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Research.com Recognitions

  • 2014 - Fellow of American Geophysical Union (AGU)

Overview

Mathilde Cannat is affiliated with the Institut de Physique du Globe de Paris in France. Their research primarily focuses on Earth and Planetary Sciences, with notable contributions to subfields such as Geophysics, Oceanography, Atmospheric Science, Geology, and Artificial Intelligence.

The scientist's work covers a wide range of topics including Geological and Geochemical Analysis, earthquake and tectonic studies, High-pressure geophysics and materials, Geology and Paleoclimatology Research, Geological and Geophysical Studies, Geochemistry and Geologic Mapping, and Hydrocarbon exploration and reservoir analysis.

Prominent recent papers authored or co-authored by Mathilde Cannat include:

  • Diversity of magmatism, hydrothermal processes and microbial interactions at mid-ocean ridges, 2022, Nature Reviews Earth & Environment
  • Microbial ecology of the newly discovered serpentinite-hosted Old City hydrothermal field (southwest Indian ridge), 2020, The ISME Journal
  • How do detachment faults form at ultraslow mid-ocean ridges in a thick axial lithosphere?, 2020, Earth and Planetary Science Letters
  • Strain Localization in the Root of Detachment Faults at a Melt-Starved Mid-Ocean Ridge: A Microstructural Study of Abyssal Peridotites From the Southwest Indian Ridge, 2021, Geochemistry Geophysics Geosystems
  • Toward a Comprehensive and Integrated Strategy of the European Marine Research Infrastructures for Ocean Observations, 2020, Frontiers in Marine Science

The scientist frequently collaborates with other researchers. Notable co-authors include J. Escartín, Thibaut Barreyre, Jie Chen, Valérie Chavagnac, and Manon Bickert.

Mathilde Cannat has published extensively in several scientific journals and platforms. The most frequent venues of publication are:

  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • Earth and Planetary Science Letters
  • Geochemistry Geophysics Geosystems
  • Journal of Geophysical Research Solid Earth
  • Frontiers in Marine Science

In recognition of their contributions to geophysical sciences, Mathilde Cannat was named Fellow of the American Geophysical Union (AGU) in 2014.

Best Publications

  • Emplacement of mantle rocks in the seafloor at mid-ocean ridges

    Mathilde Cannat

  • Thin crust, ultramafic exposures, and rugged faulting patterns at the Mid-Atlantic Ridge (22°–24°N)

    Mathilde Cannat;Catherine Mevel;Marcia Maia;Christine Deplus

  • Modes of seafloor generation at a melt-poor ultraslow-spreading ridge

    Mathilde Cannat;Daniel Sauter;Véronique Mendel;Etienne Ruellan

  • How thick is the magmatic crust at slow spreading oceanic ridges

    Mathilde Cannat

  • Alpine Jurassic ophiolites resemble the modern central Atlantic basement

    Yves Lagabrielle;Mathilde Cannat

  • Discovery of a magma chamber and faults beneath a Mid-Atlantic Ridge hydrothermal field

    Satish C. Singh;Wayne C. Crawford;Hélène Carton;Tim Seher

  • Continuous exhumation of mantle-derived rocks at the Southwest Indian Ridge for 11 million years

    Daniel Sauter;Mathilde Cannat;Stephane Rouméjon;Muriel Andreani

  • Magnetic properties of variably serpentinized abyssal peridotites

    Omar Oufi;Mathilde Cannat;Hélène Horen

  • Serpentinized peridotites and gabbros in the Mid-Atlantic Ridge axial valley at 15°37′N and 16°52′N

    Mathilde Cannat;Daniel Bideau;Henri Bougault

  • Ultramafic and gabbroic exposures at the Mid-Atlantic Ridge: geological mapping in the 15°N region

    Mathilde Cannat;Yves Lagabrielle;Henri Bougault;Jack Casey

  • Formation of the axial relief at the very slow spreading Southwest Indian Ridge (49° to 69°E)

    Mathilde Cannat;Mathilde Cannat;Céline Rommevaux-Jestin;Céline Rommevaux-Jestin;Daniel Sauter;Christine Deplus;Christine Deplus

  • Mid-Atlantic Ridge–Azores hotspot interactions: along-axis migration of a hotspot-derived event of enhanced magmatism 10 to 4 Ma ago

    Mathilde Cannat;Anne Briais;Christine Deplus;Javier Escartı́n;Javier Escartı́n

  • Serpentinization of oceanic peridotites: 2. Kinetics and processes of San Carlos olivine hydrothermal alteration

    Benjamin Malvoisin;Benjamin Malvoisin;Fabrice Brunet;Fabrice Brunet;Julie Carlut;Julie Carlut;Stéphane Rouméjon

  • Serpentinization and Associated Hydrogen And Methane Fluxes at Slow Spreading Ridges

    Mathilde Cannat;Fabrice Fontaine;Javier EscartíN

  • Evidence for major‐element heterogeneity in the mantle source of abyssal peridotites from the Southwest Indian Ridge (52° to 68°E)

    Monique Seyler;Mathilde Cannat;Catherine Mével

  • Emplacement of deep crustal and mantle rocks on the west median valley wall of the MARK area (MAR, 23°N)

    Catherine Mével;Mathilde Cannat;Pascal Gente;Eva Marion

  • Metamorphic Stratigraphy of Hole 735B

    D. Stakes;C. Mével;M. Cannat;T. Chaput

  • Spreading rate, spreading obliquity, and melt supply at the ultraslow spreading Southwest Indian Ridge

    Mathilde Cannat;Daniel Sauter;Antoine Bezos;Christine Meyzen

  • Characteristics and evolution of the segmentation of the Mid-Atlantic Ridge between 20°N and 24°N during the last 10 million years

    Pascal Gente;Robert A. Pockalny;Cécile Durand;Christine Deplus

  • Direct observation of a section through slow-spreading oceanic crust

    J.-M. Auzende;D. Bideau;E. Bonatti;M. Cannat

Frequent Co-Authors

Javier Escartín
Javier Escartín École Normale Supérieure
Wayne C. Crawford
Wayne C. Crawford Institut de Physique du Globe de Paris
Robert A. Sohn
Robert A. Sohn Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
Daniel Sauter
Daniel Sauter University of Strasbourg
Catherine Mével
Catherine Mével Institut de Physique du Globe de Paris
Satish C. Singh
Satish C. Singh Institut de Physique du Globe de Paris
Jeffrey A. Karson
Jeffrey A. Karson Syracuse University
Henry A. Ruhl
Henry A. Ruhl Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute
Pierre-Marie Sarradin
Pierre-Marie Sarradin University of Western Brittany
Luc L. Lavier
Luc L. Lavier The University of Texas at Austin

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