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Romain Augier is affiliated with the University of Orléans in France and specializes in Earth and Planetary Sciences. Their research primarily spans geophysics, atmospheric science, mechanics of materials, geology, and applications of artificial intelligence within these fields.

Their publication record includes a focus on geological and geochemical analysis, earthquake and tectonic studies, geological and geophysical investigations worldwide, high-pressure geophysics and materials, geology and paleoclimatology research, as well as geotechnical and geomechanical engineering. These topics highlight a broad but interconnected set of interests within Earth sciences.

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Augier include:

  • Laurent Jolivet
  • Eloïse Bessière
  • Stéphane Scaillet
  • Adrien Romagny
  • Jacques Précigout

Augier's publications appear regularly in several scientific venues, with multiple contributions to:

  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • Bulletin de la Société Géologique de France
  • Tectonics
  • Abstracts with programs - Geological Society of America
  • Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta

Notable recent papers authored by or co-authored with Augier include:

  • "Detailed tectonic reconstructions of the Western Mediterranean region for the last 35 Ma, insights on driving mechanisms" (2020, Bulletin de la Société Géologique de France)
  • "Transfer zones in Mediterranean back-arc regions and tear faults" (2021, Bulletin de la Société Géologique de France)
  • "Lateral variations of pressure-temperature evolution in non-cylindrical orogens and 3-D subduction dynamics: the Betic-Rif Cordillera example" (2021, Bulletin de la Société Géologique de France)
  • "40Ar behaviour and exhumation dynamics in a subduction channel from multi-scale 40Ar/39Ar systematics in phengite" (2021, Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta)
  • "Anatomy and evolution of a migmatite-cored extensional metamorphic dome and interaction with syn-kinematic intrusions, the Mykonos-Delos-Rheneia MCC" (2021, Journal of Geodynamics)

Best Publications

  • Aegean tectonics: Strain localisation, slab tearing and trench retreat

    Laurent Jolivet;Claudio Faccenna;Benjamin Huet;Loïc Labrousse

  • Lithospheric-scale geodynamic context of the Messinian salinity crisis

    Laurent Jolivet;Romain Augier;Cécile Robin;Jean-Pierre Suc

  • Neogene uplift of the Tian Shan Mountains observed in the magnetic record of the Jingou River section (northwest China)

    Julien Charreau;Yan Chen;Stuart Gilder;Laurie Barrier

  • The geological signature of a slab tear below the Aegean

    Laurent Jolivet;Armel Menant;Pietro Sternai;Aurélien Rabillard

  • Timing, duration and role of magmatism in wide rift systems: Insights from the Jiaodong Peninsula (China, East Asia)

    Nicolas Charles;Romain Augier;Charles Gumiaux;Patrick Monié

  • Subduction, convergence and the mode of backarc extension in the Mediterranean region

    Laurent Jolivet;Romain Augier;Claudio Faccenna;François Negro

  • Exhumation, doming and slab retreat in the Betic Cordillera (SE Spain): in situ40Ar/39Ar ages and P–T–d–t paths for the Nevado-Filabride complex

    Romain Augier;Philippe Agard;Patrick Monié;Laurent Jolivet

  • Metamorphic core complexes vs. synkinematic plutons in continental extension setting: insights from key structures (Shandong Province, eastern China)

    Nicolas Charles;Charles Gumiaux;Romain Augier;Yan Chen;Yan Chen

  • The Neogene Xiyu Formation, a diachronous prograding gravel wedge at front of the Tianshan: Climatic and tectonic implications

    Julien Charreau;Charles Gumiaux;Jean Philippe Avouac;Romain Augier

  • Syn-collisional channel flow and exhumation of Paleoproterozoic high pressure rocks in the Trans-North China Orogen: The critical role of partial-melting and orogenic bending

    Pierre Trap;Michel Faure;Wei Lin;Romain Augier

  • Tectonic and stratigraphic evolution of the Western Alboran Sea Basin in the last 25 Myrs

    Damien Do Couto;Christian Gorini;Laurent Jolivet;Noëmie Lebret

  • Detailed tectonic reconstructions of the Western Mediterranean region for the last 35 Ma, insights on driving mechanisms

    Adrien Romagny;Laurent Jolivet;Armel Menant;Eloïse Bessière

  • Late Orogenic doming in the eastern Betic Cordilleras: Final exhumation of the Nevado-Filabride complex and its relation to basin genesis

    Romain Augier;Laurent Jolivet;Cécile Robin

  • Strain localization in a fossilized subduction channel: Insights from the Cycladic Blueschist Unit (Syros, Greece)

    Valentin Laurent;Valentin Laurent;Laurent Jolivet;Laurent Jolivet;Vincent Roche;Vincent Roche;Romain Augier;Romain Augier

  • Exhumation of eclogite and blueschist (Cyclades, Greece): Pressure–temperature evolution determined by thermobarometry and garnet equilibrium modelling

    Valentin Laurent;Pierre Lanari;Inès Naïr;Inès Naïr;Romain Augier

  • Extraneous argon in high-pressure metamorphic rocks: Distribution, origin and transport in the Cycladic Blueschist Unit (Greece)

    Valentin Laurent;Benjamin Huet;Loic Labrousse;Laurent Jolivet

  • Metamorphic Core Complex dynamics and structural development: Field evidences from the Liaodong Peninsula (China, East Asia)

    Nicolas Charles;Charles Gumiaux;Charles Gumiaux;Romain Augier;Romain Augier;Yan Chen;Yan Chen

  • Shortening of the European Dauphinois margin (Oisans Massif, Western Alps): New insights from RSCM maximum temperature estimates and 40Ar/39Ar in situ dating

    Mathieu Bellanger;Romain Augier;Nicolas Bellahsen;Laurent Jolivet

  • Transfer zones in Mediterranean back-arc regions and tear faults

    Laurent Jolivet;Armel Menant;Vincent Roche;Laetitia Le Pourhiet

  • Synextensional Granitoids and Detachment Systems Within Cycladic Metamorphic Core Complexes (Aegean Sea, Greece): Toward a Regional Tectonomagmatic Model

    Aurélien Rabillard;Aurélien Rabillard;Laurent Jolivet;Laurent Arbaret;Laurent Arbaret;Eloïse Bessière;Eloïse Bessière

  • Exhumation kinematics of the Cycladic Blueschists unit and back‐arc extension, insight from the Southern Cyclades (Sikinos and Folegandros Islands, Greece)

    Romain Augier;Romain Augier;Laurent Jolivet;Laurent Jolivet;Leslie Gadenne;Leslie Gadenne;Abdeltif Lahfid

  • A high-resolution stable isotopic record from the Junggar Basin (NW China): Implications for the paleotopographic evolution of the Tianshan Mountains

    Julien Charreau;Malinda Louise Kent-Corson;Laurie Barrier;Romain Augier

Frequent Co-Authors

Laurent Jolivet
Laurent Jolivet Sorbonne University
Laurent Arbaret
Laurent Arbaret University of Orléans
Yan Chen
Yan Chen Northwestern University
Michel Faure
Michel Faure University of Orléans
Patrick Monié
Patrick Monié University of Montpellier
Wei Lin
Wei Lin Chinese Academy of Sciences
Qingchen Wang
Qingchen Wang Chinese Academy of Sciences
Laetitia Le Pourhiet
Laetitia Le Pourhiet Sorbonne University
José Miguel Azañón
José Miguel Azañón University of Granada
Cécile Robin
Cécile Robin University of Rennes

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