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Michel Ballèvre

Michel Ballèvre

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Earth Science

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41
Citations
5074
World Ranking
5650
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418

Overview

Michel Ballèvre is affiliated with the University of Rennes in France and has contributed extensively to the field of Earth and Planetary Sciences, with a strong focus on Geophysics. Their research spans several subfields, including Artificial Intelligence applications in geosciences, Atmospheric Science, Paleontology, and Geochemistry and Petrology. The scientist's work covers a range of topics such as Geological and Geochemical Analysis, earthquake and tectonic studies, High-pressure geophysics and materials, and Geochemical and Geologic Mapping.

Ballèvre's research has been published in multiple reputable venues. Frequent publication venues include the Swiss Journal of Geosciences, Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology, Lithos, the Journal of Metamorphic Geology, and the Journal of Petrology. They have co-authored papers with researchers such as Paola Manzotti, Francesco Nosenzo, Marc Poujol, Federica Schiavi, and Pavel Pitra.

Some of the recent papers authored or co-authored by Ballèvre are:

  • A step towards unraveling the paleogeographic attribution of pre-Mesozoic basement complexes in the Western Alps based on U-Pb geochronology of Permian magmatism, 2020, Swiss Journal of Geosciences
  • A window into an older orogenic cycle: P-T conditions and timing of the pre-Alpine history of the Dora-Maira Massif (Western Alps), 2021, Journal of Metamorphic Geology
  • A journey towards the forbidden zone: a new, cold, UHP unit in the Dora-Maira Massif (Western Alps), 2022, Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology
  • Missing lawsonite and aragonite found: P-T and fluid composition in meta-marls from the Combin Zone (Western Alps), 2021, Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology
  • The Maira-Sampeyre and Val Grana Allochthons (south Western Alps): review and new data on the tectonometamorphic evolution of the Briançonnais distal margin, 2022, Swiss Journal of Geosciences

The main fields of study represented in their work include:

  • Earth and Planetary Sciences

Among subfields, the scientist has contributed predominantly to:

  • Geophysics
  • Artificial Intelligence
  • Atmospheric Science
  • Paleontology
  • Geochemistry and Petrology

Research topics covered by Ballèvre's publications include:

  • Geological and Geochemical Analysis
  • Earthquake and tectonic studies
  • High-pressure geophysics and materials
  • Geological and Geophysical Studies Worldwide
  • Geochemistry and Geologic Mapping
  • Geology and Paleoclimatology Research
  • Paleontology and Stratigraphy of Fossils

Frequent collaborators featured in their research include:

  • Paola Manzotti
  • Francesco Nosenzo
  • Marc Poujol
  • Federica Schiavi
  • Pavel Pitra

Best Publications

  • Palaeozoic history of the Armorican Massif: Models for the tectonic evolution of the suture zones

    Michel Ballèvre;Valérie Bosse;Céline Ducassou;Pavel Pitra

  • RbSr and 40Ar39Ar laser probe dating of high-pressure phengites from the Sesia zone (Western Alps): underscoring of excess argon and new age constraints on the high-pressure metamorphism

    Gilles Ruffet;Gérard Gruau;Michel Ballèvre;Gilbert Féraud

  • and [(Mg,Fe)Si-Al2] compositional control on argon behaviour in high-pressure white micas: A continuous laser-probe study from the Dora-Maira nappe of the internal western Alps, Italy

    S Scaillet;G Feraud;M Ballevre;M Amouric

  • Correlation of the nappe stack in the Ibero-Armorican arc across the Bay of Biscay: a joint French–Spanish project

    Michel Ballèvre;José R. Martínez Catalán;Alicia López-Carmona;Pavel Pitra

  • The Cadomian active margin (North Armorican Massif, France): a segment of the North Atlantic Panafrican belt

    Jean Chantraine;Emmanual Egal;Denis Thiéblemont;Elisabeth Le Goff

  • The Combin Fault: compressional reactivation of a Late Cretaceous-Early Tertiary detachment fault in the Western Alps

    M. Ballevre;O. Merle

  • Diapirism, bulk homogeneous shortening and transcurrent shearing in the Archaean Dharwar craton: the Holenarsipur area, southern India

    Hugues Bouhallier;Pierre Choukroune;Michel Ballèvre

  • 40Ar/39Ar laser-probe dating by step heating and spot fusion of phengites from the Dora Maira nappe of the western Alps, Italy

    S. Scaillet;G. Féraud;Y. Lagabrielle;M. Ballévre

  • Reconstructing P-T paths during continental collision using multi-stage garnet (Gran Paradiso nappe, Western Alps)

    B. Le Bayon;P. Pitra;M. Ballevre;M. Bohn

  • The tectonometamorphic evolution of the Sesia–Dent Blanche nappes (internal Western Alps): review and synthesis

    Paola Manzotti;Paola Manzotti;Michel Ballèvre;Michele Zucali;Martin Robyr

  • Geochronology and geochemistry of Ordovician felsic volcanism in the Southern Armorican Massif (Variscan belt, France): Implications for the breakup of Gondwana

    M. Ballèvre;S. Fourcade;R. Capdevila;J.-J. Peucat

  • Late Devonian subduction and early-orogenic exhumation of eclogite-facies rocks from the Champtoceaux Complex (Variscan belt, France)

    Valerie Bosse;Gilbert Feraud;Gilles Ruffet;Michel Ballèvre

  • Mountain building and exhumation processes through time: inferences from nature and models

    Denis Gapais;Florence Cagnard;Frédéric Gueydan;Pierre Barbey

  • Le Massif Armoricain / The Armorican Massif

    Claude Le Corre;Bernard Auvray;Michel Ballèvre;Michel Robardet

  • Lawsonite growth in the epidote blueschists from the Ile de Groix (Armorican Massif, France): a potential geobarometer

    M. Ballevre;P. Pitra;M. Bohn

  • Deformation and motion in the Western Alpine Arc

    Pierre Choukroune;Michel Ballèvre;Peter Cobbold;Yann Gautier

  • Rb–Sr and 40Ar/39Ar ages in blueschists from the Ile de Groix (Armorican Massif, France): Implications for closure mechanisms in isotopic systems

    Valérie Bosse;Gilbert Féraud;Michel Ballèvre;Jean-Jacques Peucat

  • Tertiary ductile normal faulting as a consequence of lithospheric stacking in the western Alps

    M. Ballevre;Y. Lagabrielle;O. Merle

  • Palaeoproterozoic high‐pressure granulite overprint of the Archean continental crust: evidence for homogeneous crustal thickening (Man Rise, Ivory Coast)

    Pavel Pitra;A.N. Kouamelan;Michel Ballevre;Jean-Jacques Peucat

  • Pre-Alpine (Variscan) Inheritance: A Key for the Location of the Future Valaisan Basin (Western Alps)

    M. Ballèvre;P. Manzotti;G. V. Dal Piaz

  • La «nappe de la Dent-Blanche» (Alpes occidentales): deux unités austroalpines indépendantes

    M. Ballevre;J.-R. Kienast;J.-P. Vuichard

  • Sm-Nd and Rb-Sr dating of pyroxene-garnetite from North Dabie in east-central China: problem of isotope disequilibrium due to retrograde metamorphism

    Zhi Xie;Zhi Xie;Yong-Fei Zheng;Bor-ming Jahn;Michel Ballevre

Frequent Co-Authors

Marc Poujol
Marc Poujol University of Rennes
Jean-Jacques Peucat
Jean-Jacques Peucat University of Rennes
Gilles Ruffet
Gilles Ruffet University of Rennes
Gilbert Féraud
Gilbert Féraud Université Côte d'Azur
Cécile Robin
Cécile Robin University of Rennes
Serge Fourcade
Serge Fourcade University of Rennes
Jean-Louis Paquette
Jean-Louis Paquette University of Clermont Auvergne
Olivier Merle
Olivier Merle University of Clermont Auvergne
Martin Engi
Martin Engi University of Bern
Bernard Gomez
Bernard Gomez University of Lyon System

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