is active in the field of Earth and Planetary Sciences, with a particular focus on Geophysics, Geology, Mechanics of Materials, Earth-Surface Processes, and Mechanical Engineering.

The scientist's research primarily addresses topics such as earthquake and tectonic studies, geological and geochemical analysis, high-pressure geophysics and materials, geological and geophysical studies, geological formations and processes, hydrocarbon exploration and reservoir analysis, and geological studies and exploration.

Recent publications by Laetitia Le Pourhiet include the following papers:

Transfer zones in Mediterranean back-arc regions and tear faults, 2021, Bulletin de la Société Géologique de France
Toward Robust and Predictive Geodynamic Modeling: The Way Forward in Frictional Plasticity, 2020, Geophysical Research Letters
Seismic hazard of the western Makran subduction zone: Insight from mechanical modelling and inferred frictional properties, 2021, Earth and Planetary Science Letters
Topographic and Tectonic Evolution of Mountain Belts Controlled by Salt Thickness and Rift Architecture, 2020, Tectonics
Modes of Propagation of Continental Breakup and Associated Oblique Rift Structures, 2020, Journal of Geophysical Research Solid Earth

Laetitia Le Pourhiet frequently collaborates with fellow researchers including Dave A. May, Sepideh Pajang, Nadaya Cubas, Philippe Agard, and Tiphaine Larvet.

The scientist's publications often appear in notable venues such as Earth and Planetary Science Letters, Bulletin de la Société Géologique de France, Journal of Geophysical Research Solid Earth, Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research), and Geophysical Research Letters.

Best Publications

Aegean tectonics: Strain localisation, slab tearing and trench retreat

Laurent Jolivet;Claudio Faccenna;Benjamin Huet;Loïc Labrousse

621
Citations
A thermomechanical model of exhumation of high pressure (HP) and ultra-high pressure (UHP) metamorphic rocks in Alpine-type collision belts

E Burov;L Jolivet;L Le Pourhiet;A Poliakov

260
Citations
The North Cycladic Detachment System

Laurent Jolivet;Laurent Jolivet;Emmanuel Lecomte;Benjamin Huet;Yoann Denèle

254
Citations
The geological signature of a slab tear below the Aegean

Laurent Jolivet;Armel Menant;Pietro Sternai;Aurélien Rabillard

193
Citations
Plume head–lithosphere interactions near intra-continental plate boundaries

E. Burov;L. Guillou-Frottier;E. d'Acremont;L. le Pourhiet

185
Citations
HP-UHP exhumation during slow continental subduction: Self-consistent thermodynamically and thermomechanically coupled model with application to the Western Alps

P. Yamato;P. Yamato;E. Burov;P. Agard;L. Le Pourhiet

159
Citations
Thermal imprint of rift-related processes in orogens as recorded in the Pyrenees

Arnaud Vacherat;Arnaud Vacherat;Arnaud Vacherat;Frédéric Mouthereau;Frédéric Mouthereau;R Pik;M Bernet

133
Citations
Mantle instability beneath the Sierra Nevada Mountains in California and Death Valley extension

Laetitia Le Pourhiet;Michael Gurnis;Jason Saleeby

119
Citations
Geometry and kinematics of Mykonos detachment, Cyclades, Greece: Evidence for slip at shallow dip

Emmanuel Lecomte;Laurent Jolivet;Olivier Lacombe;Yoann Denèle

103
Citations
Rifting through a stack of inhomogeneous thrusts (the dipping pie concept)

Laetitia Le Pourhiet;Laetitia Le Pourhiet;Evgenii Burov;Isabelle Moretti

102
Citations
Kinematic interpretation of the 3D shapes of metamorphic core complexes

Laetitia Le Pourhiet;Benjamin Huet;Dave A. May;Loic Labrousse

98
Citations
Mechanisms of margin inversion in the external Western Alps: Implications for crustal rheology

Nicolas Bellahsen;Laurent Jolivet;Olivier Lacombe;Mathieu Bellanger

96
Citations
Post-orogenic extension and metamorphic core complexes in a heterogeneous crust: the role of crustal layering inherited from collision. Application to the Cyclades (Aegean domain)

Benjamin Huet;Laetitia Le Pourhiet;Loic Labrousse;Evgenii Burov

92
Citations
Benchmarking numerical models of brittle thrust wedges

Susanne J. H. Buiter;Guido Schreurs;Markus Albertz;Taras V. Gerya

85
Citations
Continental break-up of the South China Sea stalled by far-field compression

Laetitia Le Pourhiet;Nicolas Chamot-Rooke;Matthias Delescluse;Dave A. May

81
Citations
pTatin3D: high-performance methods for long-term lithospheric dynamics

Dave A. May;Jed Brown;Laetitia Le Pourhiet

80
Citations
A genetic link between transform and hyper-extended margins

Laetitia Le Pourhiet;Dave A. May;Lucas Huille;Louise Watremez

67
Citations
Granite intrusion in a metamorphic core complex: The example of the Mykonos laccolith (Cyclades, Greece)

Yoann Denèle;Emmanuel Lecomte;Laurent Jolivet;Olivier Lacombe

65
Citations
Rheological and geodynamic controls on the mechanisms of subduction and HP/UHP exhumation of crustal rocks during continental collision: Insights from numerical models

Evgenii Burov;Evgenii Burov;Thomas François;Thomas François;Philippe Agard;Philippe Agard;Laetitia Le Pourhiet;Laetitia Le Pourhiet

64
Citations
Initial crustal thickness geometry controls on the extension in a back arc domain: Case of the Gulf of Corinth

Laetitia Le Pourhiet;Laetitia Le Pourhiet;Evgenii Burov;Isabelle Moretti

62
Citations
Plume-induced continental rifting and break-up in ultra-slow extension context: Insights from 3D numerical modeling

Alexander Koptev;Evgueni Burov;Taras Gerya;Laetitia Le Pourhiet

61
Citations
Tectonic slicing of subducting oceanic crust along plate interfaces: Numerical modeling

Jonas B. Ruh;Jonas B. Ruh;Laetitia Le Pourhiet;Laetitia Le Pourhiet;Philippe Agard;Philippe Agard;Evguene Burov;Evguene Burov

52
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Laurent Jolivet Sorbonne University

Dave A. May University of Oxford

Olivier Lacombe Sorbonne University

Loïc Labrousse Sorbonne University

Frédéric Mouthereau Paul Sabatier University

Evgenii Burov Université Paris Cité

Philippe Agard Sorbonne University

Jason B. Saleeby California Institute of Technology

Taras Gerya ETH Zurich

Nicolas Bellahsen Sorbonne University

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