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Pierrick Roperch

Pierrick Roperch

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Earth Science

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35
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4291
World Ranking
7672
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617

Overview

Pierrick Roperch is affiliated with the University of Rennes in France and has conducted research primarily within the fields of Earth and Planetary Sciences and Engineering. Their work spans significant subfields including Geophysics, Ocean Engineering, Paleontology, Atmospheric Science, and Earth-Surface Processes.

The scientist's research covers several main topics, notably:

  • Geological and Geochemical Analysis
  • Drilling and Well Engineering
  • Geology and Paleoclimatology Research
  • Earthquake and Tectonic Studies
  • High-pressure Geophysics and Materials
  • Paleontology and Stratigraphy of Fossils
  • Geomagnetism and Paleomagnetism Studies

Roperch's recent published papers include the following:

  • "Burma Terrane Collision and Northward Indentation in the Eastern Himalayas Recorded in the Eocene-Miocene Chindwin Basin (Myanmar)" (2020) in Tectonics
  • "Towards interactive global paleogeographic maps, new reconstructions at 60, 40 and 20 Ma" (2021) in Earth-Science Reviews
  • "Cretaceous Evolution of the Central Asian Proto-Paratethys Sea: Tectonic, Eustatic, and Climatic Controls" (2020) in Tectonics
  • "Investigating the remediation potential of iron oxide nanoparticles in Cu-polluted soil-plant systems: coupled geochemical, geophysical and biological approaches" (2021) in Nanoscale Advances
  • "Carbonated Inheritance in the Eastern Tibetan Lithospheric Mantle: Petrological Evidences and Geodynamic Implications" (2020) in Geochemistry Geophysics Geosystems

The frequent co-authors who have collaborated with Roperch multiple times are:

  • Guillaume Dupont-Nivet
  • Jean-Yves Collot
  • H. Gary Greene
  • Laura B. Stokking
  • Kazumi Akimoto

Roperch has published extensively in various academic venues. The most frequent publication platforms include:

  • OPAL (Open@LaTrobe) (La Trobe University)
  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • Tectonics
  • Basin Research
  • Physics of The Earth and Planetary Interiors

Best Publications

  • Burma Terrane part of the Trans-Tethyan Arc during collision with India according to palaeomagnetic data.

    Jan Westerweel;Pierrick Roperch;Alexis Licht;Guillaume Dupont-Nivet;Guillaume Dupont-Nivet

  • Horizontal subduction zones, convergence velocity and the building of the Andes

    Joseph Martinod;Laurent Husson;Laurent Husson;Pierrick Roperch;Pierrick Roperch;Benjamin Guillaume

  • Late Mesozoic to Paleogene stratigraphy of the Salar de Atacama Basin, Antofagasta, Northern Chile: Implications for the tectonic evolution of the Central Andes

    Constantino Mpodozis;César Arriagada;Matilde Basso;Pierrick Roperch

  • Paleogene building of the Bolivian Orocline: Tectonic restoration of the central Andes in 2‐D map view

    César Arriagada;Pierrick Roperch;Pierrick Roperch;Constantino Mpodozis;Peter Cobbold

  • Records of geomagnetic reversals from volcanic islands of French Polynesia : 2. Paleomagnetic study of a flow sequence (1.2-0.6 Ma) from the island of Tahiti and discussion of reversal models

    Annick Chauvin;Pierrick Roperch;Robert A. Duncan

  • Salar de Atacama basin: A record of compressional tectonics in the central Andes since the mid-Cretaceous

    Cesar Arriagada;Cesar Arriagada;Peter R. Cobbold;Pierrick Roperch

  • Counterclockwise rotation of late Eocene–Oligocene fore‐arc deposits in southern Peru and its significance for oroclinal bending in the central Andes

    Pierrick Roperch;Pierrick Roperch;Thierry Sempere;Orlando Macedo;César Arriagada

  • Distribution, timing, and causes of Andean deformation across South America

    Peter R. Cobbold;Eduardo A. Rossello;Eduardo A. Rossello;Pierrick Roperch;César Arriagada;César Arriagada

  • Paleointensity of the earth's magnetic field during the Laschamp excursion and its geomagnetic implications

    Pierrick Roperch;N. Bonhommet;S. Lévi

  • Paleogene evolution and demise of the proto-Paratethys Sea in Central Asia (Tarim and Tajik basins): Role of intensified tectonic activity at ca. 41 Ma

    Mustafa Y. Kaya;Guillaume Dupont-Nivet;Guillaume Dupont-Nivet;Guillaume Dupont-Nivet;Jean Noël Proust;Pierrick Roperch

  • An accreted continental terrane in northwestern Perú

    T. Mourier;C. Laj;F. Mégard;Pierrick Roperch

  • Central Asian moisture modulated by proto-Paratethys Sea incursions since the early Eocene

    Niels Meijer;Guillaume Dupont-Nivet;Guillaume Dupont-Nivet;Guillaume Dupont-Nivet;Hemmo A. Abels;Mustafa Y. Kaya

  • Paleomagnetism of Mesozoic rocks from the central Andes of southern Peru: Importance of rotations in the development of the Bolivian orocline

    Pierrick Roperch;Gabriel Carlier

  • Paleogene clockwise tectonic rotations in the forearc of central Andes, Antofagasta region, northern Chile

    César Arriagada;César Arriagada;Pierrick Roperch;Constantino Mpodozis;Guillaume Dupont-Nivet

  • Reliability of geomagnetic paleointensity data: the effects of the NRM fraction and concave-up behavior on paleointensity determinations by the Thellier method

    Annick Chauvin;Pierrick Roperch;Shaul Levi

  • Clockwise block rotations along the eastern border of the Cordillera de Domeyko, Northern Chile (22°45′–23°30′S)

    César Arriagada;Pierrick Roperch;Constantino Mpodozis

  • Tectonic rotations within the Bolivian Altiplano: Implications for the geodynamic evolution of the central Andes during the late Tertiary

    Pierrick Roperch;Michel Fornari;Gérard Hérail;Georgina V. Parraguez

  • Paleomagnetism and tectonics of the southern Atacama Desert (25–28°S), northern Chile

    César Arriagada;Pierrick Roperch;Pierrick Roperch;Constantino Mpodozis;Rodrigo Fernandez

  • Rotated oceanic blocks in western Ecuador

    Pierrick Roperch;François Mégard;Carlo Laj;Thomas Mourier

  • Paleogene evolution of the Burmese forearc basin and implications for the history of India-Asia convergence

    Alexis Licht;Guillaume Dupont-Nivet;Guillaume Dupont-Nivet;Guillaume Dupont-Nivet;Zaw Win;Hnin Hnin Swe

  • Secular variation of the Earth’s magnetic field and application to paleomagnetic dating of historical lava flows in Chile

    Pierrick Roperch;Annick Chauvin;Luis E. Lara;Hugo Moreno

  • Paleomagnetic study of juvenile basaltic–andesite clasts from Andean pyroclastic density current deposits

    Pierrick Roperch;Annick Chauvin;Jean-Luc Le Pennec;Luis E. Lara

  • Surface vitrification caused by natural fires in Late Pleistocene wetlands of the Atacama Desert

    Pierrick Roperch;Jérôme Gattacceca;Millarca Valenzuela;Bertrand Devouard

Frequent Co-Authors

Guillaume Dupont-Nivet
Guillaume Dupont-Nivet University of Rennes
Annick Chauvin
Annick Chauvin University of Rennes
Peter R. Cobbold
Peter R. Cobbold University of Rennes
Stéphane Guillot
Stéphane Guillot Grenoble Alpes University
Carina Hoorn
Carina Hoorn University of Amsterdam
Gilles Ruffet
Gilles Ruffet University of Rennes
Carlo Laj
Carlo Laj École Normale Supérieure
Jean-Noël Proust
Jean-Noël Proust Centre national de la recherche scientifique, CNRS
Constantino Mpodozis
Constantino Mpodozis University of Chile
Francisco Hervé
Francisco Hervé Andrés Bello University

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