laurent husson

with father noah	CNRS, CR1 géosciences rennes UMR CNRS 6118 bât. 15, université rennes 1 campus de beaulieu, CS 74205 35042 rennes cedex, france lab: http://www.geosciences.univ-rennes1.fr fax: +33 2 23 23 67 80 email: laurent.husson(at)univ-rennes1.fr now also at Laboratoire de Planétologie et Géodynamique UMR CNRS 6112 université de Nantes office: +33 2 51 12 55 76 fax : +33 2 51 12 52 68 http://www.sciences.univ-nantes.fr/geol/WEBUMR6112/Accueil.htm

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research
Geophysicists call me a geologist, geologists call me a geophysicist. On this schizophrenic basis, here is an approximative list of what I spend my time in the lab doing:

- plate tectonics and global geodynamics
- large-scale geomorphology, i.e. at the scale of an orogen or a continent
- dynamic topography
- subduction
- relative and absolute sea level, in relation to the variations of the static and dynamic shape of the Earth.
- exhumation of HP rocks
- crustal and lithospheric deformation, mountain building
- heat flow
- structural geology, somewhat

phd advising:
i'm co-supervising the PhD thesis of Emilie Ostanciaux (co. C. Robin & K. Pedoja, on the geodynamics of sea level change at various time scales), and Mélanie Gérault (co T. Becker, on global geodynamics, slabs and mantle flow). Christelle Loiselet (co. J. Braun) defended her PhD thesis (on slabs swimming in the mantle), in 2009.

Husson, L., Conrad, C.P., Faccenna, C., Plate motions, Andean orogeny, and volcanism above the South Atlantic convection cell, Earth Planet Sci. Lett., doi:10.1016/j.epsl.2011.11.040.
Ostanciaux, E., Husson, L., Choblet, G., Robin, G., Pedoja, K., 2011, Present-day trends of vertical ground motion along the coast lines, Earth Science Reviews., doi:10.1016/j.earscirev.2011.10.004.
Husson, L., Guillaume, B., Funiciello, F., Faccenna, C., Royden, L.H., 2011, Unravelling topography around subduction zones from laboratory models, Tectonophysics, Geomod special issue, in press.
Pedoja, K., Husson, L., Regard, V., Cobbold, P.R., Ostanciaux, E., Johnson, M.E., Kershaw, S., Saillard, M., Martinod, J., Furgerot, L., Weill, P., Delcaillau, B., 2011, Relative sea-level fall since the last interglacial stage: are coasts uplifting worldwide?, Earth Science Reviews., doi:10.1016/j.earscirev.2011.05.002. download data (xls full database) download data (plain text compact database) coverage by the Geoscientist
Iaffaldano, G., Husson, L., Bunge, H-P., Monsoon speeds up Indian plate motion, Earth Planet. Sc. Lett., 2011, doi:10.1016/j.epsl.2011.02.026 . Sensational, erroneous coverage by AFP (and zillion others afterwards) Realistic coverage by Le Monde
Martinod, J., Husson, L., Roperch, P., Guillaume, B., Espurt, N., Horizontal subduction zones, convergence velocity and the building of the Andes, Earth Planet. Sc. Lett., doi:10.1016/j.epsl.2010.09.010 .
Pedoja, K., Regard, V., Husson, L., Martinod, J., Guillaume, B., Fucks, E., Iglesias, M., Weill, P., 2010: Uplift of Quaternary shorelines in eastern Patagonia: Darwin revisited, Geomorphology, doi:10.1016/j.geomorph.2010.08.003.
Autin, J., Bellahsen, N., Husson, L., Beslier, M-O., Leroy, S., d'Acremont, E., 2010: Analogue models of oblique rifting in a cold lithosphere, Tectonics, 291, doi:10.1029/2010TC002671.
Loiselet, C., Braun, J., Husson, L., Le Carlier de Veslud, C., Thieulot, C., Yamato, P., Grujic, D., 2010: Subducting slabs: jellyfishes in the Earth’s mantle, Geochemistry Geophysical Geosystems, doi:10.1029/2010GC003172.
Husson, L., Brun, J.P., Yamato, P., Faccenna, C., 2009: Episodic slab rollback fosters exhumation of HP-UHP rocks, Geophysical Journal International, 179, 1292-1300, doi: 10.1111/j.1365-246X.2009.04372.x.
Loiselet, C., Husson, L., Braun, J., 2009: From longitudinal slab curvature to slab rheology, Geology, 37, 747-750, doi: 10.1130/G30052A.1.
Yamato, P., Husson, L., Braun, J., Loiselet, C., Thieulot, C., 2009: Influence of surrounding plates on 3D subduction dynamics, GRL, 36, doi:10.1029/2008GL036942.
Conrad, C.P., Husson, L., 2009: Influence of dynamic topography on sea level and its rate of change, Lithosphere, 1, 110-120, doi:10.1130/L32.1.
Guillaume, B., Martinod, J., Husson, L., Roddaz, M., Riquelme, R., 2009: Neogene uplift of central-eastern Patagonia: dynamic response to active spreading-ridge subduction?, Tectonics, 28, doi:10.1029/2008TC002324.
Royden, L., Husson, L. 2009: Subduction with variations in slab buoyancy: Models and application to the Banda and Apennine systems, in: Funiciello, F. & Lallemand, S. (ed), Subduction Zone Geodynamics, Frontiers in Earth Sciences, doi:10.1007/978-3-540-87974-9, Springer.
Husson, L., Conrad, C.P., Faccenna, C., 2008: Tethyan Closure, Andean Orogeny, and Westward Drift of the Pacific Basin, Earth Planet. Sc. Lett., 271, 303-310, doi:10.1016/j.epsl.2008.04.022.
Husson, L., Henry, P., Le Pichon, X., 2008: Thermal regime of the NW shelf of the Gulf of Mexico. 1) Thermal and pressure fields , B.S.G.F., 179, 129-137. download data
Husson, L., Le Pichon, X., Henry, P., Flotté, N., Rangin, C., 2008: Thermal regime of the NW shelf of the Gulf of Mexico. 2) Heat Flow , B.S.G.F., 179, 138-146. download data
Rangin, C. Le Pichon, X., Flotté, N., and Husson, L., 2008: Cenozoic gravity tectonics in the northern Gulf of Mexico induced by crustal extension. A new interpretation of multichannel seismic data, B.S.G.F., 117-128.
Flotté, N., Rangin, C., Martinez-Reyes, J., Le Pichon, X., Husson, L., and Tardy, M., 2008: The Rio Bravo Fault, a major late Eocene-Oligocene left-lateral shear zone, B.S.G.F., 147-160.
Husson, L., Conrad, C.P., 2006: Tectonic velocities, dynamic topography, and relative sea level, GRL, doi:10.1029/2006GL026834.
Husson, L., 2006: Dynamic topography above retreating subduction zones, Geology, doi:10.1130/G22436.1.
Royden, L., Husson, L., 2006: Trench motion, slab geometry and viscous stresses in subduction systems, Geophysical Journal International, doi:10.1111/j.1365-246X.2006.03079.x.
Ricard,Y., Husson, L., 2005: Propagation of tectonic waves, GRL, doi:10.1029/2005GL023690.
Husson, L., Ricard, Y., 2004: Stress balance above subduction zones - application to the Andes; Earth Planet. Sc. Lett., 222(3-4), 1037-1050.
Husson, L., Mugnier, J-L., Leturmy, P., Vidal, G., 2004: Kinematics and sedimentary balance of the Subhimalayan range, W. Nepal; in: MacClay, K. (ed), Thrust Tectonics and Hydrocarbon Systems, AAPG Memoir 82, 115-130.
Husson, L., Sempere, Th., 2003: Thickening the Altiplano crust by gravity-driven crustal channel-flow; GRL, 30(5), 124.
Husson, L., Mugnier, J-L., 2003: Three-dimensional reconstruction from surface data, restoration, and kinematics of the Baisahi passive-roof duplex, W. Nepal ; Journal of Structural Geology 25, 79-90.
Husson, L., Moretti, I, 2002: Thermal regime of fold and thrustbelts. An application to the Bolivian Sub Andean Zone; Tectonophysics, 345, 253-280.
Mugnier J-L., Mascle G., Leturmy P., Huygue P., Husson L., Chalaron E., 1999: The Siwaliks of Western Nepal: I) Geometry and Kinematics; Journal of Asian Earth Sciences, 17, 629-642.

Husson, L., Conrad, C.P., Faccenna, C., Plate motions, Andean orogeny, and volcanism above the South Atlantic convection cell, Earth Planet Sci. Lett., doi:10.1016/j.epsl.2011.11.040.

Ostanciaux, E., Husson, L., Choblet, G., Robin, G., Pedoja, K., 2011, Present-day trends of vertical ground motion along the coast lines, Earth Science Reviews., doi:10.1016/j.earscirev.2011.10.004.

Husson, L., Guillaume, B., Funiciello, F., Faccenna, C., Royden, L.H., 2011, Unravelling topography around subduction zones from laboratory models, Tectonophysics, Geomod special issue, in press.

Pedoja, K., Husson, L., Regard, V., Cobbold, P.R., Ostanciaux, E., Johnson, M.E., Kershaw, S., Saillard, M., Martinod, J., Furgerot, L., Weill, P., Delcaillau, B., 2011, Relative sea-level fall since the last interglacial stage: are coasts uplifting worldwide?, Earth Science Reviews., doi:10.1016/j.earscirev.2011.05.002.

download data (xls full database)

download data (plain text compact database)

coverage by the Geoscientist

Iaffaldano, G., Husson, L., Bunge, H-P., Monsoon speeds up Indian plate motion, Earth Planet. Sc. Lett., 2011, doi:10.1016/j.epsl.2011.02.026 .

coverage by AFP

coverage by Le Monde

Martinod, J., Husson, L., Roperch, P., Guillaume, B., Espurt, N., Horizontal subduction zones, convergence velocity and the building of the Andes, Earth Planet. Sc. Lett., doi:10.1016/j.epsl.2010.09.010 .

Pedoja, K., Regard, V., Husson, L., Martinod, J., Guillaume, B., Fucks, E., Iglesias, M., Weill, P., 2010: Uplift of Quaternary shorelines in eastern Patagonia: Darwin revisited, Geomorphology, doi:10.1016/j.geomorph.2010.08.003.

Autin, J., Bellahsen, N., Husson, L., Beslier, M-O., Leroy, S., d'Acremont, E., 2010: Analogue models of oblique rifting in a cold lithosphere, Tectonics, 291, doi:10.1029/2010TC002671.

Loiselet, C., Braun, J., Husson, L., Le Carlier de Veslud, C., Thieulot, C., Yamato, P., Grujic, D., 2010: Subducting slabs: jellyfishes in the Earth’s mantle, Geochemistry Geophysical Geosystems, doi:10.1029/2010GC003172.

Husson, L., Brun, J.P., Yamato, P., Faccenna, C., 2009: Episodic slab rollback fosters exhumation of HP-UHP rocks, Geophysical Journal International, 179, 1292-1300, doi: 10.1111/j.1365-246X.2009.04372.x.

Loiselet, C., Husson, L., Braun, J., 2009: From longitudinal slab curvature to slab rheology, Geology, 37, 747-750, doi: 10.1130/G30052A.1.

Yamato, P., Husson, L., Braun, J., Loiselet, C., Thieulot, C., 2009: Influence of surrounding plates on 3D subduction dynamics, GRL, 36, doi:10.1029/2008GL036942.

Conrad, C.P., Husson, L., 2009: Influence of dynamic topography on sea level and its rate of change, Lithosphere, 1, 110-120, doi:10.1130/L32.1.

Guillaume, B., Martinod, J., Husson, L., Roddaz, M., Riquelme, R., 2009: Neogene uplift of central-eastern Patagonia: dynamic response to active spreading-ridge subduction?, Tectonics, 28, doi:10.1029/2008TC002324.

Royden, L., Husson, L. 2009: Subduction with variations in slab buoyancy: Models and application to the Banda and Apennine systems, in: Funiciello, F. & Lallemand, S. (ed), Subduction Zone Geodynamics, Frontiers in Earth Sciences, doi:10.1007/978-3-540-87974-9, Springer.

Husson, L., Conrad, C.P., Faccenna, C., 2008: Tethyan Closure, Andean Orogeny, and Westward Drift of the Pacific Basin, Earth Planet. Sc. Lett., 271, 303-310, doi:10.1016/j.epsl.2008.04.022.

Husson, L., Henry, P., Le Pichon, X., 2008: Thermal regime of the NW shelf of the Gulf of Mexico. 1) Thermal and pressure fields , B.S.G.F., 179, 129-137. download data

Husson, L., Le Pichon, X., Henry, P., Flotté, N., Rangin, C., 2008: Thermal regime of the NW shelf of the Gulf of Mexico. 2) Heat Flow , B.S.G.F., 179, 138-146. download data

Rangin, C. Le Pichon, X., Flotté, N., and Husson, L., 2008: Cenozoic gravity tectonics in the northern Gulf of Mexico induced by crustal extension. A new interpretation of multichannel seismic data, B.S.G.F., 117-128.

Flotté, N., Rangin, C., Martinez-Reyes, J., Le Pichon, X., Husson, L., and Tardy, M., 2008: The Rio Bravo Fault, a major late Eocene-Oligocene left-lateral shear zone, B.S.G.F., 147-160.

Husson, L., Conrad, C.P., 2006: Tectonic velocities, dynamic topography, and relative sea level, GRL, doi:10.1029/2006GL026834.

Husson, L., 2006: Dynamic topography above retreating subduction zones, Geology, doi:10.1130/G22436.1.

Royden, L., Husson, L., 2006: Trench motion, slab geometry and viscous stresses in subduction systems, Geophysical Journal International, doi:10.1111/j.1365-246X.2006.03079.x.

Ricard,Y., Husson, L., 2005: Propagation of tectonic waves, GRL, doi:10.1029/2005GL023690.

Husson, L., Ricard, Y., 2004: Stress balance above subduction zones - application to the Andes; Earth Planet. Sc. Lett., 222(3-4), 1037-1050.

Husson, L., Mugnier, J-L., Leturmy, P., Vidal, G., 2004: Kinematics and sedimentary balance of the Subhimalayan range, W. Nepal; in: MacClay, K. (ed), Thrust Tectonics and Hydrocarbon Systems, AAPG Memoir 82, 115-130.

Husson, L., Sempere, Th., 2003: Thickening the Altiplano crust by gravity-driven crustal channel-flow; GRL, 30(5), 124.

Husson, L., Mugnier, J-L., 2003: Three-dimensional reconstruction from surface data, restoration, and kinematics of the Baisahi passive-roof duplex, W. Nepal ; Journal of Structural Geology 25, 79-90.

Husson, L., Moretti, I, 2002: Thermal regime of fold and thrustbelts. An application to the Bolivian Sub Andean Zone; Tectonophysics, 345, 253-280.

Mugnier J-L., Mascle G., Leturmy P., Huygue P., Husson L., Chalaron E., 1999: The Siwaliks of Western Nepal: I) Geometry and Kinematics; Journal of Asian Earth Sciences, 17, 629-642.