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Laurent Guillou-Frottier is affiliated with the Centre national de la recherche scientifique (CNRS) in France. Their research primarily lies within the field of Earth and Planetary Sciences, with a strong emphasis on Geophysics and related subfields including Mechanics of Materials, Artificial Intelligence applications, Environmental Engineering, and aspects of Management, Monitoring, Policy, and Law.

The scientific work focuses extensively on earthquake and tectonic studies, geological and geochemical analysis, and rock mechanics and modeling. Additional research topics include geochemistry and geologic mapping, high-pressure geophysics and materials, CO2 sequestration and geologic interactions, as well as seismic imaging and inversion techniques.

Their recent publications demonstrate a concentration on geothermal and tectonic processes, including analyses of fault zones and thermal anomalies. Notable papers include:

  • "Paleogeothermal Gradients Across an Inverted Hyperextended Rift System: Example of the Mauléon Fossil Rift (Western Pyrenees)" (2020) published in Tectonics
  • "Crustal Fault Zones (CFZ) as Geothermal Power Systems: A Preliminary 3D THM Model Constrained by a Multidisciplinary Approach" (2021) published in Geofluids
  • "On the morphology and amplitude of 2D and 3D thermal anomalies induced by buoyancy-driven flow within and around fault zones" (2020) published in Solid Earth
  • "Heat flow, thermal anomalies, tectonic regimes and high-temperature geothermal systems in fault zones" (2023) published in Comptes Rendus Géoscience
  • "Polyphased brittle deformation around a crustal fault: A multi-scale approach based on remote sensing and field data on the mountains surrounding the Têt hydrothermal system (Eastern Pyrénées, France)" (2021) published in Tectonophysics

Frequent co-authors working alongside Laurent Guillou-Frottier include Hugo Duwiquet, Laurent Arbaret, Audrey Taillefer, Mathieu Bellanger, and Théophile Guillon.

The scientist has contributed to several publication venues with repeated contributions to Tectonics, Comptes Rendus Géoscience, Geofluids, Solid Earth, and Tectonophysics.

Best Publications

  • Heat flow and thickness of the lithosphere in the Canadian Shield

    C. Jaupart;J. C. Mareschal;L. Guillou-Frottier;A. Davaille

  • The plume head–continental lithosphere interaction using a tectonically realistic formulation for the lithosphere

    Evgenii Burov;Laurent Guillou-Frottier

  • Plume head–lithosphere interactions near intra-continental plate boundaries

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

  • Lithosphere tectonics and thermo-mechanical properties: An integrated modelling approach for Enhanced Geothermal Systems exploration in Europe

    S. Cloetingh;J.D. van Wees;P.A. Ziegler;L. Lenkey

  • Laboratory experiments on the structure of subducted lithosphere

    Laurent Guillou-Frottier;James Buttles;Peter Olson

  • Structure of hydrothermal convection in the Upper Rhine Graben as inferred from corrected temperature data and basin-scale numerical models

    Laurent Guillou-Frottier;Clément Carrė;Bernard Bourgine;Vincent Bouchot

  • 3D numerical modeling of mantle flow, crustal dynamics and magma genesis associated with slab roll-back and tearing: The eastern Mediterranean case

    Armel Menant;Pietro Sternai;Laurent Jolivet;Laurent Guillou-Frottier

  • Ascent and emplacement of buoyant magma bodies in brittle‐ductile upper crust

    Evgenii Burov;Claude Jaupart;Laurent Guillou-Frottier

  • Heat flow and deep thermal structure near the southeastern edge of the Canadian Shield

    J.C. Mareschal;C. Jaupart;C. Gariépy;L.Z. Cheng

  • Contrasted continental rifting via plume-craton interaction : Applications to Central East African Rift

    Alexander Koptev;Evgueni Burov;Eric Calais;Sylvie Leroy

  • Numerical investigation of transient hydrothermal processes around intrusions: Heat-transfer and fluid-circulation controlled mineralization patterns

    Khalifa Eldursi;Yannick Branquet;Laurent Guillou-Frottier;Eric Marcoux

  • Typology of potential Hot Fractured Rock resources in Europe

    Albert Genter;Laurent Guillou-Frottier;Jean-Louis Feybesse;Nadège Nicol

  • Thermomechanical behavior of large ash flow calderas

    Evgenii B. Burov;Laurent Guillou-Frottier

  • Predicting gold-rich epithermal and porphyry systems in the central Andes with a continental-scale metallogenic GIS

    Mario Billa;Daniel Cassard;Andor L.W. Lips;Vincent Bouchot

  • Topographic and Faults Control of Hydrothermal Circulation Along Dormant Faults in an Orogen

    Audrey Taillefer;Laurent Guillou-Frottier;Roger Soliva;Fabien Magri

  • Distribution of porphyry copper deposits along the western Tethyan and Andean subduction zones: Insights from a paleotectonic approach

    Guillaume Bertrand;Guillaume Bertrand;Laurent Guillou-Frottier;Laurent Guillou-Frottier;Christelle Loiselet;Christelle Loiselet

  • Subsurface temperature maps in French sedimentary basins: new data compilation and interpolation

    Damien Bonté;Laurent Guillou-Frottier;Cynthia Garibaldi;Bernard Bourgine

  • Fault-Related Controls on Upward Hydrothermal Flow: An Integrated Geological Study of the Têt Fault System, Eastern Pyrénées (France)

    Audrey Taillefer;Roger Soliva;Laurent Guillou-Frottier;Elisabeth Le Goff

  • Deciphering fluid flow at the magmatic-hydrothermal transition: A case study from the world-class Panasqueira W–Sn–(Cu) ore deposit (Portugal)

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  • Heat flow variations in the Grenville Province, Canada

    Laurent Guillou-Frottier;Jean-Claude Mareschal;Claude Jaupart;Clément Gariépy

  • 3D subduction dynamics: A first-order parameter of the transition from copper- to gold-rich deposits in the eastern Mediterranean region

    Armel Menant;Laurent Jolivet;Johann Tuduri;Christelle Loiselet

  • Structure of hydrothermal convection in the Upper Rhine Graben as inferred from corrected temperature data and basin-scale numerical models

    Laurent Guillou-Frottier;Clément Carré;Bernard Bourgine;Vincent Bouchot

Frequent Co-Authors

Laurent Jolivet
Laurent Jolivet Sorbonne University
Taras Gerya
Taras Gerya ETH Zurich
Sierd Cloetingh
Sierd Cloetingh Utrecht University
Evgenii Burov
Evgenii Burov Université Paris Cité
Jean-Claude Mareschal
Jean-Claude Mareschal University of Quebec at Montreal
Erdin Bozkurt
Erdin Bozkurt Middle East Technical University
Michael J. Heap
Michael J. Heap University of Strasbourg
Laurent Arbaret
Laurent Arbaret University of Orléans
Claude Jaupart
Claude Jaupart Institut de Physique du Globe de Paris
Romain Millot
Romain Millot Centre national de la recherche scientifique, CNRS

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