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Fault structure for large continental strike-slip fault

A french research group experimentally tested the processes that control the fault structure for these strike-slip fault.

2019 Annual report

Discover, in both French and English, a snapshot of the IPGP's activities in 2019 as well as some emblematic scientific results.

Study of liquid methane river valleys on Titan

IPGP researchers and their international colleagues have implemented a new numerical approach for the study of these river valleys.

A new tool to predict volcanic eruptions

A team of researchers has taken gas samples from various volcanic sites on Earth, and the results could help predict the rise of volcanoes...

Meteorites enlighten the very beginning of the Solar System

A video illustrates the work of a series of articles that shed light on the formation of the first minerals in our Solar System.

Research

All major fields of Earth, Planets and Environmental Sciences are represented at IPGP. Chemistry, Physics, Geology and Mathematics come together to analyse and understand the evolution and functioning of our planet. Biology is the new field studied at IPGP with researchers deciphering traces of early life...

Observation

IPGP is responsible for the equipment and maintenance of two Worldwide Geophysics Networks : INTERMAGNET for the study of variations of the magnetic field, GEOSCOPE for the monitoring of the Earth's seismic activity. The French active volcanoes of Martinique, Guadeloupe and La Réunion Islands are studied and monitored by the permanent observatories of IPGP...

Teaching

Education at IPGP is at the crossraod of all the fields of the geosciences. Different specialities are offered to students to better fit their professional projects and personal interests. World class professors teach ath IPGP. And all students benefits of a rich offers of fields experiences together with high level experimental equipments...