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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

28 September 2023

Kristel Chanard receives the AGU's John Wahr Early Career Award

Kristel Chanard, an IGN geophysicist in the IPGP geodesy team, is the 2023 recipient of the John Wahr Early Career Award presented by the American Geo...

25 September 2023

The evolution of the Earth's atmosphere studied using impact craters

An international team shows that rocks from the hydrothermal system formed following the impact of the Rochechouart asteroid around 200 million years ...

18 September 2023

"Fête de la science" 2023 at the national magnetic observatory in Chambon-la-Forêt

Why does magnetic North move? What happens when the Sun triggers a magnetic storm? Discover the Earth's magnetic field on 6 and 7 October 2023!

05 September 2023

The Earth's mantle as revealed by plume geochemistry

In a review article, an international team, including researchers from the IPGP, presents a review of present knowledge of the deep dynamics of the Ea...

05 September 2023

2000 years of seismicity on the San Andreas fault segment modulated by the level of the Salton Sea

Using a technique traditionally used in civil engineering, two seismologists, including Yann Klinger, a researcher at the Institut de Physique du Glob...

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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

02 Oct

Séminaires Systèmes Volcaniques

Magma properties: from the Earth to exoplanets

Speaker: Charles Le Losq

04 Oct

Séminaires Géosciences Marines

Application of Underwater Paleoseismology to normal faults beneath Lake Tahoe CA-NV and cross-faults that intersect the San Andreas fault beneath the Salton Sea, CA.

Speaker: Graham Kent

06 Oct > 07 Oct

Events, General public, Observatories

"Fête de la science" 2023 at the national magnetic observatory in Chambon-la-Forêt

10 Oct

Séminaires de Sismologie

Easy, Accurate, and Fast Machine Learning on Very Large Time Series Collections: Similarity Search and Subsequence Anomaly Detection

Speaker: Themis Palpanas

10 Oct

Séminaires de Sismologie

Easy, Accurate, and Fast Machine Learning on Very Large Time Series Collections: Similarity Search and Subsequence Anomaly Detection

Speaker: Themis Palpanas

10 Nov

Séminaires thème Risques naturels

Volcanic gases and their role in eruption forecasting and monitoring

Speaker: Marie Edmonds

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Last publications

Feray Corentin, Jacquemoud Stéphane, Honeine Paul, van Exem Antonin. Hyperspectral characterization of soil matrix effects by coupling physical models and machine learning methods. 31 October 2023.

Isambert Aude, Sivry Yann, Coural Sophie, Tharaud Mickaël, Benedetti Marc F., Carvallo Claire, Turcati Laure, Franke Christine, Macouin Mélina, Rousse Sonia. Cartographie de la pollution aux particules fines métalliques en zone urbaine. Le cas du Grand Paris de 2016 à aujourd’hui : apport des sciences participatives. 30 October 2023.

Schiano Thomas, Bigot Barbara, Haquet Jean-François, Saramito Pierre, Smutek Claude. Modelling spreading with degassing using anisotherm viscoplastic multiphase shallow water approximation. International Journal of Multiphase Flow, Elsevier, October 2023, 167. <10.1016/j.ijmultiphaseflow.2023.104527>

Rusquet Anaïs, Famin Vincent, Quidelleur X., Michon Laurent, Nauret François, Danišík Martin, Thinon Isabelle, Leroy Sylvie, Lemoine Anne. Pliocene-to-Holocene volcano-tectonic activity on Mohéli Island (Comoros archipelago) constrained by new K Ar ages. Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research, Elsevier, October 2023, 442. <10.1016/j.jvolgeores.2023.107896>

Vignati Davide A.L., Salles Elsa, Normant Vincent, Cossu-Leguille C., Maul A., Beuret Maximilien, Sivry Yann, Groleau Alexis, Nguyen Thi Tuyen, Kram Pavel, Erban Kochergina Yulia. Environmentally safe use of ultramafic mineral resources for Ni supply requires assessing the biological effects of trivalent and hexavalent Cr mixtures. 19 September 2023.

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