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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 January 2023

The new IPGP website is online!

Within the framework of the celebrations of its centenary and in the continuity of the renewal of its graphic identity, the IPGP is proud to present y...

14 December 2022

Where do geological CO2 emissions come from?

An international team, including researchers from the IPGP, has developed a technique using radon gas to track CO2 emissions observed at the surface, ...

06 December 2022

The formation of planetary atmospheres less efficient than anticipated

Researchers from the IPGP - Université Paris Cité show that the degassing of volatiles at the surface of magmatic oceans is far from instantaneous.

06 December 2022

Édith Kubik receives the 2022 CNFGG PhD Award

Édith Kubik received the 2022 Geophysics Prize for her PhD "Elemental and stable isotopic fractionations of siderophile elements – Implications for th...

30 October 2022

Two major meteorite impacts shed light on the interior of Mars

By studying seismic and orbital data from two major meteorite impacts in late 2021, the international teams of NASA's InSight and Mars Reconnaissance ...

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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

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Last publications

Shi Hanyu, Jiang Jingyi, Jacquemoud Stéphane, Xiao Zhiqiang, Ma Mingguo. Estimating leaf mass per area with leaf radiative transfer model. Remote Sensing of Environment, 01 March 2023, 286 . <10.1016/j.rse.2022.113444>

Blake James S.D., Fletcher L.N., Orton G.S., Antuñano A., Roman M.T., Kasaba Y., Fujiyoshi T., Melin H., Bardet D., Sinclair J.A., Es-Sayeh M.. Saturn’s seasonal variability from four decades of ground-based mid-infrared observations. Icarus, Elsevier, 01 March 2023, 392 . <10.1016/j.icarus.2022.115347>

Qiu Kun-Feng, Deng Jun, Laflamme Crystal, Long Zheng-Yu, Wan Ruo-Qi, Moynier Frédéric, Yu Hao-Cheng, Zhang Jing-Yuan, Ding Zheng-Jiang, Goldfarb Richard. Giant Mesozoic gold ores derived from subducted oceanic slab and overlying sediments. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, Elsevier, 01 February 2023, 343 . <10.1016/j.gca.2023.01.002>

Zhu Ke, Schiller Martin, Moynier Frédéric, Groen Mirek, Alexander Conel M.O'D., Davidson Jemma, Schrader Devin, Bischoff Addi, Bizzarro Martin. Chondrite diversity revealed by chromium, calcium and magnesium isotopes. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, Elsevier, 01 February 2023, 342 . <10.1016/j.gca.2022.12.014>

Zhu Zhaoxian, Zhang Wen, Wang Jionghui, Wang Zaicong, Guo Jing-Liang, Elis Hoffmann J., Feng Lanping, Luo Tao, Hu Zhaochu, Liu Yongsheng, Moynier Frédéric. Magmatic crystallization drives zircon Zr isotopic variations in a large granite batholith. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, Elsevier, 01 February 2023, 342 . <10.1016/j.gca.2022.12.003>

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