Carole PETIT

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Affiliations actuelles
  • Géoazur (GEOAZUR 7329)
  • Observatoire de la Côte d'Azur
  • Université Côte d'Azur (UniCA)
  • Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)
  • Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD)
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Présentation

Actuellement Professeur des Universités, Université Côte d'Azur Directrice Adjointe de l'Observatoire de la Côte d'Azur depuis 2022.

Spécialité: Tectonique, géomorphologie, modélisation

FORMATION :

  • 2008 Habilitation à diriger des recherches, Université Pierre et Marie Curie (18 Novembre)
  • 1996 Doctorat de l’Université Pierre et Marie Curie.
  • 1993 D.E.A. « Géodynamique des chaînes de montagnes et des marges continentales » de l’Université Pierre et Marie Curie.
  • 1992 D.E.A. « Géologie du Quaternaire, Paléontologie humaine, Préhistoire» du Muséum National d’Histoire Naturelle

EXPERIENCE :

  • 2010- : Professeur à l’Université Côte d'Azur, Laboratoire GéoAzur
  • 2000-2010 : Maître de Conférences à l’Université Pierre et Marie Curie (maintenant Sorbonne Université), Laboratoire de Tectonique puis Institut des Sciences de la Terre de Paris (ISTeP)

Domaines de recherche

Géomorphologie Tectonique Géophysique [physics.geo-ph]

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Publications

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Influences of structurally-controlled ridge asymmetry on drainage network and divide dynamics

Vincent Godard , Adam M Forte , Martine Simoes , Carole Petit , Rodolphe Cattin
Geomorphica, 2025, 1 (1), pp.35. ⟨10.59236/geomorphica.v1i1.35⟩
Article dans une revue hal-04996165 v1

Reconstructing landscapes: an adjoint model of the stream power and diffusion erosion equation

Carole Petit , Anthony Jourdon , Nicolas Coltice
Earth Surface Dynamics, 2025, 13 (6), pp.1263-1280. ⟨10.5194/esurf-13-1263-2025⟩
Article dans une revue hal-05460203 v1
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The interplay of geology, climate and tectonics on river incision: the example of the High Verdon Gorges, Southwestern French Alps

Thibaut Cardinal , Carole Petit , Yann Rolland , Stéphane Schwartz , Pierre Gaston Valla et al.
Comptes Rendus. Géoscience, 2024, 356 (S2), pp.265-287. ⟨10.5802/crgeos.216⟩
Article dans une revue hal-04229416 v1
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River incision, 10 Be production and transport in a source-to-sink sediment system (Var catchment, SW Alps)

Carole Petit , Tristan Salles , Vincent Godard , Yann Rolland , Laurence Audin
Earth Surface Dynamics, 2023, 11 (2), pp.183-201. ⟨10.5194/esurf-11-183-2023⟩
Article dans une revue hal-04040730 v1
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Fluvial bedrock gorges as markers for Late-Quaternary tectonic and climatic forcing in the Southwestern Alps

Thibaut Cardinal , Carole Petit , Yann Rolland , Laurence Audin , Stéphane Schwartz et al.
Geomorphology, 2022, 418, pp.108476. ⟨10.1016/j.geomorph.2022.108476⟩
Article dans une revue hal-03800779 v1
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On the role of solute drag in reconciling laboratory and natural constraints on olivine grain growth kinetics

Jean Furstoss , Carole Petit , Andrea Tommasi , Clément Ganino , Daniel Pino Muñoz et al.
Geophysical Journal International, 2021, 224 (2), pp.1360-1370. ⟨10.1093/gji/ggaa520⟩
Article dans une revue hal-03016348 v1
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Special issue Comptes-Rendus Geosciences for the 100 years of the BCSF “Seismicity in France”

Frédéric Masson , Carole Petit , Stéphane Mazzotti
Comptes Rendus. Géoscience, 2021, 353 (S1), pp.1-4. ⟨10.5802/crgeos.94⟩
Article dans une revue hal-03475058 v1
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A new finite element approach to model microscale strain localization within olivine aggregates

Jean Furstoss , Carole Petit , Clément Ganino , Marc Bernacki , Daniel Pino Muñoz
Solid Earth, 2021, 12 (10), pp.2369-2385. ⟨10.5194/se-12-2369-2021⟩
Article dans une revue hal-03389503 v1
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Interplay of fluvial incision and rockfalls in shaping periglacial mountain gorges

Thibaut Cardinal , Laurence Audin , Yann Rolland , Stéphane Schwartz , Carole Petit et al.
Geomorphology, 2021, 381, pp.107665. ⟨10.1016/j.geomorph.2021.107665⟩
Article dans une revue hal-03150970 v1
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Full field and mean field modeling of grain growth in a multiphase material under dry conditions: application to peridotites

Jean Furstoss , Marc Bernacki , Carole Petit , Julien Fausty , Clément Ganino et al.
Journal of Geophysical Research : Solid Earth, 2020, 125 (1), ⟨10.1029/2019JB018138⟩
Article dans une revue hal-02431730 v1
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Deglaciation history at the Alpine-Mediterranean transition (Argentera-Mercantour, SW Alps) from 10Be dating of moraines and glacially polished bedrock

Y. Rolland , Romain Darnault , Regis Braucher , D.L. Bourles , Carole Petit et al.
Earth Surface Processes and Landforms, 2020, 45 (2), pp.393-410. ⟨10.1002/esp.4740⟩
Article dans une revue hal-02319675 v1
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The Influence of Carbonate Platforms on the Geomorphological Development of a Mixed Carbonate‐Siliciclastic Margin (Great Barrier Reef, Australia)

Amanda Thran , Madison East , Jody Webster , Tristan Salles , Carole Petit
Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems, 2020, 21 (4), pp.e2020GC008915. ⟨10.1029/2020GC008915⟩
Article dans une revue hal-02975991 v1
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Thermochronology of the highest Central Asian massifs (Khan Tengri -Pobedi, SE Kyrgyztan): evidence for Late Miocene (ca. 8 Ma) reactivation of Permian faults and insights into building the Tian Shan

Yann Rolland , Anthony Jourdon , Carole Petit , Nicolas Bellahsen , C. Loury et al.
Journal of Asian Earth Sciences, 2020, 200, pp.104466. ⟨10.1016/j.jseaes.2020.104466⟩
Article dans une revue hal-02902631 v1

Present-day uplift of the European Alps: Evaluating mechanisms and models of their relative contributions

Pietro Sternai , Christian Sue , Laurent Husson , Enrico Serpelloni , Thorsten Becker et al.
Earth-Science Reviews, 2019, 190, pp.589-604. ⟨10.1016/j.earscirev.2019.01.005⟩
Article dans une revue hal-02095773 v1
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Denudation systematics inferred from in situ cosmogenic 10Be concentrations in fine (50-100 μm) and medium (100-250 μm) sediments of the Var River basin, southern French Alps

Apolline Mariotti , Pierre-Henri Blard , Julien Charreau , Carole Petit , Stéphane Molliex et al.
Earth Surface Dynamics, 2019, 7 (4), pp.1059-1074. ⟨10.5194/esurf-7-1059-2019⟩
Article dans une revue hal-02377519 v1
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Why Are There No Earthquakes in the Intracratonic Paris Basin? Insights from Flexural Models

Carole Petit , Louis de Barros , Guillaume Duclaux , Yves Mazabraud
Geosciences, 2019, 9 (12), pp.502. ⟨10.3390/geosciences9120502⟩
Article dans une revue hal-02386459 v1

River incision and migration deduced from 36Cl cosmic-ray exposure durations: The Clue de la Cerise gorge in southern French Alps

Carole Petit , Yann Rolland , Regis Braucher , Didier Bourles , Valery Guillou et al.
Geomorphology, 2019, 330, pp.81-88. ⟨10.1016/j.geomorph.2019.01.011⟩
Article dans une revue hal-02117912 v1

Permian charnockites in the Pobeda area: Implications for Tarim mantle plume activity and HT metamorphism in the South Tien Shan range

Chloé Loury , Yann Rolland , Pierre Lanari , Stéphane Guillot , Delphine Bosch et al.
Lithos, 2018, 304-307, pp.135 - 154. ⟨10.1016/j.lithos.2018.01.025⟩
Article dans une revue hal-01738157 v1

The deep structure and reactivation of the Kyrgyz Tien Shan: Modelling the past to better constrain the present

Anthony Jourdon , Laetitia Le Pourhiet , Carole Petit , Yann Rolland
Tectonophysics, 2018, 746, pp.530-548. ⟨10.1016/j.tecto.2017.07.019⟩
Article dans une revue hal-02239669 v1

Impact of range-parallel sediment transport on 2D thermo-mechanical models of mountain belts: Application to the Kyrgyz Tien Shan

Anthony Jourdon , Laetitia Le Pourhiet , Carole Petit , Yann Rolland
Terra Nova, 2018, 30 (4), pp.279 - 288. ⟨10.1111/ter.12337⟩
Article dans une revue hal-01856126 v1

Tectonometamorphic evolution of the Atbashi high- P units (Kyrgyz CAOB, Tien Shan): Implications for the closure of the Turkestan Ocean and continental subduction-exhumation of the South Kazakh continental margin

Chloé Loury , Yann Rolland , Stéphane Guillot , Pierre Lanari , Clément Ganino et al.
Journal of Metamorphic Geology, 2018, 36 (8), pp.959-985. ⟨10.1111/jmg.12423⟩
Article dans une revue insu-02124475 v1

Towards subduction inception along the inverted North African margin of Algeria? Insights from thermo-mechanical models

Lamine Hamai , Carole Petit , Abdelkarim Yelles-Chaouche , Jacques Déverchère , Laetitia Le Pourhiet et al.
Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 2018, 501, pp.13 - 23. ⟨10.1016/j.epsl.2018.08.028⟩
Article dans une revue istex hal-01901937 v1
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2D and 3D simulation of grain growth in olivine aggregates using a full field model based on the level set method

Jean Furstoss , Marc Bernacki , Clément Ganino , Carole Petit , Daniel Pino-Muñoz
Physics of the Earth and Planetary Interiors, 2018, 283, pp.98-109. ⟨10.1016/j.pepi.2018.08.004⟩
Article dans une revue hal-01866105 v1

Lithospheric flexural strength and effective elastic thicknesses of the Eastern Anatolia (Turkey) and surrounding region

Bülent Oruç , David Gomez-Ortiz , Carole Petit
Journal of Asian Earth Sciences, 2017, 150, pp.1 - 13. ⟨10.1016/j.jseaes.2017.09.015⟩
Article dans une revue hal-01854290 v1
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New structural data on Late Paleozoic tectonics in the Kyrgyz Tien Shan (Central Asian Orogenic Belt)

Anthony Jourdon , Carole Petit , Yann Rolland , Chloé Loury , Nicolas Bellahsen et al.
Gondwana Research, 2017, 46, pp.57 - 78. ⟨10.1016/j.gr.2017.03.004⟩
Article dans une revue hal-01496108 v1

Recent, climate-driven river incision rate fluctuations in the Mercantour crystalline massif, southern French Alps

C. Petit , L. Goren , Y. Rolland , D. Bourles , R. Braucher et al.
Quaternary Science Reviews, 2017, 165, pp.73-87. ⟨10.1016/j.quascirev.2017.04.015⟩
Article dans une revue hal-01610263 v1
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Inner gorges incision history: A proxy for deglaciation? Insights from Cosmic Ray Exposure dating (10Be and 36Cl) of river-polished surfaces (Tinée River, SW Alps, France)

Y. Rolland , C. Petit , M Saillard , Regis Braucher , Didier Bourlès et al.
Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 2017, 457, pp.271 - 281. ⟨10.1016/j.epsl.2016.10.007⟩
Article dans une revue hal-01420882 v1
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Flexural behaviour of the north Algerian margin and tectonic implications

Lamine Hamai , Carole Petit , Abdeslem Abtout , Abdelkarim Yelles-Chaouche , Jacques Déverchère
Geophysical Journal International, 2015, 201, pp.1426-1436. ⟨10.1093/gji/ggv098⟩
Article dans une revue insu-01142064 v1
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Crustal structure and gravity anomalies beneath the Rif, northern Morocco: implications for the current tectonics of the Alboran region

Carole Petit , Laetitia Le Pourhiet , Bruno Scalabrino , Michel Corsini , Mickael Bonnin et al.
Geophysical Journal International, 2015, 202, pp.640 - 652. ⟨10.1093/gji/ggv169⟩
Article dans une revue hal-02546672 v1

Experimental modelling of tectonics-erosion-sedimentation interactions in compressional, extensional, and strike-slip settings

Fabien Graveleau , Vincent Strak , Stephane Dominguez , Jacques Malavieille , Marina Chatton et al.
Geomorphology, 2015, 244, pp.146-168. ⟨10.1016/j.geomorph.2015.02.011⟩
Article dans une revue istex hal-01243587 v1

Numerical models of continental and submarine erosion: application to the northern Ligurian Margin (Southern Alps, France/Italy)

C. Petit , S. Migeon , M. Coste
Earth Surface Processes and Landforms, 2015, 40 (5), pp.681-695. ⟨10.1002/esp.3685⟩
Article dans une revue istex hal-01366049 v1

Style of Alpine tectonic deformation in the Castellane fold-and-thrust belt, (SW Alps, France): Insights from balanced cross-sections

Anthony Jourdon , Yann Rolland , Carole Petit , Nicolas Bellahsen
Tectonophysics, 2014, 633, pp.143-155. ⟨10.1016/j.tecto.2014.06.022⟩
Article dans une revue hal-01407715 v1
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Late Quaternary incision rates in the Vésubie catchment area (Southern French Alps) from in situ-produced 36 Cl cosmogenic nuclide dating: Tectonic and climatic implications

Marianne Saillard , Carole Petit , Yann Rolland , Regis Braucher , Didier Bourles et al.
Journal of Geophysical Research: Earth Surface, 2014, 119 (5), pp.1121 - 1135. ⟨10.1002/2013JF002985⟩
Article dans une revue hal-01708833 v1

Steep topographic slope preservation by anisotropic diffusion: An example from the Neogene Têt fault scarp, eastern Pyrenees

C. Petit , Frédéric Mouthereau
Geomorphology, 2012, 171-172, pp.173-179. ⟨10.1016/j.geomorph.2012.05.016⟩
Article dans une revue istex hal-00815423 v1
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Controls of lithospheric structure and plate kinematics on rift architecture and evolution: An experimental modeling of the Baikal rift

G. Corti , E. Calignano , C. Petit , F. Sani
Tectonics, 2011, 30, pp.TC3011. ⟨10.1029/2011TC002871⟩
Article dans une revue istex hal-00620553 v1
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Owen Fracture Zone: The Arabia-India plate boundary unveiled

Marc Fournier , Nicolas Chamot-Rooke , Mathieu Rodriguez , Philippe Huchon , Carole Petit et al.
Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 2011, 302, pp.247-252. ⟨10.1016/j.epsl.2010.12.027⟩
Article dans une revue hal-00577753 v1
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Interaction between normal fault slip and erosion on relief evolution: Insights from experimental modelling

Vincent Strak , Stéphane Dominguez , Carole Petit , Bertrand Meyer , Nicolas Loget
Tectonophysics, 2011, 513, pp.1-19. ⟨10.1016/j.tecto.2011.10.005⟩
Article dans une revue hal-00646966 v1
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Arabia-Somalia plate kinematics, evolution of the Aden-Owen-Carlsberg triple junction, and opening of the Gulf of Aden

Marc Fournier , Nicolas Chamot-Rooke , Carole Petit , Philippe Huchon , Ali Al-Kathiri et al.
Journal of Geophysical Research, 2010, 115, pp.1-24. ⟨10.1029/2008JB006257⟩
Article dans une revue istex hal-00498087 v1

Contrasted seismogenic and rheological behaviours from shallow and deep earthquake sequences in the North Tanzanian divergence, East Africa

J. Albaric , Julie Perrot , Jacques Déverchère , Anne Deschamps , B. Le Gall et al.
Journal of African Earth Sciences, 2010, 58 (5), pp.799-811. ⟨10.1016/j.jafrearsci.2009.09.005⟩
Article dans une revue istex hal-00420599 v1
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How old is the Baikal Rift Zone? Insight from apatite fission track thermochronology

Marc Jolivet , Thomas de Boisgrollier , Carole Petit , Marc Fournier , V. A. Sankov et al.
Tectonics, 2009, 28, pp.TC3008. ⟨10.1029/2008TC002404⟩
Article dans une revue hal-00420895 v1

Crustal rheology and depth distribution of earthquakes: Insights from the central and southern East African Rift System

Julie Albaric , Jacques Déverchère , Carole Petit , Julie Perrot , Bernard Le Gall
Tectonophysics, 2009, 468 (1-4), pp.28-41. ⟨10.1016/j.tecto.2008.05.021⟩
Article dans une revue istex insu-00572452 v1
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Faceted spurs at normal fault scarps : Insights from numerical modeling

Carole Petit , Yanni Gunnell , N. Gonga-Saholiariliva , Bertrand Meyer , J. Seguinot
Journal of Geophysical Research : Solid Earth, 2009, 114 (B05403), pp.1-20. ⟨10.1029/2008JB005955⟩
Article dans une revue hal-00421910 v1
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Height of faceted spurs, a proxy for determining long-term throw rates on normal faults: Evidence from the North Baikal Rift System, Siberia

Carole Petit , Bertrand Meyer , Yanni Gunnell , Marc Jolivet , Vladimir A. San'Kov et al.
Tectonics, 2009, 28, pp.TC6010. ⟨10.1029/2009TC002555⟩
Article dans une revue istex hal-00455985 v1
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Palaeozoic orogeneses around the Siberian craton: Structure and evolution of the Patom belt and foredeep

Thomas de Boisgrollier , Carole Petit , Marc Fournier , P. Leturmy , Jean-Claude Ringenbach et al.
Tectonics, 2009, 28, pp.TC1005. ⟨10.1029/2007TC002210⟩
Article dans une revue hal-00582696 v1
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Micro-tectonic constraints on the evolution of the Barles half-window (Digne Nappe, southern Alps). Implications for the timing of folding in the Valensole foreland basin

Marc Fournier , Philippe Agard , Carole Petit
Bulletin de la Société Géologique de France, 2008, 179, pp.551-568
Article dans une revue hal-00581751 v1
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Teleseismic traveltimes, topography and the lithospheric structure across central Mongolia

Carole Petit , Christel Tiberi , Anne Deschamps , Jacques Déverchère
Geophysical Research Letters, 2008, 35, pp.L11301. ⟨10.1029/2008GL033993⟩
Article dans une revue insu-00304407 v1
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Asthenospheric imprints on the lithosphere in Central Mongolia and Southern Siberia from a joint inversion of gravity and seismology (MOBAL experiment)

C. Tiberi , Anne Deschamps , Jacques Déverchère , C. Petit , Julie Perrot et al.
Geophysical Journal International, 2008, 175 (3), pp.1283-1297. ⟨10.1111/j.1365-246X.2008.03947.x⟩
Article dans une revue insu-00354683 v1
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Do ridge-ridge-fault triple junctions exist on Earth? Evidence from the Aden-Owen-Carlsberg junction in the NW Indian Ocean

Marc Fournier , Carole Petit , Nicolas Chamot-Rooke , Olivier Fabbri , Philippe Huchon et al.
Basin Research, 2008, 20, pp.575-590. ⟨10.1111/j.1365-2117.2008.00356.x⟩
Article dans une revue hal-00581775 v1
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In-situ evidence for dextral active motion at the Arabia-India plate boundary

Marc Fournier , Nicolas Chamot-Rooke , Carole Petit , Olivier Fabbri , Philippe Huchon et al.
Nature Geoscience, 2008, 1, pp.54-58. ⟨10.1038/ngeo.2007.24⟩
Article dans une revue hal-00581768 v1
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Oblique rifting at oceanic ridges: Relationship between spreading and stretching directions from earthquake focal mechanisms

Marc Fournier , Carole Petit
Journal of Structural Geology, 2007, 29, pp.201-208. ⟨10.1016/j.jsg.2006.07.017⟩
Article dans une revue hal-00581725 v1
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Post-rift seaward downwarping at passive margins: new insights from southern Oman using stratigraphy to constrain apatite fission-track and (U-Th)/He dating

Yanni Gunnell , Andy Carter , Carole Petit , Marc Fournier
Geology, 2007, 35, pp.647-650. ⟨10.1130/G23639A.1⟩
Article dans une revue hal-00582703 v1
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Tectonic and climatic controls on rift escarpments: Erosion and flexural rebound of the Dhofar passive margin (Gulf of Aden, Oman)

Carole Petit , Marc Fournier , Yanni Gunnell
Journal of Geophysical Research : Solid Earth, 2007, 112, pp.B03406. ⟨10.1029/2006JB004554⟩
Article dans une revue hal-00582702 v1
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Structure and evolution of the Baikal rift: A synthesis

Carole Petit , Jacques Déverchère
Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems, 2006, 7, pp.Q11016. ⟨10.1029/2006GC001265⟩
Article dans une revue hal-00115831 v1
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Crustal versus asthenospheric origin of the relief of the Atlas Mountains of Morocco.

Y. Missenard , H. Zeyen , D. Frizon de Lamotte , P. Leturmy , C. Petit et al.
Journal of Geophysical Research, 2006, 111, pp.B03401. ⟨10.1029/2005JB003708⟩
Article dans une revue istex hal-00092374 v1
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Present-day velocity and stress fields of the Amurian plate from thin-shell finite element modeling

Carole Petit , Marc Fournier
Geophysical Journal International, 2005, 160, pp.357-369. ⟨10.1111/j.1365-246X.2004.02486.x⟩
Article dans une revue hal-00021640 v1
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Deep structure of the Baikal rift zone revealed by joint inversion of gravity and seismology

C Tiberi , M Diament , Jacques Déverchère , C Petit-Mariani , V. Mikhailov et al.
Journal of Geophysical Research : Solid Earth, 2003, 108 (B3), pp.2109. ⟨10.1029/2002JB001880⟩
Article dans une revue insu-01356068 v1
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Rheology and strength of the Eurasian continental lithosphere in the foreland of the Taiwan collision belt : constraints from seismicity, flexure and structural styles

Frédéric Mouthereau , Carole Petit
Journal of Geophysical Research, 2003, 108, 2512, pp.1-15. ⟨10.1029/2002JB002098⟩
Article dans une revue hal-00023538 v1

Deep structure and mechanical behavior of the lithosphere in the Hangai-Hovsgol region, Mongolia : new constraints from gravity modeling

C. Petit , Jacques Déverchère , E. Calais , V. San'Kov , D. Fairhead
Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 2002, 197 (3-4), pp.133-149. ⟨10.1016/S0012-821X(02)00470-3⟩
Article dans une revue istex hal-00406716 v1