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Laurence Audin is affiliated with the Institut de Recherche pour le Développement in France. The primary area of research spans Earth and Planetary Sciences, with a particular focus on geophysics alongside contributions to atmospheric science, artificial intelligence, management, monitoring, policy and law, and earth-surface processes.

The research work heavily concentrates on earthquake and tectonic studies, with related topics including geological and geochemical analysis, earthquake detection and analysis, landslides and related hazards, geological and tectonic studies in Latin America, geology and paleoclimatology research, and geological and geophysical studies worldwide.

Some of the recent notable papers authored or coauthored by Laurence Audin include:

  • Surface rupture and shallow fault reactivation during the 2019 Mw 4.9 Le Teil earthquake, France, 2020, Communications Earth & Environment
  • Hazardous faults of South America; compilation and overview, 2020, Journal of South American Earth Sciences
  • Rapid response to the M 4.9 earthquake of November 11, 2019 in Le Teil, Lower Rhône Valley, France, 2021, Comptes Rendus Géoscience
  • Active Tectonics and Earthquake Geology Along the Pallatanga Fault, Central Andes of Ecuador, 2020, Frontiers in Earth Science
  • Continental block motion in the Northern Andes from GPS measurements, 2023, Geophysical Journal International

Frequent coauthors include Stéphane Baize, Carlos Benavente, Xavier Robert, Benjamin Gérard, and Cécile Gautheron, indicating collaboration across multiple research projects related to tectonics and geophysical phenomena.

Laurence Audin's work has been published extensively in several key venues such as the Journal of South American Earth Sciences, Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research), Comptes Rendus Géoscience, Geophysical Journal International, and Tectonics.

Best Publications

  • Seismic and aseismic slip on the Central Peru megathrust

    Hugo Perfettini;Jean Philippe Avouac;Hernando Tavera;Andrew Kositsky

  • Motion of continental slivers and creeping subduction in the Northern Andes

    J.-M. Nocquet;J.C. Villegas-Lanza;M. Chlieh;P. Mothes

  • Arabia-Somalia plate kinematics, evolution of the Aden-Owen-Carlsberg triple junction, and opening of the Gulf of Aden

    Marc Fournier;Marc Fournier;Marc Fournier;Nicolas Chamot-Rooke;Carole Petit;Carole Petit;Philippe Huchon;Philippe Huchon

  • Partitioning of oblique convergence in the Northern Andes subduction zone: Migration history and the present-day boundary of the North Andean Sliver in Ecuador

    Alexandra Alvarado;Alexandra Alvarado;L. Audin;J.M. Nocquet;Etienne Jaillard

  • Non-steady long-term uplift rates and Pleistocene marine terrace development along the Andean margin of Chile (31°S) inferred from 10Be dating

    M. Saillard;S.R. Hall;L. Audin;D.L. Farber

  • A new view for the geodynamics of Ecuador : implication in seismogenic source definition and seismic hazard assessment

    Hugo Yepes;Hugo Yepes;Laurence Audin;Alexandra Alvarado;Céline Beauval

  • From the seismic cycle to long-term deformation: linking seismic coupling and Quaternary coastal geomorphology along the Andean megathrust

    Marianne Saillard;Laurence Audin;B. Rousset;Jean-Philippe Avouac

  • Palaeomagnetism and K-Ar and 40Ar/39Ar ages in the Ali Sabieh area (Republic of Djibouti and Ethiopia): constraints on the mechanism of Aden ridge propagation into southeastern Afar during the last 10 Myr

    L. Audin;X. Quidelleur;X. Quidelleur;E. Coulié;V. Courtillot

  • Source model of the 2007 Mw 8.0 Pisco, Peru earthquake: Implications for seismogenic behavior of subduction megathrusts

    A Sladen;Hernando Tavera;M Simons;J. P. Avouac

  • New paleomagnetic and geochronologic results from Ethiopian Afar: Block rotations linked to rift overlap and propagation and determination of a ~2 Ma reference pole for stable Africa

    Tesfaye Kidane;Tesfaye Kidane;Vincent Courtillot;Isabelle Manighetti;Laurence Audin;Laurence Audin

  • Active tectonics in Quito, Ecuador, assessed by geomorphological studies, GPS data, and crustal seismicity

    A. Alvarado;A. Alvarado;Laurence Audin;Jean-Mathieu Nocquet;S. Lagreulet;S. Lagreulet

  • Renewed uplift of the Central Andes Forearc revealed by coastal evolution during the Quaternary

    Vincent Regard;Marianne Saillard;Joseph Martinod;Laurence Audin

  • Andean coastal uplift and active tectonics in southern Peru: 10Be surface exposure dating of differentially uplifted marine terrace sequences (San Juan de Marcona, ~ 15.4°S)

    Marianne Saillard;Marianne Saillard;S. R. Hall;Laurence Audin;Laurence Audin;D. L. Farber;D. L. Farber

  • Surface rupture and shallow fault reactivation during the 2019 Mw 4.9 Le Teil earthquake, France

    Jean-François Ritz;Stéphane Baize;Matthieu Ferry;Christophe Larroque

  • Upper plate deformation and seismic barrier in front of Nazca subduction zone: The Chololo Fault System and active tectonics along the Coastal Cordillera, southern Peru

    Laurence Audin;Pierre Lacan;Hernando Tavera;Francis Bondoux

  • Lithospheric structure of a nascent spreading ridge inferred from gravity data: The western Gulf of Aden

    Hélène Hébert;Christine Deplus;Philippe Huchon;Khaled Khanbari

  • Arago Seamount: The missing hotspot found in the Austral Islands

    Alain Bonneville;Raymond Le Suavé;Laurence Audin;Valérie Clouard

  • Supervised Method of Landslide Inventory Using Panchromatic SPOT5 Images and Application to the Earthquake-Triggered Landslides of Pisco (Peru, 2007, Mw8.0)

    Pascal Lacroix;Bilberto Zavala;Etienne Berthier;Laurence Audin

  • A New Seismic Hazard Model for Ecuador

    C. Beauval;J. Marinière;H. Yepes;L. Audin

  • Hazardous faults of South America; compilation and overview

    Carlos Costa;Alexandra Alvarado;Franck Audemard;Laurence Audin

  • Differences in 10Be concentrations between river sand, gravel and pebbles along the western side of the central Andes

    S. Carretier;V. Regard;R. Vassallo;G. Aguilar;G. Aguilar;G. Aguilar

  • Geochronology of pediment surfaces in southern Peru: Implications for Quaternary deformation of the Andean forearc

    S.R. Hall;D.L. Farber;L. Audin;R.C. Finkel

Frequent Co-Authors

Vincent Regard
Vincent Regard Paul Sabatier University
Hugo Yepes
Hugo Yepes National Polytechnic School
Stéphane Schwartz
Stéphane Schwartz Grenoble Alpes University
Joseph Martinod
Joseph Martinod University of Savoy Mont Blanc - Chambery
Gérard Hérail
Gérard Hérail Institut de Recherche pour le Développement
Jean Philippe Avouac
Jean Philippe Avouac California Institute of Technology
Jean-Mathieu Nocquet
Jean-Mathieu Nocquet Centre national de la recherche scientifique, CNRS
Cécile Gautheron
Cécile Gautheron University of Paris-Saclay
Anthony Sladen
Anthony Sladen Centre national de la recherche scientifique, CNRS
Julien Carcaillet
Julien Carcaillet Institut des Sciences de la Terre

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