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Research themes

Study of the structure and internal dynamics of planets and their evolution through geological time.

By combining several approaches, study of major issues such as eruptions, earthquakes, tsunamis, landslides or magnetic storms.

Earth System Science

Measuring, understanding and modelling the functioning of our planet's surface, also called the Critical Zone.

Origins

Study of the primordial processes that led to the formation of the Solar System and the emergence of life on Earth.

News

11 April 2024

Yann Klinger awarded ERC Advanced Grant 2023

Yann Klinger, CNRS Research Director and head of the Tectonics and Mechanics of the Lithosphere team at the IPGP, has been awarded the prestigious Eur...

10 April 2024

Meteorites and magnetism in comics!

To make it easier to communicate her research subject, a researcher from the IPGP and MIT has teamed up with an illustrator, herself a geophysicist, t...

11 March 2024

The NanoMagSat mission gets go-ahead from ESA!

The Programme Board for Earth Observation of the European Space Agency (ESA) has just decided to proceed with the NanoMagSat mission. This mission, in...

04 March 2024

Razvan Caracas receives the Dana Medal from the Mineralogical Society of America

Razvan Caracas is a CNRS Senior Researcher in the Cosmochemistry, Astrophysics and Experimental Geochemistry team at the IPGP. He received the Dana Me...

23 February 2024

Sediments from deep submarine basins reveal the history of mega-earthquakes in the Lesser Antilles

An international team led by researchers from the IPGP has, for the first time, traced the history of major earthquakes in the Lesser Antilles over th...

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Key figures

100

years of science for the planet

French active volcanoes monitored by the IPGP

520

staff members (researchers, engineers, technicians, administrative staff, post-docs and PhD candidates)

observatory on Mars

512

publications in 2021 (including 25 in high impact journals such as Nature, Science and PNAS)

locations: Guadeloupe, Martinique, Reunion Island, Chambon-la-Forêt, Champs-sur-Marne and 2 locations in Paris

Agenda

19 Apr

Soutenance d'Habilitation à Diriger des Recherches

Nouveaux traceurs isotopiques pour décrypter les signaux géochimiques des archives sédimentaires et des volcans d’arc

Speaker: Magali Bonifacie

23 Apr

Séminaires thème Risques naturels

--- GRAND SEMINAIRE DE THEME --- Earthquake Physics: Bridging Tectonics and Dynamic Rupture in Space and Time

Speaker: Luca Dal Zilio

24 Apr

Séminaires Dynamique des fluides géologiques

Geomagnetism and numerical models: one way to get insights on the Earth’s outer core

Speaker: Olivier Barrois

25 Apr

Séminaires thème Intérieurs de la Terre et des planètes

Models of Mercury's interior evolution: Successes and challenges

Speaker: Nicola Tosi

26 Apr

Séminaires thème Risques naturels

Insights into dike nucleation and eruption dynamics from high-resolution seismic imaging of magmatic system at the East Pacific Rise

Speaker: Milena Marjanovic

30 Apr

Séminaires thème Intérieurs de la Terre et des planètes

Séminaire de Thème - High pressure diversity of solid organic compounds in subduction zones, a window to the deep organic carbon cycle

Speaker: Baptiste Debret

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Last publications

Kawamoto Tatsuhiko, Inukai Toshihiro, Nicollet Christian, Koga Kenneth T., Rose-Koga Estelle F., Debret Baptiste. Fluid inclusions of ophicarbonates in Oman and Western Alps ophiolite and carbonation experiments of mantle minerals. 25 August 2024.

Peruzzetto Marc, Colas Bastien, Lévy Clara, Rohmer Jérémy, Bourrier Franck. Empirical quantification of rockfall reach probability: objective determination of appropriate topographic descriptor. 08 July 2024.

Zheng Kun, Benedetti Marc, Jain Rohan, Pollmann Katrin, van Hullebusch Eric. Recovery of gallium (and indium) from spent LEDs: Strong acids leaching versus selective leaching by siderophore desferrioxamine E. Separation and Purification Technology, Elsevier, June 2024, 338. <10.1016/j.seppur.2024.126566>

Gaudaré Louis, Doubre Cécile, Jolivet Marc, Dauteuil Olivier, Corgne Samuel, Grandin Raphaël, Doin Marie-Pierre, Durand Philippe. Unraveling Tectonic From Hydrological Subsidence Of The Okavango Graben (Botswana) Using FLATSIM InSAR Data.. 14 April 2024. <10.5194/egusphere-egu24-20218>

Wagner Christiane, Boudouma Omar, Rividi Nicolas, Orberger Beate, Nabatian Ghassem, Honarmand Maryam. Re-equilibration processes in magnetite from an Iranian BIF deposit.. 14 April 2024. <10.5194/egusphere-egu24-13247>

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