Research Departments
Chargée de Recherche (Ass. Prof.) CNRS
Keywords: Active tectonics, geomorphology, mountain-building, seismic hazards, interactions between tectonics and surface processes
Current field areas: Western Kunlun and Southern Tarim Basin (China), Andes (Chili), Himalaya (Bhutan), Taiwan mountain range,
Recent Publications:
*Steer P., Jeandet L., Cubas N., Marc O., Meunier P., Simoes M., Cattin R., Shyu J. B. H., Mouyen M., Liang W.-T., Theunissen T., Chiang S.-H., Hovius N., Earthquake statistics changed by typhoon-driven erosion., Scientific Reports, doi:10.1038/s41598-020-67865-y, 2020.
* Menant A., Angiboust S., Gerya T., Lacassin R., Simoes M., Grandin R., Transient stripping of subducting slabs controls periodic forearc uplift., Nature Communications, doi: 10.1038/s41467-020-15580-7, 2020.
* Sassolas-Serrayet T., Cattin R., Ferry M., Godard V., Simoes M., Estimating the disequilibrium in denudation rates due to divide migration at the scale of river basins., Earth Surface Dynamics, 7, 1041-1057, doi:10.5194/esurf-7-1041-2019, 2019.
* Laborde A., Barrier L., Simoes M., Li H., Coudroy T., Van der Woerd J., Tapponnier P., Cenozoic deformation of the Tarim Basin and surrounding ranges (Xinjiang, China): A regional overview., Earth Science Review, doi:10.1016/j.earscirev.2019.102891, 2019.
* Riesner M., Simoes M., Carrizo D., Lacassin R., Early exhumation of the Frontal Cordillera (Southern Central Andes) and implications for Andean mountain-building at 33.5°S., Scientific Reports, 9, 7972, doi:10.1038/s41598-019-44320-1, 2019.
* Riesner M., Lacassin R., Simoes M., Carrizo D., Armijo R., Revisiting the crustal structure and kinematics of the Central Andes at 33.5°S : implications for the mechanics of Andean mountain-building., Tectonics, 37, doi: 10.1002/2017TC004513, 2018.
* Guilbaud C., Simoes M., Barrier L., Laborde A., Van der Woerd J., Li H., Tapponnier P., Coudroy T.*, Murray A., Kinematics of active deformation across the Western Kunlun mountain range (Xinjiang, China), and potential seismic hazards within the southern Tarim Basin, J. Geophys. Res, doi:10.1002/2017JB014069, 2017.
* Riesner M., Lacassin R., Simoes M., Armijo R., Rauld R., Vargas G. , Kinematics of the active West Andean fold-and-thrust belt (central Chile) : structure and long-term shortening rate., Tectonics, 36, doi:10.1002/2016TC004269, 2017.
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on my personal IPGP web page : http://www.ipgp.fr/~simoes