Marine Geosciences Team News

14 May 2025

Press, Research

Discovery of a crustal lithosphere-asthenosphere boundary (LAB) topping a large magma reservoir at Axial volcano in the Eastern Pacific

A team from the United States and Institut de physique du globe de Paris (IPGP) has imaged a crustal lithosphere-asthenosphere boundary (LAB) as the t...

27 November 2024

Press, Research

Discovery of the origin of the largest Mediterranean tsunami in two centuries

An international team coordinated by French researchers has just made a major discovery in the Aegean Sea: the precise identification of the underwate...

25 June 2024

Press, Research

Evidence of magmatically induced faults at the East Pacific Rise

By comparison of ultra-high-resolution 3-D seismic imagery and bathymetry data collected at the East Pacific Rise (EPR) 9º50'N, researchers reveal the...

23 February 2024

Research

Sediments from deep submarine basins reveal the history of mega-earthquakes in the Lesser Antilles

An international team led by researchers from the IPGP has, for the first time, traced the history of major earthquakes in the Lesser Antilles over th...

02 October 2023

Press, Research

First high-resolution images of the last stage of magma plumbing

By imaging for the first time at high resolution and in 3D the magmatic system under the East Pacific Ridge, an international team led by Milena Marja...

05 May 2023

Awards and Distinctions, Press, Research

Mathilde Cannat receives the 2023 Arthur Holmes Medal from the EGU

Mathilde Cannat, from the Marine Geosciences team of the IPGP, is awarded for her contribution to the understanding of mid-ocean ridges in terms of te...

27 June 2022

Press, Research

Arc-en-Sub oceanographic mission to the Azores

To the well-known tune of the Beatles' "Yellow Submarine", an international team of 21 scientists, including six from IPGP, set sail for the Azores ab...

23 June 2022

Press, Research

High-resolution seismic imaging lifts the veil on the lithosphere-asthenosphere boundary

The Earth's surface is divided into distinct tectonic plates, which make up the lithosphere and "float" on the asthenosphere. But the exact location o...

16 June 2022

Press, Research

Lower oceanic crust formed by in situ magma crystallization

While two-thirds of the Earth's crust is formed at ocean ridges by mantle melting, the process by which the lower part of the crust is formed is still...

31 October 2020

Awards and Distinctions, Institute Life, Press, Research

Manon Bickert wins the Geological Society of France's 2020 thesis prize

Each year, the Société Géologique de France awards two thesis prizes to students who have distinguished themselves by the quality of their doctoral wo...

09 October 2020

Awards and Distinctions, Institute Life, Press, Research

Jordane Corbeau and Léa Bonnefoy win the L'Oréal - UNESCO "For Women in Science" Young Talent Award 2020

10 July 2019

Press, Research

MoMARSAT Sea Campaign 2019

Conducted by IFREMER and the Institut de Physique du Globe de Paris (IPGP-Université de Paris), the MOMARSAT 2019 at-sea campaign runs from June 11 to...