Presentation

Geosciences Montpellier (GM) is a joint research unit depending as a main title on Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS) and on Université de Montpellier (UM). It also depends on se secondary basis on Université des Antilles (UA).

The unit is attached to the Observatory of Sciences of the Universe Observatoire de Recherche Méditerranéen de l’Environnement  (OSU OREME), and it is a member of the UNESCO International Center ICIREWARD.

The Laboratory relies on a wide range of professions and expertise to develop new and multidisciplinary knowledge on Geodynamics, Environment and Georesources.

Its activity is divided into 7 thematic axes:

• Early Earth: relationships between the evolution of the Earth’s dynamics, in particular the initiation of plate tectonics, and its habitability;
• Geodynamics: characterization and explaination of plate dans mantle dynamics and their relationships withe surface processes.
• Hazards: processes and systems that generate geological hazards: earthquakes, volcanoes, landslides, surface instability, coastal erosion and flooding;
• Hydrosystems: role of water in the dynamics and processes of surface and subsurface hydrosystems;
• Orogens & Basins: deformation and material processes at the scaale of sedimentary chains and basin;
• Resources: mineral, fluid and energy resources, for rational use in the context of energy transition and climate change;
• Structures and Rheology.