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Overview

Walter R. Roest is affiliated with the University of Western Brittany in France. Their research primarily focuses on Earth and Planetary Sciences, with particular emphasis on Geophysics, Geology, Earth-Surface Processes, Atmospheric Science, and Archeology.

Their recent publications demonstrate active contributions across several interdisciplinary fields related to geological and geophysical analysis. Notable papers include:

  • Structure and evolution of the Atlantic passive margins: A review of existing rifting models from wide-angle seismic data and kinematic reconstruction, 2021, Marine and Petroleum Geology
  • Deep structure of the Demerara Plateau: From a volcanic margin to a Transform Marginal Plateau, 2020, Tectonophysics
  • Chapter 2 Geodynamics of the SW Pacific: a brief review and relations with New Caledonian geology, 2020, Geological Society London Memoirs
  • Large-scale margin collapses along a partly drowned, isolated carbonate platform (Lansdowne Bank, SW Pacific Ocean), 2021, Marine Geology
  • Compared structure and evolution of the conjugate Demerara and Guinea transform marginal plateaus, 2021, Tectonophysics

The scientist's work spans several main topics including earthquake and tectonic studies, geological and geochemical analysis, geological and geophysical studies, geological formations and processes, geology and paleoclimatology research, geological and tectonic studies in Latin America, and high-pressure geophysics and materials.

Frequent co-authors in Walter R. Roest's research include Frauke Klingelhoëfer, Lies Loncke, Christophe Basile, David Graindorge, and François Sapin. These collaborations reflect contributions to both regional and broader geoscientific questions.

The publication venues for their work are varied, with several papers appearing in Tectonophysics, Geological Society London Special Publications, Interpretation, Marine and Petroleum Geology, and Geological Society London Memoirs.

Best Publications

  • Age, spreading rates, and spreading asymmetry of the world's ocean crust

    R. Dietmar Müller;Maria Sdrolias;Carmen Gaina;Walter R. Roest

  • Magnetic interpretation using the 3-D analytic signal

    Walter R. Roest;Jacob Verhoef;Mark Pilkington

  • Digital isochrons of the world's ocean floor

    R. Dietmar Müller;Walter R. Roest;Jean-Yves Royer;Lisa M. Gahagan

  • Motion of Iberia since the Late Jurassic : results from detailed aeromagnetic measurements in the Newfoundland Basin

    S.P Srivastava;W.R Roest;L.C Kovacs;G Oakey

  • Sea-floor spreading in the Labrador Sea: A new reconstruction

    W. R. Roest;S. P. Srivastava

  • Kinematics of the plate boundaries between Eurasia, Iberia, and Africa in the North Atlantic from the Late Cretaceous to the present

    W. R. Roest;S. P. Srivastava

  • An alternative early opening scenario for the Central Atlantic Ocean

    Cinthia Labails;Jean-Louis Olivet;Daniel Aslanian;Walter R. Roest

  • Magnetic evidence for slow seafloor spreading during the formation of the Newfoundland and Iberian margins

    S.P. Srivastava;J.-C. Sibuet;S. Cande;W.R. Roest

  • Iberian plate kinematics: a jumping plate boundary between Eurasia and Africa

    S.P. Srivastava;Hans Schouten;W.R. Roest;Kim D. Klitgord

  • Identifying remanent magnetization effects in magnetic data

    Walter R. Roest;Mark Pilkington

  • An expression of Philippine Sea plate rotation: the Parece Vela and Shikoku Basins

    Maria Sdrolias;Walter R. Roest;R. Dietmar Müller

  • Late Cretaceous-Cenozoic deformation of northeast Asia

    C Gaina;W.R Roest;R.D Müller

  • A recipe for microcontinent formation

    R. Dietmar Müller;Carmen Gaina;Walter R. Roest;David Lundbek Hansen

  • Magnetic anomalies of the Arctic and North Atlantic oceans and adjacent land areas

    J Verhoef;W R Roest;R Macnab;J Arkani-Hamed

  • Chapter 2 New constraints on the late cretaceous/tertiary plate tectonic evolution of the caribbean

    R. Dietmar Müller;Jean-Yves Royer;Steven C. Cande;Walter R. Roest

  • Magnetic anomalies in the canary basin and the Mesozoic evolution of the central North Atlantic

    W.R. Roest;Juan José Dañobeitia;J. Verhoef;B. J. Collette

  • Asymmetric sea-floor spreading caused by ridge–plume interactions

    R. Dietmar Müller;Walter R. Roest;Jean-Yves Royer

  • Fracture zones in the North Atlantic from combined Geosat and Seasat data

    R. Dietmar Müller;Walter R. Roest

  • Transform continental margins – Part 2: A worldwide review

    Marion Mercier de Lépinay;Lies Loncke;Christophe Basile;Walter R. Roest

  • First observations of high-temperature submarine hydrothermal vents and massive anhydrite deposits off the north coast of Iceland

    M. D. Hannington;Peter Herzig;Peter Stoffers;J. Scholten

  • The Opening of the Arctic Ocean

    Lawrence A Lawver;R. D. Muller;S. P. Srivastava;W. Roest

  • Magnetic interpretation using the 3D analytic signal

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Frequent Co-Authors

Mark Pilkington
Mark Pilkington Geological Survey of Canada
Frauke Klingelhoefer
Frauke Klingelhoefer French Research Institute for Exploitation of the Sea
R. Dietmar Müller
R. Dietmar Müller University of Sydney
William J. Hinze
William J. Hinze Purdue University West Lafayette
Carmen Gaina
Carmen Gaina University of Oslo
Daniel Aslanian
Daniel Aslanian French Research Institute for Exploitation of the Sea
Bruno C. Vendeville
Bruno C. Vendeville University of Lille
Jean-Yves Royer
Jean-Yves Royer Laboratoire de Planétologie et Géodynamique de Nantes
G. Randy Keller
G. Randy Keller University of Oklahoma
Graham K. Westbrook
Graham K. Westbrook University of Birmingham

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