A multidisciplinary team to characterize and understand the sources and transfers of matter and heat in oceanic and continental lithospheres.
Leaders: Stéphanie DUCHÊNE and Mary-Alix KACZMAREK
Our goal is to produce knowledge on the coupled evolution of the crust and mantle, from crystal to lithosphere, and from ocean to continent, relying on the skills of team members in paleomagnetism, structural geology, metamorphic and magmatic petrology.
- What is the spatiotemporal distribution of magmatic and hydrothermal fluids in space and time?
- What are the consequences of matter and heat transfers on the differentiation and deformation of lithospheres?
- How does geological history and geodynamics condition the distribution of mineral and geothermal resources? How to use resources as geological markers?
- What are the respective roles of magmatic differentiation and impacts in the evolution of planets and planetary bodies?
- What has been the impact of magmatic processes on Earth’s climate history?
- Oceanic lithospheres
- Western Africa
- South America
- European mountain belts
- Field observations
- Structural geology
- Petrology
- Geochronology
- Quantification and geophysical and geochemical modeling
Scientific result
New discoveries reveal the origins of the most powerful current on Earth
The Antarctic Circumpolar Current is the largest ocean current on Earth, connecting the Atlantic, Pacific and Indian Oceans. This current largely regulates the exchange of heat, moisture, carbon and nutrients […]
Scientific result
Mineralogical study reveals secrets of oceanic transform faults
A Franco-Italian team, including the Toulouse Geosciences Environment Laboratory (GET, CNES/CNRS/IRD/UT3), has studied the geological and mineralogical processes that occur at the boundaries of tectonic plates. Their results, which shed […]
Training
Opened registration for Forsterite 2023
Training theme: advances in geochronology – a state of the art Project leader: Michel GrégoireSession leaders: Stéphanie Duchêne, Oscar Laurent, Mathieu Leisen and Mathieu Benoit Objectives This training aims to […]
Meeting
Open registration to the meeting on Krafla Magma Testbed project
The workshop concerns discussion/talks about the project of Krafla Magma Testbed. It will be held on 2023 April the 12th at 10:00 in the Pyrénées room of the Geosciences & Environment Lab in Toulouse. If […]
