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A Plate Boundary Emerges Between India and Australia

07 July 2020

Press, Research

A Plate Boundary Emerges Between India and Australia

Bathymetric and seismic data point to a new plate boundary in a fracture-riddled zone beneath the northern Indian Ocean.

Paroxysmal volcanic eruptions predicted by temporal variations in helium isotopes

03 July 2020

Press, Research

Paroxysmal volcanic eruptions predicted by temporal variations in helium isotopes

Primordial helium-3 (3He) enrichment is regularly detected in volcanic fluids, but its temporal variability and link with volcanic activity are still ...

First results of the Mayobs 13 mission: interview and decoding

09 June 2020

Observatories, Press, Research

First results of the Mayobs 13 mission: interview and decoding

Interview with Aline Peltier, REVOSIMA operational manager and director of OVPF (Observatoire volcanologique du Piton de la Fournaise) and Jean-Christ...

Initial assessment of MAYOBS 13 campaigns

04 June 2020

Observatories, Press, Research

Initial assessment of MAYOBS 13 campaigns

INTERMINISTERIAL PRESS RELEASE 04/06/2020 - Successful marine campaigns to monitor seismo-volcanic phenomena off Mayotte

Periodic coastal uplift in a subduction context

04 May 2020

Press, Research

Periodic coastal uplift in a subduction context

Topography in subduction zones is commonly seen as the consequence of tectonic processes occurring at the plate interface where mega-earthquakes such ...

New session of IPGP's Physical Volcanology MOOC

20 April 2020

Education, General public, Press, Research

New session of IPGP's Physical Volcanology MOOC

Following the success of the 2015 and 2017 sessions of the "Physical Volcanology" MOOC, and in these times of confinement, the IPGP is offering you th...

A new tool for eruption forecasting

16 April 2020

Press, Research

A new tool for eruption forecasting

With its 78% nitrogen and 21% oxygen, the Earth's atmosphere is a unique mixture in the Solar System - on Venus and Mars, the atmosphere is essentiall...

Eruption and containment at the Piton de la Fournaise volcanological observatory

07 April 2020

General public, Observatories, Press

Eruption and containment at the Piton de la Fournaise volcanological observatory

Following the second eruption of the year at Piton de la Fournaise, which began on April 2 and now appears to be over, Aline Peltier, Director of the ...

Imaging volcanic disturbances associated with major earthquakes

27 January 2020

Press, Research

Imaging volcanic disturbances associated with major earthquakes

IPGP researchers and their colleagues have sought to better understand how the 2011 Tohoku megathrust in Japan disrupted volcanic regions, by tracking...

Optical fiber available to researchers to better understand Mayotte earthquakes

15 January 2020

Observatories, Press, Research

Optical fiber available to researchers to better understand Mayotte earthquakes

Orange and the members of the FLY-LION3 (Lower Indian Ocean Network) consortium - Société Réunionnaise du Radiotéléphone and Comores Câbles - announce...

Monitoring deformation in Mayotte using satellite radar interferometry

19 December 2019

Observatories, Press, Research

Monitoring deformation in Mayotte using satellite radar interferometry

Since May 2018, the island of Mayotte has been experiencing a seismo-volcanic crisis on an unprecedented scale. Numerous earthquakes are being felt by...

Towards a better understanding of mega-earthquake triggering mechanisms

09 October 2019

Press, Research

Towards a better understanding of mega-earthquake triggering mechanisms

In a recently published study, IPGP researchers and their colleague show that fluid pressure variations in subduction zones control, over the long ter...