Impact of Post-orogenic Thermal, Compositional, and Structural Inheritance on Continental Rifting in the South China Sea

Brief introduction: My thesis combines geodynamic numerical modeling with Ocean Bottom Seismometer refraction data modeling to investigate the crustal structure and continental rifting processes of the South China Sea wide-rift system. In particular, it examines how thermal, compositional, and structural inheritance from earlier orogenic events influenced the development of hyperextended basins, crustal-scale detachments, and the continent–ocean transition.

The defense will be conducted in English before the jury:
Dr. Frauke Klingelhoefer, Ifremer — Reviewer
Prof. Gwenn Peron-Pinvidic, Norwegian University of Science and Technology — Reviewer
Prof. Gianreto Manatschal, University of Strasbourg — Examiner
Dr. Geoffroy Mohn, CY Cergy Paris University — Examiner
Dr. Matthias Delescluse, École Normale Supérieure — Thesis Co-supervisor
Prof. Laetitia Le Pourhiet, Sorbonne University — Thesis Co-supervisor
Dr. Manuel Pubellier, CNRS – École Normale Supérieure — Invited Member
Dr. Louise Watremez, University of Lille — Invited Member
You are also warmly invited to the reception following the defense. It will take place in Salle Serre.