Géosciences Montpellier
Université de Montpellier
Campus triolet cc060
Place eugène bataillon
34095 montpellier cedex05
FRANCE
Where to find us
Laboratory’s scientific activity is divided into 7 thematic areas :
Early Earth (animator : Pascal Philippot)
Relationships between evolution of Earth’s dynamics, including initiation of plate tectonics, and its habitability.
Geodynamics (animators : Diane Arcay et Fanny Garel)
Characterise and explain the dynamics of the Earth’s plates and mantle, and their interactions with surface processes.
Hazard (animator : Matthieu Ferry)
Processes and systems that generate geological hazards: earthquakes, volcanoes, landslides, surface instabilities, coastal erosion and flooding.
Hydrosystems (animators : Cédric Champollion and Delphine Roubinet)
Role of water in dynamics and processes of surface and subsurface hydrosystems.
Orogens & Basins (animators : Stéphane Dominguez & Nicolas Saspiturry)
Deformation and material transfer processes at the scale of sedimentary chains and basins.
Resources (animator : Roger Soliva)
Mineral, fluid and energy resources for rational use in the context of energy transition and fight against global warming.
Structures & Rheology (animators : Grégory Ballas & Alfredo Taboada)
From an administrative point of view and for resource management, Geosciences Montpellier is organized around six research teams :
Lithosphere Dynamics team (manager : Bruno Dhuime)
Geophysical and Satellite imaging team (manager : Cécilia Cadio)
Geology and Geophysics of Critical zone team (manager : Erik Doerflinger)
Reservoir and Resource Geology team (manager : Alain Chauvet)
Mantle and Interfaces team (manager : Emilien Oliot)
Porous Media Transfer Team (manager : Linda Luquot)
At the same time, 8 major inter-team projects are combining complementary approaches and know-how :
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Yukon
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Tanzania
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Lodève landslide
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West Indies
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North Africa
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Himalaya
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Oceanic hydrothermalism
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Taïwan
In addition to the structure of thematic research teams, Geosciences Montpellier’s instrumental and analytical resources are grouped together in six technical platforms :
Digital Calculation (Co-leaders : Nestor Cerpa, Delphine Roubinet, Kheira Sahli)
- Analog modeling (manager : Stéphane Dominguez)
- High pressures laboratory (technical manager : Nicolas Marino, scientific manager : Benoît Gibert)
- Icare Lab (managers : Richard Leprovost, Gérard Lods, Sandra Van Exter)
- Instrumentation technical hall (manager : Sylvain Royer)
- Rock magnetism (manager : Pierre Camps)
- Coastal technical platform (manager : Frédéric Bouchette)
- Drilling measurement and experimentation (technical manager : Gilles Henry, scientific manager : Johanna Lofi)
- Geophysics
- Imaging and remote sensing (manager : Stéphane Dominguez)
- Clean room new tracers (technical manager : Céline Martin, scientific manager : Marguerite Godard)
- ISOTOP-MTP Geochemistry (managers : Bruno Dhuime and Delphine Bosch)
- Nuclear spectrometry (manager : Michel Condomines)
- Rare Gases of Geosciences Montpellier (GRGM) (technical manager : Michaël Bonno, scientific manager : Philippe Münch)
- EBSD Platform (technical manager : Fabrice Barou, scientific manager : Andrea Tommasi)
- MAGE Platform (technical manager : Olivia Mauguin, scientific manager : Fleurice Parat)
- Microscopy (technical manager : Olivia Mauguin, scientific manager : Emilien Oliot)
- Core drilling (manager : Eric Berthebaud)
- Crushing and mineral sorting (manager : Françoise Roger)
- Lithopreparation (manager : Christophe Névado)