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Nicolas Bellahsen

Nicolas Bellahsen

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Earth Science

D-Index
42
Citations
5326
World Ranking
5366
National Ranking
391

Overview

Nicolas Bellahsen is affiliated with Sorbonne University in France and specializes in Earth and Planetary Sciences, particularly focusing on Geophysics, Earth-Surface Processes, Geochemistry and Petrology, Mechanics of Materials, and Atmospheric Science.

The scientist's research spans multiple key topics including Geological and Geophysical Studies Worldwide, Geological and Geochemical Analysis, Geological formations and processes, earthquake and tectonic studies, Geological Modeling and Analysis, Hydrocarbon exploration and reservoir analysis, and Geology and Paleoclimatology Research.

Frequent co-authors include Claudio Rosenberg, Agathe Faure, Nicolas Loget, Laurent Jolivet, and Charles Gumiaux, each having collaborated on at least two publications with Bellahsen.

Publication venues where Nicolas Bellahsen has contributed include Earth-Science Reviews, Comptes Rendus Géoscience, Tectonophysics, HAL (Le Centre pour la Communication Scientifique Directe), and SSRN Electronic Journal.

Recent papers authored or co-authored by Bellahsen cover a range of topics within Alpine geology and geological modeling:

  • Distribution, style, amount of collisional shortening, and their link to Barrovian metamorphism in the European Alps, 2021, Earth-Science Reviews
  • The Western Alpine arc: a review and new kinematic model, 2024, Comptes Rendus Géoscience
  • 3D geometrical modelling of the non-cylindrical Vélodrome Miocene fold in the southwestern Alps, 2024, Tectonophysics
  • Evolution of the external crystalline massifs of the European Alps: From massif to lithosphere scale, 2024, HAL (Le Centre pour la Communication Scientifique Directe)
  • 3d Geometrical Modelling of the Non-Cylindrical Vélodrome Miocene Fold in the Southwestern Alps, 2023, SSRN Electronic Journal

Best Publications

  • Tertiary sequence of deformation in a thin‐skinned/thick‐skinned collision belt: The Zagros Folded Belt (Fars, Iran)

    F. Mouthereau;J. Tensi;N. Bellahsen;O. Lacombe

  • Why did Arabia separate from Africa? Insights from 3-D laboratory experiments

    Nicolas Bellahsen;Nicolas Bellahsen;C. Faccenna;F. Funiciello;J.M. Daniel

  • Thick-skinned tectonics and basement-involved fold–thrust belts: insights from selected Cenozoic orogens

    Olivier Lacombe;Nicolas Bellahsen

  • Dynamics of subduction and plate motion in laboratory experiments: Insights into the “plate tectonics” behavior of the Earth

    Nicolas Bellahsen;Nicolas Bellahsen;Claudio Faccenna;Francesca Funiciello

  • The role of fractures in the structural interpretation of Sheep Mountain Anticline, Wyoming

    Nicolas Bellahsen;Patricia Fiore;David D. Pollard

  • Fault reactivation control on normal fault growth: an experimental study

    Nicolas Bellahsen;Nicolas Bellahsen;Jean Marc Daniel

  • From rifting to oceanic spreading in the Gulf of Aden: a synthesis

    Sylvie Leroy;Ph. Razin;J. Autin;F. Bache

  • Collision kinematics in the western external Alps

    Nicolas Bellahsen;Nicolas Bellahsen;Frédéric Mouthereau;Frédéric Mouthereau;Alexandre Boutoux;Alexandre Boutoux;Mathieu Bellanger

  • The role of structural inheritance in oblique rifting: Insights from analogue models and application to the Gulf of Aden

    Julia Autin;Nicolas Bellahsen;Sylvie Leroy;Laurent Husson;Laurent Husson

  • Stress and strain patterns, kinematics and deformation mechanisms in a basement-cored anticline: Sheep Mountain Anticline, Wyoming

    Khalid Amrouch;Khalid Amrouch;Olivier Lacombe;Nicolas Bellahsen;Jean-Marc Daniel

  • Structure and evolution of the eastern Gulf of Aden conjugate margins from seismic reflection data

    Elia d'Acremont;Sylvie Leroy;Marie-Odile Beslier;Nicolas Bellahsen

  • Fracture patterns in the Zagros Simply Folded Belt (Fars, Iran): constraints on early collisional tectonic history and role of basement faults

    Olivier Lacombe;Nicolas Bellahsen;Frédéric Mouthereau

  • Fault reactivation and rift localization: Northeastern Gulf of Aden margin

    Nicolas Bellahsen;Nicolas Bellahsen;Marc Fournier;Elia d'Acremont;Sylvie Leroy

  • Surface Wave Tomography of the Alps Using Ambient‐Noise and Earthquake Phase Velocity Measurements

    Emanuel D. Kästle;A. El-Sharkawy;L. Boschi;T. Meier

  • From rifting to spreading in the eastern Gulf of Aden: a geophysical survey of a young oceanic basin from margin to margin

    Sylvie Leroy;Pascal Gente;Marc Fournier;Elia d'Acremont

  • Modes of rifting in magma-rich settings: Tectono-magmatic evolution of Central Afar†

    Martin Stab;Martin Stab;Nicolas Bellahsen;Raphaël Pik;Xavier Quidelleur;Xavier Quidelleur

  • Continental break-up history of a deep magma-poor margin based on seismic reflection data (northeastern Gulf of Aden margin, offshore Oman)

    Julia Autin;Sylvie Leroy;Marie-Odile Beslier;Elia D'Acremont

  • Contrasted styles of rifting in the eastern Gulf of Aden: A combined wide-angle, multichannel seismic, and heat flow survey

    Sylvie Leroy;Francis Lucazeau;Elia d'Acremont;Louise Watremez

  • Mechanisms of margin inversion in the external Western Alps: Implications for crustal rheology

    Nicolas Bellahsen;Laurent Jolivet;Olivier Lacombe;Mathieu Bellanger

  • Structure and evolution of the eastern Gulf of Aden: insights from magnetic and gravity data (Encens-Sheba MD117 cruise)

    Elia d'Acremont;Sylvie Leroy;Marcia Maia;Philippe Patriat

  • Slab break-offs in the Alpine subduction zone

    Emanuel D. Kästle;Claudio Rosenberg;Lapo Boschi;Nicolas Bellahsen

  • Dynamics of Subduction and Plate Motion in Laboratory Experiments.

    N. Bellahsen;Claudio Faccenna;Fabio Funiciello;Francesca Funiciello

Frequent Co-Authors

Olivier Lacombe
Olivier Lacombe Sorbonne University
Elia d'Acremont
Elia d'Acremont Sorbonne University
Sylvie Leroy
Sylvie Leroy Sorbonne University
Raphaël Pik
Raphaël Pik University of Lorraine
Frédéric Mouthereau
Frédéric Mouthereau Paul Sabatier University
Yann Rolland
Yann Rolland Université Savoie Mont Blanc
Laurent Jolivet
Laurent Jolivet Sorbonne University
Laurent Husson
Laurent Husson Grenoble Alpes University
Claudio Faccenna
Claudio Faccenna Dresdner Grundwasserforschungszentrum
Lapo Boschi
Lapo Boschi University of Padua

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