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Marie-Françoise Brunet

Marie-Françoise Brunet

Overview

Marie-Françoise Brunet is affiliated with Sorbonne University in France, specializing in Earth and Planetary Sciences as well as Engineering. Their research spans several subfields including Paleontology, Mechanics of Materials, Earth-Surface Processes, Geochemistry and Petrology, and Atmospheric Science.

Their recent scholarly work includes contributions to the understanding of stratigraphy, paleontology, and geological formations. Notable publications include:

  • Formation of microbial organic carbonates during the Late Jurassic from the Northern Tethys (Amu Darya Basin, Uzbekistan): Implications for Jurassic anoxic events, 2020, published in Global and Planetary Change
  • Stratigraphic model of a Middle-Late Jurassic carbonate system (Mozduran Ridge, Kopet Dagh area, NE Iran), 2021, published in Marine and Petroleum Geology
  • Multidisciplinary study on the stratigraphy of the upper Cretaceous-Paleogene successions in the western Tajik Basin, Uzbekistan, 2024, published in Journal of Asian Earth Sciences

The scientist frequently collaborates with other researchers across related disciplines. Frequent co-authors include Mehdi Carmeille, Raphaël Bourillot, Pierre Pellenard, Victor Dupias, and Johann Schnyder.

Key research topics addressed in their work focus on:

  • Paleontology and Stratigraphy of Fossils
  • Hydrocarbon exploration and reservoir analysis
  • Geological formations and processes
  • Geochemistry and Elemental Analysis
  • Geology and Paleoclimatology Research

In terms of dissemination, their publications have appeared in venues such as Global and Planetary Change, Marine and Petroleum Geology, and the Journal of Asian Earth Sciences. Their studies contribute to fields involving Earth's past environments and resource exploration, integrating paleontological data with stratigraphic and geochemical approaches.

Best Publications

  • The South Caspian Basin: a review of its evolution from subsidence modelling

    Marie-Françoise Brunet;Maxim V. Korotaev;Andrei V. Ershov;Anatoly M. Nikishin

  • The Black Sea basin: tectonic history and Neogene–Quaternary rapid subsidence modelling

    Anatoly M. Nikishin;Maxim V. Korotaev;Andrey V. Ershov;Marie-Françoise Brunet

  • Permo–Triassic intraplate magmatism and rifting in Eurasia: implications for mantle plumes and mantle dynamics

    A.M. Nikishin;P.A. Ziegler;D. Abbott;M.F. Brunet

  • Mesozoic and Cainozoic evolution of the Scythian platform - Black Sea - Caucasus domain

    Anatoly M. Nikishin;Peter A. Ziegler;Dmitry I. Panov;Bronislav P. Nazarevich

  • The Mesozoic-Cenozoic tectonic evolution of the Greater Caucasus

    Aline Saintot;Aline Saintot;Marie-Françoise Brunet;Fedor Yakovlev;Michel Sébrier

  • Subsidence of the Paris Basin

    Marie-Françoise Brunet;Xavier Le Pichon

  • Northern Caucasus basin: thermal history and synthesis of subsidence models

    Andrey V. Ershov;Marie-Françoise Brunet;Anatoly M. Nikishin;Sergey N. Bolotov

  • Cenozoic-Recent tectonics and uplift in the Greater Caucasus: a perspective from Azerbaijan

    Jon Mosar;Talat Kangarli;Martin Bochud;Ulrich A. Glasmacher

  • The evolution of the southern margin of Eastern Europe (Eastern European and Scythian platforms) from the latest Precambrian-Early Palaeozoic to the Early Cretaceous

    Aline Saintot;Randell A. Stephenson;Sergiy Stovba;Marie-Françoise Brunet

  • Continental accretion of the Iran Block to Eurasia as seen from Late Paleozoic to Early Cretaceous subsidence curves

    Abdollah Saidi;Marie-Françoise Brunet;Luc-Emmanuel Ricou

  • Scythian Platform, Caucasus and Black Sea region: Mesozoic-Cenozoic tectonic history and dymanics

    A. M. Nikishin;S. Cloetingh;M.-F. Brunet;R. A. Stephenson

  • South Caspian to central Iran basins

    M.-F. Brunet;M. Wilmsen;J. W. Granath

  • The geodynamic evolution of the Precaspian Basin (Kazakhstan) along a north–south section

    Marie-Françoise Brunet;Yuri A. Volozh;Mikhail P. Antipov;Leopold I. Lobkovsky

  • Palaeotectonic maps of the Middle East : Tectono-Sedimentary-Palinspastic maps from Late Norian to Pliocene

    Eric Barrier;Bruno Vrielynck;Françoise Bergerat;Marie-Françoise Brunet

  • Crustal and lithospheric structure of the Alborz Mountains, Iran, and surrounding areas from integrated geophysical modeling

    Seyed-Hani Motavalli-Anbaran;Seyed-Hani Motavalli-Anbaran;Hermann Zeyen;Marie-Françoise Brunet;Marie-Françoise Brunet;Vahid Ebrahimzadeh Ardestani

  • Late Palaeozoic intra- and pericratonic basins on the East European Craton and its margins

    R. A. Stephenson;T. Yegorova;M.-F. Brunet;S. Stovba

  • South Caspian to Central Iran basins: introduction

    Marie-Françoise Brunet;James W. Granath;Markus Wilmsen

  • Subsidence and uplift mechanisms within the South Caspian Basin : insights from the onshore and offshore Azerbaijan region

    Stuart S. Egan;Jon Mosar;Marie-Françoise Brunet;Marie-Françoise Brunet;Talat Kangarli

  • Crustal thinning on the Aquitaine shelf, Bay of Biscay, from deep seismic data

    B. Pinet;L. Montadert;R. Curnelle;M. Cazes

  • The South Caspian basin : a review of its evolution from subsidence modelling. In : Brunet M.F. & Cloething S. (Eds), Integrated PeriTethyan Basins Studies (Peri-Tethys Programme)

    Marie-Françoise Brunet;M.V. Korotaev;A.V. Ershov;A.M. Nikishin

Frequent Co-Authors

Randell Stephenson
Randell Stephenson University of Aberdeen
Sierd Cloetingh
Sierd Cloetingh Utrecht University
Peter A. Ziegler
Peter A. Ziegler University of Basel
Franz T. Fürsich
Franz T. Fürsich University of Erlangen-Nuremberg
Marc Sosson
Marc Sosson Université Côte d'Azur
Marjorie Wilson
Marjorie Wilson University of Leeds
Jean-Louis Olivet
Jean-Louis Olivet French Research Institute for Exploitation of the Sea
Xavier Le Pichon
Xavier Le Pichon Sorbonne University
Keith E. Louden
Keith E. Louden Dalhousie University
Pieter T. Visscher
Pieter T. Visscher University of Connecticut

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