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Matthias Bernet is a researcher affiliated with Grenoble Alpes University in France, specializing in Earth and Planetary Sciences with a particular focus on geophysics, atmospheric science, artificial intelligence, geology, and earth-surface processes.

Their research covers multiple main topics, including:

  • Geological and Geochemical Analysis
  • Earthquake and Tectonic Studies
  • Geological and Tectonic Studies in Latin America
  • Geology and Paleoclimatology Research
  • Geochemistry and Geologic Mapping
  • Geological and Geophysical Studies
  • Geological and Geophysical Studies Worldwide

Bernet has contributed to several frequent publication venues throughout their career. These venues include:

  • Journal of South American Earth Sciences
  • Geological Society London Special Publications
  • Tectonics
  • Earth and Planetary Science Letters
  • Tectonophysics

Among recent scientific papers, Matthias Bernet has been involved in studies such as:

  • "Southwestward growth of plateau surfaces in eastern Tibet," 2022, Earth-Science Reviews
  • "Early onset and late acceleration of rapid exhumation in the Namche Barwa syntaxis, eastern Himalaya," 2020, Geology
  • "Central Pyrenees Mountain Building: Constraints From New LT Thermochronological Data From the Axial Zone," 2021, Tectonics
  • "Thermal history of the southern Central Cordillera and its exhumation record in the Cenozoic deposits of the Upper Magdalena Valley, Colombia," 2020, Journal of South American Earth Sciences
  • "Interpreting and reporting fission-track chronological data," 2024, Geological Society of America Bulletin

Collaboration plays an important role in their work, with frequent co-authors including:

  • Mélanie Balvay
  • Cécile Gautheron
  • Xavier Robert
  • Benjamin Gérard
  • Laurence Audin

Best Publications

  • Fission-track Analysis of Detrital Zircon

    Matthias Bernet;John I. Garver

  • Steady-state exhumation of the European Alps

    Matthias Bernet;Massimiliano Zattin;John I. Garver;Mark T. Brandon

  • Structural analysis of a complex nappe sequence and late-orogenic basins from the Aegean Island of Samos, Greece

    Uwe Ring;Susanne Laws;Matthias Bernet

  • A field-based estimate of the zircon fission-track closure temperature

    Matthias Bernet

  • Miocene to Recent exhumation of the central Himalaya determined from combined detrital zircon fission‐track and U/Pb analysis of Siwalik sediments, western Nepal

    Matthias Bernet;Peter van der Beek;Raphaël Pik;Pascale Huyghe

  • Late Miocene – Recent exhumation of the central Himalaya and recycling in the foreland basin assessed by apatite fission-track thermochronology of Siwalik sediments, Nepal

    Pieter van der Beek;Xavier Robert;Jean-Louis Mugnier;Matthias Bernet

  • Geometry and kinematics of the Main Himalayan Thrust and Neogene crustal exhumation in the Bhutanese Himalaya derived from inversion of multithermochronologic data

    Isabelle Coutand;David M. Whipp;Djordje Grujic;Matthias Bernet

  • Exhumation history of the West Kunlun Mountains, northwestern Tibet: Evidence for a long-lived, rejuvenated orogen

    Kai Cao;Guo-Can Wang;Matthias Bernet;Peter van der Beek

  • Thermal imprint of rift-related processes in orogens as recorded in the Pyrenees

    Arnaud Vacherat;Arnaud Vacherat;Arnaud Vacherat;Frédéric Mouthereau;Frédéric Mouthereau;R Pik;M Bernet

  • Provenance Analysis by Single-Quartz-Grain SEM-CL/Optical Microscopy

    Matthias Bernet;Kari Bassett

  • Cenozoic thermo-tectonic evolution of the northeastern Pamir revealed by zircon and apatite fission-track thermochronology

    Kai Cao;Guo-Can Wang;Peter van der Beek;Matthias Bernet

  • Cooling history of the Gongga batholith: Implications for the Xianshuihe Fault and Miocene kinematics of SE Tibet

    Yuan-Ze Zhang;Anne Replumaz;Philippe Hervé Leloup;Guo-Can Wang

  • Exhuming the Alps through time: clues from detrital zircon fission‐track thermochronology

    M Bernet;M Brandon;J Garver;Ml Balestieri

  • Pliocene and Pleistocene exhumation and uplift of two key areas of the Northern Apennines

    M.L. Balestrieri;M. Bernet;M.T. Brandon;V. Picotti

  • Fundamentals of detrital zircon fission-track analysis for provenance and exhumation studies with examples from the European Alps

    Matthias Bernet;Mark T. Brandon;John I. Garver;Brandi R. Molitor

  • Tectonics, exhumation, and drainage evolution of the eastern Himalaya since 13 Ma from detrital geochemistry and thermochronology, Kameng River Section, Arunachal Pradesh

    François Chirouze;Pascale Huyghe;Peter van der Beek;Catherine Chauvel

  • Magnetostratigraphy of the Neogene Siwalik Group in the far eastern Himalaya: Kameng section, Arunachal Pradesh, India

    François Chirouze;Guillaume Dupont-Nivet;Guillaume Dupont-Nivet;Pascale Huyghe;Peter van der Beek

  • From submarine continental accretion to arc-continent orogenic evolution: The thermal record in southern Taiwan

    Lucas Mesalles;Lucas Mesalles;Lucas Mesalles;Frédéric Mouthereau;Frédéric Mouthereau;Frédéric Mouthereau;Matthias Bernet;Chung Pai Chang;Chung Pai Chang

  • Rift-to-collision transition recorded by tectono-thermal evolution of the northern Pyrenees

    Arnaud Vacherat;Arnaud Vacherat;Arnaud Vacherat;Frédéric Mouthereau;Raphaël Pik;Nicolas Bellahsen

  • Timing and rate of exhumation along the Litang fault system, implication for fault reorganization in Southeast Tibet

    Yuan-Ze Zhang;Anne Replumaz;Anne Replumaz;Guo-Can Wang;Philippe Hervé Leloup

  • Asynchronous Miocene–Pliocene exhumation of the central Venezuelan Andes

    Mauricio A. Bermúdez;Mauricio A. Bermúdez;Peter van der Beek;Matthias Bernet

  • Spatial and temporal patterns of exhumation across the Venezuelan Andes: Implications for Cenozoic Caribbean geodynamics

    Mauricio A. Bermúdez;Mauricio A. Bermúdez;Barry P. Kohn;Peter A. van der Beek;Matthias Bernet

Frequent Co-Authors

Peter van der Beek
Peter van der Beek University of Potsdam
Pascale Huyghe
Pascale Huyghe Grenoble Alpes University
Frédéric Mouthereau
Frédéric Mouthereau Paul Sabatier University
Cécile Gautheron
Cécile Gautheron University of Paris-Saclay
Raphaël Pik
Raphaël Pik University of Lorraine
Guillaume Dupont-Nivet
Guillaume Dupont-Nivet University of Rennes
Stéphane Guillot
Stéphane Guillot Grenoble Alpes University
Jan Wijbrans
Jan Wijbrans Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
Pierre Tricart
Pierre Tricart Joseph Fourier University
Kexin Zhang
Kexin Zhang Florida State University

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