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Olivier Merle is affiliated with the University of Clermont Auvergne in France. Their research work primarily centers around Earth and Planetary Sciences, with a notable focus on Geophysics. Additional subfields in their work include Earth-Surface Processes and Atmospheric Science.

The scientist's research topics encompass a variety of geological and geophysical areas. These include:

  • Geological and Geochemical Analysis
  • Earthquake and Tectonic Studies
  • Geological Formations and Processes
  • Geology and Paleoclimatology Research
  • Geological and Geophysical Studies Worldwide

Recent publications reflect contributions to the understanding of tectonic and volcanic processes. Selected papers authored or coauthored by Merle include:

  • The UNESCO World Heritage Site of the Chaîne des Puys-Limagne Fault Tectonic Arena (Auvergne, France), 2023, published in Geosciences
  • Syn-rift Cretaceous deformation in the Agly Variscan Massif (Eastern Pyrenees, France), 2022, published in Bulletin de la Société Géologique de France
  • AEM-derived watersheds in crystalline domain under volcanic cover, 2023, published in HAL (Le Centre pour la Communication Scientifique Directe)
  • AEM 2023: Short abstracts, 2023, published in Preview

Frequent coauthors collaborating with Merle are:

  • Damien Ciolczyk
  • Pierre-Alexandre Reninger
  • Clotilde Bertin
  • Julien Bernard
  • Anne Raingeard

Merle's research is often published in venues such as:

  • Bulletin de la Société Géologique de France
  • Geosciences
  • HAL (Le Centre pour la Communication Scientifique Directe)
  • Preview

Best Publications

  • Lateral extrusion in the eastern Alps, PArt 2: Structural analysis

    Lothar Ratschbacher;Wolfgang Frisch;Hans-Gert Linzer;Olivier Merle

  • Lateral extrusion in the eastern Alps, Part 1: Boundary conditions and experiments scaled for gravity

    Lothar Ratschbacher;Olivier Merle;Philippe Davy;Peter Cobbold

  • Experimental study of caldera formation

    O. Roche;T. H. Druitt;O. Merle

  • Scaled experiments of volcanic spreading

    Olivier Merle;Andrea Borgia

  • Active spreading and regional extension at Mount Etna imaged by SAR interferometry

    J.-L. Froger;O. Merle;P. Briole

  • The Cenozoic evolution of the Roer Valley Rift System integrated at a European scale

    Laurent Michon;Ronald T. Van Balen;Olivier Merle;Henk Pagnier

  • The formation of the West European Rift; a new model as exemplified by the Massif Central area

    Olivier Merle;Laurent Michon

  • The Combin Fault: compressional reactivation of a Late Cretaceous-Early Tertiary detachment fault in the Western Alps

    M. Ballevre;O. Merle

  • Shear criteria and structural symmetry

    P. Choukroune;D. Gapais;O. Merle

  • A simple continental rift classification

    Olivier Merle;Olivier Merle;Olivier Merle

  • Experiments on the indentation process during cryptodome intrusions: New insights into Mount St. Helens deformation

    Franck Donnadieu;Olivier Merle

  • The evolution of the Massif Central Rift; spatio-temporal distribution of the volcanism

    Laurent Michon;Olivier Merle

  • Deformation and motion in the Western Alpine Arc

    Pierre Choukroune;Michel Ballèvre;Peter Cobbold;Yann Gautier

  • The effect of volcanic constructs on rift fault patterns

    Benjamin van Wyk de Vries;Olivier Merle

  • Reactivation of basement faults beneath volcanoes: a new model of flank collapse

    N. Vidal;O. Merle

  • The curved translation path of the Parpaillon Nappe (French Alps)

    O. Merle;J.P. Brun

  • Tertiary kinematics in the Lepontine dome

    O. Merle;P. R. Cobbold;S. Schmid

  • Extension induced by volcanic loading in regional strike-slip zones

    B. van Wyk de Vries;O. Merle

  • Internal strain within lava flows from analogue modelling

    Olivier Merle

  • How summit calderas collapse on basaltic volcanoes: New insights from the April 2007 caldera collapse of Piton de la Fournaise volcano

    Laurent Michon;Nicolas Villeneuve;Thibault Catry;Thibault Catry;Olivier Merle;Olivier Merle

  • Tertiary ductile normal faulting as a consequence of lithospheric stacking in the western Alps

    M. Ballevre;Y. Lagabrielle;O. Merle

Frequent Co-Authors

Laurent Michon
Laurent Michon University of Clermont Auvergne
Patrick Bachèlery
Patrick Bachèlery Laboratoire Magmas et Volcans
Benjamin van Wyk de Vries
Benjamin van Wyk de Vries University of Clermont Auvergne
Michel Ballèvre
Michel Ballèvre University of Rennes
Jean-Pierre Brun
Jean-Pierre Brun University of Rennes
Peter R. Cobbold
Peter R. Cobbold University of Rennes
Bruno C. Vendeville
Bruno C. Vendeville University of Lille
Denis Gapais
Denis Gapais University of Rennes
Pierre Choukroune
Pierre Choukroune University of Rennes
Lothar Ratschbacher
Lothar Ratschbacher TU Bergakademie Freiberg

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