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Marie-Helene Cormier is affiliated with the University of Rhode Island in the United States. Their research spans multiple areas within Earth and Planetary Sciences, focusing notably on geology, paleoclimatology, and geophysical processes. The scientist has contributed to advancing knowledge in subfields such as geophysics, atmospheric science, oceanography, archeology, and earth-surface processes.

Their main topics of research include:

  • Geology and Paleoclimatology Research
  • Maritime and Coastal Archaeology
  • Earthquake and Tectonic Studies
  • Geological Formations and Processes
  • Marine and Environmental Studies
  • Isotope Analysis in Ecology
  • Marine and Coastal Ecosystems

Marie-Helene Cormier has collaborated frequently with several coauthors, including David Noncent, Évens Emmanuel, Francisco J. Briceño-Zuluaga, Mercedes Mendez-Millan, and Bruno Turcq. These collaborations reflect a range of interdisciplinary works that link geological, environmental, and archeological sciences.

Their publications have appeared in a variety of scientific venues:

  • Tectonophysics
  • Palaeogeography Palaeoclimatology Palaeoecology
  • The Holocene
  • DigitalCommons @ The University of Rhode Island (The University of Rhode Island)
  • Scientific Drilling

Selected recent publications by Marie-Helene Cormier include:

  • "Post-500 ka and Holocene activity on distributed faults of the North Anatolian Fault system along the southern shelf of Marmara Sea, Turkey" (2022) published in Tectonophysics
  • "A 1000-year record of paleoclimate and paleoenvironment change inferred from sedimentary organic matter in Lake Azuei, Haiti" (2023) published in Palaeogeography Palaeoclimatology Palaeoecology
  • "Hydroclimate reconstruction during the last 1000 years inferred from the mineralogical and geochemical composition of a sediment core from Lake-Azuei (Haiti)" (2023) published in The Holocene
  • "Exploration of the Southern California Borderland" (2020) published in DigitalCommons @ The University of Rhode Island (The University of Rhode Island)
  • "Haiti-Drill: an amphibious drilling project workshop" (2020) published in Scientific Drilling

The breadth of topics covered by their work includes geological formations, tectonic activity, paleoclimate reconstructions, and marine environmental investigations. This diversity reflects a multidisciplinary approach integrating fieldwork, sediment core analysis, and tectonic studies.

Best Publications

  • A new view of the mid-ocean ridge from the behaviour of ridge-axis discontinuities

    Ken C. Macdonald;P. J. Fox;L. J. Perram;M. F. Eisen

  • Anomalous seismic crustal structure of oceanic fracture zones

    Robert S. White;Robert S. Detrick;Martin C. Sinha;Marie H. Cormier

  • Submarine earthquake geology along the North Anatolia Fault in the Marmara Sea, Turkey: A model for transform basin sedimentation

    Cecilia M.G. McHugh;Cecilia M.G. McHugh;Leonardo Seeber;Marie-Helene Cormier;Jessica Dutton

  • Anomalously thin crust in oceanic fracture zones: New seismic constraints from the Kane Fracture Zone

    Marie-Helene Cormier;Robert S. Detrick;G. Michael Purdy

  • Holocene slip rate of the North Anatolian Fault beneath the Sea of Marmara

    A. Polonia;L. Gasperini;Alessandro Amorosi;E. Bonatti

  • Volcanic rifting at Martian grabens

    Daniel Mège;Anthony C. Cook;Anthony C. Cook;Erwan Garel;Yves Lagabrielle

  • Sea-level changes and depositional environments in the İzmit Gulf, eastern Marmara Sea, during the late glacial–Holocene period

    M.N. Çağatay;N. Görür;A. Polonia;E. Demirbağ

  • Recent tectonic, magmatic, and hydrothermal activity on the East Pacific Rise between 17°S and 19°S: Submersible observations

    Jean-Marie Auzende;Valérie Ballu;Rodey Batiza;Daniel Bideau

  • High tsunami frequency as a result of combined strike-slip faulting and coastal landslides

    Matthew J. Hornbach;Nicole Braudy;Richard W. Briggs;Marie Helene Cormier;Marie Helene Cormier

  • Remobilization of surficial slope sediment triggered by the A.D. 2011 Mw 9 Tohoku-Oki earthquake and tsunami along the Japan Trench

    Cecilia M. McHugh;Cecilia M. McHugh;Toshiya Kanamatsu;Leonardo Seeber;Richard Bopp

  • Magmatic Subsidence of the East Pacific Rise (EPR) at 18˚14'S Revealed Through Fault Restoration of Ridge Crest Bathymetry

    Suzanne M. Carbotte;William B. F. Ryan;Wen Jin;Marie-Helene Cormier

  • Uplift and subsidence from oblique slip: the Ganos–Marmara bend of the North Anatolian Transform, western Turkey

    L. Seeber;O. Emre;M.-H. Cormier;C.C. Sorlien

  • Fine-scale seafloor survey in rugged deep-ocean terrain with an autonomous robot

    D.R. Yoerger;A.M. Bradley;B.B. Walden;M.-H. Cormier

  • North Anatolian Fault in the Gulf of Izmit (Turkey): Rapid vertical motion in response to minor bends of a nonvertical continental transform

    Marie-Helene Cormier;Leonardo Seeber;Cecilia M. G. McHugh;Alina Polonia

  • East Pacific Rise 18°–19°S: Asymmetric spreading and ridge reorientation by ultrafast migration of axial discontinuities

    Marie-Helene Cormier;Ken C. MacDonald

  • Active methane venting observed at giant pockmarks along the U.S. mid-Atlantic shelf break

    Kori R. Newman;Kori R. Newman;Marie-Helene Cormier;Jeffrey K. Weissel;Neal W. Driscoll

  • SEISMIC CONSTRAINTS ON THE CRUSTAL STRUCTURE WITHIN THE VEMA FRACTURE ZONE

    Robert S. Detrick;Marie H. Cormier;Roger A. Prince;Donald W. Forsyth

  • Shipboard geophysical indications of asymmetry and melt production beneath the east pacific rise near the MELT experiment

    Daniel S. Scheirer;Donald W. Forsyth;Donald W. Forsyth;Donald W. Forsyth;Marie-Hélène Cormier;Marie-Hélène Cormier;Marie-Hélène Cormier;Ken C. Macdonald;Ken C. Macdonald;Ken C. Macdonald

  • Offshore sedimentary effects of the 12 January 2010 Haiti earthquake

    Cecilia M. McHugh;Cecilia M. McHugh;Leonardo Seeber;Nicole Braudy;Marie Helene Cormier

  • Evolution of the East Pacific Rise at 16°–19° S since 5 Ma: Bisection of overlapping spreading centers by new, rapidly propagating ridge segments

    Marie-Helene Cormier;Daniel S. Scheirer;Ken C. Macdonald

  • NEW SEISMIC CONSTRAINTS FROM THE KANE FRACTURE ZONE

    Marie-Helene Cormier;Robert S. Detrick

Frequent Co-Authors

Leonardo Seeber
Leonardo Seeber Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory
Ken C. Macdonald
Ken C. Macdonald University of California, Santa Barbara
William B. F. Ryan
William B. F. Ryan Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory
Michael S. Steckler
Michael S. Steckler Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory
Naci Görür
Naci Görür Istanbul Technical University
Jeffrey K. Weissel
Jeffrey K. Weissel Columbia University
Hanumant Singh
Hanumant Singh Northeastern University
Miriam Kastner
Miriam Kastner University of California, San Diego
Dana R. Yoerger
Dana R. Yoerger Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
Neal W. Driscoll
Neal W. Driscoll University of California, San Diego

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