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Nicolas Chamot-Rooke

Nicolas Chamot-Rooke

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Earth Science

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47
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8101
World Ranking
4025
National Ranking
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Overview

Nicolas Chamot-Rooke is affiliated with the École Normale Supérieure in France and has contributed extensively to the fields of Earth and Planetary Sciences. Their research spans several subfields, including Geophysics, Geology, Earth-Surface Processes, Mechanics of Materials, and Environmental Chemistry.

The main topics addressed in their work include geological and geochemical analysis, earthquake and tectonic studies, geological and geophysical studies, geological formations and processes, geological and geophysical studies worldwide, hydrocarbon exploration and reservoir analysis, and high-pressure geophysics and materials.

The scientist's recent publications demonstrate a focus on tectonic and volcanic processes as well as crustal studies. Key papers include:

  • Structure of the Offshore Obducted Oman Margin: Emplacement of Semail Ophiolite and Role of Tectonic Inheritance (2020), published in Journal of Geophysical Research Solid Earth
  • The East-Mayotte new volcano in the Comoros Archipelago: structure and timing of magmatic phases inferred from seismic reflection data (2022), published in Comptes Rendus Géoscience
  • Volcanism and tectonics unveiled in the Comoros Archipelago between Africa and Madagascar (2022), published in Comptes Rendus Géoscience
  • Crustal architecture and evolution of the southwestern South China Sea: Implications to continental breakup (2021), published in Marine and Petroleum Geology
  • A complete structural model and kinematic history for distributed deformation in the Wharton Basin (2020), published in Earth and Planetary Science Letters

They frequently publish in venues such as Comptes Rendus Géoscience, Journal of Geophysical Research Solid Earth, Marine and Petroleum Geology, Tectonophysics, and Geophysical Journal International.

Collaboration plays a significant role in their research, with frequent co-authors including:

  • Matthias Delescluse
  • Louise Watremez
  • Charles Masquelet
  • Sylvie Leroy
  • Anne Lemoine

Best Publications

  • Geodetic determination of the kinematics of central Greece with respect to Europe: Implications for eastern Mediterranean tectonics

    Xavier Le Pichon;Nicolas Chamot-Rooke;Siegfried Lallemant;Ron Noomen

  • Velocity field in Asia inferred from Quaternary fault slip rates and Global Positioning System observations

    W. E. Holt;N. Chamot-Rooke;X. Le Pichon;A. J. Haines

  • The final rifting evolution in the South China Sea

    Dieter Franke;Dimitri Savva;Manuel Pubellier;Stephan Steuer

  • Present-day crustal deformation around Sagaing fault, Myanmar

    Christophe Vigny;Anne Socquet;Claude Rangin;Nicolas Chamot-Rooke

  • India and Sunda plates motion and deformation along their boundary in Myanmar determined by GPS

    Anne Socquet;Anne Socquet;Christophe Vigny;Nicolas Chamot-Rooke;Wim J. F. Simons

  • Two‐ship deep seismic soundings in the basins of the Eastern Mediterranean Sea (Pasiphae cruise)

    B. de Voogd;C. Truffert;N. Chamot-Rooke;P. Huchon

  • Plate convergence measured by GPS across the Sundaland/Philippine Sea Plate deformed boundary: the Philippines and eastern Indonesia

    C. Rangin;X. Le Pichon;S. Mazzotti;M. Pubellier

  • The North Anatolian fault in the Sea of Marmara

    X. Le Pichon;X. Le Pichon;N. Chamot-Rooke;C. Rangin;A. M. C. Sengör

  • Different expressions of rifting on the South China Sea margins

    D. Savva;M. Pubellier;D. Franke;N. Chamot-Rooke

  • Crustal motion and block behaviour in SE-Asia from GPS measurements

    Gero W. Michel;Yue Qui Yu;Sheng Yuan Zhu;Christoph Reigber

  • From partial to full strain partitioning along the Indo-Burmese hyper-oblique subduction

    C. Nielsen;N. Chamot-Rooke;C. Rangin

  • Deep crustal structure of the conjugate margins of the SW South China Sea from wide-angle refraction seismic data

    T. Pichot;M. Delescluse;N. Chamot-Rooke;M. Pubellier

  • Arabia-Somalia plate kinematics, evolution of the Aden-Owen-Carlsberg triple junction, and opening of the Gulf of Aden

    Marc Fournier;Marc Fournier;Marc Fournier;Nicolas Chamot-Rooke;Carole Petit;Carole Petit;Philippe Huchon;Philippe Huchon

  • Magnetic anomalies in the Shikoku Basin: a new interpretation

    Nicolas Chamot-Rooke;Vincent Renard;Xavier Le Pichon

  • Arc deformation and marginal basin opening: Japan Sea as a case study

    Laurent Jolivet;Philippe Huchon;Jean Pierre Brun;Xavier Le Pichon

  • Contemporary kinematics of the southern Aegean and the Mediterranean Ridge

    Corné Kreemer;Nicolas Chamot-Rooke;Nicolas Chamot-Rooke

  • Intraplate shortening in the central Indian Ocean determined from a 2100-km-long north-south deep seismic reflection profile

    N. Chamot-Rooke;F. Jestin;B. de Voogd

  • April 2012 intra-oceanic seismicity off Sumatra boosted by the Banda-Aceh megathrust

    Matthias Delescluse;Nicolas Chamot-Rooke;Rodolphe Cattin;Luce Fleitout

  • Bridging onshore and offshore present-day kinematics of central and eastern Méditerranean: Implications for crustal dynamics and mantle flow

    Eugénie Pérouse;Nicolas Chamot-Rooke;Alain Rabaute;Alain Rabaute;Pierre Briole

  • Three-dimensional surface displacement of the 2008 May 12 Sichuan earthquake (China) derived from Synthetic Aperture Radar: evidence for rupture on a blind thrust

    Marcello de Michele;Daniel Raucoules;Julia de Sigoyer;Manuel Pubellier

  • GPS determined eastward Sundaland motion with respect to Eurasia confirmed by earthquakes slip vectors at Sunda and Philippine trenches

    N. Chamot-Rooke;X. Le Pichon;X. Le Pichon

Frequent Co-Authors

Marc Fournier
Marc Fournier Sorbonne University
Philippe Huchon
Philippe Huchon Sorbonne University
Manuel Pubellier
Manuel Pubellier École Normale Supérieure
Corné Kreemer
Corné Kreemer University of Nevada Reno
Siegfried Lallemant
Siegfried Lallemant CY Cergy Paris University
Dieter Franke
Dieter Franke Federal Institute for Geosciences and Natural Resources
Claude Rangin
Claude Rangin Université Côte d'Azur
Rodolphe Cattin
Rodolphe Cattin University of Montpellier
Christophe Vigny
Christophe Vigny École Normale Supérieure
Sébastien Zaragosi
Sébastien Zaragosi University of Bordeaux

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