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Pierre-Yves Gillot

Pierre-Yves Gillot

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48
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6595
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3904
National Ranking
281

Overview

Pierre-Yves Gillot is affiliated with the University of Paris-Saclay in France. Their research contributions are focused primarily within Earth and Planetary Sciences, with a substantial emphasis on Geophysics, Atmospheric Science, Environmental Chemistry, Astronomy and Astrophysics, and Earth-Surface Processes as subfields of study.

The main topics in their research include:

  • Geological and Geochemical Analysis
  • Earthquake and Tectonic Studies
  • Geology and Paleoclimatology Research
  • Geological and Geophysical Studies Worldwide
  • Methane Hydrates and Related Phenomena
  • High-pressure Geophysics and Materials
  • Geological formations and processes

Their recent publications reflect a range of investigations into tectonics, geodynamics, and volcanic processes:

  • "Exhumation history of the Variscan orogen in western Iberia as inferred from new K-Ar and 40Ar/39Ar data on granites from Portugal," 2021, Tectonophysics
  • "The shaping of a volcanic ridge in a tectonically active setting: The Pico-Faial Ridge in the Azores Triple Junction," 2021, Geomorphology
  • "The evolution of Santa Maria Island in the context of the Azores Triple Junction," 2020, Bulletin of Volcanology
  • "Thermal evolution of onshore West Iberia: A better understanding of the ages of breakup and rift-to-drift in the Iberia-Newfoundland Rift," 2021, Tectonophysics
  • "From laboratory experiments to geophysical tsunamis generated by subaerial landslides," 2021, Scientific Reports

They have collaborated frequently with several researchers, including:

  • F.O. Marques
  • A.C.G. Costa
  • Francisco Hevia-Cruz
  • Julie Carlut
  • Nathan D. Sheldon

Their work has been published in multiple venues, with repeated contributions to:

  • Scientific Reports
  • Tectonophysics
  • Research Square
  • Geomorphology
  • Bulletin of Volcanology

Best Publications

  • Late Quaternary slip rates on the Acireale-Piedimonte normal faults and tectonic origin of Mt. Etna (Sicily)

    Carmelo Monaco;Paul Tapponnier;Luigi Tortorici;Pierre-Yves Gillot

  • Propagation of rifting along the Arabia-Somalia plate boundary : Into Afar

    Isabelle Manighetti;Paul Tapponnier;Pierre-Yves Gillot;Eric Jacques

  • Propagation of rifting along the Arabia‐Somalia Plate Boundary: The Gulfs of Aden and Tadjoura

    Isabelle Manighetti;Paul Tapponnier;Vincent Courtillot;Sylvie Gruszow

  • The Cassignol technique for potassium—Argon dating, precision and accuracy: Examples from the Late Pleistocene to Recent volcanics from southern Italy

    Pierre-Yves Gillot;Yves Cornette

  • Tyrrhenian Sea tephrochronology of the oxygen isotope record for the past 60,000 years

    M Paterne;F Guichard;J Labeyrie;P.Y Gillot

  • Geology, geochronology and chemical evolution of the island of Pantelleria

    L. Civetta;Y. Cornette;G. Crisci;P. Y. Gillot

  • Strain transfer between disconnected, propagating rifts in Afar

    Isabelle Manighetti;Paul Tapponnier;Vincent Courtillot;Yves Gallet

  • Comparative K–Ar and Ar/Ar dating of Ethiopian and Yemenite Oligocene volcanism: implications for timing and duration of the Ethiopian traps

    E Coulié;X Quidelleur;X Quidelleur;P.-Y Gillot;V Courtillot

  • The eruptive history of Pantelleria (Sicily channel) in the last 50 ka

    L. Civetta;Y. Cornette;P. Y. Gillot;G. Orsi

  • Eruptive history of the Piton de la Fournaise volcano, Reunion Island, Indian Ocean

    P.-Y. Gillot;P. Nativel

  • Late Pleistocene geomagnetic excursion in Icelandic lavas : Confirmation of the Laschamp excursion

    Shaul Levi;Haraldur Audunsson;Robert A. Duncan;Leo Kristjansson

  • Age of the Laschamp paleomagnetic excursion revisited

    P.Y. Gillot;J. Labeyrie;C. Laj;G. Valladas

  • Model for the structural evolution of the volcanoes of Réunion Island

    Pierre-Yves Gillot;Jean-Claude Lefèvre;Pierre-Edouard Nativel

  • Chemistry versus time in the volcanic complex of Ischia (Gulf of Naples, Italy): evidence of successive magmatic cycles

    S. Poli;S. Chiesa;P. Y. Gillot;A. Gregnanin

  • Tectonic and volcanic evolution of Panarea (Aeolian Islands, Italy)

    G Gabbianelli;P.Y Gillot;G Lanzafame;C Romagnoli

  • Palaeomagnetism and K-Ar and 40Ar/39Ar ages in the Ali Sabieh area (Republic of Djibouti and Ethiopia): constraints on the mechanism of Aden ridge propagation into southeastern Afar during the last 10 Myr

    L. Audin;X. Quidelleur;X. Quidelleur;E. Coulié;V. Courtillot

  • TWO REFERENCE MATERIALS, TRACHYTES MDO‐G AND ISH‐G, FOR ARGON DATING (K‐AR AND 40AR/39AR) OF PLEISTOCENE AND HOLOCENE ROCKS

    Pierre-Yves Gillot;Yves Cornette;Nathalie Max;Bruno Floris

  • New paleomagnetic and geochronologic results from Ethiopian Afar: Block rotations linked to rift overlap and propagation and determination of a ~2 Ma reference pole for stable Africa

    Tesfaye Kidane;Tesfaye Kidane;Vincent Courtillot;Isabelle Manighetti;Laurence Audin;Laurence Audin

  • KAr chronology of the ultimate activity of piton des neiges volcano, reunion island, Indian ocean

    P.-Y. Gillot;P.-Y. Gillot;P. Nativel;P. Nativel

  • Silicic central volcanoes as precursors to rift propagation: the Afar case

    Pierre Lahitte;Pierre-Yves Gillot;Vincent Courtillot

  • Volcano-tectonic and geochemical evolution of an oceanic intra-plate volcano: Tahiti-Nui (French Polynesia)

    Anthony Hildenbrand;Pierre-Yves Gillot;Isabelle Le Roy

Frequent Co-Authors

Xavier Quidelleur
Xavier Quidelleur Centre national de la recherche scientifique, CNRS
Vincent Courtillot
Vincent Courtillot Institut de Physique du Globe de Paris
Vicente Soler
Vicente Soler Spanish National Research Council
Paul Tapponnier
Paul Tapponnier China Earthquake Administration
Isabelle Manighetti
Isabelle Manighetti Centre national de la recherche scientifique, CNRS
Jean-Pierre Valet
Jean-Pierre Valet Institut de Physique du Globe de Paris
Yves Gallet
Yves Gallet Institut de Physique du Globe de Paris
Hervé Guillou
Hervé Guillou Centre national de la recherche scientifique, CNRS
Carlo Laj
Carlo Laj École Normale Supérieure
René C. Maury
René C. Maury University of Western Brittany

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