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Maurice Brunel is affiliated with the University of Montpellier in France. Their research primarily focuses on Earth and Planetary Sciences, with a specialized concentration in Geophysics.

Their recent scholarly contributions include work on earthquake and tectonic studies, geological and geochemical analysis, as well as geological and geophysical studies conducted on a global scale.

Brunel has published notably in the journal Tectonophysics. One of their recent papers is titled "Tribute to Paul Tapponnier: Saga of the Sino-French geological collaboration in Tibet (1980-2023)", published in 2025.

  • Tribute to Paul Tapponnier: Saga of the Sino-French geological collaboration in Tibet (1980-2023), 2025, Tectonophysics

The main topics of their research work cover:

  • Earthquake and tectonic studies
  • Geological and geochemical analysis
  • Geological and geophysical studies worldwide

Brunel's frequent publication venue is:

  • Tectonophysics

Their subfield focus is centered on Geophysics within the broader spectrum of Earth and Planetary Sciences.

Best Publications

  • Mesozoic and Cenozoic tectonics of the northern edge of the Tibetan plateau: fission-track constraints

    Marc Jolivet;Maurice Brunel;Diane Seward;Zhiqin Xu

  • Deformation of leucogranites of the crystalline Main Central Sheet in southern Tibet (China)

    J.P. Burg;M. Brunel;D. Gapais;G.M. Chen

  • The Tibetan side of the India–Eurasia collision

    P. Tapponnier;J. L. Mercier;F. Proust;J. Andrieux

  • Early Palaeozoic North Qaidam UHP metamorphic belt on the north-eastern Tibetan plateau and a paired subduction model

    Yang Jingsui;Xu Zhiqin;Zhang Jianxin;Song Shuguang

  • Geochronological and geochemical constraints on Mesozoic suturing in east central Tibet

    Françoise Roger;Nicolas Arnaud;Nicolas Arnaud;Stuart Gilder;Paul Tapponnier

  • Neogene extension and volcanism in the Kunlun Fault Zone, northern Tibet: New constraints on the age of the Kunlun Fault

    M. Jolivet;M. Brunel;D. Seward;Z. Xu

  • Ductile thrusting in the Himalayas : shear sense criteria and stretching lineations

    Maurice Brunel

  • Long and complex thermal history of the Song Chay metamorphic dome (Northern Vietnam) by multi-system geochronology

    Francoise Roger;Philippe Hervé Leloup;Marc Jolivet;Robin Lacassin

  • Jurassic to Cenozoic exhumation history of the Altyn Tagh range, northwest China, constrained by 40Ar/39Ar and apatite fission track thermochronology

    Edward R. Sobel;Nicolas Arnaud;Marc Jolivet;Bradley D. Ritts

  • Étude pétro-structurale des chevauchements ductiles himalayens sur la transversale de l'Everest–Makalu (Népal oriental)

    Maurice Brunel;Jean-Robert Kienast

  • Kongur Shan normal fault: Type example of mountain building assisted by extension (Karakoram fault, eastern Pamir)

    Maurice Brunel;Nicolas Arnaud;Paul Tapponnier;Yusheng Pan

  • The Miocene elevation of Mount Everest

    Aude Gébelin;Andreas Mulch;Christian Teyssier;Micah J. Jessup

  • Constraining the long-term evolution of the slip rate for a major extensional fault system in the central Aegean, Greece, using thermochronology

    Stephanie Brichau;Uwe Ring;Richard A. Ketcham;Andrew Carter

  • An Eocene magmatic belt across central Tibet: mantle subduction triggered by the Indian collision?

    F. Roger;P. Tapponnier;N. Arnaud;U. Schärer

  • Discovery of coesite in the North Qaidam Early Palaeozoic ultrahigh pressure (UHP) metamorphic belt, NW China

    Jingsui Yang;Zhiqin Xu;Shuguang Song;Jianxin Zhang

  • Thermochronology constraints for the propagation sequence of the south Pyrenean basement thrust system (France‐Spain)

    Marc Jolivet;Pierre Labaume;Patrick Monié;Maurice Brunel

  • High cooling and denudation rates at Kongur Shan, Eastern Pamir (Xinjiang, China) revealed by 40Ar/39Ar alkali feldspar thermochronology

    Nicolas Arnaud;Maurice Brunel;Jean-Marie Cantagrel;Paul Tapponnier

  • Argon 39-argon 40 dating of metamorphic and plutonic events in the north and high Himalaya belts (southern Tibet-China)

    Henri Maluski;Philippe Matte;Maurice Brunel;Xusheng Xiao

  • Evidence for Mesozoic shear along the western Kunlun and Altyn‐Tagh fault, northern Tibet (China)

    N. Arnaud;P. Tapponnier;F. Roger;M. Brunel

  • Quartz fabrics in shear-zone mylonites: Evidence for a major imprint due to late strain increments

    Maurice Brunel

Frequent Co-Authors

Patrick Monié
Patrick Monié University of Montpellier
Paul Tapponnier
Paul Tapponnier China Earthquake Administration
Nicolas Arnaud
Nicolas Arnaud University of Montpellier
Marc Jolivet
Marc Jolivet University of Rennes
Michel Faure
Michel Faure University of Orléans
Christian Teyssier
Christian Teyssier University of Minnesota
Zhiqin Xu
Zhiqin Xu Nanjing University
Jacques Malavieille
Jacques Malavieille University of Montpellier
Andreas Mulch
Andreas Mulch Goethe University Frankfurt
Andrew Carter
Andrew Carter Birkbeck, University of London

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