Below are listed few recent results.

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Andean Orogeny:

• 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, 2018, doi:10.1002/2017TC004513

• 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, 2017, doi:10.1002/2016TC004269

The induced Pawnee M5.8 earthquake in Oklahoma

• Grandin R., Vallée M., Lacassin R., Rupture process of the Oklahoma Mw5.7 Pawnee earthquake from Sentinel-1 InSAR and seismological data. Seismological Research Letters, 2017.

A geophysical and philosophical interpretation of Tohoku - Fukushima disaster :

• Lacassin R., Lavelle S., The crisis of a paradigm. A methodological interpretation of Tohoku and Fukushima catastrophe. Earth Science Reviews, 155, 49-59, 2016. doi:10.1016/j.earscirev.2016.01.013

Few other recent papers :

  • Armijo R., Lacassin R., Coudurier-Curveur A., Carrizo D., Coupled tectonic evolution of Andean orogeny and global climate, Earth Science Reviews, 143, 1-35, 2015, Article on ESR Science Direct (Open Access, CC BY-NC-ND) - More informations and data on this page (figures, KMZ files...), doi:10.1016/j.earscirev.2015.01.005. CNRS-INSU outreach page (and on twitter)

  • Coudurier-Curveur A., Lacassin R., Armijo R., Andean growth and monsoon winds drive landscape evolution at SW margin of South America, EPSL, 414, 87-99, 2015. Article on EPSL Science Direct (free PDF until 2015 march 17th), doi: 10.1016/j.epsl.2014.12.047.

  • Grandin R., Vallée M., Satriano C., Lacassin R., Klinger Y., Simoes M., Bollinger L., Rupture process of the Mw7.9 2015 Gorkha earthquake (Nepal): insights into Himalayan megathrust segmentation, Geophys. Res. Lett., 42, doi:10.1002/2015GL066044.