Volcanic Systems Team News

07 June 2019

Observatories, Press, Research

Very long-period and ultra-long-period seismic signals detected before and during the formation of the Dolomieu caldera on Reunion Island in 2007

Caldera collapses (giant circular or elliptical volcanic craters formed by the emptying of the magma chamber) are rare phenomena. Only seven have occu...

17 May 2019

Awards and Distinctions, Institute Life, Press, Research

Patrick Allard elected President of IAVCEI

Patrick Allard, emeritus CNRS research director in the Volcanic Systems team at the IPGP, has been elected president of the IAVCEI(I...

15 May 2019

Observatories, Press, Research

MAYOBS sea campaign following the seismo-volcanic crisis in Mayotte

Deployment of OBS and acquisition of marine geophysical data to observe and monitor the seismo-volcanic crisis in Mayotte.

21 March 2019

Awards and Distinctions, Institute Life, Press, Research

François Beauducel named Chevalier in the Order of Academic Palms

On 7 January, IPGP researcher François Beauducel was appointed Chevalier dans l'Ordre des Palmes Académiques by the French Prime Minister.François Bea...

22 February 2019

Observatories, Press, Research

"Tellus Mayotte" seismic mission at sea

The call for proposals, entitled "Tellus Mayotte", launched at the end of 2018, and comprising three major operations, two on land (Mayotte and Glorie...

22 February 2019

Observatories, Press, Research

The IPGP takes part in a campaign launched by the CNRS to observe seismic activity in Mayotte

Since May 10th 2018, numerous earthquakes have occurred off Mayotte, some of them widely felt by local residents. The observations accumulated so far ...

13 September 2017

General public, Observatories, Press

The volcanic cone from the eruption of July 14th to August 28th, 2017 has been named "Piton Delmond"

This designation is intended to pay tribute to one of the engineers, instigators, of the French volcanological and seismological observatories, Jean C...