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Olivier Bellier is affiliated with Aix-Marseille University in France and specializes in Earth and Planetary Sciences, with a total of 71 publications in this broad field. The primary subfields of their research include Geophysics, Atmospheric Science, Earth-Surface Processes, Sociology and Political Science, and Anthropology.

The scientist's work covers a range of topics related to geological and tectonic processes, including earthquake and tectonic studies, geological and geophysical studies worldwide, geology and paleoclimatology research, geological and geochemical analysis, and geological formations and processes. Their interests also extend to Pleistocene-Era hominins and archaeology, as well as archaeology and ancient environmental studies.

Olivier Bellier has published research in several respected venues, including:

  • International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction
  • Earth Surface Dynamics
  • Tectonics
  • Journal of African Earth Sciences
  • Bulletin de la Société Géologique de France

Recent papers authored or co-authored by Olivier Bellier include:

  • "Short-term occupations at high elevation during the Middle Paleolithic at Kalavan 2 (Republic of Armenia)," 2021, PLoS ONE
  • "Local risk awareness and precautionary behaviour in a multi-hazard region of North Morocco," 2020, International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction
  • "Hillslope denudation and morphologic response to a rock uplift gradient," 2020, Earth Surface Dynamics
  • "Cretaceous and late Cenozoic uplift of a Variscan Massif: The case of the French Massif Central studied through low-temperature thermochronometry," 2020, Lithosphere
  • "Formation and Persistence of Extensional Internally Drained Basins: The Case of the Fucino Basin (Central Apennines, Italy)," 2021, Tectonics

Collaboratively, Olivier Bellier frequently works with a group of co-authors, including Lionel Siamé, Vincent Ollivier, Chahreddine Naji, Amara Masrouhi, and Jules Fleury, each contributing to multiple publications within this research network.

Best Publications

  • Slab detachment beneath eastern Anatolia: A possible cause for the formation of the North Anatolian fault

    Claudio Faccenna;Olivier Bellier;Joseph Martinod;Claudia Piromallo

  • Accommodation of Arabia-Eurasia convergence in the Zagros-Makran transfer zone, SE Iran: A transition between collision and subduction through a young deforming system

    V. Regard;O. Bellier;J.-C. Thomas;M. R. Abbassi

  • Cumulative right-lateral fault slip rate across the Zagros—Makran transfer zone: role of the Minab—Zendan fault system in accommodating Arabia—Eurasia convergence in southeast Iran

    V. Regard;O. Bellier;J.-C. Thomas;D. Bourlès

  • Late Cenozoic partitioning of oblique plate convergence in the Zagros fold-and-thrust belt (Iran)

    Christine Authemayou;Dominique Chardon;Dominique Chardon;Olivier Bellier;Zaman Malekzadeh

  • Topography of the Calabria subduction zone (southern Italy): Clues for the origin of Mt. Etna

    Claudio Faccenna;Paola Molin;B. Orecchio;B. Orecchio;Valerio Olivetti

  • Relationship between tectonism and volcanism along the Great Sumatran Fault Zone deduced by spot image analyses

    Olivier Bellier;Michel Sébrier

  • Recent state of stress change in the Walker Lane zone, western Basin and Range province, United States

    Olivier Bellier;Mary Lou Zoback

  • Changes in the tectonic regime above a subduction zone of Andean Type: The Andes of Peru and Bolivia during the Pliocene‐Pleistocene

    Jacques Louis Mercier;Michel Sebrier;Alain Lavenu;Justo Cabrera

  • Active deformation in Zagros-Makran transition zone inferred from GPS measurements

    R. Bayer;J. Chery;M. Tatar;Ph. Vernant

  • High slip rate for a low seismicity along the Palu‐Koro active fault in central Sulawesi (Indonesia)

    Olivier Bellier;Michel Sébrier;Thierry Beaudouin;Michel Villeneuve

  • Local erosion rates versus active tectonics: cosmic ray exposure modelling in Provence (south-east France)

    Lionel Siame;Olivier Bellier;Régis Braucher;Michel Sébrier

  • Recent tectonic reorganization of the Nubia-Eurasia convergent boundary heading for the closure of the western Mediterranean

    Andrea Billi;Claudio Faccenna;Olivier Bellier;Liliana Minelli

  • Structural records of the Late Cretaceous-Cenozoic extension in Eastern China and the kinematics of the Southern Tan-Lu and Qinling Fault Zone (Anhui and Shaanxi provinces, PR China)

    Jacques Louis Mercier;Pierre Vergely;Yue Qiao Zhang;Ming Jin Hou

  • Cosmogenic dating ranging from 20 to 700 ka of a series of alluvial fan surfaces affected by the El Tigre fault, Argentina

    Lionel L. Siame;Didier L. Bourlès;Michel Sébrier;Olivier Bellier

  • The kinematics of the Zagros Mountains (Iran)

    D. Hatzfeld;C. Authemayou;C. Authemayou;C. Authemayou;P. van der Beek;O. Bellier

  • Plio-Quaternary stress states in NE Iran: Kopeh Dagh and Allah Dagh-Binalud mountain ranges

    Esmaeil Shabanian;Esmaeil Shabanian;Olivier Bellier;Mohammad R. Abbassi;Lionel Siame

  • Structural control on volcanism in intraplate post collisional settings: late Cenozoic to Quaternary examples of Iran and Eastern Turkey

    Esmaeil Shabanian;Valerio Acocella;Valerio Acocella;Anna Gioncada;Habibollah Ghasemi

  • Fission track and fault kinematics analyses for new insight into the Late Cenozoic tectonic regime changes in West-Central Sulawesi (Indonesia)

    Olivier Bellier;Michel Sébrier;Diane Seward;Thierry Beaudouin

  • Analyses of the stress field in southeastern France from earthquake focal mechanisms

    Emmanuel Baroux;Nicole Béthoux;Olivier Bellier

  • Is the slip rate variation on the Great Sumatran Fault accommodated by fore-arc stretching?

    O. Bellier;M. Sébrier

Frequent Co-Authors

Michel Sébrier
Michel Sébrier Sorbonne University
Nicolas Espurt
Nicolas Espurt Aix-Marseille University
Didier Bourlès
Didier Bourlès Aix-Marseille University
Vincent Regard
Vincent Regard Paul Sabatier University
Dominique Chardon
Dominique Chardon Paul Sabatier University
Lucilla Benedetti
Lucilla Benedetti Aix-Marseille University
Régis Braucher
Régis Braucher Aix-Marseille University
Claudio Faccenna
Claudio Faccenna Dresdner Grundwasserforschungszentrum
Xiwei Xu
Xiwei Xu Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation
Stéphane Garambois
Stéphane Garambois Grenoble Alpes University

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