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Overview

Nicolas Espurt is affiliated with Aix-Marseille University in France and has contributed extensively to Earth and Planetary Sciences, with a primary focus on geophysics. Their research spans multiple subfields including geophysics, atmospheric science, earth-surface processes, management, monitoring, policy and law, as well as mechanics of materials.

Espurt's main research topics include geological and geochemical analysis, earthquake and tectonic studies, geological and geophysical studies worldwide, geological and tectonic studies in Latin America, geology and paleoclimatology research, landslides and related hazards, and hydrocarbon exploration and reservoir analysis.

Frequent collaborators in their research include Jean-Claude Hippolyte, Ysabel Calderón, Olivier Bellier, Adriana Lemgruber-Traby, and Andréa Peuzin.

The scientist has published in several recognized journals and venues. Notable publication venues with multiple contributions include Tectonophysics, where Espurt has at least two publications. Other venues featuring their research are Earth Surface Dynamics, Earth-Science Reviews, Marine and Petroleum Geology, and the Journal of Structural Geology.

Recent significant papers include:

  • Hillslope denudation and morphologic response to a rock uplift gradient, 2020, Earth Surface Dynamics
  • Structural evolution of the superimposed Provençal and Subalpine fold-thrust belts (SE France), 2022, Earth-Science Reviews
  • Thermal structure and source rock maturity of the North Peruvian forearc system: Insights from a subduction-sedimentation integrated petroleum system modeling, 2020, Marine and Petroleum Geology
  • Gravity-driven large-scale deformation system in the Tumbes-Guayaquil forearc basin, Northern Andes (Northern Peru-Southern Ecuador), 2023, Journal of Structural Geology
  • Structural evolution of the southern Ecuadorian forearc in the Santa Elena Peninsula region, 2023, Journal of South American Earth Sciences

Best Publications

  • Flat subduction dynamics and deformation of the South American plate: Insights from analog modeling

    Nicolas Espurt;Nicolas Espurt;Francesca Funiciello;Joseph Martinod;Benjamin Guillaume

  • Horizontal subduction zones, convergence velocity and the building of the Andes

    Joseph Martinod;Laurent Husson;Laurent Husson;Pierrick Roperch;Pierrick Roperch;Benjamin Guillaume

  • How does the Nazca Ridge subduction influence the modern Amazonian foreland basin

    Nicolas Espurt;P. Baby;S. Brusset;M. Roddaz

  • Crustal structure and evolution of the Pyrenean-Cantabrian belt: A review and new interpretations from recent concepts and data

    A. Teixell;P. Labaume;P. Ayarza;N. Espurt

  • Tectonic History of the Andes and Sub‐Andean Zones: Implications for the Development of the Amazon Drainage Basin

    Andres Mora;Patrice Baby;Martin Roddaz;Mauricio Parra

  • Cenozoic Sedimentary Evolution of the Amazonian Foreland Basin System

    Martin Roddaz;Wilber Hermoza;Andres Mora;Patrice Baby

  • Variations of slab dip and overriding plate tectonics during subduction: Insights from analogue modelling

    Benjamin Guillaume;Joseph Martinod;Nicolas Espurt

  • Life in proto-Amazonia: Middle Miocene mammals from the Fitzcarrald Arch (Peruvian Amazonia)

    Julia V. Tejada-Lara;Julia V. Tejada-Lara;Julia V. Tejada-Lara;Rodolfo Salas-Gismondi;François Pujos;Patrice Baby

  • The Nazca Ridge and uplift of the Fitzcarrald Arch : implications for regional geology in northern South America

    Nicolas Espurt;Patrice Baby;Stéphane Brusset;Martin Roddaz

  • Effect of aseismic ridge subduction on slab geometry and overriding plate deformation: Insights from analogue modeling

    Joseph Martinod;Benjamin Guillaume;Benjamin Guillaume;Nicolas Espurt;Claudio Faccenna

  • Keys and pitfalls in mesoscale fault analysis and paleostress reconstructions, the use of Angelier's methods

    Jean-Claude Hippolyte;Jean-Claude Hippolyte;Françoise Bergerat;Mark B. Gordon;Olivier Bellier;Olivier Bellier

  • Geomorphic evidence for recent uplift of the Fitzcarrald Arch (Peru): a response to the Nazca Ridge subduction

    V. Regard;R. Lagnous;Nicolas Espurt;J. Darrozes

  • New tectono-sedimentary evidences for Aptian to Santonian extension of the Cretaceous rifting in the northern Chotts range (southern Tunisia)

    Mohamed Gharbi;Mohamed Gharbi;Amara Masrouhi;Amara Masrouhi;Nicolas Espurt;Olivier Bellier

  • Lithospheric structural control on inversion of the southern margin of the Black Sea Basin, Central Pontides, Turkey

    Nicolas Espurt;Jean-Claude Hippolyte;Nuretdin Kaymakci;Ercan Sangu

  • The Middle Miocene (Laventan) Fitzcarrald fauna, Amazonian Peru

    P.O. Antoine;R. Salas-Gismondi;P. Baby;Mouloud Benammi

  • Style of Atlassic tectonic deformation and geodynamic evolution of the southern Tethyan margin, Tunisia

    Mohamed Gharbi;Nicolas Espurt;Amara Masrouhi;Amara Masrouhi;Olivier Bellier

  • Transition from symmetry to asymmetry during continental rifting: An example from the Bight Basin-Terre Adélie (Australian and Antarctic conjugate margins)

    Nicolas Espurt;Jean-Paul Callot;Jean-Paul Callot;François Roure;Jennifer M. Totterdell

  • Crustal-scale balanced cross-section and restorations of the Central Pyrenean belt (Nestes-Cinca transect): Highlighting the structural control of Variscan belt and Permian-Mesozoic rift systems on mountain building

    N. Espurt;P. Angrand;A. Teixell;Pierre Labaume

  • Interactions between continental breakup dynamics and large‐scale delta system evolution: Insights from the Cretaceous Ceduna delta system, Bight Basin, Southern Australian margin

    Nicolas Espurt;Nicolas Espurt;Jean-Paul Callot;Jennifer Totterdell;Heike Struckmeyer

  • Reconstruction of the Provence Chain evolution, southeastern France

    L. Bestani;N. Espurt;J. Lamarche;O. Bellier

  • Amber from western amazoniareveals neotropical diversity during the middle miocene

    Pierre-Olivier Antoine;Darío De Franceschi;John Flynn;André Nel

Frequent Co-Authors

Patrice Baby
Patrice Baby Paul Sabatier University
Olivier Bellier
Olivier Bellier Aix-Marseille University
Martin Roddaz
Martin Roddaz Federal University of Toulouse Midi-Pyrénées
Pierre-Olivier Antoine
Pierre-Olivier Antoine University of Montpellier
Joseph Martinod
Joseph Martinod University of Savoy Mont Blanc - Chambery
Vincent Regard
Vincent Regard Paul Sabatier University
Nuretdin Kaymakci
Nuretdin Kaymakci Middle East Technical University
Jean-Paul Callot
Jean-Paul Callot University of Pau and the Adour Region
Laurent Husson
Laurent Husson Grenoble Alpes University
John J. Flynn
John J. Flynn American Museum of Natural History

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