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Raphaël Pik is affiliated with the University of Lorraine in France and specializes in Earth and Planetary Sciences. Their research focuses primarily on the fields of geophysics, atmospheric science, earth-surface processes, environmental chemistry, and artificial intelligence as applied to geosciences.

Throughout their career, Raphaël Pik has contributed extensively to various topics within geological and geochemical analysis, geology and paleoclimatology research, earthquake and tectonic studies, geological formations and processes, and global geological and geophysical studies. Additional research interests include methane hydrates and related phenomena as well as geochemistry and geologic mapping.

Their recent published works cover multiple aspects of geological science. Notable publications include:

  • "The Mercury Isotopic Composition of Earth's Mantle and the Use of Mass Independently Fractionated Hg to Test for Recycled Crust," 2021, Geophysical Research Letters
  • "Evolution of a low convergence collisional orogen: a review of Pyrenean orogenesis," 2022, Bulletin de la Société Géologique de France
  • "Central Pyrenees Mountain Building: Constraints From New LT Thermochronological Data From the Axial Zone," 2021, Tectonics
  • "Post-orogenic exhumation in the western Pyrenees: evidence for extension driven by pre-orogenic inheritance," 2020, Journal of the Geological Society
  • "Exhumation of the Western Alpine collisional wedge: New thermochronological data," 2021, Tectonophysics

Raphaël Pik frequently publishes in journals such as Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, Bulletin of Volcanology, Geophysical Research Letters, Bulletin de la Société Géologique de France, and Tectonics.

Their collaborative work involves multiple coauthors with frequent partnerships including Carolina Dantas Cardoso, Sæmundur A. Halldórsson, Dereje Ayalew, Nicolas Bellahsen, and Frédéric Mouthereau.

Best Publications

  • Timing of the Ethiopian flood basalt event and implications for plume birth and global change

    C. Hofmann;V. Courtillot;G. Féraud;P. Rochette

  • Isotopic and trace element signatures of Ethiopian flood basalts: evidence for plume–lithosphere interactions

    Raphaël Pik;Catherine Deniel;Christian Coulon;Gezahegn Yirgu

  • Late Cenozoic evolution of the central Longmen Shan, eastern Tibet: Insight from (U-Th)/He thermochronometry

    Vincent Godard;Vincent Godard;R Pik;J Lavé;J Lavé;R Cattin;R Cattin

  • The northwestern Ethiopian Plateau flood basalts: Classification and spatial distribution of magma types

    Raphaël Pik;Catherine Deniel;Christian Coulon;Gezahegn Yirgu

  • How many mantle plumes in Africa? The geochemical point of view

    R. Pik;B. Marty;B. Marty;D.R. Hilton

  • Helium isotopic variations in Ethiopian plume lavas: nature of magmatic sources and limit on lower mantle contribution

    Bernard Marty;Bernard Marty;Raphae¨l Pik;Yirgu Gezahegn

  • Placing limits to shortening evolution in the Pyrenees: Role of margin architecture and implications for the Iberia/Europe convergence

    Frédéric Mouthereau;Frédéric Mouthereau;Frédéric Mouthereau;Pierre-Yves Filleaudeau;Arnaud Vacherat;Arnaud Vacherat;Raphaël Pik

  • Stability of the Upper Nile drainage network (Ethiopia) deduced from (U–Th)/He thermochronometry: implications for uplift and erosion of the Afar plume dome

    Raphaël Pik;Bernard Marty;Bernard Marty;Jean Carignan;Jérôme Lavé

  • Sources of in-situ 36Cl in basaltic rocks. Implications for calibration of production rates

    Irene Schimmelpfennig;Lucilla Benedetti;Robert Finkel;Robert Finkel;Raphaël Pik

  • Miocene to Recent exhumation of the central Himalaya determined from combined detrital zircon fission‐track and U/Pb analysis of Siwalik sediments, western Nepal

    Matthias Bernet;Peter van der Beek;Raphaël Pik;Pascale Huyghe

  • Source, genesis and timing of giant ignimbrite deposits associated with Ethiopian continental flood basalts

    Dereje Ayalew;Pierre Barbey;Bernard Marty;Bernard Marty;Laurie Reisberg

  • Multiple episodes of fast exhumation since Cretaceous in southeast Tibet, revealed by low-temperature thermochronology

    Jing Liu-Zeng;Jinyu Zhang;Devin McPhillips;Peter Reiners

  • Magnetostratigraphy and timing of the Oligocene Ethiopian traps

    P. Rochette;E. Tamrat;G. Féraud;R. Pik

  • Timing of East African Rift development in southern Ethiopia: Implication for mantle plume activity and evolution of topography

    Raphaël Pik;Bernard Marty;Jean Carignan;Gezahegn Yirgu

  • Thermal imprint of rift-related processes in orogens as recorded in the Pyrenees

    Arnaud Vacherat;Arnaud Vacherat;Arnaud Vacherat;Frédéric Mouthereau;Frédéric Mouthereau;R Pik;M Bernet

  • Separation of rifting and lithospheric folding signatures in the NW-Alpine foreland

    O. Bourgeois;M. Ford;M. Diraison;C. Le Carlier De Veslud

  • Calibration of cosmogenic 36Cl production rates from Ca and K spallation in lava flows from Mt. Etna (38°N, Italy) and Payun Matru (36°S, Argentina)

    Irene Schimmelpfennig;Lucilla Benedetti;Vincent Garreta;Vincent Garreta;Raphaël Pik

  • Modes of rifting in magma-rich settings: Tectono-magmatic evolution of Central Afar†

    Martin Stab;Martin Stab;Nicolas Bellahsen;Raphaël Pik;Xavier Quidelleur;Xavier Quidelleur

  • Pre-existing oblique transfer zones and transfer/transform relationships in continental margins: New insights from the southeastern Gulf of Aden, Socotra Island, Yemen

    Nicolas Bellahsen;Sylvie Leroy;Julia Autin;P. Razin

  • Titanium isotopes as a tracer for the plume or island arc affinity of felsic rocks.

    Zhengbin Deng;Marc Chaussidon;Paul Savage;François Robert

  • Incision rate of the Yellow River in Northeastern Tibet constrained by 10Be and 26Al cosmogenic isotope dating of fluvial terraces: implications for catchment evolution and plateau building

    A. Perrineau;A. Perrineau;J. Van Der Woerd;Y. Gaudemer;Jing Liu-Zeng

Frequent Co-Authors

Pierre-Henri Blard
Pierre-Henri Blard Centre national de la recherche scientifique, CNRS
Frédéric Mouthereau
Frédéric Mouthereau Paul Sabatier University
Dereje Ayalew
Dereje Ayalew Addis Ababa University
Nicolas Bellahsen
Nicolas Bellahsen Sorbonne University
Bernard Marty
Bernard Marty University of Lorraine
Gezahegn Yirgu
Gezahegn Yirgu Addis Ababa University
Sylvie Leroy
Sylvie Leroy Sorbonne University
Didier Bourlès
Didier Bourlès Aix-Marseille University
Jérôme Lavé
Jérôme Lavé University of Lorraine
Matthias Bernet
Matthias Bernet Grenoble Alpes University

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