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Olivier Lacombe

Olivier Lacombe

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Earth Science

D-Index
60
Citations
9864
World Ranking
1961
National Ranking
126

Overview

Olivier Lacombe is affiliated with Sorbonne University in France and has made significant contributions to the field of Earth and Planetary Sciences, with a specific focus on Geophysics and related subfields. Their research spans a broad spectrum, incorporating topics such as Geological and Geochemical Analysis, earthquake and tectonic studies, and Geological formations and processes.

The scientist has published extensively, with 51 publications categorized under Earth and Planetary Sciences. Subfields of expertise include:

  • Geophysics
  • Earth-Surface Processes
  • Artificial Intelligence
  • Atmospheric Science
  • Mechanics of Materials

Main topics of their research work cover:

  • Geological and Geochemical Analysis
  • Earthquake and tectonic studies
  • Geological formations and processes
  • Geology and Paleoclimatology Research
  • Geological and Geophysical Studies Worldwide
  • High-pressure geophysics and materials
  • Rock Mechanics and Modeling

Recent papers authored or co-authored by Olivier Lacombe show ongoing engagement with contemporary geological research. Notable publications include:

  • "Calcite Twin Formation, Measurement and Use as Stress-Strain Indicators: A Review of Progress over the Last Decade," 2021, published in Geosciences
  • "Dating folding beyond folding, from layer-parallel shortening to fold tightening, using mesostructures: lessons from the Apennines, Pyrenees, and Rocky Mountains," 2021, published in Solid Earth

Other significant works where Olivier Lacombe contributed include papers published in leading geological journals:

  • "Transitioning organizations to post-quantum cryptography," 2022, Nature (though authored by David Joseph, it is listed for contextual reference)
  • "Regional-scale paleofluid system across the Tuscan Nappe-Umbria-Marche Apennine Ridge (northern Apennines) as revealed by mesostructural and isotopic analyses of stylolite-vein networks," 2020, Solid Earth
  • "How the geochemistry of syn-kinematic calcite cement depicts past fluid flow and assists structural interpretations: a review of concepts and applications in orogenic forelands," 2022, Geological Magazine

Olivier Lacombe frequently collaborates with other researchers, including Peter D. Clift, Stephen M. Hubbard, Bas Van, Nicolas Beaudoin, and Kathryn Goodenough, with multiple joint publications reflecting ongoing professional partnerships.

Publication venues regularly featuring Lacombe's work include:

  • Geological Magazine
  • Geosciences
  • Journal of Structural Geology
  • Marine and Petroleum Geology
  • Solid Earth

Best Publications

  • Building the Zagros collisional orogen: Timing, strain distribution and the dynamics of Arabia/Eurasia plate convergence

    Frédéric Mouthereau;Olivier Lacombe;Jaume Vergés

  • Aegean tectonics: Strain localisation, slab tearing and trench retreat

    Laurent Jolivet;Claudio Faccenna;Benjamin Huet;Loïc Labrousse

  • Placing limits to shortening evolution in the Pyrenees: Role of margin architecture and implications for the Iberia/Europe convergence

    Frédéric Mouthereau;Frédéric Mouthereau;Frédéric Mouthereau;Pierre-Yves Filleaudeau;Arnaud Vacherat;Arnaud Vacherat;Raphaël Pik

  • A review of deformation pattern templates in foreland basin systems and fold-and-thrust belts: Implications for the state of stress in the frontal regions of thrust wedges

    S. Tavani;F. Storti;Olivier Lacombe;Olivier Lacombe;A. Corradetti

  • The North Cycladic Detachment System

    Laurent Jolivet;Laurent Jolivet;Emmanuel Lecomte;Benjamin Huet;Yoann Denèle

  • 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

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

    Olivier Lacombe;Nicolas Bellahsen

  • Characterization of stress perturbations near major fault zones: insights from 2-D distinct-element numerical modelling and field studies (Jura mountains)

    C. Homberg;J.C. Hu;J. Angelier;F. Bergerat

  • Structural and kinematic relationships between Corsica and the Pyrenees‐Provence domain at the time of the Pyrenean orogeny

    Olivier Lacombe;Laurent Jolivet

  • Late Cenozoic and modern stress fields in the western Fars (Iran): Implications for the tectonic and kinematic evolution of central Zagros

    Olivier Lacombe;Frédéric Mouthereau;S. Kargar;Bertrand Meyer

  • Basement-involved shortening and deep detachment tectonics in forelands of orogens: Insights from recent collision belts (Taiwan, Western Alps, Pyrenees)

    Olivier Lacombe;Frédéric Mouthereau

  • The Zagros folded belt (Fars, Iran): constraints from topography and critical wedge modelling

    Frédéric Mouthereau;Olivier Lacombe;Bertrand Meyer

  • Quaternary transfer faulting in the Taiwan Foothills: evidence from a multisource approach

    B. Deffontaines;O. Lacombe;J. Angelier;H.T. Chu

  • Structural, geodetic and seismological evidence for tectonic escape in SW Taiwan

    O Lacombe;F Mouthereau;J Angelier;B Deffontaines

  • Collision kinematics in the western external Alps

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

  • Early Reactivation of Basement Faults in Central Zagros (SW Iran): Evidence from Pre-folding Fracture Populations in Asmari Formation and Lower Tertiary Paleogeography

    Faram Ahmadhadi;Olivier Lacombe;Jean-Marc Daniel

  • Do fault slip data inversions actually yield "paleostresses" that can be compared with contemporary stresses? A critical discussion

    Olivier Lacombe

  • Magnetochronology of synorogenic Miocene foreland sediments in the Fars arc of the Zagros Folded Belt (SW Iran)

    Sh. Khadivi;Frédéric Mouthereau;J.C. Larrasoana;J. Vergés

  • Thrust belts and foreland basins

    Olivier Lacombe;François Roure;Jérôme Lavé;Jaume Vergés

  • Determination of deviatoric stress tensors based on inversion of calcite twin data from experimentally deformed monophase samples: preliminary results

    O. Lacombe;P. Laurent

  • Thrust belts and foreland basins: From fold kinematics to hydrocarbon systems

    O. Lacombe;O. Lavé;F. Roure

Frequent Co-Authors

Frédéric Mouthereau
Frédéric Mouthereau Paul Sabatier University
Nicolas Bellahsen
Nicolas Bellahsen Sorbonne University
Laurent Jolivet
Laurent Jolivet Sorbonne University
Jacques Angelier
Jacques Angelier Sorbonne University
Laetitia Le Pourhiet
Laetitia Le Pourhiet Sorbonne University
Jean-Paul Callot
Jean-Paul Callot University of Pau and the Adour Region
Loïc Labrousse
Loïc Labrousse Sorbonne University
François Roure
François Roure French Institute of Petroleum
Daniel Koehn
Daniel Koehn University of Erlangen-Nuremberg
Hao-Tsu Chu
Hao-Tsu Chu Central Geological Survey, MOEA

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