Tectonics and Mechanics of the Lithosphere Team PhDs

December 2023 - December 2026

In progress

Earthquake cycle modelling using discrete element methods

The aim of this PhD work is to look at the intimate relation between the geometry of a fault and the unraveling of an earthquake rupture. To achieve t...

October 2022

In progress

Paleoseismology of large continental faults in Mongolia using lake paleoseismology

Several M8 earthquakes occurred in Mongolia during the last centuries. However, recovering time series and displacement for past earthquakes remains ...

October 2021

In progress

Interaction between fast and slow earthquakes along the Chilean subduction zone

Along the north-central Chilean subduction zone, bathymetric heterogeneities along the subducting plate may control the behavior of slip modes in this...

October 2021

In progress

Learning methods for calculating deformation maps in Earth sciences from optical images

The methods currently used for calculating horizontal deformation maps of the earth's surface generated during telluric events (earthquakes, volcanoes...

October 2021

In progress

Use of scientific knowledge for risk reduction purposes: what the Mayotte seismo-volcanic crisis teaches us

Louise Le Vagueresse's thesis focuses on the use of scientific knowledge for risk reduction purposes and takes as a case study the seismo-volcanic cri...

October 2020 - October 2023

Defended

Source-to-sink dynamics of aeolian landscapes

If rivers and glaciers play a critical role in sediment transfers and landscape dynamics on Earth, their action on drylands remains limited. In these ...

October 2019 - July 2023

Defended

Ground deformation and earthquake dynamic rupture

The goal of this PhD work is to better understand the impact of the ground surface during the propagation of a seismic rupture, including in a context...

October 2019 - March 2023

Defended

Towards a dynamic view of slip along faults

Slip modes are various along a fault: rapid through an earthquake, steady slow at the tectonic plate velocity or as transient pulses, called slow slip...

October 2018 - February 2022

Defended

Contribution of the West Andean flank in Northern Chile to early stages of the Andean orogeny: insights from structural geology, thermochronology and analog modeling

Using a variety of approaches (structural geology, thermochronology, analog modeling), this PhD project aimed at providing answers to the following qu...

October 2016 - December 2019

Defended

Kinematics of active deformation of the Western Kunlun Range (Xinjiang, China): implications for potential seismic hazards

By combining structural geology and geomorphology, this PhD project aimed at quantifying the rates and loci of active deformation across the Western K...

October 2014 - October 2017

Defended

Alluvial fan morphology

Since its onset during the Paleogene, the India-Asia collision has led to the formation of some of the most impressive orogenic systems worldwide (Him...

April 2014 - October 2017

Defended

Plio-Quaternary tectonic changes along the Hellenic Arc (Greece) induced by a propagating plate boundary

This PhD project was on recent uplift and tectonics of the Aegean using multi-disciplinary approaches (geomorphology, geological mapping, remote sensi...