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Manuel Moreira is affiliated with the University of Orléans in France and has a research focus spanning several scientific domains. Their work encompasses geological and geochemical analysis, astro and planetary science, planetary science and exploration, geology and paleoclimatology research, Brazilian legal issues, earthquake and tectonic studies, and high-pressure geophysics and materials.

The scientist has published notable papers including:

  • Birth of a large volcanic edifice offshore Mayotte via lithosphere-scale dyke intrusion, 2021, Nature Geoscience
  • Redox controls during magma ocean degassing, 2021, Earth and Planetary Science Letters
  • Xenon Isotopes Identify Large-scale Nucleosynthetic Heterogeneities across the Solar System, 2020, The Astrophysical Journal
  • The origin of continental carbonates in Andean salars: A multi-tracer geochemical approach in Laguna Pastos Grandes (Bolivia), 2020, Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta
  • Gas Geochemistry at Grande Comore and Mayotte Volcanic Islands (Comoros Archipelago), Indian Ocean, 2021, Geochemistry Geophysics Geosystems

Manuel Moreira's frequent coauthors include:

  • Bruno Scaillet
  • Guillaume Avice
  • J. D. Gilmour
  • Paul Segretain
  • H. Méheut

The scientist has contributed to various publication venues, with the following being the most frequent:

  • Cadernos Cajuína
  • Earth and Planetary Science Letters
  • Revista Ibero-Americana de Humanidades, Ciências e Educação
  • Brazilian Journal of Health Review
  • Contribuciones a las Ciencias Sociales

In addition to journal articles, Manuel Moreira has authored book publications, including a title published by Editora Sorian eBooks:

  • Natureza, agricultura e sociedade: diálogos interdisciplinares e conflitos socioambientais, 2025

Their research integrates a multidisciplinary approach, connecting geological and planetary sciences with social and legal issues, particularly in a Brazilian context. The range of topics and venues reflects a broad scope of scientific inquiry that crosses traditional disciplinary boundaries.

Best Publications

  • The chemical composition of the Earth: Enstatite chondrite models

    M. Javoy;Edouard Kaminski;François Guyot;Denis Andrault

  • Rare Gas Systematics in Popping Rock: Isotopic and Elemental Compositions in the Upper Mantle

    Manuel Moreira;Joachim Kunz;Claude Allègre

  • Helium signature of the subcontinental lithospheric mantle

    Cécile Gautheron;Manuel Moreira

  • Non-chondritic sulphur isotope composition of the terrestrial mantle.

    J. Labidi;P. Cartigny;M. Moreira

  • He, Ne and Ar composition of the European lithospheric mantle

    Cécile Gautheron;Manuel Moreira;Claude Allègre

  • Rare gas systematics on the southernmost Mid-Atlantic Ridge : Constraints on the lower mantle and the Dupal source

    Philippe Sarda;Manuel Moreira;Thomas Staudacher;Jean-Guy Schilling

  • Helium and lead isotope geochemistry of the Azores Archipelago

    Manuel Moreira;Régis Doucelance;Mark D. Kurz;Bernard Dupré

  • Pb-Sr-He isotope and trace element geochemistry of the Cape Verde Archipelago

    Régis Doucelance;Régis Doucelance;Stéphane Escrig;Manuel Moreira;Clément Gariépy

  • 4He/³He dispersion and mantle convection

    Claude J. Allègre;Manuel Moreira;Thomas Staudacher

  • Solar neon in the Icelandic mantle: new evidence for an undegassed lower mantle

    Manuel Moreira;Kresten Breddam;Joshua Curtice;Mark D. Kurz

  • The nature of Earth's building blocks as revealed by calcium isotopes

    Maria C. Valdes;Manuel Moreira;Julien Foriel;Frédéric Moynier;Frédéric Moynier

  • Sulfur isotope budget (32S, 33S, 34S and 36S) in Pacific-Antarctic ridge basalts: A record of mantle source heterogeneity and hydrothermal sulfide assimilation

    J. Labidi;P. Cartigny;C. Hamelin;M. Moreira

  • A primitive plume neon component in MORB: The Shona ridge-anomaly, South Atlantic (51–52°S)

    Manuel Moreira;Thomas Staudacher;Philippe Sarda;Jean-Guy Schilling

  • Noble Gas Constraints on the Origin and Evolution of Earth’s Volatiles

    Manuel Moreira

  • Noble gas constraints on degassing processes

    Manuel Moreira;Manuel Moreira;Philippe Sarda

  • Primitive neon from the center of the Galápagos hotspot

    Mark D. Kurz;Joshua Curtice;Dan Fornari;Dennis Geist

  • Is the ‘Azores Hotspot’ a Wetspot? Insights from the Geochemistry of Fluid and Melt Inclusions in Olivine of Pico Basalts

    Nicole Métrich;Vittorio Zanon;Laura Créon;Anthony Hildenbrand

  • Birth of a large volcanic edifice offshore Mayotte via lithosphere-scale dyke intrusion

    Nathalie Feuillet;Stephan Jorry;Wayne C. Crawford;Christine Deplus

  • Atmospheric 38Ar/36Ar in the mantle: Implications for the nature of the terrestrial parent bodies

    Aude Raquin;Manuel Moreira

  • Rare gas systematics in Red Sea Ridge basalts

    M. Moreira;P. J. Valbracht;Th. Staudacher;C. J. Allègre

  • Rare gas systematics on Mid Atlantic Ridge (37–40°N)

    Manuel Moreira;Claude-Jean Allègre

  • Correlated helium, neon, and melt production on the super-fast spreading East Pacific Rise near 17°S

    Mark D. Kurz;Manuel Moreira;Joshua Curtice;Dempsey E. Lott

Frequent Co-Authors

Claude J. Allègre
Claude J. Allègre Institut de Physique du Globe de Paris
Cécile Gautheron
Cécile Gautheron University of Paris-Saclay
Mark D. Kurz
Mark D. Kurz Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
Pierre Agrinier
Pierre Agrinier Institut de Physique du Globe de Paris
Pierre Cartigny
Pierre Cartigny Institut de Physique du Globe de Paris
Magali Ader
Magali Ader Institut de Physique du Globe de Paris
José Madeira
José Madeira University of Lisbon
Thomas Staudacher
Thomas Staudacher Institut de Physique du Globe de Paris
Matthew G. Jackson
Matthew G. Jackson University of California, Santa Barbara
Jeff W. Harris
Jeff W. Harris University of Glasgow

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