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Sylvie Leroy is affiliated with Sorbonne University in France and has an extensive research background in Earth and Planetary Sciences, with a focus on Geophysics, Earth-Surface Processes, and Geology. Their scholarly contributions primarily span geological and geophysical studies, encompassing earthquake and tectonic studies as well as geological and geochemical analysis.

The scientist's recent publications include a series of papers addressing tectonic movements, submarine landslides, and volcanic structures. Notable papers are:

  • Present-Day Motion of the Arabian Plate, 2022, published in Tectonics
  • Deep submarine landslide contribution to the 2010 Haiti earthquake tsunami, 2020, published in Natural Hazards and Earth System Sciences
  • Polyphase Tectonic Evolution of Fore-Arc Basin Related to STEP Fault as Revealed by Seismic Reflection Data From the Alboran Sea (W-Mediterranean), 2020, published in Tectonics
  • Along-strike segmentation in the northern Caribbean plate boundary zone (Hispaniola sector): Tectonic implications, 2020, published in Tectonophysics
  • The East-Mayotte new volcano in the Comoros Archipelago: structure and timing of magmatic phases inferred from seismic reflection data, 2022, published in Comptes Rendus Géoscience

Leroy frequently collaborates with a core group of coauthors, including Anne Lemoine (13 joint works), Isabelle Thinon (12 joint works), Louise Watremez (10 joint works), Elia d'Acremont (9 joint works), and Sébastien Zaragosi (9 joint works).

Their research is regularly published in a selected set of scientific venues, indicating a focus on geophysical and earth science journals. The most frequent publication venues are:

  • Journal of Geophysical Research Solid Earth (7 publications)
  • Comptes Rendus Géoscience (6 publications)
  • Tectonics (5 publications)
  • Geochemistry Geophysics Geosystems (5 publications)
  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research) (3 publications)

The main scientific topics covered by Leroy's work include:

  • Earthquake and tectonic studies
  • Geological and geochemical analysis
  • Geological formations and processes
  • High-pressure geophysics and materials
  • Geological and geophysical studies worldwide
  • Geological and tectonic studies in Latin America

Best Publications

  • Dual continental rift systems generated by plume-lithosphere interaction

    Alexander Koptev;Alexander Koptev;Éric Calais;Éric Calais;Evgenii Burov;Evgenii Burov;Sylvie Leroy;Sylvie Leroy

  • Seismic stratigraphy and structure of the Caribbean igneous province

    A. Mauffret;S. Leroy

  • An alternative interpretation of the Cayman trough evolution from a reidentification of magnetic anomalies

    S. Leroy;A. Mauffret;P. Patriat;B. Mercier de Lépinay

  • Diverse styles of submarine venting on the ultraslow spreading Mid-Cayman Rise

    C.R. German;A. Bowen;M.L. Coleman;D.L. Honig

  • From rifting to oceanic spreading in the Gulf of Aden: a synthesis

    Sylvie Leroy;Ph. Razin;J. Autin;F. Bache

  • Arabia-Somalia plate kinematics, evolution of the Aden-Owen-Carlsberg triple junction, and opening of the Gulf of Aden

    Marc Fournier;Marc Fournier;Marc Fournier;Nicolas Chamot-Rooke;Carole Petit;Carole Petit;Philippe Huchon;Philippe Huchon

  • The role of structural inheritance in oblique rifting: Insights from analogue models and application to the Gulf of Aden

    Julia Autin;Nicolas Bellahsen;Sylvie Leroy;Laurent Husson;Laurent Husson

  • Structure and evolution of the eastern Gulf of Aden conjugate margins from seismic reflection data

    Elia d'Acremont;Sylvie Leroy;Marie-Odile Beslier;Nicolas Bellahsen

  • Fault reactivation and rift localization: Northeastern Gulf of Aden margin

    Nicolas Bellahsen;Nicolas Bellahsen;Marc Fournier;Elia d'Acremont;Sylvie Leroy

  • From rifting to spreading in the eastern Gulf of Aden: a geophysical survey of a young oceanic basin from margin to margin

    Sylvie Leroy;Pascal Gente;Marc Fournier;Elia d'Acremont

  • 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

  • Continental break-up history of a deep magma-poor margin based on seismic reflection data (northeastern Gulf of Aden margin, offshore Oman)

    Julia Autin;Sylvie Leroy;Marie-Odile Beslier;Elia D'Acremont

  • Intrusion and its implication for subsidence: A case from the Baiyun Sag, on the northern margin of the South China Sea

    Xiaobin Shi;Evgenii Burov;Sylvie Leroy;Xuelin Qiu

  • On spreading modes and magma supply at slow and ultraslow mid-ocean ridges

    Mathilde Cannat;Daniel Sauter;Luc Lavier;Manon Bickert

  • Recent off-axis volcanism in the eastern Gulf of Aden: Implications for plume-ridge interaction

    Sylvie Leroy;Elia d'Acremont;Christel Tiberi;Clémence Basuyau

  • Architecture of rifted continental margins and break-up evolution: insights from the South Atlantic, North Atlantic and Red Sea–Gulf of Aden conjugate margins

    Webster Ueipass Mohriak;Sylvie Leroy

  • Numerical modelling of a mantle plume: the plume head–lithosphere interaction in the formation of an oceanic large igneous province

    Elia d’Acremont;Sylvie Leroy;Evgenii B. Burov

  • Continental breakup and the dynamics of rifting in back-arc basins: The Gulf of Lion margin

    Laurent Jolivet;Laurent Jolivet;Christian Gorini;Jeroen Smit;Jeroen Smit;Sylvie Leroy

  • Contrasted continental rifting via plume-craton interaction : Applications to Central East African Rift

    Alexander Koptev;Evgueni Burov;Eric Calais;Sylvie Leroy

  • Contrasted styles of rifting in the eastern Gulf of Aden: A combined wide-angle, multichannel seismic, and heat flow survey

    Sylvie Leroy;Francis Lucazeau;Elia d'Acremont;Louise Watremez

  • Structure and evolution of the eastern Gulf of Aden: insights from magnetic and gravity data (Encens-Sheba MD117 cruise)

    Elia d'Acremont;Sylvie Leroy;Marcia Maia;Philippe Patriat

Frequent Co-Authors

Elia d'Acremont
Elia d'Acremont Sorbonne University
Derek Keir
Derek Keir University of Florence
Nicolas Bellahsen
Nicolas Bellahsen Sorbonne University
Graham Stuart
Graham Stuart University of Leeds
Raphaël Pik
Raphaël Pik University of Lorraine
Mathilde Cannat
Mathilde Cannat Institut de Physique du Globe de Paris
Taras Gerya
Taras Gerya ETH Zurich
Eric Calais
Eric Calais École Normale Supérieure
Francis Lucazeau
Francis Lucazeau Institut de Physique du Globe de Paris
Dereje Ayalew
Dereje Ayalew Addis Ababa University

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