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Sébastien Migeon

Sébastien Migeon

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Earth Science

D-Index
31
Citations
4648
World Ranking
8872
National Ranking
723

Overview

Sébastien Migeon is affiliated with GeoAzur in France and has contributed extensively to the field of Earth and Planetary Sciences, with a focus on Geophysics and related subfields. Their research covers various aspects of geological processes, tectonic studies, and environmental factors influencing Earth's surface.

Their recent publications include:

  • Frequency of exceptional Nile flood events as an indicator of Holocene hydro-climatic changes in the Ethiopian Highlands (2020), Quaternary Science Reviews
  • Morpho-Structural Setting of the Ligurian Sea: The Role of Structural Heritage and Neotectonic Inversion (2022), Journal of Marine Science and Engineering
  • Strong Site Effect Revealed by a New Broadband Seismometer on the Continental Shelf Offshore Nice Airport (Southeastern France) (2020), Pure and Applied Geophysics
  • New perspectives in studying active faults in metropolitan France: the "Active faults France" (FACT/ATS) research axis from the Resif-Epos consortium (2022), Comptes Rendus Géoscience
  • Geohazard features of the Ligurian Sea (2024), Journal of Maps

Migeon's frequent co-authors include Gueorgui Ratzov, Mathilde Bablon, François Nauret, Pablo Samaniego, and François Michaud, indicating ongoing collaborative research in their fields of study.

Publication venues where Migeon has contributed multiple works include Marine and Petroleum Geology and Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research). Other noted venues are Quaternary Science Reviews, Journal of Marine Science and Engineering, and Pure and Applied Geophysics.

The main fields of study encompass:

  • Earth and Planetary Sciences

Subfields with significant contributions include:

  • Geophysics
  • Earth-Surface Processes
  • Atmospheric Science
  • Environmental Chemistry
  • Geology

Migeon's research focuses on several main topics, including:

  • Geological formations and processes
  • Geology and Paleoclimatology Research
  • Earthquake and tectonic studies
  • Geological and Geophysical Studies Worldwide
  • Geological and Tectonic Studies in Latin America
  • Methane Hydrates and Related Phenomena
  • Geological and Geophysical Studies

Best Publications

  • Marine hyperpycnal flows: initiation, behavior and related deposits. A review

    Thierry Mulder;James P.M. Syvitski;Sébastien Migeon;Jean-Claude Faugères

  • Inversely graded turbidite sequences in the deep Mediterranean: a record of deposits from flood-generated turbidity currents?

    T. Mulder;S. Migeon;B. Savoye;J.-C. Faugères

  • 100,000 Years of African monsoon variability recorded in sediments of the Nile margin

    Marie Revel;E. Ducassou;F. E. Grousset;S. M. Bernasconi

  • Variability in form and growth of sediment waves on turbidite channel levees

    William R. Normark;David J.W. Piper;Henry Posamentier;Carlos Pirmez

  • SCOPIX: A new X-ray imaging system for core analysis

    S. Migeon;O. Weber;J. C. Faugeres;J. Saint-Paul

  • Detailed seismic-reflection and sedimentary study of turbidite sediment waves on the Var Sedimentary Ridge (SE France): significance for sediment transport and deposition and for the mechanisms of sediment-wave construction

    S. Migeon;S. Migeon;B. Savoye;E. Zanella;T. Mulder

  • Evolution of the Nile deep‐sea turbidite system during the Late Quaternary: influence of climate change on fan sedimentation

    Emmanuelle Ducassou;Sébastien Migeon;Thierry Mulder;Anne Murat

  • Quaternary development of migrating sediment waves in the Var deep-sea fan: distribution, growth pattern, and implication for levee evolution

    S. Migeon;S. Migeon;B. Savoye;J.-C. Faugeres

  • Mass-transport deposits on the Rosetta province (NW Nile deep-sea turbidite system, Egyptian margin): Characteristics, distribution, and potential causal processes

    Sébastien Garziglia;Sébastien Migeon;Emmanuelle Ducassou;Lies Loncke

  • Twentieth century floods recorded in the deep Mediterranean sediments

    T. Mulder;S. Migeon;B. Savoye;J.-M. Jouanneau

  • Multi-disciplinary investigation of fluid seepage on an unstable margin: The case of the Central Nile deep sea fan

    G. Bayon;L Loncke;S. Dupre;S. Dupre;J.-C. Caprais

  • Orbital timing of the Indian, East Asian and African boreal monsoons and the concept of a 'global monsoon'

    Thibaut Caley;Thibaut Caley;Bruno Malaizé;Bruno Malaizé;Marie Revel;Emmanuelle Ducassou;Emmanuelle Ducassou

  • 20,000 years of Nile River dynamics and environmental changes in the Nile catchment area as inferred from Nile upper continental slope sediments

    Marie Revel;E. Ducassou;C. Skonieczny;C. Colin

  • 21,000 Years of Ethiopian African monsoon variability recorded in sediments of the western Nile deep-sea fan

    Marie Revel;Christophe Colin;Stefano Bernasconi;Nathalie Combourieu-Nebout

  • Reply to discussion by Shanmugam on Mulder et al. (2001, Geo-Marine Letters 21: 86–93) Inversely graded turbidite sequences in the deep Mediterranean. A record of deposits from flood-generated turbidity currents?

    T. Mulder;S. Migeon;B. Savoye;J.-C. Faugères

  • Lobe construction and sand/mud segregation by turbidity currents and debris flows on the western Nile deep-sea fan (Eastern Mediterranean)

    S. Migeon;E. Ducassou;Y. Le Gonidec;P.-Y. Rouillard

  • Structure et évolution récente de l’éventail turbiditique du Zaïre : premiers résultats scientifiques des missions d’exploration Zaïango1 & 2 (marge Congo–Angola)

    Bruno Savoye;Pierre Cochonat;Ronan Apprioual;Olivier Bain

  • Morphology, distribution and origin of recent submarine landslides of the Ligurian Margin (North-western Mediterranean): some insights into geohazard assessment

    Sébastien Migeon;Antonio Cattaneo;Virginie Hassoun;Christophe Larroque

  • Nile floods recorded in deep Mediterranean sediments

    Emmanuelle Ducassou;Thierry Mulder;Sébastien Migeon;Eliane Gonthier

  • The Var turbidite system (Ligurian Sea, northwestern Mediterranean)—morphology, sediment supply, construction of turbidite levee and sediment waves: implications for hydrocarbon reservoirs

    Sébastien Migeon;Thierry Mulder;Bruno Savoye;Françoise Sage

  • Multi-scale slope instabilities along the Nile deep-sea fan, Egyptian margin: A general overview

    Lies Loncke;Virginie Gaullier;Laurence Droz;Emmanuelle Ducassou

  • Erosional and Depositional Features of Glacial Meltwater Discharges on the Eastern Canadian Continental Margin

    Davide J.W. Piper;M. E. Deptuck;David C. Mosher;John E. Hughes Clarke

Frequent Co-Authors

Jean Mascle
Jean Mascle Centre national de la recherche scientifique, CNRS
Bruno Savoye
Bruno Savoye French Research Institute for Exploitation of the Sea
Jean-Yves Collot
Jean-Yves Collot Centre national de la recherche scientifique, CNRS
Thierry Mulder
Thierry Mulder University of Bordeaux
Marc Sosson
Marc Sosson Université Côte d'Azur
Antonio Cattaneo
Antonio Cattaneo French Research Institute for Exploitation of the Sea
François Michaud
François Michaud Université de Sherbrooke
Jean-Claude Faugères
Jean-Claude Faugères University of Bordeaux
Sylvie Leroy
Sylvie Leroy Sorbonne University
Bernard Mercier de Lépinay
Bernard Mercier de Lépinay Université Côte d'Azur

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