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Sébastien Carretier is affiliated with the Federal University of Toulouse Midi-Pyrénées in France and focuses research primarily within Earth and Planetary Sciences. Their work spans several subfields including Atmospheric Science, Geophysics, Earth-Surface Processes, Soil Science, and Ecology.

The main topics of research addressed by Sébastien Carretier include:

  • Geology and Paleoclimatology Research
  • Soil erosion and sediment transport
  • Geological formations and processes
  • Geological and Geochemical Analysis
  • Earthquake and tectonic studies
  • Landslides and related hazards
  • Hydrology and Sediment Transport Processes

The scientist has published extensively, contributing to journals such as Earth Surface Processes and Landforms, Basin Research, Geomorphology, Earth Surface Dynamics, and Earth and Planetary Science Letters. Notable recent papers include:

  • The distribution of sediment residence times at the foot of mountains and its implications for proxies recorded in sedimentary basins, 2020, Earth and Planetary Science Letters
  • Mapping rainstorm erosion associated with an individual storm from InSAR coherence loss validated by field evidence for the Atacama Desert, 2020, Earth Surface Processes and Landforms
  • Conceptual model of fracture-limited sea cliff erosion: Erosion of the seaward tilted flyschs of Socoa, Basque Country, France, 2021, Earth Surface Processes and Landforms
  • Rock coast erosion: An overlooked source of sediments to the ocean. Europe as an example, 2022, Earth and Planetary Science Letters
  • A Novel Approach to Quantify Sediment Transfer and Storage in Rivers-Testing Feldspar Single-Grain pIRIR Analysis and Numerical Simulations, 2023, Journal of Geophysical Research Earth Surface

Sébastien Carretier frequently collaborates with a number of co-authors, including:

  • Vincent Regard
  • Stéphane Bonnet
  • Rodrigo Riquelme
  • Sandrine Choy
  • Joseph Martinod

Their work involves analyzing geological and sedimentary processes with an emphasis on soil erosion, sediment transport, and earth-surface dynamics. Research topics also integrate atmospheric and geophysical data relevant to understanding landscape evolution and sediment residence times in mountain systems.

Best Publications

  • Late Miocene high and rapid surface uplift and its erosional response in the Andes of central Chile (33°–35°S)

    Marcelo Farías;Marcelo Farías;Reynaldo Charrier;Sébastien Carretier;Joseph Martinod

  • Land-Level Changes Produced by the Mw 8.8 2010 Chilean Earthquake

    Marcelo Farías;Gabriel Vargas;Andrés Tassara;Sébastien Carretier

  • Onset and ending of the late Palaeozoic ice age triggered by tectonically paced rock weathering

    Yves Goddéris;Yannick Donnadieu;Yannick Donnadieu;Sébastien Carretier;Markus Aretz

  • Field examples of strike-slip fault terminations in Mongolia and their tectonic significance

    Amgalan Bayasgalan;James Jackson;Jean-François Ritz;Sebastien Carretier

  • Slope and climate variability control of erosion in the Andes of central Chile

    Sébastien Carretier;V. Regard;R. Vassallo;G. Aguilar

  • Coastal uplift and tsunami effects associated to the 2010 Mw8.8 Maule earthquake in Central Chile

    Gabriel Vargas;Marcelo Farías;Sébastien Carretier;Andrés Tassara

  • `Forebergs', flower structures, and the development of large intra-continental strike-slip faults: the Gurvan Bogd fault system in Mongolia

    Amgalan Bayasgalan;James Jackson;Jean-François Ritz;Sebastien Carretier

  • Postseismic stress transfer explains time clustering of large earthquakes in Mongolia

    Jean Chéry;Sébastien Carretier;Jean-François Ritz

  • How does alluvial sedimentation at range fronts modify the erosional dynamics of mountain catchments

    S. Carretier;F. Lucazeau

  • Late Pleistocene to Holocene slip rates for the Gurvan Bulag thrust fault (Gobi-Altay, Mongolia) estimated with 10Be dates

    J. F. Ritz;D. Bourlès;Erik T Brown;S. Carretier

  • Renewed uplift of the Central Andes Forearc revealed by coastal evolution during the Quaternary

    Vincent Regard;Marianne Saillard;Joseph Martinod;Laurence Audin

  • Dating faulted alluvial fans with cosmogenic 10Be in the Gurvan Bogd mountain range (Gobi‐Altay, Mongolia): climatic and tectonic implications

    Riccardo Vassallo;Jean‐François Ritz;Régis Braucher;Sébastien Carretier

  • Review of erosion dynamics along the major N-S climatic gradient in Chile and perspectives

    S. Carretier;V. Tolorza;V. Regard;G. Aguilar

  • Transpressional tectonics and stream terraces of the Gobi-Altay, Mongolia

    R. Vassallo;Jean-Francois Ritz;Regis Braucher;Marc Jolivet

  • Specific suspended sediment yields of the Andean rivers of Chile and their relationship to climate, slope and vegetation

    E. Pépin;Sébastien Carretier;Jean-Loup Guyot;F. Escobar

  • Regolith production and chemical weathering of granitic rocks in central Chile

    Mercedes Vázquez;Sebastián Ramírez;Diego Morata;Martin Reich

  • Evidence for a 6000 km length NW–SE-striking lineament in northern Africa: the Tibesti Lineament

    R. Guiraud;J.-C. Doumnang Mbaigane;S. Carretier;S. Dominguez

  • Mountain ranges, climate and weathering. Do orogens strengthen or weaken the silicate weathering carbon sink?

    Pierre Maffre;Jean-Baptiste Ladant;Jean-Sébastien Moquet;Sébastien Carretier

  • Morphological dating of cumulative reverse fault scarps: examples from the Gurvan Bogd fault system, Mongolia

    S. Carretier;J. F. Ritz;J. Jackson;A. Bayasgalan

  • Fluvial landscape evolution controlled by the sediment deposition coefficient: Estimation from experimental and natural landscapes

    Laure Guerit;Xiao-Ping Yuan;Sébastien Carretier;Stéphane Bonnet

  • Grain size-dependent 10Be concentrations in alluvial stream sediment of the Huasco Valley, a semi-arid Andes region

    G. Aguilar;S. Carretier;V. Regard;R. Vassallo

  • Using in situ–produced 10Be to quantify active tectonics in the Gurvan Bogd mountain range (Gobi-Altay, Mongolia)

    J.-F. Ritz;R. Vassallo;Regis Braucher;E. Brown

Frequent Co-Authors

Vincent Regard
Vincent Regard Paul Sabatier University
Gérard Hérail
Gérard Hérail Institut de Recherche pour le Développement
Yves Goddéris
Yves Goddéris Paul Sabatier University
Joseph Martinod
Joseph Martinod University of Savoy Mont Blanc - Chambery
Jean-François Ritz
Jean-François Ritz University of Montpellier
Reynaldo Charrier
Reynaldo Charrier University of Chile
Laurence Audin
Laurence Audin Institut de Recherche pour le Développement
Régis Braucher
Régis Braucher Aix-Marseille University
Jean-Loup Guyot
Jean-Loup Guyot Institut de Recherche pour le Développement
Marc Poujol
Marc Poujol University of Rennes

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