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Patrick Ledru is affiliated with the University of Lorraine in France and conducts research primarily in Earth and Planetary Sciences as well as Computer Science. The scientist's work spans a range of subfields, notably Geophysics, Artificial Intelligence, Inorganic Chemistry, Mechanics of Materials, and Geochemistry and Petrology.

The research topics covered by Ledru include Geological and Geochemical Analysis, Geochemistry and Geologic Mapping, earthquake and tectonic studies, Radioactive element chemistry and processing, Hydrocarbon exploration and reservoir analysis, High-pressure geophysics and materials, and Geological Modeling and Analysis.

Ledru has contributed to numerous publications, with frequent appearances in the journal Mineralium Deposita, followed by publications in Geofluids, Acta Geologica Sinica - English Edition, Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, and Tectonophysics.

Their recent papers include:

  • Hydrodynamic Links between Shallow and Deep Mineralization Systems and Implications for Deep Mineral Exploration, 2022, Acta Geologica Sinica - English Edition
  • Interplay between thermal convection and compressional fault reactivation in the formation of unconformity-related uranium deposits, 2020, Mineralium Deposita
  • New insights from 2- and 3-D numerical modelling on fluid flow mechanisms and geological factors responsible for the formation of the world-class Cigar Lake uranium deposit, eastern Athabasca Basin, Canada, 2020, Mineralium Deposita
  • Trace element signatures in hematite and goethite associated with the Kiggavik-Andrew Lake structural trend U deposits (Nunavut, Canada), 2020, Mineralium Deposita
  • Structural controls and metallogenic model of polyphase uranium mineralization in the Kiggavik area (Nunavut, Canada), 2020, Mineralium Deposita

Ledru collaborates frequently with a group of co-authors. These include Julien Mercadier, Guoxiang Chi, David Quirt, Antonio Benedicto, and Khalifa Eldursi, with repeated joint publications showing ongoing research partnerships.

Best Publications

  • Early proterozoic ore deposits and tectonics of the Birimian orogenic belt, West Africa

    Jean-Pierre Milési;Patrick Ledru;Jean-Louis Feybesse;Alain Dommanget

  • Markers of the last stages of the Palaeoproterozoic collision: evidence for a 2 Ga continent involving circum-South Atlantic provinces

    Patrick Ledru;Véra Johan;Jean Pierre Milési;Monique Tegyey

  • A review of the pre-Permian geology of the Variscan French Massif Central

    Michel Faure;Jean-Marc Lardeaux;Patrick Ledru

  • The Velay dome (French Massif Central): melt generation and granite emplacement during orogenic evolution

    P. Ledru;G. Courrioux;C. Dallain;J.M. Lardeaux

  • Geological modelling from field data and geological knowledge. Part II. Modelling validation using gravity and magnetic data inversion

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  • The Variscan French Massif Central—a new addition to the ultra-high pressure metamorphic ‘club’: exhumation processes and geodynamic consequences

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  • Using ASTER remote sensing data set for geological mapping, in Namibia

    Cécile Gomez;Christophe Delacourt;Pascal Allemand;Patrick Ledru

  • Contrasting mechanism of crustal growth

    Olivier Vanderhaeghe;Patrick Ledru;Denis Thiéblemont;Emmanuel Egal

  • Evolution of nappes in the eastern margin of the Bohemian Massif: a kinematic interpretation

    K. Schulmann;P. Ledru;A. Autran;R. Melka

  • Transcurrent tectonics and polycyclic evolution in the lower proterozoic of Senegal-Mali

    P Ledru;J Pons;J.P Milesi;J.L Feybesse

  • The Flamanville Granite (Northwest France): An unequivocal example of a syntectonically expanding pluton

    J. P. Brun;D. Gapais;J. P. Cogne;P. Ledru

  • 5: Late Variscan mineralizing systems related to orogenic processes: The French Massif Central

    Vincent Bouchot;Patrick Ledru;Catherine Lerouge;Jean-Luc Lescuyer

  • The metallogenic relationship between Birimian and Tarkwaian gold deposits in Ghana

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  • Timing of exhumation of the Ereendavaa metamorphic core complex (north-eastern Mongolia) – U–Pb and 40Ar/39Ar constraints

    Yannick Daoudene;Yannick Daoudene;Gilles Ruffet;Gilles Ruffet;Alain Cocherie;Patrick Ledru

  • The Ereendavaa Range (north-eastern Mongolia): an additional argument for Mesozoic extension throughout eastern Asia

    Yannick Daoudene;Denis Gapais;Patrick Ledru;Alain Cocherie

  • Classifying airborne radiometry data with Agglomerative Hierarchical Clustering: A tool for geological mapping in context of rainforest (French Guiana)

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  • Structural and metamorphic evolution of the Gabon Orogenic Belt: Collision tectonics in the lower proterozoic?

    Patrick Ledru;Julien Eko N'Dong;Vera Johan;Jean-Pierre Prian

  • U-Pb chronology on accessory minerals of the Velay anatectic dome (French Massif Central)

    Remy Mougeot;Jean-Patrick Respaut;Patrick Ledru;Christian Marignac

  • Contrasting styles of deformation during progressive nappe stacking at the southeastern margin of the Bohemian Massif (Thaya Dome)

    Karel Schulmann;Radek Melka;Michal Z Lobkowicz;Patrick Ledru

  • Aeromagnetic mapping and reconnaissance geochemistry of the Early Cretaceous Henties Bay-Outjo dike swarm, Etendeka Igneous Province, Namibia

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  • Late orogenic extension in the Bohemian Massif: petrostructural evidence in the Hlinsko region

    Pavel Pitra;Jean-Pierre Burg;Karel Schulmann;Patrick Ledru

  • Suture zones and importance of strike-slip faulting for Variscan geodynamic reconstructions of the External Crystalline Massifs of the western Alps

    Stéphane Guillot;Silvia di Paola;René-Pierre Ménot;Patrick Ledru

  • Formation of U-rich mineralizing fluids through basinal brine migration within basement-hosted shear zones: A large-scale study of the fluid chemistry around the unconformity-related Cigar Lake U deposit (Saskatchewan, Canada)

    Pierre Martz;Julien Mercadier;Michel Cathelineau;Marie-Christine Boiron

  • The Jacobina Paleoproterozoic gold-bearing conglomerates, Bahia, Brazil: a “hydrothermal shear-reservoir” model

    Jean-Pierre Milesi;Patrick Ledru;Eric Marcoux;R. Mougeot

  • A SHALLOW-BURIAL MINERALIZATION MODEL FOR THE UNCONFORMITY-RELATED URANIUM DEPOSITS IN THE ATHABASCA BASIN

    G. Chi;Z. Li;H. Chu;H. Chu;K. M. Bethune

Frequent Co-Authors

Alain Cocherie
Alain Cocherie Centre national de la recherche scientifique, CNRS
Gilles Ruffet
Gilles Ruffet University of Rennes
Denis Gapais
Denis Gapais University of Rennes
Catherine Lerouge
Catherine Lerouge Bureau de Recherches Géologiques et Minières
Julien Mercadier
Julien Mercadier French National Centre for Scientific Research
Olivier Vanderhaeghe
Olivier Vanderhaeghe University of Lorraine
Olivier Lacombe
Olivier Lacombe Sorbonne University
Michel Cathelineau
Michel Cathelineau University of Lorraine
Marie-Christine Boiron
Marie-Christine Boiron University of Lorraine
Marc Poujol
Marc Poujol University of Rennes

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