PhDs

September 2016 - December 2021

Defended

Entropic Unbalanced Optimal Transport: Application to Full-Waveform Inversion and Numerical Illustration Miao Yu (1)

Seismic tomography aims at inferring physical properties and reconstructing quantitatively the “model”, i.e. structures of the Earth interior, from th...

September 2016 - June 2020

Defended

Influence of the alteration of (ultra)mafic rocks on the diversity and adaptation of associated microbial communities

The subsurface is considered as the largest habitat on Earth hosting the majority of microbial biomass and species diversity. The oceanic crust consti...

October 2015 - October 2018

Defended

Effect of the north/south dichotomy on the thermal structure and evolution of Mars

Mars’s crustal dichotomy in altitude and aspect between the southern highlands and the northern lowlands is one of the most stricking feature of the p...

October 2015 - November 2018

Defended

Planetary applications of atmospheric seismology: Signals from the Martian turbulent atmosphere and observation perspectives in Venus’ ionosphere

Space missions to other planets of our solar system greatly improved our understanding of their geology, atmospheres and magnetic and gravity fields. H...

October 2015 - December 2018

Defended

Rapid or extreme geomagnetic field intensity variations? The case of the 6th millennium BC in the Near East and its geomagnetic and archeological implications

September 2015 - January 2019

Defended

Role of reactive oxygen species and bacterial exopolymeric substances in manganese biomineralization

The aim of this PhD project was to determine what are the local physico-chemical factors that trigger the precipitation of manganese in biofilms using...

October 2014 - May 2019

Defended

Acquisition of remanent magnetisation in sediments

Doctoral dissertation - Edouard Philippe The natural remanent magnetization (NRM) of sediments can be used to reconstruct variations of Earth’s magne...

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...

October 2014 - September 2018

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Analysis and modeling of meteor impact and airburst generated seismic waves on terrestrial planets with atmosphere.

Meteor impacts constitute a source of paramount importance for Planetary Seismology, since their locations and, in some cases, their occurence times c...

October 2014 - November 2017

Defended

Influence of hot spots on the initiation (rifting) and evolution of sedimentary basins

Doctoral dissertation - Sophie Vicente de Gouveia Our study is motivated by the desire to quantify the impact of a hotspot on the continental lithosp...

October 2014 - November 2017

Defended

Influence of hot spots on the initiation (rifting) and evolution of sedimentary basins.

Doctoral dissertation - Sophie Vicente de Gouveia Our study is motivated by the desire to quantify the impact of a hotspot on the continental lithosp...

October 2014 - April 2018

Defended

Planetary seismology instrumentation: 6 axis transfert function of the InSight seismometer and developement of a picometric interferometric displacement transducer

The understanding of the Solar System formation and its evolution is deeply connected to the knowledge on its planetary interior structures. In situ s...