Alexandra Robert

Université de Toulouse

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ER4 - Couplages Lithosphère - Océans - Atmosphère (LOA)

CV / functions

Since Sept. 2013 : Lecturer at the Géosciences Environnement Toulouse, Université Paul Sabatier.

Fev. 2012–Sept. 2013: Post-doctorate fellowship, CSIC (Barcelona) with J. Vergès et M. Fernandez. « Lithospheric structures from India/Eurasia and Arabia/Eurasia collision zones using geophysical and geological data. »

Oct. 2011–Jan. 2012: Post-doctorate fellowship at the CGMW (Commission of the Geological Map of the World), with P. Bouysse, D. Frizon de Lamotte, P. Miles and P. Rossi. « Main contributions to several geological and structural maps. »

Sep. 2010 – Sept. 2011: ATER (full time assistant professor) – Université de Paris-Sud XI.

Oct. 2007–Sept. 2011: PhD in Earth Sciences at the Ecole Normale Supérieure de Paris: « Polyphased deformation and importance of the structural inheritance in the Longmen Shan (Sichuan, Chine) – Contributions from a coupled study between geophysics and geology » http://tel.archives-ouvertes.fr/tel-00647321

Research

My research is focused on the study of the lithospheric scale evolution in convergence zones ( Arabia-Eurasia and India-Eurasia collision zones and in the Peruvian and Bolivian Andean subduction zone). I am interested in linking deep and surfaces structures, based on a strong coupling between geophysical and geological data.

My main projects are :

– In the Arabia-Eurasia collision zone :

I am studying the tectonic and sedimentologic evolution of northern Iran, in particular within the Kopet Dagh fold-and-thrust belt, in the Moghan basin and within the Zagros belt. Main collaborators: Jean Letouzey, Jaume Vergés, Mohammad A. Kavoosi, Sharham Sherkati, Bet Beamud and Miguel Garcès.

– In the India-Eurasia collision zone :

The eastern border of the Tibetan Plateau, in the Longmen Shan, where I am interested in the importance of the thermal and structural inheritance in the present-day structure of the belt. This research was integrated to the Longriba Project ( http://isterre.fr/recherche/projets-de-recherche/projets-en-cours/projets-anr/article/projet-longriba). Main collaborators: Manuel Pubellier, Jérôme Vergne, Julia de Sigoyer, Vincent Godard and Stéphanie Duchêne.

I work on lithospheric-scale structures of the Eurasian region from geophysical modeling. This research was funded by the DARIUS program ( http://istep.dgs.jussieu.fr/darius/). Main collaborators: Jaume Vergés, Manel Fernàndez, Ivone Jimenez-Munt.

– In the Andes :

I work on the reconstruction of the tectono-thermal evolution at lithospheric scale. In order to simulate the interplay at orogen-basin scale between thrust loading, lithospheric flexure, thickness changes of the crust and the lithospheric mantle, surface mass transport and climate, I do some numerical modeling using taO code (in collaboration with Daniel Garcia-Castellanos, CSIC Barcelona)

You can find more detailed information about my research interests here: https://sites.google.com/site/alexandrarobertgeo/home/research

Responsibilities

Encadrements de thèse :

– Alice Prudhomme (2015-2019) : « Genesis and tectono-thermal evolution of the Altiplano in Central Andes : from the basin to the orogen », bourse ministérielle (co-encadrement avec Patrice Baby).

– Gemma Vicente i Bosch (2013-2016) : « Pénéplanation et dynamique profonde des Pyrénées » dans le cadre du RGF.

Encadrement de plusieurs stages de recherche Master 1 et 2 (Sciences de la Terre et MEEF)

Responsabilités administratives et pédagogiques :

Co-responsable du parcours SVT porté par l’INSPE (M1 MEEF SVT, M2 MEEF SVT, DIU et Parcours de Formation Adaptés) (2014-)
Membre du jury de l’agrégation SV-STU (2023-)
Membre du conseil pédagogique de l’ED SDU2E (2023-)
Membre élu au conseil du département Biologie et Géosciences (2021-)
Membre élu à la commission Recherche de l’UT3 et membre de la cellule opérationnelle (2023-)
Membre élu au conseil académique de l’UT3, au conseil académique en formation restreinte de l’UT3 et membre de la cellule opérationnelle du CACfr (2023-)
Membre nommé au collège Biodiversité, écologie et sciences de la Terre (BEST) (2022-)
Membre du COSP (Conseil d’Orientation Scientifique et Pédagogique) de l’INSPE Toulouse-Occitanie-Pyrénées (2024-)
Membre nommé au conseil de laboratoire du GET (2021-)
Co-responsable de l’axe transverse Géodynamique du GET (2020-)
Co-organisation des séminaires du GET (de 2013 à 2016)
Organisation des Crack’Earth (animation scientifique en tectonique)

Publications

Main/Recent publications

2025

Pajang S., Mouthereau F., Robert A., Kumar A. and Callot J.P. (2025) « Petro-physical model for serpentinized mantle and origin of natural hydrogen in the Pyrénées », Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems (link here)

2024

Baby P., Prudhomme A., Brusset S., Robert A., Roddaz M., Calderon Y., Eude A., Gil W., Hermoza W., Hurtado C., Brichau S., Calvès G., Antoine P.A. and Salas-Gismondi R. (2024) « The Northern Central Andes and Andean Cycle revisited: an integrated stratigraphic and structural model of three superimposed orogens », Earth-Science Reviews Link, click here

2019

C. Rault, A. Robert, O. Marc, N. Hovius and P. Meunier (2019.) « Seismic and geologic controls on spatial clustering of landslides in three large earthquakes », Earth Surf. Dynam. Discuss., https://doi.org/10.5194/esurf-2018-82 ( lien pour discussions scientifiques sur l’article)

Prudhomme A., Baby P., Robert A., Brichau S.,Cuipa E., Eude A., Calderon Y. and P. O’Sullivan (2019) » Western thrusting and uplift in the northern Central Andean margin (Peru) « , Andean Tectonics.

2018

L. Airaghi, J. de Sigoyer, S. Guillot, A. Robert, C. Warren and D. Deldicque (2018) « The Mesozoic along-strike tectono-metamorphic segmentation of Longmen Shan (eastern Tibetan plateau) », Tectonics, 37 (12), 4655-4678, https://doi.org/10.1029/2018TC005005

2016

J. Globig, M. Fernàndez, M. Torne, J. Vergés, A. Robert and C. Faccenna (2016) « New insights into the crust and lithosphere mantle structure of Africa from elevation, geoid and thermal analysis », Journal of Geophysical Research – Solid Earth, 121(7), doi: 10.1002/2016JB012972

G. de Vicente i Bosch, J. Van Den Driessche, J. Babault, A. Robert, A. Carballo, C. Le Carlier de Veslud, N. Loget, C. Prognon, R. Wyns and T. Baudin (2016) « Peneplanation and lithosphere dynamics in the Pyrenees « , Comptes Rendus Geosciences in « From rifting to mountain building: the Pyrenean belt », 348 (3-4),192-202, doi:10.1016/j.crte.2015.08.005.

2015

A. Robert, M. Fernàndez, I. Jiménez-Munt and J. Vergés (in press) « Lithospheric structures in Central Eurasia derived from elevation, geoid anomaly and a thermal analysis », Geological Society of London, Special Publications.

2014

A. Robert, J. Letouzey, C. Müller, M. Kavoosi, S. Sherkati (2014) « Structural evolution of the Kopeh Dagh fold-and-thrust belt (NE Iran) and interactions with the South Caspian and Amu Darya basins »,57, 68–87, Journal of Marine and Petroleum Geology., doi:10.1016/j.marpetgeo.2014.05.002

2012
A. Robert, I. Jiménez-Munt, M. Fernàndez and J. Vergés (2012) « Crustal and lithospheric mantle structures in Central Asia derived from geoid, elevation and thermal analysis », 45, Journal of Nepal Geological Society.

2011
A. Robert, M. Pubellier, J. de Sigoyer, A. Lahfid, P. Lanari, J. Vergne, O. Vidal and V. Bosse (2011) « Crustal- scale deformation history of the Longmen Shan polyphased range located at the eastern border of the Tibetan plateau. », 44(1), Journal of Himalayan Earth Sciences.

J. de Sigoyer, A. Billerot , A. Robert, S. Duchêne, O. Vanderhaeghe M. Pubellier and P. Monié (2011) « How the paradoxal Longmen Shan belt has been built : through new petrological, structural and geochronological data ? », 44(1), Journal of Himalayan Earth Sciences.

A. Burtin, R. Cattin, L. Bollinger, J. Vergne, P. Steer, A. Robert, N. Findling, C. Tiberi (2011) « Towards the hydrologic and bed load monitoring from high-frequency seismic noise in a braided river : The « torrent de St Pierre », French Alps. », 408 (1-2) , 43-53, Journal of Hydrology. doi:10.1016/j.jhydrol.2011.07.014

2010
A. Robert, J. Zhu, J. Vergne, R. Cattin, J. de Sigoyer, L.S. Chan, M. Pubellier and L.D. Zhu (2010b) « Crustal structures in the area of the 2008 Sichuan Earthquake from seismology and gravimetry. », 491, 205-210, Tectonophysics, doi: 10.1016/j.tecto.2009.11.010

A. Robert, M. Pubellier, J. de Sigoyer, J. Vergne, R. Cattin, A. Lahfid, N. Findling and J. Zhu (2010a) : « Structural and thermal structures of the Longmen Shan (China). », 491, 165-173, Tectonophysics, doi:10.1016/j.tecto.2010.03.018

Participations à la réalisation de cartes géologiques et tectoniques

P. Bouysse and collaborators (including A. Robert), (2014), « The 4th edition of tje Geological Map of the World », CGMW.

D. Frizon de Lamotte and P. Leturmy with contributions of A. Robert, P. Agard, Jean-Claude Ringenbach, C.Wrobel-Davreau and S. Sherkati, (2013), « Tectonic Map of the Arabian plate and surronding areas »,CGMW.

P. Miles, P. Bouysse and K. de Souza with contributions of Brian Tucholke, Carmen Gaina, Laurent Gernigon, Dietmar Müller and A. Robert, (2012), « Structural Map of the Atlantic Ocean », CGMW.

Publications dans des revues de vulgarisation scientifique

R. Cattin et A. Robert, 2008. « Sichuan : Les failles d’un séisme », 423, La Recherche.

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