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Patrick Bachèlery is affiliated with the Laboratoire Magmas et Volcans in France. Their research focuses primarily on Earth and Planetary Sciences, with a strong emphasis on geophysics, atmospheric science, geology, Earth-surface processes, and ecology, evolution, behavior, and systematics.

Bachèlery's research spans various main topics, including:

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

The scientist has contributed to multiple recent papers, covering significant volcanic and submarine geological phenomena, such as:

  • Birth of a large volcanic edifice offshore Mayotte via lithosphere-scale dyke intrusion, 2021, Nature Geoscience
  • The 2018-ongoing Mayotte submarine eruption: Magma migration imaged by petrological monitoring, 2021, Earth and Planetary Science Letters
  • Submarine morphology of the Comoros volcanic archipelago, 2020, Marine Geology
  • Mantle xenolith-bearing phonolites and basanites feed the active volcanic ridge of Mayotte (Comoros archipelago, SW Indian Ocean), 2021, Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology
  • Evolution of the Glorieuses seamount in the SW Indian Ocean and surrounding deep Somali Basin since the Cretaceous, 2020, Marine Geology

Their frequent collaborators include:

  • Carole Berthod
  • Étienne Médard
  • Isabelle Thinon
  • Stéphan Jorry
  • Lucia Gurioli

Patrick Bachèlery's work is regularly published in established scientific venues such as:

  • Marine Geology
  • Comptes Rendus Géoscience
  • Earth and Planetary Science Letters
  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research

The scientist's scholarly contributions are predominantly situated within the subfields of geophysics and atmospheric science, supporting a broad understanding of volcanic phenomena and geological processes. Their research frequently integrates methodologies from geological, geochemical, and geophysical disciplines to investigate volcanic activity and related tectonic features.

Best Publications

  • The Geochemical Regimes of Piton de la Fournaise Volcano (Reunion) During the Last 530 000 Years

    F. Albarède;B. Luais;G. Fitton;M. Semet

  • Magma transport and storage at Piton de La Fournaise (La Réunion) between 1972 and 2007: A review of geophysical and geochemical data

    Aline Peltier;Patrick Bachèlery;Thomas Staudacher

  • Dendritic Crystallization: A Single Process for all the Textures of Olivine in Basalts?

    Benoît Welsch;Benoît Welsch;François Faure;Vincent Famin;Alain Baronnet

  • The off-shore continuation of an active basaltic volcano: Piton de la Fournaise (Réunion Island, Indian Ocean); structural and geomorphological interpretation from sea beam mapping

    Jean-François Lénat;Pierre Vincent;Patrick Bachélery

  • April 2007 collapse of Piton de la Fournaise: A new example of caldera formation

    Laurent Michon;Thomas Staudacher;Valérie Ferrazzini;Patrick Bachèlery

  • Cyclic magma storages and transfers at Piton de La Fournaise volcano (La Réunion hotspot) inferred from deformation and geochemical data

    Aline Peltier;Vincent Famin;Patrick Bachèlery;Valérie Cayol

  • The Process of Plume–Lithosphere Interactions in the Ocean Basins—the Case of Grande Comore

    Cornelia Class;Steven L. Goldstein;Steven L. Goldstein;Rainer Altherr;Patrick Bachèlery

  • Imaging the dynamics of dyke propagation prior to the 2000-2003 flank eruptions at Piton de La Fournaise, Reunion Island

    A. Peltier;A. Peltier;V. Ferrazzini;T. Staudacher;P. Bachèlery

  • Birth of a large volcanic edifice offshore Mayotte via lithosphere-scale dyke intrusion

    Nathalie Feuillet;Stephan Jorry;Wayne C. Crawford;Christine Deplus

  • Evolution structurale du volcan actif du Piton de la Fournaise, Ile de la Réunion — Océan indien occidental

    L. Chevallier;P. Bachelery

  • Formation of the April 2007 caldera collapse at Piton de la Fournaise volcano: Insights from GPS data

    Aline Peltier;Thomas Staudacher;Patrick Bachèlery;Valérie Cayol

  • Constraints on magma transfers and structures involved in the 2003 activity at Piton de La Fournaise from displacement data

    Aline Peltier;T Staudacher;Patrick Bachèlery

  • Magma crystallization and viscosity: A study of molten basalts from the Piton de la Fournaise volcano (La Réunion island)

    Nicolas Villeneuve;Daniel R. Neuville;Pierre Boivin;Patrick Bachèlery

  • Direct sediment transfer from land to deep-sea: Insights into shallow multibeam bathymetry at La Réunion Island

    Nathalie Babonneau;Christophe Delacourt;Romain Cancouët;Emmanuelle Sisavath;Emmanuelle Sisavath

  • Magma residence time beneath the Piton de la Fournaise Volcano, Reunion Island, from U-series disequilibria

    Olgeir Sigmarsson;Olgeir Sigmarsson;Michel Condomines;Michel Condomines;Patrick Bachèlery

  • The extreme mobility of debris avalanches: A new model of transport mechanism

    Hélène Perinotto;Jean-Luc Schneider;Patrick Bachèlery;François-Xavier Le Bourdonnec

  • Role of the structural inheritance of the oceanic lithosphere in the magmato-tectonic evolution of Piton de la Fournaise volcano (La Réunion Island)

    Laurent Michon;Francky Saint-Ange;Patrick Bachelery;Nicolas Villeneuve

  • Petrology of 1977 to 1998 eruptions of Piton de la Fournaise, La Réunion Island

    Pierre Boivin;Patrick Bachèlery

  • Lithium isotope fractionation during magma degassing: Constraints from silicic differentiates and natural gas condensates from Piton de la Fournaise volcano (Réunion Island)

    Ivan Vlastélic;Ivan Vlastélic;Ivan Vlastélic;Thomas Staudacher;Patrick Bachèlery;P. Telouk

  • Structures and evolution of the plumbing system of Piton de la Fournaise volcano inferred from clustering of 2007 eruptive cycle seismicity

    Frédérick Massin;Frédérick Massin;Valérie Ferrazzini;Patrick Bachèlery;Alexandre Nercessian

  • Three differentiation stages of a single magma at Piton de la Fournaise volcano (Reunion hot spot)

    Vincent Famin;Benoã®T. Welsch;Satoshi Okumura;Patrick BachèLery

Frequent Co-Authors

Aline Peltier
Aline Peltier Institut de Physique du Globe de Paris
Thomas Staudacher
Thomas Staudacher Institut de Physique du Globe de Paris
Stéphan J. Jorry
Stéphan J. Jorry French Research Institute for Exploitation of the Sea
Lucia Gurioli
Lucia Gurioli University of Clermont Auvergne
Christine Deplus
Christine Deplus Institut de Physique du Globe de Paris
Laurent Michon
Laurent Michon University of Clermont Auvergne
Valérie Ferrazzini
Valérie Ferrazzini Institut de Physique du Globe de Paris
Sébastien Zaragosi
Sébastien Zaragosi University of Bordeaux
Yves Fouquet
Yves Fouquet French Research Institute for Exploitation of the Sea
Andrew J. L. Harris
Andrew J. L. Harris University of Clermont Auvergne

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