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Overview

Laurent Husson is affiliated with Grenoble Alpes University in France and has contributed extensively to the field of Earth and Planetary Sciences, with a strong focus on Geophysics, Geology, Atmospheric Science, Earth-Surface Processes, and Anthropology across 71 publications. Their research touches on various topics including geology and paleoclimatology research, earthquake and tectonic studies, geological and geophysical studies, geological and geochemical analysis, geological formations and processes, high-pressure geophysics and materials, and geological and tectonic studies in Latin America.

Their recent publications include the following papers:

  • Widening of the Andes: An interplay between subduction dynamics and crustal wedge tectonics, 2020, Earth-Science Reviews
  • Hundred million years of landscape dynamics from catchment to global scale, 2023, Science
  • Southwestward growth of plateau surfaces in eastern Tibet, 2022, Earth-Science Reviews
  • Landscape dynamics and the Phanerozoic diversification of the biosphere, 2023, Nature
  • Quaternary landscape dynamics boosted species dispersal across Southeast Asia, 2021, Communications Earth & Environment

Laurent Husson frequently publishes in several academic venues, notably including:

  • Questions de communication
  • Tectonics
  • Earth-Science Reviews
  • Communications Earth & Environment
  • Solid Earth

Their collaborative work features frequent co-authors such as Christine Authémayou, Gino de Gelder, Kévin Pedoja, Denovan Chauveau, and Tristan Salles.

Best Publications

  • Global sea-level budget 1993 - present

    Anny Cazenave;Benoit Meyssignac;Michael Ablain

  • Horizontal subduction zones, convergence velocity and the building of the Andes

    Joseph Martinod;Laurent Husson;Laurent Husson;Pierrick Roperch;Pierrick Roperch;Benjamin Guillaume

  • Relative sea-level fall since the last interglacial stage: Are coasts uplifting worldwide?

    Kevin Pedoja;Laurent Husson;Laurent Husson;Vincent Regard;Vincent Regard;Peter Robert Cobbold

  • Coastal staircase sequences reflecting sea-level oscillations and tectonic uplift during the Quaternary and Neogene

    Kevin Pedoja;Laurent Husson;Markes E. Johnson;Daniel Melnick

  • The Himalaya in 3D: Slab dynamics controlled mountain building and monsoon intensification

    A. Alexander G. Webb;Hongcheng Guo;Peter D. Clift;Laurent Husson

  • Trench motion, slab geometry and viscous stresses in subduction systems

    Leigh H. Royden;Laurent Husson

  • Neogene uplift of central eastern Patagonia: Dynamic response to active spreading ridge subduction?

    Benjamin Guillaume;Joseph Martinod;Joseph Martinod;Laurent Husson;Martin Roddaz;Martin Roddaz

  • Present-day uplift of the European Alps: Evaluating mechanisms and models of their relative contributions

    Pietro Sternai;Christian Sue;Laurent Husson;Enrico Serpelloni

  • The Siwaliks of western Nepal I. Geometry and kinematics

    J.L Mugnier;P Leturmy;G Mascle;P Huyghe

  • Influence of dynamic topography on sea level and its rate of change

    Clinton P. Conrad;Laurent Husson

  • Thickening the Altiplano crust by gravity-driven crustal channel flow

    L. Husson;Thierry Sempéré

  • The role of structural inheritance in oblique rifting: Insights from analogue models and application to the Gulf of Aden

    Julia Autin;Nicolas Bellahsen;Sylvie Leroy;Laurent Husson;Laurent Husson

  • What drives tectonic plates

    Nicolas Coltice;Laurent Husson;Claudio Faccenna;Claudio Faccenna;Maëlis Arnould

  • 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

  • Uplift of quaternary shorelines in eastern Patagonia: Darwin revisited

    Kevin Pedoja;Vincent Regard;Vincent Regard;Laurent Husson;Joseph Martinod;Joseph Martinod

  • Mountain building and mantle dynamics

    Claudio Faccenna;Thorsten W. Becker;Clinton P. Conrad;Laurent Husson;Laurent Husson

  • Dynamic topography above retreating subduction zones

    Laurent Husson

  • Plate motions, Andean orogeny, and volcanism above the South Atlantic convection cell

    Laurent Husson;Laurent Husson;Clinton P. Conrad;Claudio Faccenna

  • Evidence of Sundaland’s subsidence requires revisiting its biogeography

    Laurent Husson;Florian C. Boucher;Anta‐Clarisse Sarr;Pierre Sepulchre

  • Influence of subduction history on South American topography

    Nicolas Flament;Michael Gurnis;R. Dietmar Müller;Dan J. Bower

  • Influence of surrounding plates on 3D subduction dynamics

    Philippe Yamato;Laurent Husson;Jean Braun;Christelle Loiselet

  • Thermal regime of fold and thrust belts—an application to the Bolivian sub Andean zone

    Laurent Husson;Laurent Husson;Isabelle Moretti

Frequent Co-Authors

Vincent Regard
Vincent Regard Paul Sabatier University
Claudio Faccenna
Claudio Faccenna Dresdner Grundwasserforschungszentrum
Joseph Martinod
Joseph Martinod University of Savoy Mont Blanc - Chambery
Clinton P. Conrad
Clinton P. Conrad University of Oslo
Elia d'Acremont
Elia d'Acremont Sorbonne University
Pierre Sepulchre
Pierre Sepulchre University of Paris-Saclay
Nicolas Bellahsen
Nicolas Bellahsen Sorbonne University
Thorsten W. Becker
Thorsten W. Becker The University of Texas at Austin
Sylvie Leroy
Sylvie Leroy Sorbonne University
Jean Braun
Jean Braun University of Potsdam

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