laetitia le pourhiet curriculum

Publications

PhD Thesis

Le Pourhiet, L., 2004: Modélisation thermo-mécanique de l'extension continentale: développement théorique et applications au golfe de Corinthe (Grèce), laboratoire de tectonique,Thèse de doctorat de l’UPMC, 241p.

Manuscripts under consideration

Le Pourhiet, L.; Huet, B.; Agard, P.; Labrousse, L.; Jolivet, L.; Yao, K., Strain localisation in mechanically Layered Rocks, insights from numerical modelling, Solid Earth Discussions, Volume 4, Issue 2, 2012, pp.1165-1204
Robinson C.M., Saleeby Z. ,Saleeby J., Le Pourhiet L. and Farley K.A., Pliocene-Quaternary Subsidence and exhumation of the southeastern San Joaquin Basin, California, in response to mantle lithosphere removal, submitted to Geosphere
Watremez L., Burov E., Leroy S., d'Acremont E., Huet B., Le Pourhiet L. and Bellahsen N. Localising properties and buoyancy of cratonic mantle lithosphere: insights from thermomechanical models of the Eastern Gulf of Aden submitted to EPSL
Traoré N., Le Pourhiet L., Frelat J., Rolandone F. and Meyer B. Does interseismic strain localization near strike slip faults result from boundary conditions or internal structure?, submitted to GJI

in press

Saleeby J., Saleeby Z. and Le Pourhiet L., Epeirogenic transients related to mantle lithosphere removal in the southern Sierra Nevada region, California- Part II: Implications of rock uplift and basin subsidence relations, Geosphere
Lacombe O., Jolivet L., Le Pourhiet L., Lecomte E. and Mehl C. Initiation, in press, geometry and mechanics of brittle faulting in exhuming metamorphic rocks: A synthesis of field observations and tectonic studies in the northern Cycladic Islands (Aegean, Greece), in press in BSGF special issue in honor of J. Angelier PDF
Le Pourhiet L., in press, Strain Localization Due to Structural Softening During Pressure Sensitive Rate Independent Yielding, BSGF special issue in honor of J. Angelier PDF

Peer review papers

20. Saleeby J., Le Pourhiet L., Saleeby Z. and Gurnis M. Epeirogenic Transients Related to Mantle Lithosphere Removal in the Southern Sierra Nevada Region, California, Part I: Implications of Thermo-Mechanical Modeling,Gesosphere,PDF
19. Le Pourhiet L., Huet B., May D., Labrousse L. and Jolivet L., Kinematic interpretation of the 3D shapes of metamorphic core complexes, Gcubed;PDF
18. Jolivet L., Faccena C., Huet B., Labrousse L., Le Pourhiet L. and 19 others. in press, Aegean tectonics: strain localisation, slab tearing and trench retreat Tectonophysics PDF
17. Bellahsen N., Jolivet L., Lacombe O. , Bellanger M., Boutoux A., Garcia S., Mouthereau F., Le Pourhiet L. and Gumiaux C. in press, Mechanisms of margin inversion in the external Western Alps: implications for crustal rheology, Tectonophysics PDF
16. Lecomte E., Le Pourhiet L. and Lacombe O. , 2012. Mechanical basis for slip on low angle normal faults, GRL PDF
15. Huet B., Le Pourhiet L., Labrousse L., Burov E. and Jolivet L., 2012, Formation of metamorphic core complex in inherited wedges: a thermomechanical modelling study, EPSL PDF
14. Denèle Y., Lecomte E., Jolivet L., Lacombe O., Loïc Labrousse L., Huet B., Le Pourhiet L., 2011. Granite intrusion in a metamorphic core complex: the example of the Mykonos laccolith (Cyclades, Greece), Tectonophysics PDF
13. Lecomte E., Le Pourhiet L., Lacombe O. and Jolivet L., 2011. A continuum mechanics approach to quantify brittle strain on weak faults:application to the extensional reactivation of shallow-dipping discontinuities, Geophys. J. Int. PDF
12. Huet B., Le Pourhiet L. ,Labrousse L., Burov E. and Jolivet L., 2011. Post-orogenic extension and metamorphic core complexes in a heterogeneous crust, the role of crustal layering inherited from collision. Geophys. J. Int. PDF
11. Emmanuel Lecomte E.,Jolivet J.,Lacombe O.,Denèle Y.,Labrousse L. and Le Pourhiet L., 2010. Geometry and kinematics of Mykonos detachment, Cyclades, Greece: Evidence for slip at shallow dip, Tectonics, 2010 PDF
10. Jolivet L., Lecomte E., Huet B., Denèle Y., Lacombe O., Labrousse L., Le Pourhiet L. and Mehl C, 2010. The North Cycladic Detachment System , Earth. Planet. Science Let. , 289, 87-104. PDF
9. Yamato, R., Burov, E., Agard, P., Le Pourhiet, L. and Jolivet, L., 2008. HP-UHP exhumation during slow continental subduction: Self-consistent thermodynamically and thermomechanically coupled model with application to the Western Alps. Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 271(1-4), 63-74. PDF
8.Yamato, P., Agard, P., Burov, E., Le Pourhiet, L. and Jolivet, L., 2007. Burial and exhumation in a subduction wedge: Mutual constraints from thermomechanical modeling and natural P-T-t data (Schistes Lustres, western Alps). Journal of Geophysical Research-Solid Earth, 112(B7).PDF
7. Burov, E., Guillou-Frottier, L., d'Acremont, E., Le Pourhiet, L. and Cloetingh, S.A.P.L., 2007. Plume head-lithosphere interactions near intra-continental plate boundaries. Tectonophysics, 434(1-4), 15-38.PDF
6. Le Pourhiet, L., Gurnis, M. and Saleeby, J., 2006. Mantle instability beneath the Sierra Nevada mountains in California and Death Valley extension. Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 251(1-2), 104-119.PDF
5. Le Pourhiet, L., Mattioni, L. and Moretti, I., 2006. 3D modelling of rifting through a pre-existing stack of nappes in the Gulf of Corinth (Greece): A mixed analogue/numerical approach. Analogue and Numerical Modelling of Crustal-Scale Processes, 253, 233-252.PDF
4. Mattioni, L., Le Pourhiet, L. and Moretti, I., 2006. Rifting through a heterogeneous crust: Insights from analogue models and application to the Gulf of Corinth. Analogue and Numerical Modelling of Crustal-Scale Processes, 253, 213-231.PDF
3. Le Pourhiet, L., Burov, E. and Moretti, I., 2004. Rifting through a stack of inhomogeneous thrusts (the dipping pie concept). Tectonics, 23(4).PDF
2. Le Pourhiet, L., Burov, E. and Moretti, I., 2003. Initial crustal thickness geometry controls on the extension in a back arc domain; case of the Gulf of Corinth. Tectonics, 22(4), 14pp. PDF
1. Burov, E., Jolivet, L., Le Pourhiet, L. and Poliakov, A., 2001. A thermomechanical model of exhumation of high pressure (HP) and ultra-high pressure (UHP) metamorphic rocks in Alpine-type collision belts. Tectonophysics, 342(1-2), 113-136.PDF

others

extended abstract

Mattioni, L., I. Moretti, and L. Le Pourhiet, 2004: Numerical versus analogue modelling applied to inherited dipping weak heterogeneity. Part 1: Analogue modelling results. Bolletino di geophysica, special issue for Geomod 2004.
Le Pourhiet, L., I. Moretti, and L. Mattioni, 2004d: Numerical versus analogue modelling applied to inherited dipping weak heterogeneity. Part 2: Numerical benchmarks. Bolletino di geophysica, special issue for Geomod 2004.